Type: Cargo ship
In service: 2004 - 2010
Owner: Mercantile Shipping Co.Ltd. (Friedrich Bereederung GmbH) - Colombo
Built: Keel laid 8/31/1984; launched 28-12-1984; delivered 30-09-1985
Shipyard: VEB Schiffswerft "Neptun" - Rostock
Construction number: 453/1457
Dimensions: 150.20 x 140.67 x 21.04 x 11.31 x 9.05 m
Tonnage: 10,478 GRT; 12,665 dwt
Call signal: 4.Q.Z.C.
Lloyds/IMO: 8310889
Machines: Two-stroke 9 cylinder Maschinenfabrik Augsburg/Nuerenberg type K9.Z60/105E, 600x1050; 4 generators 400 kW/ 50 Hz
Power: 9,000 apk
Speed: 16 knots
Holds: 3 holds and 3 tweendecks; 445 TEU
Purchased: In January on charter as AZTECA
Sold: In January 2010 to Taizou Weiye Ship Scrapping Co. and arrived in Taizhou on 23-01-2010 for scrapping

Specifics: Built as LAPLANDIA for Laplandia Shipping Co.Ltd. (Aleuropa) - Monrovia. In 1995 as CMBT EQUINOX of Moorlight (H.Krüger) - Monrovia In 1996 to February 1997 as NIENBURG of Mercantile Marine
On 05-07-2005 aground on the Congo and with the help of the SALVISCOUNT were refloated.
Towed to Delaware on 25-01-2009 with engine problems by the BRIDGET MCALLISTER.