When you hear the name Tampico, you almost immediately associate it with the port in the northeast of Mexico. However, anyone who spends more time at sea than on land might answer: “Are you talking about the container ship, the oil tanker, or the fishing boat that bears that name?”
According to the Marine Traffic portal, there are various vessels that sail under the name Tampico. Although some do so under the Mexican flag, there are also various vessels under the jurisdiction of Portugal and Belgium.
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Tampico: the ships of Portugal and Belgium
The online registry of Portugal’s MSC Tampico places the cargo vessel in South Africa moving towards its final destination in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at a speed of 34 km/h.
The MSC Tampico has a length (length from bow to stern) of about 294 meters, with a beam (maximum width) of 33 meters.
On the other hand, the Tampico coastal vessel is currently moored in the port city of Antwerp, Belgium.
The Belgian A-class vessel Tampico has a length of approximately 84 meters, with a beam of just over 9 meters.
Tampico(s) in the Gulf of Mexico
The Maritime Traffic portal indicates that the oil tanker Tampico is anchored in the Gulf of Mexico. Its length is 184 meters and a beam slightly greater than 32 meters. It is expected to raise anchor shortly heading for the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
In addition to the oil tanker Tampico, the ships Estrella Tampico 11, 14, 19, 21 and 22, as well as Camaronero Tampico V and VI, often transit the Gulf of Mexico.
The multiverse of Tampico
Due to linguistic diversity, the same word can have different meanings depending on the context in which it is pronounced. When saying Tampico, in addition to a port city in the northeast of Mexico, one can refer to the municipality of Tampico Alto, in Veracruz or to a homonymous town in the state of Illinois, in the United States.
Likewise, in Mexico there are towns and areas not named Tampico in Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chiapas, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sonora, Yucatán and Zacatecas.
To the above, we must add the nearly 1,964 streets with the same name that, according to Inegi, exist in the Republic.
The word Tampico, besides referring to cities, towns and streets, is also the name of several ships that sail the Atlantic, the second largest ocean in the world; some ships are led by the Mexican flag, but others travel under the protection of Portugal and Belgium. So, when we say Tampico, what are we talking about?
Source: elsoldetampico
