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Tokio Express
Photograph of the vessel  Tokio Express pictured departing Southampton on 23rd February 1997
Tokio Express pictured departing Southampton on 23rd February 1997

1973 / 57,802gt - ex Scandutch Edo-85, Tokio Express-84

Built by Blohm + Voss, Hamburg (878)
Container ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie

Sold for scrapping, arriving at Jiangyin on 10th January 2000

Returning to service after receiving repairs in Southampton. The ship had been damaged in heavy seas in the English Channel on 13th February which resulted in the loss of 62 containers, one of which caused the Great Lego Spill.