MV Misida

Misida  ©  Aleksi Lindström (Rendsberg, 11/07/2008)

Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2007 by Sietas Schiffswerft GmbH & Co. Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany (Yard No 1282) as a Roll-On/Roll-Off carrier – Equipped for carriage of containers.

Technical Data

• Length: 165.75 m (overall) 155.40 m (between perpendiculars)
  Breadth: 25.60 m (extreme)
  Depth: 14.80 m
  Draught: 7.26 m (summer)
  Tonnage: 15586 gross/4676 net/11407t deadweight (summer)
  Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä 6 L46F – 4 stroke 6 cylinder diesel engines
  Power: 15000kW/HP
  Speed: 19.0 knots (service) 20.0 knots (max)
  Capacity: 484 20ft containers/242 40ft containers (on deck), 48 reefer plugs – Weather deck: Area: 2.610 m², Lane metres: 859 m, Max. load: 2,5 t/m²
• Main deck: Area: 2.554 m², Lane metres: 820 m, Max. load: 5,0 t/m²
• Lower deck: Area: 1.516 m², Lane metres: 476 m, Max. load: 8,0 t/m²
• 12 drivers in 6 cabins
  Call Sign: OJNC
  MMSI Number: 230995000
• IMO Number: 9348948
  Port of Registry: Brändö/Finland
  Sister Ships: Misana

History

December 20th 2005: Keel struck.

October 27th 2007: Launched.

December 10th 2007: Registered owner; Minicarriers AB.

December 20th 2007: Delivered to Oy Trailer-Link Ab. ISM Manager; Godby Shipping Ab, Mariehamn, Åland.

December 2007: Chartered to UPM-Kymmene for Baltic Sea services.

Misida  ©  Aleksi Lindström (Rendsberg, 26/07/2008)

2015: Chartered to Stena RoRo.

2017: Chartered to Transfennica for services between Finland – Spain.

December 2017: Completion of charter to Transfennica.

January 4th 2018 – 2020: Stena RoRo services between Europoort – Immingham.

Misida ©  Pieter Inpyn (Europoort, 17/08/2018)

Misida ©  Simonwp (Immingham, 02/09/2018)

February 20th 2020: Laid up in Zeebrügge.

March 3rd 2020: Left Zeebrügge for Tunis.

2020: Arrived Kotka (Finland) for further lay up.

June 28th 2020: Chartered to P&O Ferries.

July 6th 2020: Services between Dublin – Liverpool.

Misida ©  Ian Collard (Mersey, 06/07/2020)

Misida ©  Robbie Cox (Dublin, 21/08/2020)

October 31st 2020: Came off service and sailed to Mekjarvik (Norway).

November 2020: To be replaced by STENA FORECASTER.

November 2nd s020: Arrived in Mekjarvik.

November 7th 2020: Left Mekjarvik for Sunndalsora (Norway) (eta 08/11/2020)

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: Ian Collard, Robbie Cox, Pieter Inpyn, Aleksi Lindström, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)