Seeing Red - Yellow Too -updated

 Red is not an unusual colour for ships, but it is most commonly seen in Halifax on ships of the Canadian Coast Guard, and ships that value high visibility for arctic operations.

Two red ships arrived today (October 20) - and they may or may not fit the latter description. First in was the Swedish tanker Ramanda from Albany, NY. The ship went to anchor to await loading of the Irving Oil (chartered) tanker Algoma East Coast at Irving Oil's Woodside Terminal.

 The ship was built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (or Avic Dungheng) in 2018. It is a dual fuel ship (with 2000 cubic meter LNG tanks on deck) of 12,770 dwt, 17,994 dwt and built to the high standard of Ice Class 1A. The ship does not appear to be carrying much, if any, cargo, so my guess is that it has been hired by Coastal Shipping Ltd to complete the northern supply rounds of the Kivalliq W. (see yesterday's post).* The ship briefly carried the names Zhong Ding 42 and Ju Feng 1 in 2018.

 The second red arrival was the heavy lift multi-purpose ship BBC Rheiderland a 14,941gt, 17,551 dwt vessel built in 2013 by Sanfu Ship Engineering in Taizhou. It carries three 80 tonne SWL cranes that can work in combination for 150 tonne lifts. It has the usual pontoon hatches and moveable tween decks.

 Arriving at Pier 9C from Belfast it is perhaps safe to say that it is carrying more aircraft components. (previous posts may not have been reliable). Something I have never noted before, is flashing red lights near the top of the crane boom. These are typically aircraft warning lights and may be required in  some ports, but were flashing here today. (The unintentional smiley face is probably not a requirement.)

 As with several BBC Chartering Ships it has had previous names: named initially SCL Helvtia it was renamed Clipper Helvetia in 2013, and Helvetia from 2016 to 2020. Rheiderland is a region in the vicinity of the River Ems and includes portions of Germany and the Netherlands.

To contrast with the red was the bright yellow of the Grande Costa D'Avorio arriving at Autoport.

 Grimaldi Lines of Italy, primarily operates between Europe and Africa, where the bright sun must make the yellow ships glow. (Grimaldi also owns the Atlantic Container Line, but its ships have dark blue hulls.)

This ship was built by Uljanik in Pula, Croatia in 2011, with tonnages of 47,218 gt, 24,800 dwt. and capacities of about 800 TEU and carries RoRo cargo of up to 1200 CEU in hold or on deck.  It has two cargo cranes and a 250 tonne stern ramp. Today it  was carrying a helicopter, which showed up at the ramp. It likely has Italian cars and trucks as cargo.

The ship made the headlines in July-August 2023 when fire broke out while it was loading used cars in Port Newark. Two firefighters lost their lives.  The cars (none of which were electric, and some not in running order, were bound for Africa.)

 

Wrong guess! The tanker Sarah Desgagnés has been engaged, and is en route to Lewisporte to load.

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