SMM Edition: The challange of surveying a bulk carrier. Also in this issue: Hansaport: Handling bulk cargoes, Oskar Wehr: All the 'ladies' to DNV, and Dr. Peters: Largest fleet on German hands.
Also insideDate: 12 February 2008
Hansaport, Hamburg: Handling bulk cargoes
The office of Erhard Meller, Managing Director of Hansaport, provides a nice view of Hansaport and the vessels coming in to port to unload coal and ores.
Oskar Wehr’s Bulk Carriers:All the ‘ladies’ to DNV
Ida, Frieda, Frederike, Helene, Mimi and Therese, all with the ‘family’ name Selmer, are heavy ladies with a total combined tonnage of 320,270 dwt. The vessels are either just delivered or under construction in Japan. All the new bulk carriers are to DNV class. Oskar Wehr Reederei is a leading German shipowner currently trading a total of 20 vessels – 18 container vessels, and two bulk carriers, with an additional four bulk carriers to be delivered shortly.
Dr. Peters and ship DS fonds: Largest fleet in German hands
MV Maria Salamon is the sixth bulk carrier in the Dr. Peters Group. The ship was built in 2001 by the Japanese Imabari yard and put into service under the name Eastern Glory for shipowner Far Eastern Silo.
Dry bulk consolidation after summer comeback
The dry bulk market experienced a very strong comeback around the middle of the year.