Contship Cup
The ZIM feeder ship Contship Cup is back in Halifax after making a month-long loop to the west coast of South America. It made its first arrival here on March 25 on the ZCA service, and has since returned to New York, Kingston (Jamaica), Callao (Peru), Paita (Peru), Kingston, Miami, Philadelphia and New York.
The ZCA's southern terminus, Paita, was founded in 1532 and is a major seaport for Peru handling 650,000 TEU annually. From the number of temperature controlled boxes visible on the Contship Cup it appears that the ZCA carries a substantial amount of produce cargo. It is also a linking service to ZIM's wholly owned Intra Asia shipping company Gold Star Line, which also has reefer containers on board.
The ship appears to be carrying more containers this time, but as Halifax is the northern terminus of the ZCA it is not surprising that the ship is not deeply loaded.
Franbo Lohas
At Pier 9C the Franbo Lohas completed loading cable racks and moved out to anchor in Bedford Basin.
This is the usual pattern for these ships, which sometimes remain at anchor for weeks before sailing to Portsmouth, NH to load fibre optic submarine cable. I note that a sister ship the Franbo Logic cleared Cape Town April 20 and is due in Halifax May 12 - presumably also to load cable racks.
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