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LATON - IMO 7394759

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Photographer:
STRIKE7 [ View profile ]
Captured:
Jun 18, 2018
Title:
Laton
Location:
Perama, Piraeus, Greece
Photo Category:
Ferries
Added:
Jun 18, 2018
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2,043
Image Resolution:
1,600 x 1,067

Description:

Begins last trip on way to ship-breakers

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Current name:
TALATON

Former name(s):

 -  Laton (Until 2017)

 -  Lato (Until 2016 Feb)

 -  Varuna (Until 1987)

 -  Daisetsu (Until 1985)

Current flag:
Comoros
Home port:
Moroni
Vessel Type:
Ro-ro/passenger Ship
Gross tonnage:
25,460 tons
Summer DWT:
5,432 tons
Length:
188.45 m
Beam:
24 m
Draught:
6.7 m

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@Phil: could be a reason, not a very common thing anyway.

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person
More likely she needed to be patched up to make the tow to Aliaga possible.

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person
Probably they discovered during drydock that it does not make sense to invest any $$$ in this ship

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person
Thanks, so I remembered correctly.. strange thing to do, working on a long time abandoned ship just months before she is sent to the breakers.

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person
Yes in November according to pictures uploaded earlier (http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2782366)

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person
Wasn't she in drydock just a few months ago?

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Renamed TALATON after sale 2/2018 to Talaton Maritime Co, Athens.
Tug CHRISTOS XXII has ETA Aliaga 20/6.

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