Zodiac Maritime continues to expand its auto carrier fleet, naming it new ships after race courses. Today, December 3, the latest arrival in Halifax is the newly built Brands Hatch.
Named for the British race course which is located in a naturally shaped amphitheater, and derives its name from a Gaelic term for a wooded slope (or so it is said). It is well known in world racing circles and has hosted the British Grand Prix and other notable car and motorcycle races.
Zodiac Maritime is based in London and has a large fleet of about 200 ships of all types - predominantly container ships.
The Brands Hatch was built by Yantai CMC Raffles Shipyard and delivered in March of this year. It is a 69,250 gt, 19,160 dwt ship with a carrying capacity of 7,000 CEU. It is also fueled by LNG.
The ship arrived from the usual European ports on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Atlantic service and after discharging cars at Autoport will move to Pier 9C to offload RoRo cargo.
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