Atlantic Star Comes to Baltimore, April 1, 2019
This 296×37.6m (971.13×123.36ft) Container/Ro-Ro (or ConRo) ship was built in 2015 by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in China for Atlantic Container Line (ACL). She was christened right here in Baltimore on September 21, 2018. She was the first of the G4 ships to be built, the others being the Atlantic Sail (seen November 12, 2018), Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sky, and Atlantic Sun, the latter of which I saw come to Baltimore October 13, 2018. They can each carry 3,800 TEUs and 1,300 cars. ACL Cargo has provided a data sheet on this class of ship which can be seen here. A 2015 article by Motorship has a lot of detailed information on this ship. Passenger service is available aboard this ship between the USA and Europe. Information on this can be viewed here.
In the video below she can be seen greeted by the pilot boat Maryland then passing the outbound Gunde Maersk, herself a giant ship. Finally the tugboat Timothy McAllister can be seen waiting for her. For best results watch in FULL SCREEN. You may need to watch for 20+ seconds before full resolution kicks in.
On this day the spliethoff ship Scheldegracht was also seen arriving.
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