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AKRANES

Post by shipstamps » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:57 pm


Built as a general-cargo vessel under yard No. 13398 by Fr. Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co., Bremen-Vegesack for J.Jost See-Transport GmbH, Flensburg, Germany.
21 January 1970 launched under the name BRINKNES.
Tonnage 4.279 gross, 2.926 net, 6.777 dwt., dim. 364.3 x 56.1 x 22.11ft.
Powered by two 12-cyl. 4S.C.S.A Normo KMV-12 vee type oil engines manufactured by Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder AS, Bergen, Norway, geared to one shaft, 3.600 bhp., one controllable pitch propeller, speed 13.5 knots.
She is fitted out with four 7.5 ton Velle type derricks, capable of handling grabs, carried aboard.
20 June 1970 completed.

After delivery managed by Brinknes Schifahrtsges GmbH & Co., KG, Germany.
1973 Sold to Midiboy Shipping Corp., Liberia, and renamed MIDIBOY.
1974 Lengthened by Swan Hunter Shiprepairers Ltd., Newcastle.
Tonnage increased to 4.594 gross, 3.559 net, 7.511 dwt., dim. 122.22 x 17.1 x 6.98m.
1977 Sold back to Brinkness Schiffahrtsges GmbH & Co., KG, Germany, renamed FOSSNES.
A new engine installed.
The same year transferred to Kristian Jebsen Rederi AS Bergen, Norway.
1981 Sold to Isskip h/f., Reykjavik, Iceland, renamed AKRANES.
1989 Sold to Unicoast Maritime Company Ltd. Valetta, Malta, under Cyprus registry, not renamed.
04 April 1991 she arrived at Ferrol under tow of M.C. Thunder (gt 496/1975) for repair, having lost her ruder.
1995 Sold to Villach Shipping Company Ltd., (Osterreicischer Lloyd Ship Management GmbH, managers), Valetta, Malta, renamed VILLACH and under Cyprus registry.
2002 Sold to unknown owner in Georgia, renamed MELTEM, registered under Georgian flag.
April 2002 sold to Viceli Shipping Georgia and renamed MELTEM G.
November 2004 Sold to Gram Shipping SA, Panama and renamed ELTEM. Registered under Comoros flag.

2007 http://www.equasis.org gives, managed and owned by Gram Shipping SA, Panama, under Comoros flag.
IMO No. 7009988.

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