MV Shetland Trader
Ex Lass Mars, Mars
Shetland Trader – © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 31/02/2015)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1992 by Rosslauer Shipyard Elbe (Yard No 233) as a General Cargo Ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 74.94 m (overall) 70.47 m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 11.40 m
Depth: 5.6 m
Draught: 4.352 m (Summer) 4.2 (Winter)
Tonnage: 1512 gross/ net/t deadweight
Engines: 2 x Cummins KTA19m diesels
Power: 1194 kW/1623 bHP
Speed: 10.2 knots (Max) 9.0 knots (Service) - Capacity: Grain: 90,543 Bale: 90,543
- Call Sign: DQFK, 8PUM
MMSI Number: 314257000 - IMO Number: 9030486
- Official Number: 733513
- RI Number: 100549
- Port of Registry: Rostock/Germany, Bridgetown/Barbados
Sister Ships: Sun (231), Lass Moon (232), Lass Uranus (234), Lass Neptune (235), Lass Saturn (236)
Location Data
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History
October 1st 1991: Keel laid.
December 23rd 1991: Launched as MARS.
July 1st 1992: Completed as LASS MARS for S.K.R Küstenmotorshiff – Reederi GmbH & Co KG (H.H Wübbe Nachfogel GmbH Hamburg as manager ) Rostock Germany.
Lass Mars – © Mike Griffiths (Rozenburg, 1992)
Lass Mars – © Gerolf Drebes (Cuxhaven, 06/09/2006)(Left) © Hans Deijs (Antwerp, 2006) (Right)
August 12th 2007: SHETLAND TRADER for Owner/Manager; Faversham Ships Ltd.
Shetland Trader – © Trevor Kidd (Belfast, 08/02/2008)(Left)(Belfast, 12/10/2008)(Right)
February 26th 2014: Detained at Northfleet, Kent, UK.. Summary: ten deficiencies with one ground for detention.
Shetland Trader – © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 10/05/2018)
Shetland Trader – © Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 26/10/2020)
October 28th 2021: 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 and Ruud Coster, Hans Deijs, Gerolf Drebes, Mike Griffiths and Trevor Kidd for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
