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HAMBURG SUD NAMES SIXTH 3,800-TEU SHIP

HAMBURG SUD NAMES SIXTH 3,800-TEU SHIP

   Hamburg Sud will commission on Thursday the last of six new, identical 3,800-TEU containerships, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea.

   From April onwards, the “Cap San Raphael” will join sister ships “Cap San Nicolas,” “Cap San Marco,” “Cap San Lorenzo,” “Cap San Augustin” and “Cap San Antonio” in Hamburg Sud’s service between the U.S. East Coast and South America’s East Coast.

   The vessels will be the largest containerships calling at ports of the East Coast of South America.