Houston Express is a cargo ship owned by the Hapag-Lloyd company of Hamburg, Germany, completed in 2005.

The Deadweight Tonnage is 107,000 metric tons and the maximum speed of this ship is 25 knots (46 km/h).

[2] The Houston Express, as well as her sister ships Savannah Express and Mærsk Stralsund, are owned by Norddeutsche Vermögen and managed by Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt.

They feature the first twisted leading edge full spade rudder (TLKSR) of Becker Marine Systems.

[3] In April 2015, the Houston Express rescued a 37-year-old man, Louis Jordan, whose capsized boat had left him adrift for 66 days.