Nora in Delfzijl, 08-03-2009
Nora in Delfzijl, 08-03-2009

NORA

Call sign:

PBDN
IMO number:

9243851
MMSI number:

341412000
Nat. Official Number:

6911 Z G 2001
Flag:

Netherlands
Port of registry:

Delfzijl
Registered owner:

C.V. Timberfleet, Delfzijl
ISM Manager:

Wijnne & Barends' Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren B.V., Delfzijl
Commercial manager:

Wijnne & Barends' Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren B.V., Delfzijl
Shipyard:

Scheepswerf Niestern Sander B.V., Delfzijl / 908
Keel laid:

29-01-2001
Launch date:

07-09-2001
Seatrail date(s):

19-10-2001
Delivery date:

23-10-2001
Gross tonnage:

1978
Net tonnage:

784
Deadweight:

3002
Length overall:

79.98 M
Length between perpendiculars:

76.20 M
Beam:

12.16 M
Draught:

4.00 M
Main engine:

Caterpillar 3512BHD
Power:

1249 kW
Speed in knots:

12
Ship history & data

Ship history data
2001: NORA
 PBDN
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(23-10-2001)		 Owner: C.V. Timberfleet, Delfzijl
Manager: Wijnne & Barends’ Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren B.V., Delfzijl
2008: NORA
 PBDN
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(29-10-2008)		 Owner: C.V. Timberfleet II, Delfzijl
Manager: Wijnne & Barends’ Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren B.V., Delfzijl
2009: LADY NORA
 PBDN
Delfzijl / Netherlands
(21-06-2011)		 Owner: C.V. Timberfleet II, Delfzijl
Manager: Wijnne & Barends’ Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren B.V., Delfzijl
2023: BALTIC EXPRESS
 V4QI4
Basseterre / St. Kitts & Nevis
(18-01-2023)		 Owner: Port of Wisbech Holding Ltd. , St. Petersburg
Manager: Neva-Hugen Company Ltd., St. Petersburg

Additional info
Design: Very High Cubic 2000
29-09-2000: Construction contract awarded.
07-09-2001: Launched at Kon. Scheepswerf Niestern Sander B.V., Delfzijl
19-10-2001: Sea trials on river Ems from Delfzijl.
23-10-2001: Delivered to C.V. Timberfleet (Wijnne & Barends B.V.), Delfzijl.
(Cooperation between Wijnne & Barends B.V., DVB Nedship Bank & Rabobank).
25-10-2001: Departed on maiden voyage from IJmuiden to Kolding.
21-06-2011: Renamed “LADY NORA” in Stellendam.
08-02-2022: Arrived in Riga.
09-02-2022: Sold to Port of Wisbech Holding Ltd., St. Petersburg.
10-02-2022: Renamed “BALTIC EXPRESS” in Riga.
24-02-2023:  En route from Riga to Wisbech  with 2172 tonnes of timber with bow lodged on a mud bank on the river Nene in pos. 52 43 21 N, 000 10 00 E, about 3,2 nautical miles north of Wisbech.
25-02-2023: Refloated with the assistance of tugs “FENLANDER” and “CONSERVATOR” and proceeding under its own power with the tugs in attendance to the port of Wisbech.

Latest data adjustment: 26-02-2023