On Thursday March 24th m.v. Elbeborg (yard-number 842) was launched, without ceremony, at Koninklijke Niestern Sander, Delfzijl.
The Elbeborg, with regard to her measurements, is the largest built by KNS on the landside of the dikes. Apart from this, it is also the largest vessel launched sideways in the North of the Netherlands. The slipway is now cleared for the assembly of yard-number 843, sistervessel of m.v. Elbeborg. She will eventually bear the name Eeborg. Expected delivery of the Elbeborg is beginning of June.
General information
lenght over all: 144,56 metres
width: 15,87 metres
depth: 11,15 metre
DWT: 12.000 ton
cargo capacity: 525.000 cft
main engine: 4500 kW Wärtsilä 9L32C
speed: 15 knots
