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Westerschelde 21 April 2015 |
Name |
BALTIC MERCHANT |
Type |
General dry cargo ship - Equipped for carriage of containers - Strengthened for heavy cargo Box-shaped Singledecker |
IMO-number |
9138202 |
Call sign |
YLRG |
Flag |
Latvia |
Port of registry |
Riga |
Previous flags |
1997 - 2003 Germany, Hamburg - Call sign: DGEE 2003 - 2021 Gibraltar - Call sign: ZDFP2 |
GT |
2.280 t |
DWT |
Summer: 3.110,2 t |
NT |
1.244 t |
Number of 20ft containers |
In hold: 96 On deck: 32 Total: 128 |
Length |
82,44 m overall 78,57 m between perpendiculars |
Breadth |
12,30 m extreme |
Draught |
Summer: 5,02 m |
Air draft |
25,50 m in ballast (10,00 with mast collapsed) |
Depth |
6,64 m moulded |
Speed |
11,7 knots |
Built |
1997 |
Keel laid |
20/12/1996 |
Launch date |
11/06/1997 |
Date of completion |
01/11/1997 |
Builder casco |
Onega Arminius Shipbuilding Petrozavodsk Russia |
Builder completion |
Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik Cassens Emden Germany |
Yard number |
10549/006 |
Hull material |
Steel |
Movable bulkheads |
2x Moveable bulkheads |
Main engine |
1x Krupp/MaK 8M20 - 4 stroke 8 cylinder combustion engine 1.360 kW / 1.849 bhp |
Propellers |
1x Controllable pitch propeller |
Shaft generator |
1x 950 kVA |
Generators |
1x Caterpillar 3306 DIT diesel generatorset 200 kVA 1x Caterpillar 3304 DIT diesel generatorset 100 kVA |
Bow thruster |
1x 150 kW |
Number of holds |
1 52,00 x 10,20 x 8,10 m 50,50 m clear length with bulkheads fore/aft |
Hold capacity |
Grain/bale: 4.187 m³ / 151.000 ft³ |
Number of hatches |
1 52,00 x 10,20 m |
Max. permitted loads |
Tanktop: 14,0 t/m² On deck: 1,52 t/m² |
Tank capacities |
Ballast: 1.437,5 t MDO: 116,3 t Fresh water: 23,0 t |
Anchor equipment |
Length: 443,14 m Diameter: 32 mm |
Manager |
Heinz Corleis Reederei Freiburger Str. 3 21682 Stade Germany |
Operator |
Baltic Forest Line GmbH Freiburger Str. 3 21682 Stade Germany |
Registered owner |
Baltic Forest Line MS "BALTIC MERCHANT" Schiffahrtsges. mbH & Co. KG |
Latest data adjustment |
02 March 2025 |