MV Baltic Winter

Ex Bremen Reefer, Chiquita Bremen

© Ulf Kornfield (Copenhagen, 09/07/2023)

Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1992 by SSW Schichau Seebeck Shipyard,  Bremerhaven (Yard No 1098) as a Refrigerated cargo ship.

Technical Data

• Length: 156.53 m (overall) 147.70 m (between perpendiculars)
• Breadth: 23.0 m
• Depth: 13.20 m
• Draught: 9.53 m (Summer)
• Tonnage: 10842 gross/6381 net/12890t deadweight
• Engines: 1 x MAN-B&W 7L60MC – 2 stroke 7 cylinder diesel
• Power: 12180kW/16550bHP
• Speed: 21.4 knots (Max)
• Capacity: 290 x 20ft containers/82 Reefer plugs/ Reefer capacity: 16.206 m³
• Cargo Gear: 4 x deck cranes – SWL 18,0 t each
• Call Sign: ZCBC5, C6VR4
• MMSI Number: 309075000
• IMO Number: 9014755
• RI Number: 103712
• Port of Registry: Nassau/The Bahamas 🇧🇸, Hamilton/Bermuda 🇧🇲, Nassau/The Bahamas 🇧🇸
• Sister-Ship: Baltic Autumn (1099)

History

November 4^th 1991: Keel laid.

April 3^rd 1992: Launched.

October 1992: Completed as CHIQUITA BREMEN for Windsong Shipping Inc. – Republic of Panama. Care of Ost-West-Handel und Schiffahrt GmbH, Breitenweg 10-12. 28195 Bremen. Manager: Ost-West-Handel Und Schiffahrt. Breitenweg 10-12. 28195 mbH, Bremen. Bremen.Schiffahrt G

1993: Operated by Union Kuhl-Schiffahrt GmbH, Bremen.

© Simonwp (Terneuzen, 01/07/1997)

2007: Sold to Chartsworld Shipping Corp, Athens. (Bremen Shipping Corporation Ltd. Bahamas) Managers: Diamond Ship Management N.V. Antwerp.

© Daniel Ferro (Gibraltar, 04/02/2007)

© Siniša Aljinović (Split, 05/05/2008)

© Daniel Ferro (Gibraltar, 18/01/2009)

© Ron van den Velde (Flushing, 23/06/2011)

© Gerolf Drebes (Antwerp, 18/08/2011)

January 2012: Joined Seatrade-Pool. Antwerp.

December 2012: Left Seatrade-Pool. Antwerp.

© Daniel Ferro (Gibraltar, 29/12/2013)

January 2017: Renamed BREMEN REEFER.

September 2017: Sold to Baltic Shipping, St Petersburg and renamed BALTIC WINTER.

2020: In service for Cool Carriers, Stockholm, Sweden.

© Hannes van Rijn (Rotterdam, 04/10/2021)

March 18^th 2022: Manager: Cool Carriers.

© Marcel and Ruud Coster (Ijmuiden, 18/11/2023)

July 19^th 2024: Provisionally due 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: Siniša Aljinović, Marcel and Ruud Coster, Gerolf Drebes, Daniel Ferro, Ulf Kornfield, Hannes van Rijn, Simonwp, Ron van den Velde and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

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