UASC

Country Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Established 1976
Website www.uasc.com.kw

AL ABDALI

Date 28-mar-2001 (1-4)
Location ECT Home Terminal (1-4)
     
Data updated sep-2006    
     
Length over all (m) 276,50 IMO number 9154543
Beam (m) 32,20 Call sign 9KDZ
Draft (m) 12,50 Flag Kuwait
Gross tonnage (t) 48154 Port of registry Kuwait
Nett tonnage (t) 26721 Owner UASC, Kuwait
Deadweight (t) 49993 Operator UASC
Speed (knots) 24,1 Service NE -> MED -> ME -> FE (AEC)
Capacity (TEU) 3802 Built (year) 1998
Reefer plugs 360 Yard Mitsui Tamano, South Korea
Current name -
Previous name(s) -
Remarks The photo's 1-4 were made from the "LT Unicorn".
"Al Abdali" is an agricultural area in the northern border of Kuwait and depends largely on underground
reservoirs for irrigration. The Kuwait border post office before 1990 was located at Al-Abdali.

ALNOOF


Date 20-sep-2000 (1-6), 12-jun-2002 (7)
Location Maassluis (1-6), ECT Home Terminal (7)
     
Data updated sep-2006    
     
Length over all (m) 276,50 IMO number 9149770
Beam (m) 32,20 Call sign A7EC
Draft (m) 12,50 Flag Qatar
Gross tonnage (t) 48154 Port of registry Doha
Nett tonnage (t) 26721 Owner UASC, Kuwait
Deadweight (t) 49993 Operator UASC
Speed (knots) 24,1 Service NE -> MED -> ME -> FE (AEC)
Capacity (TEU) 3802 Built (year) 1998
Reefer plugs 360 Yard Kawasaki Sakaide, S. Korea
Current name -
Previous name(s) -
Remarks At the end of 1998 the "Alnoof" laid up in Rotterdam for 3-4 months, due to
steering gear problems, on her maiden voyage.
"Alnoof" is a cape on the eastern coast of Qatar, which means "camel's hump" in Arabic. It was
breeding ground for the famous Qatari ostrich.

DEIRA


Date 15-dec-2000 (1-9)
Location Maassluis (1-9)
     
Data updated sep-2006    
     
Length over all (m) 276,50 IMO number 9149768
Beam (m) 32,20 Call sign A6OJ
Draft (m) 12,50 Flag United Arab Emirates
Gross tonnage (t) 48154 Port of registry Dubai
Nett tonnage (t) 26721 Owner UASC, Kuwait
Deadweight (t) 49993 Operator UASC
Speed (knots) 24,1 Service NE -> MED -> ME -> FE (AEC)
Capacity (TEU) 3802 Built (year) 1998
Reefer plugs 360 Yard Kawasaki Sakaide, S. Korea
Current name -
Previous name(s) -
Remarks "Deira" is a commercial and residential area in Dubai city, the second and most
important city in the United Arab Emirates. Many large companies, banks and hotels are situated here.

FOWAIRET

Date 05-jun-2005 (1)
Location ECT Home Terminal (1)
     
Data updated sep-2006    
     
Length over all (m) 276,50 IMO number 9152260
Beam (m) 32,20 Call sign A7EF
Draft (m) 12,50 Flag Qatar
Gross tonnage (t) 48154 Port of registry Doha
Nett tonnage (t) 26721 Owner UASC, Kuwait
Deadweight (t) 49993 Operator UASC
Speed (knots) 24,1 Service NE -> MED -> ME -> FE (AEC)
Capacity (TEU) 3802 Built (year) 1998
Reefer plugs 360 Yard Mitsubishi Nagasaki, Japan
Current name -
Previous name(s) -
Remarks "Fowairet" is a small village after a small limestone mountain overlooking area,
situated some 96 km north east of Doha, the capital of Qatar.
This vessel grounded on the Westerschelde river towards Antwerp in 2005. Click here to visit the
casualties page for more information and photo's.