Built as a bulk carrier under yard No 10468 by Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Saikai, Japan for Ocean Carrier Maritime Corp., Marshal Islands.
Launched under the name CENTURION.
Tonnage 40.060 gross, 25.444 net, 76.838 dwt., dim. 225 x 32.26 x 19.39m., draught 14.12m. Length bpp. 215m.
Powered by MAN-B&W diesel engine, manufactured by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Tamano, 12.662 hp., one shaft speed 15.4 knots.
Bunker capacity 2207 m³.
7 Holds, with a total capacity of 90475 cubic meter.
25 August 2005 completed.
27 February 2006 when at anchor at the outer anchorage at North Pula Laut, Indonesia, three robbers armed with guns and knives boarded the ship via the anchor chain. They held a watchman hostage at gunpoint and forced him to lie down on deck. Robbers stole ship stores and property before they escaped.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2006: owned by same owners, and managed by Primerose Shipping, Piraeus, Greece. IMO No. 9304174.
Marshall Island 2006 39c sg?
Source: Bureau Veritas. Some web-sites.