TO BE BROKEN UP:
“ALTAIR” arrived ship breakers in Aliaga / Turkey, 15 January 2025, as her final destination.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 7700001
3086 gt / 1549 nt / 4700 mdwt
Delivered from Svendborg Skibsværft AS., Svendborg / Denmark (Yard no 157), in July 1978.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 18/10/1977 – Keel laid
- 12/05/1978 – Launched
- 07/1978 – Completed and delivered
- “CHARM” from delivery in 07/1978 until 1982
- From 07/1978 – Owned by Svendborg Skibsvaerft AS., Svendborg / Denmark.
- From 07/1978 – Danish flag. (reg. Svendborg)
- “KEFLAVIK” from 1982 until 1989
- From 1982 – Owned by Vikur H/f, Reykjavik / Iceland .
- From 1982 – Icelandic flag. (reg. Reykjavik)
- From 1986 – Owned by Skipafelagith Vikur H/f, Reykjavik / Iceland.
- “IRAFOSS” from 1989 until 12/1997
- From 1989 – Owned by Iceland SS Co. Ltd., Reykjavik / Iceland.
- From 1990 – Owned by Ari Line Ltd., Antigua & Barbuda.
- From 1990 – Antigua & Barbuda flag. (reg. St. John)
- “AASFJORD” from 12/1997 until 09/2011
- From 12/1997 – Owned by Aasen Transport AS., Mosterhamn / Norway.
- From 12/1997 – Norwegian flag. (reg. Haugesund)
- From 09/2010 – Owned by Arabella Enterprises Corp., Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Spain.
- From 09/2010 – Panama flag.
- “ALTAIR” from 09/2011 until breaking in 2025.
- 12/2024 – Sold to ship breakers.
- 15/01/2025 – Arrived ship breakers in Aliaga / Turkey, as her final destination.
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ARCHIVE PHOTO:
Here seen as “AASFJORD” / reg. Haugesund, passing Hook of Holland in New Waterway NL, 18 May 2002, on her way from Rotterdam for sea.
@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com
