While seafreight has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent months - with blank sailings and schedule adjustments the order of the day - the Port of Hamburg has a positive story to tell.
Last night saw the arrival of the Megamax-24 class HMM HAMBURG - one of 12 new container ships delivered since April to the South Korean HMM (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine) line.
With a slot capacity of 23 964 TEUs, the vessels are the largest container ships in the world, according HMM. The giant vessel is 400 metres long and 61 metres wide.
It is deployed on THE Alliance’s FE-3 service between Asia and Europe. THE Alliance comprises shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Yang Ming and HMM.
