Intake Comparison
Wood Chip Carriers vs. conventional bulkers
by courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
| Ship's Type | Hold Capacity | TPC | Deadweight | LOA | Beam | Depth | Summer Draft |
Wood Chip
(S.Draft base) S/F=85cft/mt |
Wood Pellet
(S.Draft base) S/F=55cft/mt |
WLTHC
on Ballast Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Carrier-a | 2.6Mil CFT | 45.7Mt | 33,800Mt | 175.0m | 31.0m | 21.40m | 10.07m | 30,808.1Mt | 32,800.0Mt | 14.95-16.5m |
| Chip Carrier-b | 3.0Mil CFT | 52.2Mt | 42,791Mt | 200.0m | 30.1m | 20.80m | 10.82m | 35,216.2Mt | 41,791.0Mt | 15.97-18.02m |
| Chip Carrier-c | 3.2Mil CFT | 55.1Mt | 43,951Mt | 195.0m | 32.0m | 21.50m | 10.57m | 37,866.2Mt | 42,951.0Mt | 16.02-17.92m |
| Chip Carrier-d | 3.6Mil CFT | 57.5Mt | 49,524Mt | 199.9m | 32.2m | 22.75m | 11.55m | 42,432.2Mt | 48,524.0Mt | 18.07-18.40m |
| Chip Carrier-e | 3.9Mil CFT | 66.8Mt | 54,033Mt | 203.5m | 37.2m | 22.30m | 10.82m | 46,312.8Mt | 53,033.0Mt | 16.57-17.86m |
| Chip Carrier-f | 4.1Mil CFT | 66.8Mt | 54,086Mt | 203.5m | 37.2m | 22.30m | 10.82m | 48,069.6Mt | 53,086.0Mt | 16.10-18.10m |
| Chip Carrier-g | 4.3Mil CFT | 70.1Mt | 64,533Mt | 209.9m | 37.0m | 22.85m | 12.03m | 50,588.2Mt | 63,533.0Mt | 17.61-18.91m |
| Cape | 6.7Mil CFT | 118.4Mt | 172,000Mt | 289.0m | 45.0m | 24.0m | 17.75m | 78,985.7Mt | 121,068.7Mt | 18.00m |
| Kamsamax | 3.4Mil CFT | 70.6Mt | 82,175Mt | 229.0m | 32.3m | 20.05m | 14.43m | 40,422.9Mt | 62,471.8Mt | 15-16m |
| Panamax | 3.1Mil CFT | 66.6Mt | 74,000Mt | 225.0m | 32.0m | 19.0m | 13.95m | 36,998.5Mt | 56,179.6Mt | 15.70m |
| Handymax | 2.4Mil CFT | 55.0Mt | 52,454Mt | 189.9m | 32.2m | 17.0m | 12.02m | 28,167.1Mt | 42,531.0Mt | 13.60m |
| Small Handy | 1.3Mil CFT | 38.5Mt | 28,000Mt | 169.0m | 27.0m | 14.0m | 9.78m | 15,589.6Mt | 23,092.9Mt | 9m |
Above figures are just for guidance and without guarantee, they are subject to the variables. It is apparent that when we are talking about light cargos a wood chip carrier can load more in terms of weight than any conventional carrier with the corresponding deadweight. Wood chip carriers are designed with holds of high cubic capacity therefore the transportation cost of a weight unit is lower than in case of a conventional bulker. Such cargos are wood chips, wood pellets, soya bean meal, citrus pulp pellets, dried destiller grain sollubles, palm kernel expeller, palm kernel shell, petcoke, metallurgical coke, scrap metal, tapioca etc.
