Oh and btw she was a single hull tanker once, built for NYK in 1993. Easy to convert to ore carriers, which was done with quite a lot of obsolete single hull VLCC around 2005-2008.

@Capt Ted: Maybe I did not make myself clear enough. I was referring to all types of bulk carrier – dry and liquid (ie tankers) and the type names they have been given by the industry. Usually these names are judged by the ships’ deadweight and dimensions, rather than by gross tonnage as mentioned by Mike Griffiths in his comment.
I am sure you must be aware – but maybe some members are not - that dedicated ore carriers are of different hold layout to conventional bulk carriers (ore-strengthened or not), with smaller hold volume and more void spaces, to cope with the higher load factors of ore cargoes while maintaining buoyancy.
VLOC (Very Large Ore Carrier) is not a term that I came across very much when I was involved with the shipping industry (which, I must admit, was some time ago) but VLCC and ULCC were, in relation to tankers and VLBC for bulk carriers of 200,000 dwt plus.

@Bob S,, what you refer to is handy-size, panamax,, cape-size and such names,, but those are all still bulk carriers and not classes as in ships papers and registers
Ore carriers are usually extra strengenthed, that for example they can carry ore in some of the hatches only and some left empty for example. like holds 2-4-6-8 full by tonnage for example when carrying ore and all holds used when carrying coal.

@ husni, this with one side roll covers only is nothing else then not to build same things on the other as it is not needed. These vessels have often rather small hold openings and therefore don,t need openings roll to both sides, she might carry only ore, but that still leaves her still as a bulk carrier

In my opinion she is ore carrier, acdg to hatch type one side rolling..

Bulk carrier types are named according to their deadweight and dimensions, rather than their gross tonnage.

According to Equasis she is a Ore carrier

...great photo/upload.
But at under 150k grt is she really a VLOC?

Thanks Cavit for your nice words. I have seen the MAXI BRAZIL some years ago passing Istanbul and it was an impressive scenery.
Best regards :-)

Excellent photo of this old giant, really nice to see a recent picture of her with the new name & paint. She was renamed on Jan/Feb 2013 and with a LOA of 322 meters, she remains the second largest bulk carrier in the history of Black Sea. (The first is Maxi Brazil)

Thanks for posting!

Regards,
Cavit