Ships of Kanmon Strait

A cool looking tanker passed thru the Kanmon Straits. Its name? GRAND ACE6. Apparently it is neither Grand Ace Six nor Grand Ace 6, but Grand Ace6. And, it used to be called STX ACE6, but has, like so many others, changed its identity... Oil tanker sailing in the Kanmon Straits of Japan (Grand Ace6) The color scheme brightened up the strait as this lovely oil tanker / chemical tanker sailed past the vibrant bustling metropolis Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and the depressing dilapidated Shimonoseki Slums on neighboring Honshu Island. Chemical Tanker / Oil Products Tanker GRAND ACE 6 "Grand Ace 6" is painted on the ship's stern and the very important health advice "No Smoking" and safety advice "Safety First" and "Hazardous Cargo" are painted on the bridge.  Ship Freakazoid hopes all of you put safety first and don't smoke, unless you are on fire, because smoke is an important indicator to others in your immediate vicinity that you are a huma

The container ship SITC Hong Kong passed thru the Kanmon Strait on September 3, 2024. SITC Hong Kong in the Kanmon Straits on a hazy day  A photo of Ship Freakazoid's JVC Everio video camera with 54x Konica Minolta zoom lens on a Slik tripod was taken as SITC Hong Kong passed by. Like the camcorder and tripod, the Olympus E-520 DSLR camera used to photograph them was also purchased second hand at an amazingly cheap price. Maybe there are used cameras and accessories in some of those containers? Or, maybe not... JVC Everio, Slik Tripod, and SITC Hong Kong cargo ship SITC vessels are a common sight in the Kanmon Straits of Japan. There sure are a lot of them! Many of their names start with SITC and then have the name of some port city (Hong Kong, Qinzhou, Tokyo, etc.) after. It's a good geography lesson for demented folks such as the Ship Freakazoid. SITC HONG KONG - IMO 9331115 - Kanmon Straits - 2024 09 03 Vessel Name: SITC HONG KONG  Flag: Panama  IMO: 9331115 

Ship Freakazoid captured the Korean flagged container ship PANCON SUCCESS as it passed thru the Kanmon Strait on August 31, 2024.  Pancon Success apparently frequently travels between Tokyo (JP TYO) and Busan (KR PUS).  Pancon Success (IMO 9635420) - Korean container ship in Kanmon Strait Vessel Name: PANCON SUCCESS  Flag: Korea  IMO: 9635420  MMSI: 441875000  Call Sign: DSRI7  AIS Transponder Class: Class A  General Vessel Type: Cargo  Detailed Vessel Type: Container Ship  Length: 145.71 meters  Width: 22 meters Ship Freakazoid was able to get some photos and videos of this cool Korean cargo ship passing by Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu. This cool container ship was built by the Hyundai Mipo Co., Ltd. in Ulsan, Korea. It's always a pleasure to see Korean vessels when they pass through the Kanmon Strait. Korean container ship Rear view of the container ship Pancon Success between two buoys Oh buoy!  Pancon Success pictured between two buoys; Sunatsu

JMSDF destroyer escort TONE (DE-234) passed thru the Kanmon Straits. TONE DE-234, a JMSDF Destroyer Escort in the Kanmon Straits  As is often the case with the JMSDF vessels; two of them passed each other in the Kanmon Straits of Japan between Shimonoseki City and the Moji Ward of Garden Paradise Kitakyushu. DE234 Tone, an Abukuma Class Destroyer, passed by an Oyashio Class Submarine on August 31, 2024.  (Photos and video of the sub are on this website) Tone DE234 off in the distance ・ 海上自衛隊　とね　DE-234 Ship Freakazoid captured this Japanese destroyer on digital "movie film" using an old second-hand JVC Everio video camera with 54x Konica Minolta zoom lens and uploaded it to his YouTube Channel.  https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid   Details of this very cool kickass Japanese naval ship follow: Name: Tone  (とね) Namesake: Tone (1937) Ordered: 1989 Builder: Sumitomo, Tokyo Laid down: 8 February 1991 Launched: 6 December 1991 Commissioned: 8 February 1993 Homeport: Sasebo Id

RARE!!!  An Oyashio Class Submarine in the Kanmon Straits!!! 希少！　おやしお型潜水艦 in 関門海峡♪ Captured in both photos and video  2024年8月31日 W撮影 📸📹 JMSDF Oyashio Class Submarine in Kanmon Straits 2024.08.31. Every once in a while, things don't go as planned, but turn out way better! This was one of those times. Read on: On a lovely summer day right after Typhoon #10 (aka ShanShan), Ship Freakzoid went to a spot in Kokura to take a look at the bay to hopefully see his finless porpoise friend and maybe see some cool ships passing by. So many ships had been anchored due to the typhoon, so heavy volume was expected. おやしお型潜水艦　関門海峡　2024年8月31日 Well, the friendly porpoise didn't show up. Poor guy was probably tired from the wind and waves. However, a heap of ships did show up. Some JMSDF vessels were among them. The first one spotted was a SUBMARINE!!! This Oyashio-class sub of the JMSDF was heading west to east when photographed and recorded on video. The Japanese Navy seems to somehow arrange

The cement carrier Sumise Maru leaving Kokura (Kitakyushu Japan) on August 20, 2024. SUMISE MARU No. 31 第三十一すみせ丸 This cement carrying ship was built back in 1996. Seems recent to me, but was actually 28 years ago in the last century!  It is obviously very well maintained. SUMISE MARU No. 31 entering the Kanmon Strait Vessel Name: Sumise Maru No. 31 Length:         49.99 meters Width:          9.6 meters IMO:            9145815 Flag:         Japan MMSI:         431600654 Type:         Cement Carrier (Cargo Ship) Call Sign:    JM6543 Gross Tonnage:  360 tons DWT:            732 tons Main Engine:    Hanshin Diesel LH26G 1,000hp Depth:          4.00M Load Draft:     3.75M Built:          November 30, 1996 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Carrier - Sumise Maru No. 31 SUMISE MARU No. 31 第三十一すみせ丸 is about to hang a left and head past Ganryujima and the Kanmon Bridge connecting Kyushu and Honshu on its way to the next port it graces its presence with. Smooth sailing fellas!  Japanese cement car