Pauline from Luxembourg appears from the mist on the Humber, passing our berth at South Killingholme. I can’t help thinking of the Smiths song “ask me” where he writes “frightening letters to a buck toothed girl in Luxembourg”. Surprising to see that little Luxembourg has big ships.
The above shot was taken at full digital zoom so it is fairly grainy, but you can make out the boys getting the hawsers ready.
Melusine passing by between the torrential rain showers, same shipping company, Cobelfret, as Pauline but registered in Belgium.
Final ship for this post is the Maersk Voyager from Vlaardingen in the Netherlands of Norfolk Line, which is of course a subsidiary of mighty Maersk. All 3 ships are Ro-Ro’s (Roll on, Roll off) and operate scheduled services to Immingham, and Killingholme.
Norfolk line schedules for those who may be interested.
Cobelfret have also schedules but you have to dig around their site a bit.
Could you explain how a country without a coast or a port can register ships? I did not know that could be done.
They may have canal ports, like Switzerland has. I have seen Swiss flagged barges in Antwerp and Rotterdam. It is still a bit of a puzzler to see Luxembourg on the stern of a ship. It doesn’t surprise me though, I have sailed on Liberian flagged ships and had Liberian papers, neither the ship nor me were ever in the vicinity of Liberia or Monrovia.
Humber? Maybe we might have Scunthorpe ships yet?
Greetings Bock, good to see you safe and sound back from your mission. There is no bounds to your love for the Scunts! You can read Scunthorpe into Humber as they are a stones throw from the river, and not having a port are unlikely to be registering ships anytime soon.
Not to worry, Scunthorpe steel is certainly in ships.