ALMIRA

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Styrene caught fire

On Feb 13, 2015, a fire broke out at the "Almira", 3585 ts (EU-No.: 2329408), at the Shipyard Kooiman in Zwijndrecht which caused a lot of smoke. The fire was quickly extinguished by the staff. At 5.45 p.m. a small amount of highly flammable styrene had leaked out from the tanker into the water of the Swinhaven which caught fire by yet unknow reasons. As the employees of the yard could extinguish the fire themselves, most fire engines of the fire department could immediately return again upon arrival. Dutch report with photos: http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/13-02-2015/veel-rook-bij-brand-scheepswerf-zwijndrecht

Damaged tanker gets new midbody

The "Almira", 3585 ts (EU-No.: 2329408; IMO-No.: 9416159) will be getting a new midbody at the Gebr. Kooiman Yard in Zwijndrecht after its collision with the "Marilee" on Jan 17. The yard announced that it won the tender on Feb 12. The ship which has suffered severe damage amidship on starboard side will be cut into sections, and the damaged section will be removed over a length of approximately 27 meters and replaced by a new built section, thereby using some of the undamaged pipes of the old one. Dutch report with photos: http://dekooimangroep.nl/nieuws/gebr-kooiman-wint-tender-mt-almira/

Almira docked in Antwerp

The "Almira", 3585 ts (EU-No.: 2329408), was towed from Bath to Antwerp on Jan 22 after having been lightered under the guidance of the relevant Belgian authorities. The ship passed the Cauvelaert lock at 1 p.m. and was docked in basin 4 at 2.15 p.m.