The 'Monte Aconcagua', the last of a series of ten of Hamburg Süd's 5,552TEU Monte-class containerships was christened in Hong Kong on Friday, May 29.
The container ship's sponsor was Luise Klus, daughter of Dr Ingeborg von Schubert, Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Gundlach Group, Bielefeld.
Following the naming ceremony, the 'Monte Aconcagua' was phased into Hamburg Süd's Asia – South Africa/South America East Coast Service (New Good Hope Express).
The 45,765kW 'Monte Aconcagua' has a length of 272 metres, a beam of 40 metres, a maximum draught of 13.2 metres and a speed of 23.3 knots.
Hamburg Süd will be adding three further Rio-class vessels to its fleet by the end of the year. These vessels have a container capacity of 5,900TEU, making them one bay longer than the ships of the Monte-class. The Rio ships are to be phased into the shipping group's Europe – South America East Coast Service, gradually replacing the Monte vessels, which will then operate in the Asia – South Africa/South America East Coast Service.
