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CMA CGM Columbia feat. two harbour pilot boats (2.7K)


published on 31 December 2020 407 -

Found on YouTube. Created by "John Koh".
CMA CGM Columbia container ship arriving from Shekou port, and transiting thru Hong Kong, destination Singapore

a rare capture of TWO harbour pilots boats to carry two pilots leaving off the container ship

Columbia is only a 300m long 48m wide vessel, only 9200 TEU capacity but it has separate bridge tower and chimney. The ship was built in 2015.
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