Sluisgracht Comes to Baltimore September 22, 2019

This 172x25m (564.3×82.02ft) general cargo ship was built in was built in 2001 by Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa SP Z OO in Szczecin, Poland (bankrupt as of 2011). She is owned by spliethoff and is one of their S-Type ships. They have provided a handy datasheet on her which can be viewed here. I last saw this ship come to town March 19, 2019.

Spliethoff’s YouTube channel has some interesting videos about their ships. This video shows how their elevators work on their S class ships to load and unload cargo. This video shows how their S class ships can handle bulk cargo.

In my video below she can be seen arriving onto the Patapsco River following the tugboat Island Lookout which is pushing a barge. The pilot boat Baltimore arrives to deliver a pilot as the haze begins to burn off. As she nears a better look is afforded of the three boats she is carrying among the blue spliethoff containers.

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