New Ro-Ro vessel to deliver A380 wings
A second roll-on and roll-off (RoRo) sea vessel designed to transport sections of Airbus’ A380 between manufacturing countries and scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of this year has been officially named City of Hamburg at a ceremony in Singapore.
The City of Hamburg will join the existing vessel Ville De Bordeaux (pictured), delivering complete A380 wings from the UK as well as other aircraft sections from facilities in France, Northern Germany, Spain to the French city port of Bordeaux. From there, the sections are transported by river barge and road to the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse.
A third RoRo vessel is also currently under construction at the ST Marine shipyard in Singapore and will join the fleet in early 2009. All three vessels are owned and operated by a joint venture between shipping groups Louis Dreyfus Armateurs of France and Leif Hoegh of Norway.
