Ships of Kanmon Strait

photographed January 30, 2025 around 17:00 by Ship Freakazoid while JMSDF military vessel ship spotting in the Kanmon Straits of Japan. The helicopter carrier made an eerie metallic sound as it passed between Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and So-So Shimonoseki City on a hazy, frigid and windy winter afternoon.   JS HYUGA ・ ひゅうが sailing the Kanmon Straits of Japan This Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ASW vessel's paintjob and construction gives it a unique look and makes it look very different from different angles and under differing lighting conditions. Interesting... And, certainly well planned out by what some call the Japanese Navy.  DDH-181 HYUGA a JMSDF anti-submarine warfare helicopter carrier 関門海峡を通る (HYUGA)  ひゅうが型護衛艦 Ship Freakazoid captured the ASW (anti-submarine warfare) carrier HYUGA (DDH-181) as it sailed thru Kanmon Straits of Japan on January 30, 2025 at around 17:00 . It's passage was announced in advance and posted on a Japan Coast Guard website....

is a great name for a ship! Love it! I also love how the light of the late afternoon shines upon this gnarly container ship in this photo. Too bad it was so hazy. Garden Paradise Kitakyushu's air quality seems sketchy these days... K-PACIFIC container ship at sunset in blue sea under hazy sky Ship Freakazoid used an Olympus E-520 DSLR digital camera with Zuiko 150mm lens on this very cold and windy January 30, 2025 late afternoon of ship spotting the Kanmon Straits. Japan Maritime Self Defense Force helicopter carrier HYUGA (DDH-181) was in the straits at the same time, but K-PACIFIC seemed to smile for the camera a little bit better... Here are some details on the vessel: Ship Name: K-Pacific IMO: 9246542 Ship Type: Container Ship Flag: Antigua & Barbuda Year Built: 2004 Length: 134.44 meters Width: 22.50 meters Gross Tonnage: 9962 tons Wishing the captain, crew and cargo smooth sailing!

is a five year old (built in 2020) container ship that has been known to visit ports like Kaohsiung in the country of Taiwan and Hong Kong in the future Taiwanese territory of China. This vessel from the Evergreen fleet of cargo ships passed through the Kanmon Straits of Japan on the cold and windy Japanese winter day of January 30, 2025. EVER CHANT - Container ship in Japan's Kanmon Straits Ship Freakazoid was taking photographs and recording video from the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu side of the Kanmon Strait when Ever Chant graced us with its presence. While only five years old, Ever Chant looks like it has seen a lot of wear and tear. Maybe it has alimony payments and an expensive trophy wife? Or, maybe the CCP owns it and doesn't know how to take care of it? But, probably, a reality TV show that shows ships before and after paint jobs is funding its voyages and maintenance. Surely that is what is happening here. It has to be.    The video above is 4:12 in length and shows ...

sailed the Kanmon Straits of Japan on a cold, dark and windy sunset January 25, 2025. The ferries Lilac and Yuukari, according to Shinnihonkai Ferry's website, connect Tsuruga Port, Niigata Port, Akita Port in Fukui Prefecture, and Tomakomai East Port in Hokkaido. So, why was Lilac sailing thru the Kanmon Straits between Kyushu and Honshu in southern Japan? Rumor has it, the ro-pax vessel was carrying military personnel.  LILAC Shinnihonkai Ferry ★ らいらっく 新日本海フェリー  Ship Freakazoid used a secondhand Olympus E520 DSLR with Zuiko 150mm lens to take photographs (Adobe Photoshop used to brighten and adjust contrast of these photos) and an old used JVC Everio video camera with Konica Minolta 54x lens mounted on a Slik tripod (used, of course!) to get video footage while ship spotting the roll-on roll-off passenger ship as it sailed between Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Surreal Shimonoseki City. Check out the video at the @ShipFreakazoid channel on YouTube.    Japan has s...

a general cargo ship, sailed the Kanmon Straits on January 23, 2025. Ship Freakazoid captured the vessel with an Olympus E520 DSLR in photographs and a JVC Everio on video for your viewing pleasure.  SILVER LUCKY 銀吉 It was a surprisingly hazy afternoon on Japan's Kanmon Strait, especially looking west at Kokura from Shimonoseki. Looking east at Moji was noticeably clearer, but still had some haze. Japan's LDP will blame China's CCP for this, but it sure looks like the haze is coming from Kitakyushu... Vessel Name: SILVER LUCKY 銀吉 Vessel Type: General Cargo Ship Flag: Hong Kong Year Built: 2011 Length: 120 meters Width: 20.80 meters Gross Tonnage: 9129 IMO: 9594676 MMSI: 477746300 Callsign: VRHT4 SILVER LUCKY 銀吉 General Cargo Ship in Kanmon Strait

SANYOMARU No.56・第五十六三洋丸 The Sanyo Maru #26 sailed the Kanmon Straits on January 6, 2025. This sleek looking little tanker has been known to frequent dumps like Ube and Iwakuni after passing by the heavenly cities of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki.  Vessel Name: SANYOMARU No.56・第五十六三洋丸 Vessel Number: 140753 (from the Sanyo Kaiun Shokai homepage) Vessel Type: Oil Products Tanker IMO: 9474149 MMSI: 431000568 Call Sign: JD2646 Gross Tonnage: 748.00 G/T Navigation Area: Coastal Cargo Type: 白油・CPP Cargo Quantity: 2,199 KL Length Overall: 71.57 m Beam: 12.00 m Depth: 5.20 m Pump Capacity: 750 × 2 Launch Date: February 2008 Sanyo has quite an impressive fleet of tankers. Either move to Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and watch them pass thru the straits or simply check out their website: http://www.kk-sanyo.co.jp/about.html Party on! It might be the Year 2025, and man is still alive, but party like it's 1999!

  Chemical Tanker SULPHUR GLORY 2 in Japan's Kanmon Straits sailed thru Japan's Kanmon Straits past the Hikoshima Seiren（ 彦島製錬） facility in Shimonoseki on January 6th, 2024, as seen in the short video below↓ Vessel Name: SULPHUR GLORY 2 / SULPHUR GLORY II IMO number: 9833149 Ship Type: Chemical Tanker Flag: Panama Year Built: 2018 Length: 89.50 meters Width: 14.50 meters Gross Tonnage: 2812 Sulphur Glory 2 seems to mostly frequent ports in Japan, Korea and China. Keep an eye out for it --- Preferably your glass eye.

  IZUMI MARU No.6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 (PS auto-adjusted and cropped) is a brand new LPG Tanker (delivered June 2024) and sailed thru the Kanmon Straits on January 6, 2025. It was a cold winter day and the weather and air quality was less then optimal for photography. Ship Freakazoid is posting three images taken from the same photograph. One is cropped and auto-adjusted, another is auto-adjusted only, and the third is the original image taken with an Olympus E-520 DSLR with Zuiko 150mm lens with no filter. Video footage was taken with a JVC Everio GZ-E265-N video camera with 54x Konica Minolta lens mounted on a Slik tripod. Check out SF's other videos of ship spotting vessels in the Kanmon Straits of Japan on YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid IZUMI MARU No.6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 (PS auto-adjusted) IZUMI MARU No.6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 (Olympus E520 - no filter - no editing) Vessel Name: Izumi Maru No. 6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 Vessel Type: LPG Tanker Port of Registry: Matsuyama IMO Number: 10301...

This vessel sailed the Kanmon Straits between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan on its way from Kobe (departed Jan 5th) to Busan Korea (arrived Jan 6th) in this sure to be wonderful Year of the Snake 2025. Honor Ocean - Container ship sailing from Kobe to Busan Vessel Name: HONOR OCEAN Length: 122 meters Width: 22 meters IMO: 9158745 Flag: Panama MMSI: 352002265 Vessel Type: Container Ship Call Sign: 3E3839 Gross Tonnage: 6393 Deadweight: 8018 Built: 1998 Container ship Honor Ocean in Japan's Kanmon Straits This vessel sailed the Kanmon Straits between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan on its way from Kobe (departed Jan 5th) to Busan Korea (arrived Jan 6th). It doesn't look like it is carrying much cargo. It must be saving space for, oh, let's see ... Yo Mama!!!   

Atago Maru No. 2 ★ 第二あたご丸 (IMO 8922711)   Vessel Name: Atago Maru No. 2 ★ 第二あたご丸 Vessel Type: Oil Products Tanker IMO: 8922711 MMSI: 431400531 Call Sign: JK5460 Length: 49.19 meters Width: 8.00 meters Year Built: March 1996 Engine: 1D/1,000 PS Gross Tonnage: 199 Deadweight: 543 Ship Freakazoid captured this vessel on a chilly winter noon, January 6th, 2025 with an Olympus E520 DSLR camera with Zuiko 150mm lens (photo above) and JVC Everio GZ-E265-N video camera with 54x Konica Minolta lens mounted on Slik tripod (video below). No filters were used, no editing was performed, and voodoo doctors were not utilized in the production of what you see. Footage was shot from the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu Kokura North Ward stretch of the Kanmon Straits of Japan. 

NS United's coastal cargo ship often travels to/from Nagoya and frequents ports in Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki. After this video was taken, Hiroshima moored at the Tobata Port, which is located in a lovely area of the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and accessible from the Kanmon Strait. The refreshing light blue color of the hull is typical of many coastal cargo ships in the NS United fleet and really brightens up the sea on dreary winter days. Here is video of the general cargo HIROSHIMA・ひろしま (IMO 9743447) recorded with an old secondhand JVC Everio video camera mounted on a used Slik tripod: And, here are some photos and details on this vessel. HIROSHIMA・ひろしま (IMO 9743447) Olympus E520 with Zuiko 150 mm lens. No filter.  Some bird photo bombed the ship. Photo taken on January 6, 2025. One of the first batch of photos and video taken by Ship Freakazoid in the New Year. Vessel Name: HIROSHIMA ・ ひろしま Length: 76 meters Width: 12 meters IMO: ...