TO BE BROKEN UP – “AREL 5” WAS BEACHED ALIAGA / TURKEY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2025, AS HER FINAL DESTINATION (ARCHIVE PHOTO AS “LILIANA” PASSING HOOK OF HOLLAND – 30 MAY 2003)

TO BE BROKEN UP:

“AREL 5” was beached Aliaga / Turkey, 12 September 2025, as her final destination.

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VESSEL DETAILS:

TYPE: General cargo / Bulk

IMO NO: 8511940

1943 gt / 1073 nt / 2859 mdwt

Delivered from Damen Shipyard Bergum, Bergum / Netherlands (Yard no 8233), in July 1986.

Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)

    • 25/11/1985 – Keel laid
    • 06/05/1986 – Launched
    • 04/07/1986 – Completed and delivered
  • “WILMA” from delivery in 07/1986 until 11/1992
    • From 07/1986 – Dutch flag.
  • “ERIKA H” from 11/1992 until 11/1997
  • “PHINI” from 11/1997 until 1999
  • “DUISBURG” a period in 1999
  • “LILIANA” from 1999 until 11/2004
  • “DUISBURG” from 11/2004 until 05/2006
  • “BEVER” from 05/2006 until 11/2006
  • “RAN” from 11/2006 until 09/2017
    • Owned by Ran Shipping Ltd., London / UK. 
    • From 04/2014 – Vanuatu flag.
    • 15/09/2015 – Grounded on the Weser off Bremerhaven / Germany after departure from Brake / Germany. Refloated with own power and anchored in the area.
      • Source: www.vesseltracker.com
  • “AREL 5” from 09/2017 until breaking in 2025.
    • From 09/2017 – Turkish flag. 
    • From 11/2023 – Owned by Ada Denizcilik Fikri Akin, Turkey – C/O: Livestock Express Corp., Jounieh / Lebanon.
    • 12/09/2025 – Beached Aliaga / Turkey as her final destination.

 

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ARCHIVE PHOTO: (LOW RES PIC)

Here seen as “LILIANA” / reg. Emden, passing Hook of Holland in New Waterway NL, 30 May 2003, on her way from Rotterdam for sea.

@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com

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