Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 23 August 2013
Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia, IMO 930534, MMSI 636091221 and callsign A8KW3. Her building aas the Northern John was in 1993 ordered for the Norddeutsche Vermögensanlage GmbH&C. K.G., Hamburg, Germany and to be chartered by P&O Nedlloyd. In March 2005 taken over by the latter and renamed Maria Star. Owned by the Maria Star Schiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH&Co. KG and managed by the Reederei Blue Star GmbH&Co. KG. Finally was she laid down as the P&O Nedlloyd Maria on 30 December 2005, launched on 18 March a year later and handed over in June. In 2007 sold to the Naviboto Schiffsbetriebsges mbH&Co. M.S. Maria Star K.G. Liberia and managed by Reederei Blue Star GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. Ex-P&O Nedlloyd Maria renamed June 2006. Gross tonnage 94.483 tons, summer deadweight 108.250 tons and as dimensions 308,00 (between perpendiculars)-332 (over all) x 43,20 x 14,500 x 24,60 metres. Her horsepower of 93.139ehp/68.509 kW allows a speed of 25,4 knots. TEU capacity 8.406. Built in 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding&Marine Engineering/Okpo Shipyard, Goeje, South Korea with yard number 4105. Anno 26-12-2013 owned and managed by ER Schiffahrt GmbH Co., Hamburg, Germany.
