Cargo shift in Bay of Biscay
The 'Baltic Performer' got in difficulties in heavy weather off south-west
of the tip of Brittany, 112 miles south of Penmarc'h, on Oct 21 at 3 p.m.
Part of the cargo of 6,120 tons of vegetables, arranged on pallets,
had shifted, causing a portside list of 15 degrees
It asked for assistance in the morning of Oct 22, 2017
The emergency tug 'Abeille Bourbon' was deployed as an escort
It sailed from Camaret at 7 p.m. and reached the reefer on Oct 22 at 2 a.m.
The convoy headed for shelter in Brest
The reefer had sailed from Flushing on Oct 19 bound for Dakar and has a crew of 25 on board
Weather on scene was wind force 7 on the Beaufort scale and swell of 6 to 9 meters
Bron Vesseltracker.com
Eerder afgemeerd in de Merwehaven te Rotterdam
BALTIC PERFORMER
Bouwjaar 1992, imonummer 9016674, grt 10381
Eigenaar Roycan Overseas Corporation, Monrovia
Beheer Ost West Handel & Schiffahrt, Bremen / Baltic Reefers, St. Petersburg
Gebouwd Shikoku Dockyard Co. Ltd., Takamatsu / 864
LxBxH 150.02 x 22.50 x 13.20 meter
Vermogen 13769 pk, snelheid 20.0 knoop, roepsein A8JH9
Opgeleverd als 'Chiquita Sulu', in 1994 'Roman Star', in 1999 'Roman Bay'
Van 2004 tot eind 2013 in de Seatrade-pool als 'Hawk Bay'
© Patrick Blankwaard
Eerder op de Nieuwe Waterweg uitgaand Maassluis gepasseerd
van de Rotterdamse Waalhaven naar zee
HAWK BAY
Bouwjaar 1992, imonummer 9016674, grt 10381
Eigenaar Schiffahrtsgesellschaft.mbH & Co. K.G., Monrovia / Triton Schiffahrts GmbH
Manager Seatrade Groningen B.V.
November 2013 verkocht, 12 december 2013 herdoopt BALTIC PERFORMER
