Mojiko Pilot Boat With New Year's Pine Branch

Pilot boat in Mojiko Harbor dressed with a Japanese Shinto New Year's Pine Branch to celebrate the Year of the Tiger 2022. It is our hope that everyone will be safe in the coming year and shipping disasters can be avoided.

QUEEN BEETLE High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry in the Kanmon Straits

QUEEN BEETLE High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry in the Kanmon Straits Ship's Name: QUEEN BEETLE Vessel Type - Generic: High Speed Craft Vessel Type - Detailed: High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry MMSI: 431736000 Call Sign: 7KLX Flag: Japan [JP] Gross Tonnage: 2582 Summer DWT: 115 t Length Overall: 83.42 meters Breadth Extreme: 20.46 m Built: 2020 IMO: 9874777 QUEEN BEETLE a JR Kyushu ship - high speed passenger jet ferry vessel in Moji The Queen Beetle unexpectedly passed thru the Kanmon Straits on April 10, 2022. It was photographed by Ship Freakazoid with an Olympus E-520 DSLR camera equipped with a Zuiko 150mm lens. The idiots that they are, JR Kyushu has the name Queen Beetle plastered all over the ship. The name they choose sounds more like rock bands than a ship's name, too. Oh well, ho hum, it was still fun to see it as it chugged slowly thru the Kanmon Strait between Moji in Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki City. Queen Beetle passing by the factories of Kokura in G

ASIAN DYNASTY a Korean EUKOR RoRo auto carrier vessel

ASIAN DYNASTY is a 200 meter long Korean RoRo auto carrier vessel and was photographed by Ship Freakazoid as it passed thru the Kanmon Strait on a lovely spring day (May 9, 2022). Asian Dynasty 200 meter Roro auto carrier ship Vessel Name ASIAN DYNASTY Ship Type Vehicles Carrier Flag Korea Gross Tonnage 55719 (t) Length Overall 200 meters Beam 32 meters IMO Number 9203588 Year Built 1999 Asian Dynasty a Korean cargo ship Look how it dwarfs the little boat passing thru the Kanmon Straits in the other direction. Must be intimidating... Hey! Looks like it could use a paint job, too! Asian Dynasty passing thru Kanmon Strait EUKOR is a global RoRo shipping company that specializes in port-to-port deep-sea transportation of automobiles, rolling equipment and breakbulk cargo. Asian Dynasty vehicle carrier from Korea Focused the Olympus E520 DSLR on the rope in an attempt to get an artsy-fartsy shot. Not an easy task... It would be eas

MILD TUNE Jinjiang Shipping Container Ship (Hong Kong)

MILD TUNE Jinjiang Shipping Container Ship (Hong Kong) MILD TUNE is one of Jinjiang Shipping's container ships. It was photographed by Ship Freakazoid as it passed thru the Kanmon Straits between Moji of Kitakyushu City and Karato of Shimonoseki City on May 6, 2022. An Olympus E520 DSLR camera with 300mm Zuiko Lens was used to snap these shots of this neat boat. Vessel Name MILD TUNE Type Container Ship Flag Hong Kong Gross Tonnage 9994 Length Overall 148 meters Beam 23 meters IMO Number 9704594 Year Built 2015 MILD TUNE Jinjiang Shipping Container Ship (Hong Kong) Many vessels pass thru the Kanmon Strait each and every day. Every ship is unique, but container ships invariably carry different colored containers with different logos, creating a very colorful sight. Wonder what was inside these containers...Hmm...

Ships of Kanmon Strait

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