Current Name |
MSC Equator |
Previous Name |
Delmas Seychelles (until 2008), Rinkenis (until 2007), Nordwelle (until 2004), P&O Nedlloyd Borges (until 2003), Nordwelle (until 2002), City of Stuttgart (2001), CSAV Charleston (until 2001), Nordwelle (until 2000), Khaleej Bay (until 1995), Nordwelle (launched) |
Classification Society |
Germanischer Lloyd |
IMO |
9004243 |
Call Sign |
D5AG3 |
Operator |
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, Switzerland |
Manager |
Brise Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany |
Owner |
MS 'EUROPE STAR' Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany |
Flag |
Liberia |
Port of Registry |
Monrovia |
Type of Ship |
feeder container ship |
Completion |
1993 |
Shipyard |
Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH, Rostock-Warnemünde, Federal Republic of Germany |
Building No. |
421 |
GT |
14.865 |
DWT [t] |
20.147 |
Overall Length [m] |
167,24 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
25,00 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
9,50 |
Propulsion [KW] |
11.130 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
15.132 |
Speed [Kn] |
17,3 |
Capacity Containers [TEU] |
1.388 |
Capacity Grain [m3] |
26.094 |
Additional Information |
3rd ship of a series of type identical container ships of type "Warnow CS 1400" (17 vessels - 14 with and 3 without cargo gear) - equipped with 3 cranes of a lifting capacity of 40 ts each - in 2015 the ship was renamed >Andaman Star< - on January 17th 2019 the ship arrived Chattogram (Chittagong), Bangladesh and was beached on January 23rd for demolition |