BBC Chartering celebrates naming of the BBC BREMEN in Bremen

Leer/Bremen 27 January 2026. –  MV BBC BREMEN, vessel number eight of a series of fifteen LakerMax-type vessels, has been officially christened in the Port of Bremen yesterday.

Anitta Schumann, Chartering Manager at the company’s Bremen office since late 2011, acted as the godmother of the vessel. After wishing the BBC BREMEN “fair winds and following seas”, the traditional bottle of Champagne broke on the ship’s hull in a ceremony held at BLG’s terminal in Bremen Neustädter Hafen, where the vessel had been loading industry component. The ceremony was attended by about 100 guests. Kai Stührenberg State Councillor at Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, Joachim Bothe, Deputy Port Captain of Bremen, and Matthias Magnor, CEO of BLG Logistics were amongst the guests along with numerous representatives from clients, cooperation partners and employees of BBC Chartering and Briese Schiffahrt. Following the christening, Magnus Deppe, chaplain of the Bremen Seamen's Mission, blessed the ship and its crew.

“I was absolutely delighted to be nominated as godmother, this is a once in a lifetime experience” said Anitta Schumann, godmother of the BBC Bremen, after the christening ceremony. “Even before, I always referred to it as ‘our ship’ (the ship of the Bremen office). I feel very honored and am happy to be even more closely connected to this ship from now on.”

Knut Voigt, Head of the Bremen office of BBC Chartering added: “We have a special relation to Bremen. BBC Chartering was founded here in the city in October 1997. The company then relocated its head office to Leer two years later only to establish a new office here in 2002. We all at the Bremen office of BBC Chartering are very glad to welcome and celebrate “our ship” here in Bremen.

The BBC BREMEN had been delivered to Briese Schiffahrt as owners and BBC Chartering as operator in September 2025. The vessel has since performed several successful voyages for BBC Chartering. Prior to her Bremen-call, the BBC BREMEN had been calling Esbjerg in Denmark and Le Trait in France. After the loading call in Bremen, Hamburg will follow before the ship heads towards the United States, where its destinations will be Galveston and Houston.

Of the initial order of fifteen vessels of the LakerMax type, so far eleven vessels have been delivered. Meanwhile Briese Schiffahrt has added another six vessels firmly ordered, plus options on furthermore six vessels of this type. Deliveries are slated for the years 2028 and 2029.

Like her sister vessels, the BBC BREMEN is a multipurpose triple-decker equipped with two Liebherr LS250 shipboard cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 500 mtons. Her optimized deck layout and forward location of bridge and accommodation allow for unobstructed 2,830 sqm of space on the weather deck. With 26,000 cbm and 5,500 sqm covered floor space, the BBC BREMEN is a true space miracle. In addition, her fuel consumption is less than that of vessels of comparable dimensions. This combination reduces GHG emissions per freight to carried by up to 30%.

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The godmother of the BBC BREMEN Anitta Schumann with Captain Maksym Aleynikov to her left, Knut Voigt (head of the BBC Chartering Bremen office) to her right, and Ulrich Ulrichs, CEO of BBC Chartering (right in the background) with the entire crew in front of the ship. Photo © Marko Stampehl

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The BBC BREMEN cast off immediately after the end of the naming ceremony to continue her voyage to Hamburg and further to Galveston and Houston in the US. Photo © OTD Media Tommy Döscher