Supercore
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The Supercore refrigerated ship was designed in the late 1960s by the Norwegian shipyard Bergens Mekaniske Verksted from Bergen for the Israeli fruit export company Maritime Fruit Carriers (MFC) from Haifa. The type ending " ... core " is derived from the Hebrew word for "cold".
details
The Supercore design was based on the smaller core basic type from the same shipyard and, with 16 units built by five different shipyards, is also one of the most successful designs in the relevant segment. The ships were among the largest of their kind at the time of construction.
The focus of the draft was on the fruit transport, mainly the citrus fruit and banana transport, for the latter the ships received the side banana doors and the large fans for air exchange in the Central American loading ports. In later years, the versatile ships were also employed in the transport of a large number of fruits as well as other refrigerated and frozen cargoes (fish, meat).
The supercores can be divided into three groups due to the different loading gear and a few other details.
- The eight "basic" super cores had conventional loading booms . Six of these ships had additional swing booms from the Swedish manufacturer Hallen at hatches 2 and 3. Only the two ships built for P&O, Wild Auk and Wild Avocet , did not have any additional boom trees.
- The six Supercore ships of the British shipping company Blue Star Line were designated by the British shipping company as A-Class (A-Class) due to the naming. They had cranes instead of the loading boom and a particularly large chimney. These ships were initially engaged in a five-year charter by Standard Fruit Corporation in the export of bananas from Costa Rica, Honduras and Colombia to the United States and Europe.
- The final two Geest Supercores. These were converted order options from the Blue Star Line. The ships had one hatch less and were given a mixed harness made of cranes and trees. Outwardly, they also differed from the rest of the type by the Geest-typical double chimneys.
Three ships of the type sailed at times under the German flag. As Morillo and Cherry of the Frigomaris reefer shipping company and the Brunsland of the shipping company Bruns from mid-1976, they formed the group of the largest German reefer ships at that time. A large number of the ships of the type were in charter with the Swedish Salén shipping company until the MFC collapsed in 1976 .
The ships
| Supercore ships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number | IMO number | Commissioning | Client | Renaming and whereabouts |
| Morillo | Bergens M / V / 649 | 7105031 | July 28, 1971 | Frigomaris reefer shipping company | scrapped in Alang from July 23, 2008 |
| Wild Auk | Bergens M / V / 651 | 7116949 | 1971 | Federal Steam Navigation | 1980 Olympian Reefer , 1989 Buenos Aires , 1995 Amazon Reefer , scrapped in 1999 |
| Wild avocet | Bergens M / V / 653 | 7208510 | 1972 | Federal Steam Navigation | 1980 Delphic Reefer , 1991 Aegean Reefer , 1995 Alpina I , 1999 Lima , 1999 scrapped |
| Cherry | Nylands Verksted / 650 | 7110062 | November 16, 1971 | Frigomaris reefer shipping company | 1984 Cayman , 1987 RP Cayman , 1996 Cherry , sold for demolition in August 2009 |
| orange | Nylands Verksted / 652 | 7129269 | 1972 | Chichester Shipping Lines, London | 1976 Carmania , 1987 Perseus , scrapped in Alang from June 13, 1999 |
| Maranga | Nylands Verksted / 654 | 7219090 | December 1972 | Sugar Shipping, Glasgow | 1976 Brunsland , 1978 Tropical Land , 1986 Rio Guayas , 1997 Tropical Land , 2008 Tropical Sands , demolition from January 29, 2010 |
| Cantaloup | Nylands Verksted / 655 | 7304338 | 1973 | Druidstan, Glasgow | 1976 Carinthia , 1986 Pegasus , 1995 Pelagos , scrapped in Alang from July 2, 2000 |
| Tangelo | Nylands Verksted / 656 | 7325708 | 1974 | - | 1976 Atlantic Ocean , 1986 Republica del Ecuador , 1995 Irish Sea , 2000 Irish Sea II , scrapped in Alang from January 26, 2000 |
| Afric Star | Smiths Dock / 1328 | 7342964 | February 1975 | Glencairn Shipping Company Blue Star Line |
1987 Lanark , 1988 Afric Star , arrived in Alang on September 18, 2001 for demolition |
| Andalucia Star | Smiths Dock / 1329 | 7342976 | June 1975 | Blue Star Line | 1984 Fife , 1986/87 conversion to fruit juice tanker Orange Star , 2010 Star IV , demolition from November 20, 2010 |
| Avelona Star | Smiths Dock / 1330 | 7342988 | 1975 | Blue Star Line | 1984 Castle Peak , 1988 Avelona Star , 1990 Hornsound , 1990 Avelona Star , 2001 Baltic Wind , scrapped from September 20, 2010 |
| Almeda Star | Smiths Dock / 1331 | 7392737 | December 1975 | Blue Star Line | 1984 Arran , 1984 Harlech , 1988 Almeda Star , 2001 Baltic Wave , arrived in Alang on August 16, 2010 for demolition |
| Almeria Star | Smiths Dock / 1332 | 7402946 | 1976 | Blue Star Line | 1984 Perth , 1988 Almeria Star , 1990 Avila Star , 2003 Ice Bell , canceled from September 24, 2009 |
| Geestbay | Smiths Dock / 1346 | 8003761 | July 1981 | Geest Industries, Boston Geest Line |
1994 Magellan Reefer , 2003 Nafsica , 2004 Estia , 2005 Estia I , scrapped from December 2, 2009 |
| Geestport | Smiths Dock / 1347 | 8003773 | February 1982 | Geest Industries, Boston Geest Line |
Used in the Falklands War in 1982, Bahiana Reefer in 1994 , Amfitrite in 2003 , Amfitrite I in 2005 , canceled in Aliağa on August 3, 2009 |
| Avila Star | Nakskov Skibsværft / 208 Subcontract from Akers / 711 |
7358810 | June 1975 | - | 1979 Hidlefjord , 1988 Swan Lake , January 1992 Hornstream , December 1992 Sun Swan , 1993 Refer Sun , July 2007 EW Jackson , demolition from December 17, 2009 in Alang |
literature
- Arnold Kludas ; Witthohn, Ralf: The German reefer ships . 1st edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1981, ISBN 3-7822-0248-1 .
- Clarkson Research Studies (Ed.): The Reefer Register and Reefer Containership Register 2000 . 6th edition. Clarkson Research Studies, London 2000, ISBN 1-903352-03-7 .