A 4 Crane ship! The Tiberborg's First Duluth Arrival. Coming to load Wheat at the CHS Elevator!

Pictures of the departure   / duluthshipphotography  

About this visit!
Their first and most likely only visit to the Twin Ports this season! Arriving Duluth July 10, 2024 at 15:09 in the afternoon. Arriving light, coming into port to load Wheat at the CHS elevator in Superior. They pulled into CHS with tug assistance at 16:24 and began loading that wheat. 50.2 hours later, they finished loading and left the CHS dock, July 12 at 18:33 in the evening.
Shown in this video, they departed Duluth at 19:29, heading out loaded with wheat. They stopped at Montreal to fuel up and head across the pond.
Info on the ship from the Wagenborg site:
Tiberborg
Open Hatch, Fully box, Double skinned ice class 1A, Geared, Tween-decker convertible into Single-decker. Lakes/ Grain CO2 fitted.
General
Call sign P.C.U.C
IMO number 9546473
Built 2013
Shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group
Classification Lloyd's Register
Class notations +100A1 Strengthened for Heavy Cargoes any Hold may be Empty, Container Cargoes in all Holds, on Upper Deck and on all Hatch Covers, ShipRight ACS(B), *IWS, LI, +LMC, UMS, NAV 1.
Ice class Finnish /Swedish 1A
Port of registry Delfzijl
Flag Dutch

Main particulars
DWCC (summer) 19500 ton
Length over all 172.28 m
Breadth over all 21.49 m
Draughts 9.382
TPC SSW 34.2
Air draft (in Ballast) 35.85
Depth (moulded) 13.31
Distance WL-HC in ballast 10.5
GT 14695
NT 6695
Cargo capacities
Total cubic feet capacity 928414 ft3 grain/bale
Holds/hatches
2 Holds/ 2 Hatches, both types are: Fully open hatch - no understow. Fully boxed and double skinned. Fully square - exep t box structures due to vessel's outer shape. Vessel is equipped with MacGregor navire hydraulic steel pontoon hatches.

Hold #1
Dimensions 55.42 x 17.75 x 13.5
Luiken 55.42 x 17.75
Hold #2
Dimensions 58.68 x 17.75 x 13.5
Luiken 58.68 x 17.75
Electrical ventilaton
Air changes per hour basis empty holds: 12 x in hold 1, 8x in hold 2. Both holds fitted with dehumidifier system, consisting of 4 dehumidifier units.

Tween decks
The vessel is equipped with full tween-deck, consisting of loose tween-deck pontoons of each: Tweendeck sizes: No. 1 9,90m x 3,22m x 0,90m weight abt. 6 tons No. 2 + 3 12,57m x 6,48m x 0,90m weight abt. 25 tons No. 4 - 18 17,65m x 6,48m x 0,90m weight abt. 33 tons Tween-decks can be used as vertical bulkheads at every 20 ft interval. Strenghts uniform TEU / FEU Max perssure tanktop 20,00 mt/sqm xx / xx mt (OSHA) (Pending approval of container Securing Manu al) xx / xx mt (non OSHA) Max pressure tweendeck 4,00 mt/sqm -- / -- Max pressure weatherdeck 1,75 mt/sqm 50 / 60 mt

Tank capacities
HFO 1224 m3
MGO 218 m3
Water ballast capacity 6644 m3
Fresh water 281 m3
Speed/consumption
14,0 knots - 20 mts/day These figures are about and based on 7,60 m draught, clean bottom, even keel, deep and currentless waters, calm sea and max. windforce Beaufort 2 /Douglas 2 and maximum sea temperature 28/29 degrees Celsius, and shaft generator connected. Consumption in port 3,0 mts MGO Gear working/ idle 1,4 mts MGO For manoeuvring and navigation in port/narrow water and during slow steaming at sea vessel burns MGO.

Fuel oil specification
VLSFO 0,5% ISO 8217:2010. MGO DMA 0,1% ISO 8217:2010. Within: ECA Area t/c operation to be responsible for sulphur limit compliance.

Engines
Main engine Wartsila 6L46F , 7500 kW at 600 RPM
Reduction gear
Propeller Wärtsilä/ Lips, 4 blades, Ø 4800mm
Bow thruster 750 kW