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RIO DE JANEIRO - IMO 5295789
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Photographer:Mike Griffiths [ View profile ]
Title:Rio De Janeiro
Location:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1950-1959 (over 3000gt)
Added:Oct 4, 2012
Views:2,352
Image Resolution:1,500 x 1,025
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Swedish flag
Axel Axelson Johnson, Stockholm (Johnson Line)
New Waterway/Rozenburg (1970s late)
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Current name:RIO DE JANEIRO
Vessel Type:General Cargo
Gross tonnage:10,347 tons
Summer DWT:12,193 tons
Photos:7 photos by 5 photographers
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General cargo ships built 1950-1959 (Over 3000gt) - 7 photos
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as far as I know there were total 3 derricks to handle the container.
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/data/510/medium/Bild_i_OLE-klipphh.jpg
The words of a former crew member:
...........she had been lengthened and a huge heavy lift crane has been installed on her, for to handle containers.
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- "Rio de Janeiro" 1957
- "Buenos Aires" 1957
- "Montevideo" 1957
- "Santos" 1958
- "Rosario" 1960
- "Brasilia" 1961
- "Bahia Blanca" 1963
Extremely interesting vessels with their then innovative crane concept. Those vessels get this complicated boom post when they have been lengthened around 1968/69.
Brgds,
Stefan
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