Hanover Express, new mega containership for Hapag-Lloyd

The 'Hanover Express' is one of the world's largest containerships, capable of carrying 8,750 containers.

The new building was named today in Hamburg. Naming ceremonies for large containerships are still something special even in Hamburg and nearly 300 guests from business and politics, including the Mayor of Hamburg Ole von Beust and the Mayor of Hanover Bernd Strauch, attended the event at Container Terminal Altenwerder, at the quays of which the 'Hanover Express' had berthed. The patron was Gabriele Frenzel, wife of TUI's CEO and chairman of the supervisory board of Hapag-Lloyd, Dr. Michael Frenzel. Gabriele Frenzel named Hapag-Lloyd’s latest new building. With her length of 335m and beam of 43m, the 'Hanover Express' has the dimensions of three football fields and is deployed between Europe and Far East.

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