Thanks Emmanuel, taken from the pilot helicopter.

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tropic

@ tropic,, I meant more the weather conditions during loading,, not afterwards.
I had only 3 times pilots by heli in my carrier,, but admired those heli-pilots doing that job. Sur not a easy task !!!!

How was these group of photos taken, by the now popular drone camera or from a helicopter? Thanks for sharing.Regards.

All are good points Capt. In this case, we had about 35kn of relative wind (green 30) over the deck and spray over hatch 1. Not a pleasant day for our sort of work. . . . .

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tropic

Thanks Capt, wind maybe another factor..only compare with http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2342260

If one looks closer, the wind must have come from the port-fwd-quarter, hatch no 1 is almost clean and all other hatches are dirty.

It is not necessarily stb side alongside. The small particles in coal cargoes just get blown to the off-wind side of the vessel. For that metter she could have been also with port side alongside. We experience that on bulk carriers all the time. One side dirty and the other relative not. Worst is when one discharges over a longer time period and the wind changes over time, or offland-onland winds, often when islands or in ports where mountains are in the back side.(Sea-breeze - Land breeze)

Thanks Brian, and husni is quite correct jadran, stb side alongside, so spilled cargo ends up on the open hatch cover on that side.

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tropic

Stb side alongside maybe..half part with cargoes rest..

Half ship is clean & half ship is "black".....

Great photo, thanks for sharing

Thanks for the info PHa.

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tropic

Coal for Luleå? Yes, in Luleå the SSAB AB is situated, earlier Svenskt Stål AB (Swedish Steel), SSAB is a Swedish-Finnish company, formed in 1978 and specialised in processing raw material to steel.
Revenue SEK 39.88 billion (2010)
Operating income SEK 1.08 billion (2010)
Profit SEK 552 million (2010)
Total assets SEK 61.05 billion (end 2010)
Total equity SEK 30.08 billion (end 2010)
Number of employees 8,480 (average, 2010).
At SSAB Luleå, Sweden, SMS group has successfully commissioned the modernized converter shop and the pertaining environmental technology. SSAB fully achieved its own target of increasing the yield of both converters and satisfying the high environmental standards demanded, the company reports in 2015.
Regards Peter

Thanks Dennis and Craig, and thanks for the info too. Long trip ahead, starting at least with an efficient pilotage. . . . (Craig was the outbound port pilot and we were about to pick him up when the pic was taken)

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tropic

Nice pic tropic, southabout to Sweden with a bunker stop at Capetown or Las Palmas in Canary Islands, eco speed at charterers request, looking at about a 64 day voyage. At least it will be summer in Sweden when they get there. Cargo is 82500t

Nice shot
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Dennis

Roger Sir..keep sharinng as this style very interesting

Thank you husni, back to work for me !!

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tropic

Finally come again shot by cooper, thanks sir