Hapag-Lloyd has held the naming ceremony for the 10,593 TEU Cartagena Express, the shipping line’s third vessel in the Post-Panamax series.

“With the Cartagena Express, yet another state-of-the-art ship of our 10,500 TEU fleet is setting sail,” said Anthony J. Firmin, chief operating officer of Hapag-Lloyd, at the ceremony held at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. “In terms of size, design and reefer capacity, it is ideally suited for the traffic between Europe and South America West Coast. As one of the market leaders in the South America trades, Hapag-Lloyd will now have the most competitive ships for the area and can offer its customers premium service.”

The ship, which has 2,100 plugs for reefer containers, is being deployed on the SW service, connecting North Europe, the Caribbean and the West Coast of South America. It joins Hapag-Lloyd’s Valparaíso Express and Callao Express, also in the same class.

Callao Express was delivered at the end of 2016 and its naming ceremony will be held at the Peruvian port of Callao in April 2017.

Hapag-Lloyd has two more vessels in the 10,593 TEU class left to be delivered.