MV Maersk Rubicon

MV Maersk Rubicon, previously known as the Hanjin Aqua and the Kmarin Aqua is a post-Panamax container ship owned and operated by Maersk that ran aground in Indonesia in 2015.^[3]

The MV Maersk Rubicon, then known as the Hanjin Aqua drydocked in Singapore in February 2016.
History
Name	Maersk Rubicon (2020-present) Kmarin Aqua (2016-2020) Hanjin Aqua (2012-2016)
Owner	Maersk
Port of registry	2011-present: Singapore, Singapore 2019–2020: Majuro, Marshall Islands 2012–2020: Panama, Panama
Builder	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., South Korea
Yard number	S581
Laid down	10 September 2012
Launched	02 January 2013
Identification	IMO number: 9632480 MMSI number: 563101600 Call sign: 9V6677[1]
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Container ship
Tonnage	51,032 GT 66,347 DWT
Displacement	84,395 tonnes
Length	249.97 m (820 ft)
Beam	37.4 m (123 ft)
Draught	13.519 m (44 ft)
Depth	18.29 m (60 ft)
Installed power	1 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 6RT-flex 82T (1 × 23,900 kW)[2] 4 ×  auxiliary engines(4 × 2,000 kW)[2]
Propulsion	Diesel; single shaft 1 × fixed pitch propeller 1 × bow thruster
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) (service)
Capacity	4,500 TEU
Crew	28

Construction

The ship was constructed by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., South Korea. The keel was laid in September 2012 and the ship was launched in January 2013 as the MV Hanjin Aqua under the flag of Panama and delivered to its owner, Hanjin.^[2] The ship is one of several sister ships built in the same period, including:

• MV Hanjin Mar (IMO: 9632507)
• MV Hanjin Marine (IMO: 9632492)
• MV Merkur Harbour (IMO: 9456991)
• MV Merkur Planet (IMO: 9457000)

History

The ship has undergone name and Flag State changes throughout its service life,^[2] including:

• MV Hanjin Aqua flagged in Panama, owned and operated by South Korean shipping company Hanjin, before the company's bankruptcy in August 2016.
• MV Kmarin Aqua flagged in the Marshall Islands.
• MV Maersk Rubicon, flagged in Singapore and owned by Danish shipping company Maersk.

Grounding in Indonesia

Sunda Strait

Location in Indonesia where the ship grounded in 2015

On 4 December 2015, whilst sailing as the Hanjin Aqua, the ship ran into rocks in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Indonesia whilst en route from Adelaide to Jakarta.^[3][4] As a result, significant damage was caused to the forward end of the ship, flooding a number of ballast tanks and the forward cargo hold, as well as damaging the ship's bow thruster.^[5]

Initially, the ship's crew attempted to refloat the vessel without assistance before a salvage operation was undertaken to remove the ship from the rocks. The ship was successfully removed from the rocky shallows in January 2016 and taken to Singapore for repairs.^[5]