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About this visit:
They arrived Duluth MN through the thick fog June 01, 2024 at 10:11 in the morning, cruising through that fog at a strong clip of 6.2 kts! They were arriving to load Petroleum coke at the SMET dock. The Yukon arrived at SMET at 11:25 with tug assist from Missouri and began loading the Petcoke. They completed the load and departed SMET June 02 at 15:13, making their way down the not foggy anymore river to depart Duluth.They pulled out of town at 16:06 at 5.4 kts, heading to Hull United Kingdom!
Info on Petroleum Coke from Wikipedia:
Petroleum coke, abbreviated coke, pet coke or petcoke, is a final carbon-rich solid material that derives from oil refining, and is one type of the group of fuels referred to as cokes. Petcoke is the coke that, in particular, derives from a final cracking process-a thermo-based chemical engineering process that splits long chain hydrocarbons of petroleum into shorter chains-that takes place in units termed coker units.[1] (Other types of coke are derived from coal.) Stated succinctly, coke is the "carbonization product of high-boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained in petroleum processing (heavy residues)".[1] Petcoke is also produced in the production of synthetic crude oil (syncrude) from bitumen extracted from Canada's tar sands and from Venezuela's Orinoco oil sands.[2][3] In petroleum coker units, residual oils from other distillation processes used in petroleum refining are treated at a high temperature and pressure leaving the petcoke after driving off gases and volatiles, and separating off remaining light and heavy oils. These processes are termed "coking processes", and most typically employ chemical engineering plant operations for the specific process of delayed coking.
This coke can either be fuel grade (high in sulfur and metals) or anode grade (low in sulfur and metals). The raw coke directly out of the coker is often referred to as green coke.[1] In this context, "green" means unprocessed. The further processing of green coke by calcining in a rotary kiln removes residual volatile hydrocarbons from the coke. The calcined petroleum coke can be further processed in an anode baking oven to produce anode coke of the desired shape and physical properties. The anodes are mainly used in the aluminium and steel industry.
Petcoke is over 80% carbon and emits 5% to 10% more carbon dioxide (CO2) than coal on a per-unit-of-energy basis when it is burned. As petcoke has a higher energy content, petcoke emits between 30% and 80% more CO2 than coal per unit of weight.[3] The difference between coal and coke in CO2 production per unit of energy produced depends upon the moisture in the coal, which increases the CO2 per unit of energy - heat of combustion - and on the volatile hydrocarbons in coal and coke, which decrease the CO2 per unit of energy.
Info on the ship from the FEDNAV site:
Flag:
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Built:2010
OSHIMA JP
Ship Type:
LAKER
Status:
CHARTERED
Class:
DNV-GL
Ice Class:
1C
Call Sign:
V7A2165
IMO number:
9476977
International GRT:
20,465
International NRT:
12,136
Panama Canal NRT:
17,077
Suez Canal NRT:
19,782
LOA (M):
199.98
Beam (M):
23.80
Depth (M):
14.85
Deadweights:DWT (MT):DRAFT (M):TPC:
Summer (SW)3586810.84943.14
Winter (SW)3489910.62443.04
Tropical (SW)3684011.07443.29
Lakes (FW)2250000
Bunker tank capacities in m3 (IFO):
1,458.00
Bunker tank capacities in m3 (MDO):
452.00
Speed and Consumption
Condition:Speed (KTS):IFO (MT/DAY):MDO (MT/DAY):
LADEN1426.20
BALLAST14220
In Port:IFO / MDO (MT/DAY):
IDLE2.7
WORKING5.4
Cargo Capacities
Hold Number:Grain (CBM):Bale (CBM):
170116754
277127429
374657175
463576085
577197425
672907097
Total4355441965
Cargo Holds
Hold #:Tanktop Length (M):Tanktop Width (FWD/AFT) (M):Tanktop Strength (MT/M2):
127.36.01 / 19.8922.0
22719.89 / 19.8920.5
32719.89 / 19.8921.0
421.619.89 / 19.8924.5
52719.89 / 19.8921.0
62719.89 / 9.9622.0
Cargo Hatches
Hold #:Hatch Length (M):Hatch Width (M):
117.113.2
219.813.2
319.813.2
413.513.2
519.813.2
618.013.2
Hatch Cover Type:
FOLDING HYDRAULIC
Cranes and Grabs
Cranes:
3 X 30.5 MT
Cranes Type:
ELECTRO HYDRAUL
Grabs Number:
0
Grabs Capacity:
0
Other Fittings / Features
Bowthruster:Yes
A-60:Yes
Australian Hold Ladders:Yes
Cargo Holds CO2 Fitted:Yes
Ventillation (natural or mechanical):
NATURAL
Strengthened for heavy cargo:Yes
Cement Holes:Yes
Logs Fitted:No