Hamburg Sud: ap Jackson christened in Manzanillo

Hamburg, September 6, 2010. Hamburg Sud christened the ap Jackson in Manzanillo (Mexico) on Saturday as part of a customer event. She is the first of two identical container ships, both of which have a slot capacity of 4,600 TEU. The sponsor of the ap Jackson was Tatiana Ramirez Oetker. With the naming ceremony, Hamburg Sud staged a premiere in Mexico, it being the first time the country had witnessed the christening of a container ship.

Since her delivery in late May 2010 at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in Korea, the ap Jackson has been deployed in the shipping group service between Asia and Mexico/South America West Coast (ASPA Service). The ship is named after a peninsula in the Marlborough region in the south of New Zealand. The sister ship, the ap Jervis is to be christened in Peru in November 2010.
Technical data of the ap Jackson

Capacity 58,350 tdw
Container capacity 4,600 TEU
Reefer plugs 516
Length overall 264 m
Length between perpendiculars 251 m
Breadth 32.2 m
Draught max. 13.5 m
Speed 22.5 kn
Main engine output 36,560 kW