Amber IMO 9349291 01

Westerschelde 06 August 2015

 

Name

AMBER

Previous names

  • 2006 - Launch as: Amber

  • 10/2006 - 04/2011 Beluga Foundation

  • 04/2011 - 12/2011 Opal Gallant

  • 12/2011 - 10/2013 Freya Scan

  • 10/2013 - 01/2015 Thorco Denmark

Type

Multi-purpose dry cargo ship - Equipped for carriage of containers - Strengthened for heavy cargo and dangerous goods, variable tweendeck can be used as bulkhead in holds

IMO-number

9349291

Call sign

V2BM3

Flag

Antigua & Barbuda

Port of registry

St. John's

GT

9.611

DWT

Summer: 12.782 t

NT

4.272

Displacement

17.972 t

Number of 20ft containers

665

Number of 40ft containers

294

Reefer plus

50

Length

138,07 m overall

130,00 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

21,35 m extreme

Draught

Max.: 8,00 m

Keel to mast top

40,09 m

Depth

11,00 m

Speed

Service: 15,5 knots

Built

2006

Keel laid

29/12/2004

Launch date

01/06/2006

Date of completion

12/10/2006

Builder

Volharding Shipyard - The Netherlands in cooperation China Changhjiang National Shipping Corp. Qingshan Shipyard

Yard number

QS2004 0304

Hull material

Steel

Number of bulkheads

6

Main engine

1x MaK 6M43 - 6 cylinder combustion engine Mcr 5.400 kW / 7.341 hp

Manufacturer: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & CO KG - Germany

Propellers

1x Controllable pitch propeller - aft at 132 rpm

Boilers

1x Thermal oil heater, exhaust heated

1x Thermal oil heater, oil fired

Shaft generator

1x AEM generators 750 kW

Generators

3x MAN D2840 LE301 diesel generatorsets each 395 kW / 493 kVA at 1.500 rpm

3x 400 Volt - 50 Hz

Emergency generator

1x MAN D2866 E diesel generatorset 99 kW / 124 kVA at 1.500 rpm

3x 400 Volt - 50 Hz

Bow thruster

1x Lips 500 kW, forward

Number of holds

3

Hold 1: 18,75 x 15,02 x 10,75 m

Hold 2: 42,00 x 17,50 x 11,40 m

Hold 3: 22,50 x 17,50 x 10,99 m

Cargo hold capacity

Grain: 15.953 m³

Bale: 14.856 m³

Number of hatches

3

Hatch 1: 18,80 x 15,00 m

Hatch 2: 42,00 x 17,50 m

Hatch 3: 22,50 x 17,50 m

Hatch cover type

Folding

Deck area

Main deck: 1.410 m²

Tween deck: 1.410 m²

Weather deck: 1.462 m²

Total: 4.282 m²

Max permitted loads

Tanktop: 16,0 t/m²

Tweendeck: 2,5 t/m²

Weather deck: 1,8 t/m²

Tank capacities

Ballast: 5.003,9 m³

Lub oil: 54 m³

Fresh water: 128 m³

Anchor equipment

Length: 576,00 m

Diameter: 52 mm

Cargo gear

2x Electric hydraulic NMF cranes - SWL 120 t

Combinable up to SWL 240 t

Crew

20

Manager

Freese Shipping GmbH & Co. KG

An der Werft 4

21680 Stade

Germany

Previous managers

2006 - 2008 Freese Shipping Inh. Kai Freese e.K.

Charterer

Thorco Shipping A/S DK

Registered owner

MS "AMBER" Kai Freese GmbH & Co. KG

Previous owners

2006 - 2006 Beluga Shipping "QS 304" GmbH & Co. KG

Renamed

04/2016 BBC Kansas

Antigua & Barbuda, St. John’s - Call sign: V2BM3

03/2020 Victory Shine

Liberia, Monrovia

07/2020 Viktoria Shain

Russian Federation - Call sign: UBGW6

03/2022 Anastasiia

Russian Federation, Taganrog - Call sign: UBGW6

  • Registered owner: MG-Flot LLC, Akhtynsky - Russia

  • ISM & commercial manager: MG-Flot LLC, Akhtynsky - Russia

Latest data adjustment

24 November 2025