MV Maria Reina

History
Panama
Name	2022–present: Maria Reina 2009–2022: TransAtlantic 2004–2009: Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519)
Owner	[1]
Operator	[1]
Port of registry	Panama[1]
Launched	28 May 1996
Identification	IMO number: 9148520 MMSI number: 366997520 Callsign: WDC2769
Status	In active service[2]
Germany
Name	Baffin Strait
Owner	Rehder & Arkon
Port of registry	Antigua and Barbuda[3]
Identification	IMO number: 9148520
Singapore
Name	2001–2004 Steamers Future,[5] 2000–2001 Stl Future,[5] 2000–2000 Steamers Future,[5] 1998–2000 Mekong Star,[5] 1998–1998 Steamers Future,[5] 1997–1998 Eagle Faith,[5] 1997–1997 Steamers Future.[5]
Owner	Keppel Corporation
Operator	Keppel Corporation
Port of registry	Singapore[3]
Builder	Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.[4]
Laid down	8 February 1996[4]
Launched	28 May 1996[4]
Completed	25 February 1997[4]
Identification	IMO number: 9148520
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,276 GT[1] 5,055 tonnes deadweight (DWT),[1]
Displacement	8,299 long tons[6]
Length	100.59 m (330.0 ft)[9]
Beam	16.24 m (53.3 ft)[9]
Draft	8.2 m (26.9 ft)[9]
Installed power	3 Wärtsilä UD25L655D diesels[8]
Propulsion	Wärtsilä 9F32E diesel,[7] controllable-pitch propeller,[8] tunnel-type bow thruster.[8]
Speed	13 kts[7]
Capacity	384 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).[10]
Crew	13[7]

MV Maria Reina is a Panamanian container ship. The 100-metre (330 ft) long ship was built at Wuhu Shipyard in Wuhu, China in 1997 as Steamers Future. Originally owned by Singapore's Keppel Corporation, she has had three owners, been registered under three flags, and been renamed ten times.

From 2004 to 2009, the ship, under the name Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519), was one of Military Sealift Command's seven chartered container ships, and delivered 250 containers every month from Singapore to Diego Garcia.^[7][11] During this charter, she carried everything from fresh food to building supplies to aircraft parts, delivering more than 200,000 tons of cargo to the island each year.^[11]

After finishing the Diego Garcia contract, the ship sailed from Singapore on 19 November 2009 for a shipyard period in Wilmington, North Carolina by way of the Suez Canal. In May 2010, she was towed to Ciramar Shipyard in the Dominican Republic for more extensive repairs.