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 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 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 An Olympus e 520 DSLR equipped with a Zuiko 40mm-150mm lens was used to capture this local vessel on digitial "film" by Sh...
Ship spotting photographs and video of vessels sailing the Kanmon Straits of Japan between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki. Accompanied with insightful details and meaningless commentary by Ship Freakazoid.