This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo. For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.
Bulk carriers NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear builtTonnageNotesStatusAdriatica Interglobal Shipping 30011981Formerly Marvel KSank in the Mediterranean on 12 December 2010AntenorAlfred Holt and Company197216,128Scrapped in Chittagong in 2001Apollo SeaCP Ships197369,904Caused a major oil spillSank off Cape Town in June 1994Banglar SamriddhiLR-classBangladesh Shipping Corporation201825,818Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of UkraineAbandoned in UkraineBirgoSameiet Birgo1967880Scuttled for insurance fraud in July 1978Danica WhitePartrederiet Invest Vi1985997Hijacked by Somali pirates in June 2007Delight Grain carrierStarry Shine International1985Hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2008ScrappedFederal RideauFednav200020,659In operation Kuzma MininMurmansk Shipping Company1980Scrapped 3 June 2020Matros PozynichWakoh Panama SA201017,025Previously Shunwa, TramontanaIn operationMount NorefjellNewcastlemaxHimalaya Shipping2022210,000In operationNunavikFednav201222,622In operationTundra Navarone SA200930,930In operationUmiak IFednav200622,462In operationU-Sea SaskatchewanSeavance Shipping201034,795In operationYasa JupiterMirror Ventures S.A.201934,508Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of UkraineIn operationZhibek ZholyKTZ Express JSC20165,686In operation
Panamax Panamax NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear builtTonnageNotesStatusCSL TecumsehTrillium-classCanada Steamship Lines201243,691In operationNamura QueenNissen Kaiun202047,146Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of UkraineIn operationU-Sea ColonsaySeavance Shipping201134,778In operation
Lake freighters
Lake freighters NameImageCountryOwnerYear builtTonnageNotesStatusAlgogulfAlgoma Central196117,592Formerly J.N. McWatters, Scott MisenerScrapped at Port Colborne in 2002AlgorailAlgoma Central196716,157 Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2018AlgolakeAlgoma Central197722,851 Sold for scrapping 2018AlgosooAlgoma Central197521,716 Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2016AlgosteelAlgoma Central196617,955Formerly A.S. Glossbrenner, AlgogulfScrapped in Turkey in 2018Algoma BuffaloAlgoma Central197811,619Formerly Buffalo In operation Algoma CompassAlgoma Central197318,639Formerly Roger M.Kyes, Adam E. Cornelius In operation Algoma EquinoxAlgoma Central201223,895 In operation Algoma MarinerAlgoma Central201124,535 In operation Algoma ProgressAlgoma Central196821,436Formerly Canadian Progress Broken up 2014Arthur M. AndersonThe Great lakes Fleet195226,525 In operation American Century American Steamship Company198135,923 Formerly Columbia Star In operation American CourageGrand River Navigation197811,688Formerly Fred R. White Jr In operation American IntegrityAmerican Steamship Company197835,652Formerly Lewis Wilson Foy, Oglebay Norton In operation American MarinerGrand River Navigation197915,396 In operation ArgusInterlake Steamship Company19054,707Formerly Lewis Woodruff Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913AppomattoxBoston Coal Dock & Wharf Company18962,643 Ran aground and sank on November 2, 1905Augustus B. WolvinLabrador Steamship Company19046,585 Scrapped in Santander, Spain in 1967Baie ComeuCanadian Steamship Line201324,430 In operation Baie St PaulCanadian Steamship Line201224,430 In operation Burns HarborAmerican Steamship Company198035,652 In operation Carl D. BradleyU.S. Steel192710,028 Sank in a storm on November 18, 1958 CedarvilleU.S. Steel19278,575Formerly A.F. Harvey Sank after a collision on May 7, 1965 Charles S. PriceInterlake Steamship Company19106,322 Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913Chester A. CongdonContinental Steamship Company19076,530Formerly Salt Lake City Ran aground and sank November 5, 1918CSL TadoussacCanadian Steamship Line196920,634 In operation D. R. HannaPioneer Steamship Company19067,023Rammed by the steamer Quincy A. Shaw on May 16, 1919.Daniel J. MorrellBethlehem Transportation Company19067,239Sank in a storm on November 29, 1966D.G. Kerr Provident Steamship Company1903Sank on way to be scrapped in 1960Edward L. RyersonInland Steamship management196012,170Laid up in Superior Wisconsin since 2009Edmund Fitzgerald Columbia Transportation Division195813,632Sank on November 10, 1975 Edwin H. GottThe Great Lakes Fleet 197935,592 In operation EmperorCanada Steamship Lines19117,031 Ran aground and sank at Isle Royale on June 4, 1947. Henry B. SmithAcme Transit Company 19066,631 Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Henry SteinbrennerKinsman Transit Co.1901 Sank on May 11, 1953. HesperShip Owners Dry Dock Company18901,540 Sank on May 4, 1905 H Lee. WhiteGrand River Navigation197414,449 In operation HydrusInterlake Steamship Company19034,713Formerly R.E. Schuck Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913Indiana HarborAmerican Steamship Company197935,923 In operation Isaac M. ScottVirginia Steamship Co.19096,372 Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913James CarruthersSt. Lawrence & Chicago Steam and Navigation Company19137,862 Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913James R. BarkerInterlake Steamship Company197634,728 In operation John A. McGeen Hutchinson & Company19085,100 Sank in Great Lakes storm of 1913 John J. BolandGrand River Navigation197313,862Formerly Charles E. Wilson In operation Kaye E. BarkerInterlake Steamship Company1952 11,726Formerly Edward B Greene, Benson Ford (II) In operationLafayettePittsburgh Steamship Company19005,113 Sank in the Mataafa Storm. LeafieldStrand Stepway Company1892 1,452 Sank in the Great Lakes storm of 1913 Lee A. TregurthaInterlake Steamship Company1942 14,671Formerly USS Chiwawa, Walter A. Sterling, William Clay Ford. originally built as a US Navy tanker In operationLouisiana1887 Ran aground and burned in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.Mark W. BarkerInterlake Steamship Company202226,000 In OperationMesabi MinerInterlake Steamship Company197734,729 In operationMississagi Lower Lakes Towing 194315,336Formerly Hill Annex, George A. Sloan Scrapped at Sault Ste Marie in 2021MichipicotenLower Lakes Towing 195215,336Formerly Elton Hoyt II In operationParkdaleRedwood Enterprises Ltd1916Formerly Sir Trevor Dawson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Gene C. Hutchinson Scrapped in Cartagena, Spain in 1980 Paul R. TregurthaInterlake Steamship Company198136,360Formerly Willam J. Delancey largest lake freighter ever built In operation R. J. HackettVulcan Transportation Company18691,129First lake freighter Burned and sank on November 12, 1905Radcliffe R. LatimerAlgoma Central197822,465Formerly Algobay, Atlantic TraderIn operation ReginaCanadian Steamship Lines19071,956Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913Roger BloughThe Great Lakes fleet 197222,041 Laid up in sturgeon Bay Wisconsin after a fire in 2021SaginawLower Lakes Towing 195312,557Formerly John J. Boland In operation Sam LaudGrand River Navigation197311,619 In operation ScotiadocPaterson Steamships, Ltd19044,432Formerly Martin MullenSank after being rammed by the freighter Burlington in a storm on June 20, 1953.Tim S. DoolAlgoma Central196718,845Formerly Senneville, AlgovilleIn operation Thunder bay Canadian Steamship Line201324,300 In operation Walter J. McCarthy JrAmerican Steamship Company197735,923 In operation WexfordWestern Steamship Company18882,077Sank in the Great Lakes storm of 1913 William B. DavockVulcan Steamship Company 19074,468 Foundered on Lake Michigan on November 11, 1940William C. MorelandInterstate Steamship Company19107,514The stern of the Moreland was salvaged and reused as the stern of the Sir Trevor Dawson. Ran aground and sank on Sawtooth Reef October 18, 1910 Whitefish bayCanadian Steamship Line201224,300 In operation
Ore-bulk-oil carriers Ore-bulk-oil carriers (OBO) NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear builtTonnageNotesStatusArctic Fednav197819,420Has a special bow for ice breaking Scrapped at Aliaga in April 2021Berge IstraSig.ö Bergesen d.y.1972Disappeared in the Pacific on 30 December 1975Berge VangaSig.ö Bergesen d.y.1974115,426Disappeared in the South Atlantic on 29 October 1979DerbyshireBridge-classBibby Line197691,655Previously Liverpool BridgeLost with all hands on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon OrchidKowloon BridgeBridge-classHelinger197289,438Previously English BridgeWrecked off Ireland in December 1986
Very large ore carriers Very large ore carriers (VLOC) NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear builtTonnageNotesStatusBerge FjordBW Fleet Management1985159,534 Previously DocefjordScrapped 18 February 2017Berge StahlValemaxBerge Bulk1986175,720Largest bulk carrier in the world until 2011Scrapped at Gadani in July 2020Ore BrasilValemaxVale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd.2011198,980Previously Vale BrasilIn operationStellar DaisyVP-14 Shipping Inc1993148,431Largest ship to be lost at seaSank in the South Atlantic on 31 March 2017Vale Rio de JaneiroValemaxVale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd.2011198,980In operation
Strategic sealift bulk carriers
Strategic sealift ships are cargo ships operated by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command. Those ships which are dry cargo/ammunition ships (T-AKE and T-AK) and considered bulk carriers are listed here. NameHull numberImageClassYear builtTonnageNotesStatusUSNS Lewis and ClarkT-AKE-1Lewis and Clark200541,000In operationUSNS SacagaweaT-AKE-2Lewis and Clark200640,298In operationUSNS Alan ShepardT-AKE-3Lewis and Clark200640,298In operationUSNS Richard E. ByrdT-AKE-4Lewis and Clark200740,298In operationUSNS Robert E. PearyT-AKE-5Lewis and Clark200740,298In operationUSNS Amelia EarhartT-AKE-6Lewis and Clark200840,298In operationUSNS Carl BrashearT-AKE-7Lewis and Clark200840,298In operationUSNS Wally SchirraT-AKE-8Lewis and Clark200940,298In operationUSNS Matthew PerryT-AKE-9Lewis and Clark200940,298In operationUSNS Charles DrewT-AKE-10Lewis and Clark201040,298In operationUSNS Washington ChambersT-AKE-11Lewis and Clark201040,298In operationUSNS William McLeanT-AKE-12Lewis and Clark201140,298In operationUSNS Medgar EversT-AKE-13Lewis and Clark201140,298In operationUSNS Cesar ChavezT-AKE-14Lewis and Clark201240,298In operation
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Lists of ships
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