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Span Asia 25

MV Span Asia 25 is moored at the Zamboanga International Seaport.
History
Name	Span Asia 25
Owner	Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation
Operator	Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation
Port of registry	Cebu,  Philippines
Route	Inter-island services within the Philippines
Builder	Orskov Shipbuilders Yard Frederikshavn, Denmark
Launched	28 April 1994
Completed	1994
Identification	IMO: 9100243 MMSI: 548740200
Status	In active service
Notes	Heidi B up until September 1994 Maersk Euro Quinto until May 1997 Span Asia 25 (1997 - present)
General characteristics
Type	Container Ship
Tonnage	6158 tons
Length	121.9 m
Beam	20.1 m
Capacity	703 TEU
Crew	20

MV Span Asia 25 is a container vessel owned and operated by the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC). She is the former Heidi B up until September 1994, Maersk Euro Quinto until May 1997, Helgafell up until March 2005, Seaboard Rio Haina up until June 2008, Rio Bogota until December 2009, and Mohegan up until 2016. She was built at Orskov Shipbuilders Yard - Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1994 with IMO number 9100243 and MMSI number 54840200. She has a tonnage of 6158 tons. Her deadweight is 7850 tons and has a length of 121.9 m and beam of 20.1 m.

She serves as a container ship for Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC) for their domestic operations from Manila to Cebu City, Zamboanga City, Davao City, and General Santos City. Her port of call is at the Port of Cebu, where the shipping firm's headquarters is located.

Span Asia 25 is one of the newly acquired ships of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC) after they switched from passenger ferrying to container shipping following the incidents that had been from the former Sulpicio Lines.

Capacity

The vessel has a carrying capacity of 703 TEU, including reefers and dry type containers.

Features

The vessel is fitted with a waste and heat recovery system, which can save 10% of engine power. As most ports in the Philippines are not equipped with container cranes, the vessel itself is equipped with two (2) stationary cranes situated in its port side.

Notable former operators

• Sealift Container Shipping Lines
• Maersk Line

References

1. "MOHEGAN - 9100243 - CONTAINER SHIP | Maritime-Connector.com". maritime-connector.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
2. "SPAN ASIA 25 - Container Ship - Details and current position IMO 9100243 MMSI 368520000 | Vessels | VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
3. "Vessel details for: SPAN ASIA 25 (Container Ship) - IMO 9100243, MMSI 548740200, Call Sign DUA3479 Registered in Philippines | AIS Marine Traffic". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
4. "SPAN ASIA 25 (Container ship)". FleetMon.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
5. Inquirer, Philippine Daily. "Sulpicio Lines name change couldn't prevent accident". business.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
6. "SPAN ASIA 25 (IMO 9100243, Container Ship) - Ship Details and Current Position | Vessel Tracking". www.vesseltracking.net. Retrieved 2021-01-13.

• Cargo ships of the Philippines
• 1994 ships