Category Archives: Shipping

Docked again.

Took the ship into dry dock last Monday for a lick of paint and a service on the engine, the preparation is quite intense getting all the floors covered and checking all the jobs that need to be done. The … Continue reading

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Big Container full of tellies.

                                                            NYK Vesta on the Elbe The container ship was so big it nearly didn’t fit into my widest angle, plenty flat screen televisions on the … Continue reading

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Laid up

  Neatly parked Russian coasters waiting for better days near Svetly on the canal to Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave in the Baltic. The pilot informed me that they had been laid up since January of this year, another pilot in … Continue reading

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Pirates get caught

Absalon by Hebster. Click on the photo to get to Hebsters Photo stream in Flickr From the Scandinavian Shipping Gazette I read about the Danish frigate Absalon capturing boats and pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The Absalon’s helicopter spotted … Continue reading

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American Ship

Vehicle carrier “Courage” Registered in Wilmington Delaware USA The American flagged Vehicle Carrier Courage of American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC) seen yesterday leaving Southampton on a voyage to destination undisclosed, she was heading west in the English channel on the … Continue reading

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