HAMBURG SUD
"Cap Graham" the first ship christening in Chile

JAN, 19.2009
 

A snapshot from the christening ceremony of the container vessel"Rio Negro"

For the first time in its more than 137-year history, Hamburg Süd has christened a container ship in Chile. The ceremony held in Valparaiso on 9 January 2009. The vessel named "Cap Graham" is one of a series of 3 identical 4,294 TEUs charter vessels of Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt. 

Together with her 2 sister ships, the "Cap Gilbert" and "Cap Gregory", as well as Hamburg Süd's "Bahia" class vessels, the "Cap Graham" is sailing in Sling 1 of the Hamburg Süd liner service between Asia and South America west coast.

Sponsor of the "Cap Graham" was Elizabeth McPherson Cisternas, Corporate Executive Vice President Logistics and Marketing Services for Codelco Chile, the largest producer and exporter of copper worldwide.

• Technical data of the "Cap Graham": Capacity: 53,480 dwt, container capacity: 4,294 TEUs, reefer container plugs: 400, length overall: 264.00 m, length between perpendiculars: 249.00 m, breadth: 32.20 m, speed: 24 knots, main engine output: 36,560 kw.