Atlantic Sky Comes to Baltimore October 9, 2020

This 296×37.6m (971.13×123.36ft) UK flagged ConRo ship was built in 2017 by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in china and owned by New Jersey based Atlantic Container Line (ACL) according to BalticShipping.com.

She and her four sisters were designed by Knud E. Hansen who has detailed specifications on her here. ACL has their own data sheet which can be seen here.

Atlantic Sky was christened at the Port Newark Auto Marine Terminal at the Port of New York & New Jersey in 2018 according to this MarineLink article.

Also in 2018 transatlantic passenger service was announced aboard this ship and her sisters according to this The Cruise Examiner article which includes interior photos.

According to this Nautilus International news item the International Transport Workers’ Federation issued a warning to this ship’s owners after crew aboard this ship contacted the ITF indicating they’d been on the ship for 15 months and asked for help to get off the ship. This article is worth a read.

Check out this three part vlog by YouTuber Helge Christiansen: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. It is well worth watching all parts all the way through. Also check out this video of her maiden arrival to Halifax, Canada on May 17, 2017. Another more recent arrival of the same ship to the same location on July 27, 2020 can be seen here.

In my 7 minute video below she can be seen following the container ship City of Hongkong on the Patapsco River as she makes her way to Baltimore, Maryland. Pilot boat Baltimore can be seen passing the ship to turn around and approach from the other side. As she nears it can be seen that the sea has been punishing her paint job. Tug Patrick McAllister can be seen helping her turn and the City of Hongkong can be seen leading the way.

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