The main ship of interest in Halifax today (June 28) was the first time caller ONE Owl the latest in the series of "bird" class ships to arrive on THE Alliance's EC5 (Asia - North America) route. The ship arrived from Colombo, Sri Lanka via Suez and unlike some previous ships on the route, did not make any stops in the Mediterranean such as Tanger Med.
The ONE Owl had penetrated the morning fog and was in the clear when it made its turn to back into Pier 41.
As with its sister ships, it was built by Japan Marine United in Kure and delivered in 2017 as NYK Owl. The 146,412 gt, 139,335 dwt ship has a rated capacity of 14,026 TEU. In 2021 it was renamed ONE Owl and repainted in the ONE colour scheme. There are a dozen or more "bird" class ships, and by my count we will have seen most of them by the end of July.
The ship is carrying more boxes (and running at deeper draft) than the last two "bird" ships on the EC5, so perhaps that was just a temporary lull.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment