m.v. MARIEJE ANDREA Delivered

The first vessel in a series of four 8300 tons dry cargo vessels is delivered to her new owners DANSER VAN GENT M.A. C.V.

After successful trials on the 10th of November 2009 the dry cargo vessel has been  delivered to her owner. The MARIETJE ANDREA’s homeport is Delfzijl, Holland. The ship can be deployed for carrying all kinds of dry cargoes and containers. Due to the sailing areas in the Baltic and the Canadian lakes the vessel is equipped and strengthened for sailing in ice conditions

The vessel has been built for Wagenborg Shipping B.V. in combination with the captain/owner H.J. Danser from Delfzijl. Wagenborg Shipping B.V. will be responsible for the management and cargo brokerage/chartering of the vessel.

Main particulars of the Marietje Andrea are:

Length over all	:	126,13 m.
Length between perpendiculars	:	120,26 m.
Breadth (mld)	:	15,20 m.
Depth	:	9.50 m.
Design draught	:	6,50 m.
Maximum draught	:	6,98 m.
Hold capacity	:	345.000 cbft
Deadweight	:	8330 Ton
Main engine	:	2999  kW
Service speed	:	14 Kn.

Andrea is propelled by a MAN Diesel engine, type 9L27/38, driving a controllable pitch propeller in a nozzle via a reduction gearbox. Diameter of the propeller is 3400 mm. The fuel of the main engine is HFO 380 cSt. The auxiliary engines and thermal oil boiler are running on gas oil.

This is a new type of vessel developed by Barkmeijer Shipyards and is characterized by a very efficient hull form  with a relatively low fuel oil consumption per ton-mile The vessel has two holds: hold nr. 1 with a length of 21 meter and hold nr. 2 with a length of 68 meter. Hold nr. 2 is, also due to the tweendeck hatches, extremely suitable to carry project cargoes such as wind mills, large constructions for the offshore industry, cranes etc. compliant with the actual demand in the market.

Both holds are box shaped and fitted with bulkheads only in a longitudinal and athwart ship direction enabling a good stowage of, for instance, steel coils and paper rolls. The tweendeck hatches can be used as grain bulkheads as well. 

The Marietje Andrea  is classified by Bureau Veritas with the following notation:
Class I + Hull + Mach general cargo ship Unrestricted navigation + AUT-UMS MON –SHAFT ICE CLASS 1A Heavy cargo [INNERBOTTOM 150 kN/m2].

The Marietje Andrea is the first in a series of four dry cargo vessels for Wagenborg Shipping B.V. in combination with the family Danser. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 the sister ships will be delivered. At the moment the second vessel of the series is under construction and the 2300 m3 maintenance dredger for UK Dredging from Cardiff, Wales. This dredger will be launched on the 11th of December 2009, 11:30 a.m. The delivery is planned for June 2010.