Sylvia moored at Spijk on river Rhine, 08-08-2008
Sylvia on river Waal passing Beneden Leeuwen, 01-07-2010

SYLVIA

Name:

SYLVIA
Call sign:

V2DP2
IMO number:

9454383
MMSI number:

305288000
Flag:

Antigua & Barbuda
Port of registry:

St. John’s
Registered owner:

C.V. Sylvia, St. John’s
ISM Manager:

Scheepvaartbedrijf van Dam, Farmsum
Commercial manager:

Scheepvaartbedrijf van Dam, Farmsum
Shipyard:

Usta Mehmetoglu Gemi Tersanesi Kemal / 3
Keel laid:

30-03-2007
Launch date:

24-04-2008
Delivery date:

26-05-2008
Gross tonnage:

1917
Net tonnage:

958
Deadweight:

3075
Length overall:

79.94 M
Length between perpendiculars:

77.29 M
Beam:

12.50 M
Draught:

4.74 M
Main engine:

MaK 6M20
Power:

1140 kW
Speed in knots:

11
Ship history & data

Ship history data
2008: SYLVIA
 V2DP2
St. John’s / Antigua & Barbuda
(26-05-2008)		 Owner: C.V. Sylvia, St. John’s
Manager: Scheepvaartbedrijf van Dam, Farmsum

Additional info
00-00-2008: Initial “TIME 1”, Trans KA Tanker Management Company Ltd, Istanbul.
24-04-2008: Launched as “TIME”.
26-05-2008: Delivered. Maiden voyage from Burgas to Gandia with steelproducts.
01-07-2008: En route with steel coils from Turkey to Bayard in Dinteloord, during one of the tests the ship had to carry out
to acquire her Rhine certificate, ran aground on a sandbank at the Volkerak locks.
09-01-2015: Suffered an engine failure in the Gulf of Finland south of Kalbådagrund off Porvoo and went adrift. The ship which had sailed with a cargo of cement from Liepaja the previous day managed to drop anchor southeast of Kalbåda ground, and the MRCC in Helsinki was alerted. The Coastguard was alerted and helicopters and the Coastguard vessel “TURVA” were prepared to take off. In the area winds of 12-14 meters per second were blowing with wave heights of three meters. Around 8 p.m. the Estonian tug “PALLAS” started to tow the ship to Tallinn with the “TURVA” being ready to assist.
27-11-2020: En route from Lilla Edet to Saint Brieuc, with 1.600 tonnes of sawn timber as cargo, suffered an engine failure due to a faulty fuel line. As it needed replacing, the sihp anchored 40 miles from Harwich in position 51 47 44 N, 002 21 33 E at 10 p.m. The vessel was not impeding traffic in its anchor position.

Latest data adjustment: 04-01-2023