The stamp shows us a container vessel of one of the Algeciras class built in South Korea. Zeven were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo, Five were built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Kojo.. Which one is depict on the stamp I don’t known.
The HMM ALGECIRAS was the first of the class when she was delivered to owners on 24 April 1920. The last was HMM ST Petersburg which was delivered on 11 September 2020.
Tonnage 228,283 grt, 117,312 nrt,232,606 dwt, dim. 399.9 x 61 x 25.63m., draught 16.525m
Powered by one MAN diesel & Turbo 11G95ME-C, engine, 60,380 kW, speed 22.4 knots.
Capacity of 9,929 TEU’s in holds and 14,032 TEU’s on deck.
The class sails under Panama flag and are managed by HMM Co. Ltd, Seoul, South Korea.
The Algeciras class is a class of container ships consisting of 12 vessels built for HMM. The largest ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 23,964 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). They were the largest container ships in the world when they were delivered, surpassing the previous Gülsün class (23,756 TEU). They have since been surpassed by the Ever Ace (23,992 TEU).
List of ships
Ship Yard number IMO number Delivery Status Flag ref
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (23964TEU)
HMM Algeciras
4318 9863297 24 Apr 2020 In service Panama [2]
HMM Copenhagen
4319 9863302 22 May 2020 In service [3]
HMM Dublin
4320 9863314 29 May 2020 In service [4]
HMM Gdansk
4321 9863326 12 Jun 2020 In service [5]
HMM Hamburg
4322 9863338 3 Jul 2020 In service [6]
HMM Helsinki
4323 9863340 17 Jul 2020 In service [7]
HMM Le Havre
4324 9868314 28 Aug 2020 In service [8]
Samsung Heavy Industries (23820 TEU)
HMM Oslo
2288 9868326 8 May 2020 In service Panama [9]
HMM Rotterdam
2289 9868338 26 Jun 2020 In service [10]
HMM Southampton
2290 9868340 31 Jul 2020 In service [11]
HMM Stockholm
2291 9868352 7 Aug 2020 In service [12]
HMM St Petersburg
2292 9868364 11 Sep 2020 In service [13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMM_Algec ... ainer_ship
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