LNG-fueled 23,600-TEU behemoth joins Hapag-Lloyd's box fleet
GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of the second 23,600-TEU containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME), reports Rotterdam's Offshore Energy.
The new vessel, the Manila Express, is 400 metres long and 61 metres abeam and will sail in Hapag-Lloyd's FE3 service that starts in Ningbo.
From there, the vessel will sail to Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Singapore, Rotterdam and Hamburg, arriving in mid-September. From Hamburg she will sail to Antwerp, Southampton, Algeciras, Singapore, Yantian and Hong Kong.
In late 2020 and mid-2021, the European ocean carrier ordered a dozen of new ultra large container vessels (ULCVs) from Hanwha Ocean.
The vessels will be fitted with fuel-efficient high-pressure dual-fuel engines that will operate on LNG, but they will have alternatively sufficient tank capacity to operate on conventional fuel.
The last vessel from the series is expected to be completed and delivered on December 21, 2024. Upon delivery, the newbuilds will be deployed on the Europe-Far East routes as part of THE Alliance.
Recently, one of Hapag-Lloyd's 23,600-TEU giants was bunkered with LNG in China. The boxship Berlin Express received the fuel from energy company World Fuel Services Corporation.
source:SchedNet
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