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UNITED TAMBORA

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United Tambora photographed in Liverpool Docks on 2 September 2014.

Built  by the Nantong Changqingsha Ship Yard of Rugao, China as Yard Number 803 she is 179.9m long with a
28.4m beam and 10.5m draught.

GT = 22402, NT 11477 & DWT 35239.

She has a maximum speed of 15.2 knots and a service speed of 14.5 knots and is powered by a MAN-B&W 6S42MC Mk 7 engine (6480kW @ 136rpm). 
 
Her hold can accommodate 43,700m3. 

She is operated by United Seven GmbH & Co. who are based in Hamburg.

MMSI - 636091724
REG - LR, Monrovia
IMO - 9502740
Call Sign - A8RY3
Bulk Carrier
 Built -  Nantong
Changqingsha, Rugao, CN
Yard No. 803
L 179.9m x W 28.4m
GT - 22402
Year - 2009 
Liverpool, 2 September 2014

KENAN METE

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Bulk carrier Kenan Mete photographed in St.Malo on 14 April 2014. We visited St.Malo whilst on holiday and parked opposite this vessel just outside the city walls.

She was built by Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa in Szczencil, Poland as Yard Number B537/03 in 1990.

Overall she is 143m long with a 19.4m beam and 8.2m draught.

Powered by a MAN B&W 6L50MCE (4690kW) diesel engine she has a service speed of 13.5 Knots. She is also equipped with a Sulzer 6AL20/24 auxillary engine (470kW)

GT = 8897, NT = 4301 and DWT 11715

Hold capacity is 14700m3

She is managed by Royalmar shipping and ship management which was formed in Istanbul in 2005.
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MMSI - 356807000
REG - PA, Panama
IMO - 8701935
Call Sign - 3EEC3
Bulk Carrier
Built - Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa, Szczencil, PL
Yard No. - 1116
L  143m W 19.4m
GT 8897
Year - 1990
St.Malo, 14 April 2014

THOR INDEPENDENCE

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Bulk Carrier Thor Independence photographed early morning on my way into work on 9 April 2014.

She was built by Tsuneishi Heavy Industries in Balamban, Philippines as Yard Number sc-029 in 2001.

Powered by a B&W S6S50MC 7,800kW)  engine she has a service speed of 14.5 Knots and a top speed of 16
Knots.

GT = 30303 and DWT = 52407.

She is owned by Thoresen Thai Agencies which is one of Thailand’s largest owners of Handymax and Supramax dry bulk vessels. The Company operates Worldwide.

MMSI - 564731000
REG - SG, Singapore
IMO -  9222510
Call Sign -  9V9088
Bulk Carrier
Built - Tsuneishi Heavi Industries, Balamban, PH
Yard No. - sc-029
L 190m W 32m
GT 30303
Year - 2001
Liverpool, 9 April 2014

MARVELETTE

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Bulk Carrier Marvelette photographed in Liverpool Docks being loaded with scrap metal on 22 May 2014, she left port shortly I took the picture bound for Gibraltar.

She was built in 1998 by Tsuneishi in Numakuma Japan as Yard Number 1116 and is 186m long with a 30m beam and 9.5m draught.

GT = 26028 & DWT = 45621 

Her hold capacity is 57,208.4 m3

Until 2006 she was called Vindonissa when her name changed to Sovi R, she acquired her current name at the end of 2010.  She is operated by PL shipping who are based in Athens. They bought their first vessel in 2007 and Marveletta is one of six bulk carriers in their fleet. 

MMSI - 256376000
REG - MT, Valetta
IMO - 9163491
Call Sign - 9HS8
Bulk Carrier
Built - Tsuneishi, Numakuma, JP
Yard No. - 1116
L 186m W 30m
GT 26028
Year - 1998
Liverpool, 25 May 2014

OCEANKING

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Bulk Carrier Oceanking photographed on a fine and sunny March day in Liverpool Docks.

She arrived in Liverpool after visiting Antwerp and Avonmouth and luckily for me was in one of the better berths for photography.

She was built by Namura in Imabari Japan as Yard Number 939 in 1995 and is 185m long with a 30m beam and 11m draught. The vessel is powered by a B&W C4X30T engine.

Until early January 2010 she was called Sanko Rose and part of the Sanko Line fleet before being sold with sister ships Sanko Reliance and Sanko Rejoice to Greek owners in 2010 for $14.3m and renamed Oceanking.

GT = 25676, NT 13991 & DWT 42529

At the moment she appears to be owned by Glitsa Maritime Co. and operated by Oceanstar Management.

As Sanko Rose on the 22 July 2000 whilst in the Malacca Straits she was attacked by seven pirates in a white speedboat whilst the ship was underway. Using a hook on a bamboo pole they attempted to board but the alarm was raised and the crew mustered on deck and prevented the pirates gaining access to the ship.

MMSI - 636010270
REG - LR, Monrovia
IMO - 9074834
Call Sign - ELRY9
Bulk Carrier
Built - Namura, Imabari, JP
Yard No. -  939
L 185m x 30m
GT - 25676
Built -1995
Liverpool, 11 March 2014

ELVIRA BULKER

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Nippon Kaiji Kyokai class Bulk Carrier Elvira Bulker photographed in Liverpool docks loading scrap metal on 25 November 2013.  Built by The Hakodate Dock Company in Japan as Yard Number 843 she left the builders on 22 September 2011 for her maiden voyage to Longview, Washington, USA to pick up logs for export to China.
 
She has five holds and is able to accommodate 40,452m2 of grain (Hold 1 = 5,492m3, Hold 2 & 3 = 9,067m3, Hold 4 = 8,943m3, Hold 5 = 7,883m3). Each hold is covered by a folding type weather-tight steel hatch cover with Hatch 1 being 12.75m x 13.60m and hatches 2 to 5 all being 19.55m x 19.60m. She is also equipped with 4 x 30 MT Electro Hydraulic cranes.

She is 175.53m long with a 29.40m beam and a 9.64m summer draft, main engine is a Mitsubishi 6UEC45LSE diesel giving a service speed of 14.4 knots. 

The  Company was founded in 1884 and provides through Lauritzen Bulkers worldwide dry cargo ocean transportation through a fleet of approximately 125 vessels. They also have two other divisions Lauritzen Kosan and Lauritzen Offshore which work in the petrochemical and liquefied petroleum gas industry and offshore industries respectively.

After I saw her in November she has been to (amongst other places) Gibraltar, Odessa and Piraeus, at the time of writing this blog a couple of days ago (24 January 2014) she was back in colder waters on her way across the Irish Sea bound for Belfast. 

MMSI - 235088471
REG -  UK, Douglas
IMO - 9424132
Call Sign - 2EVJ4
Bulk Carrier
Built -  Hakodate Dock Co. JP
Yard No. - 843
L 175.53m x 29.4m
GT - 19812
Built -2011 
Liverpool, 25 November 2013

GLOBAL HORIZON

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Global Horizon photographed being loaded with scrap metal in Liverpool Docks on 27 March 2015.

She was built by the Shin Kurushima Dockyard as Yard Number 5687 in 2010, her keel was laid on 4 June 2010, she was launched 24 September 2010 before being completed on 15 December 2010.

GT = 21,192, NT = 11,615 and DWT  33,633Overall she is 179.990m long with a 28.2m moulded beam and 10.101 Summer draught. 

Cargo capacity of her holds is 44,038m3 

She is powered by a Kobe 2SA6CY (6250kW) diesel engine.

Owned by Sun Alliance SA she is managed by Kobe Ship Management.

MMSI - 355998000
REG - PA, Panama
IMO - 9553012
Call Sign - 3FCW4
Bulk Carrier
Built - Shin Kurushima, Onishi, JP
Yard No. - 5687
L 180m W 28m
GT - 21192
Year - 2010
Liverpool, 27 March 2015

HOSANGER

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​Bulk carrier Hosanger photographed in LIverpool docks early evening on 5 March 2015.
 
She was built by Daewoo Heavy Industries in Okpo. South Korea in 1998 as Yard Number 1087 and is 213m long with a 31m beam and 12m approx. draft.
 
GT = 37150 and DWT = 50211.
 
Hold capacity is 67,492m3.
 
Container capacity is 2,148 teu.
 
She has a MAN B&W 6560MC (15640ps @ 102.7rpm) marine diesel engine giving a service speed of 12.3 knots and a top speed of 16.0 knots.
 
Up to 2008 she was called Hosanger Star.
 
MMSI – 563495000
REG – SG, Singapore
IMO - 9081810
Call Sign -  9VAW8
Bulk Carrier
Built – Daewoo HI, Okpo, KR
Yard No. - 1087
L 213m W 31m
GT 37150
Year - 1998
Liverpool,  5 March 2015

PACIFIC ADVANCE

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Bulk Carrier Pacific Advance photographed unloading steel in Liverpool Docks on 18 May 2016. 

Shortly after I saw her she sailed to Antwerp and then on to Teesport.

Unfortunately I cannot find much information on her.


DWT = 63,507.

MMSI - 477078900
REG - HK, Hong Kong
IMO - 9712515
Call Sign -  VROQ5
Bulk Carrier
Built - Chengxi, Jiangyin, CN
Yard No. - cx0632
L 200m W 32m
GT 36449
Year - 2015
Liverpool,  18 May 2016

NORD PYXIS

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Post Panamax Bulk Carrier Nord Pyxis photographed at Imminghan on 23 August 2012.

She was built by Shanghai & Chengxi in Shanghai, China as Yard Number  1141 in 2010.

Overall she is 250m long with a 34m beam and 14.5m draught.

Powered by a MAN B&W 7S60MC-C7 2 Stroke 7 cylinder (15520 kW/ 21495hp) diesel engine she has can make 14.7 knots.  She is also equipped with three diesel generator sets each rated at 938kVA, 750KW and 1078 hp.

In total the vessel has 7 holds with a total cargo capacity of 131,202m3.

GT = 63,864, NT = 35,665, DWT = 114,500

She is operated by Norden A/S who are an independent Danish Company which was founded in 1871. They operate bulk carriers and tankers worldwide. At the time of writing they are operating a reported 209 vessels comprising  161 Bulk Carriers and 48 Tankers. Nordens head office is located in Hellerup, Denmark, they also have offices in Shanghai, Annapolis, Rio de Janiro and in Mumbai.

MMSI -563817000
REG - SG, Singapore
IMO - 9448047
Call Sign - 9V8706 
Bulk Carrier
Built - Shanghai & Chengxi, Shanghai, CN
Yard No. - 1141
L 250m W 34m
GT - 63864
Year - 2010
Immingham, 23 August 2012

HTC ALFA

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​HTC Alfa photographed in Liverpool.
 
She was built by Taizhou Sanfu Engineering Limited in 2013 as Yard Number sf110101 and is 189.99m long with a 32.19m beam and 12.81m draft.
 
GT = 32,967 & DWT = 56,601.
 
Hold capacity is 71,634m3.
 
She has a MAN B&W 6S50MC-C8 marine diesel engine (12,889bhp/ 9,480kW) giving a service speed of 14.2 knots.
 
MMSI – 538004711
REG - MH, Majuro
IMO - 9635614
Call Sign -  V7YQ7
Genaral Cargo Ship
Built – Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering, Taizhou, CN
Yard No. – sf110101
L 189.99m W 32.29m
GT 32967
Year - 2013
Liverpool

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MMSI - 357403000
REG - PA, Panama
IMO - 9453080
Call Sign -3FQN 
Bulk Carrier
Built - Hyundai, Ulsan, KR
Yard No. - 2112
L 292m W 40m
GT 93152
Year - 2009
Rotterdam, 3 April 2012

coral ace

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MMSI - 247580000
REG - PA, Panama, 
IMO -  9176266
Call Sign - 3EJO9
Bulk Carrier
Built - Oshima SB, Oshima, JP
Yard No. - 10237
L 186m W 31m
GT 25942
Year - 1999
Civitavecchia 1 June 2012

Hebei Shijiazhuang

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MMSI - 477899600
REG - HK,Hong Kong
IMO - 9482706
Call Sign - VRIS2
Bulk Carrier
Built - Shanhaiguan SY, Qinhuangdao, CN
Yard No. - hbcC93-03
L 235m W 38m
GT 52735
Year - 2011
Rotterdam, 3 April 2012

Maritime King

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MMSI - 352695000
REG - PA, Panama, 
IMO -  9574145
Call Sign - HPGI
Bulk Carrier
Built - Imabari Zosen, Marugame, JP
Yard No. - 1559
L 235m W 38m
GT 50617
Year - 2011
Port Klang, 11 April 2011

feakas

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MMSI - 538004156
REG - MH, Majuro
IMO -  9304265
Call Sign - V7VM4
Bulk Carrier
Built - Sasebo H.I, Sasebo, JP
Yard No. - 722
L 225m W 32m
GT 40042
Year - 2005
Rotterdam, 3 April 2012

DANIEL N

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MMSI - 636014329
REG - LR, Monrovia
IMO - 9398175
Call Sign -A8TC9
Ore Carrier
Built - Universal SB Corp, Tsu, JP
Yard No. - 109
L 327m W 55m
GT 151448
Year - 2011
Rotterdam, 3 April 2012

clipper monarch

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MMSI - 5380900089
REG - MH, Majuro
IMO -  9231030
Call Sign - V7DD3
Bulk Carrier
Built - Sasebo HY, Sasebo, JP
Yard No. - 446
L 225m W 32m
GT 38878
Year - 2000
Civitavecchia 1 June 2012

fatih

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MMSI - 215136000
REG - MT, Valetta
IMO - 9579327
Call Sign - 9HA2649
Bulk Carrier
Built - Samho HI, Samho, KR
Yard No. - 1234
L 181m W 30m
GT 23204
Year - 2011
Liverpool, 1 May 2013

CMB MAXIME

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MMSI - 477959500
REG - HK,Hong Kong
IMO - 9425875
Call Sign - VRHM4
Bulk Carrier
Built - Tsuneishi Cebu, Balamban, JP
Yard No. - sc-120
L 185m W 32m
GT 32296
Year - 2010
Liverpool, 23 April 2013

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