8000 new containers in Hamburg Sud colors

More than 8,000 brand new containers with the distinctive red exterior paint and white lettering Hamburg Sud have been delivered by the container factory of Maersk Container Industry (MCI) in the Chinese city of Dongguan. The 40’ high cube standard Hamburg Sud containers which have been built since mid-January are coated with a special water-based, environmentally friendly paint.

The batch of new boxes is one part of a larger container order by Maersk Line and has now been delivered. The container pools of both carriers will soon be merged to provide customers globally with unparalleled equipment availability. The joint equipment pool is expected to be in place during the second quarter of 2018. It will be the largest and most advanced container fleet in the liner shipping industry serving customers of both carriers - including a pool of more than 350,000 reefer units.

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