Duluth Shipping News » Wagenborg http://duluthshippingnews.com Thu, 17 May 2012 00:28:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Two Wagenborg ships get longer http://duluthshippingnews.com/2009/06/02/two-wagenborg-ships-get-longer/ http://duluthshippingnews.com/2009/06/02/two-wagenborg-ships-get-longer/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:57:00 +0000 Kenneth Newhams http://duluthshippingnews.com/?p=339

nausauborg20090602_6566 The Nassauborg has been loading beet pulp pellets at General Mills in Duluth (above) but this past winter, she was in Zhoushan (China) getting more footage added to her length. In the picture below, courtesy of Captain Menno van der Groen, both the Prinsenborg (foreground) and the Nassauborg, just behind the Prinsenborg, are in drydock for the upgrade. They went in at 468 feet long and came out over 570 feet long. According to the captain, the addition will add to their cargo space without increasing their draught, thus maintaining their ability to service shallow ports. The upgrade will not change the ship’s fuel consumption or speed.

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