The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), based in Geneva, are together running a regular weekly service (ISES) between northern Europe and the Indian subcontinent.
On June 12, the recently built HS DEBUSSY was the first ship of the new joint service to visit the Port of Hamburg.
The container freighter of the Hamburg shipping company Hansa Treuhand was built at the Chengxi shipyard in Shanghai. It is 231 metres long and 32.2 metres wide, and has a slot capacity of 3,530 TEUs as well as 400 connections for refrigerated containers.
Seven vessels in all, with a slot capacity ranging from 3,400 to 5,100 standard containers (TEU), are currently deployed in the ISES service.
On June 12, the recently built HS DEBUSSY was the first ship of the new joint service to visit the Port of Hamburg.
The container freighter of the Hamburg shipping company Hansa Treuhand was built at the Chengxi shipyard in Shanghai. It is 231 metres long and 32.2 metres wide, and has a slot capacity of 3,530 TEUs as well as 400 connections for refrigerated containers.
Seven vessels in all, with a slot capacity ranging from 3,400 to 5,100 standard containers (TEU), are currently deployed in the ISES service.