MV Kano Reefer
Ex Santa Maria, Santa Maria III
🆕 © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 04/12/2024)
Steel single screw “ Hope Bay – type” motor vessel, built in 1999 by Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Hachinohe-City (Yard No. 323), as a refrigerated cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 143.00m (overall), 133.61m (registered)
- Breadth: 21.8m (extreme)
- Depth: 13.3m
- Draught: 9.268m
- Tonnage: 8507 gross/4734 net/9566t deadweight
- Engines: 1 x Mitsubishi – Akasaka 2 8-cylinder 8UEC50LSII SA 7 UBC diesel .
- Power: 11004kW
- Speed: 20.30 knots
- Capacity: 1470m3 ,135 x 20ft containers
- Call Sign: PCCQ, PJDO, PHII, PI8197, 3EOF5
- IMO number: 9194957
- MMSI Number: 354929000
- Nat. Official Number: 6543 Z G 1999
- Registry: Groningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Willemstad/ Netherlands Antilles 🇳🇱, Groningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Panama City/Panama 🇵🇦, Groningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Willemstad/ Netherlands Antilles. 🇳🇱
- Sister Ships: Hope Bay (288), Discovery Bay (305), Frost Express (306), Southern Express (310), Santa Lucia II (313)
Current AIS Location
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History
February 18th 1999: Keel laid.
May 18th 1999: Launched as SANTA MARIA III for Owner: B.V. Shipping Company Santa Maria Groningen. Manager: Seatrade Groningen.
2000: Delivered as SANTA MARIA. Owner: B.V. Shipping Company Santa Maria Groningen. Manager: Seatrade Groningen.
November 2002: SANTA MARIA. Owner: B.V. Shipping Company Santa Maria Groningen. Manager: Seatrade Groningen
November 2002: SANTA MARIA. Owner: B.V. Shipping Company Santa Maria Groningen. Manager: Seatrade Groningen
🆕 © Yvon Perchoc (Fort De France, 05/12/2003)
February 13th 2006: SANTA MARIA. Owner: B.V. Shipping Company Santa Maria Groningen. Manager: Seatrade Groningen
🆕 © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 04/06/2010)
🆕 © Cees Bustraan (Santa Anna Bay, 10/06/2015)
🆕 © Frank Behrends (Hansweert, 29/08/2019)
October 3rd 2019: KANO REEFER. Owner: Marine Growth S.A., Panama. Manager: Baltmed Reefer Services Ltd. Athens.
🆕 © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 11/11/2024)
🆕 © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 04/12/2024)
October 2nd 2026: Provisionally due at Dover but, believed to be “cancelled” owing to impending arrival of “Storm Austen”.
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: Frank Behrends, Cees Bustraan, Marcel and Ruud Coster and Yvon Perchoc for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
