Here is a strange story!
If you don't want to be confused, go directly to the picture at the end.
I have once again looked after the ship (ships) with the test coating. The ship was previously called ALGARROBO and belonged to NSC HOLDING - HAMBURG, GERMANY. I'm focusing on this one ship here, even though there are two.
https://graphene-flagship.eu/graphene/news/talga-s-graphene-coated-ships-sail-safer-and-last-longer/
The dry dock of the coating or the place in the photo is located in Turkey:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8416681,29.2842773,1646m/data=!3m1!1e3
After that, the ship was sold and renamed Robin 1/2 or Songa Puma.
https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9399789
http://www.bunkerportsnews.com/News.aspx?ElementId=edaf2e56-78ca-406b-a891-de7cb643f50a
At Marinetraffic it runs under the name Robin 2 and under Liberian flag. As you can clearly see from the positions here 1=2
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ai.../mmsi:636020352/imo:9399789/vessel:SONGA_PUMA
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ai...843/mmsi:636020353/imo:9399739/vessel:ROBIN_2
I'll cut my excursion short:
I wanted to know who is the owner and manager of the ship. I had to learn that the flag under which it sails has nothing to do with it. Now it becomes more complicated, here comes now the mistake in the designation 1 and 2. Robin 2/Algarorobo. But now it gets really complicated. During the search I became aware of the identification number and here they diverge for
one and the same ship.
Robin 2 = IMO: 9399739 and SONGA PUMA = IMO: 9399789 are one and the same ship! I am not kidding! Check the position and the photos. Kind of confusing and I can't clear it up now or here. Think of this post as a note or archive entry for later editing. Up to this point, the flag is still the same under which they sail, Liberia, and the home port is also the same, Monrovia. ...That reminds me, I've never seen it in Liberia/Monrovia, but I have seen it in Bremerhaven.
Isn't that twisted enough? Then see here from
Robin 1 and
Robin 2 with different identification numbers becomes one and the same ship listed under two names and two identification numbers. I am really not a professional and can very well be mistaken. But I find this odd.
Further alignment:
Sponga Puma and Robin 1 was previously called
Cap Roca
And
Robin 2 was previously called
Cap Roberta
I still could not clearly find out who are owners and managers. According to the page here it is for the Songa Puma and/or Robin 1 and 2:
Managment:
ISM Manager
INTERUNITY MANAGEMENT GMBH
Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 76a, 28217 Bremen, Germany.
(since 04/11/2020)
Owner (the same):
Registered owner
ROBIN 2 SHIPPING INC
6181650
Care of Interunity Management (Deutschland) GmbH , Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 76a, 28217 Bremen, Germany.
(since 15/11/2020)
https://ships.jobmarineman.com/robin-1-9399789/
https://ships.jobmarineman.com/robin-2-9399739/
Their page is similarly confusing:
http://interunity.com/
And contrary to the info above, they don't run the Robin 1 alias Songa Puma, alias Algarobbo (first coated ship) under their management. But therefore Robin 2 not mentioned by Talga not even under old names, and Robin 4 before that designate as Arica (second coated Ship; IMO: 0399741). I just suspect that this business or industry is set up that way on purpose.
=> So if MT wants to see what its coating is doing, he should simply send its German employees to Bremerhaven at the next upcoming landing.
I'm sure that's exactly what he did! See here
google.maps and here the
second picture
Confused? Don't worry, I am too
If all this is true, the owner has changed, but not the country
Germany and here the regulations are probably such that they are not driven off to the rust. Now I have at least a clue why I saw the ship twice in Bremerhaven harbor.
Here is the reason why they do not sail under the German flag, so the two in one or Robin 1/2 ...yes, and
Robin 4... I'll leave that for now, otherwise I'll run into 4 ships that are one and the same later
"Flag with tax concessions
In contrast to the nationality of people, for example, ships are very free to choose the flag under which they sail. However, they are also subject to the laws of the country in question. As a result, only about 14 percent of merchant ships now sail under the German flag. Klaus Harald Holocher, Professor of Shipping and Logistics at the Jade University of Applied Sciences, explains that this practice applies just as much to rescue ships, oil tankers or tourist steamers."
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I'm going to follow up on that. To me, the coincidence just seems too great that the two are in the identical position in the ocean. Since I started, the position has changed slightly.
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Puh! What a trip! I just wanted to show you an
actual photo of the ship:
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https://www.fleetmon.com/vessels/robin-2_9399739_2027261/photos/3632309/
at least we know more now. Maybe I made a mistake and someone will enlighten me. Or should I not have drilled deep? Any thoughts?