Above left to right:
Off the North Coast of Cuba (April 23, 2007): Komrowski's small containership AGAMAN operating for Melfi Lines (ex SEA CHEROKEE-02, ex AGAMAN-01). IMO number: 9212448. 4,450 gt (5,562 dwt - 505 teu), built 1997 by Wenzhou Eastern Shipyard, Wenzhou, P. R. China. Dimensions: 100.58 m x 18.4 m. Powered by a 9 cyl MAN-B&W diesel providing 3,960 kW for a speed of 15.0 knots. Flag: Liberia (Monrovia). I've seen this one in Halifax.
Cartagena (April 25, 2007): Rickmer's containership CMA CGM PAULISTA (ex MADELEINE RICKMERS-05, ex SAGITTARIUS CHALLENGER-01, ex MADELEINE RICKMER-97) IMO number: 9134660. 16,801 gt (23,062 dwt - 1,694 teu), built 1997 by Stocznia Szczecinska S.A., Szczecin, Poland. Dimensions: 183.9 m x 25.3 m. Powered by a 6 cyl H. Cegielski-Poznan diesel providing 13,320 kW for a speed of 19.6 knots. Flag: Marshall Islands (Majuro).
Cartagena (April 25, 2007): Dowa Line's bulker / log carrier CENTURY ELKHORN (IMO number: 9223643. 9,978 gt (16,213 dwt), built 2000 by Shin Kochijyuko Co. Ltd., Japan. Dimensions: 137.0 m x 23.0 m. Powered by a 6 cyl Akasaka diesel providing 6,330 kW. Flag: Panama (Panama).
Cartagena (April 25, 2007): Intership Navigation's bulker UBC TAMPICO (IMO number: 9285354. 24,140 gt (37,821 dwt), built 2004 by Saiki Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Saiki-city, Japan. Dimensions: 182.6 m x 28.6 m. Powered by a 6 cyl Akasaka diesel providing 7,980 kW for a speed of 14.2 knots. Flag: Cyprus (Limassol). The green-hulled containership is DS-Schiffahrt's CAPE RACE (ex MSC PERTH-05, ex CAPE RACE-03, ex CSAV CALLAO-99, ex COPIAPO-98, ex YUCATAN-95, ex JEAN BOSCO-93) operating for the Mediterranean Shipping Co. IMO number: 9005417. 29,912 gt (35,071 dwt - 2,275 teu), built 1993 by 3 Maj Brodogradiliste D.D., Rijeka, Croatia. Flag: Liberia.
Cartagena (April 25, 2007): Last in this sequence, a familiar containership to Canadian viewers in perhaps unfamiliar colours - currently Anglo-Eastern Ship Management's VALENCIA EXPRESS (ex CP PERFORMER-06, ex LYKES PERFORMER-05, ex CAST PROMINENCE-05, ex CANMAR COURAGE-03). IMO number: 9108130. 33,735 gt (34,330 dwt - 2,400 teu), built 1996 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Okpo, S. Korea. Dimensions: 216.1 m x 32.26 m. Powered by a 7 cyl Sulzer diesel providing 20,930 kW for a speed of 20.0 knots. Flag: Bermuda (Hamilton). The containership at the terminal in the background is the Far Eastern Shipping Co.'s CAP VILANO (ex FESCO BARGUZIN-06, ex CAPE MANUEL-06) IMO number 9311787. 28,372 gt (37,800 dwt - 2,742 teu), built 2006 by Aker Ostsee (MTW), Germany. Flag: Cyprus.
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