Following its acquisition last year of Middle Eastern line UASC, Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd has moved to lower its average fleet age with the scrapping of seven 4,101 teu containerships.
The 1998-built A4 class containerships, previously part of the UASC fleet, will be recycled in Turkey and China in an environmentally friendly manner.
Anthony Firmin, chief operating officer of Hapag-Lloyd, commented: “The recycling of these ships is part of the restructuring of our fleet. Since the merger with UASC, we boast one of the youngest fleets in the industry on average.”
Hapag-Lloyd scrapped three vessels (Deira, Najran and Sakaka) from the same series in September 2017.
