Hamburg Sud, “Santa Rita” christened in Sepetiba

Hamburg Sud christened the container ship “Santa Rita” in Sepetiba (Brazil) on July 6 The sponsor of the “Santa Rita” was Hayfa Konrad, wife of Joachim A Konrad, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Sud.

The “Santa Rita” is the third newbuilding of a series of ten identical container vessels each featuring a slot capacity of 7,100 TEU and fitted with 1,600 reefer container plugs. This puts them among the largest ships ever built for Hamburg Sud.

The “Santa Rita” will be deployed alongside the “Monte Tamaro” as the shipping group’s second training ship. The parallel deployment of two training vessels represents a new departure in Hamburg Sud’s 140-year history.

Since her delivery at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in Korea at the end of May 2011, the “Santa Rita” has been operating in Hamburg Sud’s service between Asia and South Africa/South America East Coast (New Good Hope Express).