List of bulk carriers explained

This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo. For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.

Bulk carriers

Name	Image	Type	Country	Owner	Year built	Tonnage	Notes	Status
Adriatica				Interglobal Shipping 3001	1981		Formerly Marvel K	Sank in the Mediterranean on 12 December 2010^[1]
Antenor				Alfred Holt and Company	1972	16,128		Scrapped in Chittagong in 2001^[2]
Apollo Sea				CP Ships	1973	69,904	Caused a major oil spill^[3]	Sank off Cape Town in June 1994
Banglar Samriddhi		LR-class		Bangladesh Shipping Corporation	2018	25,818	Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine^[4]	Abandoned in Ukraine^[5]
Birgo				Sameiet Birgo	1967	880		Scuttled for insurance fraud in July 1978^[6]
Danica White				Partrederiet Invest Vi	1985	997	Hijacked by Somali pirates in June 2007^[7]
Delight		Grain carrier		Starry Shine International	1985		Hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2008^[8]	Scrapped
Federal Rideau				Fednav	2000	20,659		In operation
Kuzma Minin				Murmansk Shipping Company	1980			Scrapped 3 June 2020
Matros Pozynich				Wakoh Panama SA	2010	17,025	Previously Shunwa, Tramontana	In operation
Mount Norefjell		Newcastlemax		Himalaya Shipping	2022	210,000		In operation
Nunavik				Fednav	2012	22,622		In operation
				Navarone SA	2009	30,930		In operation
Umiak I				Fednav	2006	22,462		In operation
U-Sea Saskatchewan				Seavance Shipping	2010	34,795		In operation
Yasa Jupiter				Mirror Ventures S.A.	2019	34,508	Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine^[9]	In operation
Zhibek Zholy				KTZ Express JSC	2016	5,686		In operation

Panamax

Panamax

Name	Image	Type	Country	Owner	Year built	Tonnage	Notes	Status
CSL Tecumseh		Trillium-class		Canada Steamship Lines	2012	43,691		In operation
Namura Queen				Nissen Kaiun	2020	47,146	Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine^[10]	In operation
U-Sea Colonsay				Seavance Shipping	2011	34,778		In operation

Lake freighters

Lake freighters

Name	Image	Country	Owner	Year built	Tonnage	Notes	Status
Algogulf			Algoma Central	1961	17,592	Formerly J.N. McWatters, Scott Misener	Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2002
Algorail			Algoma Central	1967	16,157		Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2018
Algolake			Algoma Central	1977	22,851		Sold for scrapping 2018
Algosoo			Algoma Central	1975	21,716		Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2016
Algosteel			Algoma Central	1966	17,955	Formerly A.S. Glossbrenner, Algogulf	Scrapped in Turkey in 2018
Algoma Buffalo			Algoma Central	1978	11,619	Formerly Buffalo	In operation
Algoma Compass			Algoma Central	1973	18,639	Formerly Roger M.Kyes, Adam E. Cornelius	In operation
Algoma Equinox			Algoma Central	2012	23,895		In operation
Algoma Mariner			Algoma Central	2011	24,535		In operation
Algoma Progress			Algoma Central	1968	21,436	Formerly Canadian Progress	Broken up 2014
Arthur M. Anderson			The Great lakes Fleet	1952	26,525		In operation
American Century			American Steamship Company	1981	35,923	Formerly Columbia Star	In operation
American Courage			Grand River Navigation	1978	11,688	Formerly Fred R. White Jr	In operation
American Integrity			American Steamship Company	1978	35,652	Formerly Lewis Wilson Foy, Oglebay Norton	In operation
American Mariner			Grand River Navigation	1979	15,396		In operation
Argus			Interlake Steamship Company	1905	4,707	Formerly Lewis Woodruff	Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Appomattox			Boston Coal Dock & Wharf Company	1896	2,643		Ran aground and sank on November 2, 1905
Augustus B. Wolvin			Labrador Steamship Company	1904	6,585		Scrapped in Santander, Spain in 1967
Baie Comeu			Canadian Steamship Line	2013	24,430		In operation
Baie St Paul			Canadian Steamship Line	2012	24,430		In operation
Burns Harbor			American Steamship Company	1980	35,652		In operation
Carl D. Bradley			U.S. Steel	1927	10,028		Sank in a storm on November 18, 1958
Cedarville			U.S. Steel	1927	8,575	Formerly A.F. Harvey	Sank after a collision on May 7, 1965
Charles S. Price			Interlake Steamship Company	1910	6,322		Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Chester A. Congdon			Continental Steamship Company	1907	6,530	Formerly Salt Lake City	Ran aground and sank November 5, 1918
CSL Tadoussac			Canadian Steamship Line	1969	20,634		In operation
D. R. Hanna			Pioneer Steamship Company	1906	7,023		Rammed by the steamer Quincy A. Shaw on May 16, 1919.
Daniel J. Morrell			Bethlehem Transportation Company	1906	7,239		Sank in a storm on November 29, 1966
D.G. Kerr			Provident Steamship Company	1903			Sank on way to be scrapped in 1960^[11]
Edward L. Ryerson			Inland Steamship management	1960	12,170		Laid up in Superior Wisconsin since 2009
Edmund Fitzgerald			Columbia Transportation Division	1958	13,632		Sank on November 10, 1975
Edwin H. Gott			The Great Lakes Fleet	1979	35,592		In operation
Emperor			Canada Steamship Lines	1911	7,031		Ran aground and sank at Isle Royale on June 4, 1947.
Henry B. Smith			Acme Transit Company	1906	6,631		Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Henry Steinbrenner			Kinsman Transit Co.	1901			Sank on May 11, 1953.
Hesper			Ship Owners Dry Dock Company	1890	1,540		Sank on May 4, 1905
H Lee. White			Grand River Navigation	1974	14,449		In operation
Hydrus			Interlake Steamship Company	1903	4,713	Formerly R.E. Schuck	Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Indiana Harbor			American Steamship Company	1979	35,923		In operation
Isaac M. Scott			Virginia Steamship Co.	1909	6,372		Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
James Carruthers			St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam and Navigation Company	1913	7,862		Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
James R. Barker			Interlake Steamship Company	1976	34,728		In operation
John A. McGeen			Hutchinson & Company	1908	5,100		Sank in Great Lakes storm of 1913
John J. Boland			Grand River Navigation	1973	13,862	Formerly Charles E. Wilson	In operation
Kaye E. Barker			Interlake Steamship Company	1952	11,726	Formerly Edward B Greene,Benson Ford (II)	In operation
Lafayette			Pittsburgh Steamship Company	1900	5,113		Sank in the Mataafa Storm.
Leafield			Strand Stepway Company	1892	1,452		Sank in the Great Lakes storm of 1913
Lee A. Tregurtha			Interlake Steamship Company	1942	14,671	Formerly USS Chiwawa, Walter A. Sterling, William Clay Ford. originally built as a US Navy tanker	In operation
Louisiana				1887			Ran aground and burned in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
Mesabi Miner			Interlake Steamship Company	1977	34,729		In operation
			Lower Lakes Towing	1943	15,336	Formerly Hill Annex, George A. Sloan	Scrapped at Sault Ste Marie in 2021
Michipicoten			Lower Lakes Towing	1952	15,336	Formerly Elton Hoyt II	In operation
Parkdale			Redwood Enterprises Ltd	1916		Formerly Sir Trevor Dawson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Gene C. Hutchinson	Scrapped in Cartagena, Spain in 1980
Paul R. Tregurtha			Interlake Steamship Company	1981	36,360	Formerly Willam J. Delancey largest lake freighter ever built	In operation
R. J. Hackett			Vulcan Transportation Company	1869	1,129	First lake freighter	Burned and sank on November 12, 1905
Radcliffe R. Latimer			Algoma Central	1978	22,465	Formerly Algobay, Atlantic Trader	In operation
Regina			Canadian Steamship Lines	1907	1,956		Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Roger Blough			The Great Lakes fleet	1972	22,041		Laid up in sturgeon Bay Wisconsin after a fire in 2021
Saginaw			Lower Lakes Towing	1953	12,557	Formerly John J. Boland	In operation
Sam Laud			Grand River Navigation	1973	11,619		In operation
Scotiadoc			Paterson Steamships, Ltd	1904	4,432	Formerly Martin Mullen	Sank after being rammed by the freighter Burlington in a storm on June 20, 1953.
Tim S. Dool			Algoma Central	1967	18,845	Formerly Senneville, Algoville	In operation
			Canadian Steamship Line	2013	24,300		In operation
Walter J. McCarthy Jr			American Steamship Company	1977	35,923		In operation
Wexford			Western Steamship Company	1888	2,077		Sank in the Great Lakes storm of 1913
William B. Davock			Vulcan Steamship Company	1907	4,468		Foundered on Lake Michigan on November 11, 1940
William C. Moreland			Interstate Steamship Company	1910	7,514	The stern of the Moreland was salvaged and reused as the stern of the Sir Trevor Dawson.	Ran aground and sank on Sawtooth Reef October 18, 1910
Whitefish bay			Canadian Steamship Line	2012	24,300		In operation

Ore-bulk-oil carriers

Ore-bulk-oil carriers (OBO)

Name	Image	Type	Country	Owner	Year built	Tonnage	Notes	Status
Arctic				Fednav	1978	19,420	Has a special bow for ice breaking	Scrapped at Aliaga in April 2021
Berge Istra				Sig.ö Bergesen d.y.	1972			Disappeared in the Pacific on 30 December 1975^[12]
Berge Vanga				Sig.ö Bergesen d.y.	1974	115,426		Disappeared in the South Atlantic on 29 October 1979
Derbyshire		Bridge-class		Bibby Line	1976	91,655	Previously Liverpool Bridge	Lost with all hands on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid^[13]
Kowloon Bridge		Bridge-class		Helinger	1972	89,438	Previously English Bridge	Wrecked off Ireland in December 1986^[14]

Very large ore carriers

Very large ore carriers (VLOC)

Name	Image	Type	Country	Owner	Year built	Tonnage	Notes	Status
Berge Fjord				BW Fleet Management	1985	159,534	Previously Docefjord	Scrapped 18 February 2017
Berge Stahl		Valemax		Berge Bulk	1986	175,720	Largest bulk carrier in the world until 2011	Scrapped at Gadani in July 2020
Ore Brasil		Valemax		Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd.	2011	198,980	Previously Vale Brasil	In operation
Stellar Daisy				VP-14 Shipping Inc	1993	148,431	Largest ship to be lost at sea^[15]	Sank in the South Atlantic on 31 March 2017
Vale Rio de Janeiro		Valemax		Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd.	2011	198,980		In operation

Strategic sealift bulk carriers

See main article: List of Military Sealift Command ships. Strategic sealift ships are cargo ships operated by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command. Those ships which are dry cargo/ammunition ships (T-AKE and T-AK) and considered bulk carriers are listed here.

Name	Hull number	Image	Class	Year built	Tonnage	Notes	Status
USNS Lewis and Clark	T-AKE-1		Lewis and Clark	2005	41,000		In operation
USNS Sacagawea	T-AKE-2		Lewis and Clark	2006	40,298		In operation
USNS Alan Shepard	T-AKE-3		Lewis and Clark	2006	40,298		In operation
USNS Richard E. Byrd	T-AKE-4		Lewis and Clark	2007	40,298		In operation
USNS Robert E. Peary	T-AKE-5		Lewis and Clark	2007	40,298		In operation
USNS Amelia Earhart	T-AKE-6		Lewis and Clark	2008	40,298		In operation
USNS Carl Brashear	T-AKE-7		Lewis and Clark	2008	40,298		In operation
USNS Wally Schirra	T-AKE-8		Lewis and Clark	2009	40,298		In operation
USNS Matthew Perry	T-AKE-9		Lewis and Clark	2009	40,298		In operation
USNS Charles Drew	T-AKE-10		Lewis and Clark	2010	40,298		In operation
USNS Washington Chambers	T-AKE-11		Lewis and Clark	2010	40,298		In operation
USNS William McLean	T-AKE-12		Lewis and Clark	2011	40,298		In operation
USNS Medgar Evers	T-AKE-13		Lewis and Clark	2011	40,298		In operation
USNS Cesar Chavez	T-AKE-14		Lewis and Clark	2012	40,298		In operation

See also

• Lists of ships

Notes and References

1. Web site: 12 December 2010 . Moldovan Ship Sinks In Storm, Ukrainian Crew Safe . 4 December 2018 . Radio Free Europe.
2. Web site: 2012 . ANTENOR – IMO 7224332 . 23 August 2012 . shipspotting.com.
3. Web site: Underhill . L. G. . 2000-07-11 . Five years of monitoring African Penguins after the Apollo Sea oil spill: a success story made possible by ringing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150512095931/http://penguins.adu.org.za/sp003_01.php . 2015-05-12 . 2014-08-17 . Penguin Watch.
4. News: Paul . Ruma . Saul . Jonathan . 18 March 2022 . Bangladesh seeks $22.4 mln after missile hits ship in Ukraine . Reuters . 18 March 2022.
5. Web site: Report . Star Digital . 2022-03-04 . Bangladesh abandons Banglar Samriddhi after crew evacuated . 2022-07-07 . The Daily Star . en.
6. Book: Bakkevig, Erik . Skipsforlis gjennom tidene – fra Skudeneshavn til Bømlahuk . 2003 . 82-303-0098-4.
7. News: 16 November 2007 . DANICA WHITE Pirate attack and hijacking on 1 June 2007 . . dead . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215431/http://www.dma.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/OKE/List-marine-accident-reports-per-year/danicawhiteoversat.pdf . 23 September 2015.
8. News: 18 November 2008 . Pirates hijack Hong Kong cargo ship . telegraph.co.uk . 2008-11-19.
9. Web site: 2022-02-25 . Carriers urged to avoid the Black Sea as Turkish bulker gets hit off Odessa . 2022-04-19 . Splash247.
10. News: Payne . Julia . 25 February 2022 . Cargo ship Namura Queen hit by rocket off Ukraine – local agent . . live . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220225160458/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cargo-ship-namura-queen-hit-by-rocket-off-ukraine-local-agent-2022-02-25/ . 25 February 2022.
11. Web site: Sterling . Berry . Kerr, D.G. 1 . Great Lakes vessel history . live . 2020-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001205330/https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/k/kerr-d-g-1 . 2022-10-01 .
12. News: Meland . Astrid . 3 January 2006 . Skipet som forsvant . no . The ship that disappeared . . 1 June 2014.
13. Web site: List of websites and links of the enquiries of Derbyshire sinking . 27 July 2017 . www.c4tx.org.
14. Web site: Bibby Line . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204035055/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bibby.html . 4 February 2012 . 17 February 2012 . The Ships List . dmy-all.
15. Web site: 2018 . Safety and Shipping Review 2018 . Allianz.