Trend-setting newbuilding “Vienna Express“ at Hapag-Lloyd
Newbuilding featuring environment-friendly technology is the new show-piece vessel of Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet Hapag-Lloyd (Hamburg) took delivery of its latest newbuilding, the “Vienna Express”, on 11 January. The newbuilding is featuring environment-friendly technology. “With the ‚Vienna Express’ we have taken a big step towards improving environmental protection and reducing fuel consumption by adapting the main engine performance to the new reduced speed range,” Ulrich Kranich, executive board member of Hapag-Lloyd AG, emphasised on the occasion of the delivery of the newbuilding by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan (Korea). The main engine performance, originally designed for 68,640 kW, was reduced to 51,480 kW. The newbuilding also has a variable exhaust gas bypass for the turbocharger, which is regulated by the electronic engine control. Maximum speed is reduced slightly, but the overall lower fuel consumption increases the vessel’s endurance from 23,300 to 27,700 nautical miles. The “Vienna Express” has a length of 337 metres, a beam of 43 metres and can carry 8,750 standard containers. Nine layers of containers are stowed under deck and eight on deck, where 17 containers next to one another are available. The ship has 730 reefer plugs. It will be deployed – along with eleven more units of the same size – in Loop B of the Grand Alliance between Europe and Asia, calling at Dalian, Xingang, Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Hamburg, Antwerp, Southampton, Cagliari, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Singapore, Shekou, Qingdao, Pusan and Dalian again. Quelle: Österreichische Verkehrszeitung |