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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Single screw container ship MSC Antares of Hamburg, Germany, Schelde off Flushing, Netherlands 16 July 2012



Call sign DPMT, IMO 9213571 and MMSI 211165000. Build in 2000 at the Samsung Shipbuilding&Heavy Industries at Goeje, South Korea. Owned and managed by Er Schiffahrt of Hamburg, Germany. Container capacity of 5,762 TEU. With a summer deadweight of 67,557 tons, a gross tonnage of 66,289 and as dimensions 277 x 40 x 10,5-14,00 metres. The horsepower pf 54,840 kW allows a speed 19,9-24 knots. Ex -E.R. Amsterdam renamed 1 September 2000, ex-P&O Nedlloyd Magellan renamed 27 November 2005, ex- E.R Amsterdam renamed 18 November 2008. On 20 February 2001 as the P&O Nedlloyd Magellan (Liberian flagged) run aground in the Western Approach Channel to Southampton Water. Managed by ER Schiffahrt and owned by Fourth Tiger Shipping. .