New container ship for Hamburg Sud christened at Daewoo shipyard
Ffith of six identical vessels, the BAHIA LAURA was officially named yesterday 



The BAHIA LAURA, the fifth of a total of six identical 3,752 TEU Hamburg Süd container ships, was christened yesterday  (10th July 2007) at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) yard in Okpo, Korea. Sponsor of the newbuilding was Eva Graumann, Director Public Relations, Hamburg Süd.

 Following delivery on 12 July, the BAHIA LAURA will be phased into Hamburg Süd's liner service between Asia/South Africa and South America East Coast.

The BAHIA LAURA is named after the nature reserve "Reserva Natural Bahia Laura" in the Argentinian province of Santa Cruz, which lies 80 kilometres south of Puerto Deseado.

This year has already seen delivery by DSME to the shipping group of the "Bahia" and "Bahia Blanca" (February), "Bahia Castillo" (April) and "Bahia Grande" (June). Hamburg Süd will be taking delivery of the final container ship in the series, the "Bahia Negra", in August.

Technical data of the BAHIA LAURA:

Capacity 50,800 tdw
Container capacity 3,752 TEU
Reefer container plugs 610
Length overall 254.00 m
Length between perpendiculars 242.00 m
Breadth 32.20 m
Draught max. 12.40 m
Speed 21.5 kn
Main engine output 26,160 kW