MV Wellington Star
Ex Bothnian Reefer
© Gena Anfimov (Klaipeda, 01/12/2024)
Steel single screw “KK400R, Chiquita Frances design” motor vessel built in 1992 by Kvaerner Kleven Mekaniske Verkst. (Ulsteinvik (Yard No 248) completed by Kaldnes Mekaniske Verkst. (Tönsberg) (Yard No 0046) as Refrigerated Cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 140.50 m (overall) 130.0 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 19.7 m
- Depth: 13.0 m
- Draught: 9.8 m
- Tonnage: 7944 gross/4632 net/11103 t deadweight
- Engines: (1) 4T – 9 cyl M A N-B & W 9L58/64 diesel
- Power: 11925 kW/16202 bHP
- Speed: 21.94 knots
- Capacity: : 12.742 cbm 204 TEU
- Call Sign: ELPP6, C6TJ9
- MMSI Number: 311668000
- IMO Number: 8917584
- BV Register Number: 23291T
- Port of Registry: Monrovia/Liberia , Nassau/The Bahamas 🇧🇸
- Sister-Ship: Carelian Reefer (244), Peruvian Reefer (247). Lapponian Reefer (243) , Scandinavian Reefer (246)
Current AIS Location
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History
December 1st 1990: Ordered
June 16th 1991: Keel laid.
March 28th 1992: Launched.
December 1992: Delivered as BOTHNIAN REEFER to Owner: Bothnian Reefer Ltd. Liberia
© Mike Griffiths (Rozenburg, 1990’s)
© Fotoflite (04/07/1993)
© Fotoflite (15/06/1994)
2003: WELLINGTON STAR for Siem Shipping UK Ltd, Bahamas
© Chris Hunsicker (Solent, 20/12/2005)
July 1st 2012: WELLINGTON STAR for Star Reefers AS, Bahamas
2013: WELLINGTON STAR for Siem Shipping UK Ltd, Bahamas
© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 22/09/2017)
© Gena Anfimov (Klaipeda, 01/12/2024)
© Willem Oldenburg (Ijmuiden, 23/03/2026)
August 29th 2026: Provisionally due at Dover.
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Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
