Nieuwe Waterweg off Hoek van Holland, Netherlands 16 June 2011
Built in 1985 at the shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Yokosuka, Japan. Gross tonnage 18.993 tons, summer deadweight 28.030 tons and as dimensions 170 x 28 x 6 metres. IMO 8307935, call sign C6UO9. Ex-Sharpness renamed May 2005. Owned by Gearbulk, Norway. Sold to China to be broken up in first half of 2012 for 432 US dollars per ton including 250 ton of bunkers. Bahamas-flagged.
Text added 24 February 2012
