The last time I saw the autocarrier Toreador in Halifax was on August 13, 2020 and as the post on that date shows, the resulting photo was at best of "indifferent" quality! And as per the link my previous photos, taken on May 3, 2016 had the ship in its original Wilhelmsen colours. [Despite the operatic name - typical of Wallenius ships, its name does begin with a "T" in Wilhelmsen fashion.]
Today, February 19, I was bit more fortunate as I was able to catch the ship outbound from Autoport in mid-afternoon.
The ship is on the usual Wallenius Wilhelmsen transatlantic service from Bremerhaven, Wallhamn, Goteborg, and Zeebrugge. [Wallhamn is the giant auto import / export facility in Sweden].
Mitsubishi HI in Nagasaki built the Toreador in 2008. The 61,238 gt, 22,098 dwt ship has a capacity of 6,354 RT43 size cars, and its car decks are served by a 303 tonne capacity stern ramp.
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