List of bulk carriers

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

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Name Image Type Country Owner Year built Tonnage Notes Status
Adriatica  Moldova Interglobal Shipping 3001 1981 Formerly Marvel K Sank in the Mediterranean on 12 December 2010[1]
Antenor  United Kingdom Alfred Holt and Company 1972 16,128 Scrapped in Chittagong in 2001[2]
Apollo Sea  China CP Ships 1973 69,904 Caused a major oil spill[3] Sank off Cape Town in June 1994[3]
Banglar Samriddhi LR-class  Bangladesh Bangladesh Shipping Corporation 2018 25,818 Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[4] Abandoned in Ukraine[5]
Birgo  Norway Sameiet Birgo 1967 880 Scuttled for insurance fraud in July 1978[6]
Danica White  Denmark Partrederiet Invest Vi 1985 997 Hijacked by Somali pirates in June 2007[7]
Delight Grain carrier  Hong Kong Starry Shine International 1985 Hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2008[8] Scrapped
Federal Rideau  Marshall Islands Fednav 2000 20,659 In operation
Kuzma Minin  Russia Murmansk Shipping Company 1980 Scrapped 3 June 2020[9]
Matros Pozynich  Russia Wakoh Panama SA 2010 17,025 Previously Shunwa, Tramontana In operation
Mount Norefjell Newcastlemax  Liberia Himalaya Shipping 2022 210,000 In operation
Nunavik  Marshall Islands Fednav 2012 22,622 In operation
Tundra  Cyprus Navarone SA 2009 30,930 In operation
Umiak I  Canada Fednav 2006 22,462 In operation
U-Sea Saskatchewan  Canada Seavance Shipping 2010 34,795 In operation
Yasa Jupiter  Turkey Mirror Ventures S.A. 2019 34,508 Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[10] In operation
Zhibek Zholy  Russia KTZ Express JSC 2016 5,686 In operation

Panamax

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Panamax

Name Image Type Country Owner Year built Tonnage Notes Status
CSL Tecumseh Trillium-class  Bahamas Canada Steamship Lines 2012 43,691 In operation
Namura Queen  Japan Nissen Kaiun 2020 47,146 Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[11] In operation
U-Sea Colonsay  Canada Seavance Shipping 2011 34,778 In operation

Lake freighters

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Lake freighters

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

Ore-bulk-oil carriers

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Ore-bulk-oil carriers (OBO)

Name Image Type Country Owner Year built Tonnage Notes Status
Arctic  Canada Fednav 1978 19,420 Has a special bow for ice breaking Scrapped at Aliaga in April 2021
Berge Istra  Liberia Sig.ö Bergesen d.y. 1972 Disappeared in the Pacific on 30 December 1975[14]
Berge Vanga  Liberia Sig.ö Bergesen d.y. 1974 115,426 Disappeared in the South Atlantic on 29 October 1979[14]
Derbyshire Bridge-class  United Kingdom Bibby Line 1976 91,655 Previously Liverpool Bridge Lost with all hands on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid[15]
Kowloon Bridge Bridge-class  Hong Kong Helinger 1972 89,438 Previously English Bridge Wrecked off Ireland in December 1986[16]

Very large ore carriers

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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  Comoros Berge Bulk 1986 175,720 Largest bulk carrier in the world until 2011[17] Scrapped at Gadani in July 2020
Ore Brasil Valemax  Singapore Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd. 2011 198,980 Previously Vale Brasil In operation
Stellar Daisy  South Korea VP-14 Shipping Inc 1993 148,431 Largest ship to be lost at sea[18] Sank in the South Atlantic on 31 March 2017[18]
Vale Rio de Janeiro Valemax  Singapore Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd. 2011 198,980 In operation

Strategic sealift bulk carriers

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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

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References

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