499 grt; 1,010 dwt; 52 TEU; 3 passengers
Operator: NV Waling van Geest & Zonen. Flag: Netherlands. Port of registry: 'sGravenzande
Built: 1969 by NV Scheepswerf v/h De Groot & van Vliet, Slikkerveer, Netherlands. Yard no: 376
Main engine: ten-cylinder, two-stroke Bolnes 10DNL120/500 of 1,050 bhp at 475 rpm. Speed: 12.5 knots
1976-GARZA (Panama flag); 1982-BART; 1983-CARINE (Netherlands flag); 1999-CARINE II (Belize flag)
Still in service
Photographed passing the Geest North Sea Line Line base in the canal at Maassluis as she went out on builder's sea trials. With the introduction of larger ships like this one, Geest North Sea Line, which at that time plied between Maassluis and Ipswich, moved out of Maassluis to a new, more-spacious terminal in Rotterdam