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Hapag and NDL continued to compete until they established a joint-venture container line. The "Hapag-Lloyd Container Line", founded in 1967 and operating from 1968 onward, was established to share the huge investments related to the containerisation of the fleets. The two companies finally merged on September 1, 1970, under the name Hapag-Lloyd.
MS München was a German LASH carrier of the Hapag-Lloyd line that sank with all 28 hands for unknown reasons in a severe North Atlantic storm in December 1978. The most accepted theory is that one or more rogue waves hit München and damaged her, so that she drifted for 33 hours with a list of 50 degrees without electricity or propulsion.
Europa. (1999) MS Europa is a cruise ship owned and operated by the German company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. It is the 6th ship to be named Europa in the company's history. For twelve years in a row, the MS Europa was awarded the title "best cruise ship in the world" by Ward-Ranking and Berlitz. [2] [3] [4] The previous Europa is currently sailing ...
History. On September 1, 1970, Hapag-Lloyd was formed by the merger of two German transportation/maritime companies, Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG), which dated from 1847, and Norddeutscher Lloyd (known in English as North German Lloyd), which was formed in 1857. [1] Hapag had withdrawn from passenger service in 1960, while Norddeutscher Lloyd ...
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Switzerland since 1978. [5] It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, [6] controlling about 19.7 ...
Tsingtao Express is owned by Hapag-Lloyd, one of the largest container ship companies in the world. The ship is registered in Hamburg, Germany. Hull and engine. The Tsingtao Express is 335.47 m long, with a beam of 42.80 m, and draught of 14,610 m.
Container ships are completely unloaded and loaded. Container shipping lines calling the port include CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company and OOCL. The port has three international container terminals. Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership operates two of the terminals and Termont Montreal Inc. operates the other.
Hull and engine. The Chicago Express is a fully cellular container ship built in 2006 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., in Ulsan, South Korea. Her gross tonnage is 91,020, her net tonnage is 100,000, and her deadweight is 103,890. She is 336.19 m (1,103.0 ft) long and is 42.80 m (140.4 ft) at the beam. [1]