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MV Belgia Seaways – Past and Present

IMO Number: 9188233

MV Belgia Seaways

Ex Schieborg

© Gena Anfimov

© Gena Anfimov (Klaipeda, 09/11/2021)

Steel single screw ”Spaarneborg” motor vessel built in 2000 by Flender Werft AG, Lübeck, Germany (Yard No 677) as a Roll on – Roll off ship.

Technical Data

  • Length: 183.29 m (overall) 178.4 m (between perpendiculars)
  • Breadth: 25.2 m
  • Depth: 9.3 m
  • Draught: 7.5 m (moulded)
  • Tonnage: 21005 gross/10601 net/12457t deadweight
  • Engines: (1) 2T – 7 cyl Hanjung/Sulzer 7RTA52 U diesel.
  • Power: 10920 kW/14836 HP
  • Speed: 19 knots
  • Capacity: 12 passengers/20 ft containers – 106/ 1884 m (lane metres)/ Bale/grain: 13.059 m³
  • Call Sign: PCHC, LYB
  • MMMSI Number: 277561000
  • IMO Number: 9188233
  • Register Number: 101514
  • Port of Registry: Delfzijl/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Klaipeda/Lithuania 🇱🇹
  • Sister Ships: Spaarneborg (676 ), Slingeborg (678)

Current AIS Location


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History

August 25th 1999: Keel struck.

December 17th 1999: Launched.

April 28th 2000: Delivered to UL 677 KS (Wagenborg Shipping), Delfzijl, Holland as SCHIEBORG.

April 29th 2000: Left Lubeck for Zeebrugge.

May 2000: Commenced Cobelfret/ Stora Enso services between Gothenburg – Zeebrugge.

January 9th 2005: Heavy seas in the North Sea and she suffered a fire in trailers on her weather deck. Crew prepared to abandon ship.

January 10th 2005: Taken in tow to Eemshaven.

February 14th 2005: Arrived at BREDO Shipyard, Bremerhaven (SSW yard) for repairs.

June 9th 2005: Trials after repairs.

June 2005: Returned to service.

© Marcel and Ruud Coster © Marcel and Ruud Coster © Marcel and Ruud Coster © Marcel and Ruud Coster

© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 29/03/2015)

November 2014: Chartered to SOL for Stora Enso services between Gothenburg – Zeebrugge.

June 17th 2019: Sold to DFDS Seaways Ab, Klaipeda, Lithuania and renamed BELGIA SEAWAYS.

June 2019: Stora Enso services between Gothenburg and Zeebrugge.

November 2020: Services Immingham – Cuxhaven.

July 2021: Refit in Gdansk including new internal ramp and DFDS livery

November 8th 2021: Left Gdansk for Klaipeda

November 11th 2021: Sailed from Klaipeda to Koge.

2022: Services between Santander – Liverpool

© Prieto © Prieto

© Prieto (Santander, 07/04/2022)

June 3rd 2022: Came off service at Santander and sailed to Zeebrugge.

June 5th 2022: Sailed on a single return journey to Santander.

June 10th 2022: Returned to Zeebrugge.

June 11th 2020: Sailed to Vlaardingen/Rotterdam

June 16th 2022: Arrived in Sheerness

June 16th 2022: Sailed to Calais at the beginning of as a 3 week replacement, of BOTNIA SEAWAYS, Calais – Sheerness.

© Julien Carpentier (Calais, 17/06/2022)

July 8th 2022: Services Fredericia – Köge – Klaipeda.

© Gena Anfimov © Gena Anfimov

© Gena Anfimov (Klaipeda, 02/04/2023)

All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Gena Anfimov, Julien Carpentier, Marcel and Ruud Coster, Prieto and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)

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