''Colombo Express'' was one of the
largest container ships in the world. 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
Hapag-Lloyd AG is a German international shipping and container transportation company. Hapag-Lloyd was formed in 1970 through a merger of Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG) and North German Lloyd.
History
The company was formed on September 1, 1 ...
, and operated by its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division. She is named for
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
, the largest city in
Sri Lanka, 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
''Savannah Express'', is a container ship owned by the Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt company out of Hamburg, Germany. She was completed in 2005. The ship is capable of transporting up to 8401 Twenty-foot equivalent unit, TEUs at any one time, ...
'' and ''
Houston Express''.
''Colombo Express'' has a
gross tonnage of 93,750 and had a
deadweight capacity of 104,400 tonnes.
Her rated speed is .
[ Built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries 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.YouTube
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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
''Osaka Express'' (built in 2007) is a container ship operated by the shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. This vessel has a capacity of and . It can achieve a speed
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* ''Tsingtao Express''
References
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Container ships
Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
2005 ships
Maritime incidents in 2014