Current Name |
Rickmers Chennai |
Previous Name |
Leon (until 2004), Nacional Vitoria (until 1996), Sonora (until 1994), Gina Luisa (until 1982) |
Classification Society |
Registro Italiano Navale |
IMO |
7806570 |
Call Sign |
H8YU |
Operator |
Rickmers Reederei GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany |
Manager |
Technomar Shipping Inc., Athens, Greece |
Owner |
'LEON' Shipping SA, Majuro, Marshall Islands |
Flag |
Panama |
Port of Registry |
Panama |
Type of Ship |
dry cargo ship |
Completion |
1979 |
Shipyard |
Hitachi Zosen Corporation Hiroshima Works, Innoshima, Japan |
Building No. |
4613 |
GT |
17.128 |
DWT [t] |
22.154 |
Overall Length [m] |
178,26 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
26,50 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
10,39 |
Propulsion [KW] |
11.033 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
15.000 |
Speed [Kn] |
16,0 |
Capacity Containers [TEU] |
816 |
Capacity Grain [m3] |
31.594 |
Capacity Bales [m3] |
29.812 |
Additional Information |
3rd ship of a series of identically constructed multi purpose dry cargo ships (4 vessels), also see >Rickmers Dubai< - equipped with 1 derrick of a lifting capacity of 250 ts and 5 cranes of 20 ts each - in 2009 the ship was renamed >King Pioneer< - on December 7th 2011 >King Pioneer< arrived Alang and was beached on December 16th for demolition by Indian breakers |