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Ark Germania Berths in Durban

In the News Today: It was not much longer than 12 hours after the British Military Sealift Vessel Hurst Point had sailed from Durban when, on 21 September at 10:00 in the morning, the Danish Military Sealift Vessel Ark Germania (IMO 9609952) arrived off the Durban Bluff, from Kochi in India.

She was kept off port limits for just under two hours, and at midday she entered Durban harbour, proceeding to her assigned berth for what was expected to be a short call for bunkers only.

Built in 2014 by P+S Werften Stralsund GmbH at Stralsund in Germany, Ark Germania is 196 metres in length and has a gross registered tonnage of 33 313 tons. She is powered by two MAN-B&W 8S40ME-B9 eight cylinder, two stroke, main engines producing a total of 24 690 bhp (18… continue reading HERE.

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