Vaya II

Vaya II

As Fairplay 22 in the Port of Hamburg (2006)

Ship data flag  Panama other ship names Fair play 22 Ship type Tractor tractor Callsign HO8558 home port Panama Owner Aigaion Marine Ltd. Shipping company Maritime Consortium of Thessaloniki Inc. Shipyard Construcciones Navales Santodomingo SA, Vigo Build number 613 Launch April 26, 1997 Commissioning April 1998 Whereabouts in service

Ship dimensions and crew length 35.55 m ( Lüa ) width 10.80 m Draft Max. 5.70 m measurement 496 GRT   crew 5

Machine system machine 2 × diesel engines ( Deutz - MWM SBV 8M628), each 1,646 kW Machine performance 3,292 kW (4,476 hp) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 2 × SRP 1212 fixed propeller in Kort nozzle

Others Classifications Germanic Lloyd Registration numbers IMO no. 9148764 Bollard pull 55 tons (approx. 540 kN )

The Vaya II is a tug that was owned by BBB Schlepp- und Hafendienst GmbH under the name "Fairplay 22". It was operated under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda by the Fairplay tugboat shipping company Richard Borchard GmbH in the port of Rotterdam . On November 11, 2010, the tug capsized during an operation off Rotterdam. The Vaya II has been in use in Greece since June 2012 .

history

Construction, commissioning and use

The Vaya II was built with hull number 613 at the Construcciones Navales Santodomingo SA shipyard in Vigo ( Spain ) and was put into service in April 1998. After that she was also used in the port of Rotterdam .

accident

On the afternoon of November 11, 2010, the tug under the name "Fairplay 22" assisted the Stena Britannica ferry coming from Harwich when it entered the port of Rotterdam in stormy weather off Hook of Holland . He capsized and the five-man crew went overboard. Three people could be saved, the captain and a machinist perished. After two tugs had temporarily held the wreck in position, it was lifted to the Rotterdam Waalhafen on November 13, 2010 by the floating crane Taklift 7 . On November 18, 2010, the "Fairplay 22" was lifted and completely pumped out. After completion of the investigations, the ship was returned to the owners and examined in a dock to determine whether it was worth repairing.

reactivation

At the beginning of June 2011 the damaged ship was moved from Eemshaven to Thessaloniki and deleted from the Germanischer Lloyd register on July 11, 2011 . Since the beginning of September 2011 the tug has been operated under the name Vaya II . After the repair, it was put back into service in June 2012. The contract shipping company is the Maritime Consortium of Thessaloniki Inc., and a Greek insurance company is the owner.

Web links

• Internet presence of Fairplay Towage GmbH

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Equasis - French Ministry for Transport: Administrative data of the "Vaya II". Retrieved February 6, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Germanischer Lloyd AG: Technical and administrative data of the former "Fairplay 22". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 14, 2011 ; Retrieved February 28, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Fairplay Towage: Shipping company information on "Fairplay 22". Retrieved February 28, 2011 . 
4. ^ Deutsche Schifffahrts Zeitung: "Fairplay-22" capsized off Rotterdam. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 16, 2010 ; Retrieved February 28, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ESYS SOS archive: Sea emergencies November 2010. Retrieved on February 28, 2011 .