Hamburg Süd’s subsidiary Alianҫa beefs up its cabotage fleet
The cabotage fleet of Hamburg Süd’s subsidiary Alianҫa has once again gained a new member. Within the scope of a customer event, the new container ship “Bartolomeu Dias” was christened on 14 April 2015 at the TECON Terminal in the southern-Brazilian port of Rio Grande. The ship’s sponsor is Luciana Pereira Quartiero. Her husband, Jacques Maggi Quartiero, is vice president of Camil Alimentos S.A. Also present at the christening in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were Dr Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Süd, and Julian Thomas, CEO for Region South America East Coast for Hamburg Süd and Alianҫa, the line operator said in a press release.
With a container slot capacity of around 4,800 TEU (including 600 reefer slots), the “Bartolomeu Dias” is the largest ship that Alianҫa has ever deployed in its Brazilian coastal service. The ship carries the name of the Portuguese seafarer and discoverer Bartolomeu Dias, who discovered Brazil on 22 April 1500 while serving as a captain in Pedro Alvares Cabral’s fleet.
In the course of the modernisation and expansion of the cabotage fleet, four new 3,800 TEU ships set sail in 2013 and 2014, also bearing the names of discoverers significant to South America. All newbuildings are setting new standards in Brazilian cabotage in terms of capacity and environmental friendliness. In the middle of the year, Alianҫa will christen the “Vicente Pinzón”, the identical sister ship to the “Bartolomeu Dias”.
Rio Grande is an important port for Hamburg Süd and Alianҫa. Eight liner services offered by the shipping group, of which two are cabotage, call in Rio Grande weekly. Furthermore, Alianҫa maintains two feeder services to Argentina from there . Rio Grande is a port of call for Hamburg Süd and Alianҫa ships around 500 times a year.
Technical data of the “Bartolomeu Dias”:
Capacity: 57,818 tdw
Container slot capacity: 4,848 TEU
Reefer slots: 600
Length overall: 255.0 m
Length between perpendiculars: 242.0 m
Width: 37.3 m
Draught max.: 12.5 m
Speed: 21.5 kn
Main engine output: 26,160 kW
Hamburg Süd is one of the key carriers on the North-South trade routes by ocean transportation. Hamburg Süd employs more than 4,700 staff. It operates 174 ships and maintains a global inventory of some 349,000 containers in a wide array of sizes and configurations and strategically positioned to meet the regional and seasonal needs of our customers. Hamburg Süd is part of the successful Oetker Group, one of the largest and best-known family businesses in Germany.
