Perseus - IMO 8616087

Westerschelde 05 February 2016

Name

PERSEUS

Previous names

1986 Launch as: Echo Elke

1986 - 10/1989 Petersberg

10/1989 - 03/1991 Echo Elke

03/1991 - 01/1998 Petersberg

01/1998 - 01/2008 Walker

Type

General dry cargo ship - Strengthened for heavy cargo

Singledecker Boxlike

IMO-number

8616087

Call sign

LYSS

Flag

Lithuania

Port of registry

Klaipeda

Previous flags

1986 - 1991 Germany

1991 - 1996 Antigua and Barbuda

1996 - 1999 Cyprus

1999 - 2008 Antigua and Barbuda

GT

1.392 t

DWT

Summer: 1.827 t

NT

949 t

Number of 20ft containers

69

Length

71,84 m overall

68,40 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

11,50 m extreme

Draught

3,93 m loaded

3,10 m ballast

Air draft

20,80 m

Depth

5,40 m

Speed

Sercice: 9,5 knots

Max: 11,0 knots

Built

1986

Keel laid

18/04/1986

Launch date

22/11/1986

Date of completion

20/12/1986

Builder casco

Alandia Bolagen

Finland

Builder completion

Schiffswerft Hugo Peters Wewelsfleth Peters & Co. GmbH

Wewelsfleth

Germany

Yard number

624

Hull material

Steel

Main engine

1x Caterpillar 3512DI-TAU - 12 cylinder combustion engine 600 kW / 815 hp

Builder: Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria - USA

Propellers

1x Fixed pitch propeller

Generators

2x Caterpillar 3304 DINA main diesel generatorsets

Bow thruster

1x 180 kW

Number of holds

1

43,90 x 9,00 x 6,70 m

Cargo hold capacity

Gran & bale: 3.500 m³ / 123.000 ft³

Number of hatches

1

43,90 x 9,00 m

Height of ceiling-hatch

6,70 m

Max. permitted loads

Tanktop: 9,10 t/m²

Tank capacities

Ballast: 1.144 m³

Anchor equipment

Length: 357,50 m

Diameter: 30 mm

Manager

Baltnautic Shipping UAB

Janonio str. 20

Klaipeda

Lithuania

Previous managers

1986 - 1996 Hermann Buss GmbH & Cie KG

1996 - 1998 Reider Shipping B.V.

1998 - 2012 Baltnautic Shipping UAB

2012 - 2013 Baltnautic Shipmanagement Ltd.

2013 - 2013 Baltnautic Shipping UAB

2013 - 2015 Baltnautic Shipmanagement Ltd.

Owner

Baltnautic Shipping UAB

Previous owners

• 1986 - 1991 KG MS 'PETERSBERG' Kapt. Gunter Grossjahn & Co.

• 1991 - 1992 Grosse Bleichen Schiffahrtsges. mbH & Co. MS 'PETERSBERG' KG

• 1992 - 1993 Hermann Buss KG MS "FRISIAN TRADER" GmbH & Co.

• 1993 - 1996 Hermann Buss KG MS 'PETERSBERG' GmbH & Co.

• 1996 - 1998 Ligovo Shipping Co. Ltd.

• 1998 - 1999 Afran River Shipping Co. Ltd.

• 1999 - 2008 Erwin Strahlmann MS "ELBETOR"

• 2008 - 2014 R.V.S. BALTIJA, UAB

• 2014 - 2015 Baltnautic Shipmanagement Ltd.

Renamed

03/2019 Sofia

Sweden; Kalmar - Call sign: SBEN

Owner & manager: Fiducia Rederi AB; Kalmar - Sweden

Remarks: She was shortened in 2021, by cutting part of the bow off

Latest data adjustment

14 September 2023