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Lapis - IMO 9145786

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Photographer:
fabianv [ View profile ]
Captured:
Mar 29, 2021
Title:
Lapis
Photo Category:
Wood Chip Carriers
Added:
Apr 4, 2021
Views:
483
Image Resolution:
1,200 x 800

Description:

Kiel Canal, eastbound.

Vessel
particulars

Current name:
LAPIS

Former name(s):

 -  Global Arrow (Until 2014 Apr)

Current flag:
Panama
Vessel Type:
Bulk Carrier
Gross tonnage:
20,395 tons
Summer DWT:
24,804 tons
Length:
153 m
Beam:
26 m
Draught:
9.4 m

AIS Position
of this ship

Last known position:
40°51’31.39” N, 29°12’20.62” E
Status:
Speed, course (heading):
0.1kts, 110.8° (170°)
Destination:
 - Location:
Chornomorsk
 - Arrival:
25th Apr 2024 / 03:00:41 UTC
Last update:
6 minutes ago
Source:
AIS (ShipXplorer)

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Wood Chip Carriers - 25 photos

Photographers
of this ship

(16)

Pieter

1 photos

Eddie Walker

1 photos

Pedro Amaral

2 photos

Geir Vinnes

2 photos

Phil Gilston

1 photos

mike rhodes

1 photos

David Pratt

2 photos

b47b56

1 photos

Gena Anfimov

2 photos

fabianv

2 photos

TYZEF29

1 photos

hansfair

1 photos

jdap

2 photos

jeffess

1 photos

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person
She has the hull form of a woodchip carrier - high freeboard and a poop deck lower than the upper deck - but is lacking the hoppers and conveyor belt. Maybe this is a new trend in wood chip ship design.
This one doesn't even have the cranes
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3115975

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person
Woodchip carriers have a much higher ratio of cubic storage capacity to deadweight compared to standard bulkers, due to the low density of the cargo. This necessitates much larger hold volumes, resulting in deeper hull sides (higher freeboard), than conventional bulkers in the same deadweight class.
Woodchip carriers are usually outfitted with hoppers in between holds. When discharging, the chips are dumped into these hoppers and onto a conveyor belt system.
Subject vessel evidently missing discharging gear typically associated with a woodchip carrier (oversized buckets as well as hopper gear).

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person
However, there is a photo of her loading logs at Tauranga http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=851589
Maybe she is a 'forest products' carrier?

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person
Tomi, I would respectfully beg to differ.
Despite lacking some of the deck fittings you would expect to see on a wood chip ship everything else says she is, especially her very high freeboard.

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person
This is a standard bulk carrier ship, not a wood chip ship.

Regards

Tomi.

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