FROM THE ARCHIVE – “CITY OF ISTANBUL” PASSING HOOK OF HOLLAND, 19 APRIL 2001 (BROKEN UP AS “ESM CREMONA” IN BANGLADESH 2018)

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

“CITY OF ISTANBUL” / reg. Hamburg (ATG), passing Hook of Holland in New Waterway, 19 April 2001, on her way to Rotterdam.

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TYPE: Container

IMO NO: 8912742

9600 gt / 4876 nt / 12 583 mdwt

Delivered from Szczecinska Nowa Stocznia S.A., Szczecin / Poland (Yard no B183/3/01), in December 1992.

HISTORY:

- 15 January 1992 – Keel laid.
- 4 September 1992 – Launched as “MAJOR”.
- 30 December 1992 – Completed.
“MAERSK BOGOTA” from delivery in 12/1992 until 04/1994
“SEA-LAND COLOMBIA” from 04/1994 until 01/1997
“SAUDI BURAYDAH” from 01/1997 until 01/1998
“MAJOR” from 01/1998 until 02/1998
“CITY OF ISTANBUL” from 02/1998 until 10/2001
- Owned by Schiffahrtsges “Hansa Hamburg” mbH. & Co.,
  Antigua & Barbuda.
“OPDR GRAN CANARIA” from 10/2001 until 03/2002
- Owned by Schiffahrtsges “Hansa Hamburg” mbH. & Co.,
  Antigua & Barbuda.
“MSC ATLAS” from 03/2002 until 05/2005
- Owned by Schiffahrtsges “Hansa Hamburg” mbH. & Co.,
  Antigua & Barbuda.
“CSAV CALIFORNIA” from 05/2005 until 08/2008
- Owned by Schiffahrtsges “Hansa Hamburg” mbH. & Co.,
  Antigua & Barbuda.
“MAJOR” from 08/2008 until 03/2010
- Owned by Schiffahrtsges “Hansa Hamburg” mbH. & Co.,
  Antigua & Barbuda.
“MELL SPRINGLEAF” from 03/2010 until 05/2011
“MAJOR” from 05/2011 until 08/2011
“ESM CREMONA” from 08/2011 until breaking in 2018.
- From 08/2011 – Owned by Cremona Schiffahrts – Care of Esmeralda Schiffahrts- Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH., Hemmoor / Germany.
- 08/2018 – Sold to shipbreakers in Chittagong / Bangladesh. (447 USD/t)
- 3 September 2018 – Arrived Chittagong anchorage / Bangladesh.
- 9 September 2018 – Beached at Chittagong / Bangladesh, as her final destination.