SUN MERCHANT

  • General
    • Vessel Name : SUN MERCHANT
    • Operator : 901421
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 432
    • Vessel Type : Pushboat
    • Construction : Steel
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 850
  • Location
    • City : PHILA- DELPHIA
    • STATE : PA
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 85
  • Size
    • Register length : 64.5 Feet
    • Regular Breadth : 24.5 Feet
    • Overall Length : 64.5 Feet
    • Overall Breadt : 24.5 Feet
    • Load draft : 8.2 Feet
    • Light Draft : 8.2 Feet
    • Height : 31.8 Feet
  • Other
    • Year : 1966
    • EQUIP1 : NONE
    • Coast Guard Number : 504113

DOUBLE SKIN

  • Type : Liquid Cargo Barge (Double Hull)
  • Construction : Steel

DOUBLESKIN

  • Type : Liquid Cargo Barge (Double Hull)
  • Construction : Steel

SUN STATE

  • Type : Liquid Cargo Barge (Double Hull)
  • Construction : Steel

ALEXANDER DUFF

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

ANACOSTIA

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

BOHEMIA

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

BRANDYWINE

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

CHARLES BURTON

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

CHARLES HUGHES

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

CHATHAM

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

CHESAPEAKE

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

CHOPTANK

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ELK RIVER

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ENDEAVOR

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

FRED E. ADAMS

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

G. AND E. NO.

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

GALE

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

HUNTING CREEK

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

MAGOTHY

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

NANTICOKE

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

OYSTER CREEK

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

PATAPSCO

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

PATUXENT

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

PETER GELLATELY

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

POCOMOKE

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

POTOMAC

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

QUANTICO CREEK

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

RED HOOK

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ROANOKE

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SAVANNAH

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SCHUYLKILL

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

SEVERN

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

SUN CHIEF

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SUN COMMANDER

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SUN RIVER CITY

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SUN TRADER

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SUSQUEHANNA

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

TUCKAHOE

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

VANE BROTHERS

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

WICOMICO

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

WYE RIVER

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

STRONG ISLAND

  • Type : Open Hopper Barge
  • Construction : Steel

B

  • Type : Liquid Cargo Barge (Double Hull)
  • Construction : Steel

DBL

  • Type : Liquid Cargo Barge (Double Hull)
  • Construction : Steel

News

Expedition Cruise Ship Remains Stuck Aground in Greenland

Expedition Cruise Ship Remains Stuck Aground in Greenland

A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people remained stuck in a remote Greenland location on Wednesday after running aground earlier this week, the vessel's operator and rescue services said.The Danish military's Joint Arctic Command (JAC) said Tuesday's tide had failed to lift the 104-metre (341-foot) Ocean Explorer enough to free it.

Subsea 7's New Semi-Submersible Vessel Equipped for XXL Offshore Wind Foundations En Route to Europe

Subsea 7's New Semi-Submersible Vessel Equipped for XXL Offshore Wind Foundations En Route to Europe

Subsea 7's recently delivered Seaway Alfa Lift offshore wind foundation installation vessel is in transit to Europe and is expected to join Subsea 7's fleet in the third quarter of 2023.The semi-submersible heavy installation vessel, designed by Ulstein, will be used to install the next-generation XXL offshore wind foundations.

Ammonia and Methanol Ready Container Ship Delivered

Ammonia and Methanol Ready Container Ship Delivered

The ALS Ceres was delivered to ABS class on May 29 and is the first in a series of six 7,100 teu container carriers designed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) and built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for Asiatic Lloyd Maritime LLP, Singapore.

Iranian Boats 'Harass' Merchant Ship in the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian Boats 'Harass' Merchant Ship in the Strait of Hormuz

U.S. and British naval forces on Sunday came to the aid of a commercial ship that was "harassed" by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy in the the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy said.Civilian crew aboard the merchant vessel reported three Iranian fast-attack craft with armed personnel approached and followed their vessel at close distance while it transited the narrow strait.

MARAD Approves First Ships for Its Tanker Security Program

MARAD Approves First Ships for Its Tanker Security Program

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved the first vessels for participation in its Tanker Security Program (TSP), a newly created public-private partnership program that makes U.S.-flag commercial product tankers available to support U.S. armed forces.Modeled from MARAD's Maritime Security Program (MSP), the TSP assures the Department of Defense has access to U.S.

Spain Detains Oil Tanker Over Mediterranean Fuel Spill

Spain Detains Oil Tanker Over Mediterranean Fuel Spill

Spain has detained and fined a Maltese-flagged oil tanker it says discharged oil in open waters near the northeastern port city of Tarragona, a transport ministry department said.Spain's Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines have become hubs for shipping activity including the transfer of oil known as ship-to-ship (STS) operations

Danish-operated Tanker Banned from Spanish Ports Over Oil Transfer

Danish-operated Tanker Banned from Spanish Ports Over Oil Transfer

A ship operated by Denmark’s Maersk Tankers has been banned from Spanish ports, Spanish officials said, after its cargo of oil products was found to have previously been carried by a vessel that was formerly Russian flagged.Trade in oil and oil products linked to Russia has been complicated by the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations' imposition of a price cap on Russian oil in December

Grimaldi Orders More Ammonia Ready Car Carriers

Grimaldi Orders More Ammonia Ready Car Carriers

The Grimaldi Group announced it has exercised its option for the construction of five additional ammonia-ready 9,000 CEU car carriers from China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu, part of China Merchant Industry Holdings (CMI).Grimaldi announced its initial order for five new pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessels from CMI in October.

Sembcorp Delivers 8th-generation Drillship Deepwater Titan to Transocean

Sembcorp Delivers 8th-generation Drillship Deepwater Titan to Transocean

Singapore-based shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine has delivered Deepwater Titan, the world’s second 8th-generation drillship, to Transocean subsidiary Triton Titan GmBH.Deepwater Titan is the second of two new 8th-generation drillships constructed by Sembcorp Marine based on the group’s Jurong Espadon 3T design.

KR Signs On to Help Bring Methanol Bunkering to Ulsan

KR Signs On to Help Bring Methanol Bunkering to Ulsan

Classification society Korean Register (KR) and Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) have signed an MOU to support methanol-fueled ships and establish the South Korean port as a low-carbon, eco-friendly energy hub.The agreement was made in response to the low-carbon energy transition underway in the shipping and port industries.

Rear Adm Nunan First Woman Appointed USMMA Superintendent

Rear Adm Nunan First Woman Appointed USMMA Superintendent

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration announced the appointment of Rear Admiral Joanna M. Nunan (U.S. Coast Guard, Ret.) as the next superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). Nunan, who spent more than three decades in the U.S. Coast Guard, has commanded units at every level both afloat and ashore. She will begin work at the Academy in a few weeks.

Wing Sail-fitted VLCC Newbuild Delivered

Wing Sail-fitted VLCC Newbuild Delivered

A Chinese-built very large crude carrier (VLCC) fitted with fuel-saving and emissions-reducing wing sails has been delivered to China Merchants Group.The New Aden was handed over from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd (DSIC) to China Merchant Energy Shipping Co., Ltd (CMES) on September 24.