JR Shipping from the Netherlands has swooped for four Hamburger Lloyd feeder boxships in an en bloc deal worth a total of $30m. The Barmbek, Eilbek, Reinbek and Flottbek were all delivered by Germany’s Meyer Werft in 2005 and have a capacity of 1,638 teu each.
German yard Meyer Werft describes on its site that the four ice class ships are “fast and slender”, and are 169 m long and 27.2m wide. The flexible vessels also feature a special arrangement of hatch covers.
Hamburger Lloyd’s fleet is a mix of boxships, chemical carriers and bulk carriers. It was formed from the merger of Wappen Reederei and Reederei Hamburger Lloyd.
