MV Blue Carrier I
Ex Anglia Seaways, Maersk Anglia II
© Simonwp (Scheveningen, 01/05/2002)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2000 by Guangzhou Shipyard International, Guangzhou, China (Yard No 7130011) as a RoRo Cargo/Ferry ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 50 m (overall) 134.00 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 54 m
- Depth: 15 m
- Draught: 40 m
- Tonnage: 13073 gross/3921 net/4650t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Oil, 4-stroke single-acting Sulzer 8ZAL40S diesels
- Power: 10740 kW/14.596 bhp
- Speed: 18.5 knots
- Capacity: 12 passengers/ 1562 – 1710 lane meters
- Call Sign: PCFJ, OZHV2, SVCU5
- MMSI Number: 241671000
- IMO Number: 9186649
- Official Number: 20378 Z R 2004
- Port of Registry: Scheveningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Copenhagen/Denmark 🇩🇰, Piraeus/Greece 🇬🇷
- Sister Ships: Maersk Flanders (7130010)
- Near Sister Ships: Maersk Exporter (1459), Maersk Importer (1460)
Current AIS Location
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History
June 2000: Delivered to Norfolk Line B.V., Scheveningen, Holland.
June 5th 2000: Left Guangzhou
June 6th 2000: To Hong Kong.
July 7th 2000: Arrived Scheveningen, Holland.
July 8th 2000: Christened in Scheveningen by Mrs. Bull (wife of a director)
July 8th 2000: Services Scheveningen – Felixstowe.
© Ted Ingham (Felixstowe, 01/01/2003)
© Andreas Wörteler (Hoek van Holland, 03/10/2006)
November 18th 2006: Services Vlaardingen – Felixstowe.
© Andreas Wörteler ( Niewe Waterweg, 17/06/2007)
September 2009: Services Dublin – Heysham.
© Trevor Kidd (10/10/2009)
July 12th 2010: Sale of Norfolklines to DFDS Seaways.
August 8th 2010: Renamed ANGLIA SEAWAYS.
January 31st 2011: Completed DFDS services Dublin – Heysham.
February 2011: Chartered to Seatruck Ferries for services Dublin – Heysham.
February 10th 2011: Transferred to DFDS A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
January 15th 2012: Completed Seatruck charter, Left Heysham for Rotterdam.
January 17th 2012: Services Vlaardingen – Killingholme.
April 26th 2012 – April 29th 2012: Left Vlaardingen for Rosyth.
April 29th 2012 – May 14th 2012: Services Rosyth – Zeebrügge.
May 15th 2012: Arrived Dunkerque for refit.
© Jerzy Rakowskii (Dunkrk, 15/05/2012)
May 23rd 2012: Chartered to Seatruck Ferries for services Belfast – Heysham.
August 12th 2012: Services Heysham – Dublin.
September 2012: Services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
2014: Charter completed.
© Wil Weijsters (Rozenburg, 15/04/2014)
June 2014 – August 2rd 2014: Services Travemunde – Klaipeda.
September 4th 2014: Services Vlaardingen – Killingholme.
© Aleksi Lindström (Rozenburg, 15/05/2018)
July 2nd 2019: Sold to Attica Ferries Maritime Co, Aten, Greece and renamed BLUE CARRIER 1.
July 3rd 2019: Delivered to Attica Ferries Maritime Co.
July 4th 2019: Left Rotterdam for Piraeus.
July 15th 2019: Blue Star Line services between Piraeus – Greek archipelago (Vathi – Kos – Symi – Rhodes). Manager: Blue Star Line
© Dimitris Mentakis (Drapetsona Bay, 20/02/2020)
© Giwrgos Mertis (Piraeus, 27/04/2022)
October 4th 2020: Chalkida shipyard for refit.
November 6th 2020: Sailed to Keratsini
November 9th 2020: Returned to Dodecanese Islands services.
© Dennis Mortimer (Piraeus, 29/11/2022)
© Bob Scott (Rhodes, 11/03/2024)
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