VESSEL RENAMING:
“A2B INDEPENDENT” was renamed “DEPE”, during July 2022, and transferred from Dutch to Liberia flag.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Container
IMO NO: 9186405
5056 gt / 2530 nt / 6862 mdwt
Delivered from J. J. Sietas Schw., Hamburg / Germany (Yard no 1155), in November 1998.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 15/12/1997 – Keel laid
- 12/09/1998 – Launched as “ANTJE RUSS”
- 07/11/1998 – Completed and delivered
- “ANTJE” from delivery in 11/1998 until 12/2008
- From 11/1998 – Owned by ms “Antje Russ” Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG., Germany.
- From 11/1998 – German flag. (reg. Hamburg)
- “ANTJE RUSS” from 12/2008 until 06/2015
- “PHOENIX II” from 06/2015 until 05/2017
- From 08/2015 – Portuguese flag. (reg. Madeira)
- “A2B INDEPENDENT” from 05/2017 until 07/2022
- From 05/2017 – Owned by A2B-Online 4 BV (A2B-online Ship Management BV.), Moerdijk / Netherlands.
- From 05/2017 – Dutch flag. (reg. Moerdijk)
- “DEPE” from 07/2022 –
- From 07/2022 – Owned by Depe Shipping & Trading Ltd., Istanbul / Turkey – C/O: Akar Deniz Tasimaciligi ve Ticaret AS., Istanbul / Turkey.
- From 07/2022 – Liberia flag. (reg. Monrovia)
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ARCHIVE PHOTO:
“A2B INDEPENDENT” / reg. Moerdijk, passing Cuxhaven / Germany (westbound), 4 September 2017.
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