Ships of San Juan Carriers
Ltd
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Hollstein
The fleet of “SAN JUAN CARRIERS LTD” The fleet of “MARCONA CARRIERS LTD”
ID | Year | Name | Tons |
Registered |
Owner | Port | ID | Year | Name | Tons | Change | Registered Owner | Port | |
5614825 | 1937 | SAN JUAN TRADER | 10973 | 1956 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | 5310125 | 1959 | SAN JUAN TRAVELER | 31090 | 1972 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5011767 | 1956 | ALLEN D. CHRISTENSEN | 11266 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310096 | 1959 | MARCONAFLOW MERCHANT | 31100 | 1972 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5143572 | 1956 | HARVEY S. MUDD | 11412 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310125 | 1959 | MARCONA TRAVELER | 31090 | 1973 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5310096 | 1959 | SAN JUAN MERCHANT | 31100 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310101 | 1962 | SAN JUAN PIONEER | 45513 | 1972 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5310125 | 1959 | SAN JUAN TRAVELER | 31090 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310113 | 1962 | SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR | 45513 | 1972 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5310096 | 1959 | MARCONAFLOW MERCHANT | 31100 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310101 | 1962 | MARCONA PIONEER | 44920 | 1974 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5310084 | 1960 | SAN JUAN EXPORTER | 11489 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310113 | 1962 | MARCONA PROSPECTOR | 64558 | 1974 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5310101 | 1962 | SAN JUAN PIONEER | 45513 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310113 | 1962 | PROSPECT | 64558 | 1977 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
5310113 | 1962 | SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR | 45513 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 5310113 | 1962 | MARCONA PROSPECTOR | 64558 | 1977 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
6611538 | 1966 | SAN JUAN TRADER | 39586 as of 1956 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 6801793 | 1967 | SAN JUAN EXPORTER | 32643 | 1973 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
6801793 | 1967 | SAN JUAN EXPORTER | 32643 | San Juan Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | 6611538 | 1966 | MARCONA TRADER | 39246 | 1973 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||
6310093 | 1963 | MARCONA PATHFINDER | 64637 | 1973 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia | ||||||||
7032636 | 1971 | MARCONA PATHFINDER | 77315 | 1982 | Marcona Carriers Ltd | LBR Monrovia |
IDNo: 5143572 Year: 1956; Call Sign: ELYX Name: HARVEY S.MUDD Keel: 6.07.1955 Type: Ore carrier ; Flag: LBR Launch Date:12.12.55; Date of completion: 23.3.1956 Tons: 11,412 ; DWT 31,662m; Yard No: 717 Length overall: 199.65 m; LPP: 190.5 m; Beam: 26.52 m; Draft: 10.41m Country of build: JPN; Builder: Nippon Kokan; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : 2 GE high press steam turbines: 12,500 BHP; 105 RPM Shin-Mitsubishi BU Vado Ligure 31.5.1977 [G.Riccardi] Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 1956 HARVEY S.MUDD 11412 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia 1956 DRYAD 1968 Overseas Bulk Tpt Corp LBR Monrovia 1956 GOLFO DI TARANTO 1970 La Veloce SpA ITA Cagliari 1956 GOLFO DI TARANTO 1974 |
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IDNo: 6611538 Year: 1966 Name: SAN JUAN TRADER Keel: 18.10.1965 Type: Ore/Bulk/Oil ; Flag: LBR Launch Date: 7.1.66; Date of completion: 05.04.1966 Tons: 39,586; DWT: 63,410; G 77,246 cbm; Yard No: 824 Length overall: 248.4 m; LPP: 236.2 m; Beam: 31.9 m; Draft : 12.56 m, Country of build: JPN ; Builder: Nippon Kokan; Location of yard: Tsurumi ; Engine : B&W 8-84VT2BF-180: 18,400 BHP, 114 RPM fire at Mile 128.2, R. Mississippi 20.12.84 & Bu Ulsan 13.8. ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 6611538 1966 SAN JUAN TRADER 39,586 San Juan Carriers Ltd. Monrovia MARCONA TRADER 1973 Marcona Carriers Ltd. LBR Monrovia PANAMAX APOLLO 1981 CLARO 1985 Universal Glow PAN IDNo: |
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IDNo: 5011767 Year: 1956 Name: ALLEN D.CHRISTENSEN Keel: 14.12.1955 Type: Ore carrier Launch Date: 3.4.1956 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 12.7.1956 Tons: 11,266 ; DWT: 31,490 ; Yard No: 720 Length overall: 199.65 m; LPP: 190.5 m ; Beam: 26.52 m ; Draft : 10.41 m, Country of build: JPN Builder: Nippon Kokan; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : 2 GE high press Steam turbines: 12,500 BHP ; 105 RPM, Shin-Mitsubishi BU Kaohsiung 3.5.1978 [Keun Hwa Iron Steel Works] Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Por 1956 ALLEN D.CHRISTENSEN 11266 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia OREAD as of 1968 Interocean Bulk Tpt Corp LBR Monrovia |
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IDNo: 5310096 Year: 1959 Name: SAN JUAN MERCHANT Keel: 19.5.1958 Type: Ore/oil carrier Launch Date: 12.9.1958 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 4.2.1959 Tons: 31,100 DWT: 52,232 ; Yard No: 737 Length overall: 225.17 m ; LPP: 215.49 m ; Beam: 30.48 m ; Draft : 11.37 m; Country of build: JPN Builder: Nippon Kokan ; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : 2 Shin-Mitsubishi steam turbines :17,500 BHP; 105 RPM BU Pusan 10.4.1976 [Dongkuk Steel Mill Co] ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 5310096 1959 SAN JUAN MERCHANT 31100 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR MARCONAFLOW MERCHANT 1970 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia MARCONAFLOW MERCHANT 1972 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia IDNo: |
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IDNo: 5310125 Year: 1959 Name: SAN JUAN TRAVELER Keel: 15.9.1958 Type: Ore/oil carrier Launch Date: 6.2.1959 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 26.5.1959 Tons: 31,090 ; DWT: 52,149 ; Yard No: 738 Length overall: 225.17m ; LPP: 215.49 m ; Beam: 30.48m ; Draft : 11.087 m; Country of build: JPN Builder: Nippon Kokan ; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : 2 Shin-Mitsubishi steam turbines :17,500 BHP; 105 RPM BU Pusan 18.2.1976 [Dongkuk Steel Mill Co] ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 5310125 1959 SAN JUAN TRAVELER 31090 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia SAN JUAN TRAVELER 1972 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia MARCONA TRAVELER 1973 Marcona |
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IDNo: 5310084 Year: 1960 Name: SAN JUAN EXPORTER Keel: Type: Cargo ship Launch Date: 21.8.1960 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 11.1960 Tons: 11,489 ; DWT: 18,308 ; G 24,298 cbm ; Length overall: 162.40m; LPP: 151.90m; Beam: 21.1 m ; Draft : 9.59 m Country of build: JPN; Yard No: 765 Builder: Nippon Kokan ; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : B&W 7-74VTBF-160: 8,750 BHP BU Gadani Beach 29.5.83 [Dada Steel Mills] ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 5310084 1960 SAN JUAN EXPORTER 11489 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia WORLD TATSU 1964 Liberian Victor Tpts Inc LBR Monrovia DESPINA 1973 Vai Cia Naviera SA GRC Piraeus SALINA 1981 Transmarine Nav Corp PAN Panama AL-FAJR AL-SAUDI I 1983 Al Sabah Maritime Services Co Ltd SAU Jeddah |
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IDNo: 5310101 Year: 1962 Name: SAN JUAN PIONEER Keel: 12.2.1962 Type: Ore/oil carrier Launch Date: 25.6.1962 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 10.10.1962 Tons: 45,513 ; DWT: 71,370 ; Yard No: 776 Length overall: 254.50m ; LPP: 244.45m ; Beam: 32.31 m ; Draft : 13.50 m Country of build: JPN Builder: Nippon Kokan ; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : IHI steam turbine, 22,500 BHP, 106 RPM BU Kaohsiung 21.9.1978 [Nan Long Steel & Iron Co] ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 5310101 1962 SAN JUAN PIONEER 45513 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia SAN JUAN PIONEER 1972 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia MARCONA PIONEER 1974 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia IDNo: |
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IDNo: 5310113 Year: 1962 Name: SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR Keel: 5.12.1961 Type: Ore/oil carrier Launch Date: 24.5. 1962 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 20.12.1962 Tons: 45,513 ; DWT: 70,254 ; Yard No: 669 Length overall: 254.51m ; LPP: 244.45m ; Beam: 32.31 m ; Draft : 13.65 m Country of build: JPN Builder: Mitsui ; Location of yard: Tamano Engine : IHI steam turbine, 22,500 BHP, 106 RPM [1973 Lengthened 296.5/286.7m, 64558gt/110515dw] – BU Masan 17.3.1978, completed 30.6.78 ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 5310113 1962 SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR 45513 San Juan Carriers Ltd Monrovia SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR 1972 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia MARCONA PROSPECTOR 1974 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia PROSPECT 1977a Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia MARCONA PROSPECTOR 1977b Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia WEILEE 1977c Eddie SS Co Ltd TWN Kaohsiung IDNo: |
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IDNo: 6801793 Year: 1967 Name: SAN JUAN EXPORTER Keel: 16.6.1967 Type: Ore carrier Launch Date: 11.9.1967 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 27.11.1967 Tons: 32,643 ; DWT: 106,229; G 79,861 cbm ; Yard No: 834 Length overall: 263.7 m ; LPP: 252.0 m; Beam: 38.0m ; Draft: 17.43 m Country of build: JPN Builder: Nippon Kokan ; Location of yard: Tsurumi Engine : 10-84VT2BF-180: 23,000 BHP, 114 RPM [1972 Lengthened & deepened, 303.7/292.4m, 44046 gt/143,979dw] BU Kaohsiung 31.3.1983 ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 6801793 1967 SAN JUAN EXPORTER 32643 San Juan Carriers Ltd. Monrovia MARCONA EXPORTER 44046 1973 Marcona Carriers Ltd. LBR Monrovia |
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IDNo: 5614825 Year: 1937 Name: STRINDA Keel: Type: Tanker Launch Date: 9.12.1936 Flag: NOR Date of completion: 1.1937 Tons: 10,973 ; DWT: ; Yard No: 183 Length overall: ; LPP: 155.10m ; Beam: 21.10m ; Draft : Country of build: DEU Builder: Deutsche Werft ; Location of yard: Finkenwarder Engine : [1956 converted to ore carrier, 6451gt] – BU Split 28.10.1962 ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 5614825 1937 STRINDA 10973 J. Ludwig Mowinckel NOR Conversion in Yokohama SAN JUAN TRADER 6451 27.01.-05.1956 San Juan Carriers LBR Monrovia IDNo: 6310093 Year: 1963 Name: SAN JUAN PATHFINDER Keel: 29.10.1962 Type: Ore/oil carrier Launch Date: 19. 3.1963 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 15. 8.1963 Tons: 45,513 ; DWT: 72,344 ; Yard No: 675 Length overall: 254.51m; LPP: 244.45 m ; Beam: 32.31m ; Draft :13.65 m; Country of build: JPN Builder: Mitsui ; Location of yard: Tamano Engine : IHI steam turbine, 22,500 BHP, 106 RPM 1973 Lengthened |
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IDNo: 6310093 Year: 1963 Name: SAN JUAN PATHFINDER Keel: 29.10.1962 Type: Ore/oil carrier Launch Date: 19. 3.1963 Flag: LBR Date of completion: 15. 8.1963 Tons: 45,513 ; DWT: 72,344 ; Yard No: 675 Length overall: 254.51m; LPP: 244.45 m ; Beam: 32.31m ; Draft :13.65 m; Country of build: JPN Builder: Mitsui ; Location of yard: Tamano Engine : IHI steam turbine, 22,500 BHP, 106 RPM 1973 Lengthened & deepened 296.5/286.7m, 64637gt] BU Kaohsiung 16.2.1979 [Kang Hua Enterprise Co] ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 6310093 1963 SAN JUAN PATHFINDER 45513 San Juan Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia SAN JUAN PATHFINDER 1972 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia MARCONA PATHFINDER 64637 1973 Marcona Carriers Ltd LBR Monrovia HWA LEE 1976 Eddie SS Co Ltd TWN Keelung |
![]() SAN JUAN PATHFINDER |
IDNo: 7032636 Year: 1971 Name: FURNESS BRIDGE Keel: Type: Ore/Bulk/Oil Launch Date: 16.10.1970 Flag: GBR Date of completion: 8.1971 Tons: 91,079 ; DWT: 168,728 ; G 171,260 cbm ; Yard No: 25 Length overall: 294.19 m ; LPP: 281.95 m ; Beam: 44.28 m; Draft: 18.44 m Country of build: GBR Builder: Swan Hunter ; Location of yard: Haverton Hill Engine : B&W 8K98FF: 30,400 BHP BU Huangpu 26.3.92 ID Year Name Tons Change Registered Owner Port 7032636 1971 FURNESS BRIDGE 91079 Seabridge Shipping Co. GBR LAKE ARROWHEAD 1977 Utah Transport Co LBR Monrovia MARCONA PATHFINDER 77315 1982 Marcona Carriers Ltd. LBR Monrovia WORLD PATHFINDER 1983 Paramount Transport Co LBR Monrovia OCEAN SOVEREIGN 1986 Nerice Maritime Co. CYP Limassol |
![]() FURNESS BRIDGE |
The FURNESS BRIDGE, 77,316 gross tons, 964ft
x 144ft was launched on 16th Oct.1970 for the Seabridge Shipping Co, part of
the Furness / Houlder group. She was an iron ore carrier, but fitted to carry oil if needed and was a sister ship to the infamous DERBYSHIRE which was lost with all hands in a typhoon in the Pacific. In 1977 the FURNESS BRIDGE was sold to the Utah Transport Co, Monrovia, Liberia, renamed LAKE ARROWHEAD and chartered to the Australian National Line. 1982 she became the MARCONA PATHFINDER, owned by Marcona Carriers Ltd, Monrovia, part of the U.S.owned San Juan Carriers group. 1983 sold to Paramount Transport Co, Monrovia, renamed WORLD PATHFINDER. 1986 sold to Nerice Maritime Co, Limassol, Cyprus, renamed OCEAN SOVEREIGN. 6th Mar.1992 Arrived at Huangpu, China for scrapping. |
Utah Construction Company was incorporated in Ogden on January
8, 1900.
The principal business of the company in its early years was railroad
construction.
From 1916 to 1969, Utah Construction Company built 58 dams. Most were in the
Western United States providing hydroelectric power and irrigation for farming
in that region.
In 1931, Utah joined Six Companies Inc. to raise the surety required to bid for
the Boulder
(Hoover) Dam contract. One of the world’s largest dams, Hoover Dam was completed
in 1936
at a cost of $ 49 million.
When the demand for railway construction tapered off, Utah Construction Company
turned its interests to mining. In 1944, it acquired its first mine, Iron Ore
Springs, in Utah. The
growth of the company’s mining business was rapid and in 1959 the company
changed its name
to Utah Construction and Mining Company.
In the 1950s, Utah Construction diversified into mining, becoming the Utah
Construction & Mining Co. These ventures included
the Marcona iron mine in Peru, the Lucky Mc uranium mine in Wyoming, and the
Navajo coal mine and power plant in the Four
Corners area of the United States southwest.
In 1969, Utah sold its construction business to Fluor Corporation and mining
became its
sole business.
A mining engineer, Harvey S. Mudd (1888-1955) was a graduate of Stanford and
Columbia Universities. He served with distinction
as president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
In 1951 Allen D. Christensen became the company's general manager and executive
vice president.
1952-74 Founder and President of the Marcona Mining Company (financed by Utah
Construction Company and Cyprus Mines),
which began by operating an iron ore mine out of San Juan, Peru. (This region
was named the District of Marcona by the Peruvian
government in 1955.) The Marcona board members from Utah Construction consisted
of Mariner Eccles, Ed Littlefield and Alan
Christensen. Through Robinson’s arguably reckless vision, the Marcona company
expanded into the shipping industry. In an effort
to support the transport of iron ore to Japan, Robinson continued to push for
larger ships eventually designing and in 1961
constructing the first Panamax, the largest vessel to navigate the Panama Canal.
This 105,000 ton ship received much press
coverage at the time.
155/2/2: San Juan Carriers, Ltd.
2.1 S.S. Allen D. Christensen: 1956
2.2 San Juan Prospector: 1964
2.3 San Juan Traveler: 1971
2.4 San Juan Pioneer: [n.d.]
2.5 San Juan Trader: [n.d.]
The first and last vessel from above were fully managed by the American branch
of Johs. Fritzen & Sohn Inc..
Other innovations included the development of a slurry system (Marconaflo) to
transport iron ore from mine into and out of ships in
a fluid state and development of the first joint oil/ore carriers.
Marcona Corporation became a major ship owner and operator as well as a mining
company. Marcona had a fleet of 25+ large
crude oil tankers, mineral carriers, bulk cargo ships and OBO combination ships.
San Juan Navigation Corp, a dry cargo operator based on the west coast of the
United States suspended operations as of November
11th, 2011.
The company had mining interests in Peru, New Zealand,and in Brazil and was the
pioneer in the 'slurry' handling of iron ore and
other mineral products by the use of Marconjets in the inner bottoms of the
ships cargo holds. Marcona carried iron ore from ports
in Tasu, BC and South America to ports in Japan where the ore was then processed
into steel.
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