Genco Aquitaine Comes to Baltimore August 9, 2020
This 189×32 (620x105ft) Marshall Island flagged bulk carrier was built in 2009 by Dayang Shipbuilding (now known as New Dayang Shipbuilding after the bankruptcy of a parent company according to this Seatrade Maritime News article) according to BalticShipping.com.
She is owned by New York based Genco Shipping & Trading which took delivery of her in August 18 of 2010 according to this PR Newswire article.
The same article indicates that at the time she was time chartered to Samsun Logix Corporation (now SM Korea Shipping) for $20,000 a day. Something to think about when you see ships anchored south of the Bay bridge for several days at a time.
Take a look at this 2014 video of this ship at the Port of Santos, Brazil – the person who took this video also has a blog. Also check out this 2016 video of her in Germany.
In the first scene of my 6 minute video below the pilot boat Maryland is seen heading out to greet her. The outbound roro ship Grande Torino passes on the Patapsco River. She makes her way past the camera before being picked up by tugs Timothy McAllister and Bridget McAllister.
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