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''Colombo Express'' was one of the largest container ships in the world. When launched in 2005, she was claimed by her owner to be the world's largest container ship, a title she held until ''
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'' was launched in 2006. ''Colombo Express'' holds , 730 refrigerated (reefer) TEUs, is long, and has a
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, or width, of . She is owned by the German shipping company
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, and operated by its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division. She is named for
Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
, the largest city in
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, which the predecessor company, North American Lloyd, first called on in 1886. She is the first of eight proposed ''Colombo Express'' class vessels, and is only slightly larger (approximately 4%) than her ''Savannah Express'' class cousins, the (700 reefer) ships ''
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'' and '' Houston Express''. ''Colombo Express'' has a
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of 93,750 and had a deadweight capacity of 104,400 tonnes. Her rated speed is . Built in South Korea by
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in 2004–2005, she was christened on 11 April 2005, and her diesel engine generates of power. ''Colombo Express'' operates out of the home port of
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, and will mainly travel from Europe to Southeast Asia and back in 56-day round-trips.


Collision with ''Maersk Tanjong''

On 29 September 2014, ''Colombo Express'' was involved in a collision with ''MV Maersk Tanjong'', sustained a dent to its left side and causing delays to traffic through the
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. Footage of the incident was caught on video by a spectator and posted on
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''Colombo Express'' class

''Colombo Express'' class ships: * ''Bremen Express'' * ''Chicago Express'' * ''Colombo Express'' * ''Hanover Express'' * ''Kuala Lumpur Express'' * '' Kyoto Express'' * ''
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'' * ''Tsingtao Express''


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