{"id":8332,"date":"2018-01-29T21:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8332"},"modified":"2025-06-08T19:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T17:35:45","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8332","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8325\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Start of Production<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/7\/1980<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14\/5\/1981<\/td><td>Delivered to Delpa Maritime, Greece<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4-6\/1982<\/td><td>Charter to North Sea Ferries B.V.&nbsp; Rotterdam &#8211; Hull route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1982<\/td><td>Charter to UMEF&nbsp; Patras &#8211; Koper route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1985<\/td><td>Sold to Sealink British Ferries. Bermuda flag<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1987<\/td><td>New name Seafreight Highway. rebuild at Marseille.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/1987<\/td><td>Dover &#8211; Zeebrucke route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/1988<\/td><td>Holyhead &#8211; Dun Laoghaire route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/1988<\/td><td>Laid up<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1988<\/td><td>Sold to S.M.A.T. New name Boyana. Bulgaria flag<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1988<\/td><td>Nedlink service.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/1990<\/td><td>Sold to Nordstr\u00f6m &amp; Thulin, Sweden.&nbsp; Main engine brake down after delivery.&nbsp; Planned to&nbsp; named&nbsp; Nord Neptunia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/1990<\/td><td>Repaired at Bremerhaven<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/1990<\/td><td>Sold to Blaesbjerg Marine A\/S, Denmark . New name Aktiv Marine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1991<\/td><td>Rebuild to casr-passenger ferry on Gdynia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1991<\/td><td>Charter to DSB. New name URD. \u00c5rhus &#8211; Kalundborg route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1992<\/td><td>Rebuild<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/1997<\/td><td>Sold to Scandlines.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1998<\/td><td>New main engines installed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/1999<\/td><td>Charter to Molsd Linien.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/1999<\/td><td>Laid up at Nakskov.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/1999<\/td><td>\u00c5rhus &#8211; \u00c5benr\u00e5 &#8211; Klaipeda route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2011<\/td><td>Rostock &#8211; Liepaja route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td>Lengthened on Remontowa, Poland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19\/12\/2001<\/td><td>Rostock &#8211; Liepaja route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2001<\/td><td>Rostock &#8211; Ventspils route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>Ventspils &#8211; Nyn\u00e4shamn route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/1\/2010<\/td><td>Travem\u00fcnde &#8211; Ventspils route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2011<\/td><td>Travem\u00fcnde &#8211; Liepaja route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21\/9\/2011<\/td><td>Laid up at Rostock<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>Travem\u00fcnde &#8211; Liepaja route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/5\/2012<\/td><td>Nils Holgerson&nbsp; hit side of Urd at Travem\u00fcnde due to technical problem. Urd take water.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2012<\/td><td>Repaired at Fayard, Denmark.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/2012<\/td><td>Sold to SOL Dru A\/S, Denmark<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/2012<\/td><td>Charter to Stena Line Travem\u00fcnde &#8211; Liepaja route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/8\/2013<\/td><td>Sold to Stena Line Baltic A\/S<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Travem\u00fcnde &#8211; Liepaja route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;1\/2\/2022<\/td><td>&nbsp;Nyn\u00e4shamn &#8211; Hanko route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;24\/10\/2023<\/td><td>&nbsp;Charter to TT-Line,  Klaipeda- Karlshamn and Klaipeda &#8211; Trelleborg &#8211; Rostock routes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;23\/5\/2024<\/td><td>&nbsp;Sold to Partner Sia, Mariehamn, Finland. Panama flag.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/7\/2024<\/td><td>Constanza &#8211; Karasu route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/2025<\/td><td>Sold to Akra Navigation Ltd (Create Cargo Lines), Greece.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/4\/2025<\/td><td>Arrived to Drapetsona for rebuilding.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2025<\/td><td>New name Nearchos K. Owner Creta Cargo V Maritime Co.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;History &nbsp; Building contract &nbsp; Start of Production &nbsp; Keel laid 12\/7\/1980 Launch 14\/5\/1981 Delivered to Delpa Maritime, Greece 4-6\/1982 Charter to North Sea Ferries B.V.&nbsp; Rotterdam &#8211; Hull route. 1982 Charter to UMEF&nbsp; Patras &#8211; Koper &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8332\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8332","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8332"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42191,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8332\/revisions\/42191"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}