Leaving from Valencia Port on 02/09/2006.
Call Sign : CNA3924
MMSI : 242060000
Gross tonnage : 3.780, DWT : 4.110, LDT : 1.988
Year of build : 1983
Flag : Morocco 🇲🇦
Dimensions : 96,98 x 17,84 x 5,58 m
TEU : 356, Reefer points : 25, Bale : 6.229 m³, Grain : 6.580 m³
Main engine : Deutz SBV8M540 _ hp.: 2.000, Kw.: 1.471, Service speed : 15 Kn
Shipbuilder : J.J. Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co. - Hamburg (DEU). Yard No. 939
Standard design : Type 119
Name of ship : CASABLANCA EXPRESS, 2000/08.
Former names : Arnd Becker, 1983/10. Akak Star, 1984/11. WEC Portugal, 1985/01. HMS Portugal, 1994/06. Turakina, 1995/12. Atens, 1998/08. Iberica Express, 2000/02.
Later names : Dudu Express, 2011/06. MERO STAR, 2014/09.
Total Loss : While docked at Quay 8 in the Port of Beirut on 04/08/2020, due to the large explosion of an ammonium phosphate warehouse, as the vessel was preparing to discharge a cargo of wheat from Mariupol, Ukraine, crane arms and cargo equipment were sent crashing into the cargo hold by the explosion.
Two crew members were seriously injured.
Broken up since 21/11/2020 at Aliaga (TUR).
Shipbreaker : BMS Gemi Geri Donusum As