Trader 01

Westerschelde 15 April 2015

 
Trader 02
Westerschelde 10/05/15
 

Name

TRADER

Previous names

05/1998 - 05/2002 United Trader

05/2002 - 07/2013 Birka Trader

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off carrier

IMO-number

9132014

Call sign

OJHU

Flag

Finland

Port of registry

Mariehamn

GT

12.251

DWT

Summer: 8.853

NT

3.676

Container capacity

336 TEU or 162 FEU + 12 TEU

Reefer plugs

40 - 10 kW / 32 A /380 V

Length

154,50 m overall

142,60 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

22,74 m extreme

Draught

Summer: 6,95 m

Lanemetres

1.775 m

Freeboard

8.700 mm

Depth

14,80 m

Speed

Max: 24,0 knots

Service: 20,0 knots

Routes

  • 1998 - 2006 Kemi - Oulo - Antwerpen - London - Felixstowe

  • 2006 Helsinki (Helsingfors) - Hull - Amsterdam

  • Algeciras - Tanger Med

Built

1998

Keel laid

31/03/1997

Launch date

16/12/1997

Date of completion

14/05/1998

Builder Casco

Damen Shipyard Galati

Galati

Romania

Yard number: 907

Outfitting yard

Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder AS

Rissa

Norway

Yard number: 63

Hull material

Steel - High resistance and ordinary

Hull type

Single hull

Bulkheads

Transverse: 5

Main engine

1x Wärtsilä Vasa 16V46B - 16 Cylinder single acting combustion engine 15.600 kW / 21.210 hp at 500 rpm

Propellers

1x Controllable pitch propeller

Boilers

1x Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas heated UNEX G-229

1x Auxiliary boiler, oil/gas fired UNEX BH-3000

Shaft generator

1x 1.250 kVA - 1.000 kW at 1.500 rpm

Generators

2x Mitsubishi S12R-MPTA diesel generatorsets each 1.000 kVA / 800 kW - 3x 380V 50Hz

Emergency generator

1x Mitsubishi 6D22T diesel generatorset

Bow thruster

1x KaMeWa - 800 kW

Cargo capacity

Tanktop: 410 m / 1.250 m²

Main deck: 695 m / 2.150 m²

Weather deck: 670 m / 1.920 m²

Total: 1.775 m / 5.320 m²

Number of complete decks

3

Number of partial decks

1

Deck load

Tanktop: 5,0 t/m²

Main deck: 5,0 t/m²

Weather deck: 3,0 t/m²

Max. deck capacity

116 Eurocontainers á 30,0 t
Total: 3.480 t

Number of trailers

125

Cargo deck accesses

2x Stern ramps, width of drive way: 13,40 m / 4,10 m

Driving ramp between main deck / tanktop and main deck / weather deck, driving width: 410 m

Ballast capacity

4.352 m³

Number of passengers

12

Accommodation

14x Officers and crew single cabins

1x Pilot and 6x double berth drivers cabins

Manager

Eckerö Shipping Ab Ltd.

Torggatan 2

22100 Mariehamn

Aland Islands

Finland

Shipping companies

  • 05/1988 - 01/2001 United Shipping, Mariehamn - Finland

  • 05/1998 - 2000 Charter: Transfennica Nederland B.V. - The Netherlands

  • 01/2001 - 01/2015 Charter: Finnlines Oy, Helsinki - Finland

  • 01/2002 - 04/2013 Birka Cartgo AB, Mariehams - Finland

  • 04/2013 - 01/2015 Eckerö Shipping Ab Ltd,Mariehams - Finland

  • 01/2015 Finnlines Oy, Helsinki - Finland

Owner

Eckerö Shipping Ab Ltd.

Norway

Previous owners

1998 - 2002 United Shipping Ltd. AB

2002 - 2013 Birka Cargo Ab

Renamed

01/2016 Finnmaster

Finland - Call sign: OJHU

  • Operator: Finnlines Oy, Helsinki - Finland

10/2022 Eurocartgo Sicilia

Italy, Napoli - call sign: IBJP

  • Operator: Grimaldi Lines

03/2024 Eos

Cyprus, Limassol - Call sign: 5BLK6

  • Registered owner: Grimaldi Euromed Spa., Napoli - Italy

  • ISM & Commercial manager: Balearia Eurolineas Maritimas, Denia (Alicante) - Spain

Latest data adjustment

26 September 2025