Emsriver

Emsriver

As Grona Aalsum , 2013

Ship data flag  Antigua and Barbuda other ship names Grona Ammersum (2010) Grona Aalsum (since 2012) Ship type Cargo ship Callsign V2FG8 home port St. John's Owner MS "GRONA AMMERSUM", Papenburg Shipping company Grona Shipping, Papenburg Shipyard Western Marine Shipyard, Chittagong Build number 928/01 Keel laying December 18, 2008 Launch July 28, 2010 takeover November 26th Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 99.48 m ( Lüa ) 93.26 m ( Lpp ) width 13.35 m Side height 9.10 m Draft Max. 6.15 m measurement 3500 GT, 1382 NRZ   crew up to 12

Machine system machine 1 × four-stroke diesel engine (MaK 6M25C) Machine performance 2,000 kW (2,719 hp) Top speed 12.0 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 5134 dw Container 188 TEU

Others Classifications Germanic Lloyd Registration numbers IMO 9551662

The Grona Aalsum is a cargo ship of the Papenburg shipping company Grona Shipping. Under the name Emsriver , it was hijacked by pirates at the end of 2010 and was released around two months later.

The ship, built as Grona Ammersum , was renamed Emsriver after around six months and the freighter sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda has been operating under the name Grona Aalsum since 2012 .

The ship

Rear view of the Grona Aalsum

The ship, built under construction number 928/01, was built at the Western Marine Shipyard in Chittagong. It was laid down at the end of 2008, but was only completed two years later and delivered as Grona Ammersum . It is designed as a dry freighter with superstructures arranged aft. The ship has a single box-shaped hold with a length of 61.80 meters, a width of 11.20 meters and a height of 9.60 meters. The cargo space is 6599 m ³ , the load capacity around 5100 tons. The tank roof of the hold is reinforced for the transport of heavy loads as well as provided with facilities for the transport of containers . The cargo space is locked securely with pontoon hatch covers that are moved with a hatch car.

The ship's drive system consists of a 6M25C six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Krupp Mak Maschinenbau GmbH in Kiel. The engine has an output of up to 2000 kilowatts at 750 revolutions per minute and drives a controllable pitch propeller and a shaft generator . The berthing and casting off maneuvers can be supported by a bow thruster . Two diesel engines with 215 kW each and an emergency diesel with 81.5 kW are installed as auxiliary engines.

kidnapping

Somali pirates seized the Emsriver on December 27, 2010 in the Gulf of Aden , 175  nautical miles northeast of the Omani port of Salala .

The ship was on its way to Greece with a cargo of petroleum coke from Jabal Ali in the United Arab Emirates . The crew included seven seamen from the Philippines and a citizen of the Russian Federation . During the capture, the chemical tanker Motivator, captured in July 2010 in the northern part of the Bab al-Mandab strait, served as the mother ship. On March 2, 2011, the Emsriver was released again. According to information from Reuters, a ransom of US $ 3 million had been paid, which was neither denied nor confirmed by the shipping company.

Web links

• Ship description at Grona Shipping
• Description of the ship at Arkon Shipping

Footnotes

1. ↑ MV EMS RIVER pirated in the Indian Ocean ( Memento from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) EUNAVFOR Somalia - Operation Atalanta, Public Affairs Office
2. ↑ (December 31, 2010) Pirate attack: Russian citizen on board the captured German ship RIA Novosti (accessed January 24, 2011)
3. ↑ Klaus Mommsen: (January 5, 2011) Update Piraterie - No positive reports from the “Pirate Front ” ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) GlobalDefence.net (accessed January 24, 2011)
4. ^ Somali pirates free German-operated ship. Reuters, March 2, 2011, accessed March 2, 2011 .