Norwest Ship Management Acquires MN PELICAN from Compagnie Maritime Nantaise – MN

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Norwest Ship Management AS has signed the purchase agreement for the RoRo vessel MN PELICAN, acquired from Compagnie Maritime Nantaise – MN.

Key facts:

  • Vessel: MN PELICAN (to be renamed LINK NEPTUNE)
  • Builder / Year: Fosen shipyard, Norway / 1999
  • Previous name: TRANS BOTNIA
  • Ownership history: CMN – MN since 2007

Operational background

  • 2007–2016: Chartered for the French Ministry of Defence, supporting missions worldwide.
  • 2016–2025: Operated for Brittany Ferries)on Poole–Bilbao.

Norwest Ship Management AS is a Norwegian ship owning and management company who owns 10 vessels and have management on further two, based in Avaldsnes. Carrying project cargo, aluminium, frozen cargoes, fish feed and building materials. Trading areas are in Northern Europe.

Godby sells LINK STAR

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Godby Shipping agreed to sell roro vessel LINK STAR to Norwest Ship Management in Norway.

The delivery will take place in Husoy, Norway between 12 to 25 November 2021.

Link Star was built in 1989 at JJ. Sietas Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. Godby designed the vessel together with the first customer Transfennica, crew and shipyard. We have thus owned the vessel Link Star since delivery 1989.

Length 107m | DWT 4,453 | Cargo handling stern ramp and side loader