Cape Akritas departs Felixstowe Berth 8 after her maiden call. 05.05.17

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The Cape Akritas on Charter to OOCL make the 1st call of the new Ocean alliance which consists of China Cosco Lines, OOCL, CMA CGM and Evergreen with around 3.5 million TEU.

LoA 330 metres and a Beam of 48.34 metres, she can carry a maximum 11010TEU and can has a maximum draft of 16 metres.

Cape Akritas sailed from Singapore to Felixstowe loaded with all sorts of things from the Far East. As there have been severe delays in Chinese ports due to the alliances changing around, the Akritas' schedule has been shortened to only Felixstowe and Rotterdam then back to Felixstowe before heading back to Singapore.

The pilot onboard request for the services for departure. Svitzer Kent and Svitzer Shotley leaves the tug pontoon to make fast for the departure. Svitzer Shotley makes fast on the starboard shoulder while the Svitzer Kent makes fast on the centre lead aft. The pilot gets the tugs to push up as a brisk 18-23 knot ENE wind was pushing on the portside and not helping as the lines were slackened.

Once all the line were let go the tugs move away and stretch their lines ready for work. The pilot gets both tugs to pull straight off at 50%. With the wind helping push her away from the berth she came off the berth quite swiftly.

As she made her way into the channel, the pilot gets the Shotley to stop pulling and come in to let go then gets the Kent to come straight astern. Once the Shotley was clear the Kent comes in to let go. The pilot navigates the Cape Akritas out of the harbour to the Sunk where he disembarks onto a pilot launch back to Harwich.
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