TBS

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 17,324 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 145.50 / 21
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 25 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 50 MT (using #2&3 twin cranes)*

Origin of Name:
The Ainu people are indigenous to Asia, with a significant population is in Japan and Russia. For the Ainu, the worlds of spirit and matter exist in parallel. The Ainu believe that life force is in all things and able to travel between both worlds. "Ainu" means "human."

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1986
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 41,808 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 183.78 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 3 Sets x 25 MT (Single)

Origin of Name:
The principal historic seat of this tribe was on the upper course of the Alabama River. The Alabama population was less than 1,000 in 1704; after 1763 they were dispersed, joining the Seminoles and Creeks and also going to Texas with the Koasatis. By 1910, there were only about 300 more Alabama Indians among the Creeks.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 23,325 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 160.50 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 1 set x 25 MT (single), 1 set x 20 MT (single) 3 sets x 25.9MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Mostly wanderers, the Apaches have roamed as marauders over portions of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, and several of the northern provinces of Mexico. Various Apache tribes offered strong resistance to encroachment on their territory in the latter half of the 19th century. Populations now are located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1998
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 24,021 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 153.50 / 26
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 4 sets x 30 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Meaning “our people”, the Arapaho lived on the plains of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas since the 1600s. They were an agricultural people, living in permanent villages in the eastern woodlands. Before moving west they became a nomadic people following the great buffalo herds. They lived in teepees made from buffalo skins that could be easily erected and taken down as the tribe moved from place to place.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 19,777 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 154.88 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single) Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 50 MT (using #2M&2S twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
For the Aztec, life was a constant struggle of hard work having to please the gods in order to keep the universe in balance. The temples are one of the few remaining signs of the Aztecs. The Aztec civilization has been credited for many advances of the Mesoamerican cultures, including the development of two unique calendar systems, a complex mathematical system and an intriguing form of astronomy.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: ABS
• Deadweight: 39,225 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 188.00 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Biloxi Indians were Siouan speakers who were first recorded living near present Biloxi, in southern Mississippi. Amounting to perhaps 1,000 people in 1650, the Biloxi spoke a language belonging to the Siouan family. By the end of the 19th century there were very few identifiable survivors, in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1985
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 42,842 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 189.50 / 30
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Due to its somewhat secluded location and sparse population, Canarsie was at times a meeting place for pirates and smugglers. The word Canarsie means "fence" or "fort." The tribes’ territory extended over most of Kings County and parts of Jamaica, New York City.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: GL
• Deadweight: 22,800 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 187.40 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 6 sets x 32 MT (single) ** Gemini =2 sets(twin) =2x 32MT = 64 MT*(using #2&3 or 4&5 twin cranes); Gemini 1+2+3 or 4+5+6= 90MT; Gemini 2+3+4+5= 120MT

Origin of Name:
The Caribe formerly inhabited the northern coast of South America and made their way to the islands. They came in contact with Spanish explorers in many islands of the West Indies. The Caribes practiced cannibalism and were warlike when first discovered, and the Spaniards subjugated them as slaves. Only a few thousand descendants remain today.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1990
• Class: ABS
• Deadweight: 23,286 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 164.33 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 25 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 48 MT (using #4&5 twin cranes)*

Origin of Name:
The Cherokee were the largest Southeastern tribe from the 18th century. Some survive in their Appalachian homeland in Western North Carolina, while most today live in Oklahoma. During the American Revolution the Cherokees supported the British and made several attacks on forts and settlements in the frontier. After 1800 the Cherokees profoundly adopted white culture.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: DNV
• Deadweight: 44,146 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.80 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
They were a Native American group in the Chesapeake region known collectively as the Powhatans. They left no written records of what their life was like before the Europeans visited them.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1985
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 40,902 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 188.93 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Fox called themselves the Mesquakie meaning "red earth people."

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: ABS
• Deadweight: 20,401 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 153.50 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 4 sets x 30 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Hopi Indians, which means good, peaceful, or wise, come from a group of Southwestern people called Pueblo.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1985
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 42,219 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.80 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Houma tribe was a politically independent nation. The name Houma means ‘red’. The Houma originally lived in eastern Mississippi, but were driven across the border into Louisiana where they merged with Cajun communities. Today there are about 11,000 members of the Houma Indian Nation living on reservation lands in Louisiana.

• Type: Car Carrier, Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1986
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 22,133 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 170.00 / 27
• Holds / Hatches: 6 / 6
• Gear: 1 Set x 20MT(Single) 2 sets(twin) =2x 15MT = 30 MT*(using #2M&2S & #3M&3S twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
Between 1200 and 1535 AD, the Inca population lived in the part of South America extending from the Equator to the Pacific coast of Chile. The beginning of the Inca rule started with the conquest of the Moche Culture in Peru. They were warriors with a strong and powerful army. Because of the fierceness and their hierarchical organization, they became the largest Native American society. The height of their reign in the 15th century came to a brutal end in 1535 when the Spanish conquistadors took over their territory.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1983
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 40,876 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.80 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Known as “The League of Peace and Power”, the Iroquois were an extraordinarily well-organized federation of Indian states which was located in New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec. The Iroquois were not a single tribe, but were comprised of the five nations: Oneida, Onodaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Mohawk. In 1720, Tuscarora became the sixth confederation of the league. These nations dwelled close together and formed political ties with allies. Lacrosse was a game invented by the Iroquois people.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 23,319 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 160.50 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 1 set x 25 MT (single) 4 sets x 25.9MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Algonquian-speaking Indians, related to the Sauk and Fox, Kickapoo were first reported by Europeans in the late 17th century. They lived at the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. They were known as formidable warriors, whose raids took them over a wide territory, ranging as far as and throughout Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mexico, New York, and Pennsylvania.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1986
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 19,762 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 155.03 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 2 sets x 25 MT (single) 1 set (twin) =2x 41.6MT= 80 MT*(using #2&3 twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Kiowa are a nation of Native Americans who lived mostly in the plains of west Texas, Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico at the time of the arrival of Europeans. Today the Kiowa Tribe is federally recognized, with about 12,000 members living in southwestern Oklahoma.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1982
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 35,025 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 176.00 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Over 3,000 years ago, Native Americans settled along the California shoreline of La Jolla, named from the Indian term Woholle, meaning “hole in the mountains”. Today, the La Jolla Indian Reservation land is undisturbed and is located at the foothills of Palomar Mountain, where the Oak trees produce one of the major foods to help sustain the traditional way of life (a dish made from the Acorn “wii wish”).The La Jolla Indian Reservation is a federal reservation of Luiseño Indians in Northern San Diego County.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1996
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 28,503 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 181.00 / 26
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 1 set x 30 MT (single) 2 sets(twin) =2x 30MT = 58 MT*(using #2&3 & 4&5 twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
Also known as the "Kawaik" tribe, the Laguna are the largest settlement of Pueblo Indians in the U.S. The Laguna Indian Reservation comprises more than 125,000 acres of grazing and irrigated farming lands, with a population of 5000 residing in 6 main villages. The Laguna people value intellectual activity and education, so a scholarship program has led to many well educated Lagunas.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1982
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 45,526 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 192.73 / 30
• Holds / Hatches: 6 / 6
• Gear: 6 sets x 25.0 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
In 1626, the Dutch purchased Manhattan Island for sixty guilders (the equivalent of $23.70) from the Canarsie Indians. The land, however, was actually owned by the Wappinger’s who never contested the deal between the Dutch and the Canarsies. Manhattan is an area now worth over $60 billion. The original town, named New Amsterdam, had a population of 270, and was complete with forts, homes, farms and government buildings on the tip of Lower Manhattan.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 37,734 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.80 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
They are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and are known for creating designs and making alterations to their bodies. The word māori means "normal", "natural" or "ordinary". The present population has increased to about 250,000 mostly in the North Island where the climate is warmer.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Phillipines
• Built: 1984
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 39,333 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 181.03 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Miami originally lived in Indiana, Illinois, and southern Michigan at the time of European arrival. They moved into the Maumee Valley around 1700 and soon became the most powerful Indian tribe in Ohio. They gave up their Ohio lands by the Treaty of Greenville (1795). In 1840 most of the tribe went to Kansas and Oklahoma. Today, about 4,200 live in Oklahoma and Indiana.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 28,074 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 178.22 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Mohave Indians are a tribe of the Yuman linguistic stock. The name Mohave is composed of two Indian words, "aha" which means water, and “macav" meaning alongside; “the people by the water”. The Mojave believed that performing rain dances would bring forth rain that would help them grow bountiful crops.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1982
• Class: ABS
• Deadweight: 42,360 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.68 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Mohawk Indians were one of the five Indian nations that comprised the Iroquois. They lived in New York State and many settled in Canada. They were known as “possessors of the flint”. During European settlement, they lived along the Mohawk River. The Mohawks fought on the British side in the American Revolutionary War.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1983
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 26,276 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 166.40 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 2 sets(twin) =2x 25MT = 50 MT* (using #1M-1S & #4M-4S twin cranes) 1 set (single) x 25 MT & 1 set (single) x 35 MT

Origin of Name:
The Mohegan’s settled in upstate New York, and then migrated to Connecticut. The Mohegan tribe is an Algonquian-speaking tribe living in eastern (upper Thames valley) Connecticut that was jointly ruled by the Pequot tribe until 1637. The tribe gained federal recognition in 1994. Currently there are about 1,700 Tribal members.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1989
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 28,835 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 170.02 / 27
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 2 sets x 30 MT (single) 1 set (twin) =2x 30MT= 60 MT*(using #3M&3S twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Nanticoke were known as People of the Tide Water. They originally occupied the area between the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, in what is today Maryland and Delaware. In 1608, they were involved in the production of marine shell beads, which they used to trade for furs, copper, and other commodities throughout the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin.

• Type: Car Carrier, Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 21,902 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 169.92 / 27
• Holds / Hatches: 6 / 6
• Gear: 1 Set x 20 MT(Single) 2 sets(twin) =2x 15MT= 30 MT*(using #2&3 & #4&5 twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Navajo is one of the largest tribes in the U.S. Their homelands are now northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, southeastern Utah, and southwestern Colorado. Their name means “The People.” They are closely related to the Apache and emigrated from western Canada and settled in the Southwest sometime between the 13th and 16th centuries.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 38,885 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 180.80 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Nyacks spoke Renneiu, an Algonquin language that was shared with tribes east of the Hudson, western Connecticut, Brooklyn and western Long Island. Renneiu is the only language in the Algonquin family that contains the R sound. Nyack means "point of land".

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1998
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 24,247 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 154.38 / 26
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 4 sets x 30 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Means "people of the standing stone." This refers to a significant rock formation found within the lands of the Oneida. A tribe of the Iroquois confederation, The Oneida Nation started at the St. Lawrence River down to present day Pennsylvania.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: GL
• Deadweight: 22,800 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 187.40 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 6 sets x 32 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
Ottawa is derived from the Algonquian word adawe, meaning "to trade" or "to buy and sell." They had an active trading relationship with the Chippewa and Potawatomi, as well as others in the region. There are about 15,000 citizens of Ottawa Indian bands in Michigan, Ontario, and Oklahoma today.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 2009
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 34,005 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.91 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 1 set x 35 MT (single), 1 set(twin) =2x 40MT = 80 MT*(using #2 and #3 twin cranes), 1 set(twin) =2x35 MT = 70 MT (using #4 and #5 twin cranes) *including weight of equalizing beam and all rigging

Origin of Name:
The M/V ROCKAWAY BELLE vessel was officially named by its sponsor, Mrs. Elaine Royce, in honor of the brave men and women from Rockaway Beach, New York City, who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The newbuild vessel delivered to TBS in September 2009 and sails the seas with pride in her name. At the time of its discovery in 1609, Rockaway was known as Reckowacky, which meant "the place of our own people", a name that literally was interpreted from "neck of the land". It was provided by a small tribe of Canarsie Indians who inhabited this area. The name was given simply to differentiate it from other Indian villages which were all a part of the Mohawk Indian nation. Reckowacky has also been translated to mean "lonely place", or "place of waters bright".

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1982
• Class: BV
• Deadweight: 22,558 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 164.33 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 18 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes

Origin of Name:
A wandering tribe called the Savannah Indians, armed by a group of Carolinians, drove out the Westos in the Westo War of 1680 and gave their name to the river. All through the period of the French and Indian war, the "Savannahs" were constantly making progress on the Carolina frontier. They are described as "northern savages" and friends of the Cherokee, and are undoubtedly the Shawnee.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1997
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 28,503 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 181.00 / 26
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 1 set x 30 MT (single) 2 sets(twin) =2x 30MT = 58 MT*(using #2&3 & 4&5 twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Seminole people are the descendents of the Creek people native to Florida and can be traced back at least 12,000 years. The term "Seminole" means "wild men" in Spanish. The Creeks claimed them as a part of their nation, and included them in a treaty with the U.S. in 1790; but the Seminoles repudiated it and made war upon the Americans, and affiliated with the Spaniards in 1793. They were also enemies of the U.S. in the War of 1812, when they were under Spanish rule.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1986
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 19,764 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 155.03 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 2 sets x 25 MT (single) 1 set (twin) =2x 41.6MT= 80 MT*(using #2&3 twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Seneca were the largest of the 5 tribes which comprised the Iroquois League. The five tribes occupied territory from the East to the West, the Seneca being the "keepers of the western door". The Seneca occupied territory from the Genesee River to Canandaigua Lake in Western New York, living in long houses on the riverside. They were also great conquerors and highly skilled at warfare.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 22,323 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 155.00 / 25
• Holds / Hatches: 4 / 4
• Gear: 2 sets x 30 MT (single) 1 set (twin) =2x 25MT= 50 MT*(using #2&3 twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
Originally the Shawnee were believed to be located in Southern Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. In the mid 1600s the Iroquois, from the north, drove them from their homes and they were scattered to the Carolinas, Tennessee, Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern Illinois. Shawnee comes from the Algonquin word "shawun" meaning "southerner."

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1985
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 37,451 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.80 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 3 sets x 30 MT (single) 1 set (twin) =2x 15MT= 30 MT*(using #3M&3S twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Shinnecock, an Algonquian band on Long Island, New York, formerly occupied the south coast from Shinnecock Bay to Montauk Point. The Shinnecock Nation is among the oldest self-governing tribes of Indians in the US and has been a state-recognized tribe for over 200 years. They are known as the People of the Shore.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1987
• Class: ABS
• Deadweight: 17,324 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 145.50 / 21
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 25 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 50 MT (using #2&3 twin cranes)*

Origin of Name:
The Siboney (or Cibony) migrated from the Pacific to the central-western region of Cuba as early as 1000 B.C. By 1000 A.D. they had settled the eastern third of Cuba. They inhabited Cuba until the 16th-century Spanish Conquest. The Spaniards enslaved the Ciboney and put them to work in the gold mines. But, to the Spaniards utter surprise, the Ciboney loved their freedom so they escaped to the woods and rebelled against the Spaniards.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1989
• Class: ABS
• Deadweight: 42,248 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 180.00 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Sioux were a large and powerful tribe of Indians who were found by the French in 1640 near the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1985
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 23,278 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 164.33 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 25 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 48 MT (using #4&5 twin cranes)*

Origin of Name:
Taino means "men of the good”. Their culture was dominant throughout the Caribbean. Like all American indigenous peoples, the Taino had an involved economic life trading throughout the Caribbean and had systems of governance and beliefs that maintained harmony between human and natural environments.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1986
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 17,235 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 145.50 / 21
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 25 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 48.5MT (using #2&3 twin cranes)*

Origin of Name:
The Tamoyo Confederation was a military alliance of aboriginal chieftains of the sea coast ranging from what is today Santos to Rio de Janeiro. They were brave and powerful warriors that were skilled with bow and arrows, great hunters and fishermen, as well as divers.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1983
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 26,320 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 166.40 / 28
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 2 sets(twin) =2x 25MT = 50 MT* (using #1M-1S & #4M-4S twin cranes) 1 set (single) x 25 MT & 1 set (single) x 35 MT

Origin of Name:
The Tayrona were one of South America's greatest pre-Columbian civilizations. Subversive and hard working people, the Tayrona gave Spaniard conquistadors hard times as they tried to move in the territory.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1985
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 23,278 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 164.33 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 5 Sets x 25 MT (Single) Horizontal Slewing Cranes Gemini=1 Set =2x 25MT= 48 MT (using #4&5 twin cranes)*

Origin of Name:
The Tuckahoe tribes originated in Virginia/West Virginia and are a branch of the Cherokee Indians. The name Tuckahoe meant 'bread'. This name is often misinterpreted as root diggers' which is just a generalization of the actual meaning.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1992
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 38,852 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 180.80 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Tupi were the largest of the native Indian tribes found in Brazil and made major influences on Brazilian culture and language. At the time that the Europeans arrived there were over 250 tribes of Tupi. Many of the geographic names in Brazil are of Tupi origin.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: DNV
• Deadweight: 44,189 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 182.80 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Tuscarora were originally a group of the ancient Iroquoian nations originating in North Carolina. They were known as "hemp gatherers", and moved north, from North Carolina to New York, and then partially into Canada.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker, Retractable Tweendecks
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1991
• Class: NKK
• Deadweight: 28,843 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 170.02 / 27
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 2 sets x 30 MT (single) 1 set (twin) =2x 30MT= 60 MT*(using #3M&3S twin cranes)

Origin of Name:
The Wichita call themselves Kitikitish, meaning literally, 'raccoon eyelids', signified by tattooing lines upon their eyelids, a former custom among the men. In the early 1700s, they lived along the Arkansas River in Oklahoma and along the Red and Brazos Rivers in Texas. By the 1850s, they lived around southwestern Oklahoma.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Phillippines
• Built: 1990
• Class: LR
• Deadweight: 42,475 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 181.60 / 31
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Yakima, formerly occupying considerable territory on the Yakima and Columbia rivers in eastern Washington, call themselves Waptailmim (“people of the narrows”) in allusion to their principal village, which was situated at the narrows of the Yakima River.

• Type: Multi-Purpose Tweendecker
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1997
• Class: BV
• Deadweight: 08,492 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 100.50 / 20
• Holds / Hatches: 1 / 1
• Gear: 2 sets x 6MT, 36MT, 90MT, 150 MT (single), Combinable up to 300 MT*

Origin of Name:
The Zia reservation is located in New Mexico. They believe that man has four sacred obligations: he must develop a strong body, a clear mind, a pure spirit, and a devotion to the welfare of his people. They are known for their distinctive pottery.

• Type: Bulk Carrier
• Flag: Philippines
• Built: 1984
• Class: NK
• Deadweight: 28,166 MT
• LOA/BEAM: 178.22 / 23
• Holds / Hatches: 5 / 5
• Gear: 4 sets x 25 MT (single)

Origin of Name:
The Zuni are one of the Pueblo peoples who live in the Pueblo of Zuni on the Zuni River, a tributary of the Little Colorado River, in western New Mexico and also Arizona.