COSCO's “Andronikos” will make the first ceremonial transit of Expanded Panama Canal

Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 16:53 UTC

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China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for its container vessel Andronikos to make the ceremonial first transit through the Expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, June 26. The vessel, which has a maximum capacity of 9,400 TEUs, is 48.25 meters in beam and 299.98 meters in length. Read full article

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Troy Tempest
48m wide, not 8m as stated

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3825994/mmsi:538006767/imo:9732606/vessel:ANDRONIKOS
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ChrisR
Even shorter passage times for Chinese junk to reach East coast USA, the UK and Europe.
May 06th, 2016 - 06:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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