Mermaid on river Rhine passing Hönnepel, 03-10-2010
Mermaid moored in Leer, 28-08-2011

MERMAID

Name:

MERMAID
Call Sign:

ZDHW7
IMO number:

8504181
MMSI number:

236382000
Flag:

Gibraltar
Port of registry:

Gibraltar
Registered owner:

Brust Schiffahrts MS “Mermaid” GmbH & Co. KG., Rechtsupweg
ISM Manager:

Reederei Brust GmbH & Co. KG, Rechtsupweg
Commercial manager:

Reederei Brust GmbH & Co. KG, Rechtsupweg
Shipyard:

Krupp Ruhrorter Schiffswerft GmbH, Duisburg / 723
Keel laid:

04-02-1985
Launch date:

31-08-1985
Delivery date:

07-09-1985
Gross tonnage:

1856
Net tonnage:

959
Deadweight:

2302
Length overall:

80.55 M
Length between perpendiculars:

75.20 M
Width:

12.60 M
Draught:

4.15 M
TEU:

102
Main engine:

Krupp MaK 8 M 332
Power:

1000 kW
Speed in knots:

10
Ship history & data

Ship history data
1985: MERMAID 
 DPLM
Hamburg/ Germany
(07-09-1985)		 Owner: MS “Mermaid” Eicke Schiffahrts KG, Hamburg
Manager:  Eicke Schiffahrts KG, Hamburg
1989: MERMAID 
 DPLM
Hamburg/ Germany
(00-00-1989)		 Owner: MS “Mermaid” Eicke Schiffahrts KG, Hamburg
Manager: Wolfgang Schmidt, Hamburg
1993: MERMAID 
 DPLM
Hamburg/ Germany
(00-00-1993)		 Owner: MS “Mermaid” Schmidt Schiffahrts KG, Hamburg
Manager: Wolfgang Schmidt, Hamburg
1994: MERMAID 
 9H4643
Valletta / Malta
(00-00-1994)		 Owner: MS “Mermaid” Schmidt Schiffahrts KG, Hamburg
Manager: Wolfgang Schmidt, Hamburg
1997: MERMAID 
 9H4643
Valletta / Malta
(17-10-1997)		 Owner: Fahrdorfer Schiffahrts GmbH & Co.KG MS “Mermaid”, Fahrdorf
Manager: Paul Schmidt, Hamburg
2007: MERMAID 
 ZDHW7
Gibraltar / Gibraltar
(01-02-2007)		 Owner: Brust Schiffahrts MS “Mermaid” GmbH & Co. KG., Rechtsupweg
Manager: Reederei Brust GmbH & Co. KG, Rechtsupweg
2011: FEHN CENTURY
 ZDHW7
Gibraltar / Gibraltar
(17-10-1997)		 Owner: Fehn Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS “Fehn Century”, Gibraltar
Manager: Fehn Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG, Leer
2013: MERMAID 
 ERUA
Giurgiulesti / Moldavia
(01-07-2013)		 Owner: Arne Shipholding SA, Tirane
Manager: Success M&S Maritime SA., Piraeus
2015: MERMAID 
 5WEM
Matadi / Samoa
(01-03-2015)		 Owner: Arne Shipholding SA, Tirane
Manager: New Shipping SA, Tirane
2017: NS MERMAID 
 DB1414
Freetown / Sierra Leone
(01-02-2017)		 Owner: Arne Shipholding SA, Tirane
Manager: New Shipping SA, Tirane
2022: NS MERMAID 
C5J132 
Banjul / Gambia
(01-02-2022)		 Owner: Arne Shipholding SA, Tirane
Manager: New Shipping SA, Tirane
2023: SS GRAYWOLF
HQZW4
Unknown/ Honduras
(01-07-2023)		 Owner: Unknown
Manager: Unknown

Additional info
14-03-2014: Banned from EU ports for three months after failing a second port state control check in 36 months. The vessel was held at Aabenraa after entering port on Mar 9, 2014, in because of a breach of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). The vessel had no contracts for its crew. The detention was the result of the Danish Maritime Authority’s increased focus on MLC checks. The “MERMAID” had previously been detained in Germany with safety deficiencies in July 2013. The vessel is listed as owned by Arne Shipholding and managed by Success M&S Maritime of Greece.
09-11-2020: The “NS MERMAID” suffered a damage to the pistons of its main engine 2,5 miles south of the port of Atalanti on Nov 7, 2020, at noon. The vessel had sailed from Durres to Elefsina with eight crew members in ballast. With the assistance of a port tug the ship moored safely at a berth in Piraeus on Nov 9 at 8.50 a.m. The Central Port Authority of Piraeus has detained the vessel in port until a class maintenance certificate has been issued.

Latest data adjustment: 10-03-2023