Heron moored at Oosterhornkanaal in Delfzijl, 13-07-2003

HERON

Name:

HERON
Call sign:

PGZR
IMO number:

8512126
Nat. Official Number:

5524 Z GRON 1986
Flag:

Netherlands
Port of registry:

Rotterdam
Registered owner:

Beheermaatschappij De Kaap B.V., Rotterdam
ISM Manager:

Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
Commercial manager:

Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
Shipyard:

Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V., Westerbroek / 243
Launch date:

06-11-1997
Delivery date:

15-05-1986
Gross tonnage:

863
Net tonnage:

501
Deadweight:

1230
Length overall:

64.34 M
Length between perpendiculars:

60.00 M
Width:

10.55 M
Draught:

3.31 M
Main engine:

Caterpillar 3508DITA
Power:

578 kW
Speed in knots:

10,5
Ship history & data

Ship history data
1986: LINGEDIJK
 PFPA
Geldermalsen / Netherlands
(12-05-1986)		 Owner: C.V. Scheepvaartbedrijf C. Vermeulen, Geldermalsen
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
1992: NES
 PGFV
Ameland / Netherlands
(24-01-1992)		 Owner: Jan Tuininga, Ameland
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
1995: REGINA
 PGZR
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(00-08-1995)		 Owner: Henro Koke, Delfzijl
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
1998: HERON
 PGZR
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(00-00-1998)		 Owner: Henro Koke, Delfzijl
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
2002: HERON
 PGZR
Rotterdam / Netherlands
(00-00-2002)		 Owner: Beheermaatschappij De Kaap B.V., Rotterdam
Manager: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
2006: CELIA
 OJME
Pargas / Finland
(10-02-2006)		 Owner: Sal Ship OY AB, Pargas
Manager: Prima Shipping AB., Porvoo
Shareholder: Frank R.W. Salemin
2015: OYA1
 HO8267
Panama / Panama R.P.
(13-11-2015)		 Owner: Maritime Overseas S.A., Panama
Manager: Ocean Express, Pointe-Noire

Additional info
13-11-2015: Sailed as ‘OYA 1’ from Surte, Sweden (arrived 12-11-2015 as ‘CELIA’) for Abidjan, Ivory Coast, via Hals, Denmark (22-12-2015) and Casablanca (18-01-2016) and she is bound for Jorf Lafsar.
29-07-2017: ‘OYA 1’ attacked off Nigeria. The ‘Oya1’ was attacked by pirates in the night of July 29, 2017, in position 04 10N 006 59E, about 20 miles off Bonny in the Gulf of Guinea. Pirates boarded the ship and kidnapped five crew members. The Nigerian Navy was alerted, and the vessel was taken to Bonny. It had sailed from Takoradi Ghana on July 27, probably bound to Douala.

Latest data adjustment: 01-12-2022