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Pasha Bulker, later known as MV Drake and now MV Anthea, is a Panamax bulk carrier of 76,741 tonnes deadweight (DWT) ... New South Wales, Australia.
MV Iron Prince (3rd) Bulk carrier: 1981: March 2000: Sold to Marmaras Navigation: Broken up May 2011 MV Iron Newcastle: Bulk carrier: 1985: 23 June 1999: Sold to Cobelfret Bulk Carriers N.V. Broken up April 2011 MV Iron Kembla: Bulk carrier: 1986: 2 July 2005: Sold to Tip Top Invest Panama: Broken up March 2011 MV Iron Pacific: Bulk carrier: 30 ...
When the Princess of Tasmania left the route the Australian Trader swapped with her, and Empress of Australia replaced the Princess of Tasmania on the Melbourne — Devonport trade. ANL were involved in the 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster in Hobart , Tasmania, as the owner/operator of the Lake Illawarra , the bulk carrier which collided with the ...
SS Lake Illawarra was a handysize bulk carrier of 7,274 tons in the service of the Australian National Line.This ship is known for causing the Tasman Bridge disaster when she collided with pylon 19 of Hobart's giant high concrete arch style Tasman Bridge on the evening of 5 January 1975 at 9.27 pm, [1] [2] [3] resulting in the deaths of 12 people.
On bulk carriers, crews are involved in operation, management, and maintenance of the vessel, taking care of safety, navigation, maintenance, and cargo care, in accordance with international maritime legislation. Crews can range in size from three people on the smallest ships to over 30 on the largest.
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.
In 1947, Australia's largest domestically built vessel, the bulk carrier Iron Yampi, was launched. It was built for BHP Shipping to transport iron ore from Yampi Sound in Western Australia. [ 3 ] In 1965, the honor was claimed again, when the Darling River was launched. [ 4 ]
Port Hedland is one of the largest iron ore loading ports in the world and the largest in Australia. In 2022, it had the largest bulk cargo throughput in Australia. With the neighbouring ports of Port Walcott and Dampier, Port Hedland is one of three major iron ore exporting ports in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.