FREE IMPALA

 M/V "FREE IMPALA" and "FREE HERO" update

"FREE HERO"
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ABT 24,318 TDW / ON DRAFT 9.73 / LOA: 158.08 / BEAM: 26.00 / DEPTH:
13.50
BUILT: 1995 / BUILDER: SHIN KURUSHIMA
CLASS: BV / + HULL, +MACH, BULK CARRIER, UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION
SS/DD: 201509
GRT: 15,737 / NRT: 8,039
HOLDS: 4 / HATCHES: 4
GRAIN: 30,351 CBM / BALE: 30,007 CBM
MIT / 6UEC45LA / 7,200 BHP / AT 158 RPM
TEU: 429
AUXILIARIES: 3 / CAP: 960
CRANES: 3X25

- Vessel is currently loading Steel Products in Vizag, India.
Thereafter, she will steam for Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she is expected
in the 1st week of August, and where inspectable.

"FREE IMPALA"
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ABT 24,111 TDW / ON DRAFT 9.57 / LOA: 160.31 / BEAM: 25.81 / DEPTH:
13.72
BUILT: 1997 / BUILDER: SHANGHAI SHIPYARD
CLASS: BV SS/DD were due in 2014 and the vessel is currently unclassed
GRT: 15,888 / NRT: 8,036
HOLDS: 4 / HATCHES: 4
GRAIN: 31,000 CBM
SUL / 5RTA52 / 10,601 BHP / AT 135 RPM
AUXILIARIES: 3 / CAP: 1500
CRANES: 4X30
LDT: 6,792

- Vessel is available on an "as is, where is" basis with SS/DD due and
delivery in San Carlos, Philippines.


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