Scotline
IndustryShipping
Headquarters
Rochester
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Northern Europe
ServicesCargo transportation
Websitehttps://www.scotline.co.uk/

Scotline is a shipping group of companies with origins from 1979,[1] and specializing in transporting timber, wood pulp, forestry commodities on short sea operations, whilst also providing bulk, charter and special project work.[2] The area covered is around the British Isles, Baltic, and North-West Europe.[2] As of December 2021 The company is operating 11 of its own vessels mostly in the 3000–5000dwt range, while also employing others on a time charter basis.[3]

History

Scotline was established in 1979, with the first cargo, a shipment of scotch spruce poles, being transported from Inverness, Scotland and Bremen, Germany.[4] This developed into a regular route between Inverness and Varberg, Sweden.[1]

Scotline purchased[lower-alpha 1] their first ship, the Hohebank, IMO number: 7720439 in 1977.[1] Additional operating bases were also established at Whitstable, Kent; and Goole, Yorkshire.[1]

In 1994 the Kent facility was changed to a 10 acre site at Rochester on the River Medway, supplemented by a further 14 acre facility nearby from 2011.[1] The head office was relocated from central London to Ronford, in Essex.[1] Scotline Terminal Goole, a separate independently run but associated stevedoring company, was forced to close in 2010 due to the imposition of backdated port rates.[6]

Scotline purchased their largest ship to date, the Scot Leader, the 4500dwt from Royal Bodewes Group in 2007.[2]

In 2017 Scotline increased their fleet of owned vessels to nine with the acquisition of the 3571dwt Scot Navigator, the decision being prompted by the success of a sister ship, the Lady Ariane, the ship being used on the Varburg–Gunness liner service.[1]

Scotline's next ship, the Scot Carrier, was similar to the 2007 Scot Leader from Royak Bodewes, with class 1B icebreaker certification for Baltic operations.[1] This was followed by three similar sister ships through to 2021, the later ones having 1A icebreaker classification and enclosed bridge wings.[7]

On 13 December 2021 the Scot Carrier was in collision between Ystad and Bornholm, with the smaller Danish vessel, the 180 feet (55 m) Karin Hoej, the latter capsizing with the body of one of its crew found dead and the other missing presumed drowned.[8]

Fleet list

Scotline Fleet List
Ship IMO Built DWT[9] Length Timber ICE Notes
MV Douwent87031391987199680m
MV Scot Bay92439302001317790m5,000m³Cat. II
MV Scot Venture92439282002326290m5,000m³Cat. II
MV Scot Mariner92439162001331390m5,000m³Cat. II
Eastern Vanquish94118362012357789m4,400m³None
Eastern Virage94118242012357789m4,400m³None
MV Scot Pioneer93313472006/12363690m4,700m³1A
MV Scot Navigator98203482017/06370088m5,300m³None
MV Scot Leader94042352007/08450790m6,300m³1B
MV Scot Trader93684052008/04464390m5,500m³None
MV Scot Ranger98512202021/01478290m6,700m³1AReplaced 1997 Vessel of same name retired 2019
MV Scot Isles97287582021/07473590m6,767m³1A
MV Scot Carrier98417822018/11480390m6,767m³1B
MV Scot Explorer98417942019/11480390m6,767m³1B

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Scotline ship purchases and operations management are via associated companies, currently Intrada Ship's Management.[5]

Footnotes

Sources

  • Cooke, Andrew (13 March 2018). "Scot Navigator". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  • Kampfner, Constance (15 December 2021). "Sailors in crash 'may not have been drunk by UK standards'". The Times. London. ISSN 0140-0460 – via ProQuest.
  • Scotline (2021f). "Fleet List". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  • Scotline (2021h). "Company History". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  • Scotline (2021i). "Company History". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  • Ships Monthly (3 August 2011). "Scotline: Scotline's Timber Business". Ships Monthly. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  • Tinsley, David (February 2018). "Out of the woods". Ship & Boat International: eNews. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021 – via Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
  • TTJ (March 2010). "Backdated Port Rates Claim another Casualty". Timber Trades Journal. Tonbridge: World Market Intelligence (Progressive Media). ProQuest 822885706 – via ProQuesst.
  • TTJ (10 June 2021). "Scotline launches new ship MV Scot Isles in virtual ceremony". Timber Trades Journal. Tonbridge: World Market Intelligence (Progressive Media).
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