Américo Vespúcio - New Ship for Aliança

Press Release

 

Aliança: Naming ceremony for “Américo Vespúcio” in Pecém

Third ship in the “Explorer” series bolsters the cabotage fleet

 

Hamburg, 23 October 2013. With the “Américo Vespúcio” the Hamburg Süd subsidiary Aliança christened the third of four identical 3,800 TEU container ships for its cabotage fleet on 22 October 2013 in Pecém (Brazil). The Naming Ceremony was held as part of a customer event at the port of Pecém. The Sponsor of the ship is Consuelo Dias Branco, Member of  the Senior Management of Moinho Dias Branco, one of Aliança’s customers.

 

Before the “Américo Vespúcio” Aliança had already held naming ceremonies for two ships in the “Explorer” series: for the “Sebastião Caboto” (in May 2013) and for the “Fernão de Magalhães” (in September 2013). This newbuild series allows Aliança to progress with the modernisation of its
cabotage fleet. The “Américo Vespúcio” is named after the explorer Americo Vespucci, who explored large parts of the East coast of South America during his travels in the 15th and 16th centuries.

 

Like the first two newbuilds, the “Américo Vespúcio” was also built at the Shanghai Shipyard Co., Ltd. and was delivered on 23 August 2013. After completion of import formalities the ship was loaded with the first containers for the Aliança cabotage service on 14 October in Manaus. With each ship having a slot capacity of 3,800 TEU, the ships of the “Explorer” series have almost twice the number of container capacity as the previous Aliança ships employed on this service. The Naming Ceremony for the “Pedro Álvares Cabral” will take place at the start of next year in Brazil. 

 

 

Technical data of the “Américo Vespúcio”:

 

Capacity                                              52,065 dwt

Container capacity                               3,800 TEU

Reefer plus                                          500

Length overall                                      228.0 m

Length between perpendiculars             217.5 m

Width                                                  37.3 m

Draught max.                                       12.5 m

Speed                                                 19.5 kn

Main engine output                               22.890 kW

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

Hamburg Süd Corporate Communications

Eva Graumann

Willy-Brandt-Straße 59-61

20457 Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 37 05-26 27

Fax: +49 40 37 05-26 49