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Christened two new portacontainer from 13.100 teu of the Rickmers group
The ships take part of a series of eight unit of the same ability rented to Maersk Line
February 22, 2011
Last week in the ship yard of Ulsan of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) the ships Leo Rickmers and Scorpio Rickmers, two new portacontainer from 13.100 teu are christened of the shipowning group German Rickmers. The two full hands container are rented the Danish Maersk Line whom it will employ to them with the name respective of Maersk Edmonton and Maersk Elba.
Leo Rickmers and the Scorpio Rickmers take part of a series of eight ships from 13.000 teu, of which four completed last summer, than Rickmers have rented for a period ten-year-old to the Maersk Line. Draft of portacontainer long 366 meters and wide 48,2 meters and of the speed of 24,3 knots that will be able to cross the channel of Panama hat once carried to term the work of widening of the Central American water way (conclusion previewed in 2014).
With the delivery of Leo Rickmers and the Scorpio Rickmers the consistency of the fleet of the Rickmers group is gone up to 116 ships.
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