MV Charles Island
© Erwin Willemse (IJmuiden, 19/04/2019)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1993 by Danyard, Frederikshavn, Denmark (Yard No 718) as a Refrigerated Cargo ship
Technical Data
- Length: 178.50m (overall) 166.70m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth of hull: 25.24m (overall)
- Depth: 13.20m
- Draught: 9.20m (max)
- Tonnage: 14,061 gross/14,140 deadweight
- Engines: 1 x MAN-B&W/Mitsui 8S60 8 – cylinder diesel
- Power: 16320kW/22189 bhp
- Speed: 21.5 knots
- Capacity: 17,637m³/434 x 20 ft containers
- Cargo Gear: 3 x Cranes of a lifting capacity of SWL 40 t each/4x Cranes of SWL 10 t each
- Call Sign: C6JT
MMSI Number: 308705000 - IMO Number: 9059626
Port of Registry: Nassau/Bahamas 🇧🇸
Sister Ships: Abermarle Island (716), Barrington Island (717), Duncan Island (719), Hood Island (722)
Current AIS Location
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History
1993: Launched for KS Difco LXXXIII, Copenhagen (Ecuadorian Line Inc., Miami). Christened CHARLES ISLAND. (Denmark)
© Capt Jan Melchers
November 5th 1993: Completed for Ecuadorian Line Inc. (Napaca, Naviera del Pacífico CA, Guayaquil), Nassau.
May 1st 2003: Registered owner: Harbour Island Shipping Ltd. Nassau. Bahamas. Operated by Ecuadorian Line Inc. (Miami)
© Stan Muller (Antwerp, 17/02/2008)
© Robert Fournier (Dunkerque, 27/06/2011)
April 15th 2021: Arrived at Dover.
Dover Strait Shipping
August 14th 2022: Due at Dover.
October 2nd 2022: Due at Dover.
January 23rd 2023: Arrived at Dover.
🆕 © John Pegden (Dover, 23/01/2023)
March 13th 2023: 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: Robert Fournier, Capt Jan Melchers, Stan Muller, John Pegdan, Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping) and Erwin Willemse for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
