Dimitra C

The Greek owned, Malta flagged container ship Dimitra C arrived today on THE Alliance service. Owned by Danaos Corp, it is a 74,071 gt, 74,453 dwt ship built in 2002 by IHI, Kure. Its nominal container capacity of 6402 TEU includes 500 reefers. However its "homogeneous" rating at 14 tonnes per TEU is 4734 TEU.

Dimitra C passes George's Island inbound.

Note construction activity on the island where the wharf is being rebuilt for next summer when it will be open to the public for the first time.

Danaos Corp owns more than sixty ships chartered out to most of the major container lines.

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Business as usual

There was little activity in Halifax today and what there was, was business as usual. Autoport  saw another visit from Wallenius Wilhelmsen. This time it was Wilhelmsen's Tongala , last reported here just a year ago on November 27, 2017.

 

The ship itself was built in 2012 by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki with a grt of 61,106 grt, 22,585 dwt, with a capacity of 6459 cars. It also has a 300 tonne capacity stern ramp for special loads.

At Fairview Cove Dimitra C [see yesterday's post] completed its work and sailed this morning.

Still lightly loaded.

 
Eastbound ships usually carry less cargo than westbound ones, but even so it's rare to see a ship that is so light.

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Dimitra C high and light

The container ship Dimitra C arrived this afternoon on the eastbound leg of its EC5 run for THE Alliance. The ship appeared very lightly loaded with its rudder stock out of the water.

The ship was built in 2002 by IHI Kure as MOL Priority. In 2014 it was renamed Priority when owners Mitsui OSK Lines, sold the ship to Danaos Corporation. Earlier this year Danaos renamed thes hip Dimitra C. Sale and lease back has been a popular means of ship finance since the early 2000s, however some of the glow wore off during the recent financial crises when charter rates plummeted and ship owners were locked into long term deals with penalties for early termination.

Dimirtra C has a capacity of 6402 TEU including 500 reefers and measures 74,071 grt, 74,453 dwt.


Addendum
I should have noted that the air temperature was about -12C when the photo was taken and a light coat of freezing spray shows on the side of the ship forward. It does look like hull damage, but that my be an optical effect.

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