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Photographer:
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Captured:
Aug 27, 2022
Location:
Quebec, Canada
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Aug 27, 2022
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4,000 x 2,666

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Destination: Montreal, Canada
From: Halifax, Canada

https://shipfax.blogspot.com/2022/08/anchors-aweigh.html

The 16,341 gt, 13,740 dwt ship was built way back in 1984 by Hitachi, Innoshima and is the "grande dame" of 25 ship BigLift fleet. A versatile vessel capable of carrying a variety of large and heavy cargoes, its cranes can work in combination to lift 1400 tonnes. It also has a 2500 tonne capacity stern ramp for RoRo cargoes. Hatches, tween decks and tank tops are rated for heavy loads of up to 15 tonnes per square meter.
Most unusual on this trip however is a deck load cargo of miscellaneous containers, most of which are leased boxes (There is no telling what is in the ship's holds). The ship has a capacity of 1,050 TEU. By my count it had about 191 forty foot containers on deck - the equivalent of 382 TEU.

Many of those containers are from OVL (O.V.Lahtinen), the Helsinki-based container leasing company, owner of more than 2,000 containers, mostly dedicated to Europe / Asia trades. The ship's last port was Kotka, Finland, so perhaps it loaded the sea-cans there. [OVL operates a "one way, one fee" service, where users do not have to pay to transport empties.]

BigLift is part of the Spliethoff Group (of 50 ships) which operates a twice monthly container service (seasonally) to the Great Lakes, carrying shipper's containers, so this voyage may be tied into that service. In any event, once the ship received Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) clearance, it sailed for Montreal.

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Current name:
HAPPY BUCCANEER
Current flag:
Netherlands
Home port:
Amsterdam
Vessel Type:
General Cargo
Gross tonnage:
16,341 tons
Summer DWT:
13,740 tons
Length:
146 m
Beam:
31 m
Draught:
7.2 m

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of this ship

Last known position:
34°39’3.55” N, 128°46’7.02” E
Status:
Speed, course (heading):
10.3kts, 236.3° (234°)
Destination:
 - Location:
Yeosu Anchorage
 - Arrival:
29th Mar 2024 / 07:00:56 UTC
Last update:
about 7 hours ago
Source:
AIS (ShipXplorer)

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