Rix Explorer of Limassol, Cyprus

Rix Explorer at Ipswich after arriving from Cork, Ireland.

 

Name: Rix Explorer

Vessel type: Cargo vessel

Design: Combi Freighter 4200

Home port: Limassol

Flag: Cyprus

IMO: 9167356

MMSI: 209681000

Call sign: 5BHH5

Crew: 10

Length overall: 89.69 m

Beam: 13.17 m

Draught: 5.72 m

Depth: 7.15 m

Gross tonnage: 2,810 ton

Net tonnage: 1,452 ton

Max deadweight: 4,150 ton

Number of holds: 1

Hold dimensions: 62 x 11 x 8.43 m, narrowing over last 6 m forward to 7.15 m

Hold capacity: 5,718 m3

Fuel capacity: 296.19 m3

Engine: 1 x Deutz TBD645L6

Engine output: 1 x 2,950 hp (2,200 kW) at 600 rpm

Bow thruster: 1 x 2,95 hp (220 kW)

Speed: 11 knots

Builder, hull: Santierul Naval Galati S A, Galati, Romania

Yard number: 920

Builder, outfitting: Damen Shipyard, Hoogezand, Netherlands

Yard number: 729

Keel laid: 19th. December 1996

Launch date: 29th. September 1997

Delivery date: 23rd. March 1998

Owner: Rix-Explorer Shipping Ltd, Riga, Latvia

Operator: Baltic Shipping, Hillerød, Denmark

 

Previous names:

Rover until February 2020

Hagen until December 2015

Kopenhagen until August 2001

 

 

COLLISION IN ROSTOCK

At around 8:00 a.m. on 20th December 2024, Rix Explorer, enroute from Odense, Denmark collided with the quay in Rostock, Germany during the docking manoeuvre. There was minor damage to the wall of the quay, and the ship's bulbous bow was damaged. Human error by the Latvian captain in connection with unfavourable wind conditions were the probably cause of the accident.

 

GROUNDING OFF KOLDING.

Rix Explorer, enroute from Kalmar, Sweden, ran aground in the Kolding Fjord near Drejens while approaching the port of Kolding, Denmark at 6 p.m. on 29th. August 2020. The ship towed off by tugs and surveyed by divers on 30th. August. It arrived at the South Quay in Kolding at 8.30 p.m.

 

ENGINE BREAKDOWN OF CAPE GRIS-NEU.

At 06:00 a.m. on 23rd. July 2017, Rover notified the CROSS Gris-Nez about a total power loss and inability to manoeuvre 7 miles southeast of Cape Gris-Nez, in the upstream channel of the Pas-de-Calais vessel separation zone. The ship was underway from Nador, Morocco to Rotterdam, Holland with a cargo of clay. While the crew were trying to identify the cause of the breakdown, the CROSS detoured ship traffic in the vicinity and issued navigational warnings to ensure safety.

As a precaution, at 7.15 a.m. the Maritime Operations Centre (COM) in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin ordered the emergency tug Abeille Languedoc a, to proceed to the ship. At approximately 08:50 a.m. the CROSS Gris-Nez gave permission for Rover to drop anchor 6 miles from Cap Gris-Nez to carry out the repair work. The Abeille Languedoc arrived on scene at 09:15 a.m., ready to intervene if necessary.

Shortly after 2 p.m. the crew managed to finish the repairs, and the ship resumed her journey, but 4 miles off Cape Gris-Nez, it had to stop again. The CROSS Gris-Nez immediately authorized it to anchor and the COM Cherbourg sent an evaluation and intervention team on board made up of the chief engineer of the Abeille Languedoc and one inspector of the Ship Safety Center (CSN) of Boulogne. At 3.40 p.m. they were winched down by a Navy Dauphin helicopter base at Le Touquet. Very quickly, the chief engineer of the Abeille Languedoc determined the origin of the breakdown was the quality of the fuel used. After a complete inspection of the ship, the helicopter winched the evaluation team off at 6:30 p.m and Rover resumed her voyage to Rotterdam around 7 p.m. Rover arrived in Rotterdam on 24th. July.

 

 

 

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