Sofia-Express

The 'Sofia Express' reported a positive case of Covid 19 in Tacoma where the ship arrived on April 4, 2021. The crew member was taken ashore, and the vessel cleaned. The vessel was allowed to leave Tacoma on April 12, but health checks will delay its berthing at Vancouver. On April 17 it moored off Manchester near Bremerton in pos. 47° 33.32' N 122° 31.36' W where it remained stationary as of April 22.

Two crew members aboard the 'Sofia Express' have tested positive for COVID-19, and five more were isolating while they wait for test results. Patrick Bolen, first vice president of ILWU Canada said, Vancouver pilots at Deltaport objected strenuously to allowing the ship to dock in port on Aug 22, 2020. Local pilots brought the ship into Deltaport in the morning, after it had spent most of the week moored offshore. Discussions with Global Container Terminals led to extensive cleaning, restrictions on the movements of the 'Sofia Express' crew and conversations that would normally be done in-person being had by phone instead. Work began on the 'Sofia Express in the night. The ship left port on Aug 25 and moored on Vancouver anchorage where it remained stationary as of Aug 27.

The "Sofia Express" participated in the search for a downed Egyptian aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship altered course on May 19, 2016, at 8.19 a.m. immediately after receiving the information on the accident on request of the Egyptian authorites. The ship was enroute from Singapore to Savanna and had just passed the Suez Canal. It was one of a dozen vessels, among them also the "MSC Caitlin“. The aircraft of the Egyptair had taken off in Paris to Cairo with 66 persons aboard, the contact got lost 280 kilometers off the Egyptian mainland in a height of 11 000 meters.