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Christened last the two of a series of eight portacontainer from 13.100 teu of the Rickmers group
They are used by Maersk Line in service AE2 Asia-Europe
June 24, 2011
In recent days in the ship yard of Ulsan of the South Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries the Tauro Rickmers and Libra Rickmers are christened, last the two of an ordered series of eight portacontainer from 13.100 teu from the shipowning group German Rickmers that has rented in the long term the Danish Maersk Line.
The eight new ships, of 125.480 gross capacities in tons, are long 366 meters, wide 48,2 meters and have a speed of beyond 24 knots.
After the ceremony the Tauro Rickmers is renamed Maersk Evora and is introduced in service AE2 of the Danish company that connects the Far East with Europe. At the end of the next month the German group will take in delivery Libra Rickmers that, with the new name of Maersk Essex, will be employed also it in the service AE2 whose spin touches the ports of Busan, Hakata, Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Saïd, Valencia, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Amburgo, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Singapore, Busan.
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In recent days in the ship yard of Ulsan of the South Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries the Tauro Rickmers and Libra Rickmers are christened, last the two of an ordered series of eight portacontainer from 13.100 teu from the shipowning group German Rickmers that has rented in the long term the Danish Maersk Line.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
