MV Rotterdam Express

History
Name	Rotterdam Express
Owner	HL-4160 Chartering
Operator	Hapag-Lloyd
Port of registry	Germany
Launched	10 June 2000
Identification	Call sign: DMRX; IMO number: 9193317;
General characteristics
Tonnage	54,465 GT; 66,975 DWT;
Length	294 metres (965 ft)
Beam	32 metres (105 ft)

MV Rotterdam Express is a container ship built in 2000 and in the Hapag-Lloyd fleet as of 2021.

Sister ships in the Dallas Express class include the lead ship Dallas Express, Seoul Express, and Tokyo Express.^[1]

History[]

In 2018, the ship was boarded by Colombian Navy and police forces near Cartagena, after being informed of ten stowaways by the captain. During the course of investigating the containers, 185 kg of cocaine were found and seized.^[2]^[3]

The ship was boarded by the United States Coast Guard in October 2021 in part of the investigation of the Orange County, California oil pipeline break and spill.^[4]

References[]

^ "Cargo fleet vessels". Cargo fleet information. Hapag-Lloyd. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
^ "Colombia military, guerrilla roundup (BBC Monitoring Americas)". BBC. 29 January 2018 – via Proquest.
^ Donal Scully (January 30, 2018). "Colombian officials raid Hapag-Lloyd ship, impound cocaine haul and detain ten unauthorised people on board". splash247.com. Asia Shipping Media.
^ MATTHEW BROWN, BRIAN MELLEY, and STEFANIE DAZIO (October 8, 2021). "Small crack in pipeline may have delayed oil spill detection". Associated Press.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

External links[]

Official website (Hapag-Lloyd)

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[1] "Cargo fleet vessels". Cargo fleet information. Hapag-Lloyd. Retrieved October 9, 2021.

[2] "Colombia military, guerrilla roundup (BBC Monitoring Americas)". BBC. 29 January 2018 – via Proquest.

[3] Donal Scully (January 30, 2018). "Colombian officials raid Hapag-Lloyd ship, impound cocaine haul and detain ten unauthorised people on board". splash247.com. Asia Shipping Media.

[4] MATTHEW BROWN, BRIAN MELLEY, and STEFANIE DAZIO (October 8, 2021). "Small crack in pipeline may have delayed oil spill detection". Associated Press.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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