VESSEL RENAMING:
“NS HELSE” was renamed “YA KERIM”, during December 2025, and transferred from Belize to Tanzania flag.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 9008586
1582 gt / 664 nt / 2378 mdwt
Delivered from Timm Metallbau & Schwißtech, Busum / Germany Yard no 2074), in December 1992.
Hull: Oelkers, Hamburg / Germany.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 15/06/1990 – Keel laid
- 28/01/1992 – Launched as “HANSE CARRIER”
- 18/12/1992 – Completed and delivered
- “HELSE” from delivery in 12/1992 until 11/2012
- Antigua & Barbuda flag. (reg. St. John)
- From 10/2012 – German flag.
- “MRW LORELEI” from 11/2012 until 03/2014
- From 11/2012 – St. Vincent and the Grenadines flag.
- From 28/02/2013 until 28/03/2014 – Banned from Portuguese ports due to multiple detentions. (Paris MoU)
- “HELSE” from 03/2014 until 03/2017
- From 03/2014 – Owned by Serenade Shipmanagement SA., Tirane / Albania.
- From 03/2014 – Moldova flag.
- From 03/2015 – Samoa flag.
- From 05/2015 – Congo flag. (FALSE)
- “NS HELSE” from 03/2017 until 12/2025
- From 03/2017 – Panama flag.
- From 03/2017 – Sierra Leone flag.
- From 08/2022 – Belize flag.
- “YA KERIM” from 12/2025 –
- From 12/2025 – Owned by Pacific Star Shipping & Trading, Panama City / Panama.
- From 12/2025 – Tanzania flag.
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ARCHIVE PHOTO: (SCANNED NEGATIVE)
“HELSE” / reg. St. John, passing Cuxhaven / Germany (eastbound), 9 August 2001.
@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com
