Ships of Kanmon Strait

The ro-ro (roll on / roll off) vehicles carrier GRAND PACE passed through the Kanmon Straits of Japan on August 12, 2024.  This blue and white vessel was captured on digital film by Ship Freakazoid with an Olympus e520 DSLR with Zuiko 150mm lens.  Digital video footage was also recorded using a second-hand JVC Everio with 54x zoom Konica Minolta lens.  Grand Pace roro automobile carrier IMO #: 9169328  Vessel Name: GRAND PACE  Type: Vehicles Carrier / Roll On - Roll Off Automobile Carrier  Flag: Panama  Gross Tonnage: 50309  Summer Deadweight (t): 16669  Length: 179 meters Width: 32 meters  Year Built: 1999   Japanese summers are notoriously hot and humid, but there was a pleasant sea breeze felt in Kokura (Kitakyushu) while Grand Pace was being photographed and recorded. Grand Pace sailing past the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu Vehicles Carrier sailing thru Japanese waters Ship Freakazoid would like to remind of a few things. Olde...

HOEGH SHANGHAI of the Hoegh Autoliners fleet in the Kanmon Strait Japan HOEGH SHANGHAI passed thru the Kanmon Strain (Japan) on March 11, 2024 and was photographed by Ship Freakazoid. Kitakyushu experiences many hazy days due to its countless "cloud factories", the weather, and yellow sand blowing over from the Gobi Desert in Chinese aggression ordered by the CCP. The 229 meter long Roro vessel is massive, and looks especially so with small fishing boat Ryusei in the foreground.  Vessel Name: HOEGH SHANGHAI IMO Number:     9312482 Ship Type:         Vehicles Carrier Flag:                 Norway Gross Tonnage: 68871 Summer Deadweight (t): 27178 Length:         229 meters Width:          32 meters Year Built:         2007 HOEGH SHANGHAI Roro Vehicles Carrier passing by Shimonoseki HOEGH SHANGHAI Roro Automobile Carrier passin...

Malaysia Passion Roro Auto Carrier in Kanmon Strait Malaysia Passion is a vehicles carrier that was photographed by Ship Freakazoid from 赤坂海岸 遊歩道 as she passed thru the Kanmon Strait on June 23, 2023.  An Olympus E-520 DSLR with Zuiko 150 mm lens was used.  This Roro auto carrier sails under the flag of Malaysia and looks to be in need of a paint job.  Malaysia Passion's home port is Kuching in Malaysia. Malaysia Passion in Kanmon Strait IMO: 9446489 Name: MALAYSIA PASSION Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo Vessel Type - Detailed: Vehicles Carrier MMSI: 533170658 Call Sign: 9WUQ7 Flag: Malaysia [MY] Gross Tonnage: 43810 Summer DWT: 15011 t Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 180 x 30 m Year Built: 2009 Home Port: KUCHING   Malysia Passion - Vehicles Carrier Roro Ship   Malaysa Passion passing thru Kanmon Strait between Kyushu and Honshu

ASIAN DYNASTY is a 200 meter long Korean RoRo auto carrier vessel and was photographed by Ship Freakazoid as it passed thru the Kanmon Strait on a lovely spring day (May 9, 2022). Asian Dynasty 200 meter Roro auto carrier ship   Vessel Name     ASIAN DYNASTY Ship Type         Vehicles Carrier Flag                 Korea Gross Tonnage  55719 (t) Length Overall  200 meters Beam               32 meters IMO Number     9203588 Year Built         1999  Asian Dynasty a Korean cargo ship Look how it dwarfs the little boat passing thru the Kanmon Straits in the other direction. Must be intimidating... Hey! Looks like it could use a paint job, too! Asian Dynasty passing thru Kanmon Strait EUKOR is a global RoRo shipping company...

Meet TORONTO. Toronto is not that place in Canada but a RORO auto carrier in the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet. This amazing vessel is 200 meters long and 32 meters wide. It is a very impressive ship!  Toronto - a Wallenius Wilhlmsen Roro Auto Carrier Vessel 001 It was photographed as it passed thru the Kanmon Straits on March 7, 2022 (JST). Toronto was on its way from Kanda Japan to Incheon Korea.  Toronto - a Wallenius Wilhlmsen Roro Auto Carrier Vessel 002 As it passed between the cities of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki it looked like it was bigger than the buildings it passed by. Even the large buildings in the Moji Ward of Garden Paradise Kitakyushu look small next to this ship. Toronto - a Wallenius Wilhelmsen Roro Auto Carrier Vessel 003 It looks almost as tall as the Kaikyo Yume Tower (海峡ゆめタワー) which is the phallic shaped tower in the left of the photograph above. The tower is no shorty, either. It stands erect at 143 meters and makes any man jealous. Toronto - a Wallenius ...

Positive Star - Vehicles Carrier RoRo Ship  Photo taken from Moji, Kitakyushu, Japan. Positive Star is a vessel sailing under the Panamanian flag and was bound for Vladivostok, Russia from Kobe, Japan when photographed here at the Kanmon Strait. Camera: Olympus e 520 Lens: Zuiko 150mm    IMO:  9304502 Name:  POSITIVE STAR Vessel Type - Generic:  Cargo Vessel Type - Detailed:  Vehicles Carrier Status:  Active MMSI:  355615000 Call Sign:  H8WC Flag:  Panama [PA] Gross Tonnage:  43810 Summer DWT:  15128 t Length Overall x Breadth Extreme:  180 x 30 m Year Built:  2004 Home Port:  PANAMA