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
PDHI
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(28-01-1998)
Owner: C.V. m.s. Koningsborg, Delfzijl
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
2008: KONINGSBORG
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