Ships of Kanmon Strait

On a fine early summer day in May 2024, Ship Freakazoid captured this cool Chinese container ship on digital film with an Olympus e520 DSLR camera. HAISU 7 (Hai Su 7 / 海遠7) sailing thru Kanmon Straits Vessel Name: HAISU 7 (Hai Su 7 / 海遠7)  Length: 129.58 meters  Width: 20.6 meters  IMO: 9339014  Flag: China (soon to become West Taiwan)  MMSI: 413703960  Type: Container Ship / Cargo - Hazard A (Major)  Call Sign: BQVU  Gross Tonnage: 7545 tons  DWT: 8241 tons  Home Port: Quanzhou 泉州市 Year Built: 2005 A.D.  This vessel was built by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding (Mawei, China) and is operated by Quanzhou Ansheng Shipping Co, Ltd.  Oh, by the way, the phallic tower in the background (of the photo above) is in Shimonoseki Japan, right across the Kanmon Strait from Moji in the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu. The little boat in the foreground is a recreational fishing boa...

HOEGH SHANGHAI of the Hoegh Autoliners fleet in the Kanmon Strait Japan HOEGH SHANGHAI passed thru the Kanmon Strain (Japan) on March 11, 2024 and was photographed by Ship Freakazoid. Kitakyushu experiences many hazy days due to its countless "cloud factories", the weather, and yellow sand blowing over from the Gobi Desert in Chinese aggression ordered by the CCP. The 229 meter long Roro vessel is massive, and looks especially so with small fishing boat Ryusei in the foreground.  Vessel Name: HOEGH SHANGHAI IMO Number:     9312482 Ship Type:         Vehicles Carrier Flag:                 Norway Gross Tonnage: 68871 Summer Deadweight (t): 27178 Length:         229 meters Width:          32 meters Year Built:         2007 HOEGH SHANGHAI Roro Vehicles Carrier passing by Shimonoseki HOEGH SHANGHAI Roro Automobile Carrier passin...

Was this vessel named after Bob Dylan? Or worse yet, after a Beverly Hills 90210 character? Who knows... All we know is that this big ass oil products tanker is coming right at you! DYLAN Oil Tanker IMO 9421336 Dylan passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan on the morning of May 8, 2024. The above photo shows its approach from the west with Kitakyushu factories in the background on a crummy misty spring day in Japan. Side view of oil products tanker Dylan sailing in Japanese waters Vessel Name:    DYLAN Length:              183.2 meters Width:                32.2 meters IMO:                    9421336 Flag:                    Marshall Islands MMSI:               636023780 Type:         Tanker / Oil Tanker /...

JIANG YUAN YUAN DA 江远远达 Container Ship This Chinese container ship was captured on digital film as it passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan on the morning of May 8, 2024. Please do not blame the ship for the misbehavior of the CCP. And, remember, the PROC is really just West Taiwan. Semantics aside, here are the photos and details of this vessel. Vessel Name: JIANG YUAN YUAN DA 江远远达  Length: 143 meters  Width: 23 meters  IMO: 9342671  Flag: China  MMSI: 413281350  Type: Container Ship  Call Sign: BOQA9  Gross Tonnage: 9590  DWT: 12812  Year Built: 2006 A.D. JIANG YUAN YUAN DA coming at ya' It looks like Jiang Yuan Yuan Da is bringing cargo ship backup! JIANG YUAN YUAN DA - Josco / Taicang Container Lines The vessel has JOSCO printed on its side and is part of the Taicang Container Lines. Foreground: Jiang Yuan Yuan Da / Background: Gaschem Warnow

Vessel Name: GASCHEM WARNOW  Length: 114.78 meters Width: 16.83 meters  IMO: 9560168  Flag: Liberia  MMSI: 636091772  Type: LPG Tanker  Call Sign: A8SP5  Year Built: 2010 A.D. The below photo of the gas carrier ship GASCHEM WARNOW was taken at 9:41 on the morning of May 8, 2024 as the ship sailed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan. There is a crew member checking out the sights from the bow of the ship. Ship Freakazoid used a 150mm Zuiko lens on an Olympus E-520 DSLR with settings of ISO 100, f/5.6, and 1/200 sec.  GASCHEM WARNOW   Vessel Name: GASCHEM WARNOW  Length: 114.78 meters Width: 16.83 meters  IMO: 9560168  Flag: Liberia  MMSI: 636091772  Type: LPG Tanker  Call Sign: A8SP5  Year Built: 2010 A.D. Gaschem Warnow - Gas Tanker sailing past Shimonoseki 

On the side of the ship the advice "NO TUG" is painted --- not just once, but twice.  Perhaps some overexuberant ship freak got too excited upon seeing Buena Esperanza and did something he shouldn't have?  Let's hope not... The ship's cargo is clearly labeled LPG in gigantic lettering.  Important advice such as "NO SMOKING" and "SAFETY FIRST" is also painted on the vessel.   LPG Tanker BUENA ESPERANZA passing by Kitakyushu LNG Co., Ltd. Buena Esperanza is Spanish for Good Hope.  Great name for a ship, isn't it?  This fine looking Panama flagged LPG tanker passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan on Monday May 6th 2024, just after Japanese Golden Week. The vessel no doubt brought good hope to the Kitakyushites toiling away in the factories by which it passed.   Buena Esperanza sailing past Kitakyushu Japan - May 6, 2024 Vessel Name:  BUENA ESPERANZA Length: 96 meters  Width: 16 meters  IMO: 9643960...