General Cargo Ships

Suomigracht Comes to Baltimore March 10, 2021

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This 185x25m (607x82ft) Netherlands flagged general cargo ship was built in 2004 in Poland by Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa SP Z OO shipyard according to BalticShipping.com and is owned by Amsterdam based spliethoff.

7637-1 General Cargo Suomigracht and pilot boat Maryland

She is one of 3 of spliethoff’s S2L-Type ships which are the largest ships spliethoff has. Check out this data sheet on her.

7685-1 General Cargo Suomigracht

Wartsila has this interesting article with details on the ship as well.

7700-1 General Cargo Suomigracht

Check out these two time lapse videos taken from the bridge of this ship, one from 2015 of her in Port of Palm Beach, Florida and one from 2016 of her in Houston Ship Channel, Texas.

7712-1 General Cargo Suomigracht

In my 6 minute 4K video below she can be seen heading inbound on the Patapsco River as the pilot boat Maryland delivers a pilot. She then makes an uneventful passage into Baltimore, Maryland.

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