Rio Grande Express

Update 17.10.2021
Current Name Rio Grande Express
Classification Society Lloyd's Register Fairplay
IMO 9301823
Call Sign VRCE5
Operator Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Manager Seaspan Ship Management Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Owner Seaspan Corporation, Hong Kong, P.R. China
Flag P.R. China
Port of Registry Hong Kong
Type of Ship full container ship
Completion 2006
Shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Geoje, South Korea
Building No. 1544
GT 39.941
DWT [t] 50.869
Overall Length [m] 260,10
Registered Breadth [m] 32,25
Maximum Draught [m] 12,60
Propulsion [KW] 36.560
Propulsion [BHP] 49.707
Speed [Kn] 24,5
Capacity Containers [TEU] 4.248
Additional Information 28th ship of a "Samsung Heavy Industries" series of identically constructed container ships (31 vessels) - in this case also the 12th ship of the former sonamed Hapag-Lloyd "Westfalia Express" class (15 vessels) and the only ship left of Hapag-Lloyd, also see (>Bavaria Express<, ex >Contship Indigo<), >Thuringia Express< and (>Jakarta Express<, >Seaspan Jakarta<) - also see >CMA CGM Kingston< as well as from China Shipping >CSCL Rotterdam< and >Seaspan Dalian<
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