It has been announced that Hapag-Loyd have sold Heidelberg Express to Turkish breakers. It was built in 1989 by Howaldltswerke Deutsche-Werk in Kiel measuring 29,939 grt, 36,000 dwt. For a brief time in 1991 it carried the name Ville de Verseau.
In 1992 it was lengthened from 222.5 to 235.6m loa and re-measured at 35,919 grt, 45,977 dwt. Its new container capacity became 2803 TEU, including 238 reefers.
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The ship was a regular in Halifax, but in recent times it has been on Hapag-Lloyd's transatlantic run to Montreal, flying the Bermuda flag. At time of writing it has just exchanged pilots at Trois-Rivières and is expected in Montreal first thing tomorrow morning.
It is the last ship in the Bonn Express class still operating for Hapag-Loyd.Name ship of the class was sold for scrap earlier this year. http://shipfax.blogspot.ca/2015/02/bonn-express-to-breakers.html
In 1992 it was lengthened from 222.5 to 235.6m loa and re-measured at 35,919 grt, 45,977 dwt. Its new container capacity became 2803 TEU, including 238 reefers.
Heidelberg Express strides in to Halifax almost twenty years ago....
It is the last ship in the Bonn Express class still operating for Hapag-Loyd.Name ship of the class was sold for scrap earlier this year. http://shipfax.blogspot.ca/2015/02/bonn-express-to-breakers.html
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