Siderfly (ship)

Siderfly

The Siderfly 2011 in the Kiel Canal

Ship data flag  St. Vincent and the Grenadines other ship names Borgfeld (until 1999) Eemsea (1999) Borgfeld (1999-2001) Ship type Coaster Callsign J8B2805 home port Kingstown Owner Deleclass Shipping, Kingstown Shipping company Eestinova, Tallinn Shipyard Elsflether shipyard Build number 408 Keel laying August 27, 1984 Launch April 2, 1985 takeover June 24, 1985 Whereabouts Demolished in 2014 in Grenaa

Ship dimensions and crew length 99.8 m ( Lüa ) 94.52 m ( Lpp ) width 14.6 m Side height 6.95 m Draft Max. 5.42 m measurement 2,882 GT / 1,588 NRZ   crew 9

Machine system machine 1 × four-stroke diesel engine type Deutz SBV 8M 628 Machine performance 1,228 kW (1,670 hp) Top speed 11.0 kn (20 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 4,380 dw

Others Classifications Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO 8412405

The Siderfly was a coaster of the shipping company Eestinova from Reval , which sank in October 2013 after a collision in the Kiel Canal .

history

The ship

As Borgfeld in 1989 in Belfast

The ship was part of a duo of almost identical ships that the Elsflether shipyard built in 1984/85 using parts of the hulls and superstructures of two general cargo ships from Schulte & Bruns shipyard in Emden. The first of the two ships was the Blankenese , which was built in 1983/84 from parts of the Geise built in 1969 , the second was the Borgfeld , which was laid on August 27, 1984 and for which parts of the ship Randzel built in 1968 were reused. The Borgfeld was completed in June of the following year and delivered to the owner Warfer Schiffahrts Gesellschaft in Lilienthal. Both ships were used by the Thien & Heyenga shipping company .

The Siderfly was a multi-purpose coaster with superstructures arranged aft and had two holds prepared for container transport . During construction, two hatches, each 25.20 meters long and 12.60 meters wide, were installed and the cargo space volume was 4,442 m³ for grain and 4,361 m³ of ball space. The load-bearing capacity was 3,020 tons during construction and the container capacity was 158 TEU. The ship was lengthened by 10.59 meters at the shipyard in June 1990, the length of the rear hatch increased to 37.20 meters and the cargo hold volume increased to 5,487 m³ of grain space and 5,384 m³ of ball space. After the extension, the ship had a container capacity of 194 TEU and a carrying capacity of 4,200 tons (a value that later increased to 4,380 tons). The tank ceiling of the hold was reinforced for the transport of heavy loads and also provided with facilities for the transport of containers . The cargo hold was locked securely to sea with hydraulic MacGregor folding hatch covers.

The ship's propulsion system consisted of an eight-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine of the type Deutz SBV 8M 628. The engine produced up to 1,228 kilowatts at 800 revolutions per minute and drove a fixed propeller via a gearbox. The docking and casting off maneuvers could be supported by a bow thruster with an output of 157 kilowatts. Two Deutz diesels of the type BA 6M 816 with an output of 184 kW each and an emergency diesel of the type Deutz F6L 912 with an output of 45 kW were installed as auxiliary engines.

The ship changed owner and name several times and sailed under the flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines during the 2013 accident .

Disaster in the Kiel Canal

On October 28, 2013 at around 3 a.m. the ship collided with the Dutch gas tanker Coral Ivory in the Kiel Canal near Brunsbüttel . The Siderfly was on its way to Antwerp with a cargo of urea , while the Coral Ivory was on its way to Uusikaupunki . The collision caused two holes in the hull of the ship. One of the holes was about five by eight meters. The gas tanker was hardly damaged. Diesel oil leaked in the accident. After the accident, the Siderfly was initially listed on the embankment with a list of 30 degrees. The channel was then blocked until October 31, 2013.

The Siderfly on the way to being scrapped, here under the Holtenau high bridges

The Siderfly was initially held on the embankment by three tugs and was later secured with wires on the shore to prevent it from slipping or sinking. After the urea cargo had been completely reloaded in barges by November 4 and the port list had been reduced from 24 ° to 6 °, the damaged vessel was towed to the south quay in Brunsbüttel on the afternoon of November 6. It was found that the leak is smaller than originally assumed. For security reasons, an oil barrier was moved around the damaged vessel in the port. The insurer declared the ship a total loss.

At the end of January 2014, the Danish company Fornæs Shipbreaking from Grenaa bought the ship to scrap it. On February 5, 2014, the ship was towed to Kiel by the tugs Parat and Westsund . From there, the Westsund towed the ship to Grenaa, where the ship arrived for demolition around 3:30 p.m. the following day.

In March 2016, the final report on the collision was presented by the Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation . Accordingly, the accident is due to a lack of communication between the pilots involved.

Web links

Commons : Siderfly  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Recovery on the Kiel Canal begins
• Ships collided on Kiel Canal
• Kiel Canal remains closed
• No recovery yet - ship collision - Kiel Canal still closed
• Two ships collided on the Kiel Canal early on Monday morning
• Accident in the Kiel Canal - the freighter Siderfly is about to sink
• Kiel Canal: No all-clear
• Freighters collide on the Kiel Canal
• Freighter collision Total closure in the Kiel Canal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SIDERFLY - IMO 8412405
2. ↑ Collision on the Kiel Canal - MS SIDERFLY with a 45 degree list
3. ^ Germanischer Lloyd: Register 1986, self-published, Hamburg, 1986.
4. ↑ Holes of the "Siderfly" are bigger than expected. In: Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher. October 30, 2013, accessed October 30, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Waterway blocked: Kiel Canal closed after a freighter collision. In: Der Spiegel. October 30, 2013, accessed October 30, 2013 . 
6. ↑ The Kiel Canal is open again. In: The world. October 31, 2013, accessed October 31, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Press release No. 11 (PDF; 35 kB), Havariekommando, November 4, 2013.
8. ↑ Press release No. 15 (PDF; 21 kB), Havariekommando, November 6, 2013.
9. ^ "Siderfly" towed to Brunsbüttel. In: Kiel News. November 6, 2013, accessed November 7, 2013 . 
10. ↑ The damaged ship "Siderfly" has moored in Brunsbüttel. In: radio • tele • north. November 6, 2013, accessed November 7, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Frank Behling: Blocking is partially lifted. In: Kiel News. October 31, 2013, accessed October 31, 2013 . 
12. ↑ Brunsbüttel: The hanging game around "Siderfly" ends. NDR 1 Welle Nord, January 31, 2014, accessed on January 31, 2014 . 
13. ↑ The "Siderfly" has reached its destination. NRD 1 Welle Nord, February 6, 2014, accessed on February 7, 2014 . 
14. ↑ Re: NOK, collision SIDERFLY <--> Coral Ivory, October 28, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Collision between TMV CORAL IVORY and MS SIDERFLY on October 28, 2013 in the Kiel Canal. (PDF) March 15, 2016, accessed March 15, 2016 .