Alphaliner Newsletter no 19 - 2013 full

ALPHALINER Weekly 2013 Issue 19
Cellular Containerships Deliveries
May 2013
Name Teu Operator
CMA CGM JULES
VERNE
16,020 CMA CGM
HANJIN BLUE OCEAN 13,102 Hanjin Shg
EVER LIVEN 8,452 Evergreen
KATHERINE 6,673 Maersk
RHL CONSTANTIA 4,620 MOL
HANJIN MARINE 4,532 Hanjin Shg
COSCO VALENCIA 4,253 COSCO
HANJIN MEXICO 3,560 Hanjin Shg
NILEDUTCH HIPPO 3,421 NileDutch
RENJIAN JINTANG 1,744 Quanzhou
An Sheng
US East Coast TP-7 service via Suez which was inaugurated on 16
April with the sailing of the KRISTINA from Ningbo and was followed
by the KRISTINA a week later.
RHL CONSTANTIA (4,620 teu) joins MOL
Reederei Hamburger Lloyd (RHL) is to receive the RHL CONSTANTIA,
third of four overpanamax containerships of 4,620 teu ordered in
2008 in China at the Shanghai Shipyard (two ships) and at the
Jiangnan Changxing shipyard (two ships). They are based on the
'SDARI 4600' wide-beam design of the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design
and Research Institute (SDARI), with a Lbp to B ratio of 6.7 and
are capable of a 23 knots speed, powered by a fully electronicallycontrolled
slow speed engine of 36,240 kW assembled in China under
license from MAN-B&W.
She follows the RHL CONCORDIA delivered in August 2012. The last
ship, RHL CALLIDITAS, is currently under fitting out and is planned for
delivery in June.
The RHL CONSTANTIA has been chartered by MOL, which will assign
her from 13 April on the Japan-USWC 'JAS' service, offered jointly with
K Line, which brands it PSW-3. She will replace the 4,646 teu panamax
MOL EXCELLENCE, which was acquired by Seaspan together
with three sister ships as part of a deal concluded in January. The
MOL EXCELLENCE will continue to be operated by MOL under a two-
year charter back arrangement and is expected to be deployed on
the FE-US-Europe APX pendulum. The Seaspan deal involved the construction
of four new 10,000 teu containerships in China, which will
be chartered by MOL.
The HANJIN MARINE (4,532 teu) is delivered
Hanjin is to take in charge the HANJIN MARINE, second of three widebeam
units of 4,532 teu ordered in June 2011 at Hyundai Samho by
HI Investment & Securities with the backing of a seven-year charter
by Hanjin. These six ships are part of a program of six wide-beam
ships, with the other three units ordered at Samsung H.I. by Hanjin
itself.
The HANJIN MARINE will start her career on the China-Korea-
Australia service operated by Hanjin, STX Pan Ocean, Yang Ming and
Sinotrans. The third ship in the series, HANJIN MAR, will join the
same service in early June. Both ships are overpanamaxes and are to
replace two Hanjin's panamax units, the HANJIN MILANO and HANJIN
DÜSSELDORF, who are scheduled to join the new CKYH Far East-
USEC service via Panama that was launched on 20 April by Hanjin
and COSCO with Yang Ming and K Line taking slots (AWE-7).
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