Photo: Royal Wagenborg
The Netherlands-based Royal Wagenborg announced the successful launch of the multipurpose vessel Alexia on August 22 at shipyard Royal Niestern Sander. This new building is the successor of the award-winning Egbert Wagenborg and her sisters Máxima and Amalia. The Alexia type is the fourth vessel in the EasyMax series in Royal Wagenborg fleet.
The vessel was christened during Delfsail by Her Majesty Queen Máxima in presence of 2.000 employees and guests.
For this ceremony, Queen Máxima performed the world’s first name giving and christening ceremony by drone.
By pushing a button this drone flew to shipyard Niestern Sander a mile ahead, where this EasyMax vessel was nearing completion and christened yard number 853 ‘Alexia’.
Via a live stream many visitors from over the world witnessed this spectacular event.
As the maritime logistics family-business Royal Wagenborg explained, with a cargo capacity of more than 14.000 tonnes and a hold capacity of 625.000 cbft, Wagenborg was able to build a relatively large vessel without a major increase in overall dimensions.
Royal Wagenborg states on its website: “With an installed power of less than 3.000 kW, this ship has extremely low fuel consumption and due to her design, she has an excellent sea keeping performance.”
In the upcoming weeks the EasyMax 4 will be commissioned followed by sea trials by the end of this year.
The vessel is expected to be delivered to Wagenborg by the end of the third quarter of 2024.
