Alsterdiep of Limassol, Cyprus

Alsterdiep moored at Great Yarmouth.

 

Name: Alsterdiep

Vessel type: Cargo vessel

Home port: Limassol

Flag: Cyprus

IMO: 9472000

MMSI: 212136000

Call sign: 5BKK2

Crew: 10

Length overall: 89.98 m

Beam: 15.2 m

Depth to main deck: 6.6 m

Draught: 5.12 m

Gross tonnage: 2,984 ton

Net tonnage: 1,646 ton

Max deadweight: 4,164 ton

Number of holds: 1

Hold dimensions: 61.5 x 12.65 x 7.99 m

Hold capacity, grain: 211,000 m3

Fuel capacity: 210 m3

Engine: 1 x Yanmar 6EY26

Engine output: 1 x 2,414 hp (1,800 kW) at 750 rpm

Speed: 12 knots

Bow thruster: 1 x 422 hp (315 kW) Kawasaki transverse thruster

Builder: Rongcheng Shipbuilding Industry Co, Ltd, Rongcheng, Shidao, China

Yard number: 16

Keel laid: 10th. July 2007

Launch date: 12th. August 2008

Completion date: 5th. November 2008

Registered owner: Noufaro Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus

Manager: Mastermind Shipmanagement Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus

Operator: Pool Carriers Schiffahrtsgesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany

 

ENGINE DAMAGED IN STORM.

At 5 p.m. on 12th. February 2018, Alsterdiep, en route from Velsen, Holland to Newport, Wales with a crew of 10 and a cargo of 3,386 tonnes of coal on board, sustained a main engine fault and an oil leak from the gearbox and went adrift near the Lizard Light in position 49 56N, 04 56W. The weather at the time was a Force 9 southerly gale. At 9.40 p.m. the trouble was fixed and the ship resumed its voyage, docking in Newport on at 5.50 a.m. on 14th. February.

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