Another of Eastern Pacific's new dual fuel auto carriers arrived at Autoport today, October 22. The Lake Victoria is a 71,631 gt, 19,800 dwt ship with a capacity of 7,000 CEU. As with its sister ships it advertises that is was built with shore power connectivity and is fueled by LNG. The ship is on charter to Volkswagen and arrived from Emden.
China Merchants Jinling Co Ltd delivered the ship earlier this year. It carries the name of the largest lake in Africa, which was named for the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (including colonies like Canada) by the explorer John H Speke in 1858. Despite several local names, the British name has been retained. It is the world's second largest fresh water lake (by surface area) after Lake Superior.
It seems that the Lake Victoria will be in port over night and most of the day tomorrow. As a result the ASL Sanderling will remain at anchor until late in the day tomorrow before moving to Autoport.
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