Blue Aries

Update 22.06.2022
Current Name Blue Aries
Previous Name Maersk Challenger (until 2014), Oil Challenger (until 1991), Challenger III (1986)
Classification Society Det Norske Veritas / Germanischer Lloyd
IMO 8401963
Call Sign OWRC2
Manager Blue Star Line A/S, Faaborg, Denmark
Owner Blue Star Line A/S, Faaborg, Denmark
Flag Denmark
Port of Registry Faaborg
Type of Ship anchor handling tug / offshore supply vessel (AHTS)
Completion 1986
Shipyard Oerskov Christensens Staalskibsvaerft A/S, Frederikshavn, Denmark
Building No. 145
GT 2.887
DWT [t] 2.903
Overall Length [m] 75,40
Registered Breadth [m] 17,61
Maximum Draught [m] 6,11
Propulsion [KW] 10.552
Propulsion [BHP] 14.348
Speed [Kn] 16,0
Bollard Pull [t] 173,0
Additional Information type: AHTS (anchor handling tug supply vessel) - the ship was rebuilt in 2014 - deck cargo area: 630 mē, equipped with 2 cranes of a lifting capacity of 12 ts each - in 2019 the ship was renamed >Thor I< - the ship arrived Chattogram (Chittagong), Bangladesh on September 5th 2021 and was beached September 21st for demolition
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