ITAL LAGUNA (LT LAGUNA – 06 HANJIN PUSAN 152 – 04) 54,152 / 2006?? - Container Ship

(Note: Equasis lists the Year of Build as 2006 yet lists previous Names dating back to 2004. A 2005 JS-Containerships report would make it appear LT LAGUNA and HANJIN PUSAN 152 were names assigned prior to building and in fact she was launched in 2006.)

IMO Number: 9322463
Call Sign : ICBF
Gross Tonnage : 54,152
Net tonnage: 30,973
DWT: 68,038
Capacity: 5,090 TEU
Service Speed: 23
Draft: 13.5
Flag : Italy 2004-12-29
Greece 2004-06-02
Ship Manager: NIKI SHIPPING CO INC- Greece (2006-04-02)
DELPHIC SHIPPING (2004-06-02)
Registered Owner: PUCCINI SHIPPING CO LTD – Greece (2007-03-26)
NIKI SHIPPING CO INC (2004-06-02)
ISM Manager: ITALIA MARITTIMA SPA – Italy (2007-05-21)

This shot in New York in early August 2007 at which time she was most likely on Voyage 005E of the Asia-U.S.East Coast Express (AUX) liner service – providing weekly service in an 8 week rotation as follows:

QINGDAO, China (Yellow Sea) ETA: 07/05/07 ETD: 07/06/07: 1 Day
Sailing: 1 Day
SHANGHAI, China (Yangtze River) ETA: 7/06 ETD: 7/10: 3 Days
Sailing: 1 Day
NINGBO, China (East China Sea) ETA: 07/10 ETD: 07/11: 1 Day
Sailing: 15 Days
PANAMA CANAL ETA: 07/26 ETD: 7/27: 1 Day
COLON CONTAINER (Caribbean Sea) ETA: 7/27 ETD: 7/28: 1 Day
Sailing: 1 Day
KINGSTON (Jamaica) ETA: 7/29 ETD: 7/30: 1 Day
Sailing: 2 Days
NEW YORK (New York U.S.) ETA: 8/2 ETD: 8/3: 1 Day
Sailing: 2 Days
SAVANNAH (Georgia U.S.) ETA: 8/5 ETD: 8/6: 1 Day
Sailing: 1 Day
PORT EVERGLADES (Florida, U.S.) ETA: 8/7 ETD: 8/8: 1 Day
Sailing: 2 Days
COLON CONTAINER (Caribbean Sea) ETA: 8/10 ETD: 8/11: 1 Day
PANAMA CANAL ETA: 8/11 ETD: 8/12: 1 Day
Sailing: 19 Days
QINGDAO, China (Yellow Sea) ETA: 8/31 ETD: 9/1: 1 Day

Other Ships in the Asia-U.S.East Coast Express (AUX) Rotation in 2007 include:

ZIM SHEKOU: Next due in New York: 8/9
ITAL LUNARE: Next due in New York: 8/16
ITAL LIRICA Next due in New York: 8/23
ZIM LIVORNO Next due in New York: 8/30
ZIM XIAMEN Next due in New York: 9/6
ITAL MATTINA Next due in New York: 9/13
ZIM GENOVA Next due in New York: 9/27
Followed by the ITAL LAGUNA back in New York 9/27/2007
Ref: Equasis, ShipmentLink, JS Containerships

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