MV Hav Vestlandia
Ex Bekau
© Marcus Schröder (Bremerhaven, 01/07/2023)
Steel single screw “92-063, type Ruhrtal/Rhine design” motor vessel built in 2005 by Slovenske Lodenice A.S. Rolnickej Skoly 1519. 945 01 Komarno. Slovak Republic (Yard No 2959) as a multi-purpose dry cargo ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 87.84 m (overall) 81.00 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 12.90 m
- Depth: 7.10 m
- Draught: 5.60 m
- Tonnage: 2461 gross/1369 net/3701.03t deadweight (Summer)
- Engines: 1 x MaK 8M20 – 4 stroke 8-cylinder diesel
- Power: 1520 kW/2.067 bHP
- Speed: 11.7 knots
- Capacity: 176 x 20ft containers/4.613 m³ / 163.000 ft³
- Call Sign: V2BJ8, OZ219
- MMSI Number: 231855000
- IMO Number: 9197454
- BV Register Number: 39805T
- Port of Registry: St John’s/Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬, Glyvrar/ Faroe Islands 🇫🇴
- Sister-Ship: Gertrud Muller (2950), Nordereau (2956), Sudereau (2957), Ostenau (2958), Bramau (2960), Linnau (2961), Steinau (2962), Luhnau (2963), Jevenau (2965), Kossau (2966), Ohlau (2967), Ammiro (2968)
Current AIS Location
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History
June 2nd 1998: Keel laid.
August 15th 2005: Launched.
October 27th 2005: Completed as BEKAU for Owner: Roland Ship Administration GmbH & Co. KG Registered Owner: R.E.S. Chartering GmbH. Manager Schifffahrtskontor Erwin Strahlmann e.K
© Aleksi Lindström (Kiel Canal, 27/07/2008)
2010: Owner: Erwin Strahlmann MS “ELBETOR”
© Ken Smith (Gravesend, 17/12/2011)
2015: Manager: Reederei Erwin Strahlmann GmbH & Co. KG
December 2020: HAV VESTLANDIA for Owner: Arco P/F, Care of Navigare Shipping Sp. Manager: Navigare Shipping Sp/f, Soldafjord – Faeroe Islands.
© Aleksi Lindström (Rotterdam, 15/09/2021)
August 9th 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: Aleksi Lindström, Marcus Schröder and Ken Smith for their assistance in producing this feature.
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