Ships

On this page you will find a complete overview of our ships / vessels which are currently active in inland navigation shipping, complete with comprehensive details of every ship including length, width, draft and tonagge.

MS Vigilia ship / vessel details

Vigilia - Motor cargo ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 359 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 3938 Tons
  • Year: 2008
  • Main engine: 2X 1065 hp Caterpillar
  • Thruster: 2X 485 hp Caterpillar
  • Purchased in: Self phased in 2008

  • Specifics:
  • - 4800 cubic meters under the harches
    - 264 TEU containers on 4 layers

MS Vigilia II Oud ship / vessel details

Vigilia II Oud - Motor cargo ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 361 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 3935 Tons
  • Year: 2003
  • Main engine: 2X 1380 hp Caterpillar
  • Thruster: 2X 530 hp Caterpillar
  • Purchased in: 2006

  • Specifics:
  • - 5300 cubic meters under the harches
    - 268 TEU containers on 4 layers

MS Amice ship / vessel details

Amice - Motor cargo ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 359 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 3938 Tons
  • Year: 2008
  • Main engine: 2X Caterpillar 3508
  • Thruster: 2X Caterpillar C18
  • Purchased in: self phased in 2008

  • Specifics:
  • Sister ship of Vigilia, owned by van Gent Scheepvaartbedrijf. This is the company of Xander van Gent (brother).

MS Amica ship / vessel details

Amica - Motor cargo ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 361 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 3859 Tons
  • Year: 2024
  • Main engine: 2X Caterpillar C32
  • Thruster: 2X Verhaar
  • Purchased in: self phased in 2024

MS Avicia ship / vessel details

Avicia - Motor cargo ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 14,20 Meter
  • Draft: 380 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 5149 Tons
  • Year: 2007
  • Main engine: 2X Caterpillar 3512
  • Thruster: 2X Scania
  • Purchased in: 2025

MTS Anastacia ship / vessel details

Anastacia - Tank ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 371 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 4036 Tons
  • Year: 2025
  • Main engine: 2X Caterpillar C32
  • Thruster: 2X Verhaar
  • Purchased in: self phased in 2025

MTS Avicia ship / vessel details

  • Length: 110 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 304 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 2499 Tons
  • Year: 2009
  • Main engine: Caterpillar 3512
  • Thruster: Caterpillar C12
  • Purchased in: 2020

MS Insomnia ship / vessel details

KVB Mediation ship / vessel details

Mediation - Push combination
  • Length: 172 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 360 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 5209 Tons
  • Year: 1988
  • Main engine: ABC
  • Thruster: 2X MTU 1X Van Wijk
  • Purchased in: 2023

MTS Servia ship / vessel details

Servia - Tank ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 371 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 4049 Tons
  • Year: 2025
  • Main engine: 2X Caterpillar C32
  • Thruster: 2X Verhaar
  • Purchased in: Self phased in 2025

MS Vigilia II Nieuw ship / vessel details

Vigilia II Nieuw - Motor cargo ship
  • Length: 135 Meter
  • Width: 11,40 Meter
  • Draft: 361 Centimeter
  • Tonnage: 3857 Tons
  • Year: 2024
  • Main engine: 2X Caterpillar C32
  • Thruster: 2X Verhaar
  • Purchased in: Self phased in 2024

Informative

Waterway classification

Inland navigation in Europe is divided into so-called CEMT classes due to the dimensions of waterways in Western Europe.

The classification is determined by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (hence the term ECMT).

For each class the maximum ship dimensions are defined. Knowing these classes onboard is useful, because a skipper for instance needs to know which channel is too narrow or where the locks (floodgates) are too short for his ship.

The ship / vessel types are represented in all classes. There are dry cargo ships of the size of a 'spits', but also of the size 'Groot Rijnschip'. Also tankers come in all classes (and thus various sizes) for it.

Locks (floodgates) en bridges

Alongside rivers and canals are also 'kunstwerken' part of the waterway infrastructure. Bridges and locks (floodgates) are considered 'kunstwerken', but also weirs, dams and ship lifts (Belgium, France).

The function of the bridges is to form a compound for traffic, for example at places where the water crosses.

Other 'kunstwerken' have a water protection or waterway management function. Due to height differences between rivers and canals are locks neccesary. A 'schutsluis" is the best known implementation of a lock.

It is a work of art which makes it possible to bring ships from one water level to a completely different water level.

A ship can be 'opgeschut' or 'afgeschut', respectively raised or lowered. A 'schutsluis' consists out of 'schutkolk' or 'sluiskolk' and on both sides lockdoor. The 'schutkolk' is the space between the two sets of doors of a lock.

The different 'kunstwerken' affect the utilization of the waterway infrastructure by inland and largely determine the maximum ship dimensions in waterway routes.

In addition, size and maintenance of the waterways determines the size of the barges.

The vertical clearance at bridges forms a specific aspect of the infrastructure for inland waterway navigation. But the dimensions of the 'schutkolk' determines the CEMT class of a waterway so that ships can pass here.

source: Bureau Voorlichting Binnenvaart