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As at other ports, container traffic through Halifax has been hit by the downturn in the economy. About 15 per cent fewer containers are being handled than during peak periods in recent years.
SINGAPORE EXPRESS enters the harbour showing a fair turn of speed as she heads for the Ceres terminal. IMO number: 9200809. Owned by Takoulis Maritime Corp., Greece. Ship manager: Costamare Shipping, Athens. Flag: Greece (Piraeus). Gross tonnage: 54,401 (66,793 dwt) - 4,890 teu. Completed: 2000-08, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Ulsan, S. Korea (yard no: 1229). Dimensions: loa. 294.17 m x 32.30 m x - m draught. Main engine: MAN-B&W 7K98MC, 7 cyl motor. Power: 40,040 kW. Speed: 24.0 knots.
OOCL MALAYSIA (ex E.R. SEOUL-00) arriving at Ceres on its inaugural call. IMO number: 9208021. Owned by MS "E.R. SEOUL" Schiffahrtsges. mbH & Co. KG, Germany. Manager: E.R. Schiffahrt GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg. Flag: Liberia (Monrovia). Gross tonnage: 66,289 (67,660 dwt) - 5,514 teu. Completed: 2000-06, Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Koje, S. Korea (yard no: 1301). Dimensions: loa. 277.0 m x 40.0 m x 14.00 m draught. Main engine: Samsung MAN-B&W 12K90MC, 12 cyl motor. Power: 54,840 kW. Speed: 24.9 knots.
ATLANTIC CONVEYOR waits to berth at Ceres while ATLANTIC OAK uses all of her 4,000 bhp to take the way off and begin to swing the stern of the OOCL MALAYSIA. IMO number: 8215534. Owned by Atlantic Container Line, Sweden. Ship manager: ACL Ship Management, Skarhamn. Flag: Sweden (Gothenburg). Gross tonnage: 58,438 (44,988 dwt) - 2,908 teu. Completed: 1985-01, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend, U.K. (yard no: 121). Dimensions: loa. 292.0 m x 32.31 m x 11.62 m draught. Main engine: B&W 9L90 GB, 9 cyl motor. Power: 20,200 kW. Speed: 17.5 knots.
MELFI IBERIA (ex CALA PROVIDENCIA-08, NOVIA-04, P&O NEDLLOYD SLAUERHOFF-03, P&O NEDLLOYD MOMBASA-02, NOVIA-02, SEA NOVIA-97) passes McNab's Island heading for Halterm while SVITZER BEDFORD waits to assist with berthing. IMO number: 9101508. Owned by MS "NOVIA" Schiffahrtsges. mbH & Co. KG, Germany. Managed by Herm. Dauelsberg GmbH & Co., Bremen. Flag: Liberia (Monrovia). Gross tonnage: 14,936 (20,100 dwt) - 1,388 teu. Completed: 1995-05, Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH, Warnemunde, Germany (yard no: 432). Dimensions: loa. 167.03 m x 25.00 m x 9.84 m draught. Main engine: Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock GmbH, Sulzer-type 7RTA58, 7 cyl motor. Power: 11,130 kW. Speed: 19.0 knots. This ship was until recently chartered to Costa Container Line and is now chartered to Melfi Line.
CALA PORTOFINO (ex SADIRA-02) departs Halterm flying her newly acquired Singapore flag. IMO number: 9139086. Owned by Plantation Key Pte Ltd., Singapore. Managed by Fleet Ship Management Pte Ltd., Singapore. Flag: Singapore. Gross tonnage: 16,661 (23,051 dwt) - 1,730 teu. Completed: 2002-11, Stocznia Szczecinska SA, Szczecin, Poland (yard no: B170/1/22). Dimensions: loa. 184.10 m x 25.30 m x - m draught. Main engine: Sulzer 6RTA62U, 6 cyl motor. Power: 13,320 kW. Speed: 19.6 knots.
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