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Title: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: [email protected] on April 27, 2015, 06:39:48 PM

This ship is identified as a possible search vessel for MH370 in the Bay of Bengal. Can anyone identify it?

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: simonwp on April 27, 2015, 06:55:32 PM

it looks like it's undergoing a name change, but it's last name was FUSION, IMO# 7528520. Orginally Osteespress, Sietas built, yard# 795

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: [email protected] on April 27, 2015, 08:25:49 PM

Thank you.  This vessel has been identified as part of a $2 million crowd funding project to search for MS370 in the Bay of Bengal.  I would think the scrap value to be higher than that, much less to purchase, crew, and operate it for a few weeks. My inquiry was driven by researching the credibility of the project.

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: Bj on April 27, 2015, 09:03:02 PM

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2054951

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: [email protected] on April 27, 2015, 10:16:52 PM

This is a 2007 photo taken by K. Watson, and is being used to promote a fundraising effort by www.asove.net. The vessel name at the time, Fort Ross, has been photo shopped out of the picture.

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: Tristin Woolf on May 01, 2015, 02:23:25 AM

If I am mistaken then someone please correct me but for a while I have seen this ship under the name of FUSION operating between Newfoundland and Halifax...

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: snocky on May 01, 2015, 10:36:58 AM

Fusion is operating between st. pierre & halifax & not nfld.

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: Tristin Woolf on May 02, 2015, 01:20:26 PM

Sorry, my mistake thanks for the correction snocky.

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: Mac Mackay on May 08, 2015, 12:24:52 PM

This ship, the Fusion, will soon be replaced on the weekly Halifax to St-Pierre et Miquelon run by Nolhanava (ex Shamrock). Its mechanical reliability is questionable, having had several issues in recent months.

Title: Re: Can anyone identify this vessel?
Post by: Hannes van Rijn on May 08, 2015, 08:05:37 PM

According Lloyd's
Ship Detail
Ship Name:FUSION   
Shiptype:General Cargo Ship (with Ro-Ro facility)   
LR/IMO No:7528520   
Gross:2,234
Deadweight:3,300
Call Sign:J8B4360   
MMSI No:377149000   
Year of Build:1977
Flag:St Vincent & The Grenadines   
Operator:MD Shipping Co   
Shipbuilder:Blohm + Voss Ag
Status   In Service/Commission

Rgds:Hannes.