Thanks for the comments.I changed the description from "Bulker"to "General Cargo Ship".My mistake,sorry. Patrick

Oh yeah,,nice catch Patrick

Well,,, stone/rock/timber carriers don,t exist as in its own class. This is as Phil says correct, however she is official a "general cargo ship" and not a bulker.

'Timber carrier' is not an accurate description either now nor historically. The ship was designed and built as a typical gantry-craned open-hatch bulk carrier and was at one time operated by Gearbulk. Although such ships often carry packaged timber, most are equally suitable for conventional bulk cargoes, break-bulk and unitised cargo.

Brgds
Phil

By the way it is not a Timber carrier anymore but a pure stone/rock carrier

They were a couple of Shipping companies who ordered these kind of ships, mainly for charter to Newsprint/Timber companies, Leif Hoegh/Westfal-Larsen/Star Shipping among them.

How many (big) ships have this kind of deck arrangement? I've seen a few posted on here over the last couple of years I wondered if it was a popular configuration.