Wikipedia:WikiProject Maritime Trades/Peer review/2011

Bulk carrier

This article is largely a translation of the French FA fr:Vraquier. After translating it, Korrigan and I got some great feedback which I think we've addressed, adding 100+ footnotes, turning a number of lists into prose, and so forth. I think its time for some more feedback. Also, this is my first attempted foray above B-class, so any advice on the procedure would be appreciated. Haus^Talk 18:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

• It's very good, but why is Panamax illustrated with a Handymax ship? There's plenty of images of Panamaxes on Commons. Laïka 15:58, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

• • Thanks for the feedback! You may be right, but let's see if the reasoning makes sense: it's a Handymax going through the Panama Canal. The thinking was that it illustrates the Panama Canal size constraints very clearly. Now if we had a Panamax bulker going through the Canal, that'd be the perfect picture, but we can't seem to put our hands on one. In any case, if the reasoning seems shaky, I'll happily replace the picture. Cheers. Haus^Talk 19:54, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

• • • This image appears to show a Panamax passing through a lock fairly clearly, but I understand your reasoning. Other than that, the article looks pretty good, but something about the "A typical bulker offload" section doesn't quite sit right; I think it may look better if the process were simply described with prose and then illustrated just by the clearest couple of images (say, Image:Velox cargo ship unloading rapeseed.jpg and Image:Grab unloaded into hopper.jpg). Laïka 21:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

• • • • I'd guess that you're right -- the ship does appear to be Panamax size, but it's a Roll-on/roll-off, not a bulk carrier. There's a big ramp structure on the stern that flips down, allowing vehicular cargo to be driven on and off the ship. On the second item, I think you're absolutely right. I'll try to streamline the offload section tomorrow. Thanks again! Haus^Talk 00:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)