Completion of her conversion, reclassification and renaming had originally been set for 1 September. What caused the delay was not revealed, either by Peters Schiffbau or by Mobius, but it is not surprising, or indeed all that unusual, that the conversion has taken longer than anticipated, given the age of the vessel and the nature of the work. Why Mobius chose to wrap such a thick cloak of mystery around the project will, doubtless, become clear once her new characteristics are know.

The 28 year old dredger, built by Dubigeon Normandie in France in 1974 and renovated at IHC in Holland in 1999, arrived at Peters Schiffbau July 20 from the Mediterranean. That followed the purchase of the 113.49m long, 19.03m wide Tina by Mobius from Dragomar in Civitavechia.

Scheduled was extensive steel and pipe renewal in the loading sector and modifications to hydraulic equipment, to the deck and in the engine room as well as the new class work. She left the Peters drydock in early October for what was described then as wide-ranging further work at the fitting-out quay Reports said that remaining work particularly concerned the engine room. The dredger went into the yard with two AGO diesels built by France's SACM with an output of 5149kW and with two variable pitch propellers providing a cruising speed of 13.5 knots.