MV Scot Explorer
© Fabian Vornholt (Kiel, 12/08/2020)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2019 by Royal Bodewes Shipyards BV. Hoogezand. (Yard No 747) as a General Dry Cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 89.98 m (overall) 84.87 m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 15.30 m
Depth: 6.60 m
Draught: 5.69 m
Tonnage: 3457 gross/2201 net/4803t deadweight
Engines: 1 x MaK 6M25C – 6 cylinder diesel
Power: 1850 kW/2515 bHP
Speed: 16.0 knots
Capacity: 201 x 20ft containers/84 x 40ft containers/ Bale/Grain: 240.000 ft³
Call Sign: MGIE2
MMSI Number: 232025009
IMO Number: 9841794
Official Number:
Port of Registry: Inverness/UK 🇬🇧
Sister-Ship: Scot Ranger (750), Scot Isles (751)
Current AIS Location
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History
December 16th 2015: Keel laid.
© Fritz Olinga (16/08/2019)
October 11th 2019: Launched.
© Fritz Olinga (25/11/2019)
December 2nd 2019: Completed as SCOT EXPLORER for Owner: Scotline Ltd, Romford, UK. Manager: Intrada Ships Management Ltd. Rochester, UK.
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 26/05/2020)
© Willem Oldenburg (Ijmuiden, 18/07/2023)
December 13th 3023:
“Suffered a cargo shift and loss of 160 cbm logs in pos. 55 07 42 N, 001 26 54 W, about 1,6 nautical miles east of the Blyth pier on Dec 13 at 11.06 a.m. UTC, and again at 11.40 a.m. in adverse weather, en route from Aberdeen to Dover with 3500 cbm logs as cargo on board eight people on board. The ship berthed in the port of Sunderland at 5.10 p.m. the same day to secure the remaining cargo. The drifting logs were expected to wash ashore.”
December 17th 2023: Provisionally due at Dover.
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Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
