M/V SeaLand TACOMA, ANCHORAGE, or KODIAK Artistic Rendering Ship Poster, SeaLand Alaskan Liner Service, buy Container Ship

Although these prints are captured in a digital format, the creation process is a painstaking effort typically requiring several months of research. There are no shortcuts or copy-pasting. Everything you see has been constructed from scratch in a digital environment using original plans obtained from the ship builder or design agent.

All prints are plotted on durable matte finish polypropylene film which will not distort or yellow with age.

All prints are unframed and are shipped rolled in tubes.

Customers can specify any ship from the class when purchasing:

M/V SEALAND TACOMA
M/V SEALAND ANCHORAGE
M/V SEALAND KODIAK

This print captures one of a trio of containerships built by SeaLand for their Alaskan liner service. Colloquially known as the 'D-7' class (for their 7 cylinder slow speed B+W engine), the three ships have the distinction of being the first and only new builds for SeaLand constructed entirely from the keel up in a U.S. shipyard.

Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin was awarded the construction contract. Because of the shipyard's geographic location on Lake Michigan, the delivery voyage to the West Coast required a ship capable of transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway. As a consequence the D-7s were beam limited to 78'-0" for passage through the Welland Canal locks. In addition, each of the three ships began their delivery voyages prior to installation of their radar masts (temporary foundations were fitted and later removed). This to stay under the air draft limitations of the various bridges along the route.

Small but effective, the D-7s replaced older steam-powered containerships that had long buy since been converted from surplus WWII era hulls. The D-7 hulls incorporate an ice belt near the waterline; an area of heavy reinforced steel capable of withstanding high impact forces from ice. The propulsion system comprises a direct drive non-reversing slow-speed engine driving a controllable pitch propeller, avoiding entirely the need to stop and reverse propeller rotation during maneuvering (and therefore the risk of ice binding). She also features fore and aft pump jet thrusters for added maneuverability.