bulk carrier
A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo — such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement — in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, econom ...
.
It was the first freighter to ship
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...
from the
Baffinland
The Mary River Mine is an open pit iron ore mine on Inuit Owned Land (IOL) operated by the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (BIMC), in the Mary River area of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic Archip ...
mines, out of Milne Inlet, on its way to Nordenham, Germany, on August 8, 2015.
'' CBC North'' reported it carried 53,624 tonnes of ore.
The vessel was built in 2011, and is registered in the
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...
.
She is owned by MV Baffin Investments, and operated by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management.
She is equipped with four large electro-mechanical cranes.
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, url = http://splash247.com/first-panamax-carries-iron-ore-from-canadas-arctic-to-europe/
, title = First panamax carries iron ore from Canada's Arctic to Europe
, author = Holly Birkett
, publisher = Splash247
, date = 2015-08-31
, accessdate = 2015-12-10
, quote = On August 8, Fednav’s supramax bulker Federal Tiber (55,300 dwt, built 2013) left Milne port with the first shipment of Mary River iron ore, bound for Nordenham, Germany.
{{cite news
, url = https://exchange.dnv.com/Exchange/Main.aspx?EXTool=Vessel&VesselID=31650
, title = Vessel: Federal Tiber
, publisher =
Det Norske Veritas
DNV (formerly DNV GL) is an international accredited registrar and classification society headquartered in Høvik, Norway. The company currently has about 12,000 employees and 350 offices operating in more than 100 countries, and provides ser ...
, accessdate = 2015-08-17
{{cite news
, url = http://www.fednav.com/en/federal-tiber
, title = FEDERAL TIBER
, publisher =
Fednav
Fednav is a privately owned group of Canadian companies, divisions, and subsidiaries in the maritime transport industry.Fednav, 2007. ''Fednav Divisions''. Primarily involved in transporting over 30 million tonnes of bulk cargo and break bulk ...
, accessdate = 2015-08-17
{{cite news
, url = http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:713914/mmsi:538004747/imo:9644483/vessel:FEDERAL_TIBER
, title = Federal Tiber: bulk carrier
, publisher =
Marine Traffic
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) and hydraulic effluvial transport, or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used throu ...
, date = 2015-08-17
, accessdate = 2015-08-17
{{cite news
, url = http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674baffinland_ships_out_first_load_of_iron_ore_from_nunavut_mine/
, title = Baffinland ships first load of iron ore to Germany from Nunavut mine
, publisher =
Nunatsiaq Online
''Nunatsiaq News'' ( iu, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, italic=no) is a Canadian weekly newspaper in operation since 1973 based in Iqaluit, serving Nunavut and Nunavik, in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec. The paper is published every Frid ...
, date = 2015-08-10
, location =
Nunavut
Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...
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{{cite news
, url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/baffinland-s-mary-river-mine-ships-first-load-of-iron-ore-1.3186459
, title = Baffinland's Mary River mine ships first load of iron ore: Site has been subject of controversy due to request for year-round shipping
, publisher = CBC North
, date = 2015-08-11
, accessdate = 2015-08-17
, quote = The Federal Tiber bulk carrier leaves from the Milne port, carrying iron ore from Baffinland's Mary River project. The ore is the first shipment produced by the site, which has been the subject of controversy due to a request from Baffinland to ship ore through Baffin Bay 10 months of the year.
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