Venezuelan top off and lightering specialist Cargoport Logistics CA is to convert the 135,160 dwt bulker NOBEL SNAPPER to a floating transfer station (FTS) for iron ore exports at the Orinoco River, where draught restrictions restrict access to key ports on the river.
The bulker, to be converted at a Shanghai shipyard, will be re-named BOCA GRANDE II when it re-enters service at the end of this year. It will be equipped with a Nordströms 6000 t/h self-discharging system (2500 m3/h) to load iron ore to bulkers alongside, either directly from the shuttle ship or from the buffer holds. This will be the largest vessel to be equipped with a Nordströms self-unloading bottom discharging system....
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