MV Hansa Stavanger

MV Hansa Stavanger was a German container ship. The owner of the ship was Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft MS "HANSA STAVANGER" Co. KG. The Hansa Stavanger was built in 1997 at Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Her loading capacity is 20,526 GT & she could transport 1,550 containers on board. She was captured by Somali pirates on 4 April 2009.[4] Around 1 May 2009, USS Boxer and a screen of German Navy warships assisted approximately 200 members of the German special police unit GSG-9 in approaching the hijacked ship. During the last phase of the operation, James L. Jones, the U.S. President's National Security Advisor, withheld final approval for the operation out of concern for the safety of the 25 sailors aboard the vessel. This led the German Federal Ministry of Defence to abort the planned attack on the freighter and the GSG-9 unit returned to their base of operations at the airport of Mombasa, Kenya.[5]

History
NameHansa Stavanger
OperatorLeonhardt & Blumberg Reederei
Port of registryMonrovia,  Liberia
BuilderGuangzhou Wenchong Shipyard, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China[1]
Yard number271[1]
Laid down18 July 1996[1]
Launched9 March 1997[1]
Completed29 September 1997[1]
In service1997–2013
Renamed
  • Maersk Izmir (1998-1999)
  • Maersk Gauteng (1999-1999)
  • Direct Condor (1999-2000)
  • Hansa Stavanger (2000-2003)
  • Cap Pasado (2003-2004)
  • Lykes Trader (2004-2005)
  • Hansa Stavanger (2005-2012)
  • Pearl (2012-2013)
  • VSM (2013)
IdentificationIMO number: 9128465
Call sign: A8UZ8[1]
MMSI number: 636091967[2]
FateScrapped 13 February 2013 at Alang, India.[3]
General characteristics [1]
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage15,988 GT
8,222 NT
20,526 DWT
Length170.17 m (558 ft 4 in)
Beam24.80 m (81 ft 4 in)
Draft10.85 m (35 ft 7 in)
Depth14.20 m (46 ft 7 in)
Ice classGL ice class E
Finnish-Swedish ice class II
Installed powerMAN-B&W 6S60MC (12,240 kW)
PropulsionSingle shaft; fixed pitch propeller
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity1,550 TEU

Among the captured sailors held hostage were eleven Tuvaluans and one Fijian. A ransom of US$15 million had been demanded. The government of Tuvalu indicated it was incapable of paying, and expressed great concern for its citizens.[6][7] On 3 August 2009 the ship was released after a ransom of US$2 million dollars was paid, and was escorted into port in Mombasa, Kenya by the German frigates Brandenburg and Rheinland-Pfalz.[8]

Whereabouts of the ship

After hijacking, the vessel was later renamed to Pearl, reflagged from Liberia to Comoros & in January 2013 renamed again to VSM & beached at Alang, India on 13 February 2013.

Literature

Kotiuk, Krzysztof (2010), Frohe Ostern Hansa Stavanger: 121 Tage in der Hand von Piraten (in German), Bielefeld: Delius Klasing, p. 219, ISBN 978-3-7688-3129-1

References
  1. "Hansa Stavanger (90906)". DNV Vessel Register. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  2. "Hansa Stavanger (9128465)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  3. "Hansa Stavanger (9128465)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  4. "Somali pirates seize more vessels". BBC News online. April 6, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  5. spiegel.de
  6. "Tuvalu left helpless by pirate kidnappings", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 2, 2009
  7. "Tuvalu Government requests for assistance", Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, May 27, 2009
  8. "EU NAVFOR ship BRANDENBURG leads HANSA STAVANGER safely into Mombasa". EU NAVFOR Public Affairs Office. August 18, 2010. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
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