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GERMAN ICE BREAKER AND RESEARCH VESSEL “POLARSTERN” PASSING MAASVLAKTE, 31 AUGUST 2022, ON HER WAY TO ROTTERDAM

“POLARSTERN” / reg. Bremerhaven, passing Maasvlakte and the breakwater in Hook of Holland, 31 August 2022, on her way from Bremerhaven to Rotterdam Waalhaven, and thereafter to Cape Town in South Africa.

In time of writing (27/3-23), on her way from Punta Arenas in Chile to Mindelo at Cape Verde, with ETA 28 March 2023.

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TYPE: Ice breaker / Research vessel

IMO NO: 8013132

12 614 gt / 5373 mdwt

Delivered from Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Kiel / Germany (Yard no 707), in 1982.

Name history:

  • “POLARSTERN” from delivery in 1982 –

 

Owned by Germany Govt Bildung – Care of Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG, Leer / Germany. (Since 01/2015)

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