MV Somerset
Ex Spaarneborg
© Simonwp (Rotterdam, 04/07/2023)
Steel single screw “Spaarneborg” motor vessel built in 2000 by Flender Werft AG, Lübeck, Germany (Yard No 676) as a Roll on – Roll off ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 29 m (overall) 178.4 m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 25.2 m
Depth: 15.9 m
Draught: 7.5 m (Summer)
Tonnage: 21005 gross/10601 net/12502t deadweight
Engines:(1) 2T – 7 cyl Hanjung/Sulzer 7RTA52 U diesel.
Power: 10920 kW/14847 bHP
Speed: 18 knots
Capacity: 12 passengers/20 ft containers – 106/ 1884 m (lane metres)/ Bale/grain: 13.059 m³ - Call Sign: PCGE, ONIH, 9HA4234, PBCY, 9HA4234
MMSI Number: 249412000 - IMO Number: 9188221
- Register Number: 01 00842 2015
- Port of Registry: Delfzil/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Antwerp/Belgium 🇧🇪, Valletta/Malta 🇲🇹,Hoek van Holland/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Valletta/Malta 🇲🇹
- Sister Ships: Schieborg (677), Slingeborg (678)
Current AIS Location
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History
April 14th 1999: Keel struck.
August 20th 1999: Launched.
January 3rd 2000: Delivered to Wagenborg Shipping, Delfzijl, Holland.
January 5th 2000: Cobelfret/Stora Enso services between Gothenburg – Zeebrugge.
September 2010: Services Gothenburg – Tilbury.
© Ken Smith (Gravesend, 23/09/2010)
2011: Chartered to Canadian interests.
November 4th 2011: Laid up in Zeebrugge.
January 2012: Left Gothenburg for further lay up.
August 2012: Chartered to LD Lines for services Marseille – Tunis.
2013: DFDS services Marseille – Tunis.
March 15th 2013: Final day in service at Tunis.
March 5th 2013: Left Tunis.
March 30th 2013: Arrived Zeebrugge.
April 1st 2013: Services Zeebrugge – Gothenburg.
January 2015: Sold to Shiplux XII SA, Luxemburg and renamed SOMERSET.
© Hannes van Rijn (Rotterdam, 05/01/2017)
© Ken Smith (Purfleet, 23/02/2018)
September 2018: Chartered to Stena Line initially for three years.
September 19th 2018: Services Europoort – Harwich.
© Aleksi Lindström (Rotterdam, 15/09/2021)
© Aleksi Lindström (Rotterdam. 02/09/2022)
December 9th 2023: Charter completed and came off service at Rotterdam. Berthed in Rotterdam and replaced by STENA GOTHICA.
December 17th 2023: Left Rotterdam.
December 17th 2023: Arrived Zeebrugge and took up service Zeebrugge – Tilbury.
December 20th 2023: Services Zeebrugge – Santander – Dublin.
🆕 © Robbie Cox (Dublin, 12/04/2024)
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