HOEGH ASIA discharging vehicles at Southampton Docks.

BUILT: 2000 (23 years ago)
FLAG: Norway
DWT: 27564
LxB: 229 x 32m
CALLSIGN: LAKN7

Built for the large vehicle segment.

Previous history on this vessel:-
The "Hoegh Asia", loaded with 6000 cars, ran aground on May 4, 2012, around 10:00 p.m. on a shoal near the Livorno harbour entrance.
The ship was coming from Valletta, where it had sailed on May 1. The crew of 20 was not injured when the vessel with its draft of eight meters struck the sandy or muddy bottom in a water depth of only six metres.
However, the ship managed to refloat with seven tugs after lightering of bunker fuel, and docked in Darsena Toscana Sponda Est in Livorno on May 5 at 6.30 p.m.
(Info: Vesseltracker)