Hapag-Lloyd officially welcomed the Berlin Express, the first ship of its new Hamburg Express class, into its fleet. At an event attended by some 300 guests from business and politics, naming patron Elke Büdenbender performed the ceremonial christening of the ship at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (Athabaskakai) in the Port of Hamburg. Among the guests were Peter Tschentscher, the First Mayor of Hamburg, and Daniel Günther, the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Hamburg Express class will mark the beginning of a new era for Hapag-Lloyd and its fleet. In total, a dozen state-of-the-art large container ships will be put into service by 2025. Together, these vessels will make an important contribution to Hapag-Lloyd’s efforts to operate its entire fleet in a climate-neutral manner by 2045. Thanks to their cutting-edge dual-fuel technology, they can also operate using non-fossil fuels, such as bio-methane and e-methane, thereby generating hardly any CO2 emissions.
For now, liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be used, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 25 per cent and soot emissions by 95 per cent. In addition, advanced components – such as an optimised hull and a highly efficient propeller – will help the vessels reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
“With the new Hamburg Express class, Hapag-Lloyd is at a turning point”, Habben Jansen says. “The highly efficient ships will allow us to reduce our emissions immediately and significantly. At the same time, they are an important building block in our strategy to push ahead with decarbonisation gradually. All the vessels in this class will sail under the German flag and thereby contribute to strengthening Germany as a shipping hub.”
The Berlin Express was built at the Hanwha Ocean shipyard in South Korea. With a length of almost 400 metres and a capacity of 23,600 TEU, it is the largest cargo ship ever to sail under the German flag. The container ships in the Hamburg Express class will exclusively operate on the cargo-intensive Far East route between Asia and Europe. The “Berlin Express” will operate regularly on the FE3 service, which sails between Ningbo and Hamburg via Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore and Rotterdam.
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