Newbuildings 411 and 412 from Karstensen Shipyard in Skagen was handed over to skipper/owners Jens og Erik Vinther Poulsen on 3 July 2009. The following day, the 2 vessels were officially launched and named during a enjoyable ceremony at the owners homeport of Oesterby on the island of Laesoe. It has been many, many years since just a single newbuilding was delivered to Laesoe, and these 2 are by far the largest ever built to the island.
Newbuilding 411 “Canopus” (= white-yellow giant star – the 3.-most brightest in the universe seen from the earth) is replacing Jens Vinther Poulsens previous command of the same name. The previous “Canopus” was built in 1986, but had been rebuilt and modernized over the years.
