Royal Wagenborg acquires ice-strengthened multipurpose dry cargo vessel ‘Leuveborg’
Royal Wagenborg acquired m.v. Leuvediep as the second out of seven vessels. In October the m.v. Zijlborg was already added to the Wagenborg fleet. In the coming months the “Vechtdiep”, “Vliediep”, “Lingediep”, “Loodiep” and “Loenerdiep” will also be obtained and given a ‘Borg-name’, the company said in its press release.
Renamed ‘Leuveborg’ this vessel is currently undergoing a paint job, providing her with the Wagenborg colours at shipyard Royal Niestern Sander. Equipped with ice class 1A and three box-shaped holds of 17.5 m, 25.9 m and 25.2 m, m.v. Leuveborg is suitable for worldwide trade carrying various cargos such as forest products and (break-)bulk making m.v. Leuveborg a perfect fit in Wagenborg’s existing fleet of ice-strengthened multipurpose dry cargo vessels.
The general particulars of m.v. Leuveborg are as follows:
Length over all: 108,24 m
Breadth: 18,20 m
Depth: 9,00 m
DWT: 8.100 t
Cargo capacity: 360.202 cft
Engine: MAK 8M32C