One Innovation.
This image was captured from the main deck of the preserved steamship SS Shieldhall on the 22nd of July 2023 prior to Shieldhall's departure to observe part of the 2023 Fastnet Yacht Race. Unfortunately Shieldhall's departure from Southampton's Western Docks was delayed and eventually cancelled due to an air pump failure on one of her two triple expansion steam engines. The consolation for me was that whilst I was on Shieldhall I was able to see and photograph the brand new Containership One Innovation that was making her Maiden arrival at Southampton. At 235311 Gross tons with a length of 400 metres she is the largest vessel to date to berth at the Port. One Innovation was built in Japan in 2023, has the ability to transport 24000 standard sized containers and is Registered in Liberia. According to Internet sources she is the first of 6 Megamax vessels to be ordered by her owners Ocean Network Express (ONE). I would imagine that her hull paint colour has a specialist name but the word that came to my mind when I saw her was Pink. Whilst I have seen a small UK river ferry and a Ukrainian harbour tug painted pink it is the first time that I have ever seen and photographed an ocean going vessel painted in this colour.