VESSEL RENAMING:
“ESPOIR” was renamed “SOUTH”, early December 2025, and transferred from Dutch to Malta flag.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Container
IMO NO: 9491472
17 368 gt / 7822 nt / 21 231 mdwt
Delivered from Sainty Shipbuilding (Yangzhou) Corp. Ltd., Nanjing / China (Yard no 07STIG139), in April 2011.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 11/12/2008 – Keel laid
- 10/02/2010 – Launched
- 14/04/2011 – Completed and delivered
- “AMERDIJK” from delivery in 04/2011 until 06/2019
- From 04/2011 – Owned by Amerdijk Navigation Ltd., Liberia.
- From 04/2011 – Liberia flag. (reg. Monrovia)
- “ESPOIR” from 06/2019 until 12/2025
- From 06/2019 – Owned by MS. “Espoir” Bewaarder BV., Harlingen / Netherlands – Care of JR Ship Management BV., Harlingen / Netherlands
- From 06/2019 – Dutch flag. (reg. Harlingen)
- “NORTH” from 12/2025 –
- NEW OWNERS TO BE UPDATED (CMA CGM / CMA SHIPS GERMANY)
- From 12/2025 – Malta flag. (reg. Valletta)
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ARCHIVE PHOTO:
“ESPOIR” / reg. Harlingen, passing Rendsburg / Kiel Canal, 12 May 2023, on her way from Hamburg DE to Klaipeda in Lithuania.
@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com
