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Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490 -1.3%Capesize3,538 -2.8%Panamax2,124 +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935 +1.1%Supramax1,668 -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280 -1.4%Handysize947 +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490 -1.3%Capesize3,538 -2.8%Panamax2,124 +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935 +1.1%Supramax1,668 -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280 -1.4%Handysize947 +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490 -1.3%Capesize3,538 -2.8%Panamax2,124 +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935 +1.1%Supramax1,668 -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280 -1.4%Handysize947 +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490 -1.3%Capesize3,538 -2.8%Panamax2,124 +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935 +1.1%Supramax1,668 -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280 -1.4%Handysize947 +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490 -1.3%Capesize3,538 -2.8%Panamax2,124 +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935 +1.1%Supramax1,668 -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280 -1.4%Handysize947 +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490 -1.3%Capesize3,538 -2.8%Panamax2,124 +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935 +1.1%Supramax1,668 -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280 -1.4%Handysize947 +0.2%
Bulk Carrier🇧🇸 BahamasActive

AFRICAN BLACKBIRD

Built by Mitsui Tamano Shipyard in 2015

IMO
9688221
MMSI
311001598
Call Sign
C6HX9

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage
38,453GT
Deadweight
66,535DWT
Length Overall
199.99m
Beam
36m
Draught
10m
Year Built
2015

Live Tracking

Current Position

Live AIS · 7 d ago
Track · last 6 d
Position
28.396°N · 89.810°W
Speed
11.8 kn
Course
38°
Status
Under way using engine
Destination LAKE CHARLES USAETA Jun 15, 01:00 AMLaden · 12.1 m

Where it waited most

Most time stopped at Lake Charles 22 h across 2 stays.

  1. 1
    Lake Charles22 h · 2×

Derived from the AIS track — runs of near-zero speed (anchored, moored or drifting) snapped to the nearest port. Builds up as we observe the vessel.

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Estimated market value
$28.3Mrange $24M$33.3M
$425/dwt · 66,535 dwt · built 2015
high confidence · 59 comps
Comparable sales
BULK AQUILA 2014 · $22MBULK CASTOR 2015 · $24MAFRICAN CHEETAH 2014 · $24MNORD MAMORE 2020 · $30.6MAMIS POWER 2018 · $32MERIN MANX 2020 · $32.5M
Second opinion±27% typical error
$25.1Mrange $20.5M$31.8M

An independent cross-check of the estimate above for Bulker (segment · size · age · market).

Estimate from $/dwt of similar-size, similar-age ships sold in the last 24 months. Indicative, not a certified valuation.

Risk scoreLow
84/ 100
Safety78
Compliance95
Environment78
Carbon intensity · estimatedC

This ship has no verified emissions report. We estimate a band C from its segment, size and age (52% confidence).

Estimate, not a reported figure. Within one band 95% of the time on reported peers.

Recent port calls

AIS-derived from our live feed.

Build Series

Sister Vessels

1 sister
Mitsui Tamano Shipyard · BULKER · 2015 · 2-hull series

Sister hulls share a yard, segment, build year (±1) and deadweight (±3%) — the cleanest comparables for valuation. Derived in-house from our fleet register; coverage is limited to hulls carrying a recorded builder, so a series may be incomplete.

Operational Status

Activity

Under wayLow confidenceFix 5 days ago

Making way at sea speed on its latest broadcast.

Speed
11.8 kn
Nav status
Under way using engine
Last broadcast
5 days ago
Hull age
11 yr

Read from the single most-recent AIS broadcast we hold for this hull — we keep no position history, so this is a point-in-time posture, not a dwell inference. Derived in-house from our own AIS feed; weight it by the broadcast age above.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

54/100
Elevated riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.

PSC detentionsno data
Sanctions exposureno data
Dark-fleet signalno data
Hull age24
Flag register100

A coverage-weighted blend of the 2 components we could read for this hull — the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.

Estimated

Capacity & Classification

Cargo capacity at draughtMedium confidence
~66,535t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 10 m · 64.6 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught
7 m~47,145 t
7.5 m~50,377 t
8 m~53,609 t
8.5 m~56,840 t
9 m~60,072 t
9.5 m~63,303 t
10 m~66,535 t

Estimate only — modelled from deadweight (deadweight regression) using a first-principles hydrostatic model, not measured hydrostatic tables. The design draught it is anchored to is unreliable across the fleet.

Type classification
Declared
Bulker
Inferred from size
Bulker

density DWT/GT=1.73 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.73Beam/LOA 0.18Declared type: Bulk Carrier

Declared type is consistent with the class implied by the vessel’s size signals. Inferred via our shared size-based classifier.

Commercial

Voyage Estimate

From 66,535 DWT · ~30 t/day · bunker @ live VLSFO.

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