FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“ZAHER II” / reg. San Lorenzo, moored in Beirut / Lebanon, 19 June 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Livestock carrier (Ex: General cargo)
IMO NO: 5247524
967 gt / 465 nt / 1190 mdwt
Delivered from Boeles Scheepswerven En Machine, Bolnes / Netherlands (Yard no 991), in 1961.
Name, owner and flag history:
- 15/02/1961 – Launched.
- 30/06/1961 – Completed.
- “NASHIRA” from delivery in 06/1961 until 1977
- From 06/1961 until 1969 – Owned by NV Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co’s Stoomvaart Mij, Netherlands. (reg. Rotterdam)
- From 1969 until 1972 – Owned by Galaxy Shipping & Trading Corp., Liberia. (reg. Monrovia)
- From 1972 until 1977 – Owned by Greek Holland Shipping Co. Ltd., Greece. (reg. Piraeus)
- “SOLON” from 1977 until 1979
- Owned by Dionikos Shipping Co. Ltd., Greece. (reg. Piraeus)
- “RITSA M” from 1979 until 1984
- Owned by Marinic Maritime Co. Ltd., Greece. (reg. Piraeus)
- “KYTHERA BRIDGE” from 1984 until 1985
- Owned by Nima Shipping Corp. Ltd., Malta. (reg. Valletta)
- “ISKENDAR M” from 1985 until 12/1990
- Owned by Jamil Shipping Co. Ltd., Malta. (reg. Valletta)
- “ZAHER II” from 12/1990 until 05/2008
- From 12/1990 until 1993 – Owned by Tahataz Co. Ltd., Honduras. (reg. San Lorenzo)
- From 1993 until 1999 – Owned by A. Sleiman Co. & Sons., Honduras. (reg. San Lorenzo)
- From 1999 until 2003 – Owned by Barracuda Cia Naviera SA., Honduras. (reg. San Lorenzo)
- From 09/2002 – Lebanese flag.
- From 2003 until 2008 – Owned by Hussein Ahmed Sleiman, Lebanon. (reg. Beirut)
- “SIMENTAL LIVESTOCK” from 05/2008 until 06/2013
- From 05/2008 – Owned by Livestock International Trans. – Care of Enamar Management Ltd., Lattakia / Syria.
- From 05/2008 – Comoros flag.
- From 02/2011 – Tanzania flag.
- From 07/2012 – Sierra Leone flag.
- “MIRACLE” from 06/2013 until breaking in 2015.
- From 06/2013 – Togo flag.
- 23/05/2015 – Arrived ship breakers Simsekler Gida GS, Aliaga / Turkey, as her final destination.
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