Schelde of Vlissingen, Netherlands 20 August 2019
Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands, IMO 9367516, MMSI 244831811 and call sign PCXN. Gross tonnage 2.789 tons, net tonnage 836 tons, deadweight 3.217 tons and as dimensions 59,06 (between perpendiculars)-65,00 (over all) x 18,50 (over all) x 8,5 (depth to main deck) x 750 (maximum) metres. Bollard pull 218 tons continue. Speed 10,5 (service)-160 (maximum) knots. Built as the Ursus for Harms-Bergung Transport&Heavy Lift Hamburg, Germany and then Antigua&Barbuda-flagged, homeport Saint John’s and MMSI 305241000. Building contract signed on 10 August 2005). Laid down by Mützelfeldtwerft, Cuxhaven Germany with yard number 255 on 4 April 2007, launched on 4 March 2008l delivered on 8 April 2008, christened Ursus on 20 April 2008, sold to ALP Maritime, Rotterdam, Netherlands and renamed Alp Forward on 12 July 2015 and temporarily laid up between 1 December 2017-1 July 2019.
