MV Southampton Star
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 01/10/2025)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1999 by Shikoku Dockyard Co. Ltd. Takamatsu (Yard No 893) as a Refrigerated Cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 150 m (overall) 140 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 23.00 m
- Depth: 13.30 m
- Draught: m
- Tonnage: 10804 gross/5320 net/9709 t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x SA 8-cylinder ‘MAN-B&W/Mitsui’ 8F50MC diesels
- Power: 2639 kW/15470 bHP
- Speed: 21.5 knots
- Capacity: REF 14,334 DRY; TEU 306 FEU 150 REF; FEU 100 CAR x 472
- Call Sign: 3FWT9, A8OH2, C6DT3
- MMSI Number: 311000776
- IMO Number: 9206059
- Official Number: 7001136
- Port of Registry: Panama 🇵🇦, Monrovia/Liberia 🇱🇷, Nassau/Bahamas 🇧🇸
- Sister-Ship: Solent Star (894)
Current AIS Location
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History
May 19th 1999: Keel Laid.
September 13th 1999: Launched.
December 17th 1999: Delivered as SOUTHAMPTON STAR to Owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest
January 1st 2000: Manager: Orient Marine Co Ltd.
November 1st 2007: Manager: Norbulk Shipping UK Ltd.
© Lennart Rydberg (Chester, PA, USA, 01/01/2010)
© Mikael Söderholm (Chester, PA, USA. May 2014)
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 03/12/2018)
May 1st 2025: Owner SSI Shipping Inc. Manager: Siem Shipping UK Ltd.
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 01/10/2025)
October 10th 2025: Called 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, Lennart Rydberg and Mikael Söderholm for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
