27,939 gt; 23,047 dwt; 1,416 teu
Operator: Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg
Built 1978 by Stocznia Gdanska im Lenina, Gdansk, Poland. Yard no. B463/03
Main engine: ten-cylinder, two-stroke Cegielski-Sulzer 10RND90 of 29,000 bhp at 122 rpm. Speed: 22 knots
Third in the series of nine 416 TEU containerships built by the yard for member companies of the Europe-Caribbean CAROL (Caribbean Overseas Line) container consortium. The lines involved were Hapag Lloyd of West Germany, CGM The French Line, KNSM of the Netherlands and T & J Harrison of Liverpool.
AMERICA EXPRESS finished up as MSC EAGLE and went to breakers in 2010