Sister ships Ciudad de Valencia, Ciudad de Cali, Ciudad de Ibague and Ciudad de Cumana built by Canadian Vickers for Flota Mercanta Grancolombiana for cargo carrying service between major ports of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, New York, New Orleans and Montreal; length, 395 ft, beam molded 55 ft 6 in.; each vessel has dry cargo capacity of 300,000 cu ft and refrigerated cargo capacity of 60,000 cu ft; propulsion is by 6-cyl Nordberg engine rated 4275 bhp at 160 rpm. (see also unsigned article in Mar Eng v 58 n 12 Dec 1953 p 77-8, 108)


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    Title :

    Four new motor ships


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Diesel Progress ; 19 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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