Owner Regal Stone Ltd. Completed December 2001 Weight 69,140 tons Draft 14 m | Yard number 1381 Length 265 m Displacement 61.73 million kg Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries | |
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Name Venezia Hanjin Venezia (2010) MSC Venezia (2008) Hanjin Venezia (2008) Cosco Busan (2006) Hanjin Cairo (2001) Operator Synergy Management Ltd. Identification Call sign VRDI6CGMIX ID 512403IMO number 9231743MMSI no. 477968900 | ||
Hanjin Venezia, formerly Cosco Busan, is a 275 m (902 ft) container ship. On 7 November 2007 it collided with the protective fender of the Delta Tower of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in heavy fog. The collision sliced open two fuel tanks and led to the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay. She was renamed Hanjin Venezia after the accident.
The vessel was built in 2001 by Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan, South Korea. In December 2001, the vessel was placed under long-term charter to Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea and named Hanjin Cairo. The vessel called on various ports of Europe, Asia, and along the West Coast of the United States, specifically the Ports of Long Beach and Oakland, California.
In November 2006, owners renamed the vessel from Hanjin Cairo to Cosco Busan. After a 3-year absence from U.S. ports, Cosco Busan called upon the Port of Long Beach on December 29, 2006. On October 24, 2007 the vessel was sold to Regal Stone Ltd. of Hong Kong and was re-flagged and sailed under the national flag of Hong Kong. Cosco Busan's new owners contracted with Fleet Management to supply an all-Chinese crew and to manage her technical operations on behalf of the owners.
Through the changes in flag, ownership, and managing operator, the vessel has remained under charter to Hanjin Shipping Company.