MV Ruruk

Ex Rorichmoor

© Simonwp  (Chowder Ness, 18/05/2025)

Steel single screw “Jumme, Stadt Hemmoor/Okko Tom Brook design“ motor vessel built in 2006 by Slovenske Lodenice Komarno A.S. Slovakia (Yard No 2104) as a General Cargo ship.

Technical Data

• Length: 88.56 m (overall) 84.60 m (between perpendiculars)
• Breadth: 12.40 m
• Depth: 5.7 6m
• Draught: 54.36 m (Summer)
• Tonnage: 2164 gross/839 net/2950t deadweight
• Engines: 1 x Deutz-MWM SBV6M628 – 4 stroke 6-cylinder diesel
• Power: 1125 kW/HP
• Speed: 10.5 knots
• Capacity: 20 x 20ft containers/Bale / Grain – 1.969 m³ / 69.535 ft³, 2.487 m³ / 87.833 ft³/108 TEU     
• Call Sign: V2BV7, YLPH
• MMSI Number: 314603000
• IMO Number: 9375795
• RI Number: 99515
• Port of Registry: St John’s/Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬, Riga/Latvia 🇱🇻
• Sister-Ship: Edzard Cirksena (2107), Imel Abdena (2108), Sibet Attena (2109), Folkmar Allena (2110), Wilson Ayr (2112), Stortebeker (2113), Tanne Kankena (2114), Wilson Avonmouth (2117), Wilson Astakos (2118), Wilson Algeciras (2119), Wilson Almeria (2120), Wilson Alicante (2121), Wilson Aviles (2111) +++

History

November 22^nd 2004: Date of Building Contract.

December 15^th 2004: Keel laid

May 11^th 2006: Launched

July 6^th 2006: Delivered to Owner: MS “Rorichmoor” Reed. Bojen GmbH. Operator:  Siegfried Bojen Schiffahrts KG

© Aleksi Lindstrom (Rendsberg, 08/07/2007)

© Marcel & Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 08/06/2009)

© Wil Weijsters (Rozenburg, 05/05/2010)

October 1^st 2019: RURIK for Owner: Waterway Shipping Ltd. Operator: Baltnautic Shipping Ltd.

© Jens Smit (Cuxhaven, 08/09/2021)

© Aleksi Lindstrom (Rotterdam, 21/09/2021)

November 26^th 2025: 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: Marcel & Ruud Coster, Aleksi Lindstrom, Simonwp, Jens Smit and Wil Weijsters for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)