“ALA” APPROACHING RENDSBURG / KIEL CANAL, 13 JUNE 2009 (BROKEN UP IN GRENAA / DENMARK 2013)

“ALA” / reg. Panama, approaching Rendsburg / Kiel Canal in Germany, 13 June 2009.

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VESSEL DETAILS:

TYPE: General cargo / Bulk

IMO NO: 6812637

1064 gt / 505 nt / 1205 mdwt

Delivered from J. J. Sietas Schw., Hamburg / Germany (Yard no 603), in March 1968.

Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)

    • 21/02/1968 – Launched
    • 03/1968 – Completed and delivered
  • “GALA” from 03/1968 until 1976
    • From 03/1968 – Owned by Karl Heinrich Danz, Germany.
    • From 03/1968 – German flag. (reg. Hamburg)
  • “TOR NORMANDIA” from 1976 until 1977
  • “GALA” from 1977 until  1995
    • From 1977 – Owned by Harald Lunstedt, Germany.
    • From 1987 – Owned by Johann Grossmann, Germany.
  • “ALA” from 1995 until breaking.
    • From 1995 – Owned by Cie Naviera San Gilles SA.
    • From 1995 – Estonian flag. (reg. Tallinn)
    • From 1998 – Owned by A/S “Nautex”.
    • From 09/2000 – Panama flag. (reg. Panama)
    • From 01/2002 – Owned by Timberlake Corp., Panama City / Panama.
    • 26/11/2012 – Grounded on the island Hjelm in Kattegat DK and later escorted to into Grenaa DK for inspections.
      • 12/2012 – Declared as “total loss” and taken over by ship breakers Fornaes in Grenaa DK to be broken up.

 

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