Gerda on river Rhine pasing Emmerich, 20-07-2011
Gerda on river Rhine pasing Emmerich, 20-07-2011
Gerda on river Waal passing Nijmegen, 10-04-2013
Gerda on river Rhine pasing Emmerich, 20-07-2011
Gerda on river Rhine pasing Emmerich, 20-07-2011
Gerda on river Waal passing Nijmegen, 10-04-2013

GERDA

IMO number:

8906212

Call Sign:

YLCI

MMSI number:

276867000

Nat. Official Number:

5915 Z G 1993

Flag:

Latvia

Port of registry:

Riga

Registered owner:

Vail Overseas Ltd., Virgin Islands

ISM Manager:

Sia K.S. Prakse, Riga

Commercial manager:

Sia K.S. Prakse, Riga

Shipyard:

Scheepswerf G. Bijlsma & Zn. B.V., Wartena / 649

Launch date:

30-06-1989

Seatrail date(s):

13-07-1989

Delivery date:

14-07-1989

Gross tonnage:

852

Net tonnage:

490

Deadweight:

1280

Length overall:

64.34 M

Length BPP:

60.00 M

Beam:

10.51 M

Draught:

3.382 M

Main engine:

Caterpillar 3508TA

Power:

578 kW

Speed in knots:

10.5

Ship history & data

Ship history data

1989: VORAN
 PJHM
Willemstad (NA) / Netherlands Antilles
(14-07-1989)		Owner: Shipping Company Voran N.V., Willemstad (NA)
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
1990: VORAN
 PJHM
Willemstad (NA) / Netherlands Antilles
(01-04-1990)		Owner: Rederij Flinter, Willemstad (NA)
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl, Groningen
1993: SANDETTIE
 PHIX
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(15-04-1993)		Owner: Gerard Jan Barend Kolkman, Delfzijl
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl, Groningen
2004: DAN PROVIDER
 OUPY2
Aalborg / Denmark
(22-04-2004)		Owner: P/R Venus III, Aalborg
Manager: Partrederiet Venus Tom Christensen, Aalborg
2007: GERDA
 YLCI
Riga / Latvia
(03-12-2007)		Owner: Vail Overseas Ltd., Virgin Islands
Manager: Sia K.S. Prakse, Riga
2022: SALLA
 ESUK
Tallinn / Estonia
(02-11-2022)		Owner: R-B Maritime Oy, Helsinki
Manager: R-B Maritime Oy, Helsinki
2024: SALLA
Fin OJVB
Turku / Finland
(01-08-2024)		Owner: R-B Maritime Oy, Helsinki
Manager: R-B Maritime Oy, Helsinki
2025: ZES PILOT
Fin OJVB
Turku / Finland
(21-08-2025)		Owner: R-B Maritime Oy, Helsinki
Manager: R-B Maritime Oy, Helsinki
 

Additional info

00-00-1989:Built for Shipyard “Ferrus Smit” B.V., Foxhol.
00-09-1989:Original Nat. Official Number: 1989-C-1220
06-01-1995:En route from Mo-I-Rana to Warnemünde with a load of steel profile stranded in bad weather on the north Norwegian coast near the lighthouse of Blaabakflua. That same night she was refloated by a lifeboat and sailed under her own power to the harbor of Sandnessjen.
15-02-2001:Towed to IJmuiden by the tugboat “Waterman” after engine problems at Kings Lynn.
08-09-2009:Getting stuck under the Muelle Nemar 2 quay while mooring in Bilbao. Sailed with the bow under the concrete quay, probably because it was not reversed or too late, and remained stuck there. Unable to break free on its own. Two hastily approached harbor tugs succeeded in pulling the unfortunate ship free. Left the same day, accompanied by the two tugs.
30-08-2025:Departed from Stralsund to Vlaaringen.
30-08-2025:Departed from Stralsund to Vlaardingen.
05-09-2025:Arrived in Vlaardingen.
10-09-2025:Shifted from Vlaardingen to Rotterdam-Waalhaven.
02-09-2025:The captain abandons ship and takes the ship’s telephone and two laptops with him. The rest of the crew, with Ukrainian, Finnish-Cameroonian, Lithuanian, and Ethnian nationalities, stay behind. They can’t go anywhere without the captain.
05-10-2025:Towed from Rotterdam-Waalhaven to lay-up harbour ‘Dutch Harbour’ in ‘s-Gravendeel. The crew is reportedly owed unpaid wages and is unable to disembark, and are owed thousands of euros in unpaid wages.
09-10-2025:Detained after Port State Control (PSC).  Authorities and organizations like the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Finnish Seafarers’ Mission are providing aid. The Port State Control will involve ensuring the crew is paid by the flag state, Finland, and providing for the crew’s basic needs. 


Latest data adjustment: 24-10-2025