Two ships are presently under the quarantine in Kiel port: general cargo ship BBC MAINE since Nov 9, and tanker IRENE DP since Nov 16. BBC MAINE arrived from Hamina Finland to transit Kiel Canal with destination Hamburg, IRENE DP arrived from Gdansk Poland. Both ships had covid cases on board. Circumstances and details remain unknown, they’re not given, missed totally. It’s just said, that “there was at least one case”. Case of what? Positive tests or real sickness, how many sailors affected, how about vaccination status? Were the cases so-called “breakthrough cases”, or genuine? Nothing. The strange absence of news on quarantines, sickness and deaths among crews, is rather suspicious. Is it calm before the storm?
General Cargo BBC MAINE is currently located at BALTIC – Kiel Canal at position 54° 20′ 13.8″ N, 010° 10′ 17.1″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2021-11-21 11:43 UTC (7 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from Northwest direction at force 3 Beaufort.
BBC MAINE (IMO: 9357200) is a General Cargo that was built in 2007 (14 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Antigua Barbuda.
Its carrying capacity is 12792 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.3 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 138.45 meters and her width is 21.34 meters.
As Oil/Chemical Tanker IRENE DP is currently located at BALTIC – Kiel Canal at position 54° 21′ 42.4″ N, 010° 03′ 46.0″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2021-11-21 11:54 UTC (3 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from Northwest direction at force 3 Beaufort.
The vessel is currently at port NORD-OSTSEE-KANAL, DE and her next destination is SAN CIPRIAN, ES
IRENE DP (IMO: 9354571) is an Oil/Chemical Tanker that was built in 2006 (15 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Malta.
Its carrying capacity is 8817 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 114.99 meters and her width is 18.2 meters.
