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SKY BEAUTY - General Cargo Ship vessel photographed in Moji Japan

SKY BEAUTY General Cargo Ship - Vessel photographed in Moji Japan
SKY BEAUTY General Cargo Ship - Vessel photographed in Moji Japan

IMO number 9196462

Vessel Name SKY BEAUTY

Ship type General Cargo Ship

Flag Panama

Gross Tonnage 4346

Summer Deadweight 5820 t

Length Overall 92 meters

Beam 17 meters

Year Built 1998

It is now March 22, 2022 but this photograph is from circa December 2021 when Sky Beauty passed thru the Kanmon Straits and was photographed as she sailed between Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu Japan passing by Moji and Kokura into the big sea. A Zuiko 42mm lens on an Olympus E-520 DSLR camera was used to take this photograph by Ship Freakazoid. 

An online check indicates that the vessel is currently in Nakhodka Russia after sailing from Miike Japan. Looks like marine traffic and trade between Japan and Russia is still going on despite the happenings in the Ukraine...

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