Alianca's cabotage fleet continues to grow

The cabotage fleet of Hamburg Sud's subsidiary Alianca has once again gained a new member. Within the scope of a customer event, the new container ship < Bartolomeu Dias > was christened on April 14th, 2015 at the TECON Terminal in the southern-Brazilian port of Rio Grande. The ship's sponsor is Luciana Pereira Quartiero. Her husband, Jacques Maggi Quartiero, is Vice President of Camil Alimentos S.A. Also present at the christening in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were Dr Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Sud, and Julian Thomas, CEO for Region South America East Coast for Hamburg Sud and Alianca.

With a container slot capacity of around 4,800 TEU (including 600 reefer slots), the < Bartolomeu Dias > is the largest ship that Alianca has ever deployed in its Brazilian coastal service. The ship carries the name of the Portuguese seafarer and discoverer Bartolomeu Dias, who discovered Brazil on April 22nd, 1500 while serving as a captain in Pedro Alvares Cabral's fleet.

In the course of the modernization and expansion of the cabotage fleet, four new 3,800 TEU ships set sail in 2013 and 2014, also bearing the names of discoverers significant to South America. All newbuildings are setting new standards in Brazilian cabotage in terms of capacity and environmental friendliness. In the middle of the year, Alianca will christen the < Vicente Pinzon >, the identical sister ship to the < Bartolomeu Dias>

Rio Grande is an important port for Hamburg Sud and Alianca. Eight liner services offered by the shipping group, of which two are cabotage, call in Rio Grande weekly. Furthermore, Alianca maintains two feeder services to Argentina from there. Rio Grande is a port of call for Hamburg Sud and Alianca ships around 500 times a year.
 

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