Ships of Kanmon Strait

small "game changing" luxury cruise sailing the Kanmon Straits of Japan on April 3, 2025. MV Seabourn Quest in the Kanmon Straits of Japan MV Seabourn Quest was captured on digital film by Ship Freakazoid for your viewing pleasure. What a cool ship. Due to the vessel's smaller size, it is able to make port calls at smaller ports and provide wonderful experiences for its passengers. Apparently the passenger capacity is just 458 guests. One could almost learn everyone else's name while on the cruise, if one was so inclined.  Cruise ship sailing under the Kanmon Bridge This vessel attracted a smattering of shutterbugs and Looky Lous as it sailed thru the Kanmon Straits between the Cities of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki  Japan on a lovely spring day. And, as the Beach Boys sang"Round, round, get around!" This ship gets around. It is now headed to Huron, USA and has just been to Boston and Quebec. I wonder if Quebec will ever secede... That would be cool! Seabourn ...

sailed thru the Kanmon Straits past Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Sultry Shimonoseki City on the morning of March 10, 2025. Air quality was terrible and it was extremely hazy and quite windy and cold (and, is the too many 'ands'?) weather. ZENITH ACE - IMO 1062366 - Kanmon Strait, Japan Ship Freakazoid used his secondhand Olympus e520 DSLR for photos and antique JVC Everio video camera on used Slik tripod for video. Here are some details on this recently built ship mini bulker: Vessel Name ZENITH ACE IMO number 1062366 MMSI 352004326 Callsign 3E6645 Ship Type General Cargo Ship Sepicific Type Dry Bulk / Mini Bulkers 1 Flag Panama Year of Build 2024 Length Overall 80.00 meters Width 13.00 meters Gross Tonnage 2450 tons Deadweight(DWT) 3300 tons Zenith Ace has Hangul characters under its name so, chances are, it is based in Korea. Ships sailing Japan's Kanmon Straits on a hazy day

a general cargo ship, sailed the Kanmon Straits on January 23, 2025. Ship Freakazoid captured the vessel with an Olympus E520 DSLR in photographs and a JVC Everio on video for your viewing pleasure.  SILVER LUCKY 銀吉 It was a surprisingly hazy afternoon on Japan's Kanmon Strait, especially looking west at Kokura from Shimonoseki. Looking east at Moji was noticeably clearer, but still had some haze. Japan's LDP will blame China's CCP for this, but it sure looks like the haze is coming from Kitakyushu... Vessel Name: SILVER LUCKY 銀吉 Vessel Type: General Cargo Ship Flag: Hong Kong Year Built: 2011 Length: 120 meters Width: 20.80 meters Gross Tonnage: 9129 IMO: 9594676 MMSI: 477746300 Callsign: VRHT4 SILVER LUCKY 銀吉 General Cargo Ship in Kanmon Strait

  Chemical Tanker SULPHUR GLORY 2 in Japan's Kanmon Straits sailed thru Japan's Kanmon Straits past the Hikoshima Seiren（ 彦島製錬） facility in Shimonoseki on January 6th, 2024, as seen in the short video below↓ Vessel Name: SULPHUR GLORY 2 / SULPHUR GLORY II IMO number: 9833149 Ship Type: Chemical Tanker Flag: Panama Year Built: 2018 Length: 89.50 meters Width: 14.50 meters Gross Tonnage: 2812 Sulphur Glory 2 seems to mostly frequent ports in Japan, Korea and China. Keep an eye out for it --- Preferably your glass eye.

NS United's coastal cargo ship often travels to/from Nagoya and frequents ports in Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki. After this video was taken, Hiroshima moored at the Tobata Port, which is located in a lovely area of the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and accessible from the Kanmon Strait. The refreshing light blue color of the hull is typical of many coastal cargo ships in the NS United fleet and really brightens up the sea on dreary winter days. Here is video of the general cargo HIROSHIMA・ひろしま (IMO 9743447) recorded with an old secondhand JVC Everio video camera mounted on a used Slik tripod: And, here are some photos and details on this vessel. HIROSHIMA・ひろしま (IMO 9743447) Olympus E520 with Zuiko 150 mm lens. No filter.  Some bird photo bombed the ship. Photo taken on January 6, 2025. One of the first batch of photos and video taken by Ship Freakazoid in the New Year. Vessel Name: HIROSHIMA ・ ひろしま Length: 76 meters Width: 12 meters IMO: ...

  The brand spanking new container ship A SUWA (Flag of Hong Kong) sailed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan on a lovely Japanese autumn day (November 11, 2024) and was filmed with an antique JVC Everio video camera (Konica Minolta 54x lens) by a sissy sicko with no credentials known as Ship Freakazoid. More footage from ship spotting the vessels passing by Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan can be seen on this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid Like, subscribe, and comment should you so please... A SUWA It was nice to see such a new and colorful container ship pass by the glorious coastline of Garden Paradise Kitakyushu. The vessel A SUWA sails under the Flag of Hong Kong and was built in 2024 (also known as the year DJT won his 3rd str8 prez elexion ( ^)o(^ )). General cargo ship, container ship and tanker in Kanmon Straits The Kanmon Straits are always busy and provide a beautiful sight when several vessels can be seen entering the strait from the west side. Th...

The container ship Glory Guandong was photographed and filmed from the Shimonoseki side of the Kanmon Straits on September 27, 2024.  Glory Guandong sailing under the Kanmon Bridge 2024.09.27.   This 143 meter long vessel has been known to visit the ports of Moji, Hakata and Yokohama Japan, as well as Shanghai and Taicang China (China will be renamed West Taiwan when the Biden Banana Republic collapses). Container ship under the Kanmon Bridge in Japan   What is in the containers? Perhaps there are some toy plastic soldiers and cap guns? Maybe some knockoff Barbie and Ken dolls?   Here is some video taken with a secondhand JVC Everio video camera with 54x Konica Minolta lens: Vessel Name:    GLORY GUANDONG Length:         143 meters Width:          22 meters IMO:            9742039 Flag:    ...

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...

The 260 meter long container ship MSC NAGOYA V (IMO 9380271) was photographed sailing thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan by Ship Freakazoid on the hot Japanese summer afternoon of August 11, 2024. MSC NAGOYA V (IMO 9380271) Photo by Ship Freakazoid 2024 08 11 MSC Nagoya V seems to frequent the ports of Busan New Port (KR BNP) and Tokyo (JP TYO), and therefore passes between Shimonoseki City (Honshu Island) and Kitakyushu City (Kyushu Island). Both are charming Japanese cities. Someday it would be nice if the captain and crew of this vessel could enjoy more than just the view from their cargo ship as it passes thru the Kanmon Strait. MSC Nagoya V sailing between Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu The photo above shows the ship as it sails by Shimonoseki and a couple of the many majestic mountains of Yamaguchi Prefecture. One can't help but wonder what some people and companies are shipping in the many containers on this lovely ship. It would also be interesting to see what MSC Nagoya V looks ...

On a fine early summer day in May 2024, Ship Freakazoid captured this cool Chinese container ship on digital film with an Olympus e520 DSLR camera. HAISU 7 (Hai Su 7 / 海遠7) sailing thru Kanmon Straits Vessel Name: HAISU 7 (Hai Su 7 / 海遠7)  Length: 129.58 meters  Width: 20.6 meters  IMO: 9339014  Flag: China (soon to become West Taiwan)  MMSI: 413703960  Type: Container Ship / Cargo - Hazard A (Major)  Call Sign: BQVU  Gross Tonnage: 7545 tons  DWT: 8241 tons  Home Port: Quanzhou 泉州市 Year Built: 2005 A.D.  This vessel was built by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding (Mawei, China) and is operated by Quanzhou Ansheng Shipping Co, Ltd.  Oh, by the way, the phallic tower in the background (of the photo above) is in Shimonoseki Japan, right across the Kanmon Strait from Moji in the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu. The little boat in the foreground is a recreational fishing boa...

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...

Vessel Name: GASCHEM WARNOW  Length: 114.78 meters Width: 16.83 meters  IMO: 9560168  Flag: Liberia  MMSI: 636091772  Type: LPG Tanker  Call Sign: A8SP5  Year Built: 2010 A.D. The below photo of the gas carrier ship GASCHEM WARNOW was taken at 9:41 on the morning of May 8, 2024 as the ship sailed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan. There is a crew member checking out the sights from the bow of the ship. Ship Freakazoid used a 150mm Zuiko lens on an Olympus E-520 DSLR with settings of ISO 100, f/5.6, and 1/200 sec.  GASCHEM WARNOW   Vessel Name: GASCHEM WARNOW  Length: 114.78 meters Width: 16.83 meters  IMO: 9560168  Flag: Liberia  MMSI: 636091772  Type: LPG Tanker  Call Sign: A8SP5  Year Built: 2010 A.D. Gaschem Warnow - Gas Tanker sailing past Shimonoseki 

Ro-Ro vessel LIBERTY PROMISE in the Kanmon Strait passing by Shimonoseki This fine looking Ameican automobile carrier was photographed by Ship Freakazoid as it passed thru the Kanmon Strait between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan on the afternoon of March 18, 2024. Apparently, the ship makes fairly frequent journeys from Japan and Korea to the west coast of the USA. A small LS series Japan Coast Guard lighthouse tender can be seen in the foreground.   Vessel Name: LIBERTY PROMISE  Length:         200 meters  Width:           32 meters  IMO:             9448425  Flag:             U.S.A.  Home Port:    New York  MMSI:           366102000  Gross Tonnage:               57030 Summer Deadweight (t): 21359  Year Built:      ...

SITC QINZHOU - Another SITC container ship named after an East Asian City SITC Japan Co., LTD. has close to 100 vessels in its fleet and SITC QINZHOU is yet another SITC container ship named after an East Asian City. Their container ships passing thru the Kanmon Straits are a common sight for both Kitakyushites and Shimonosuckers alike, as the straits run between the cities of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki. SITC QINZHOU Qinzhou is a prefecture-level city lying on the Gulf of Tonkin in S.E. China, and therefore the perfect name for a container ship. The 3.3 million people who live there must be receiving some interesting merchandise from Japan carried by this vessel, perhaps DVDs of Japanese celebrities eating food while other Japanese celebrities watch and comment on the food being eaten, or maybe even secondhand Nissan Skylines. Conversely, the people of Japan must be receiving some pretty dope stuff from China, too, seeing as how trade is generally a two-way street. Name:    ...

UTOPIA a Ro-Ro cargo ship and common sight in the Kanmon Straits UTOPIA is a Ro-Ro cargo ship and common sight in the Kanmon Straits. Frequently docked in Shimonoseki, Utopia often travels to Taicang China. On March 10, 2024, Utopia was photographed as it travelled back to Japan sailing thru the Kanmon Straits between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki. An Olympus E-520 DSLR was used by Ship Freakazoid to capture this fine looking Nishinihon Kisen vessel on digital film. Vessel Name:    UTOPIA IMO Number: 9832341 Ship Type:         Ro-Ro Cargo Ship Flag:            Panama Gross Tonnage: 16408 Summer Deadweight (t): 4265 Length:         145 meters Width:          27 meters Year Built:         2019 UTOPIA (IMO 9832341) approaching Kitakyushu via the Kanmon Strait Nishinihon Kisen's ro-ro cargo ship Utopia in the Kanmon Straits of Japan

The Chinese container ship Xin Ming Zhou 26 passed thru the Kanmon Strait on the afternoon of March 10, 2024.  Ship Freakazoid captured the vessel on digital film with his trusty Olympus e520 DSLR from the Moji Kitakyushu side of the strait. This ship often makes runs between Japan and China, many times frequenting the ports of Tokyo, Ningbo and Zhapu. Shimonoseki is in the background. Does anyone know what is in the containers?      Vessel Name:  XIN MING ZHOU 26 IMO #:  9736432  Ship Type:  Container Ship  Flag:  China (I prefer to refer to it as WEST TAIWAN)  Gross Tonnage:  9653  Summer Deadweight (t):  12594  Length:  143 meters  Width:  23 meters Year Built:  2015

SPRING NOTE is an Oil Tanker / Chemical Tanker that recently passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan.  Ship Freakazoid captured frequent passerby of a vessel on digital "film" on the morning of January 26, 2024.  It apparently makes frequent journeys between Nagoya Japan and Ulsan Korea. The Oil Tanker / Chemical Tanker SPRING NOTE in the Kanmon Straits   Classification No. : 043474 IMO No. : 9324590 Official No. : 30524-05-CH  Signal Letters : HOXG  Flag : Panama  Port of Registry : Panama  Ship's Name : SPRING NOTE  Former Name 1 : --   Registered Owner 1 : SHOKUYU NAVIGATION CO., S.A.   Management Company 1 : ST MARINE CO., LTD.   Class...