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


