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...
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.