She was built by Pattje, Waterhuzen in the Netherlands as Yard Number 410 in 1999.
Blue River is operated by OAM a German company based in Hamburg who currently operate a fleet of 16 vessels.
OAM was founded on 1 November 1889 by Otto Alfred Muller the youngest of 13 children of a Saxon tanner and the company was initially involved in the transportation of coal from England to Germany.