Ships of Kanmon Strait

appears to be drag racing another ship thru the Kanmon Straits!!! あさか (ホンダの内航自動車運搬船) Asaka, like other Honda domestic car carriers, sports a light blue and bright white paint job worthy of being sung about in a Jan & Dean or Beach Boys hotrod song.   Honda Motors domestic car carrier ASAKA sailing the Kanmon Strait Wonder if it is hauling drag racing cars, F-1 racing cars, or plain old stock Honda cars and trucks for lame folks like Keiko and Manabu... Video of this lovely vessel may be viewed at: https://youtu.be/PyA2umkrEyY ASAKA (IMO 9700201) sailing past Garden Paradise Kitakyushu Japan Vessel Name: ASAKA Flag: Japan Length: 118.03 meters Width: 16.6 meters IMO: 9700201 MMSI; 431005691 Call Sign: JD3690 Vessel Type: Cargo / Vehicles Carrier ASAKA a Ro-Ro Auto Carrier Vessel for Honda Motors "It's not a big oil tanker just a groovy little cargo ship..." would be some fun alternate lyrics to the song "Little Honda...

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

WALRUS ACE Vehicle Carrier ( RORO Ship ) in the Kanmon Straits of Japan WALRUS ACE is a next-generation "FLEXIE" series car carrier of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ( aka MOL ). The vessel was photographed on April 10, 2022 as it sailed thru the Kanmon Straits between Kokura and Moji of Kitakyushu City and Shimonosei City. AN Olympus e-520 DSLR camera with Zuiko 150mm lens was used to photograph this amazing RORO ship. It is indeed a lovely vehicles carrier and looked majestic sailing by the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu in the spring time. Walrus Ace - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Flexie series car carrier Name of Ship: WALRUS ACE Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo Vessel Type - Detailed: Vehicles Carrier ( Roro ) MMSI: 354004000 Call Sign: 3EYN5 Flag: Panama [PA] Gross Tonnage: 63116 Summer DWT: 15506 t Length Overall: 199.95 meters Breadth Extreme: 32 meters Built: 2018 Home Port: PANAMA IMO: 9777826 Walrus Ace - Vehicles Carrier in Kitakyushu Japan MOL's FLEXIE series, completed in 2018, has a c...