Ships of Kanmon Strait

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 ...

LPG tankers often provide a welcome and bright color splash on the backdrop of the polluted Kitakyushu skies. The Korean vessel DL LOTUS is one such ship. DL LOTUS and Kanmon Buoy #24 - Matching Color Schemes! Can you spot the two crew members in blue clothing and yellow hardhats? They were either working, or just taking in the sights of the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu as their ship DL Lotus sailed past on the Kanmon Strait. DL LOTUS sailing poast Ganryujima and Shimonoseki Vessel Name: DL LOTUS  Length: 109.95 meters  Width: 16.83 meters  IMO: 9353979  Flag: Liberia  MMSI: 441453000  Type: LPG Carrier  Call Sign: 5LFP8  Gross Tonnage: 5665 tons  Deadweight: 4998 tons  Year Built: 2008  Builder: Sasaki Shipbuilding (Hiroshima, Japan)  Owner: Daelim (Seoul, Korea)  Manager: NDSM (Busan, Korea) An LPG tanker hel...

The cargo ship LANTAU BAY, a container ship, recently passed thru the Kanmon Straits and was captured on digitial "film" by Ship Freakazoid.   LANTAU BAY container ship passing thru Kanmon Straits   Name: LANTAU BAY  IMO: 9383596  General vessel type: Cargo  Detailed vessel type: Container Ship  Call sign: V2CW5  Flag: Antigua Barbuda [AG]  Gross Tonnage: 9610  Summer DWT: 12828 t  Length: 142.7 meters Width:   22.6 meters  Year built: 2007 While the weather was rather crummy --- It was overcast, hazy, smoggy, windy and cold --- there were some nice ships passing thru this 20th Day of January 2024, and Lantau Bay was one of them.  This 142 meter long container ship sailing under the flag of Antigua Barbuda (St. John's appears to be its home port) was travelling west thru the Kanmon Strait.   LANTAU BAY container ship passing by Kitakyushu factories and pollution Cargo Ship LANTAU BAY in Japanese waters ...