Orient Queen - IMO 6821080

Name

ORIENT QUEEN

Previous names

1968 - 1976 Starward - Kloster Rederi

1976 - 1995 Starward - Kloster Cruise

1995 - 2001 Bolero - Festival Cruises

2001 - 2004 Bolero - Spanish Cruise Line

2004 - 2006 Orient Queen - Abou Merhi Cruises

Type

Passengers vessel - Cruise

IMO-number

6821080

Call sign

9HA2738

Previous call sign

2007 - 2009 SVSI
2009 - 2011 V7RP5

Flag

2011 Malta

Previous flags

1968 - 1987 Norway

1987 - 1995 Bahamas

1995 - 2007 Republic of Panama

2007 - 2009 Greece

2009 - 2011 Marshall Islands

Port of registry

Valletta

Previous port of registry

1986 - 1988 Oslo
1988 - 1995 Nassau
1995 - 2007 Republic Panama
2007 - 2009 Piraeus
2009 - 2011 Majuro

GT

15.781 t

DWT

2.516 t

NT

6.916 t

Length

160,11 m overall

137,00 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

22,84 m overall

Draught

Summer: 6,70 m

Depth

8,60 m

Speed

Service: 17,0 knots

Built

1968

Refits: 1995-2005

Launch date

21.06.1968

Date of completion

01.11.1968

Builder

AG Weser, Werk Seebeck
Bremerhaven
Germany

Yard number

935

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Double hull

Trans. bulkheads

11

Main engine

2x MAN V8V40/54 diesel engines - total output 12.784 kW

Propelling

2x Controllable pitch propellers

Boilers

2x Auxiliary boiler, horizontal shell type SWIRLYPAC

2x Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas smoke tube type SWIRYFLO EXH. GAS

Generators

6x BMV Diesel RTGB-8 main diesel generatorsets

Emergency generator

1x DEUTZ BF6M716 diesel engine coupled with HANS STILL/DK5570-4/32+KD404/320 generator

Bow thruster

1x Transverse bow thruster

Ballast capacity

1.298 m³

Passengers capacity

Lower beds: 728

All berths: 912

Passengers decks

7

Manager

Core Marine Limited
8, Antoniou Ampatielou str
185 36 Piraeus
Greece

Previous managers

1968 - 2004 Festival Shipping & Tourist Enterprises Ltd.
99 Akti Miaouli
185 38 Piraeus
Greece

2004 - 2004 Ravenscroft Shipping Inc.
3251 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
FL- 33131-7201 Coral Gables
United States

2004 - 2004 Elysian Cruise Lines
3251 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
FL 33134 Coral Gables
United States

2004 - 2004 Abou Merhi Lines S.A.L.
Atrium Building Mowquee Al Omar Njemeh Area marfaa Sector
Beirut
Lebanon

2004 - 2006 Oesterreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (Cyprus) L
Franklin Roosvelt Ave. No. 67, 3rd Floor
Limassol
Cyprus

2006 - 2006 Core Marine Limited
8, Antoniou Ampatielou str
185 36 Piraeus
Greece

Operator

Louis Cruises
Cyprus

Previous operator

29.11.1998 - 02.1987 Norwegian Caribbean Line (Abbey), Oslo - Norway
02.1987 - 06.1995 Kloster Cruise Ltd.., Nassau - Bahamas

07.1995 - 11.2004 Festival Cruises, Nassau - Bahamas
11.2004 - 08.2006 Orient Queen Shipping Inc. - Republic of Panama
08.2006 Louis Cruise Lines, Limassol - Cyprus

Owner

Teal Shipping S.A.
Marshall Islands

Previous owner

1968 - 2003 Mediteranean Transportation Inc.
99 Akti Miaouli
Republic of Panama

2003 - 2004 Festival Cruises Inc.
80 Broad Street
Monrovia
Liberia

2004 - 2004 Cruise Elenora Inc.
3251 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
33134 Coral Gables
United States

2004 - 2007 Orient Queen Shippping Inc.