MAERSK NOLANVILLE

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On the 17th of July the Irish Post Office issued a set of 3 stamps and a miniature sheet to highlight the port of Cork. The 3 stamps show various activities in the port.

The first 60c stamp shows the containership MAERSK NOLANVILLE with the tug GERRY O’SULLIVAN on her port side and another tug, the ALEX, at her stern.

The second 60c shows yacht racing – the CORK CLIPPER.

The 90c stamp shows the current QUEEN ELIZABETH.
In the margin of the miniature sheet is shown the SS SIRIUS of 1837.

Built as a fully cellular containership under yard No 1429 by Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan, South Korea for Schiffahrts GmbH &Co ms “Rio Taku” KG, Liberia.
03 February 2004 keel laid down. as RIO TAKU.
31 March 2004 name changed to P&O NEDLLOYD TAKU.
06 April 2004 name changed as the P&O NEDLLOYD SUSANA.
23 April 2004 launched.
Tonnage 26,833 grt,12,743 nrt, 34,287 dwt, dim. 210.07 x 30.20 x 16.70m, draught 10.6m..
Powered by one 7-cyl. 7RTA 72 U-B diesel engine manufactured by builder, 21,560 kW, speed 21 knots.
Container capacity 2,256 TEU’s including 600 reefer containers.
Cargo handling by 4 – 40 tons cranes.
28 May 2004 delivered to owners, homeport Monrovia. Liberia.
Managed by Reederei Blue Star G.m.b.H.

On delivery chartered by P&O Nedlloyd, she arrived 02 June 2004 at Yokohama, 11 June 2004 at Singapore and 27 June in Cape Town.
19 December 2005 renamed by owners in MAERSK NOLANVILLE.
22 March 2012 renamed in RIO TAKU.
In charter by the American President Lines (APL).
09 July 2013 managed by MPC Munhmeyer Steamship-GEU, Hamburg.
2018 Sold and renamed AS PAULINA
Later renamed in MSC LUCIA III owned by Juturna Oceanwide Ltd., Limmasol, Cyprus.


2025 In service. As given by http://www.equasis.org same name and owner and manager, IMO No 9286774.

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Ireland 2013 60c sg?, scott?

From Mr. Peter Crichton with additional info from the World Ship Society Rotterdam Branch.
Sources: Miramar; Equasis; Tugs and Offshore Supply Vessels by James Dodds and Bernard McCall; A to Z of Tugs and Workboats (UK, Ireland and Gibraltar Edition) by James Dodds. An Post. http://app.gl-group.com/register/index.jsp.