Container Ship COLOMBO EXPRESS inbound into Halifax - Under MacKay Bridge (Sept 1, 2015)

Halifax Container Ship Spotting video 5 of 5

The 8750 TEU Hapag-Lloyd container vessel COLOMBO EXPRESS sailing under the A Murray MacKay Bridge as it enters the Port of Halifax on maiden call, inbound from Cagliari, Italy.

The vessel is guided to the Fairview Cove Container Terminal by the tugs Atlantic Larch and Atlantic Oak.

At 8750 TEU capacity, the COLOMBO EXPRESS and sister vessel BUDAPEST EXPRESS are now the largest container vessels to visit the Port of Halifax.

The COLOMBO EXPRESS was involved in a collision with the container vessel MAERSK TANJONG in the Suez Canal back in September 2014, but has since been repaired.

Hapag-Lloyd is part of the G6 alliance with partners NYK Line, OOCL, APL, Hyundai, and Mitsu OSK Lines.

IMO Number: 9295244
Flag / Nationality: Germany
Operator: Hapag-Lloyd
Completion Year: 2005 / 04
Maximum TEU Capacity: 8750
Maximum Speed (Kn): 25.0
Overall Length (M): 335.50
Overall Beam (M): 42.80
Maximum Draught (M): 14.60
Deadweight (Ton): 103,800
Gross Tonnage (Ton): 93,750

Filmed at 12:55pm, Tuesday September 1, 2015.

Apologies for the shakiness of this video caused by the wind.