MV Colombo Express
{{Short description|German container ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg |Ship caption=Colombo Express on its maiden voyage to Hamburg, with the Köhlbrand bridge in the background, in April 2005 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=Colombo Express |Ship owner=Hapag-Lloyd |Ship operator=Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division |Ship registry={{DEU}} |Ship route=North America to East Asia and vice versa |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Hyundai Heavy Industries |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=1595 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=1 November 2004 |Ship launched=14 January 2005 |Ship completed=30 March 2005 |Ship christened=11 April 2005 |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*Call sign: DIHC
|Ship fate= |Ship status=Operational }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=Container ship |Ship tonnage=*{{GT|93,750}}
|Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|334.0|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|42.0|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|24.5|m|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=MAN-B&W 12K98ME diesel engine, 68640 kW |Ship propulsion=1 fixed propeller |Ship speed={{cvt|20|kn}} |Ship capacity=8749 TEUs |Ship crew= }} |
Colombo Express is a container ship. When launched in 2005, she was claimed by her owner to be the world's largest container ship,{{citation|url=http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/press_and_media/press_release_page_9470.html|work=Press release|title=Colombo Express - Naming of the largest containership in the world|publisher=Hapag-Lloyd|date=11 April 2005|accessdate=2011-08-15}} a title she held until Emma Mærsk was launched in 2006.
Colombo Express holds {{TEU|8,749|first=yes}}, 730 refrigerated (reefer) TEUs, is {{convert|1099|ft|m|order=flip}} long, and has a beam, or width, of {{convert|140|ft|m|order=flip}}. She is owned by the German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, and operated by its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division. She is named for Colombo, 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 {{TEU|8400}} (700 reefer) ships Savannah Express and Houston Express.
Colombo Express has a gross tonnage of 93,750 and had a deadweight capacity of 104,400 tonnes.{{cite web| url=http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/fleet/vessel_5533.html |title=Colombo Express Class, Hapag Lloyd Vessels}} Her rated speed is {{convert|25.0|kn|km/h}}. Built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2004–2005, she was christened on 11 April 2005, and her diesel engine generates {{convert|93500|hp|order=flip}} of power.
Colombo Express operates out of the home port of Hamburg, 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 {{convert|65|ft|m|adj=on|order=flip}} dent to its left side and causing delays to traffic through the Suez Canal.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-suezcanal-crash-idUSKCN0HO1GY20140929 |title=Collision delays Suez Canal traffic: sources |newspaper=Reuters.com |date= |author= |accessdate=September 30, 2014}} Footage of the incident was caught on video by a spectator and posted on YouTube.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktwo-k-onk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2ktwo-k-onk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=▶ Accident between two vessels in suez canal 29/09/2014 in portsaid |newspaper=YouTube |date= |author=fadymaria1 |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}{{cbignore}}
''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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