''Federal Tiber'' is a

bulk carrier A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially naval architecture, designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo—such as Grain trade, grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrie ...

. It was the first freighter to ship

iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...

from the

Baffinland The Mary River Mine is an Open-pit mining, open-pit Iron ore, iron ore mine in the Mary River (Nunavut), Mary River area of Baffin Island, Canada. It is operated by the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (BIMC). As of 2021, the operation consists ...

mines, out of

Milne Inlet Milne Inlet () is a small, shallow arm of Eclipse Sound which, along with Navy Board Inlet, separates Bylot Island from Baffin Island in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. Milne Inlet flows in a southerly direction from Navy Board Inlet at the c ...

, on its way to Nordenham, Germany, on August 8, 2015. ''

CBC North CBC North (; ; ) is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and television service for the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon of Northern Canada as well as Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. Hist ...

'' reported it carried 53,624 tonnes of ore. The vessel was built in 2011, and is registered in the

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory consists of 29 c ...

. She is owned by MV Baffin Investments, and operated by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management. She is equipped with four large electro-mechanical cranes.

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Fednav Fednav is a privately owned Canadian company in the maritime transport industry, involved in transporting over 30 million tonnes of bulk cargo and break bulk cargo worldwide. Its fleet comprises approximately 120 long-term and spot-chartered ves ...

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Marine Traffic Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by watercraft has been widely used throughout recorded history, as it provi ...

, date = 2015-08-17 , accessdate = 2015-08-17 {{cite news , url = http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674baffinland_ships_out_first_load_of_iron_ore_from_nunavut_mine/ , title = Baffinland ships first load of iron ore to Germany from Nunavut mine , publisher = Nunatsiaq Online , date = 2015-08-10 , location =

Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...

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, date = 2015-08-11 , accessdate = 2015-08-17 , quote = The Federal Tiber bulk carrier leaves from the Milne port, carrying iron ore from Baffinland's Mary River project. The ore is the first shipment produced by the site, which has been the subject of controversy due to a request from Baffinland to ship ore through Baffin Bay 10 months of the year. Ships of the Marshall Islands 2011 ships

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