MV Maria Reina

Motor Vessel MARIA REINA
History
Panama
Name
  • 2022–present: Maria Reina
  • 2009–2022: TransAtlantic
  • 2004–2009: Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519)
Owner[1]
Operator[1]
Port of registryPanama[1]
Launched28 May 1996
Identification
StatusIn active service[2]
Germany
NameBaffin Strait
OwnerRehder & Arkon
Port of registryAntigua and Barbuda[3]
IdentificationIMO number: 9148520
Singapore
Name
  • 2001–2004 Steamers Future,[4]
  • 2000–2001 Stl Future,[4]
  • 2000–2000 Steamers Future,[4]
  • 1998–2000 Mekong Star,[4]
  • 1998–1998 Steamers Future,[4]
  • 1997–1998 Eagle Faith,[4]
  • 1997–1997 Steamers Future.[4]
OwnerKeppel Corporation
OperatorKeppel Corporation
Port of registrySingapore[3]
BuilderWuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.[5]
Laid down8 February 1996[5]
Launched28 May 1996[5]
Completed25 February 1997[5]
IdentificationIMO number: 9148520
General characteristics
Tonnage
Displacement8,299 long tons[6]
Length100.59 m (330.0 ft)[7]
Beam16.24 m (53.3 ft)[7]
Draft8.2 m (26.9 ft)[7]
Installed power3 Wärtsilä UD25L655D diesels[8]
PropulsionWärtsilä 9F32E diesel,[9] controllable-pitch propeller,[8] tunnel-type bow thruster.[8]
Speed13 kts[9]
Capacity384 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).[10]
Crew13[9]

MV Maria Reina is a Panamanian container ship. The 100-metre (330 ft) long ship was built at Wuhu Shipyard in Wuhu, China in 1997 as Steamers Future. Originally owned by Singapore's Keppel Corporation, she has had three owners, been registered under three flags, and been renamed ten times.

From 2004 to 2009, the ship, under the name Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519), was one of Military Sealift Command's seven chartered container ships, and delivered 250 containers every month from Singapore to Diego Garcia.[9][11] During this charter, she carried everything from fresh food to building supplies to aircraft parts, delivering more than 200,000 tons of cargo to the island each year.[11]

After finishing the Diego Garcia contract, the ship sailed from Singapore on 19 November 2009 for a shipyard period in Wilmington, North Carolina by way of the Suez Canal. In May 2010, she was towed to Ciramar Shipyard in the Dominican Republic for more extensive repairs.

  1. ^ a b c d e Det Norske Veritas, Summary, 2007.
  2. ^ United States Coast Guard PSIX, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Det Norske Veritas, Previous Flags, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Det Norske Veritas, Previous Names, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d Det Norske Veritas, Yard Information, 2007.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference msc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c Det Norske Veritas, Dimensions, 2007.
  8. ^ a b c Det Norske Veritas, Machinery, 2007.
  9. ^ a b c d MSC Baffin Strait Page
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference fearnleys was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b MSC Public Affairs (8 November 2007), Change at the helm for MSC's Diego Garcia office, Singapore: Sealift Logistics Command Far East, archived from the original (Press Release) on 6 August 2011, retrieved 3 August 2011