Maritime
15,000 TEU container ship “ Al Jmeliyah ” christened in Rotterdam
The 15,000 TEU ship " Al Jmeliyah " Credits : hapag-lloyd . com
Credits : hapag-lloyd . com
I nge Sijbesma , wife of the CEO of DSM , is naming patron // The “ Al Jmeliyah ” will link Europe with the Far East // The ship is technically equipped to use LNG fuel
The 15,000 TEU ship " Al Jmeliyah " was officially christened in Rotterdam . Naming patron is Inge Sijbesma , the wife of Feike Sijbesma , CEO of the corporation DSM – one of Hapag-Lloyd ’ s biggest customers in the Netherlands . The name “ Al Jmeliyah ” is Arabic for “ the beautiful one .” With its ten sister vessels , the “ Al Jmeliyah ” numbers among the so-called “ Ultra Large Container Vessels ” in Hapag-Lloyd ’ s fleet .
However , this was not the first time that Hapag-Lloyd has christened a ship in Rotterdam . The most recent one was the christening of the “ Rotterdam Express ” in 2000 . “ With its 4,890 TEU , it was enormous for the time ,” said Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen . “ Less than 20 years later , we are christening a ship here that is three times as big . This illustrates the huge changes in our industry in terms of capacities and technologies .”
“ We are very proud to be hosting this naming ceremony in the ECT Delta terminal , as it attests to the close relationship we have with Hapag- Lloyd ,” said Leo Ruijs , CEO of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam . “ This relationship now stretches back almost 50 years . The first Hapag-Lloyd ship docked here in October 1968 .”
Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe . Hapag-Lloyd offers 19 services to and from Rotterdam from the Far East , South America , Australia , the United States , Pakistan , India , South Africa , the Caribbean and Scandinavia , thereby providing its local customers with a truly global network . Fifty vessels in Hapag-Lloyd ’ s fleet call at the port , and the liner shipping company handled more than 424,000 containers in Rotterdam in 2017 .
Naming patron is Inge Sijbesma , the wife of Feike Sijbesma , CEO of the corporation DSM – one of Hapag-Lloyd ’ s biggest customers in the Netherlands
The “ Al Jmeliyah ” was built in 2016 for the United Arab Shipping Company ( UASC ), which merged with Hapag-Lloyd in May 2017 . The ship is 385.5 meters long and 51 meters wide . In addition , it is one of Hapag- Lloyd ’ s 17 so-called “ LNG-ready ” ships that are technically equipped to use liquefied natural gas . It was manufactured by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea .
The “ Al Jmeliyah ” operates in the FE4 service , the Far East 4 loop . Departing from Rotterdam , it sails to Hamburg , Antwerp , Southampton , Yantian , Shanghai , Busan , Ningbo , and Shanghai before heading back to Europe . www . hapag-lloyd . com
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