Spirit of Auckland Comes to Baltimore October 12, 2019
Who owns this 254x32m (833×105ft) container ship is a bit of a mystery. According to BalticShipping.com it is owned by Rickmers Shipmanagement. However looking through the fleet list of their what appears to be subsidiaries, Hamburg, Germany based Rickmers Line and Singapore based Zeaborn Ship Management this ship’s name doesn’t show up. Now defunct Containership-info.com lists E.R Shiffahrt as the owner and Hamburg Sud as the operator. A press release on Zeaborn’s website dating August 13, 2018 indicates that E.R. Shiffahrt and Rickmers Shipmanagement have been consolidated into Zeaborn which clears some things up. It could be the reason that it doesn’t show up on any fleet lists is that they simply haven’t updated their lists yet. She was built in 2007 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. LTD in Geoje, South Korea. According to VesselTracking.com she can carry up to 3,630 TEUs.
I last saw this ship December 22, 2018. I also came across this interesting travelogue about a couple who took a 36 day trip on this ship from Melbourne, Australia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2017. I think I would enjoy taking a shorter trip aboard a freighter someday.
In the first two scenes of my video below she can be seen passing the outbound general cargo ship Leanne Auerbach. In the following scenes tugboats Robert E McAllister and Timothy McAllister are seen moving into position to receive the arriving container shop. Next the pilot boat Baltimore can be seen approaching the ship. As she passes under the Key bridge a pilot can be seen disembarking. In the following scenes tugboat Timothy McAllister can be seen approaching and assisting the ship with the Robert E McAllister out of sight on the other side.
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