MV Longstone
Ex Maria Grazia Onorato
© Robert J Smith (Tilbury, 23/05/2023)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 2019 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG, Flensburg, Germany (Yard No 776) as Ro/Ro vessel.
Technical Data
- Length: 209.79 m (overall) 197.74 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 26.0 m
- Depth: 17.0 m
- Draught: 6.8 m
- Tonnage: 32887 gross/9867 net/10444 t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x MAN 8L48/60 CR diesels
- Power: 19200 kW/HP
- Speed: 20.6 knots
- Capacity: 4076 lane meters
- Call Sign: IBVA, 9HA4943, PDRG
- MMSI Number: 246091000
- IMO Number: 9848479
- RI Number: 98690
- Port of Registry: Valletta/Malta 🇲🇹, Cagliari/Italy 🇮🇹, Rotterdam/The Netherlands 🇳🇱
- Sister-Ship: Gardenia Seaways (772), Tulipa Seaways (773), Alf Pollak (775), Meleq (769), Fadiq (770), Leevsten (780), Liekut (781)
History
December 13th 2017: Building contract.
May 7th 2018: Keel laid.
March 11th 2019: Delivered to Sy RoRo 2 PTE, Ltd, George Town, Cayman Island.
March 18th 2019: Left Flensburg for Fayard, Odense and installation of “Scrubbers”.
© Fabian Vornholt (Flensburg, 07/11/2018)
May 2019: Chartered to Compagnia Italiana Di Navigazione SPA, (Tirrenia).
May 4th 2019: Left Fayard, Odense for Porto Ferraio, Italy.
May 2019: Services Genoa – Livorno – Catania – Valletta.
© Emmanuel L (Valletta, 09/03/2020)
October 2021: Chartered to Cobelfret.
October 30th 2021: Arrived Rotterdam.
November 2021: Services Rotterdam – Purfleet.
© Hans Esveldt (Rotterdam, 23/02/2022)
© Simonwp (Rotterdam, 30/06/2023)
November 30th 2023: Arrived Genoa.
December 2023: Chartered to DFDS Seaways for services Istanbul – Sete/Tuzla – Trieste.
May 2nd 2024: Arrested in Sete over a dispute between Siem and Onorato Armatori (Moby).
July 1st 2024: Manager: Siem Shipping UK Ltd and renamed LONGSTONE.
August 2nd 2024: Chartered to P & O and left Sete.
August 13th 2024: Arrived Algeciras.
August 18th 2024: Left Algeciras for Tilbury.
August 25th 2024: Tilbury for berthing trials.
© Geoffrey Watson (Tilbury, 25/08/2024)
August 26th 2024: Zeebrugge for berthing trials.
© Julien Carpentier (Zeebrugge, 26/08/2024)
August 28th 2024: Teesport for berthing trials and expected to take up services Zeebrugge – Tilbury/Teesport.
August 28th 2024: Left Teesport for Rotterdam.
August 21st 2024: Arrived Rotterdam.
September 1st 2024: Arrived Zeebrugge.
© Geoffrey Watson (Tilbury, 02/09/2024)
September 2nd 2024: Took up service Zeebrugge – Tilbury/Teesport.
October 23rd 2024: Departure from Tilbury cancelled owing to a “technical issue”.
© Bob Scott (Gravesend, 19/12/2024)
January 14th 2025: Suffered engine failure.
September 28th 2025: Expected to be joined by NORBAY as the two vessels maintaining Tilbury – Zeebrugge.
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: Julien Carpentier, Hans Esveldt, Emmanuel L, Simonwp, Robert J Smith, Geoffrey Watson and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
