Pusan meet Busan

 1.Pusan, berths with tugs at Fairview Cove east whileBusan Express lies at Fairview Cove west.

There are eight container ships incorporating "Pusan" in their names, as shipping lines favour major world ports as namesakes. There is only one incorporating the alternative spelling "Busan". That two of them should meet is perhaps not remarkable given the numbers. However it did happen today in Halifax.
Busan Expres arrived this morning. It is a post-Panamax ship of 75,590 gross tons and 85,810 deadweight, with a capacity of 6750 TEU. One of the big ships calling here, it berthed at the west end of Fairview Cove to be serviced by the post-Panamax and super post-Panamax cranes.
This afternoon Pusan arrived. It is of the more typical size, at 53,324 gross tons and 62,057 deadweight tonnes and capacity of 4688 TEU. It was built in 1997. As the smaller ship, it can be served by the smaller cranes at the east berth.
Both ships are German flag vessels, chartered in by Hapag-Lloyd. Busan Express is owned by Norddeutsche Schuldt and has adopted a Hapag-Lloyd name and colours for the charter.

Puisan is owned by F. Laiesz, the inheritors of the famous Flying P line from the days of sail, when all their ships names began with the letter P. They have stuck with this scheme ever since, and for a shorter term charter, the ship has not been renamed. It previously carried the names MSC Kenya (to 2011) and Pusan Senator (to 2007) on earlier charters.
Both ships were built in Korea, Busan Express at Daewoo, Goeje, and Pusan at Hyundai, Ulsan.

Busan Express - follow up

As reported November 4 Busan Express is a new to Halifax post-Panamax ship for Hapag-Lloyd. It arrived again yesterday afternoon and sailed this morning. It held off in Bedford Basin to allow Canada Express and Atlantic Compass to dock., so there was enough sunlight to take another picture.

1. Tug Atlantic Oak has the stern line as outbound escort through the Narrows.

To reduce air draft for bridge clearance, the ship is fitted with a folding signal mast and a very squat funnel.

2. The funnel is so short that the Hapag-Lloyd logo is mounted on the house.

3. The ship's owners' logo is displayed discretely on the side of the house. Owners are Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt GmbH &Co KG.

Built in 2004 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd of Goeje, South Korea, the ship was launched as Northern Monument, but was immediately placed in long term charter to Hapag-Lloyd.The ship is precisely 300m long and has a container capacity of 6.732 TEU of which 550 may be refrigerated. At 75,990 gross tons and 85,000 deadweight it is one of the largest container ships calling on Halifax.  

Busan Express - new to Halifax

1. Maersk Pembroke and Zim Panama at Halterm on Saturday- the pier was working flat out.

Both container piers in Halifax are scrambling with extra traffic brought on by the effects of storm Sandy in the ports of New York/ New Jersey. Both Fairview Cove (Cerescorp) and Halterm have been inundated by extra traffic from ships that could not berth in NY/NJ or diverted because of the effects of the storm.

2. Busan Express arrived this morning at Fairveiw Cove, followed by Atlantic Concert

In all this bustle there was also the arrival of Busan Express, a new to Halifax post-Panamax container ship. Until now Hapag-Lloyd has been using OOCL's post-Panamax ships (some renamed to Hapag names), but this may be the first in Hapag colours. Built in 2004 by Daewoo, in Koje, South Korea, it is a 75,590 gross tons/ 85,810 deadweight tonnes ship with a capacity of 6,750 TEUs. This puts it at slightly larger than the OOCL class of post-Panamaxes.

3. Atlantic Concert sails up the Narrows this morning bound for Fairview Cove.

4. Italy Express sails Friday as OOCL Antwerp gets underway from anchorage to go into Fairview Cove.

5. OOCL Antwerp sails on Saturday.