TO BE BROKEN UP:
“SIMAS” was beached Alang / India, 26 August 2025, as her final destination.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 9000314
11 878 gt / 4129 nt / 17 012 mdwt
Delivered from Imabari Zosen KK., Marugame / Japan (Yard no 485), in January 1991.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 01/06/1990 – Keel laid
- 16/10/1990 – Launched
- 04/01/1991 – Completed and delivered
- “T. S. ADENTURE” from delivery in 01/1991 until 02/1993
- From 01/1991 – Owned by T.S. Central Shipping Co. Ltd. (Tamai S.S. Co. Ltd.), Monrovia / Liberia.
- From 01/1991 – Liberia flag. (reg. Monrovia)
- “STAR SIRANGER” from 02/1993 until 11/2010
- From 02/1993 – Owned by AS. Taranger (Westfal-Larsen & Co. AS.), Monrovia / Liberia.
- From 1996 – Owned by Masterbulk Pte. Ltd. (Thome Ship Management Pte. Ltd.), Monrovia / Liberia.
- From 1997 – Owned by Masterbulk Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
- From 1997 – Singapore flag.
- “SIRANGER” from 11/2010 until 09/2013
- “MEHMET AKIF ERSOY” from 09/2013 until 04/2017
- From 09/2013 – Owned by Tekno Maritime & International Trade Co. Ltd.
- From 09/2013 – Cook Islands flag. (reg. Avatiu)
- “SIMA” from 04/2017 until 02/2022
- From 04/2017 – Owned by Sima Shipping Ltd., Freetown / Sierra Leone.
- From 04/2017 – Sierra Leone flag. (reg. Freetown)
- “SIMAS” from 02/2022 until breaking in 2025
- From 02/2022 – Owned by ALR Denizcilik, Istanbul / Turkey.
- From 02/2022 – Turkish flag. (reg. Istanbul)
- 08/2025 – sold to ship breakers in Alang / India.
- 22/08/2025 – Arrived Alang anchorage / India.
- 26/08/2025 – Beached Alang / India as her final destination.
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ARCHIVE PHOTOS:
Here seen some years ago as “STAR SIRANGER” / reg. Singapore, moored in Fredrikstad in Norway, 8 July 2000.
Back then vessel departed for Bremen in Germany and thereafter to Philadelphia US.
@ photos – www.maritime-pics.com
