MV Snow Flake
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Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2026 by Kitanihon Zosen K.K… Hachinohe (Yard No 727) as a Refrigerated Cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 158.0 m (overall) m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 25.0 m
- Depth: m
- Draught: 10.018 m
- Tonnage: 13287 gross/6314 net/14559.94t deadweight
- Engines: 1DE : 2 SA 6 – cylinder Japan Engine Corporation diesel
- Power: 9860kW/HP
- Speed: 18.5 knots
- Capacity: B 16,995.85 G 18,044.32 REF 16,996 DRY; TEU 291 CAR x 526
- Call Sign: 9VEO4
- MMSI Number: 563335500
- IMO Number: 1039785
- Official Number: 404177
- Port of Registry: Singapore 🇸🇬
- Sister-Ship: Snow Flower (726), Snow Land (728) , Snow Lake (730), Snow Crystal (731)
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History
The Singapore-registered SNOW FLAKE is the second ship in a new series of container vessels to be ordered by Cool Carriers from the same builder.
Like other ships in the Cool Carriers fleet, the new vessels will be used across trade routes that cover Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, New Zealand, and the United States
September 29th 2025: Keel laid.
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March 31st 2026: Launched.
June 29th 2026: Officially named SNOW FLAKE at Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan, just three months after the delivery of sister ship SNOW FLOWER. The ceremony was attended by Cool Carriers CEO Mikhail Ganyushin, while Nikolay Pavlyuchenko, General Manager of Unireefer—Cool Carriers’ general agent for Ecuador, Peru and Argentina — performed the traditional champagne-breaking ceremony. Owner/Manager: Nissen Kaiun Singapore.
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October 7th 2026: Called at Dover.
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