MOL Comfort

APL Poland, an identical sister ship of MOL Comfort
History
Name
  • Foxo Durres (2016- Present
  • MOL Comfort (2012–2016)
  • APL Russia (2008–2012)
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  • Ural Container Carriers SA (2011–2013)[1][2]
  • Fox shipping company

(2016-Present)

  • MOL Euro-Orient Shipping SA (2008–2011)[2]
Operator
Port of registryNassau,  Bahamas
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan
Yard number2234
Laid down23 August 2007[1]
Launched8 March 2008[1]
Completed14 July 2008[1]
In service2008–2013
Identification
FateBroke in two on 17 June 2013. Stern section sank on 27 June and bow section on 11 July. Now enter service as Foxo Durres
General characteristics
Class and typeMOL C-class container ship
Tonnage
  • 86,692 GT
  • 48,825 NT
  • 90,613 DWT
Length316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)
Beam45.6 m (149 ft 7 in)
Draught14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Depth25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Installed powerMitsubishi-Sulzer 11RT-flex96C, 62,920 kW (84,380 hp)
PropulsionSingle shaft; fixed-pitch propeller
Speed25.25 knots (46.76 km/h; 29.06 mph)
Capacity8,110 TEU
Crew26

MOL Comfort was a 2008-built Bahamian-flagged post-Panamax container ship chartered by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The vessel was launched in 2008 as APL Russia and sailed under that name until 2012, when the ship was renamed to MOL Comfort. On 17 June 2013, she broke in two about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) off the coast of Yemen. The aft section sank on 27 June and the bow section, after being destroyed by fire, on 11 July. On June 23 2016 Sold for foxo shipping company renamed foxo Durres

  1. ^ a b c d "Foxo Durres (305153)". Register of ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  2. ^ a b "Foxo Durres (9358761)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 2013-06-18.