MV Baltic Summer
Ex Hansa Visby
© Chris Howell (Rotterdam, July 1989)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1989 Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremerhaven (Yard No 1061) as a refrigerated cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 156.88 m (overall) 147.70 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 23.04 m
- Depth: 13.20 m
- Draught: 9.52 m (Summer)
- Tonnage: 10842 gross/6381 net/12942t deadweight
- Engines: 1 x MAN-B&W 7L60MC – 2 stroke 7-cylinder diesel
- Power: 12180kW/16560bHP
- Speed: 21.4 knots (Max)
- Capacity: 290 x 20ft containers/102 Reefer plugs/ Reefer capacity: 16.206 m³
- Cargo Gear: 4 x deck cranes – SWL 18,0 t each
- Call Sign: ELWR5, C6ES9
- MMSI Number: 311000992
- IMO Number: 8802090
- RI Number: 103195
- Port of Registry: Hamburg/Germany 🇩🇪, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Nassau/The Bahamas 🇧🇸
- Sister-Ship: Hansa Bremen (1060). Hansa Lubeck (1087), Hansa Stockholm (1088)
History
A quartet of ships with some similar completed by Schichau.
December 21st 1988: Keel laid.
February 25th 1989: Launched.
May 30th 1989: Completed as HANSA VISBY, Registered Owner: Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft “Hunte” mbH & Co. KG.. Registered Manager: Leonhardt & Blumberg.
© Gerolf Drebes (Schelde, 22/09/2006)
© Henk Guddee (Terneuzen, 24/02/2008)
© Aleksi Lindstrom (Rotterdam, 09/08/2012)
September 1st 2013: BALTIC SUMMER Registered owner: Starlyte Carriers Inc..c/o Cool Carriers AB. Barnhusgatan 16 SE-111 23, Stockholm. Sweden. Commercial manager: Cool Carriers AB.Cool Carriers Shipping US Inc.. 2711 S Ocean Dr Unit 2204 Hollywood , FL 33019 USA.
© Bengt-Rune Inberg (09/10/2013)
© Yevgeniy B (St Petersburg, 30/05/2024)
February 25th 2026: Provisionally due 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: Gerolf Drebes, Henk Guddee, Chris Howell, Bengt-Rune Inberg, Aleksi Lindstrom and Yevgeniy B for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
