Pictures of the arrival here:
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About this Visit:
First time visitor to the Twin Ports! The Stevie arrived Duluth May 19, 2024, coming in at a clip of 7.3 Kts! Arriving with Wind Turbine Blades, heading to Port Terminal Dock 8 to discharge them. They pulled into Port Terminal at 20:59 and began their discharging. They finished their business at Port Terminal May 27 and departed the dock at 19:03. At 18:30 they pulled out of the Duluth Canal at 7.6 kts heading out light with no cargo. Next stop is Thunder Bay Ontario for their next cargo.
Info from Dship Carriers:
dship Carriers expands its fleet
dship Carriers is proud to announce that we have expanded our fleet by one further vessel. MV Stevie has a deadweight (DWAT) of 12,652 metric tons and two cranes with a combined lifting capacity of up to 300 metric tons. It will be serving dship’s clients in all major industry segments-such as oil and gas, floating cargo, and renewable energy-worldwide.
In the past year, dship has added several modern vessels, making it one of the fastest but strategically growing shipping companies in the market.
dship’s sustainable growth is the result of a young, experienced and excellently trained team of highly motivated shipping personnel developing sophisticated solutions for even the most demanding client requirements.
General information
Flag/home port Liberia
Type multi purpose dry cargo ship
strengthened for heavy cargo
equipped for the carriage of containers
IMO Fitted for all classes
Classification
GL+100 A5 E3 G IW DBC SOLAS-II-2,
REG.19 G IW, +MC E3 AUT
Tonnage
DWAT 12,652 MT
GT/NT 9,611/4,260
Capacity (bale space)
Cubic meters 15,952 m³
Cubic feet 563,340 cbft
Dimensions
LOA 138.07 m
LPP 130.00 m
Beam 21.00 m
Depth 11.00 m
Draft 8.00 m
Engine
Main engine MAK 6M43,
MCR: 5,400 kW at 500 rpm
Aux. engine 3x 395kW/230 Volt at 50 Hz
Diesel generator 395 kW
Emerg. generator 99 kW
Shaft generator 700 kW
Bow thruster 500 kW
Tank capacity
Fuel IFO 871 m³
Fuel MDO 260 m³
Freshwater 128 m³
Ballast 5,004 m³
Hatches/holds
Hold 1 18.75 x 15.02 m aft to 10.06 m fwd
TD position (5.40 m)
2 hydraulic folding covers opening fwd
Hold 2 42.00 x 17.50 m
TD positions (3.25/6.00/7.40 m)
2 hydraulic folding covers opening fwd
4 hydraulic folding covers opening aft
(splittable hatchcovers)
Hold 3 25.50 x 17.50 m
TD position (5.59 m)
4 hydraulic multifolding covers opening aft
Gear
Crane type
2 NMF cranes of 150 MT SWL each, located
port side, combinable to 300 MT SWL
Outreach SWL
150 MT/16 m; 120 MT/19 m;
95 MT/24 m; 70 MT/33 m
Permissible loads
Tanktop 16 t/m²
Tweendeck hold 4 t/m²
Hatchcovers 1.75 t/m²
Containers
Total 665 TEU
On deck 331 TEU
Under deck 334 TEU
Basis 14 MT 334 TEU
Remarks
Great Lakes fitted, AMSA fitted,
all cargo holds CO2 fitted;
Hold 1: Sprinkler system
Hold 2 and 3: 12 air changes per hour