# List of bulk carriers

This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo. For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.

## Bulk carriers

| Name | Type | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
| Adriatica | | Moldova | Interglobal Shipping 3001 | 1981 | | Formerly Marvel K | Sank in the Mediterranean on 12 December 2010 |
| Antenor | | United Kingdom | Alfred Holt and Company | 1972 | 16,128 | | Scrapped in Chittagong in 2001 |
| Apollo Sea | | China | CP Ships | 1973 | 69,904 | Caused a major oil spill | Sank off Cape Town in June 1994 |
| Banglar Samriddhi | LR-class | Bangladesh | Bangladesh Shipping Corporation | 2018 | 25,818 | Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | Abandoned in Ukraine |
| Birgo | | Norway | Sameiet Birgo | 1967 | 880 | | Scuttled for insurance fraud in July 1978 |
| Danica White | | Denmark | Partrederiet Invest Vi | 1985 | 997 | Hijacked by Somali pirates in June 2007 | |
| Delight | Grain carrier | Hong Kong | Starry Shine International | 1985 | | Hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2008 | Scrapped |
| Federal Rideau | | Marshall Islands | Fednav | 2000 | 20,659 | | In operation |
| Kuzma Minin | | Russia | Murmansk Shipping Company | 1980 | | | Scrapped 3 June 2020 |
| Matros Pozynich | | Russia | Wakoh Panama SA | 2010 | 17,025 | Previously Shunwa, Tramontana | In operation |
| Mount Norefjell | Newcastlemax | Liberia | Himalaya Shipping | 2022 | 210,000 | | In operation |
| Nunavik | | Marshall Islands | Fednav | 2012 | 22,622 | | In operation |
| Tundra | | Cyprus | Navarone SA | 2009 | 30,930 | | In operation |
| Umiak I | | Canada | Fednav | 2006 | 22,462 | | In operation |
| U-Sea Saskatchewan | | Canada | Seavance Shipping | 2010 | 34,795 | | In operation |
| Yasa Jupiter | | Turkey | Mirror Ventures S.A. | 2019 | 34,508 | Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | In operation |
| Zhibek Zholy | | Russia | KTZ Express JSC | 2016 | 5,686 | | In operation |

## Panamax

Panamax
| Name | Type | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
| CSL Tecumseh | Trillium-class | Bahamas | Canada Steamship Lines | 2012 | 43,691 | | In operation |
| Namura Queen | | Japan | Nissen Kaiun | 2020 | 47,146 | Damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | In operation |
| U-Sea Colonsay | | Canada | Seavance Shipping | 2011 | 34,778 | | In operation |

## Lake freighters

Lake freighters
| Name | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
| Algogulf | Canada | Algoma Central | 1961 | 17,592 | Formerly J.N. McWatters, Scott Misener | Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2002 |
| Algorail | Canada | Algoma Central | 1967 | 16,157 | | Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2018 |
| Algolake | Canada | Algoma Central | 1977 | 22,851 | | Sold for scrapping 2018 |
| Algosoo | Canada | Algoma Central | 1975 | 21,716 | | Scrapped at Port Colborne in 2016 |
| Algosteel | Canada | Algoma Central | 1966 | 17,955 | Formerly A.S. Glossbrenner, Algogulf | Scrapped in Turkey in 2018 |
| Algoma Buffalo | Canada | Algoma Central | 1978 | 11,619 | Formerly Buffalo | In operation |
| Algoma Compass | Canada | Algoma Central | 1973 | 18,639 | Formerly Roger M.Kyes, Adam E. Cornelius | In operation |
| Algoma Equinox | Canada | Algoma Central | 2012 | 23,895 | | In operation |
| Algoma Mariner | Canada | Algoma Central | 2011 | 24,535 | | In operation |
| Algoma Progress | Canada | Algoma Central | 1968 | 21,436 | Formerly Canadian Progress | Broken up 2014 |
| Arthur M. Anderson | United States | The Great lakes Fleet | 1952 | 26,525 | | In operation |
| American Century | United States | American Steamship Company | 1981 | 35,923 | Formerly Columbia Star | In operation |
| American Courage | United States | Grand River Navigation | 1978 | 11,688 | Formerly Fred R. White Jr | In operation |
| American Integrity | United States | American Steamship Company | 1978 | 35,652 | Formerly Lewis Wilson Foy, Oglebay Norton | In operation |
| American Mariner | United States | Grand River Navigation | 1979 | 15,396 | | In operation |
| Argus | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1905 | 4,707 | Formerly Lewis Woodruff | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| Appomattox | United States | Boston Coal Dock & Wharf Company | 1896 | 2,643 | | Ran aground and sank on November 2, 1905 |
| Augustus B. Wolvin | United States | Labrador Steamship Company | 1904 | 6,585 | | Scrapped in Santander, Spain in 1967 |
| Baie Comeu | Canada | Canadian Steamship Line | 2013 | 24,430 | | In operation |
| Baie St Paul | Canada | Canadian Steamship Line | 2012 | 24,430 | | In operation |
| Burns Harbor | United States | American Steamship Company | 1980 | 35,652 | | In operation |
| Carl D. Bradley | United States | U.S. Steel | 1927 | 10,028 | | Sank in a storm on November 18, 1958 |
| Cedarville | United States | U.S. Steel | 1927 | 8,575 | Formerly A.F. Harvey | Sank after a collision on May 7, 1965 |
| Charles S. Price | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1910 | 6,322 | | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| Chester A. Congdon | United States | Continental Steamship Company | 1907 | 6,530 | Formerly Salt Lake City | Ran aground and sank November 5, 1918 |
| CSL Tadoussac | Canada | Canadian Steamship Line | 1969 | 20,634 | | In operation |
| D. R. Hanna | United States | Pioneer Steamship Company | 1906 | 7,023 | | Rammed by the steamer Quincy A. Shaw on May 16, 1919. |
| Daniel J. Morrell | United States | Bethlehem Transportation Company | 1906 | 7,239 | | Sank in a storm on November 29, 1966 |
| D.G. Kerr | United States | Provident Steamship Company | 1903 | | | Sank on way to be scrapped in 1960 |
| Edward L. Ryerson | United States | Inland Steamship management | 1960 | 12,170 | | Laid up in Superior Wisconsin since 2009 |
| Edmund Fitzgerald | United States | Columbia Transportation Division | 1958 | 13,632 | | Sank on November 10, 1975 |
| Edwin H. Gott | United States | The Great Lakes Fleet | 1979 | 35,592 | | In operation |
| Emperor | Canada | Canada Steamship Lines | 1911 | 7,031 | | Ran aground and sank at Isle Royale on June 4, 1947. |
| Henry B. Smith | United States | Acme Transit Company | 1906 | 6,631 | | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| Henry Steinbrenner | United States | Kinsman Transit Co. | 1901 | | | Sank on May 11, 1953. |
| Hesper | United States | Ship Owners Dry Dock Company | 1890 | 1,540 | | Sank on May 4, 1905 |
| H Lee. White | United States | Grand River Navigation | 1974 | 14,449 | | In operation |
| Hydrus | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1903 | 4,713 | Formerly R.E. Schuck | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| Indiana Harbor | United States | American Steamship Company | 1979 | 35,923 | | In operation |
| Isaac M. Scott | United States | Virginia Steamship Co. | 1909 | 6,372 | | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| James Carruthers | Canada | St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam and Navigation Company | 1913 | 7,862 | | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| James R. Barker | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1976 | 34,728 | | In operation |
| John A. McGeen | United States | Hutchinson & Company | 1908 | 5,100 | | Sank in Great Lakes storm of 1913 |
| John J. Boland | United States | Grand River Navigation | 1973 | 13,862 | Formerly Charles E. Wilson | In operation |
| Kaye E. Barker | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1952 | 11,726 | Formerly Edward B Greene,Benson Ford (II) | In operation |
| Lafayette | United States | Pittsburgh Steamship Company | 1900 | 5,113 | | Sank in the Mataafa Storm. |
| Leafield | Canada | Strand Stepway Company | 1892 | 1,452 | | Sank in the Great Lakes storm of 1913 |
| Lee A. Tregurtha | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1942 | 14,671 | Formerly USS Chiwawa, Walter A. Sterling, William Clay Ford. originally built as a US Navy tanker | In operation |
| Louisiana | United States | | 1887 | | | Ran aground and burned in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
| Mark W. Barker | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 2022 | 26,000 | | In Operation |
| Mesabi Miner | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1977 | 34,729 | | In operation |
| Mississagi | Canada | Lower Lakes Towing | 1943 | 15,336 | Formerly Hill Annex, George A. Sloan | Scrapped at Sault Ste Marie in 2021 |
| Michipicoten | Canada | Lower Lakes Towing | 1952 | 15,336 | Formerly Elton Hoyt II | In operation |
| Parkdale | United Kingdom | Redwood Enterprises Ltd | 1916 | | Formerly Sir Trevor Dawson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Gene C. Hutchinson | Scrapped in Cartagena, Spain in 1980 |
| Paul R. Tregurtha | United States | Interlake Steamship Company | 1981 | 36,360 | Formerly Willam J. Delancey largest lake freighter ever built | In operation |
| R. J. Hackett | United States | Vulcan Transportation Company | 1869 | 1,129 | First lake freighter | Burned and sank on November 12, 1905 |
| Radcliffe R. Latimer | Canada | Algoma Central | 1978 | 22,465 | Formerly Algobay, Atlantic Trader | In operation |
| Regina | Canada | Canadian Steamship Lines | 1907 | 1,956 | | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| Roger Blough | United States | The Great Lakes fleet | 1972 | 22,041 | | Laid up in sturgeon Bay Wisconsin after a fire in 2021 |
| Saginaw | Canada | Lower Lakes Towing | 1953 | 12,557 | Formerly John J. Boland | In operation |
| Sam Laud | United States | Grand River Navigation | 1973 | 11,619 | | In operation |
| Scotiadoc | Canada | Paterson Steamships, Ltd | 1904 | 4,432 | Formerly Martin Mullen | Sank after being rammed by the freighter Burlington in a storm on June 20, 1953. |
| Tim S. Dool | Canada | Algoma Central | 1967 | 18,845 | Formerly Senneville, Algoville | In operation |
| Thunder bay | Canada | Canadian Steamship Line | 2013 | 24,300 | | In operation |
| Walter J. McCarthy Jr | United States | American Steamship Company | 1977 | 35,923 | | In operation |
| Wexford | France | Western Steamship Company | 1888 | 2,077 | | Sank in the Great Lakes storm of 1913 |
| William B. Davock | United States | Vulcan Steamship Company | 1907 | 4,468 | | Foundered on Lake Michigan on November 11, 1940 |
| William C. Moreland | United States | Interstate Steamship Company | 1910 | 7,514 | The stern of the Moreland was salvaged and reused as the stern of the Sir Trevor Dawson. | Ran aground and sank on Sawtooth Reef October 18, 1910 |
| Whitefish bay | Canada | Canadian Steamship Line | 2012 | 24,300 | | In operation |

## Ore-bulk-oil carriers

Ore-bulk-oil carriers (OBO)
| Name | Type | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
| Arctic | | Canada | Fednav | 1978 | 19,420 | Has a special bow for ice breaking | Scrapped at Aliaga in April 2021 |
| Berge Istra | | Liberia | Sig.ö Bergesen d.y. | 1972 | | | Disappeared in the Pacific on 30 December 1975 |
| Berge Vanga | | Liberia | Sig.ö Bergesen d.y. | 1974 | 115,426 | | Disappeared in the South Atlantic on 29 October 1979 |
| Derbyshire | Bridge-class | United Kingdom | Bibby Line | 1976 | 91,655 | Previously Liverpool Bridge | Lost with all hands on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid |
| Kowloon Bridge | Bridge-class | Hong Kong | Helinger | 1972 | 89,438 | Previously English Bridge | Wrecked off Ireland in December 1986 |

## Very large ore carriers

Very large ore carriers (VLOC)
| Name | Type | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
| Berge Fjord | | | BW Fleet Management | 1985 | 159,534 | Previously Docefjord | Scrapped 18 February 2017 |
| Berge Stahl | Valemax | Comoros | Berge Bulk | 1986 | 175,720 | Largest bulk carrier in the world until 2011 | Scrapped at Gadani in July 2020 |
| Ore Brasil | Valemax | Singapore | Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd. | 2011 | 198,980 | Previously Vale Brasil | In operation |
| Stellar Daisy | | South Korea | VP-14 Shipping Inc | 1993 | 148,431 | Largest ship to be lost at sea | Sank in the South Atlantic on 31 March 2017 |
| Vale Rio de Janeiro | Valemax | Singapore | Vale Shipping Holding Pte. Ltd. | 2011 | 198,980 | | In operation |

## Strategic sealift bulk carriers

Strategic sealift ships are cargo ships operated by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command. Those ships which are dry cargo/ammunition ships (T-AKE and T-AK) and considered bulk carriers are listed here.
| Name | Hull number | Class | Year built | Tonnage | Status |
| USNS Lewis and Clark | T-AKE-1 | Lewis and Clark | 2005 | 41,000 | In operation |
| USNS Sacagawea | T-AKE-2 | Lewis and Clark | 2006 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Alan Shepard | T-AKE-3 | Lewis and Clark | 2006 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Richard E. Byrd | T-AKE-4 | Lewis and Clark | 2007 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Robert E. Peary | T-AKE-5 | Lewis and Clark | 2007 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Amelia Earhart | T-AKE-6 | Lewis and Clark | 2008 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Carl Brashear | T-AKE-7 | Lewis and Clark | 2008 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Wally Schirra | T-AKE-8 | Lewis and Clark | 2009 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Matthew Perry | T-AKE-9 | Lewis and Clark | 2009 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Charles Drew | T-AKE-10 | Lewis and Clark | 2010 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Washington Chambers | T-AKE-11 | Lewis and Clark | 2010 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS William McLean | T-AKE-12 | Lewis and Clark | 2011 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Medgar Evers | T-AKE-13 | Lewis and Clark | 2011 | 40,298 | In operation |
| USNS Cesar Chavez | T-AKE-14 | Lewis and Clark | 2012 | 40,298 | In operation |