The Hamburg Sud subsdiary continues to modernize its cabotage fleet

With the AlianCa has christened the second of four identical new container ships for its cabotage fleet. The naming ceremony was held on September 26, at the container port of Porto Chibattao on the Rio Negro in Manaus.

The sponsor of the ship is Dioneia Thomas, the wife of Julian Thomas, who is General Manager Region South America East Coast of Hamburg S..ud and AlianCa. Dr. h.c. August Oetker, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Oetker Group and Partner of Dr. August Oetker KG, and Dr. Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Sud, also took part in the ceremony.

With the container ship "Fernao de magalhaes" the Hamburg S..ud subsidiary AlianCa is continuing to modernize its cabotage service fleet. With a slot capacity of 3,800 TEU the newbuilds have almost twice the number of container slots as the previous AlianCa ships employed on this service.

The newbuilds extend the transportation capacity of AlianCa, whilst setting new standards for fuel savings and environmental responsibility. AlianCa is convinced that the advantages of cabotage over land transportation will be made even greater by the introduction of the new ships.  < Korea Shipping Gazette >