LAUNCHED twenty years ago as the M/V Becrux, the M/V Ocean Drover, as it was renamed in 2009, was the first large livestock vessel designed from the ground up to carry livestock.
Described as the “workhorse” of the Wellard livestock shipping fleet, the Drover has just completed its 200th voyage, carrying 14,000 cattle on a 31 day journey from Uruguay to China.
The trip was completed with only 7 mortalities. Across 200 voyages the vessel has recorded a succesful delivery rate of 99.3 percent for sheep and 99.9pc for cattle.
Since being launched in 2002, the Ocean Drover has…
