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TENOU gravel carrier sand carrier 天桜 ガット船

Bulk Carrier (aka sand carrier / gravel carrier) TENOU (Japanese name: 天桜) is equipped with a backhoe and was recently photographed as it passed thru the Kanmon Straits between Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan.

TENOU gravel carrier sand carrier 天桜 ガット船
TENOU gravel carrier sand carrier 天桜 ガット船


Name: TENOU 
IMO: 9919943 
General vessel type: Cargo 
Detailed vessel type: General Cargo 
Flag: Japan [JP] 
Gross Tonnage: 499 
Summer DWT: 1700 t 
Length: 62 meters 
Width: 13 meters
Year built: 2021

Sand carrier TENOU is equipped with a backhoe ★ 天桜はバックホー付
Sand carrier TENOU is equipped with a backhoe ★ 天桜はバックホー付

This interesting vessel passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan on January 9, 2024.  it is apparently a ship belonging to Tsurumaru Shipping Co., Ltd. (鶴丸海運) in the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu.  Their homepage is here: https://tsurumaru.co.jp/ 

Tenou & Kaikyo Yume Tower ・ 天桜と海峡ゆめタワー
Tenou & Kaikyo Yume Tower ・ 天桜と海峡ゆめタワー

An Olympus e 520 DSLR equipped with a Zuiko 40mm-150mm lens was used to capture this local vessel on digitial "film" by Ship Freakazoid.  One of many interesting ships to pass thru the Kanmon Strait on this 9th day of January in the year 2024 A.D.

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