Sierra Express

Update 23.10.2021
Current Name Sierra Express
Previous Name Cordillera Express (until 1983)
Classification Society Germanischer Lloyd
IMO 7383918
Call Sign SWYU
Operator Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Manager Costamare Shipping Co. S.A., Athens, Greece
Owner Westwood Shipping, Inc., Monrovia, Liberia
Flag Greece
Port of Registry Piraeus
Type of Ship full container ship
Completion 1977
Shipyard Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina, Gdansk, Poland
Building No. B463/02
GT 27.970
DWT [t] 23.020
Overall Length [m] 203,99
Registered Breadth [m] 30,82
Maximum Draught [m] 10,00
Propulsion [KW] 21.330
Propulsion [BHP] 29.000
Speed [Kn] 20,0
Capacity Containers [TEU] 1.560
Additional Information 2nd ship of a series of identically constructed container ships (7 vessels) (some of these ships had been equipped with a gantry crane, temporarily or during their whole service), also see >MSC Corsica< - equipped with 1 gantry crane of a lifting capacity of 40 ts - in 2008 the ship was renamed >MSC Sierra< - on April 21st 2011 >MSC Sierra< arrived Alang for demolition by Indian breakers. The work began on May 4th 2011.
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