FROM THE ARCHIVE – “CONTAZ TRADER” PASSING HOOK OF HOLLAND, 19 APRIL 2001 (BROKEN UP AS “CONTA T” IN INDIA 2009)

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

“CONTAZ TRADER” / reg. Valletta, passing Hook of Holland, 19 April 2001, on her way from Rotterdam for sea.

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VESSEL DETAILS:

TYPE: Container

IMO NO: 8201325

9548 gt / 3586 nt / 9141 mdwt

Delivered from Georgi Dimitrov Shipyard, Varna / Bularia (Yard no 205), in 1983.

Name, owner and flag history:

• • 16 June 1983 – Keel laid.
  • 12 August 1983 – Launched.
  • 31 December 1983 – Completed.
• “ROSTOV-NA-DONU” from delivery in 1983 until 1997
  • From 1983 until 1992 – Owned by USSR (Azov Shipping Co.), Russia. (reg. Zhdanov) 
  • From 1992 until 1997 – Owned by Azov Shipping Co., Ukraine. (reg. Mariupol)
• “CONTAZ TRADER” from 1997 until 07/2009
  • From 1997 until 2003 – Owned by Contaz Maritime Ltd., Malta.
  • From 2003 until 2009 – Owned by Commercial Fleet of Donbass Ltd., Georgia. (reg. Batumi)
• “CONTA T” from 07/2009 until breaking.
  • 2009 – Sold from Commercial Fleet of Donbass Ltd. (Contaz Maritime Transport
    & Trade SA.), Ukraine to ship breakers in India.
  • 28 July 2009 – Arrived Alang / India as her final destination, and work with recycling started 7 August 2009.

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