Hamburg Express Class (2012)

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Hamburg Express class
The Antwerp Express on the Elbe
The Antwerp Express on the Elbe
Ship data

associated ships

10

Ship type Container Ship
Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg
Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea
Construction period 2012 to 2014
Cruising areas Worldwide
Ship dimensions and crew
length
366.52 m ( Lüa )
width 48.20 m
Draft Max. 15.5 m
measurement 142,295 GT
60,481 NRZ
Machine system
machine 1 × MAN two- stroke diesel engine (11K98ME7)
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		52,447 kW (71,308 hp)
Top
speed 		23.6 kn (44 km / h)
propeller 1 × fixed propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity 142,092 dwt
Container 13,169 TEU
Connections for refrigerated containers 800
Others
Classifications Germanic Lloyd

The Hamburg Express class is a series of ULCS - container ships of the Hamburg shipping company Hapag-Lloyd . They are part of the 13,000 TEU standard type from Hyundai Heavy Industries and were built in Ulsan , South Korea from 2012 to 2014 .

details

The ships in the Hamburg Express class are part of the Post Panamax ships operated by the Hapag-Lloyd shipping company . The class consists of a total of ten ships.

Six of the total of ten ships are based on construction contracts that originally provided for smaller units of 8,750 TEU, but were later converted into construction contracts of this larger type.

In 2012 three ships were delivered (see table for current status); the first of these (named after Hamburg Express ) was christened on August 17, 2012 in Hamburg . All ships in the series are used by Hapag-Lloyd in liner services between the Far East and Europe.

The Hamburg Express on August 17, 2012, the day the ship was christened, in the Port of Hamburg

A total of 1.4 billion US dollars are said to have been invested in the ships of the class, which all sailed under the German flag.

Up to 20 containers can be loaded on top of each other in the ships, eleven of them below and nine on deck. 19 rows fit side by side in width. The container spaces are divided into 22 container bays. Eight of these are in front of the deckhouse , ten between the deckhouse and the chimney above the engine room area and four more in the aft section .

The Ludwigshafen Express arriving in Hamburg

The ships are powered by an eleven- cylinder two - stroke diesel engine made by MAN Diesel & Turbo with an output of 52,447  kW . You can reach a maximum speed of 23.6  kn . Four generators with a total output of around 13,700 kW are available for the power supply. In addition, the ships will be equipped with a shaft generator with an output of 4,500 kW, which can be used at sea for the power supply on board.

The ships

Hamburg Express class
Building name Build number IMO number Callsign Keel laying,
launching,
delivery		 Renaming and whereabouts
Hamburg Express 2241 9461051 DFKM2 January 16, 2012
April 6, 2012
July 5, 2012		 -
New York Express 2242 9501332 DIXJ2 May 8, 2012
July 13, 2012
September 28, 2012		 -
Basle Express 2243 9501344 DFGN2 June 11, 2012
September 1, 2012
November 15, 2012		 -
Hong Kong Express 2244 9501356 DJAZ2 October 15, 2012
December 21, 2012
February 28, 2013		 -
Shanghai Express 2245 9501368 DJBF2 November 20, 2012
January 25, 2013
March 26, 2013		 -
Ludwigshafen Express 2246 9501370 DCQP2 December 22, 2012
February 11, 2013
May 16, 2013		 2013 Essen Express
Antwerp Express 2497 9612997 DJCE2 December 10, 2012
April 12, 2013
June 27, 2013		 -
Beijing Express 2498 9613006 DJDS2 May 21, 2013
August 16, 2013
March 13, 2014		 Set in motion as the Leverkusen Express
Ludwigshafen Express 2499 9613018 DDOR2 April 15, 2013
September 6, 2013
April 3, 2014		 -
Leverkusen Express 2500 9613020 DDOQ2 June 17, 2013
January 29, 2014
April 24, 2014		 Set in motion as the Ulsan Express
Data: Equasis, IHS Fair Play

Web links

Commons : Hamburg Express class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Germanischer Lloyd
  2. ^ Hapag-Lloyd ships , Hapag-Lloyd website. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Abendblatt.de May 19, 2007
  4. ↑ a b Birger Nicolai: Hapag-Lloyd relies on giant freighters , Die Welt , August 18, 2012. Accessed on August 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ Eckart Gienke: Giant freighter catapults Hapag-Lloyd into a new dimension , Hamburger Abendblatt , August 15, 2012. Accessed on August 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ DNV GL: Hamburg Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  7. ^ DNV GL: New York Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  8. ^ DNV GL: Basle Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  9. ↑ DNV GL: Hong Kong Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  10. ↑ DNV GL: Shanghai Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  11. ^ DNV GL: Essen Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  12. ^ DNV GL: Antwerp Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  13. ^ DNV GL: Leverkusen Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  14. ↑ DNV GL: Ludwigshafen Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  15. ^ DNV GL: Ulsan Express. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
  17. ↑ IHS Register of Ships homepage (English)