VESSEL RENAMING:
“CHANG SHIN” was renamed “UGR ISTANBUL”, late April 2025.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Vehicle carrier
IMO NO: 9179995
9233 gt / 2940 nt / 3387 mdwt
Delivered from Detlef Hegemann Rolandwerft Gmbh, Germany (Yard no 185), in March 1999.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 10/02/1998 – Keel laid
- 08/01/1999 – Launched
- 25/03/1999 – Completed and delivered
- “FEEDERPILOT” from delivery in 03/1999 until 01/2005
- From 03/1999 – Owned by Feederpilot Transportes Maritimos Ltda., Portugal.
- From 03/1999 – Portuguese flag. (reg. Madeira)
- From 2004 – Owned by Nautilus Schiffahrts “Feederpilot” GmbH., Portugal.
- From 14/07/2004 – Owned by Gram Feederpilot Ltd., Marshall Islands.
- From 14/07/2004 – Norwegian (NIS) flag. (reg. Oslo)
- “NECKAR HIGHWAY” from 12/01/2005 until 12/2022
- From 12/01/2005 – Cyprus flag. (reg. Limassol)
- From 06/2015 – Owned by UCC Short Sea AS., Grimstad / Norway.
- “CHANG SHIN” from 12/2022 until 04/2025
- From 12/2022 – Owned by Chang Shin Maritime SA., Panama.
- From 12/2022 – Panama flag.
- From 09/2024 – Owned by Flores Internationsl Shipping, Monrovia / Liberia – C/O: Fortuna Gemi Isletmeciligi Denizcilik ve Teknik Danismanlik Ticaret Ltd. Sti., Istanbul / Turkey.
- “UGR ISTANBUL” from 04/2025 –
- NEW OWNERS TO BE UPDATED
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ARCHIVE PHOTO:
Here seen as “NECKAR HIGHWAY” / reg. Limassol, westbound in River Elbe, 6 September 2017, on her way from Halmstad in Sweden to Cuxhaven in Germany.
@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com
