Schelde off Flushing, Netherlands 23 January 2012
Call sign HOWM, IMO 9261712 and MMSI 357249000. Dimensions 282 (between perpendiculars)-294,13 (over all) x 32,36 (moulded) x 12 (design)-13,5 (scantling) and a moulded depth to the upper deck of 21,8 metres. Gross tonnage 53.096 tons. Deadweight 49,800 (design)-61,400 (scantling). Able to transport 20, 40 and 45 feet containers with a height of 8'6"and 9'6". Fitted out with 393 reefer plufs. Total TEU capacity of the boxship is 4,578. Build at the IHI Maritime United yard at Japan in 2003 with hull number 3,163 as the first of four Panamax containerships to be built by this yard. Owned by the Panamanian company Lunar River, operated by Mitsui OSk lines and chartered on a long-term bareboat charter from Kaisho Shipping Company serving on the route Japan/Far East-North American West Coast. Shipspotting/maritime-connector on 21-20-2013 reports owned by Mitsui OSK Lines, Tokyo, Japan and managed by New Asian Shipping, Hong Kong, China. The main Sulzer diesel supplies 49,410 kW allowing a cruise speed of 24,5 knots. Her crew numbers 30 men. Panama-flagged.
