Hamburg Express in the port of Rotterdam | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
Operators | Hapag-Lloyd |
In service | 2012-present |
Planned | 10 |
Building | 0 |
Completed | 10 |
Active | 10 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Container ship |
Tonnage | 143,262 GT |
Length | 366.52 m (1,202 ft) |
Beam | 48.35 m (159 ft) |
Draught | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
Capacity | 13,177 TEU |
The Hamburg Express class is a series of 10 container ships built for Hapag-Lloyd. The ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,177 TEU. [1]
Ship | Yard number | IMO number | Delivery | Status | ref |
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Hamburg Express | 2241 | 9461051 | 5 Jul 2012 | In service | [2] |
New York Express | 2242 | 9501332 | 28 Sep 2012 | In service | [3] |
Basle Express | 2243 | 9501344 | 15 Nov 2012 | In service | [4] |
Hong Kong Express | 2244 | 9501356 | 28 Feb 2013 | In service | [5] |
Yantian Express | 2245 | 9501368 | 26 Mar 2013 | In service | [6] |
Essen Express | 2246 | 9501370 | 16 May 2013 | In service | [7] |
Antwerpen Express | 2497 | 9501370 | 27 Jun 2013 | In service | [8] |
Leverkusen Express | 2498 | 9613006 | 13 Mar 2014 | In service | [9] |
Ludwigshafen Express | 2499 | 9613018 | 3 Apr 2014 | In service | [10] |
Ulsan Express | 2500 | 9613020 | 24 Apr 2014 | In service | [11] |
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