''Colombo Express'' is a container ship. When launched in 2005, she was claimed by her owner to be the world's
largest container ship,
a title she held until ''
Emma Mærsk'' was launched in 2006.
''Colombo Express'' holds , 730 refrigerated (reefer) TEUs, is long, and has a
beam, or width, of . She is owned by the German shipping company
Hapag-Lloyd
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History
The company was forme ...
, and operated by its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division. She is named for
Colombo
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, the largest city in
Sri Lanka
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, which the predecessor company, North American Lloyd, first called on in 1886. She is the first of eight proposed ''Colombo Express'' class vessels, and is only slightly larger (approximately 4%) than her ''Savannah Express'' class cousins, the (700 reefer) ships ''
Savannah Express'' and ''
Houston Express''.
''Colombo Express'' has a
gross tonnage
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of 93,750 and had a
deadweight capacity of 104,400 tonnes.
Her rated speed is .
[ Built in South Korea by ]Hyundai Heavy Industries
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History
HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division ...
in 2004–2005, she was christened on 11 April 2005, and her diesel engine generates of power.
''Colombo Express'' operates out of the home port of Hamburg
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, and will mainly travel from Europe to Southeast Asia and back in 56-day round-trips.
Collision with ''Maersk Tanjong''
On 29 September 2014, ''Colombo Express'' was involved in a collision with ''MV Maersk Tanjong'', sustained a dent to its left side and causing delays to traffic through the Suez Canal
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.
''Colombo Express'' class
''Colombo Express'' class ships:
* ''Bremen Express''
* ''Chicago Express''
* ''Colombo Express''
* ''Hanover Express''
* ''Kuala Lumpur Express''
* '' Kyoto Express''
* '' Osaka Express''
* ''Tsingtao Express''
References
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Container ships
Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
2005 ships
Maritime incidents in 2014