VESSEL RENAMING:
“SNOW STARS” was renamed “WALES”, during March 2025, and transferred from Palau to Bahamas flag.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 9142629
2904 gt / 1656 nt / 5398 mdwt
Delivered from Ferus Smit Bv, Scheepswerf – Foxhol / Netherlands (Yard no 307), in December 1996.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 02/1996 – Keel laid
- 02/11/1996 – Launched
- 12/1996 – Completed and delivered
- “SNOW STAR” from delivery in 12/1996 until 02/2021
- From 12/1996 – Snow Star CV., Netherlands.
- From 12/1996 – Dutch flag. (reg. Delfzijl)
- From 2003 – Owned by Erik Thun AB., Gothenburg / Sweden.
- “SNOW STARS” from 02/2021 until 03/2025
- From 02/2021 – Owned by Fraggos Shipping Inc., Antigua & Barbuda. – Care of Rana Denizcilik Nakliyat Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti., Istanbul / Turkey.
- From 02/2021 – Antigua & Barbuda flag. (reg. St. John)
- From 06/2023 – Palau flag.
- “WALES” from 03/2025 –
- From 03/2025 – Owned by Westlake Shipping Co. – C/O: Educy Consultancy Ltd (Educy Maritime), London / United Kingdom.
- From 03/2025 – Bahamas flag. (reg. Nassau)
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ARCHIVE PHOTO:
“SNOW STARS” / reg. St. John, passing Rendsburg / Kiel Canal, 11 May 2022, on her way from Ceuta in Spain to Klaipeda in Lithuania.
@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com
