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ARABIAN EXPRESS - IMO 5070555
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Photographer:Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
Captured:May 30, 1975
Title:Arabian Express
Location:Rozenburg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1960-1969 (over 3000gt)
Added:Jan 11, 2024
Views:209
Image Resolution:3,573 x 2,409
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Vroon's 1960 Krimpen built ARABIAN EXPRESS inbound for Rotterdam on 30th May 1975 to load cargo for New Orleans.
EX-CHIRON-74
Later: 1976 NELA ALTOMARE
She was laid up Lake Maracaibo from 1996; her fate is unknown
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Current name:NELA ALTOMARE
Former name(s):
- Arabian Express (Until 1976)
- Chiron (Until 1974 Mar)
Vessel Type:General Cargo
Gross tonnage:3,759 tons
Summer DWT:4,793 tons
Length:110.95 m
Beam:15 m
Draught:6.55 m
Photos:5 photos by 4 photographers
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General cargo ships built 1960-1969 (Over 3000gt) - 5 photos
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1974 – 1976 in the fleet
Vroon Shipping (Liberia) Ltd (Vroon's Handel- & Scheepvaart Onderneming BV) - Monrovia
Keel laid 29-10-1959; launched 10-03-1960; 23/24-06-1960 trial run; delivered 30-06-1960 by NV C.van der Giessen & Zonen Shipyard - Krimpen a/d IJssel; in April 1964 extended at NV Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf Boele – Bolnes (801)
110.93 x 105.81 x 14.99 x 7.63 x 6.50 m; after 1967, 119.49 x 110.65 x 15.04 x 8.08 x 6.41 m
3,610 GRT; 4,360 dwt; after 1967, 3,833 GRT; 4,793 dwt; in 1986, 3,759 GRT; 4,793 dwt
A.8.D.V. (other source A.8.D.U.)
LR 5070555; 5640.Z.Amst.1960
Two stroke 8 cylinder Stork, 540x1150 coupled on a fixed propeller; 3 generators 130 kW/220 V/50 Hz
3,600 hp; 2,648 kW
16 knots
3 holds; 1 Derrick 45 tons; 4 Derricks 9 tons each; 2 Derricks 6 tons each; 4 Derricks 3 tons each; cold room 330 m³
Bought In 1974 as CHIRON of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomschip Maatschappij NV - Amsterdam
Sold In 1976 as NELA ALTOMARE to Compania Anonima Naviera de Transporte y Turismo CA - Maracaibo
Operated in charter for N.V. Scheepvaart Maatschappij Suriname - Paramaribo. On 31-08-1980 laid up.
On 31-08-1981 sunk in Lake Maracaibo, lifted and chained.
In 1996 found at anchor in Maracaibo in deplorable condition. This as a result of an extensive insurance case.
On 17-10-2017 no longer on Lloyds Register. Existence doubtful.
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1974 sold and renamed ARABIAN EXPRESS to Vroon SG (Liberia) Ltd
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