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PACIFIC TRADER

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:56 pm

On the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the National Day, Oman Post has issued three commemorative stamps, which bear an image of the Sultan and images of the Oman Dry-dock Company.
The 100B stamps shows us a container ship in dry-dock (left) and the same ship after dry-docking (right)
The container ship is identified by Mr Dan Rodlie as the PACIFIC TRADER.

Built as MTW CC 1600 multi-purpose container vessel under yard No 296 by MTW Schiffswerft GmbH, Wismar, Germany for Hermann Buss KG ms Pacific Trader GmbH, Leer Germany.
11 January 1996 laid down.
28 February 1996 launched as PACIFIC TRADER, 15 sisterships.
Tonnage 16,165 grt, 22,525 dwt, dim. 168.4 x 26.7 x 14.40m. Length bpp. 156.0 m.
Powered by 1 Sulzer 7RTA62U diesel engine, manufactured by Cegielski Poznan in Poland, 21,129 hp, speed 19.5 knots.
One bow thruster of 800 kW.
Container capacity 1,608 TEU’s included 200 reefer TEU’s containers.
Crew around 20.
14 June 1996 delivered to owner under the name MAERSK SAO PAULO. So most probably chartered by Maersk. Under German flag and registry homeport Leer.

Fifteen ships of this type were built at MTW yard at Wismar all for German owners, a few of this type have been already scrapped early 2013. A sign that not much money you can make in container ships today, when she are scrapped after this short career.
1997 Renamed by owner in CSAV RECIFE.
1998 Renamed by owner in PACIFIC TRADER.
2000 Registered by owner under the flag of Antigua & Barbuda with homeport Saint John’s.
2008 Renamed by owner in DELMAS NACALA.
2011 Renamed by owner in PACIFIC TRADER .
2012 Sold by Hermann Buss to India, her delivery voyage was made under the name TRADER and Tuvalu flag.
12 September 2012 arrived at Alang and was beached on 16 September by Honey Ship Breaking.

Oman 2012 100B sg?, scott?

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTW_CC_1600 http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz
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