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Hildasay


Hildasay

Northlink's new one,ex Shield.



    Nice one - evidently named in a competition after an uninhabited island lying to the West of Scalloway on the Shetland mainland.

    On charter from Shield Shipping Co. Ltd./Seatruck Ferries Ltd.

    She's certainly had some former names and been owned by a few different Ferry lines:

    Shield (2009-2010)
    Shield (2007-2009) - Norfolkline
    RR Shield (2006-2007) - Norfolkline
    RR Shield (2005-2006) - Norse Merchant Ferries
    Leili (2005) - Norse Merchant Ferries
    Leili (2005) - Irish Ferries
    Leili (2004-2005) - Norse Merchant Ferries
    Port Everglades Express (2002-2004) - Crowley Maritime
    Leili (1999-2002) - ESCO

    Built : 1999 - Astilleros de Huelva S.A., Spain

    Length 122,32 m
    Breadth 19,8 m
    Draft 6,21 m
    GT 7.606

    Port of registry Valletta
    Flag Malta

    Regards

    Steve E.
    9 owners in 9 years , is there something we should know  ???
    Actual owners have been:

    1. Estonian Shipping Company, Tallinn (1999-2004)
    2. Eesti Merelaevandus A/S, Tallinn (2004-05)
    3. Elmira Shipping & Trading, Piraeus(2005-07)
    4. Attica Enterprise, Piraeus (2007-08)
    5. Seatruck Ferries Ltd Heysham (since 2008)

    Make you feel any safer  ???

    She had a refit in Gdansk Shipyard, Poland during 2006.

    Regards

    Steve E.
    boys a boys  weel see hoo she does