MV Prince of Seas
© Cees Bustraan (Santa Anna Bay, 13/09/2011)
Steel single screw “Frio Pacific type” motor vessel, built in 1993 by Kitanihon Zosen Shipbuilding K.K. (Yard No. 266) as a Refrigerated Cargo/Container vessel.
Technical Data
- Length: 130 (overall) 120.27m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 19.0 m
- Depth: 10.1 m
- Draught: 7.5 m
- Tonnage: 6363 gross/4983 – 4297net/7387t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Mitsubishi 6UEC52LA 6 – cylinder diesels
- Power: 7007kW/9520bHP
- Speed: 20.3 knots (sea)
- Capacity: 371.412 ft³ / 10.109 m³/42 TEU or 45 FEU
- Cargo gear: 8 x Derricks – SWL 5 t (4 x 5 t up)
- Reefer Plugs: 47 on weather deck
- Call Sign: PJOW, PCBP, A8JI5, PJFH, 3E2341
- MMSI Number: 306137000
- IMO Number: 9014444
- Nat. Official Number: 6281 Z G 1997
- Registry: Willemstad/Curacao 🇨🇼, Groningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Groningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Willemstad/Curacao 🇨🇼, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Panama 🇵🇦
- Sister Ships: Frio Pacific (251), Frio Ionian (252), Frio Marathon (253)
Current AIS Location
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History
June 1992: Keel laid.
October 1992: Launched.
January 1st 1993: Completed as PRINCE OF SEAS for Owner: C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Prince of Seas, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, Manager: Dammers Shipmanagement N.V., Willemstad (NA), Netherlands Antilles.
© Marcel and Ruud Coster
1997: Owner: C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Prince of Seas, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. Manager: Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Owner: C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Prince of Seas, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
2000: Registered Owner: Prince of Seas, Germany. Manager: Seatrade, Groningen
February 14th 2006: Seen at Dover.
© Nigel Thornton (Dover, 14/02/2006)
2006: Manager: Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
© Cees Bustraan (Santa Anna Bay, 13/09/2011)
September 30th 2015:
“ Collision in the Kiel Canal. In the early morning the east going tanker KOSTERBERG and the west bound GRONA AALSUM, en-route from Tornio to Flushing, and the PRINCE OF SEAS, scraped each other in dense fog during the transit of the Kiel Canal at Fischerhütte. The KOSTERBERG was pushed into the embankment, thereby destroying several dolphins. One was sunk completely, another stuck into the fairway at an angle. All ships were able to continue their voyages “.
December 28th 2017: Owner: Violet Shipping Company N.V., Willemstad (Curaçao), Curaçao. Manager: Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Netherlands
October 28th 2020: Owner: Violet Shipping Company N.V., Willemstad (Curaçao), Curaçao. Manager: Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 25/10/2020)
© Willem Oldenburg (Ijmuiden, 29/10/2020)
December 23rd 2020: Owner: Centauri Partners Ltd., Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. Manager: Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
October 14th 2022: Due at Dover.
December 1st 2022: Owner: Prince of Seas Shipping, Curacao. Manager: Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
November 5th 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: Cees Bustraan, Marcel and Ruud Coster and Willem Oldenburg for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
