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Germany Peters Schiffbau GmbH Wewelsfleth

PETERS SCHIFFBAU GMBH.
(Formerly Peterswerft Wewelsfleth GmbH & Co.)
Am Hafen 6, 25599 WEWELSFLETH, Germany.

Shipbuilding and repairs. Three Slipways, one building slipway, and two Dry Docks. Situated on the river Stor, a tributary of the river Elbe, Germany.

One of the most prolific builders of low air draught vessels beginning in 1979 with the Sea Elbe, launched as Christa Schutt. and in time charter with Seacon, London.

The majority were all 82.50m loa with a beam of 11.20m. They were able to work into The Saimaa Lakes to bring out the forest products. There were a few that had a smaller LOA and the Arklow "V" class with an LOA of 88.20m and beam of 13.60m.

↨ The vessel has a hydraulically operated wheelhouse mounted on a pillar.

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606 ↨ ROGER (Ex Gudrun, 92, Aros Anglia, 92, Gudrun, 90)
607 MONTIS (Ex Premiere, 02) Side shifter, 1 lift fitted for paper trade.
608 JOKER (Ex Elisia, 02)
609 ↨ BRITANNICA HAV (Ex Acer, 07, Oblix, 05, Dominique Trader, 04, Provence, 98, Pero, 96)
610 RMS WEDAU (Ex Moldavia, 03, Dania Carina, 96)
611 RMS LAAR (Ex Georg Luhrs, 03)
613 ↨ IDA (Ex Sooneck, 05)
614 SUNTIS
617 ↨ EXPLORER (Ex Sea Thames, 03, Kurt Jensen, 93)
619 HANSEATIC STAR (Ex Pamela, 01, Boberg, 88) Side shifter, 1 lift fitted for paper trade, aft, in 1991.
621 ELSEBETH (Ex Sea Elbe, 01, Silke, 95)
622 ↨ SWEDICA HAV (Ex Ophir, 06, Sea Weser, 01, Jan Meeder, 97)
623 ↨ MEGANISI (Ex Ash, 05, Jackie Moon, 05, Medwave, 01, Truso, 96)
624 ↨ WALKER (Ex Petersberg, 98, Echo Elke, 91, Petersberg, 89)
625 ↨ FEHN STAR (Ex Arklow Vale, 04)
626 ↨ ARKLOW VICTOR Sank in Bay of Biscay, 16-12-1989, on a voyage from Bayonne to Manchester, with a cargo of maize.
627 ↨ WILSON HOLM (Ex Forester, 05, Arklow Viking, 99) Wheelhouse is not hydraulically operated.
628 ↨ WILSON HORN (Ex Thruster, 05, Arklow Venture, 99) Wheelhouse is not hydraulically operated.
629 ↨ FEHN MOON (Ex Arklow Valour, 05) Wheelhouse is not hydraulically operated.
630 STAR VITA (Ex Pia, 05)
631 WILSON GARSTON (Ex Hansatic Sun, 05, Pionier, 03)
633 ↨ WILSTER (Arklow Villa, 02) Wheelhouse is not hydraulically operated.
634 ↨ COPERNICUS (Ex Arklow Manor, 00) Converted to a chemical tanker in 2001 at the Stocznia Remontowa "Nauta" S.A. yard in Gdynia.
635 ↨ FRAKT (Ex Arklow Bay, 04)
636 ↨ TORILL (Ex Fehn Trader, 06, Arklow Marsh, 04)
637 ↨ FALKNES (Ex Arklow Mill, 04)
638 ↨ JOMI (Ex Arklow View, 06) Wheelhouse is not hydraulically operated.
639 ↨ CEMVALE (Ex Arklow Valley, 06) Wheelhouse is not hydraulically operated.
643 PINTA - Side shifter, 1 lift fitted amidships for the paper trade.
644 PATRIOT - Side loading ramp fitted amidships for paper trade, and one 15T lift.
651 PATRIA - Casco from REF Werft, Gdansk.

Notes updated 23-6-2007.

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576 Yd. No. 8020123 SUSANNA (Ex Anke-Bettina, 00, Pelikan, 92, Hammaburg, 89)  loading fertiliser in St. Malo, 30-1-2008. Photo David F. Jones.
576 Yd. No. 8020123 SUSANNA (Ex Anke-Bettina, 00, Pelikan, 92, Hammaburg, 89) loading fertiliser in St. Malo, 30-1-2008. Photo David F. Jones.
576 Yd. No. 8020123 SUSANNA (Ex Anke-Bettina, 00, Pelikan, 92, Hammaburg, 89)  loads scrap in Wisbech, River Nene, 17-8-2008. Photo Darren Green.
576 Yd. No. 8020123 SUSANNA (Ex Anke-Bettina, 00, Pelikan, 92, Hammaburg, 89) loads scrap in Wisbech, River Nene, 17-8-2008. Photo Darren Green.
578 Yd. No. 8003888 CRANZ, b 80, (Ex Matthias, 93, Vuoksi, 92, Matthias, 91, Echo Matthias, 91, Elbe, 90) arriving at Hull with timber from the Baltic, 10-08-1998. Photo Chris Cartwright.
578 Yd. No. 8003888 CRANZ, b 80, (Ex Matthias, 93, Vuoksi, 92, Matthias, 91, Echo Matthias, 91, Elbe, 90) arriving at Hull with timber from the Baltic, 10-08-1998. Photo Chris Cartwright.
578 Yd. No. 8003888 TRADER discharging steel in Shoreham, from Nemrut Bay, near Izmir, Turkey, 4-2-2008.
578 Yd. No. 8003888 TRADER discharging steel in Shoreham, from Nemrut Bay, near Izmir, Turkey, 4-2-2008.
581 Yd. No. 8403571 ARTICA HAV b 1984 (Ex Union Venus, 04, Pinguin, 95, Hansa, 89) loads clay for Landskrona, 12-12-2008. Managers Hav Ship Management AS, Bergen, Norway.
581 Yd. No. 8403571 ARTICA HAV b 1984 (Ex Union Venus, 04, Pinguin, 95, Hansa, 89) loads clay for Landskrona, 12-12-2008. Managers Hav Ship Management AS, Bergen, Norway.
582 Yd. No. 8100624 CEDAR b 1981 (Ex Aqua Pioneer, 05, Poseldorf, 93) arrives in Teignmouth from Rotterdam with animal feed, 2-10-2008.
582 Yd. No. 8100624 CEDAR b 1981 (Ex Aqua Pioneer, 05, Poseldorf, 93) arrives in Teignmouth from Rotterdam with animal feed, 2-10-2008.
582 Yd. No. 8100624 CEDAR, b 1981, (ex Aqua Pioneer, 05, Poseldorf, 93) arrives in Teignmouth from Rotterdam with soya meal, 2-2-2009.
582 Yd. No. 8100624 CEDAR, b 1981, (ex Aqua Pioneer, 05, Poseldorf, 93) arrives in Teignmouth from Rotterdam with soya meal, 2-2-2009.
582 Yd. No. 8100624 CEDAR, built as Poseldorf in 1981, discharges sunflower pellets in Teignmouth for local farmers in Devon on 18-11-2005.
582 Yd. No. 8100624 CEDAR, built as Poseldorf in 1981, discharges sunflower pellets in Teignmouth for local farmers in Devon on 18-11-2005.
583 Yd. No. 8100636 FRI STAR  loading malting barley in King's Lynn, for Scotland, 16-10-2005. Photo John Lucas.
583 Yd. No. 8100636 FRI STAR loading malting barley in King's Lynn, for Scotland, 16-10-2005. Photo John Lucas.
583 Yd. No. 8100636 FRI STAR arrives in Delfzijl but due to go to Groningen, from Stavanger.  Photo Mark Prummel.
583 Yd. No. 8100636 FRI STAR arrives in Delfzijl but due to go to Groningen, from Stavanger. Photo Mark Prummel.
583 Yd. No. 8100636 FRI STAR under cover of the Steel Terminal, Lyon, River Rhone, 24-7-2008. Photo Annemarie van Oers.
583 Yd. No. 8100636 FRI STAR under cover of the Steel Terminal, Lyon, River Rhone, 24-7-2008. Photo Annemarie van Oers.
585 Yd. No. 8128884 ICELANDICA HAV (Ex Mike, 06, Patria, 94) in the River Elbe, 2-6-2008. Photo Ron Halliday.
585 Yd. No. 8128884 ICELANDICA HAV (Ex Mike, 06, Patria, 94) in the River Elbe, 2-6-2008. Photo Ron Halliday.
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