Ship demolition report 31/05/2012

Aliaga
Spring Bok [NL] IMO 8213677 Reefer built 1984 - 10,123 dwt
Spring panda [NL] IMO 8213653 Reefer built 1984 - 10,140 dwt
Spring Deli [AN] IMO 8220424 Reefer built 1984 - 12,784 dwt
Sagitta [BZ] IMO 8700034 Cargo vessel built 1988 - 2,075 dwt
Cabrana [BZ] IMO 8700022 Cargo vessel built 1988 - 2,075 dwt
Milano [SL] IMO 7725609 Cargo vessel built Glasgow 1980 - 4,451 dwt

Alang
MSC Chaneca [PA] IMO 8415677 Container vessel built 1985 - 14,198 dwt
MSC Sukalyna [PA] IMO 8310530 Container vessel built 1987 - 24,365 dwt
Norsul Tubaro [BZ] IMO 8128640 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 28,196 dwt


That's it for May

Ship demolition report 30/05/2012

Alang
Spring Bear [ ] IMO 8220383 Reefer built 1984 - 9,472 dwt
MSC Patricia [PA] IMO 9000209 Container ship built 1990 - 18,150 dwt
MSC India [PA] IMO 8918069 Container ship built 1991 - 24,330 dwt
Santiago Express [SG] IMO 8208268 Container vessel built 1984 - 33,997 dwt

Mumbai
Pioneer Karelii [RU] IMO 7733668 Cargo vessel built 1978 - 6,070 dwt

Chittagong
Sri Qadriah 2 [TH] IMO 9051856 Vlcc tanker built 1994 - 269,998 dwt

Denmark
Nova [UK] IMO 6914435 Off shore vessel built 1969 - 849 tons

Aliaga
European Trader [NL] IMO 7708778 Roro vessel built 1978 - 17,068 dwt
Alibey [VC] IMO 7906708 Cargo vessel built 1979 - 3,995 dwt
ECS Cristina [VC] IMO 8513259 Roro cargo vessel built 1987 - 10,429 dwt

Gadani
Sun Enterprise [MT] IMO 8109022 Cargo vessel built 1984 - 42,208 dwt
Panamax Anna [MT] IMO 8202678 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 64,747 dwt

China
Han Yong [KR] IMO 8110576 Container ship built 1984 - 10,962 dwt

Other
Tamuno Ibi [US] IMO 6709165 ex Clean Waters 1, bunker vessel built 1964 - 195 tons
The vessel was inpounded by the JTF [Joint Task Force] on the Niger Delta river
Carrying 600,000 ltrs of stolen diesel, arrests were made and the vessel was set
Ablaze on the river bank.


Information is given in good faith

Ship demolition report 28/5/2012

Gadani
Little princess [LB] IMO 7712042 Cargo vessel built 1979 - 8,166 dwt
Lion [MH] IMO 8618918 Tanker built 1989 - 46,538 dwt
Chios Wind [GR] IMO 8309414 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 40,707 dwt
Royal diamond [PA] IMO 8300391 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 25,407 dwt

Chittagong
Francesco [BS] IMO 8011421 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 66,042 dwt
Central Carrier [PA] IMO 8204028 OBO carrier built 1983 - 81,852 dwt
Bonafide [PA] IMO 9047439 Bulk carrier built 1997 - 172,632 dwt
Apollo 16 [LR] IMO 8405983 Vlcc Tanker built 1985 - 259,995 dwt
Front Rider [SG] IMO 9002764 Bulk carrier built 1992 - 169,718 dwt
MDD Aurora [PA] IMO 8111752 Crago vessel built 1983 - 25,082 dwt
Noor 1 [BD] IMO 890728 Tanker built 1990 7,959 dwt
Umbul Mas [ID] IMO 7349845 Container vessel built 1974 12,628 dwt

Alang
Swatirani [IN] IMO 5356686 Bulk carrier built 1962 - 18,970 dwt
MSC Samantha [PA] IMO 8013766 Container vessel built 1982 - 34,098 dwt
MSC Nefeli [PA] IMO 7930668 Container vessel built 1981 - 25,745 dwt
Pluto [LT] IMO 8618853 Reefer built 1988 - 6,535 dwt
Sparrow [LR] IMO 8324103 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 139,779 dwt
Vista [MH] IMO 8323472 Bulk carrier built 1986 - 86,661 dwt

China
Atlantic Majesty [PA] IMO 8204286 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 41,503 dwt

Unknown destination at this time
Boluda Abrego [ES] IMO 6402717 Towing tug built 1964 - 181 tons, built UK ex Calshot
Hong Bo 9 [KR] IMO 8317033 Tanker built 1983 - 6,480 dwt
Yin Long [CN] IMO 8004313 LPG tanker built 1981 - 3,107 dwt

Ship demolition report 19/5/2012

Alang
C Wind [Caribean Wind] IMO 8130746 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 37,202 dwt

Archagelos [GR] IMO 7383451 Roro vessel built 1975 - 7,381 dwt
HISTORY OF VESSEL
Sjösattes för Whitwill Cole & Co. Ltd., London med namnet TOR CALEDONIA.
1975. Såld till Veb Deutfracht Seereederei, Rostock, Östtyskland före leverans.
Levererades 11 juli 1975 till Veb Deutfracht Seereederei, Rostock, Östtyskland.
1975 07. Insatt mellan Rostock - Havanna.
1983. Utchartrad till Tor Line för ett kort tag.
1990 06 18. Registrerad för Deutsche Seereederei GmbH, Rostock, Tyskland.
1991 09 06 - 1992 08. Utchartrad till Dublin Ferry Ltd., Dublin. Omdöpt till
SPIRIT OF DUBLIN.
1992 08 17. Åter från charter, Omdöpt till FICHTELBERG.
1992 11 10 - 1993 10 30. Utchartrad till North Sea Ferries, Rozenburg. Omdöpt
till NORCLIFF. Insatt mellan Zeebrugge - Hull. 1993 11. Åter från charter, Omdöpt
till FICHTELBERG.
1994 01 01. Registrerat för Euroseabridge Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH, Rostock,
KR Reederei F. Laeisz, Tyskland.
1994. Utchartrad till Elbe-Humber Ro/Ro Line (DFDS Seaways). Insatt mellan
Immingham - Esbjerg - Cuxhaven.
1994 12 27. Utchartrad till DFDS, Omdöpt till DANA MINERVA.
1995 08 05. Insatt mellan Fredericia - Klaipeda.
1995. Insatt mellan Cuxhaven - Immingham.
1996 05. Insatt mellan Köpenhamn - Malmö - Klaipeda.
1996 09. Såld till Clare Shipping, Oslo, Norge. Fortfarande chartrad av DFDS.
1996 12. Avslutad charter för DFDS.
1996 12. Registrerad för Seahawk K/S, Oslo, Norge. Omdöpt till SEAHAWK.
1997 01. Utchartrad till Pandoro Ltd, Fleetwood. Insatt mellan Liverpool - Dublin.
1997 07 - 1997 08. Utchartrad till Fred Olsen, Norge. Insatt mellan Oslo - Bamble
- Kristian sand - Hamburg
1997 09. Utchartrad till Pandoro Ltd, Fleetwood. Insatt mellan Liverpool - Dublin.
1998 02 - 1998 03. Utchartrad till Suardiaz, Insatt mellan Frankrike - England.
1998 05. Utchartrad till P&O European Ferries Ltd., Portsmouth. Insatt mellan
Portsmouth - Le Havre.
1998 10. Utchartrad till Suardiaz, Insatt mellan Frankrike - England.
2002 05 08. Utchartrad till Cetam, Frankrike. Omdöpt till CETAM VICTORIAE. Insatt
mellan Southampton - Santander.
2002 09. Avslutad charter, Omdöpt till SEAHAWK.
2002 10. Utchartrad till ESCO, Estland på två veckor. Insatt mellan Kiel - Tallinn.
2003. Utchartrad till Cobelfret.
2003 09. Utchartrad till Dart Line.
2003 11. Såld till Aegean Cargo, Pireus, Grekland. Omdöpt till AEGEAN SUN.
2004. Utchartrad till ANEK Cargo Lines. Insatt mellan Patras - Porto Marghera.

Source - www.faktaomfartyg.com/fichtelberg_1975.htm

Ship demolition report 18/5/2012

Alang
YM Asia [TW] IMO 8807727 Container vessel built 1991 - 47,523 dwt
Theresa Blossom [TV] IMO 8000276 Chemical tanker built 1981 - 22,567 dwt ex Nordic

Ship demolition report 17/5/2012

Alang
Trans Gulf [LR] IMO 8020185 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 81,659 dwt

Chittagong
Ocean Shearer [PA] IMO 7810935 Livestock carrier built 1980 - 23,263 dwt

Ship demolition report 15/5/2012

Alang
MSC Finland [LR] IMO 8511184 Container vessel built 1987 - 40,928 dwt
Bow Fertility [SG] IMO 8420529 Tanker built 1987. - 45,507 dwt
Iron Monarch [AU] IMO 7305502 Roro vessel built 1973 - 14,930 dwt

China
Bet Fighter [UK] IMO 9004839 Bulk carrier built 1992 - 173,149 dwt

Chittagong
Kapitan Man [RU] IMO 8406690 Roro cargo vessel built 1985 - 22,845 dwt

Unknown destination
Pirgas [ PA] IMO 8012865 LPG tanker built 1982 - 2,528 dwt

Exxon Valdez barred fom being beached at Alang

The company that bought the tanker formerly known as Exxon Valdez - infamous
for creating one of America's biggest oil spills - has been barred from beaching
it at the Alang shipbreaking yard by the Indian Supreme Court.

The 213,000-tonne ship first entered Indian waters more than a month ago and
has been at anchor awaiting the necessary paperwork before being run up the
beach to be broken up.

However, its new owner, Best Oasis, the shipbreaking subsidiary of Priya Blue
Industries of Gujarat, was yesterday informed of the court's ruling that stated
the ship cannot be beached until it has been decontaminated.

The ruling followed a petition by the Indian environmental group, the Research
Foundation for Science (RFS), which asserted the ship, now called Oriental Nicety
and converted to a bulk carrier, was in breach of the Basel Convention, an
international shipping accord.

The convention, which deals with the movement of condemned ships, is designed to
prevent "dumping" of vessels in less developed countries.

Under its rules, ships destined for breakers' yards must first have all toxic waste
and materials such as asbestos, printed circuit boards and heavy metals, such as
mercury, removed in the exporting country.

RFS said in its petition that the ship was already in breach of the convention and
should be ordered to leave Indian waters.

"Though it has not yet been allowed to berth in any of the ports, the ship, which
is alleged to be contaminated, has entered Indian waters without taking proper steps
for decontamination in the port of export," said Sanjay Parekh, a solicitor for RFS,
after the ruling.

"We will abide with the Supreme Court order. We are studying the order, and will
appeal," a spokesman for Best Oasis told The Times of India yesterday.

The former tanker, built in 1986, was sold by its previous owners, the Chinese shipping
company Cosco, to the ship demolition brokers GMC for US$15.8 million (Dh58m) in March,
before being sold on to the breakers' in India.

The ship's notoriety dates back to the spring of 1989, when television stations around
the world showed endless footage of sea birds and seals floundering in black, viscous
crude after the Exxon Valdez ripped a hole in its hull on Bligh Reef in Alaska's
Prince William Sound, disgorging 32 million gallons of cargo.

The accident, then the worst environmental disaster in United States history, surpassed
only by BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, caused an estimated $15bn of
damage and prompted a fundamental rethinking of tanker design.

ExxonMobil, the largest US oil company, spent three years and $3.86bn to clean up the
spill, which damaged 1,120km of coastline and killed more than 36,000 birds, according
to the US environmental protection agency.

Since the disaster, the ship's name has been changed five times.

It has sailed under two flags of convenience - the Marshall Islands and Panama - and been
involved in a major collision at sea.

Several years after the disaster, it was prohibited by law from re-entering Prince William Sound
when Exxon tried to return it to work in US waters.

Source: The National. By David Black
http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/new-setback-for-troubled-ship-as-india-bars-beaching

Ship demolition report 14/5/2012

China
Stonegate [LR] IMO 8216875 Ore carrier built 1984 - 187,011 dwt

Chittagong
KS Challenger [PA] IMO 8322923 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 41,377 dwt
KS Frontier [PA] IMO 8109046 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 42239 dwt

Alang
Silver Stockholm [NO] IMO 8702848 Reefer built 1990 - 6,801 dwt
Brazilian Lady [BZ] IMO 8509521 Reefer built 1987 - 6,333 dwt
Supreme Harvest [VU] IMO 8710376 Reefer built 1988 - 8,973 dwt

Unknown destination at present
Trans Holm [NO] IMO 7931193 Chemical tanker built 1981 - 4,055 dwt

Ship demolition report 12/5/12

Alang
DAKSHINESHWAR [IN] IMO 8409771 Cargo vessel built 1987 - 28,739 dwt 
Sea lion 1 [KN] IMO 7414781 Tanker built 1976 - 8,041 dwt

Gadani
Santa Sauria III [LR] IMO 8029088 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 34,072 ex Kritika Naree - Lappland

Ship demolition report 11/5/2012

Aliaga
Lady Soso [TZ] IMO 7233046 Cargo vessel built 1972 - 2,987 dwt

Chittagong
Seacrest [MH] IMO 9000522 Vlcc tanker built 1991 - 154,970 dwt

Ship demolition report 10/5/2012

Alang
Maya Land [BZ] IMO 7645134 Bulk carrier built 1977 - 14,550 dwt
Ocean Producer [KN] IMO 9162605 Container vessel built 1999 - 14,376 dwt ex MSC Kiwi
Sandino Bay [PA] IMO 8410902 Reefer built 1985 - 5,472 dwt

Denmark
Hera [DM] IMO 7434078 Cargo vessel built 1975 - 1,300 dwt

Aliaga
Viktor Khara [UR] IMO 8033247 Bulker built 1981 - 6,208 dwt
Anadoluhisari [TR] IMO 7926447 LPG tanker built 1981 - 3,291 dwt
Global Carrier [FI] IMO 7528647 Roro vessel built 1977 - 13,117 dwt

Gadani
Emine [MT] IMO 8222575 Bulk carrier built 1983 - 25,560 dwt

China
Swift Fortune [ PA] IMO 7526601 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 71,240 dwt

Chittagong
Anjasmoro [SG] IMO 9117234 Tanker built 1996 - 32,696 dwt
Amber Star [BS] IMO 8420139 Bulk carrier built 1986 - 181,884 dwt

Unknown destination
Cape Warrior [PA] IMO 8417883 Bulk carrier built 1986 - 146,331 dwt
Qi Xing [CN] IMO 8108925 LPG tanker built 1981 - 3,291 dwt [Possibly china]

Mv Aspire ex Sapphire heads for Alang

Asphire [KN] IMO 6513994 Passenger cruise ship built 1966 - 2,660 dwt


In 1969, Princess Italia began to operate cruises in Alaska, and continued both
itineraries until 1973, when Crociere d'Oltremare canceled her charter to Princess.
She was subsequently chartered to Costa Cruises, who changed her name back to Italia
and operated her on cruises out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1977 Costa purchased
the ship and began chartering her to various companies. This ended in 1983 when Costa
sold Italia to Ocean Cruise Line. Ocean Cruise Line renamed her Ocean Princess
and had her do cruises in the Mediterranean during the summer, and in the Caribbean
and Latin America during the winter.

In March 1993, while cruising through the Amazon, the Ocean Princess struck a sunken
wreck on the river bottom, causing her engine room and lower decks to flood. All passengers
and crew were rescued unharmed, but the ship herself was declared a Total Constructive Loss.

After repairs, she was purchased by Sunshine Cruise Line and due to re-enter service
as Sea Prince in 1995, but a fire broke out on board, and she was again offered for sale.
She was in the end purchased by the Cyprus based cruise line Louis Cruises, who had her
named Princesa Oceanica after a major refit. But Princesa Oceania did not keep her new
name for long, as she was chartered to the British cruise company Thomson Holidays, who
would rename her Sapphire. Sapphire went on to cruise with Thomson until 2002, when she
was returned to Louis. Under the ownership of Louis she retained the name Sapphire.

The itinerary of Sapphire before she was retired included cruises around the Greek
Islands, as well as cruises calling in Lebanon and Syria and various ports of Greece.

source Wikipedia

Ship demolition report 8/5/2012

Chittagong
Caravos Horizon [MH] IMO 8419257 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 68,438 dwt
Ando [TU] IMO 8509442 Tanker built 1987 - 32,605 dwt
Krissa [PA] IMO 7626504 Bulk carrier built 1979 - 20,698 dwt

Alang
Spring Bob [NL] IMO 8213665 Reefer built 1984 - 10,098 dwt

Gadani
Mohave Maiden [PA] IMO 8308824 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 28,074 dwt

Ship demolition report 7/5/2012

Chittagong
Hanjin Sydney [PA] IMO 8606329 Bulk carrier built 1987 - 188,125 dwt
Yong Xiang Men [PA] IMO 8103468 Bulk carrier built 1982 - 45,548 dwt

Gadani
Adriatic Sea [LR] IMO 9002269 Tanker built 1992 - 98,600 dwt
Alamayn [PA] IMO 8307519 Bulk carrier built 1985 - 33,024 dwt

Ghent
Soul Sound [MT] IMO 8215792 Cargo vessel built 1983 - 1,876 dwt
Tellier [FR] IMO 7229459 LNG carrier built 1973 - 21,301

Thanks Kieth for this information :-)

Ship demolition report 5/5/2012

Chittagong
Lingayen Star [PA] IMO 8319691 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 43,609 dwt

Ship demolition report 4/5/2012

Alang
Unconfirmed
Msc Hailey [PA] IMO 8818180 Container vessel built 1994 - 46,964 dwt

Ship demolition report 2/5/2012

Gadani
Al Khalig [PA] IMO 8307155 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 38,305 dwt
Genmar Alexander [MH] IMO 9007568 Tanker built 1992 - 102,262 dwt

destination unknown at this time
Hanjin Dampier [KR] IMO 8811144 Bulk carrier built 1989 - 209,346 dwt
Gifted [LR] IMO 8217879 Container vessel built 1984n- 43,401 dwt [ex Ever Gifted]
Genius I [LR] IMO 8200137 Container vessel built 1984 - 43,401 dwt [ex Ever Genius]
Atlantic Spirit [LR] IMO 85177372 Vehicle carrier built 1987 - 15,939 dwt

Denmark
Putford Sky [UK] IMO 6607393 Safety vessel built 1967 - 200 t

Ship demolition report 1/5/2012

Gadani
Ariana [MT] IMO 8014150 Bulk carrier built 1984 - 69,041 dwt

Chittagong
Byeford [PA] IMO 8024911 Bulk carrier built 1981 - 24,000 dwt