Amoenitas

On May 16, 2021, the 'Amoenitas', loaded with highly toxic waste from Beirut, arrrived in Wilhelmshaven. The chemicals are to be disposed of in various specialized facilities. German experts had recovered the chemicals in the past few weeks in the port of Beirut after the devastating explosion in August 2020. The containers are initially to be temporarily stored in Wiefels and then disposed of or reprocessed in Bremen, Hamburg, Brunsbüttel and Kassel. The cargo included paint and paint sludge, acids, spray cans and bulky waste. German report with photos: https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/gefaehrliche-ladung-gift-aus-beirut-kommt-nach-hamburg-38392280

The 'Amoenitas' has been loaded with dozens of containers full of hazardous materials in Beirut port and was ready to sail for Germany on May 4, 2021. The German company Combi Lift was given the job of removing dangerous substances from the port after the explosion on Aug 4, 2020, that killed more than 200 people and damaged large parts of the Lebanese capital. The last of 59 containers was lifted on to the ship on April 30. They will be disposed of in Germany. The project has cleared the port of all toxic, cancerous, flammable and highly reactive chemicals that have been stored here for decades. The German company had been expected to deal with only 49 containers of hazardous material. They ended up"handling more than 75, of which 59 will be shipped. 15 others would be disposed of within safe and environmentally sound procedures in situ. Hydrochloric acid, a corrosive and toxic substance, made up 60 per cent of the chemicals Combi Lift came across. Report with photo: https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/ship-carrying-dangerous-chemicals-to-leave-beirut-on-tuesday-1.1215790

SAL Heavy Lift has added two ships of Type 116 to its fleet to serve clients with lift requirements of up to 900 mtons. MV Calypso and MV Amoenitas are equipped with two cranes of each 450 mtons and have the highest ice class. As SAL's type 183 and 176 vessels are well planned ahead, the fleet's expansion with type 116 responds to the growing demand for its mid-range services on the part of customers worldwide. Owing to this large number in requests, the first voyages of both ships are already fully booked: MV Amoenitas has left Masan, South Korea, and travels to the Black Sea port of Mangalia in Romania carrying a cargo of engines. On the way there, the vessel made a port call in China to load three tugs weighing up to 685 tonnes each, which were discharged in Myanmar. The names of both vessels were chosen for historical reasons: The historical S.S. Amoenitas was the first ship purchased by SAL's founding family, the Heinrichs, in 1865; it came freshly built from the Sietas shipyard. Both names are intended to honour Hans Heinrich who passed away in December 2013.