MV Maria Reina
History | |
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Panama | |
Name |
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Owner | [1] |
Operator | [1] |
Port of registry | Panama[1] |
Launched | 28 May 1996 |
Identification |
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Status | In active service[2] |
Germany | |
Name | Baffin Strait |
Owner | Rehder & Arkon |
Port of registry | Antigua and Barbuda[3] |
Identification | IMO number: 9148520 |
Singapore | |
Name | |
Owner | Keppel Corporation |
Operator | Keppel Corporation |
Port of registry | Singapore[3] |
Builder | Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.[4] |
Laid down | 8 February 1996[4] |
Launched | 28 May 1996[4] |
Completed | 25 February 1997[4] |
Identification | IMO number: 9148520 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage |
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Displacement | 8,299 long tons[6] |
Length | 100.59 m (330.0 ft)[9] |
Beam | 16.24 m (53.3 ft)[9] |
Draft | 8.2 m (26.9 ft)[9] |
Installed power | 3 Wärtsilä UD25L655D diesels[8] |
Propulsion | Wärtsilä 9F32E diesel, bow thruster.[8] |
Speed | 13 kts[7] |
Capacity | 384 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).[10] |
Crew | 13[7] |
MV Maria Reina is a Panamanian
From 2004 to 2009, the ship, under the name Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519), was one of Military Sealift Command's seven chartered container ships, and delivered 250 containers every month from Singapore to Diego Garcia.[7][11] During this charter, she carried everything from fresh food to building supplies to aircraft parts, delivering more than 200,000 tons of cargo to the island each year.[11]
After finishing the Diego Garcia contract, the ship sailed from Singapore on 19 November 2009 for a shipyard period in Wilmington, North Carolina by way of the Suez Canal. In May 2010, she was towed to Ciramar Shipyard in the Dominican Republic for more extensive repairs.
Construction
Then named Steamer's Future, the ship's keel was laid on 8 February 1996 at Wuhu Shipyard in Wuhu, China.
Although much of its career has been spent crossing oceans, the ship's container-carrying capacity of 384
Steamer's Future was built with a
In addition, the ship has a
The ship was built with two 400-kilowatt (540 hp) Wärtsilä UD 25 L6 55D
Construction of the ship was completed in 1997.
History
Under the Singaporean flag
In 1983, Singapore's Keppel Corporation acquired one of Singapore's oldest shipping concerns, the Straits Steamship Company, founded in 1890.[20] After the acquisition, Keppel renamed the company Steamers Maritime Holdings Company.[20][21] The company laid the keel for Steamer's Future on 8 February 1996, but as early as 1997, the Keppel conglomerate began to exit the shipping industry.[21] Shortly thereafter, Steamers was renamed Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation,[21] and in March 2004, Keppel announced the sale of "the entire Steamers fleet of 10 ships to Interorient for $90.9m in order to concentrate on core activities."[22]
Interorient kept seven of these ships for its Mediterranean-based United Feeder Services operation, but sold Steamers Future and two other ships to Hamburg-based
Under the United States flag
As of 2011[update], the ship is owned and operated by TransAtlantic Lines, an American
Diego Garcia charter
As a result of winning this contract, the US Navy gave the Baffin Strait the hull classification symbol T-AK W9519. The T-AK series symbol is given to the seven container ships chartered by MSC but owned and operated by contractors.[6]
The Baffin Strait's Diego Garcia charter ran from 10 January 2005 to 30 September 2008 on a daily rate of $12,550 under contract number N00033-05-C-5500.[28] Nicknamed "the DGAR shuttle", the ship delivered 250 containers each month from Singapore to Diego Garcia, carrying everything from fresh food to building supplies to aircraft parts, and delivering more than 200,000 tons of cargo to the island each year."[11] When returning from Diego Garcia, the ship carried metal waste to be recycled in Singapore.[29]
The Sealift Program Office's function is to provide ocean transportation for the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies.[30] The program is divided into three project offices: Tankers, Dry Cargo, and Surge.[30] Dry cargo is shipped by U.S.-flagged commercial ships.[30] Approximately 80 percent of this cargo is transported aboard regularly scheduled U.S. commercial ocean liners.[30] The other 20 percent is carried by four cargo ships under charter to MSC.[30]
On the evening of 22 April 2009, Baffin Strait was involved with a collision with the
On 27 March 2009, Military Sealift Command announced a
Six companies submitted proposals, with TransAtlantic proposing the MV Rio Bogota (which it intended to rename Heidi B) to replace the Baffin Strait.[33] While the Navy was assessing the proposals, rival shipping company Sealift Incorporated secured the rights to operate Rio Bogota, and TransAtlantic countered by altering its proposal to offer the ship MV LS Aizenshtat instead.[33][34] The Navy deemed both companies' proposals technically acceptable and their past performance satisfactory.[34] Sealift's proposed rate, was more than $3 million less than TransAtlantic's ($39,031,093 versus $42,415,356), and they were awarded the charter.[34] After winning the contract, Sealift purchased Rio Bogota on 21 August 2009.[34]
2010–2011 shipyard period
After finishing the Diego Garcia contract, the ship sailed from Singapore on 19 November 2009 for a shipyard period in Wilmington, North Carolina by way of the Suez Canal.
On 16 January 2010, while pierside in Wilmington, the ship was picketed by members of the
On 31 March 2010, industry journal
In May 2010, the ship was towed to Ciramar Shipyard in the Dominican Republic for more extensive repairs.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Det Norske Veritas, Summary, 2007.
- ^ United States Coast Guard PSIX, 2008.
- ^ a b Det Norske Veritas, Previous Flags, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Det Norske Veritas, Yard Information, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Det Norske Veritas, Previous Names, 2007.
- ^ a b "MV Baffin Strait". Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory. Military Sealift Command. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- ^ a b c d e MSC Baffin Strait Page
- ^ a b c d e f Det Norske Veritas, Machinery, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Det Norske Veritas, Dimensions, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Fearnresearch (2005). "Fearnley's Annual Review, 2004" (PDF). Oslo: Fearnleys AS. p. 90. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ a b c MSC Public Affairs (8 November 2007), Change at the helm for MSC's Diego Garcia office, Singapore: Sealift Logistics Command Far East, archived from the original (Press Release) on 6 August 2011, retrieved 3 August 2011
- ^ Det Norske Veritas, Hull, 2007.
- ^ "International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969". International Conventions. Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide. 23 June 1969. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
- ^ MAN Diesel, 2009, p.6.
- ^ a b International Maritime Organization, 2002.
- ^ a b c d http://www.brownsequipment.com/files/item_files/files/12338.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Caterpillar Marine Power Systems > Cat Diesel Auxiliary Engines". Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e UNCTAD, 2010, p. 32.
- ^ The code is given at the DNV Exchange, and explained on Det Norske Veritas, January 2011, pp. 5, 18.
- ^ a b Keppel T&T Report to Shareholders, 2003. p.43[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Keppel Corporation Ltd.
- ^ a b Trade Winds (5 March 2004). "Interorient Navigation keeps seven Keppel feeders". carstenrehder.de. Trade Winds. Archived from the original on 14 January 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ Rehder & Arkon (October 2004). "Rehder & Arkon sold MV BAFFIN STRAIT". www.rehder-arkon.de. Rehder & Arkon. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "October 2004 Sales". shiplink.info. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ a b Dun and Bradstreet, 2007.
- ^ United States Court of Appeals, 2000.
- ^ a b c d American Maritime Officers (November 2004). "Non-union operator wins charter held by Sagamore". AMO Currents. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- ^ MSC Procurement Spreadsheet[permanent dead link]
- ^ Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) (2007). "2006 Pollution Provention and Solid Waste Success Stories" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Navy. Retrieved 18 March 2008.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e Military Sealift Command. "Ship Inventory: Sealift Ships". msc.navy.mil. United States Navy. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Investigation Activity Report: JASMINE ACE; Collision On: 4/22/2009". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ a b c Gibson, 2009, p. 1.
- ^ a b c Gibson, 2009, p. 2.
- ^ a b c d Gibson, 2009, p. 3.
- ^ a b c Hosmann, Claire (16 January 2010). "Union holds informational picket for better wages and benefits". Wilmington, North Carolina: WECT Channel 6. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ a b Stamford, Bob Rust (31 March 2010). "Vessel ejected from US scheme" [A history of deficiencies has led US officials to kick out a US-flag vessel.]. Oslo, Norway: Tradewinds AS. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
References
- "Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia" (PDF). 11 January 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- Det Norske Veritas (January 2011). "Part 1, Chapter 2: Class Notations". Rules for the Classification of Ships (PDF). Høvik, Norway: Det Norske Veritas AS. Archived from the original(PDF) on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- Gibson, Lynn H. (24 November 2009). "Decision, Matter of TransAtlantic Lines, LLC, File B-401825" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Accountability Office. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- International Maritime Organization (2002). "International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969". International Maritime Organization. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- "TransAtlantic (9148520)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- "LS Aizenshtat (9117753)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- "Mohegan (9100243)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- "Baffin Strait (25708)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV.
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- "Baffin Strait (708628)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
External links
External images | |
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Steamers Future in 2001 In 2001, the ship was named MV Steamers Future. | |
Baffin Strait near Singapore in 2007. MV Baffin Strait approaching the Bani Terminal in Singapore in December 2007. | |
Baffin Strait circa 2004 Baffin Strait near the time she was purchased by TransAtlantic Lines in October 2004. | |
Baffin Strait circa 2008 Photos of the ship posted by anonymous blogger claiming to be a crewmember. |
- Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command 2007 Charter Cargo Billing Rates[permanent dead link]
- Contract N0003305C5500 at USAspending.gov
- Diego Garcia contract awarded to Sealift Inc.
- Record of both 2004 sales at Tradewinds
- May-July 2011 MSC Time Charter
- Vessel stranded in Kiel due to serious engine trouble
- Loss of statutory certificate sees TAL fleet sidelined by US for military contracts
- Previous owners