MV Maersk Rubicon

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The MV Maersk Rubicon, then known as the Hanjin Aqua drydocked in Singapore in February 2016.
History
Name
  • Maersk Rubicon (2020-present)
  • Kmarin Aqua (2016-2020)
  • Hanjin Aqua (2012-2016)
Owner Maersk
Port of registry
Builder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., South Korea
Yard numberS581
Laid down10 September 2012
Launched02 January 2013
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and typeContainer ship
Tonnage
  • 51,032  GT
  • 66,347  DWT
Displacement84,395 tonnes
Length249.97 m (820 ft)
Beam37.4 m (123 ft)
Draught13.519 m (44 ft)
Depth18.29 m (60 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) (service)
Capacity4,500 TEU
Crew28

MV Maersk Rubicon, previously known as the Hanjin Aqua and the Kmarin Aqua is a post-Panamax container ship owned and operated by Maersk that ran aground in Indonesia in 2015. [3]

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Construction

The ship was constructed by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., South Korea. The keel was laid in September 2012 and the ship was launched in January 2013 as the MV Hanjin Aqua under the flag of Panama and delivered to its owner, Hanjin. [2] The ship is one of several sister ships built in the same period, including:

History

The ship has undergone name and Flag State changes throughout its service life, [2] including:

Grounding in Indonesia

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Sunda Strait
Location in Indonesia where the ship grounded in 2015

On 4 December 2015, whilst sailing as the Hanjin Aqua, the ship ran into rocks in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Indonesia whilst en route from Adelaide to Jakarta. [3] [4] As a result, significant damage was caused to the forward end of the ship, flooding a number of ballast tanks and the forward cargo hold, as well as damaging the ship's bow thruster. [5]

Initially, the ship's crew attempted to refloat the vessel without assistance before a salvage operation was undertaken to remove the ship from the rocks. The ship was successfully removed from the rocky shallows in January 2016 and taken to Singapore for repairs. [5]

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References

  1. "Maersk Rubicon (9632480)" . Equasis. French Ministry for Transport . Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Details: Maersk Rubicon". ABS Record. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 "General Average declared on refloated Hanjin Aqua, but some shippers were uninsured". The Loadstar. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. "M/V Hanjin Aqua Hard Aground in Indonesia". Offshore Energy. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 Tjahjono, Soerjanto (2015). "Grounding of HANJIN AQUA (IMO No. 9632480) at Terumbu Koliot, Sunda Strait, Merak Republic of Indonesia" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Committee: 1–8.