TO BE BROKEN UP:
“FINLANDIA SEAWAYS” was sold to Smedegaarden Ship Breakers, Esbjerg / Dennmark, during February 2025.
Vessel grounded in Norway in December 2024, and was thereafter declared as “total loss”.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Roro
IMO NO: 9198721
11 530 gt / 3459 nt / 8700 mdwt
Delivered from Jinling Shipyard, Nanjing / China (Yard no JLZ98-0702), in August 2000.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 20/05/1999 – Keel laid
- 28/10/1999 – Launched
- 14/08/2000 – Completed and delivered
- “FINNMAID” from 08/2000 until 09/2000
- From 08/2000 – UK flag.
- “FINNREEL” from 09/2000 until 02/2009
- “TOR FINLANDIA” from 02/2009 until 01/2013
- From 02/2009 – Lithuanian flag.
- “FINLANDIA SEAWAYS” from 01/2013 –
- From 12/2020 – Owned by DFDS AS., Copenhagen / Denmark.
- From 12/2020 – Danish (DIS) flag. (reg. København / Copenhagen)
- 12/2024 – Grounded in Norway and later declared as “total loss”.
- 02/2025 – Sold to Smedegarden Ship Breakers in Esbjerg / Denmark.
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ARCHIVE PHOTOS:
“FINLANDIA SEAWAYS” / reg. København, arriving Cuxhaven DE from Immingham UK, 10 May 2022.
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