Today's SotD is the Berge Nord (IMO: 9127150, Port of Registry: Stavanger, Norway) , which will be renamed in the Port of Rotterdam to 'Eva N'. In Rotterdam her ownership will be transferred from BW Gas ASA, Norway tot Neu Seeschiffahrt. The Berge Nord/Eva N has a deadweight tonnage of 218,000, a draught of almost 19 meters and has seven holds and hatches. The ship was built in 1997 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. This 305 meters long, 53 meters wide bulk carrier is the biggest ship to enter the Arctic sea. Other vessels owned by BW Gas and visiting Rotterdam regularly are: Berge Stahl, Bergeland, Berge Arctic and Berge Pacific. Vessels owned by Neu Seeschiffahrt and regularly visiting Rotterdam are: Faith N, Alfred N and Waterman N.The Berge Nord arrived this morning at the EMO bulk terminal, Rotterdam from Seven Islands, Canada carrying iron ore. From Rotterdam the iron ore is transported in barges to the steel mills of ThyssenKrupp and Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann in Germany.
2 comments:
i sailed on this ship as a fourth engineer its really cool and worth to sail on ship. my rating for it is 9 out of 10
Hi kevin rex, its a UMS class vessel???
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