Tokio Express

*Tokio Express*
	Tokio Express off Calshot in 1988
History
Name	Tokio Express (1973–1984); Scandutch Edo (1984–1986); Tokio Express (1986–2000);
Operator	Hapag-Lloyd
Port of registry	Hamburg
Builder	Blohm + Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	878
Laid down	12 January 1971
Launched	2 November 1972
Completed	12 April 1973
In service	1973–2000
Identification	IMO number: 7232822
Fate	Scrapped 10 January 2000, Jiangyin, China
General characteristics
Class & type	Hamburg Express-Class (1973) Container ship
Tonnage	58,082 GRT; 49,532 DWT;
Length	287.6 metres (944 ft)
Beam	32.3 metres (106 ft)
Installed power	Stal-Laval AP-40 turbo-electric steam turbine, 81,131 horsepower (60,499 kW)
Propulsion	1 × fixed-pitch propeller
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)

Tokio Express was a German-registered container ship built by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg in 1973 for Hapag-Lloyd. She formed part of the early generation of large-capacity container vessels developed during the expansion of global trade in the 1970s. Originally one of the Hamburg Express-class ships, Tokio Express served under various names and owners before being decommissioned in 2000.

History
Tokio Express off Calshot in 1988
Name	Tokio Express (1973–1984) Scandutch Edo (1984–1986) Tokio Express (1986–2000)
Operator	Hapag-Lloyd
Port of registry	Hamburg
Builder	Blohm + Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	878
Laid down	12 January 1971
Launched	2 November 1972
Completed	12 April 1973
In service	1973–2000
Identification	IMO number: 7232822
Fate	Scrapped 10 January 2000, Jiangyin, China
General characteristics
Class & type	Hamburg Express-Class (1973) Container ship
Tonnage	58,082 GRT 49,532 DWT
Length	287.6 metres (944 ft)
Beam	32.3 metres (106 ft)
Installed power	Stal-Laval AP-40 turbo-electric steam turbine, 81,131 horsepower (60,499 kW)
Propulsion	1 × fixed-pitch propeller
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)