Ships of Kanmon Strait

Confidence sailed the Kanmon Straits on September 27, 2024. Ship Freakazoid captured the 146 meter vessel on digital "film" for your viewing pleasure. CONFIDENCE (IMO 9865879) Container Ship in Kanmon Straits Japan The container ship was photographed from an island in the strait known as Ganryujima (Google it! It has a cool history!) which provides some excellent vantage points for getting photos and video of the passing ships. Photos were taken with a used Olympus e520 DSLR camera with Zuiko 150mm lens.  Musashi Miyamoto vs Kojiro Sasaki on Ganryujima In the video below, you can see Confidence sail thru the Kanmon Straits with, well, confidence. SF uses an older used JVC Everio 54x zoom video camera for video. A secondhand Slik tripod was also used for this footage.  The stern of Confidence indicates its home port is Majuro (Marshall Islands). Never been, but will wager it's a nice place and that the islands are beautiful.  Confidence - Container ship sailing in Japan (K...

September 27, 2024 turned out to be a pretty decent day weather-wise for the greater Garden Paradise Kitakyushu vicinity. In fact, it was an almost perfect day for the cruise ship WESTERDAM of the Holland America Line to sail the Kanmon Straits. MS WESTERDAM sailing the Kanmon Straits of Japan With a length of 936 feet, a beam of 105.8 feet and 82,348 tons, the MS Westerdam was quite a sight as it sailed gracefully past Ganryujim in the Kanmon Strait between Shimonoseki City on Honshu and Kitakyushu City on Kyushu.   Photo of the starboard bow of Holland America's Westerdam   Looking at the above photos of the starboard side of the bow, one can't help but notice the passengers checking out the Shimonoseki side of the strait. Many passengers can be seen taking their own photos, perhaps of Ganryujima and the statues of Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro in their famous sword fight duel to the death. Some might have been taking photographs of the Ship Freakazoid who was taki...

Photos and video of the bulk carrier ENERGY HOPE Ship Freakazoid caprtured this bulk carrier sailing between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu Japan on September 27, 2024. It was a lovely afternoon in the Kanmon Straits. The photos and video were shot from Ganryujima using an Olympus e520 DSLR with Zuiko lens and JVC Everio video camera with Konica Minolta lens. Bulk carrier Energy Hope sailing past Kanmon Bridge and Moji Japan The vessel is 228.99 meters long and 32.26 meters wide and sails under the Flag of Panama. It has IMO 9602356 , MMSI 272744000 and Call Sign 3FGC4. Built in 2012, the ship is known to stop at the ports of Oita, Japan and Yeosu, Korea. ENERGY HOPE -  IMO 9602356 , MMSI 272744000 Energy Hope sailing in the Kanmon Strait Ganryujima provides interesting vantage points for the many vessels, ships, boats, submarines, and UFOs passing thru the Kanmon Strait everyday. Check it out if you haven't already.