General cargo ship KENT EXPLORER alongside the Machine Shop wharf,Halifax Shipyards,Halifax on July 19th 2008 having been towed to the Port of Halifax after an engineroom fire disabled her enroute from Europe to USA.Tug Atlantic Elm (7910230) carried out the tow. Note fire damage on funnel.
Built 1986 as Weser Harbour by Bremer Vulkan AG Schiffbau u. Maschinenfabrik,Bremen,Germany.
GRT 7,580 tons
L 123 B 20 D 7.4
M/C: 7 cyld MAN diesel with C.Pitch prop.
Renamed Scol Venture 86,Weser Harbour 87,Abitibi Orinoco 88,Weser Harbour 01,Normed Istanbul in 02 and Kent Explorer in 2003.
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Owner: Lillgaard.Finland
Mngr: Moerman,Netherlands
Flag: Netherlands
Call Sign: PHEW
© Capnken 2008