Current Name |
Baltic Ace |
Classification Society |
Det Norske Veritas |
IMO |
9386213 |
Call Sign |
C6WE8 |
Operator |
MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines), Tokyo, Japan |
Manager |
Stamco Ship Management Company Ltd., Piraeus, Greece |
Owner |
'BALTIC HIGHWAY' Limited, Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom |
Flag |
Bahamas |
Port of Registry |
Nassau |
Type of Ship |
car carrier |
Completion |
2007 |
Shipyard |
Stocznia Gdynia S.A., Gdynia, Poland |
Building No. |
8245/5 |
GT |
23.498 |
DWT [t] |
7.787 |
Overall Length [m] |
147,93 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
25,00 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
7,90 |
Propulsion [KW] |
9.170 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
12.467 |
Speed [Kn] |
18,9 |
Capacity Vehicles |
2.130 |
Additional Information |
the ship sank December 5th 2012 following a collision with the container ship >CORVUS J< in the North Sea about 70 miles West of Rotterdam in position 51.51N, 02.54E. 13 crew were rescued with 6 missing and 5 dead. She was on passage from Zeebrugge for Kotka with 1,417 vehicles. Currently (since July 2015) she is being cut up, the refloated slices are transported for recycling at Vlaardingen (Netherlands) by Jansen Recycling. |