第八正和丸 SHOWA MARU No.8 (Dai Hachi Showa Maru)

This lovely Sanyo Kaiun Shokai Co., Ltd. tankship sailed thru the Kanmon Straits and past the pollution producing factories of Kitakyushu Japan in the early afternoon of November 11, 2024. The tanker Showa Maru #8 often travels thru the strait going to and from Oita and Hakata (Fukuoka).

Japanese tankship in the Kanmon Strait

Vessel Name: SHOWA MARU No.8 第八正和丸
Length: 48.50 meters
Width: 9.60 meters
Flag: Japan
Type: Tankship / Tank Ship / Tanker
Call Sign: JL6217
Gross Tonnage: 363.00 G/T
Built: March 20, 2019
Navagation Area: Coastal
Cargo Capacity: 666 kl
Pump Capacity: 500 x 2

第八正和丸 SHOWA MARU No.8 (Dai Hachi Showa Maru)

This vessel is probably carrying kerosene or some other sort of 白油 or "light oil." Even in the 21st century and with modern housing, many Japanese still like to use kerosene heaters in their homes and offices during the colder winter months. Ship Freakazoid is not a fan of this practice, but a declining population of 123,753,041 people can't all be wrong, right?

Showa Maru No. 8 sailing between Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu Japan

Kitakyushites fishing as a tanker passes thru the Kanmon Strait

Kitakyushites in the foreground are fishing as the vessel is passing by NIPPON STEEL 九州製鉄所. I wonder if they caught anything besides a lungful of factory smoke? And, check out how the water on the right side of the fishing folks looks higher than the water on their left. Weird...

No filters. No editing. Photographs were taken with Ship Freakazoid's old secondhand Olympus E-520 DSLR using a Zuiko 150mm lens. The hazy sky and pollution you see is real and not some Instagram filter or AI generated BS.

A SUWA - Brand New Container Ship in the Kanmon Strait

The brand spanking new container ship A SUWA (Flag of Hong Kong) sailed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan on a lovely Japanese autumn day (November 11, 2024) and was filmed with an antique JVC Everio video camera (Konica Minolta 54x lens) by a sissy sicko with no credentials known as Ship Freakazoid. More footage from ship spotting the vessels passing by Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan can be seen on this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid Like, subscribe, and comment should you so please... A SUWA It was nice to see such a new and colorful container ship pass by the glorious coastline of Garden Paradise Kitakyushu. The vessel A SUWA sails under the Flag of Hong Kong and was built in 2024 (also known as the year DJT won his 3rd str8 prez elexion ( ^)o(^ )). General cargo ship, container ship and tanker in Kanmon Straits The Kanmon Straits are always busy and provide a beautiful sight when several vessels can be seen entering the strait from the west side. Th...

FATA MORGANA - Ship sailing in the sky near Kitakyushu Japan

Alright, so check this out! FATA MORGANA is this wild optical illusion that happens when you're standing on land, looking out over the ocean, and you see a ship that looks like it's floating above the horizon. It's not magic, though—it’s science at work. Fata Morgana - Ship sailing in the sky as viewed from Kitakyushu Here’s the lowdown. The air above the ocean is usually colder than the air higher up in the atmosphere. But sometimes, you get a temperature inversion where the air closer to the water is actually warmer than the air above it. This temperature difference makes light bend or "refract." So instead of light traveling in a straight line, it curves and can make things appear in places where they shouldn’t be. Kind of like when you’re staring into a glass of water and the spoon looks all weird. It’s the same principle. Fata Morgana - Cargo ship appears to be sailing in the sky Now, when you're on land looking out at the ocean, and you spot a ship tha...

せとぎり JS Setogiri DD-156 護衛艦 Japanese Destroyer JMSDF

せとぎり JS Setogiri DD-156 護衛艦 SETOGIRI is a Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It recently passed thru the Kanmon Strait and was photographed from Moji, Kitakyushu, Japan with an Olympus e 520 DSLR camera equipped with Zuiko 150mm lens. The ship and crew protect Japan. We wish them a Happy New Year in 2022. The Japanese Navy has awesome curry and they serve it every Friday so December 31, 2021 will be their last naval curry meal of the year. Their first curry in Year of the Tiger will be on January 7, 2022. Type / Class: Destroyer, DD; Asagiri Class Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Uraga, Japan STATUS: Laid down: March 9, 1987 Launched: September 12, 1988 Commissioned: February 14, 1990 Homeport: Ominato, Aomori, Japan Specifications: Length: 137 meters (449 feet 6 inches) Beam: 14,6 meters (47 ft 11 in) Draft: 4,5 meters (14 ft 9 in) Displacement: 3500 tons (standard) / 4900 tons (full load) Speed: 30 kno...

Ships of Kanmon Strait

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