POL

 Ships of the Polish Steamship Line (Polski Zegluga Morska), known as POLSTEAM, can be seen in many St.Lawrence River and Great Lakes ports, but are rare callers in Halifax. Their ship, usually handy size bulk carriers arriving from European ports with steel and loading grain outbound. Last evening, November 26, saw the arrival of the Szare Szeregi at Pier 28.

 Regrettably ships at that pier are barely visible from shore and virtually unphotographable, so they best I could do shows the ship's bow, with hatch covers open. 

Blue hull paint is not typical of POL ships - they are usually black. The blue on this ship has applied within the past year - it was originally black. Such a move may indicate a sale and lease back. Current owners are listed as Jupiter Three Shipping Ltd, based in Cyprus.

The ship was built in 2017 by Yangfan Zhoushan to the Deltamarin 37 design.It is therefore a 25,278 gt ship with a deadweight ranging from 368,520 to 39,072. It carries four cranes with capacity of 30 tonnes. 

Polsteam has a fleet of more than fifty ships. with about seventeen of Lakermax size designed for transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and with shallow draft / high deadweight. As with most ships of the type it is "open hatch" (that is double hull, with hatches the full width of the holds and thus no understow.

The ship's recent movements have seen the ship calling  in Baltimore September 1-6, Savannah September 10-13, River Tyne September 30 to October 7, Wismar October 10-15, Sparrow's Point November 12-13, Wilmington November 17-19, and Cape Canaveral November 20-21. Today's load, which appears to be wood pellets, is thus a change from the usual steel products.

There is always the hope that the ship will sail in daylight, and that a better photo will be possible. 

I have previously covered the interesting history of Polish shipping in Halifax, March 10, 2023.

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