ALEXANDRA A is a Turkish-built general cargo / container-capable vessel completed in 2011 at Anadolu Shipyard and operated within the Arkas shipping network.
Originally delivered as:
REECON EMRE,
the vessel was renamed:
ALEXANDRA A
in August 2018.
She currently sails under the Maltese flag and remains fully active in Mediterranean feeder services in 2026.
Vessel Details
Current Name: ALEXANDRA A
Former Name: REECON EMRE
IMO: 9356684
MMSI: 256589000
Call Sign: 9HA2886
Type: General Cargo / Container-Capable Vessel
Flag: Malta
Port of Registry: Valletta
Built: 2011
Builder: Anadolu Shipyard, Istanbul, Turkey
Yard Number: 210
Registered Owner: Asterope Shipping Ltd.
Manager / ISM: Arkas Denizcilik ve Nakliyat
Commercial Employment: Arkas / EMES feeder network
Class: Bureau Veritas
Gross Tonnage: 10,689 GT
Deadweight: 12,099 t
Length Overall: approx. 145 m in current commercial databases
Registry-Length Figure: approx. 141.5 m in some AIS databases
Beam: approx. 22–22.6 m
Container Capacity: approx. 1,022 TEU
Current Status: Active.
Built as REECON EMRE
The ship was completed at:
Anadolu Shipyard in Turkey
in 2011.
Her original identity was:
REECON EMRE.
The vessel was designed as a versatile regional cargo ship capable of carrying containerised and conventional cargo.
REECON EMRE → ALEXANDRA A
In:
August 2018
the ship became:
ALEXANDRA A.
She entered a new chapter associated with:
Arkas Shipping & Transport.
Arkas Connection
Current records identify:
Asterope Shipping Ltd.
as registered owner,
with:
Arkas Denizcilik ve Nakliyat
as ship and ISM manager.
Commercial databases also show the vessel employed within:
EMES feeder services.
Container Capacity
Although many registers classify ALEXANDRA A as a:
general cargo vessel,
she is regularly commercially employed as a container feeder.
Current liner data gives capacity of approximately:
1,022 TEU.
141 or 145 Metres?
The old PiraeuShips article lists:
141 m.
VesselFinder currently gives:
141.50 m,
while several other commercial and ship-reference databases list approximately:
145 m.
For the updated profile, it is safest to retain the detailed registry figure while noting the commonly published commercial LOA.
Piraeus Connection
ALEXANDRA A has been photographed repeatedly at:
Piraeus.
Documented visits include:
25 October 2020
5 January 2021
and:
16 August 2022.
PiraeuShips published its dedicated profile in:
February 2021.
Still Active in 2026
ALEXANDRA A remains fully operational in:
2026.
Current records show her continuing Mediterranean trading under the:
Malta flag,
including voyages involving:
Barcelona
Ambarlı
Yalova
and North African destinations.
PiraeuShips Record
ALEXANDRA A was recorded at Piraeus by PiraeuShips during the vessel's continuing Arkas-associated Mediterranean career. Built at Anadolu Shipyard in Turkey in 2011 as REECON EMRE, the 12,099-dwt vessel became ALEXANDRA A in August 2018 and today sails under the Maltese flag with Arkas-linked ownership and management. Although officially classified as a general cargo ship, she is regularly employed in feeder-container services with capacity of approximately 1,022 TEU. Still fully active in 2026, ALEXANDRA A has returned repeatedly to Piraeus since the original PiraeuShips recording and remains a familiar representative of the regional Eastern Mediterranean cargo fleet.
Original video footage © PiraeuShips. All rights reserved.
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