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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.
Capesize bulk carrier Cape Elise of 174,124 DWT at Inchgreen quay, Greenock, Scotland, for repairs in March 2014 after being struck by a massive wave. At 289 metres long, it was the largest ship to dock at Greenock in 20 years. [4] Ships in this class are bulk carriers, usually transporting coal, ore and other commodity
Post-deepening of the Suez Canal, a capesize bulk carrier approaches the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge. Bulk carriers are segregated into six major size categories: small, handysize, handymax, panamax, capesize, and very large. [23] Very large bulk and ore carriers fall into the capesize category but are often considered separately.
Bulk carriers. Operated by COSCO Bulk Shipping (Group) Co., Ltd. Capesize. Ship Built DWT Flag IMO Notes Dong Feng Ocean: 1986: 214,861
Pages in category "Bulk carriers" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
"Capesize" refers to bulk carriers too big to pass through the Suez Canal—and needing to travel the Cape route around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas—but recent dredging means many Capesize vessels can use the canal. Plans to deepen the draft to 21 metres (70 ft) could lead to a redefinition of the Suezmax specification, as happened ...
In 2019, Foremost received an "eco-friendly" post-Panamax bulk carrier built by Japanese Oshima Shipyards in Nagasaki Prefecture and financed by the First Commercial Bank of Taiwan. [ 18 ] In 2022, Foremost ordered two additional "eco-friendly" 185,000-dwt capesize bulk carriers from Japan's Namura Shipbuilding capable of carrying multiple bulk ...
Public Services and Procurement Canada Canada Victoria Shipyards [56] Esquimalt Graving Dock [57] 357 41 12 * Washington Marine Group Canada Vancouver: Vancouver Dry Dock [58] 220 45.8 8.8 * Washington Marine Group Canada Vancouver: Vancouver Shipyards [59] 131 33.5 * Hawaii Shipyards (BAE Systems) United States of America: Pearl Harbor Graving ...