MV Baltic Spring
Ex Hansa Stockholm
© Edson de Lima Lucas (Rio, 02/08/2022)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1991 Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremerhaven (Yard No 1088) as a refrigerated cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 156.53 m (overall) 147.70 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 23.0 m
- Depth: 13.20 m
- Draught: 9.53 m (Summer)
- Tonnage: 10842 gross/6381 net/12890t deadweight
- Engines: 1 x MAN-B&W 7L60MC – 2 stroke 7 cylinder diesel
- Power: 12180kW/16550bHP
- Speed: 21.4 knots (Max)
- Capacity: 290 x 20ft containers/82 Reefer plugs/ Reefer capacity: 16.206 m³
- Cargo Gear: 4 x deck cranes – SWL 18,0 t each
- Call Sign: ELUA3, C6EU4
- MMSI Number: 311001003
- IMO Number: 8909070
- RI Number: 103310
- Port of Registry: Hamburg/Germany 🇩🇪, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Nassau/The Bahamas 🇧🇸
- Sister-Ship: Hansa Bremen (60), Hansa Visby (61), Hansa Lubeck (87)
Current AIS Location
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History
March 30th 1990: Keel laid.
November 10th 1990: Launched..
March 21st 1991: Delivered to Schiffahrts-Gesselschaft m.s. “Hansa Stockholm” m.b.
- & Co. K.G. as HANSA STOCKHOLM. Managers became Leonhardt & Blumberg, Hamburg. Trading for Cool Carriers AB.
2006: Joined Seatrade-Pool, Antwerp.
© Ulf Kornfield (Cuxhaven, 03/04/2012)
© Robbie Shaw (Hamburg, 17/09/2012)
July 2013: Left Seatrade-Pool, Antwerp.
August 2013: Sold to Baltic Shipping, St Petersburg. (Benford Trading Inc, Monrovia. Renamed BALTIC SPRING. Managers became Ost-West-Handel und Schiffahrt GmbH, Bremen. Operated by Baltic Reefers.
© Simonwp (Terneuzen, 01/06/2000)
© Henk de Winde (Breskens, 30/05/2020)
February 28th 2022: Managers: Cool Carriers AB.
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 04/11/2022)
August 18th 2024: Called at Dover.
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: Marcel and Ruud Coster, Ulf Kornfield, Edson de Lima Lucas, Robbie Shaw, Simonwp and Henk de Winde for their assistance in producing this feature.
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