Louis Aura - IMO 6821080

Cadiz, Spain 22 September 2014

Name

LOUIS AURA

Previous names

1968 - 11.1995 Starward

11.1995 - 11.2004 Bolero

11.2004 - 09.2013 Orient Queen

Type

Passengers vessel - cruise

IMO-number

6821080

Call sign

9HA2738

Flag

Malta

Port of registry

Valletta

Previous flags

1968 - 02.1987 Norway, Oslo

02.1987 - 07.1995 Bahamas, Nassau

07.1995 - 07.2007 Republic of Panama, Panama City

07.2007 - 04.2009 Greece, Piraeus - call sign: SVSI

04.2009 - 09.2013 Marshall Islands, Majuro - Call sign: V7RP5

09.2013 Malta, Valletta

GT

15.781 t

DWT

Summer: 2.516 t

NT

6.916 t

Length

160,11 m overall

137,00 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

22,84 m extreme

Draught

6,70 m

Freeboard

1.300 mm

Depth

8,60 m

Speed

Service: 17,0 knots

Max.: 20,0 knots

Built

1968

Refit: 1995 - 2005

Keel laid

1967

Launch date

21.06.1968

Date of completion

30.11.1968

Builder

A.G. Weser, Werk Seebeck
Bremen
Germany

Yard number

935

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Double hull

Bulkheads

Transverse: 11

Main engine

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

Propellers

2x Kamewa controllable pitch propellers

Boilers

2x Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas heated

2x Auxiliary boiler, oil/gas fired

Generators

6x BMV Diesel RTGB-8 main diesel generatorsets

Emergency generator

1x Deutz BF6M716 engine coupled with Hans Still DK5570-4/32 generator

Passengers

912

Number of decks

10

Passenger decks

8

Tank capacities

Ballast: 1.198 m³

Crew

320

Manager

Optimum Shipmanagement Services S.A.

Previous managers

1968 - 2004 Festival Shipping & Tourist Enterprises Ltd.

2004 - 2004 Ravenscroft Shipping Inc.

2004 - 2004 Elysian Cruise Lines

2004 - 2004 Abou Merhi Lines S.A.L.

2004 - 2006 Oesterreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (Cyprus)

2006 - 2014 Core Marine Ltd.

Operator

Louis Cruises Lines

Previous operators

29.11.1968 - 02.1987 Norwegian Caribbean Line (Monastery), Oslo - Norway
02.1987 - 07.1995 Kloster Cruise Ltd., Nassau - Bahamas
07.1995 - 11.2004 Festival Cruises, Nassau - Bahamas
11.2004 - 08.2006 Orient Queen Shipping Inc., Panama - republic of Panama
08.2006 Louis Cruise Lines, Limassol, Cyprus

Registered owner

Teal Shipping S.A.

Previous owners

1968 - 2003 Mediteranean Transportation Inc.

2003 - 2004 Festival Cruises Inc.

2004 - 2004 Cruise Elenora Inc.

2004 - 2007 Orient Queen Shippping Inc.

Latest data adjustment

07 November 2015