The Danish company THH Shipping will scrap four of its coasters, as the company was unable to find buyers for the old vessels. The four ships are Anna Stevns, Nural Stevns, Buse Stevns and Oliver Stevns. The coasters are sister-ships with length of 79.00 m, beam of 13.20 m and draft of 5.20 m. The ship were operating for the company THH Shipping for several years, but the heavy crisis, which hurt the maritime transport made the company to take such radical measures to exit from the debt crisis. The four ships are now towed to Frederikshavn, Denmark, where will be scrapped at the shipyard Orlas Product Business. The CEO of THH Shipping explained that theere is no prospect the situation to get better, so the company tried to sell the ships to foreign investor, but such was not found.
The four coasters Anna Stevns (IMO: 7429281), Nural Stevns (IMO: 8213419), Buse Stevns (IMO: 8213421) and Oliver Stevns (IMO: 8213407) were built in 1984 by Cochrane Shipbuilders in their UK shipyard. The ships’ length is 79.00 m, the beam is 13.20 m and the maximum summer draft is 5.20 m. The gross tonnage of the coasters i2 1,892 GRT and the deadweight is 2,887 DWT.