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00:04 Fairchem Edge
01:38 B Atlantic
04:52 Great Pier
08:10 Barranquilla Skyline from Great Pier
09:55 Convention Centre "Puerta de Oro"
Hello Again. Welcome to see with me “The Great Pier”, located in Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia “Killa”
We start our flight watching sailing over Magdalena River this vessel: Fairchem Edge: An oil, chemical tanker.
It’s flag is from Marshall Island, with a gross tonnage of 11,917 and Dead weight of 19,900 tons.
Fairchem Edge was built in 2017 and its overall x breadth extreme are 146.5 x 24 meters.
Off course, flying over it may appear “small” but is 1.5 times the length of a soccer field.
This vessel has an average cruise speed of 12.1 knots or 22.4 km/h.
To the left we start watching B Atlantic a vessel bought by Gerdau Diaco to cut it in pieces and recycle the steel.
While we get back to B Atlantic, let’s enjoy a panoramic view of the Pier and beautiful Barranquilla skyline.
OK B Atlantic was sailing the seas until August 12, 2007 when it was confiscated by Venezuelan authorities.
By that time, It was moving coal under Caiman islands flag, commanded by Ukrainian captain Volodymyr Ustymenko.
He and second officer Yurliy Datchenko were condemned to nine years in jail because they had 128 Kg of drugs in the pope.
Eleven years after, Venezuelan government sold this ship to Colombia. Four tugboats moved it from Maracaibo to Barranquilla.
B Atlantic was built in 1983 and it’s 183 meters length and could transport up to 28 tons of brute load.
During it’s life span it had different names: Ming Jade, Ming Yu, Markos N, Costas in year 2000 and B Atlantic since 2005.
Before being cut, the vessel must have a degasification process to avoid toxicity in the air.
While tie vessel was in Michellmar pier, the owners also completed the legal process to “remove the flag” from the ship.
This is a formal protocol to remove the records worldwide an the ship operation.
The registration IMO / MMSI is cancelled to end all operations. This is a process to do when a vessel is decommissioned.
I thought it was a touristic attraction… maybe you too if you already where there before!
The great pier of Barranquilla: It’s a two Km of finished pier, three more km are expected to be completed by the end of 2019.
A food court is almost complete, under the name “El Caimán de río” it will host about 23 restaurants.
So, visitors should have a nice meal while contemplate Magdalena River and Salamanca island.
While we move south, the great new Pumarejo Bridge is visible to your upper right. Click in the card up to see it closer!
Huge vessels constantly sail over Magdalena river to load or unload oil, chemicals, coal, containers. So far up to Pumarejo bridge.
But soon, those huge ships will be able to transport heavy loads beyond Pumarejo bridge limits.
Here we can also see a sports complex with hard and synthetic courts, and a children playground. This place is almost complete.
So far, about 5 million people have visited this new pier. More people are expected, making the most popular place in Colombia.
Now we start turning right to move from south to north while we appreciate the beautiful Barranquilla skyline as background.
This is a 5Km journey in less than 30 seconds. Please hold on while you fasten your seat belt!
Now, let’s fly straight over the pier while we turn left and contemplate a new Barranquilla panorama.
While we admire the skyline and immensity of Barranquilla, I have to say Magdalena also complement the beauty this place.
Here we are now flying over Convention Centre and some of the finished facilities of the great pier.
If you plan visit Barranquilla or you already live there, I highly recommend sit there on the steps and contemplate a sunset!
The Convention Centre “Puerta de Oro” has a capacity of 31,892 people and up to 16,000 on a single pavilion.
May someone tell me if the green roof is an incomplete work, or it was removed after a storm. Please leave a comment.
On April 7, 2017, the Convention Centre was inaugurated by then President Juan Manuel Santos.
Reaching the end of the video, I would like to thank my viewers for watching it and I hope see you all on the next
