The Santa Clara is the first of the ten 7,100 TEU container ships that were delivered to Hamburg Süd from 2010 onwards. At the time these ships were the largest in Hamburg Süd’s fleet, but they also boasted the some of the largest reefer capacity across all vessels, with 1,600 reefer plugs.

It is not uncommon for a carrier to load more reefer containers than there are plugs on a vessel, using splitter boxes or other means to power additional containers.

The Santa Clara was in Cape Town for almost four days, arriving at 9.28am on 21 January and departing at 8.40am on 25 January. After calling at APM Terminals 1 in Rotterdam, it is scheduled to stop at London Gateway Terminal in the UK, then NTB North Sea Terminal in Bremerhaven before returning to Rotterdam.