2023-08-11 09:20:29
For more than twenty years, the German shipping company BOCS has had its ships transit through the Strait when they “go up to the North”. For eleven years, the African Forest, Wind and River provided service between Europe and the West Coast of Africa (COA). Reissued at the end of 2022, they have been replaced by BOCS Vision, BOCS Spirit and recently BOCS Africa and BOCS Bremen. The latter, chartered from a Greek company, offers greater capacity.
Passed at the end of the day on Saturday August 5, he was heading for Antwerp. He was returning from Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon and Cameroon with a load mainly made up of exotic timber in logs or “cut-up” form, part of which he unloaded at La Pallice, France’s leading port for timber imports.
Built by the Chinese shipyard Yahua in Nantong, she entered service in 2011 under the name of Omaha Belle. 182.90 meters long and 28.44 wide, it has a maximum draft of ten meters. Equipped with five holds offering a total volume of 41,166 m³, it has five cranes: one of 35 tons at the front then two turrets each rigged by 2 cranes of 35 and 40 tons. They can work coupled to double the lifting power or independently. It also has a capacity of 1,920 containers. On the propulsion side, it is equipped with a six-cylinder MAN-B&W-STX of 9,480 Kw (12,900 hp) allowing it to navigate at 15 knots (28 km/h). Its operation and maintenance are entrusted to a crew of 22 men.
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