Dorset - IMO 9234082

Zeebrugge 05 January 2015

Name

DORSET

Previous names

2003 - 2014 Longstone

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off carrier / Container ship - RoCon

IMO-number

9234082

Call sign

9HA3628

Flag

Malta

Port of registry

Valletta

Previous flags

• 02/2003 - 04/2014 United Kingdom, London - VQBS2

• 04/2014 - 11/2014 Australia, Melbourne - Call sign: VJN4610

GT

23.235

DWT

13.274 t

NT

6.971

Number of 20ft containers

668

Reefer plugs

60

Length

187,56 m overall

182,39 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

26,07 m extreme

Draught

Summer: 7,38 m

Lanemetres

2.606

Depth

16,70 m moulded

Speed

Max: 22,0 knots

Service: 17,0 knots

Built

2003

Keel laid

24/05/2002

Launch date

08/11/2002

Date of completion

06/02/2003

Builder

Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Flensburg

Germany

Yard number

719

Hull material

Steel

Main engine

2x MaK 9M43 - 4 stroke single acting 9 cylinder combustion engines total 16.200 kW / 21.700 bhp at 500 rpm

Manufacturer: M.A.K Maschinenbau Kiel G.m.b.H., Kiel - Germany

Propellers

2x Controllable pitch propeller - aft at 125,0 rpm

Diameter: 5.000 mm

Shaft generators

2x 2.000 kW each at 1.800 rpm / 450 Volt 60 Hz

Generators

2x MaK 9M20 main diesel generatorsets each 1.280 kW at 900 rpm / 450 Volt 60 Hz

Bow thruster

1x Brunvoll FU-80-LTC-2250 - 1.400 kW

Number of decks

4

Cargo capacity/deck

Tank top:

• Free height: 5,00 m

• Lane metres: 485 m

• Trailers: 35

• Deck strength: 2,5 t/m³

Man deck:

• Free height: 6,80 m

• Lane metres: 975 m

• Trailers: 28

• Deck strength: 3,0 t/m³

• Container intake: 400

Upper deck:

• Free height: open deck

• Lane metres: 1.146 m

• Trailers: 75

• Deck strength: 2,0 t/m³

• Container intake: 400

Number of ramps

1x Stern ramp to main deck:

• Length: 14,50 m

• Width: 17,00 m

• Height: 7,15 m

1x Side ramp to main deck:

• Length: 12,50 m

• Width: 4,60 m

• Height: 6,35 m

• SWL: 75 t

Number of passengers

12

Number of beds

12

Lifting equipment

1x Fixed crane on upper deck - SWL 40,0 t

Crew

22

Manager

Cobelfret Ferries

Previous manager

• 02/2003 - 04/2014 Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd., London - United Kingdom

• 04/2014 - 11/2014 DFDS A/S, Esbjerg - Denmark

Previous names & operators

2003 - 2006 Longstone - Transfennica

2006 - 2012 Longstone - Finnlines

2012 - 2013 Longstone - North Sea RoRo

2013 - 2014 Longstone - DFDS Seaways

2014 - 2014 Longstone - Toll Shipping

2014 - 2015 Dorset - Cobelfret Ferries

Owner

Shiplux VIII S.A.

Rue Schiller 3-7

2519 Luxembourg

G.D. Luxembourg

Previous owners

2003 - 2014 Foreland S.S. Co. Ltd., Leith - United Kingdom

Renamed

28/01/2015 Finnmerchant

Finland - Call sign: OJQW

• Owner & manager: O/Y Finnlines Ltd. Helsinki - Finland

05/07/2022 New Amsterdam

The Netherlands, Soesterberg - Call sign: PFIB

• Owner & manager: O/Y Finnlines Ltd. Helsinki - Finland

• ISM manager: Marin Ship Management, Farmsun - The Netherlands

Latest data adjustment

02 April 2025