First call of the "HMM Hamburg" in Hamburg

Megamax 24 class in the port of Hamburg

Marvin Meyke, 03.09.2020, 08:00

First call of the "HMM Hamburg" in Hamburg

With the first call of the "HMM Hamburg" on August 31, another ship of the so-called "Megamax 24 class" headed for the Port of Hamburg. The container ship is one of twelve new mega freighters of the South Korean liner shipping company HMM. The "HMM Hamburg" is expected to remain at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai until the night of September 3.

"We are extremely pleased to welcome the "HMM Hamburg" here in our port for the first time. All members of the HMM branch in Hamburg, which has been in existence for almost 30 years, are looking forward to this first call with particular pride. This naming manifests the special relationship between South Korea and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg," says James Kim, Managing Director HMM (Germany) GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg.

With a slot capacity of 23,964 20-foot standard containers, the "HMM Hamburg" and its sister ships are, according to the shipping company, the largest container ships in the world. The container giant is 400 meters long and 61 meters wide and can stow twelve containers below and above deck as well as 24 rows of containers across.

The "HMM Hamburg" will be deployed in THE Alliance's FE-3 liner service between Asia and Europe and will call at the port of Hamburg four times a year. The shipping company alliance THE Alliance comprises the shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Yang Ming and HMM.

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