Don Pasquale Comes to Baltimore March 23, 2019

This 227.9×32.26m (747.7×105.84ft) PCTC (Pure Car Truck Carrier) was built in 1997 by Daewoo Heavy Industry in Okpo, Korea. In 2007 she was elongated Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard in Vietnam.  I haven’t found anything that indicates how much she was elongated by but her sister ship, Don Carlos that I saw comes to Baltimore, Maryland in December 2018, was elongated by 28m. She is owned by Wallenius Wilhemsen and can carry up to 7,194 cars or 3,700 cars and 600 trucks. Click this link to read a data sheet provided by Wallenius Lines which provides a lot of great information on this ship.
In the video below pilot boat Maryland can be seen heading to the ship. Tugboat MS Janet can be seen twice. Tugs Lynne Moran and Harriet Moran can be seen helping this ship in, the latter doing an unusual rear facing approach to the ship. Check out her orange cap! For best results watch in FULL SCREEN. You may need to watch for 20+ seconds before full resolution kicks in.

I saw two other ships on this day, the NYK Line vehicles carrier Capricornus Leader and the Coast Guard Barque Eagle.

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