WALRUS ACE Vehicle Carrier ( RORO Ship ) in the Kanmon Straits of Japan

WALRUS ACE is a next-generation "FLEXIE" series car carrier of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ( aka MOL ). The vessel was photographed on April 10, 2022 as it sailed thru the Kanmon Straits between Kokura and Moji of Kitakyushu City and Shimonosei City. AN Olympus e-520 DSLR camera with Zuiko 150mm lens was used to photograph this amazing RORO ship. It is indeed a lovely vehicles carrier and looked majestic sailing by the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu in the spring time.

Walrus Ace - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Flexie series car carrier

Name of Ship: WALRUS ACE

Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo

Vessel Type - Detailed: Vehicles Carrier ( Roro )

MMSI: 354004000

Call Sign: 3EYN5

Flag: Panama [PA]

Gross Tonnage: 63116

Summer DWT: 15506 t

Length Overall: 199.95 meters

Breadth Extreme: 32 meters

Built: 2018

Home Port: PANAMA

IMO: 9777826

Walrus Ace - Vehicles Carrier in Kitakyushu Japan

MOL's FLEXIE series, completed in 2018, has a capacity of 6,800 units and is an automobile carrying ship that can flexibly respond to a variety of vehicles. There are 14 decks, 6 of which are liftable decks and with adjustable height. By adjusting the deck, it can load cargo up to 5.6 m in height, and it’s ramp way has a cargo capacity of 150 tons, which can handle the largest cargo transported by a vehicles carrier.

THERMOPYLAE vehicles carrier RoRo ship passing thru Kanmon Straits Japan

THERMOPYLAE is a vehicles carrier (RoRo ship) and was recently photographed passing thru the Kanmon Straits between Shimonoseki City and Kitakyushu City, Japan. Thermopylae is a large vessel, and while not as long as some others, is quite tall. It dwarfed the buildings and other ships and boats it passed on the afternoon of April 2, 2022. Photographed by Ship Freakazoid using an Olympus e520 DSLR with a 150mm Zuiko lens. Enjoy. A Wallenius Wilhelmsen vessel, Thermopylae is a vehicles carrier Roro ship Vessel Name: THERMOPYLAE Ship type: Vehicles Carrier / RORO Flag: Malta Gross Tonnage: 75283 Summer Deadweight (t): 23786 Length Overall: 200 meters Beam: 37 meters Built: 2015 IMO #: 9702443 Thermoylae vehicles carrier Roro ship passing under the Kanmon Kaikyo Bridge ...

JOSCO ALMA passing thru Kanmon Straits enroute to Osaka Japan from Zhoushan China

The container ship JOSCO ALMA was photographed by Ship Freakazoid as it was passing thru Kanmon Straits enroute to Osaka Japan from Zhoushan China on the morning of January 26, 2024. JOSCO ALMA container ship sailing under Flag of Kong Kong in Kanmon Straits After several gloomy winter days, there was finally some sunshine in the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu, so it was a perfect day to hit up some photo ops in Moji. Josco Alma is still new and good looking, having been built just two years before in 2022. Name: JOSCO ALMA IMO: 9931501 General vessel type: Cargo Detailed vessel type: Container Ship MMSI: 477811500 Call sign: VRUR3 Flag: Hong Kong [HK] Gross Tonnage: 9972 Summer DWT: 13713 t Length: 146 meters Width: 23.39 meters Year built: 2022 Josco Alma - Cargo ship registered in Hong Kong passing by Shimonoseki Japan The vessel Josco Alma in the Kanmon Straits of Moji Kitakyushu Japan Josco Alma c...

NYK FUTAGO container ship in Kanmon Straits at sunset

The Singapore flagged container ship NYK FUTAGO passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan on a lovely but hot (36C-97F) mid-September afternoon. The straits were calm. The air was heavy. The sunset was lovely. NYK Futago was glorious. NOTE: NO filters used & ZERO editing done (Photoshop etc.) Silhouette of container ship sailing at sunset - NYK FUTAGO This 267 meter long cargo ship was captured by Ship Freakazoid as it sailed through the Kanmon Strait between the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki at sunset on September 17, 2024. As per usual, SF used his trusty secondhand Olympus E-520 DSLR camera equipped with a Zuiko 150mm lens to photograph this lovely vessel. Settings in the above photo were: f/11 , ISO 100 , 1/1600 sec. NYK Futago passes by historic Ganryujima and phallic Kaikyo Yume Tower Japanese cities are notorious for having hideous towers in lovely places. Kyoto has a disgusting tower called, well, Kyoto Tower, which is a...

Ships of Kanmon Strait

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