Papenburg, 25.10.2004 - Last weekend MS Eilbek, the container ship currently under construction at MEYER WERFT, was docked out after extensive tests had been carried out. The ship was moved to the outside dock of the yard where outfitting will be continued over the next weeks.

This newbuilding, yard number S. 671, is the first in a series of four novel container ships having a capacity of 1,600 containers (TEU).

Delivery of the first newbuilding of this series is scheduled for the beginning of 2005. The other ships will follow suit in the course of the next year. The order for the ships has been placed by the issuing company Hansa Hamburg Shipping International.

These fast and slender-built container vessels are 169.0 m long, 27.2 m wide, and can operate at a speed of 20 knots. From a technical viewpoint, they are outstanding, on the one hand, due to the highest ice class (Finnish-Swedish 1A Super), and on the other hand due to the special arrangement of the hatches. In the midship area they are designed as so-called "open-top ships" while on the forward end as well as on both sides hatch covers are provided.