Rickmers takes delivery of last two 13,100 TEU ships
The final two in a series of eight 13,100 TEU container vessels being built for the Rickmers Group have been christened at the Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The TAURO RICKMERS and LIBRA RICKMERS are destined for long-term charter to Maersk Line.
Containers are carried 17-wide below deck and 19-wide on the hatchcovers. The maximum capacity of each ship is 7,074 TEU on deck and 6,018 TEU below deck. Based on a homogeneous container weight of 14 tonnes per TEU, the maximum capacity is approximately 9,080 TEU. Reefer plugs are available for 800 x 40ft containers.
The ships will be renamed MAERSK EVORA and MAERSK ESSEX, and will be deployed on Maersk’s AE2 service, calling at: Busan > Hakata > Dalian > Xingang > Qingdao > Ningbo > Shanghai > Yantian > Tanjung Pelepas > Suez Canal Container Terminal > Valencia > Rotterdam > Bremerhaven > Hamburg > Antwerp > Felixstowe > Singapore > Busan.
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