Classification No. 039181
IMO No. 9252785
Official No. 4101 
Signal Letters V2BR8 
Flag Antigua and Barbuda 
Port of Registry St. John's 
Ship's Name BF ESPERANZA 
Former Name 1 --
 
Registered Owner 1 MS "Flora" Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. KG
 
Bareboat Charterer Caribbean Islands Company Limited
 
Management Company 1 BF Shipmanagement GmbH & Co. KG
 
Classification Characters, Notations NS(CNC, EQ C DG)(IWS)(PSCM)(IHM)
MNS 
Descriptive Notes --
Installation Characters CHG, MPP, LSA, RCF, M0, AFS, BWM 
Installation Descriptive Notes 
Automatic and Remote Control Systems The ship has complied with the requirements of Chapter II-1, Part E of SOLAS, "Periodically unattended machinery spaces (UMS)".
Special Description -- 
Other Classification -- 
 
Type of Ship -Purpose(intended service) CONTAINER CARRIER 
- Certificates - SC/SE/SF Other cargo ship
- OPP Other than Oil Tanker
- EE Container ship
- SMC/ISSC Other cargo ship
 
Tonnage Gross (Registered) 9,990 
Tonnage Net (Registered) 6,006 
Tonnage Gross (Local) -- 
Tonnage Net (Local) -- 
Tonnage Gross (TM69) 9,990 
Tonnage Net (TM69) 6,006 
Deadweight 11,170 
 
Summer Freeboard (mm) 2,609 
Summer Draught (m) 8.701 
Lf (m) 125.080 
Continuous Max. Speed (kt)  sp;
(Sea Trial) :
-- 
Equipment No. -- 
 
Overall Length (m) 134.440 
Moulded LxBxD (m) 125.080 x 22.500 x 11.300 
Registered LxBxD (m) 125.080 x 22.500 x 11.300 
 
Cargo Capacity  
(m3 / No. of Containers, etc.)
G 20,480.00 DRY; TEU 862 
No. of Passengers -- 
Capacity of Tanks (m3) FO 974.00 FW 128.00 
 
No. & Kind of Engines 1DE : 4 SA 9 CY 
Bore x Stroke (mm) 430.0 x 610.0 
Power (kW) 8,400 
Revolution (rpm) 500.0 
Manufacturer CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG 
 
No. & Kind of Boilers 1 AUX TOH 
Pressure (MPa) -- 
Evaporation 1,850.00 (kW) 
Manufacturer -- 
*Evaporation rate: Thermal output (kW) to be filled up in case of TOH.
 
No. & Capacity of Generators (kVA) 3 2,600 
Kind of Propeller Shaft 1B 
Fixed Method of Propeller Flange 
No. & Shaft Diameter (mm) 1 x 450 
 
Shipbuilder J.J. Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co. 
Hull No. 1210 
Date of Keel Lay 18 Apr 2001 
Date of Launch 14 Nov 2002 
Date of Build 06 Mar 2003 
Date of Conversion --