GRAND PACE Ro-Ro Vessel in Kanmon Straits

The ro-ro (roll on / roll off) vehicles carrier GRAND PACE passed through the Kanmon Straits of Japan on August 12, 2024. This blue and white vessel was captured on digital film by Ship Freakazoid with an Olympus e520 DSLR with Zuiko 150mm lens. Digital video footage was also recorded using a second-hand JVC Everio with 54x zoom Konica Minolta lens.

Grand Pace roro automobile carrier

IMO #: 9169328

Vessel Name: GRAND PACE

Type: Vehicles Carrier / Roll On - Roll Off Automobile Carrier

Flag: Panama

Gross Tonnage: 50309

Summer Deadweight (t): 16669

Length: 179 meters

Width: 32 meters

Year Built: 1999

Japanese summers are notoriously hot and humid, but there was a pleasant sea breeze felt in Kokura (Kitakyushu) while Grand Pace was being photographed and recorded.

Grand Pace sailing past the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu

Vehicles Carrier sailing thru Japanese waters

Ship Freakazoid would like to remind of a few things.

Older used cameras can take high resolution and exceptional photographs. Bells and whistles are great, but one does not have to mortgage their house to take satisfying photographs. Check out the many recycle shops in Garden Paradise Kitakyushu, or ones near your domicile. Look online and in auction or P2P sales apps for used cameras.

There are amazing sights and viewpoints along the Kanmon Straits. When in the Kitakyushu / Shimonoseki region, definitely check them out. Besides the seemingly countless amazing ships that pass through daily, one can check out great historic sights, parks, restaurants, piers, fish markets, shopping centers, etc. The sub-culture and dark side of Kitakyushu is also all sorts of awesome.

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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