General Cargo Ships

Sampogracht Departs Baltimore August 9, 2020

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This 185x25m (607x82ft) Netherlands flagged general cargo ship was built in 2005 in Poland by Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa SP Z OO shipyard according to BalticShipping.com and is owned by Amsterdam based spliethoff.

5563-1 Sampogracht

She is one of their S-Type ships and you can check out a data sheet on her.

5567-1 Sampogracht

This Shipfax blog posting from March of 2019 has photos of this ship and also goes into detail about the scrubber used by spliethoff on this type of ship. This June 2019 article by OnlineAthens Athens Banner-Herald shows her carrying rubber tire gantry cranes to the Port of Savannah.

5576-1 Sampogracht

This 2012 video shows her before she was fitted with a scrubber. This 2015 video shows her departing Holmestrand, Norway looking empty. Check out this great video from 2017 which shows her being loaded. It appears to be paper.

5591-1 Sampogracht

In my 3 minute video below she can be seen departing Baltimore, Maryland on the Patapsco river with a load of rubber tired gantry cranes for the Port of Wilmington that were made by Konecranes. Towards the end of the video she is seen passing the inbound container ship MSC Coruna. The scrubber system mentioned above becomes apparent here.

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