Large container ships seem to be becoming more frequent in Halifax in the past few Weeks. August 5th – CMA CGM Vivaldi was the Largest Ship to Date at 8500 TEU Less then a Week later, on August 8, the 8749 TEU Budapest Express appeared, Breaking the Record Again. Ships
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Another large container ship, the OOCL Southampton is due today. At 8063 TEU she is slightly smaller then Hapag-Llyods or CMA-CGM appearances of late, but is the largest OOCL vessel to call in Halifax to date. She is currently inbound Photos to Follow.
Due in port today is the Colombo Express. When Built in 2005, as the lead ship in the class, she was the largest container ship in the World at 8700 TEU. She was so impressive Revel released a 1/700 scale model of her at the time. (the model is 18″
CMA-CGM Bianca arrived today, and has to be the most loaded container vessel i can recall seeing in Halifax. It looks as though most of her 8500teu capacity is consumed.
From earlier this week, Nagoya express made an appearance at Halterm. This leaves only class name sake Vienna Express to Appear. Budapest Express was here on August 8 Due to Airdraft considerations, these ships may stop at halterm on the return westbound leg.
Macao Straight for Melfi, waiting for pier 41.
The United Arab Shipping Company is due to start calling in October. As Part of the Ocean3 Alliance CMA CGM, China Shipping Container Lines and United Arab Shipping Co. formed the Oceans 3 Alliance in September 2014, and operate a route between Asia and the east coast via Suez, and
Rated at 8749 TEU, she was built in 2010 and is a member of the 3 ship Vienna Express Class. CMA-CGM Vivaldi recently made a stop in Halifax, and was touted as the largest ship yet. at 8478, she was just bested by 271 TEU. The Vienna express class are
It appears Halifax has just added another Container Cruising Route. Eimskip’s Reykjafoss (three single cabins) every 35 days to Argentia and St Anthony NF, three ports in Iceland, Immingham in the UK and Rotterdam. This Cruise is 82euro/person/day This Follows the recent start of The new CMA CGM Columbus Loop