VESSEL RENAMING:
“HELENA VG” was renamed “HAV SAND”, late May 2025.
Vessel now taken over by Navigare Shipping & Logistics, Faroe Islands and will be upgraded / converted to self disharger in Poland.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 9505326
2450 gt / 1361 nt / 3175 mdwt
Delivered from Lisemco Lilama Shipyard Haiphong (HaiPhong Equipment Manufacture & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.), Vietnam (Yard no TD06/027), in February 2011.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 22/12/2008 – Keel laid
- 08/12/2010 – Launched as “OLDERSUM”
- 28/02/2011 – Completed and delivered
- “ROCHEFORT” from delivery in 02/2011 until 03/2021
- From 02/2011 – Owned by Rochefort Shipping Co. Ltd., Gibraltar.
- From 02/2011 – Gibraltar flag.
- “HELENA VG” from 03/2021 until 05/2025
- From 03/2021 – Owned by VG Shipping OY., Finland.
- From 03/2021 – Cyprus flag.
- “HAV SAND” from 05/2025 –
- TO BE UPDATED
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ARCHIVE PHOTOS:
“HELENA VG” / reg. Limassol, passing Rendsburg / Kiel Canal, 3 July 2024, on her way from Roytta in Finland to Moerdijk in the Netherlands.
@ photos – www.maritime-pics.com
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The former “HAV SAND” was sold to Sweden, 03/2025 – Link to article with more details below:
VESSEL RENAMING – “HAV SAND” WAS RENAMED “ALICE”, EARLY MARCH 2025