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M.V. LA CORDILLERA, negative
Port bow view of M.V. LA CORDILLERA. Tug and Gear Bulk also in image.
Built 1969 by Ateliers de la Loire, St. Nazaire, as ALAIN L.D., for Louis Dreyfus & Cie., and fitted with two Kampnagel travelling cranes. 1973 – Transferred to the newly formed “Gearbulk” Group, managed by Buries, Markes Ltd, London (both subsidiaries of Louis Dreyfus), and renamed LA CORDILLERA. 1974 – Sold to Gestioni Esercizio Navi Sicilia, Italy, and renamed CAPO MELE. She was broken up in 1987. (ref - LouisDreyfusArmatuers website) (Buries-Markes website)