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


                                         HARVEY S.MUDD
 

 

 


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:


                                           SAN JUAN TRADER

 

 


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


                                ALLEN D. CHRISTENSEN

 

 


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:


                                SAN JUAN MERCHANT

   

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


                                     SAN JUAN TRAVELER

 

 


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


                DESPINA ex SAN JUAN EXPORTER

 

 


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:


     SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR sister of SAN JUAN PIONEER

   

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:


                       SAN JUAN PROSPECTOR

   

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


           OHTSU MARU sister of SAN JUAN EXPORTER

   

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


                                     SAN JUAN TRADER
 

   

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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