SANTA URSULA

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Houthi terrorists claimed attack on container ship

Houthi terrorist claimed a drone attack on the 'Santa Ursula' in the Arabian Sea on Dec. 27, 2024, stating that several drones hit the vessel near Socotra Island, calling the strike a response to a violation of its blockade on occupied Palestinian ports by the ship's owner. The ontainer ship had been heading for Oman from the port of Algeciras, before suddenly losing its AIS signal on Dec 25 at around 11.40 p.m. GMT. The ship was transmitting signals again off the üort of Salah early on Dec. 27.

Hamburg Süd: “Santa Ursula” christened in Brazil

On Thursday, 26 July 2012, Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of its “Santa Ursula” container ship in the port of Santos (Brazil). The sponsor of the “Santa Ursula” is Marcia A. M. dos Santos, Vice President of Marfrig Alimentos S/A. The “Santa Ursula” is the eighth new build in a series of ten container ships. With an overall length of approximately 300 metres and a beam of 42.8 metres, it has a container capacity of 7,100 TEUs just like its sister ships. The ships in the current “Santa” series are therefore not only the largest ships ever built for Hamburg Süd but, with 1,600 reefer plugs each, are amongst the ships with the largest reefer capacity worldwide and can therefore meet the continuously growing demand for Brazilian exports of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, flowers and medicine. Following its delivery by the Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) in March of this year, the “Santa Ursula” was integrated into the Hamburg Süd liner service between Asia and South Africa/South America East Coast. Source: Hamburg Sud The “Santa Ursula” is the fourth ship in the over 140-year history of Hamburg Süd to bear this name.