"FARIS"

Foto : Chris Jones
Foto : Chris Jones

Foto : Chris Jones

  Foto : Chris Jones

1979 F.H. BOLTMAN, 1994 FARIS

Registered: IMO 7510640 /MMSI:235005005 /(ZAF)ON 351170 /(GBR)ON 725726
528 GRT, 119 NRT, L42,02m(38,21), B11,51m(11,00), D4,212m(5,11) - fifi
2 cpp, 2x diesel 4tew 16cyl Mirrlees-Blackstone type ESL16MK2, 4400bhp-3236kW total, sp 13kn

F.H. BOLTMAN
1979: Built by "Dorbyl - Dorman Long VanderBijl Corp Ltd" at Durban (YN 4200)
1979 -xx/03: delivered to the South African Government (Railways & Harbour Administration) at Cape Town, stationed at Durban
(ZAF flag, regd Durban, ON 351170, c/s ZSUG)
198x: To "South African Transport Services" at Durban
1994: To "WCT - West Coast Towing (UK) Ltd" at Port Tallbot (GBR), renamed FARIS
(GBR flag, regd Swansea, ON 725726, c/s MSTU4, 522 GRT, 156 NRT)
2001 -04/05: To "Wijsmuller Marine Ltd" at Ijmuiden, operated by "Wijsmuller Port Talbot Ltd" as a seperate entity within Wijsmuller
2002: To "Svitzer PT Ltd", mng "Svitzer Marine Ltd"
2005: still in service