VESSEL RENAMING – “VERA STAR” WAS RENAMED “LBC TUGCE”, LATE MAY 2025 (ARCHIVE PHOTO AS “PIONEER” IN HUNDESTED DK 11/2002)

VESSEL RENAMING:

“VERA STAR” was renamed “LBC TUGCE”, late May 2025, and transferred from Vanuatu to Palau flag.

— — — — —

VESSEL DETAILS:

TYPE: General cargo / Bulk

IMO NO: 9088299

2735 gt / 1587 nt / 4267 mdwt

Delivered from Ferus Smit Bv, Scheepswerf, Foxhol / Netherlands (Yard no 298), in September 1994.

Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)

- 02/1994 – Keel laid
- 24/06/1994 – Launched
- 03/09/1994 – Completed and delivered
“PIONEER” from delivery in 09/1994 until 04/2004
- From 09/1994 – Owned by Scheepvaartbedrijf Gebr. Waker CV., Netherlands.
- From 09/1994 – Dutch flag. (reg. Delfzijl)
“LISTERLAND” from 04/2004 until 12/2022
- From 04/2004 – Swedish flag. (reg. Hellevik)
- From 02/2005 – Owned by Uman Rederi AB., Karlshamn / Sweden.
- From 04/2017 – Faroe Islands flag. (reg. Torshavn)
“VERA STAR” from 12/2022 until 05/2025
- From 12/2022 – Owned by Vera Shipping Ltd.
- From 12/2022 – Barbados flag. (reg. Bridgetown)
- From 12/2024 – Vanuatu flag. (reg. Port Vila)
“LBC TUGCE” from 05/2025 –
- From 05/2025 – Owned by LBC Thor Shipping Ltd.
  - From 05/2025 – Managed by Lipsos Bulk Carriers Shipping AS (Lipsos Bulk Carriers Denizcilik ve Ticaret AS), Istanbul / Turkey.
- From 05/2025 – Palau flag. (reg. Malakal Harbor)

— — — — —

ARCHIVE PHOTO: (LOW RES PIC)

Here seen as “PIONEER” / reg. Delfzijl, moored in Hundested / Denmark, 28 November 2002.

You might also enjoy