![]() ![]() ![]() The Open Hatch Bulk Carrier, or OHBC, as the vessels are commonly referred to, are unique in its design in many respects. At that time the vessels were primarily based on the traditional "Shelter Deck" design and the loading and unloading was done with complicated "boom and winch" arrangements. ![]() Its shipping department was headed by Clyde Jacobs, who was a driving force in making the Open Hatch design the new standard for paper and pulp transportation at sea. was one of the leading pulp and paper companies, located in San Francisco. and the Munck Group in Bergen.Ĭrown Zellerbach Co. This revolutionary vessel and crane design was a result of cooperation between Oestberg, Crown Zellerbach Co. The first open hatch vessel (12,000 dwt) with gantry cranes was delivered to Oestberg's Rederi, in Norway, December 1962. ![]()
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