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Today, bulk carriers make up 21 percent of the world's merchant fleets, [2] and they range in size from single-hold mini-bulk carriers to mammoth ore ships able to carry 400,000 metric tons of deadweight (DWT). A number of specialized designs exist: some can unload their own cargo, some depend on port facilities for unloading, and some even ...
Handymax Bulk Carrier "Orientor 2" Handymax and Supramax are naval architecture terms for the larger bulk carriers in the Handysize class. Handysize class consists of Supramax (50,000 to 60,000 DWT), Handymax (40,000 to 50,000 DWT), and Handy (<40,000 DWT). The ships are used for less voluminous cargoes, and different cargoes can be carried in ...
Compared to larger bulk carriers, handysizes carry a wider variety of cargo types. These include steel products, grain, metal ores, phosphate, cement, logs, woodchips and other types of so-called 'break bulk cargo'. They are numerically the most common size of bulk carrier, with nearly 2000 units in service totalling about 43 million tons.
Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG is the largest German bulk carrier company. [1] ... Bulk Polaris: ultramax T/C 63396 2017 13.42 199.98 32.24 KM London: ultramax T/C
Size comparison between five of the longest ships of their type. ... Berge Stahl was the longest and largest bulk carrier in 1986–2011. [15] Tubarao Maru
The longest ship ever to transit the original locks was San Juan Prospector, now Marcona Prospector, an ore-bulk-oil carrier that is 973 ft (297 m) long, with a beam of 106 ft (32 m). [9]
This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo . For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.
Bulk carriers. Operated by COSCO Bulk Shipping (Group) Co., Ltd. Capesize. Ship Built DWT Flag IMO Notes Dong Feng Ocean: 1986: 214,861