24,997 grt, 38,635 dwt
Operated in the Gearbulk pool by A/S J Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen, Norway (one of the original four partners in Gearbulk with Kristian Gerhard Jebsen, also of Norway (the founder), Buries Markes Ltd of London and SA Louis Dreyfus & Cie, France
Built 1975 by Nipponkai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Toyama, Japan. Yard no. 175
Main engine: seven-cylinder, two-stroke Mitsui-B&W 7K74EF of 13,100 bhp at 124 rpm. Speed: 15 knots
1985-TRINTA (Portuguese flag); 1991-HERON ARROW (Bahamas flag); 2001-HERON
2012-to breakers at Alang, India 18/3
Photographed outbound from Bevan’s Jetty, Northfleet – probably for the USA - with cement clinker from the now-demolished APCM Blue Circle Northfleet cement works (which was the biggest in the world).