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The Kyoto Express, Hapag-Lloyd’s latest mega containership, will be calling
Port Klang on January 12, 2006. The 8,750 teus carrying ship with a capacity
of 104,000t is one of the world’s largest containerships. The main engine
with its output of nearly 70,000 kW provides a speed of 25 knots, almost 50
km/h.
The Kyoto Express is a giant containership the size of over three football
fields which draws 335m long and 43m wide is deployed in the Grand
Alliance’s, Far East-Europe route on the round route Shanghai, Xiamen,
Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Southampton, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Port Klang
and Hong Kong again.
Hapag-Lloyd transported 2.4 million TEUs in 2004 specializes mainly in the
global East-West routes, is regarded as the leader in its sector in terms of
customer orientation, service and productivity. Hapag-Lloyd has more than
260 offices in over 90 countries. Its 57 containerships (as of: 11/2005) are
deployed primarily on the main routes Europe-Asia, Europe-North America and
North America-Asia. Hapag-Lloyd will take delivery of a further seven ships
with a capacity of 8,750 TEU up to 2008.
Meanwhile, CP Ships and Hapag-Lloyd begin to rationalize services Plans are
set for the first in a series of service rationalizations: the combining of
services between the West Mediterranean, the US East Coast and the Gulf of
Mexico from February 2006.
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