CMA CGM CARMEN
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CMA CGM Carmen photographed from the end of the Esplanade in East Cowes on 5 April 2015.
She is powered by a B&W 12K98MC (69,620kW) engine giving a top speed of 25.4 knots. Built by Hyundai in Samho, South Korea as yard number s264 she is 334m long with a 43m beam and 14.5m maximum draught. Maximum TEU is 8204. MMSI - 636090965 REG - LR, Monrovia IMO - 9318046 Call Sign - A8IE8 Container Ship Built - Hyundai, Samho, KR Yard No. - s264 L 334m W 43m GT 91649 Year - 2006 East Cowes, 5 April 2015 |
OOCL MEXICO
OOCL Mexico heading out to sea on 10 April 2015.
I took the photograph very late afternoon just before it went dark and she was one of a number of ships that I photographed before the sun set over Cowes and I headed back to the caravan I was staying in.
She was built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan as Yard Number 1385 in 2002. Overall she is 294.1m long with a 32.2m beam and 13.5m maximum draught.
GT = 53,453 & DT = 66,686
She can carry 4839 TEU and is powered by a B&W 9K90MC-C (41,693 Kw)diesel engine giving a maximum speed of 24 knots.
MMSI - 636015496
REG - LR, Monrovia
IMO - 9231779
Call Sign - D5BC5
Container Ship
Built - Hyundai, Ulsan, KR
Yard No. - 1385
L 294.1m W 32.2m
GT 53453
Year - 2002
East Cowes, 10 April 2015
I took the photograph very late afternoon just before it went dark and she was one of a number of ships that I photographed before the sun set over Cowes and I headed back to the caravan I was staying in.
She was built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan as Yard Number 1385 in 2002. Overall she is 294.1m long with a 32.2m beam and 13.5m maximum draught.
GT = 53,453 & DT = 66,686
She can carry 4839 TEU and is powered by a B&W 9K90MC-C (41,693 Kw)diesel engine giving a maximum speed of 24 knots.
MMSI - 636015496
REG - LR, Monrovia
IMO - 9231779
Call Sign - D5BC5
Container Ship
Built - Hyundai, Ulsan, KR
Yard No. - 1385
L 294.1m W 32.2m
GT 53453
Year - 2002
East Cowes, 10 April 2015
antje schulte
Container ship Antje Schulte photographed on 22 August 2012, she had just left Zeebrugge and I took the photograph from the deck of the P&O ferry following our overnight sailing from Hull. She is powered by a Sulzer 6RTA6A (15,146kW) engine. Built by the Nordic Yards, Wismar, Germany in 1997 she has an overall length of 168m with a 26.7m beam and 10.8m maximum draught. GT = 15,929 and Summer Deadweight 22,520. TEU capacity is 1,014 on deck and 594 in the hold giving a total capacity of 1608. Since I saw her she has been renamed Xiumei Tianjin having been sold by Thomas Schulte with sister ship Fabian Schulte for a reported $2m each. On the morning of 6 December 2013 Xiumei Tianjin en-route from Zhoushan to Shanghai was involved in a collision approximately 3.5nm South of Zhoushan with the bulk carrier Jia Li Hai which was carrying 60,000 tons of coal. Xiumei struck the bulk carrier on her port side in a hold area near the superstructure resulting in water ingress. The vessels were towed to shallow water where Jia Li Hai was stabilised. MMSI - 304349000 REG - AG, St.Johns IMO - 9138252 Call Sign - V2DU Container Ship Built - MTW, Wismar, DE Yard No. - 301 L 168m W 27m GT 15929 Year - 1997 Zeebrugge, 22 August 2012 |
Waddens
Container Ship Waddens photographed as we were leaving Barcelona on 29 May 2012. She was built by the Heinrich Brand Shipyard in Oldburg, Germany in 1984 as Yard Number 217 and has an overall length of 99.42m (88.67m between perpendiculars), 17.56m beam and 6.53m draught. Powered by a MAK 6M551 (2499kW) engine she has a maximum speed of 15 Knots, the vessel also has two diesel generators (740kW and 257kW) a 500kW shaft generator and a single 270kW bow thruster. She has a single hold measuring 52.2m x 13.2m with hatch cover that can accommodate 116 TEU with a further 182 TEU located over the hold, 21TEU forward of the hatch and 31 TEU aft of the hatch totalling 350TEU. She is also equipped with two Electro-Hydraulic cranes and has 52 reefer plugs on deck. GT = 3,784, NT = 1,820 and DWT = 5,189. Over the years she has had a number of names including Weser Guide (1984), Zim Kingston (1984), Nedlloyd Trinidad (1994), Rangiora (1995), Waddens (1998), Captaine Bligh (1999), Southern Man (2000), Waddens (2001), UAFL Express (2002), Waddens (from 2010). For many years she worked in and around Australia and New Zealand. MMSI - 304010572 REG - AG, St John IMO - 8317978 Call Sign - V2VP Container Ship Built - Brand, Oldenburg, DE Yard No. - 217 L 99.42m W 17.56m GT 3784 Year - 1984 Barcelona, 29 May 2012 |
CHARLOTTE BORCHARD
Container vessel Charlotte Borchard photographed in Salerno on 8 June 2012.
She entered port in the late afternoon taking the berth vacated by Ibrahim Dede before unloading / loading and leaving port in just a few hours. I think that the photograph above is one of my better pictures, I seem to have the angle just right and the sun was on the right side for once. Built by Sietas in Neuenfelde, Germany in 2004 as Yard Number 1142 she is 134m long with a 22.5m beam and 8.70m maximum draught. Maximum TEU = 868. |
Powered by a MAK 9M43 (8,400kW) engine she has a maximum speed of 18.5 Knots.
GT = 9962, NT = DWT = 11,200, NT = 14,278. The vessel has had a number of names in the past including Ruth Borchard (2006 & 2009) and Allegro (2007). She is operated by Borchard Lines and is one of 10 dedicated container vessels in the fleet. The Borchard Group operates throughout Europe and the Mediterranean and has been operating since 1933. Borchard Lines is a British company and operate weekly container services with fixed day sailings from Northern Europe throughout the Mediterranean. MMSI - 304642000 REG - AG, St.Johns IMO - 9246554 Call Sign -V2CQ5 Container Ship Built - Sietas, Neuenfelde, DE Yard No. - 1142 L 134m W 22.5m GT 9962 Year - 2004 Salerno, 8 June 2012 |
ibrahim dede
Ibrahim Dede photographed in Salerno on 8 June 2012. I took the photograph above as we entered the port early in the morning, the other pictures were taken late afternoon after we had returned to the ship after a trip to Pompeii. As usual we took a taxi to Pompeii which was quite a bit cheaper and more flexible than using the service offered by the ship, we got back just after midday and had lunch onboard. We then took a free courtesy bus into Salerno itself and had a walk around for a while before getting back in time for the final part of our trip back to Barcelona. The port was relatively busy and I saw a number of vehicles carriers, tugs and ferries, there were also a number of fishing vessles which made it to my list as they have IMO numbers, unfortunately I saw these from the courtesy bus on the way into Salerno so could not take any pictures. Getting back to the photographs....Ibrahim Dede is a single decked, gearless container vessel with five groups of container bays. She is operated by Turkon Transportation & Shipping and built by Sedef Gemi Endustrisi in Tuzla, Turkey as Yard Number 153 in 2008. Overall length is 182.85m with a 28m breadth and 10m draught. She is powered by a B&W 13,280kW engine which a single propeller giving a cruising speed of 19.5 Knots and range of 17,500nm. There are two thrusters located at the bow and aft and a semi spade rudder for manoeuvring. TEU = 1850 GT = 20850, DWT 22,600 & NT 8,600 |
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She is operated by Turkon Transportation and Shipping which was established in 1997 with a scheduled service between Turkey and the United States, Turkon now
operates services to Turkey, Israel, other Mediterranean ports and North America. The vessel was designed by Istanbul based Company Delta Marine which was founded in 1996 by a group of naval architects The vehicles carrier in the background is Grande Europa. MMSI - 538090373 REG - MH, Majuro IMO - 9365843 Call Sign - V7QW6 Container Ship Built - Sedef Gemi Endustrisi, Tuzla, TR Yard No. - 153 L 183m W 26m GT 21092 Year - 2008 Salerno, 8 June 2012 |
MSC Perle
MSC Perle photographed heading towards the Straits of Messina on 2 June 2012, she was the last ship I saw before nightfall as we headed East along the South Coast of Italy on our way to Kusadasi in Turkey.
After leaving Civitavecchia we were at sea for two full consecutive days which was great, although I'm always up and on deck before dawn to see us entering port it's always a rush to get breakfast, get off the boat, find a taxi and go exploring. When we have gone on trips far away from the port such as when we went from Civitavecchia to Rome by train there is always the worry that you might miss the ship sailing as we don't normally do any of the organised trips. Days at sea mean that you can get up when you want and relax.
MSC Perle was built in 1983 by Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany as Yard Number 479. She is 166.10m long with a 28.6m beam and 11.6m maximum draught.
Powered by a B&W 5L80GFC (11,328kW) engine she has a maximum speed of 18.8 Knots.
TEU capacity is 1429.
GT = 17,414 and DWT 25,329
Since she was built she has had many names including:-
Scandutch Corona (1984), Atlantic Corona (1985), Corona (1987), Korean Senator (1988), Scandutch Arcadia (1990), Incotrans Pacific (1990), Pacific Span (1993), City Of London (1997), City Of Antwerp (1998), City Of Dublin (2000), Nautic I (2000), Corona (2002), MSC Perle (2003).
She is operated by MSC(Mediterannean Shipping Company) which is based in Geneva, Switzerland and
is one of approximately 445 vessels in their current fleet. The Company was formed in 1970 and is now one of the largest container carriers in the World and carried 13,722,000 TEU in 2013.
MMSI - 353915000
REG - PA, Panama
IMO - 8209729
Call Sign - HPQV
Container Ship
Built - Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden, DE
Yard No. - 479
L 166.1m W 28.6m
GT 17414
Year - 1983
Straits Of Messina, 2 June 2012
MSC Mahima
I took this picture of the container Ship MSC Mahima when I was in Laem Chabang on 13 April 2011. She was scrapped in Alang in late 2011 and at the time achieved the highest weekly scrap rate in the container segment with 16,143 ldt at $517/ldt due to good build, non ferrous content and the vessel equipment on board including full spares. She was built by Atlantique, St.Nazaire, France in 1985 as Yard Number j28 and was 243.4m long with a 32.3m beam and 13.0m maximum draft. She had many names since she was built including. CR Paris (until 1987) Maersk Tacoma (until 1988) Maersk Paris (until 1990) CGM Paris (until 1994) Sea Premier (until Feb 1994) Houston Express (until 1997) Houston (until 2000) Alma A (until 2001) Zim venezia II (until 2002) Zim Chicago (until 2004) SCI Mahima (until 2007) Her maximum TEU capacity was 2536. GT = 37,814, NT 17,339, DWT 53,726. Powered by a B&W 7L90GB (21,217 kW) engine she had a service speed of 19 knots and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. MMSI - 636013704 REG - LR, Monrovia IMO - 8308707 Call Sign - A8OT5 Container Ship Built - Atlantique, St.Nazaire, FR Yard No. - j28 L 243.4m W 32.3m GT 37814 Year - 1985 Laem Chabang, 13 April 2011 |
leyla kalkavan
Container Ship Leyla Kalvakan entering the Port of Livorno on 31 May 2012. I seem to remember taking this photograph as we were manouvering out of the port before we sailed to Civitavecchia. She was built by Sedef Gemi Endustrise in Tuzla, Turkey as Yard No.122 in 2002 and is 149.0m long with a 22.70m beam and 7.80m Summer draught. TEU = 1,250 Powered by a B&W 7S50MCC 11,217S (kW) engine she has a maximum speed of 19 Knots. GT = 10308, NT = 5070, DWT 12,123 She is operated by WEC lines BV which began operations in January 2009 following the merger of W.E.C. Nederland B.V., Holland Maas Shipping B.V. and Holland Maas Container Line B.V. W.E.C. Lines dated back to 1978 when they took over the short sea service of S.B.C. Container Lines, they have offices in many countries including Belgium, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Russia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt and the Sudan. MMSI - 538090198 REG - MH, Majuro IMO - 9236286 Call Sign - V7JG9 Container Ship Built - Sedef Gemi Endustrise, Tuzla, TR Yard No. - 122 L 149m W 22.7m GT 10308 Year - 2002 Livorno, 31 May 2012 |
CMA CGM ALExander von humboldt
Photographed from the end of the Esplanade in East Cowes at about 8 am on 30 October 2013 CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt is an Explorer Class container ship.
Built by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering) in South Korea, she is 396m long, 54m wide, with a draft of 16m and sails under the UK flag.
She is powered by a Wärtsilä-Hyundai 14RT-Flex 96C (80,080kW) engine with a single shaft and fixed pitch propeller giving her a top speed of 25.1 knots.
This vessel is the second in a series of three 16,000 TEU vessels all to be named after great explorers.
She operates on the French Asia Line (FAL 1), which calls at Pusan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Suez, Tanger, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Malta, Suez, Khor Al Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Kelang, and Ningbo. The FAL1 route is run by the largest vessels in the CMA CGM fleet and offers its customers a fixed-day, weekly connection between Central and South China and Northern Europe.
So who is Alexander von Humbolt?
Considered by many to be the father of Geography between 1799 and 1804 Humboldt traveled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time from a modern scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in an enormous set of volumes over 21 years. He was one of the first to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined (South America and Africa in particular). Later, his five-volume work, Kosmos (1845), attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge. Humboldt supported and worked with other scientists, including most notably, Aimé Bonpland, with whom he conducted much of his scientific exploration.
MMSI - 2350966472
REG - UK, London
IMO - 9454448
Call Sign - 2GEH4
Container ship
Built - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, KR
Yard No. - 4162
L 396m W54m
GT 101053
Year - 2013
East Cowes, 30 October 2013
Built by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering) in South Korea, she is 396m long, 54m wide, with a draft of 16m and sails under the UK flag.
She is powered by a Wärtsilä-Hyundai 14RT-Flex 96C (80,080kW) engine with a single shaft and fixed pitch propeller giving her a top speed of 25.1 knots.
This vessel is the second in a series of three 16,000 TEU vessels all to be named after great explorers.
She operates on the French Asia Line (FAL 1), which calls at Pusan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Suez, Tanger, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Malta, Suez, Khor Al Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Kelang, and Ningbo. The FAL1 route is run by the largest vessels in the CMA CGM fleet and offers its customers a fixed-day, weekly connection between Central and South China and Northern Europe.
So who is Alexander von Humbolt?
Considered by many to be the father of Geography between 1799 and 1804 Humboldt traveled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time from a modern scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in an enormous set of volumes over 21 years. He was one of the first to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined (South America and Africa in particular). Later, his five-volume work, Kosmos (1845), attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge. Humboldt supported and worked with other scientists, including most notably, Aimé Bonpland, with whom he conducted much of his scientific exploration.
MMSI - 2350966472
REG - UK, London
IMO - 9454448
Call Sign - 2GEH4
Container ship
Built - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, KR
Yard No. - 4162
L 396m W54m
GT 101053
Year - 2013
East Cowes, 30 October 2013
OOCL Chongqing
An early morning photograph of OOCL Chongqing en-route to Southampton taken from the end of the Esplanade in East Cowes before 8am on 30 October 2013.
She is an M Class vessel with a capacity of 13,208 TEU's.
After visiting Southampton her next port of call was Port Said.
She was christened at a ceremony at Samsung's Koje yard on 27 June 2013 and is the third 13,208 TEU containership that will be joining the company’s fleet this year.
Among the distinguished guests was the vessels sponsor Mr. He Guangbei, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd., who performed the formalities to unveil the brand new ship.
The OOCL Chongqing will be serving the Asia-Europe trade on the Loop 5 service where her port rotation is: Kwangyang / Busan / Shanghai / Ningbo / Yantian / Shekou / Singapore / Suez Canal / Rotterdam / Hamburg / Southampton / Suez Canal / Singapore and back to Kwangyang in a 77-day round trip.
MMSI - 477832400
REG - HK, Hong Kong
IMO - 9622629
Call Sign - VRLZ4
Container Ship
Built - Samsung, Koje, KR
Yard No. 2006
L 366m W 48m
GT 141003
Year - 2013
East Cowes, 30 October 2013
She is an M Class vessel with a capacity of 13,208 TEU's.
After visiting Southampton her next port of call was Port Said.
She was christened at a ceremony at Samsung's Koje yard on 27 June 2013 and is the third 13,208 TEU containership that will be joining the company’s fleet this year.
Among the distinguished guests was the vessels sponsor Mr. He Guangbei, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd., who performed the formalities to unveil the brand new ship.
The OOCL Chongqing will be serving the Asia-Europe trade on the Loop 5 service where her port rotation is: Kwangyang / Busan / Shanghai / Ningbo / Yantian / Shekou / Singapore / Suez Canal / Rotterdam / Hamburg / Southampton / Suez Canal / Singapore and back to Kwangyang in a 77-day round trip.
MMSI - 477832400
REG - HK, Hong Kong
IMO - 9622629
Call Sign - VRLZ4
Container Ship
Built - Samsung, Koje, KR
Yard No. 2006
L 366m W 48m
GT 141003
Year - 2013
East Cowes, 30 October 2013
CMA CGM Vela
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CMA CGM Vela photographed on the Solent inbound to Southampton from the deck of the Red Funnel Ferry on 26 October 2013.
She passed close to our ferry and to be honest my pictures do not do her justice. It was also quite late in the afternoon, the sky was overcast and the light was not great which did not help.
Her keel was laid on 28 April 2008, she was launched on 12 July 2008 and delivered 17 October 2008.
She can carry 11,000 20ft containers and 5477 40ft containers and is powered by a MAN B&W 12K98ME-C7 main engine.
She is currently one of 12 vessels employed on 'French Asia Line 3' which visits 18 Ports of Call in 83 Days. The itinerary for this circuit is noted below, this would make a brilliant ship spotting trip!
She passed close to our ferry and to be honest my pictures do not do her justice. It was also quite late in the afternoon, the sky was overcast and the light was not great which did not help.
Her keel was laid on 28 April 2008, she was launched on 12 July 2008 and delivered 17 October 2008.
She can carry 11,000 20ft containers and 5477 40ft containers and is powered by a MAN B&W 12K98ME-C7 main engine.
She is currently one of 12 vessels employed on 'French Asia Line 3' which visits 18 Ports of Call in 83 Days. The itinerary for this circuit is noted below, this would make a brilliant ship spotting trip!
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MMSI - 218694000
REG - DE, Hamburg
IMO - 9354923
Call Sign - DFUM2
Container Ship
Built - Daewoo, Okpo; KR
Yard No. 4125
L 347m W 46m
GT 128600
Year - 2008
Solent, 26 October 2013
REG - DE, Hamburg
IMO - 9354923
Call Sign - DFUM2
Container Ship
Built - Daewoo, Okpo; KR
Yard No. 4125
L 347m W 46m
GT 128600
Year - 2008
Solent, 26 October 2013
KotA Carum
The container ship Kota Carum (MMSI 566219000, IMO 9494577, Call sign 9V9338) passing me on the beach at Nabq, Egypt, 4 April 2013.
Registered in Singapore she was close on the heels of two French warships making use of the high tide.
She was built by Dalian SB Industry Co at their Dalian #1 Shipyard in China as Yard. No c6600-1 in 2011 and has a length of 286m, 40m beam and 76079 GT.
Kota Carum is owned by Pacific International Lines (PIL) which started operations in 1967 and has developed from a coastal shipowner/operator in Singapore to become one of the largest shipowners in South-east Asia. Today, it is ranked amongst the top container ship operators in the world, offering container liner services and multi-purpose services at over 500 locations in 95 countries worldwide.
As of May 2013, PIL owns or operates a fleet of 166 vessels with 11 new container vessels, 1 new multi-purpose vessel and 2 bulk carriers on order for delivery by December 2014.
PIL operates container liner services covering the whole of the Far East to Europe, Black Sea, Canada, the Indian sub-continent, Red Sea/Gulf, East Africa, South/West Africa, Australia, New Zealand, East Coast of South America and West Coast of USA. It also has a dedicated network of feeder services covering a comprehensive range of ports in South East Asia, the Bay of Bengal and the East Coast of India.
As a pioneer foreign shipping line that entered the China market in the 1960's, PIL presently offers its customers twenty container liner sailings a week out of China. It jointly owns and operates logistics centres in Ningbo, Shanghai, Wuxi and Xiamen.
MMSI - 566219000
REG - SG, Singapore
IMO - 9494577
Call Sign - 9V9338
Container Ship
Built - Dalian SB Industry Co,Dalian #1 Shipyard, CN
Yard No. - c6600-1
L 286m W 40m
GT 76079
Year - 2011
Nabq, 13 April 2013
Registered in Singapore she was close on the heels of two French warships making use of the high tide.
She was built by Dalian SB Industry Co at their Dalian #1 Shipyard in China as Yard. No c6600-1 in 2011 and has a length of 286m, 40m beam and 76079 GT.
Kota Carum is owned by Pacific International Lines (PIL) which started operations in 1967 and has developed from a coastal shipowner/operator in Singapore to become one of the largest shipowners in South-east Asia. Today, it is ranked amongst the top container ship operators in the world, offering container liner services and multi-purpose services at over 500 locations in 95 countries worldwide.
As of May 2013, PIL owns or operates a fleet of 166 vessels with 11 new container vessels, 1 new multi-purpose vessel and 2 bulk carriers on order for delivery by December 2014.
PIL operates container liner services covering the whole of the Far East to Europe, Black Sea, Canada, the Indian sub-continent, Red Sea/Gulf, East Africa, South/West Africa, Australia, New Zealand, East Coast of South America and West Coast of USA. It also has a dedicated network of feeder services covering a comprehensive range of ports in South East Asia, the Bay of Bengal and the East Coast of India.
As a pioneer foreign shipping line that entered the China market in the 1960's, PIL presently offers its customers twenty container liner sailings a week out of China. It jointly owns and operates logistics centres in Ningbo, Shanghai, Wuxi and Xiamen.
MMSI - 566219000
REG - SG, Singapore
IMO - 9494577
Call Sign - 9V9338
Container Ship
Built - Dalian SB Industry Co,Dalian #1 Shipyard, CN
Yard No. - c6600-1
L 286m W 40m
GT 76079
Year - 2011
Nabq, 13 April 2013
CMA CGM Aegean
CMA CGM Aegean photographed in Laem Chabang on 13 April 2011. I took the photograph from the top deck of the Costa Classica during our Far East Cruise which visited Singapore and various ports of call in Malaysia and Thailand. This vessel was beached for scrapping at Chillagong in Bangladesh on 29 April 2013. Over the years she had a number of names including Zim Triest, Hyundai Emerald and Pan Crystal, after I saw her she changed her name for the final time to ER Brisbane. She was built by Halla in Inchon, KR as Yard Number S-221 in 1996 and is 201.5m long with a 32.3m beam and 12.20m maximum draught. Maximum TEU = 2825. Powered by a B&W 8K80MC (22090kW) Diesel Engine she had a top speed of 22 Knots. On 22 May 20111 at 0542 hrs at the Jakarta Anchorage in Indonesia this vessel was attacked by thieves. Whilst the ship was at anchor they boarded from the stern using a knotted rope. The Bosun and a security watchman spotted the intruders and informed the duty officer. The alarm was raised and the thieves jumped into the water and escaped. MMSI - 636090403 REG - LR, Monrovia IMO - 9116357 Call Sign - ELYA5 Container Ship Built - Halla, Inchon, KR Yard No. - s-221 L 202m W 32m GT 30280 Year - 1996 Laem Chabang, 13 April 2011 |
CAPE MOSS
Container ship Cape Moss photographed in Laem Chabang on 13 April 2011. She was built by Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China as Yard Number 384 in 2011 Overall she is 21.6m long with a 32.2m beam and 10.5m draught, powered by a 8RT-flex68D (25040kW) diesel engine she has a reported top speed of 22.3 knots. Maximum TEU capacity is 2758. GT = 35878 and NT 19672 Upon completion she was delivered to Schoeller Holdings as the fifth Wenchong 2800 design reefer orientated vessel. Initially chartered to MCC transport she started her career on the carriers Malaysia and Thailand feeder service (THA1). She is currently operated by Columbia Ship Management which are based in Cyprus. Their fleet contains over 300 vessels of various types including container ships, tankers and multi-purpose vessels. MMSI - 538004165 MH, Majuro IMO - 9445916 Call Sign -V7VN5 Container Ship Built - Guangzhou Wenchong, Guangzhou, CN Yard No. - 384 L 212m W 32m GT 35878 Year - 2011 Laem Chabang, 13 April 2011 |
jost
Container ship Jost photographed in Laem Chabang on 13 April 2013, she was one of a number of ships I photographed during our overnight stay in the port. She was built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang in Jiangyin, China in 2010 as Yard Number 2006-753c and is 161.30m long with a 25m beam and 9.50m draught Powered by a B&W 8S50MCC (12,640kW) engine she has a maximum speed of 20 Knots. Maximum TEU capacity = 1338. MMSI - 636091690 REG - LR, Monrovia IMO - 9477347 Call Sign - A8RO9 Container Ship Built - Jiangsu Yangzijiang, Jiangyin, CN Yard No. -2006-753c L 161m W 26m GT 16137 Year - 2010 Laem Chabang, 13 April 2011 |
NP BLOOM
MMSI - REG - TH, IMO - 9511715 Call Sign - HSB1490 Container Ship Built - Hongyu Shipping & Repair, Wuhu, CN Yard No. - qsa1053 L 50m W 13m GT 355 Year - 2009 Laem Chabang, 13 April 2011 |
hansa marburg
Hansa Marburg photographed entering the port of Livorno, Italy on 31 May 2012. She was built by Guangzhou Wenchong in Guangzhou China in 2007 as yard number 326 and is 175m long with a 27m beam and 9.5m maximum draught. TEU = 1,740. DWT = 23,400 and GT 18,327 Powered by a B&W 6S60MC engine (12,240 kW) she has a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. She is operated by the Leonhardt & Blumberg shipping company which was founded in Hamburg in 1903 by partners Adolf Leonhardt and Arthur Blumberg. The Leonhardt family have continued in the management of the company since Arthur Blumberg's death in 1922. The company has managed over 180 vessels, in the past these were mostly general cargo ships and bulk carriers, the current fleet comprises mainly modern container vessels which are trading worldwide under time charter contracts with various shipping lines. The company is headquartered on the shore of the River Elbe in Hamburg. MMSI - 636091218 REG - LR, Monrovia IMO - 9334818 Call Sign - A8KV6 Container Ship Built - Guangzhou Wenchong, Guangzhou, CN Yard No. - 326 L 175m W 27m GT 18327 Year - 2007 Livorno 31 May 2012 |
westerland
Container Ship Westerland photographed in Barcelona on 29 May 2014, she was named Westerland in 2005 having previously been called Marcliff She was built by the Jinlin Shipyard in Nanjing China as Yard Number jtz98-0102 in 2000. Overall she is 100.51m long with a 18.5m beam and 6.47m draught. Total TEU capacity = 460. Propulsion is provided by a MAK 9M32 diesel engine (3960kW). I believe that she is currently operating as a feeder vessel for EMES Feedering SAM, a company which provides feeder transportation to the Container Shipping Companies. They operate throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea ports. MMSI - 304011002 REG - AG, St John IMO - 9206669 Call Sign - V2AT2 Container Ship Built - Jinling SY, Nanjing, CN Yard No. - jtz98-0102 L 100m W 18m GT 5085 Year - 2000 Barcelona 29 May 2012 |
cma cgm lavender
CMA CGM Lavender photographed leaving Piraeus on 5 June 2012. She was built in Ulsan, South Korea by Hyundai Mipo as Yard Number 425 in 2006 and is 221.2m long with a 30m beam and 12m maximum draught. Maximum TEU capacity is 2,824. Powered by a B&W 7K80MC-C (25,279kW) diesel engine she has a maximum speed of 24 knots Her first name was ER Miami. She is operated by CMA CGM which was originally founded in Marseille in 1978 by Jacques Saade as Compagnie Maritime d' Affretement (CMA). Operating a single vessel between Beirut, Lattakia, Marseille and Livorno the company employed a total of 5 people. The group expanded rapidly from 1998 launching new lines worldwide, in December 1998 they acquired the Australian National Line (ANL) enabling expansion into Oceania. By 1998 the Group possessed 80 ships (20 of which they owned) and employed approximately 2500 people. Compagnie Generale Maritime (CGM) was privatised by the French Government in 1996 and merged with CMA in 1999. Since 1999 the Company has continued to grow and is now one of the largest container carriers in the World. MMSI - 636090971 REG - LR, Monrovia IMO - 9314973 Call Sign - A8IG2 Container Ship Built - Hyundai Mipo, Ulsan, KR Yard No. - 425 L 222m W 30m GT 28927 Year - 2006 Piraeus 5 June 2012 |
ocean protector
Gearless cellular container vessel Ocean Protector photographed heading into Piraeus on 5 June 2012. I took this picture from my balcony on the Serenade of the Seas after a busy day exploring Athens in a taxi. She was built by Thyssen Nordseewerke in Emden, Germany as Yard Number 507 in 1995, overall she is 202.8m long with a 20.6m beam and 11.8m draught. Powered by a B&W 7S0MC (19,700kW) diesel engine she has a top speed of 20 Knots. Maximum TEU = 2,480 comprising 1,416 TEU in the hold and 1,064 on deck. GT = 28,892, NT =11,251 and DWT = 41,667 Originally named Trade Eternity she has had a number of names over the years including MSC London and MSC Zurich. She is operated by Lomar Shipping who with commenced operations in 1976. The fleet currently comprises over 60 vessels and includes gas tankers, bulk carriers, offshore vessels and chemical tankers. They have offices in London, Bremen, Singapore, and Tortola. MMSI - 477372000 REG - HK, Hong Kong IMO - 9064798 Call Sign - VRUZ2 Container Ship Built - Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden, DE Yard No. - 507 L 202.8m W 30.6m GT 28892 Year - 1995 Piraeus 5 June 2012 |
msc irene
MSC Irene photographed at extreme range from the rear deck of the Serenade of Tthe Seas as we left the Piraeus and the Greek Mainland behind and headed to Santorini. I seem to remember that I was enjoying a few beers at the time after a full day exploring Athens.
She was built by Samsung in Koje, KR as Yard Number 1712 in 2010 and is 366.07m long with a 51.2m beam and 16m draught.
GT = 151,559 & DWT 156,082
Maximum container capacity is 13,798 TEU.
Her main engine is a Sulzer 12RTA96C (72240 kW) engine giving a top speed of 25.2 knots.
She is operated by MSC (Mediterannean Shipping Company) which is based in Geneva, Switzerland and is one of approximately 445 vessels in their current fleet. The Company was formed in 1970 and is now one of the largest container carriers in the World and carried 13,722,000 TEU in 2013.
MMSI - 355233000
REG - PA, Panama
IMO - 9399040
Call Sign - 3EZQ6
Container Ship
Built - Samsung, Koje, KR
Yard No. - 1712
L 366.07m W 51.2m
GT 151559
Year - 2010
Piraeus 5 June 2012
