The Copiapó and Cautín were named at Samsung Heavy Industries in a ceremony attended by CSAV chairman Francisco Pérez Mackenna, and ceo Oscar Hasbún.
“The integration of these vessels is part of the company’s restructuring strategy which included an increase on its own fleet. In this context the company made a significant capital injection for the acquisition of assets,” said Hasbún.
The Chilean liner company has seven 9,300 teu boxships on order that will replace chartered in tonnage bringing its owned fleet to above 50%.
CSAV is in the process of merging its container shipping activities with German line Hapag-Lloyd.
The Copiapó will be delivered on 26 November and will start operations in Shanghai on the trade between Asian and the Middle East, while Cautín will be received on 18 December and will operate on the service linking the ports of Northern Europe with the East Coast of South America.
