OSTFRIESLAND

IMO number:8324622
Call sign:DCQN
MMSI number:211214960
Flag:Germany
Port of registry:Emden
Registered owner:AG Ems & Co. Schiffahrts-KG, Emden
Commercial manager:Aktien-Gesellschaft ‘Ems’, Emden
Shipyard:Martin Jansen GmbH & Co. KG Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik, Leer / 186
Keel laid:22-12-1983
Launch date:12-01-1985
Delivery date:01-04-1985
In service:01-04-1985
Route:Emden/Eemshaven-Borkum
Gross tonnage:1589
Net tonnage:642
Deadweight:531
Length overall:78.72 M
Length BPP:72.67 M
Beam:12.50 M
Depth:6.10 M
Draught:2.601 M
Passengers:1200
Cars:70
Main engine:2x MaK 6M332
Power:2000 kW
Speed in knots:15.5
Ship history & data

Ship history data

1985: OSTFRIESLAND
DCQN
Emden / Germany
(01-04-1985)
Owner: AG Ems & Co. Schiffahrts-KG, Emden
Manager: Aktien-Gesellschaft ‘Ems’, Emden

Additional info

22-12-1983:Keel laid at Martin Jansen GmbH & Co. KG Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik.
12-01-1985:Launched.
01-04-1985:Delivered to AG Ems & Co. Schiffahrts-KG, Emden.
21-10-2013:First steel at Brenn- und Verformtechnik Bremen GmbH (BVT) in Bremerhaven cut for the new stern.
15-09-2014:Departed to Bremerhaven for conversion to LNG propulsion.
10-10-2014:Old stern removed.
30-04-2015:LNG bunkered for the first time.
12-06-2015:Sea trials on the Weser to above Wangerooge and to Cuxhaven.
13-06-2015:Sea trials from Cuxhaven to Emden.
17-06-2015:Back in service.

After conversion:
Loa: 94.07, Lpb: 72.65, B: 12.04, Draught 2.446 M.
GT: 2596, NT 838, DWT 463.
1200 passengers, 70 cars.
2x Wärtsilä 20DF, 2120 kW.

Original:
Loa 78.72, Lbp: 72.67, B: 12.60, Draught:  2.601 M.
GT: 1589, NT 642, DWT 531
1200 passengers, 55 cars.

2x MaK 6M332, 2000 kW.

23-06-2015:Grounded with engine failure on the way from Borkum to Emden at 5:00 PM and at low tide
dried up. Released at 6:55 PM and returned to Borkum and left for Emden around 8:00 PM.


Latest data adjustment: 08-08-2024