Safmarine was particularly honored to have Dr. Angela Merkel, member of German Parliament and Chancellor of Germany, named the Safmarine Nakuru and Miss Berlinda Oduro-Owusu - daughter of Mr. Nana Oduro-Owusu, Managing Director, Cocoa Marketing Company, Ghana ' named the Safmarine Nuba at a special ceremony held at Germany's Volkswerft Stralsund Shipyard on Saturday, June 14, 2008.
The Safmarine Nakuru and Safmarine Nuba now join sister-vessels Safmarine Ngami, Safmarine Nyassa and Safmarine Nile ' named earlier this year ' as newcomers to the Safmarine fleet. The Safmarine Nakuru takes its name from a soda lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya while the Safmarine Nuba is named after a range of mountains in southern Sudan.
Both vessels, which have a crew complement of 17, will be deployed on the trades between West Africa and Europe.