KONINGSBORG

IMO number:

9155925

Call sign:

PDHI

MMSI number:

246388000

Nat. Official Number:

6358 Z G 1997

Flag:

Netherlands

Port of registry:

Delfzijl

Registered owner:

Steven M. Smith, Assen

ISM Manager:

Rederij Smith B.V., Assen

Commercial manager:

Rederij Smith B.V., Assen

Shipyard:

B.V. Scheepswerf "Ferus Smit", Foxhol / 315

Keel laid:

10-04-1997

Launch date:

26-11-1997

Seatrail date(s):

26-01-1998

Delivery date:

28-01-1998

Gross tonnage:

6142

Net tonnage:

3482

Deadweight:

9067

Length overall:

130.65 M

Length BPP:

120.95M

Beam:

15.87 M

Draught:

7.454 M

TEU:

494

Main engine:

Wärtsilä 6LUS40

Power:

2913 kW

Speed in knots:

14.5

Ship history & data

Ship history data

1998: KONINGSBORG
NL 1 PDHI
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(28-01-1998)
Owner: C.V. m.s. Koningsborg, Delfzijl
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
2008: KONINGSBORG
NL 1 PDHI
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(10-03-2008)
Owner: Steven M. Smith, Assen
Manager: Rederij Smith B.V., Assen

Additional info

Design:Ferus 9000
00-12-2000:Christened by Mrs. C.M.F. Alders-Peeters (wife of the commissioner of the Queen in Groningen) and launched.
24-01-1998:Planned departure from the shipyard to Delfzijl, canceled due to strong wind.
25-01-1998:Departed from the shipyard to Delfzijl.
26-01-1998:Sea trials on river Ems from Delfzijl.
28-01-1998:Delivered to C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming “Koningsborg” (Wagenborg Shipping B.V.), Delfzijl
05-11-2005:Shortly after the Strait of Gibraltar took a drowning man on board, sailed back to the Bay of Gibraltar, surrendered the drowning man to a lifeboat and departed for Motril.
31-12-2015:En route from Llovisa to Bizerte at 5:25 a.m, 18 miles west of Ushant a distress call sent out after problems with the machine. Lost much of its deck cargo over night, but the stability was not affected. Maritime Prefect decided to dispatch the emergency tug “ABEILLE BORBON” from its position off Ouessant at 11.30 a.m. which took the ship in tow to Brest. Actually the convoy was still in the Bay of Biscay after the towing wire broke SW of Pierres Noires lighthouse but has been fixed again. Berthed in Brest at 9.35 p.m.
11-02-2016:Departed from Brest to Bizerte after repairs.


Latest data adjustment: 06-02-2023