Ships of Kanmon Strait

lovely vehicles carrier sailing under the Flag of Panama gracefully cruised thru Kanmon Straits of Japan on May 1st 2025. MORNING CHERRY (IMO 9675585) Vehicles Carrier The ro-ro vessel Morning Cherry was captured on digital film by Ship Freakazoid while ship spotting Japan's sea near Kitakyushu on a lovely spring afternoon. EUKOR Ro-Ro Ship MORNING CHERRY Sailing in Japan One can help but wonder what kind of vehicles are in this lovely Eukor cargo ship. Cars? Trucks? Buses? Panzer Tanks? Bulldozers? This vessel gets around. It has been to ports like Suva in Fiji, Damman in Saudi Arabia, Shanghai in West Taiwan (f#$% the CCP!), and Mokpo in Korea. Guess people still need cars... Vessel Name MORNING CHERRY Ship Type Vehicles Carrier / Ro-Ro IMO number 9675585 MMSI 357076000 Flag Panama Year Built 2014 Length (m) 199 metres Width (m) 32 metres Call Sign 3FOD5

The bulk carrier sailed the Kanmon Straits between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan on its way from Kaoshiung Taiwan (Yes, it's a country! Screw the CCP!!!) to Kanda Japan (an industrial suburb of Garden Paradise Kitakyushu) on April 3, 2025.   Bulk Carrier KEN REI Sails the Kanmon Straits Ken Rei had a majestic presence as it proudly sailed the narrow passage between Kitakyushu (Kyushu Island) and Shimonoseki (Honshu Island) under the Kanmon Bridge. Sailing in the opposite direction was a naval parade of JMSDF vessels and an Italian cruise ship. Ken Rei's crew had a great view, no doubt. Vessel Name: KEN REI IMO: 9310006 MMSI: 352573000 Callsign: 3EWK9 Ship Type: Cargo Ship Specific Type:  Bulk Carrier Flag: Panama Year Built: 2006 Length: 175.53 meters Width: 29.40 meters Gross Tonnage: 19781 tons Deadweight: 31859 tons Subscribe to Ship Freakazoid's YouTube Channel for more videos♪ https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid

a Takanami-class destroyer of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force sailed thru the Kanmon Straits on the morning of March 10, 2025.  JS SUZUNAMI すずなみ DD-114 Ship Freakazoid was about to call it a day after a cold morning of shooting ships with cameras when a dodgy looking ship caught his eye. It sort of looked like a gray colored tugboat at first.  Chinese Navy doesn't like this Japanese Destroyer Just goes to show military designs and paint schemes work. Especially considering the badass armaments and destructive capabilities it possesses. The CCP's People's Liberation Army Navy doesn't like this Japanese Destroyer. They (the Chinese Navy) unsuccessfully tried to scare Japan by flying a helicopter dangerously close to the JS Suzunami some years ago. They obviously were intimidated by the superior JMSDF vessel. JMSDF Destroyer SUZUNAMI (DD-114) sailing the Kanmon Straits 関門海峡を通るJS SUZUNAMI（すずなみ）海上自衛隊の護衛艦 The video camera battery ran out during shooting, but there was just ...

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

is a five year old (built in 2020) container ship that has been known to visit ports like Kaohsiung in the country of Taiwan and Hong Kong in the future Taiwanese territory of China. This vessel from the Evergreen fleet of cargo ships passed through the Kanmon Straits of Japan on the cold and windy Japanese winter day of January 30, 2025. EVER CHANT - Container ship in Japan's Kanmon Straits Ship Freakazoid was taking photographs and recording video from the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu side of the Kanmon Strait when Ever Chant graced us with its presence. While only five years old, Ever Chant looks like it has seen a lot of wear and tear. Maybe it has alimony payments and an expensive trophy wife? Or, maybe the CCP owns it and doesn't know how to take care of it? But, probably, a reality TV show that shows ships before and after paint jobs is funding its voyages and maintenance. Surely that is what is happening here. It has to be.    The video above is 4:12 in length and shows ...

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.

  IZUMI MARU No.6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 (PS auto-adjusted and cropped) is a brand new LPG Tanker (delivered June 2024) and sailed thru the Kanmon Straits on January 6, 2025. It was a cold winter day and the weather and air quality was less then optimal for photography. Ship Freakazoid is posting three images taken from the same photograph. One is cropped and auto-adjusted, another is auto-adjusted only, and the third is the original image taken with an Olympus E-520 DSLR with Zuiko 150mm lens with no filter. Video footage was taken with a JVC Everio GZ-E265-N video camera with 54x Konica Minolta lens mounted on a Slik tripod. Check out SF's other videos of ship spotting vessels in the Kanmon Straits of Japan on YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid IZUMI MARU No.6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 (PS auto-adjusted) IZUMI MARU No.6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 (Olympus E520 - no filter - no editing) Vessel Name: Izumi Maru No. 6 ★ 第六いづみ丸 Vessel Type: LPG Tanker Port of Registry: Matsuyama IMO Number: 10301...

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: ...

Japan's sea and the scenic Kanmon Straits are beautiful enough by themselves, but this collection of cargo ships really adds a nice accent to the blue sky and blue sea. Ship Freakazoid took this photo of these vessels sailing in the Kanmon Strait on November 11, 2024 at 12:23 PM using an old secondhand Olympus E-520 DSLR with Zuiko 150mm lens. No filters used. No image editing performed. Photo is "as-is" if you will... Cargo ships in the Kanmon Straits of Japan What's a good title for this photograph? How about: "Cargo ships in the Kanmon Straits of Japan on a lovely November afternoon" ? In the foreground on the right is the Belize flagged general cargo ship JOYO 1 (IMO 9273181) sailing between Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Japan.  Video of JOYO 1:  https://youtu.be/vVd5sosSCRs?si=7vPrwjFahpOJk6yQ The colorful container ship in the mid-left is A SUWA (IMO 9972842), a brand spanking new (built in 2024) 142 meter long vessel sailing under the Flag of Hong Kong. ...

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...

A charming vessel sailing under Sierra Leone's flag, OLKHON, recently passed thru the Kanmon Straits of Japan. Ro-Ro Cargo Ship OLKHON travels between Russia and Japan There is something charming about this ship. Maybe it is its shape. Perhaps it is the rust. Olkhon has a Russian sound to it, so did a quick check, and: In Russian, "Olkhon" (Ольхон) is derived from the Evenki language and is thought to mean "the place of the idols" or "the place of the spirits." It is the name of the largest island on Lake Baikal in Siberia, which holds significant cultural and spiritual importance for the local Buryat people. Vessel Name: OLKHON (aka MV OLKHON)  Length: 114.5 meters  Width: 20 meters  IMO: 9031791  Flag: Sierra Leone (Port of Registry: Freetown)  MMSI: 687001269  Type: Ro-Ro  Call Sign: 9LU2072  Deadweight: 3,693 tons  Year Built: 1992 A.D.  Builder: Kitanihon Shipbui...

Sakura Fortune, a bulk carrier built in 2021, recently sailed the Kanmon Straits. Sakura Fortune (IMO 9881172 / MMSI 355496000) This relatively new vessel was captured on digital "film" in photographs and video footage for your viewing pleasure. For video, an old secondhand JVC Everio GZ-E265-N (Konica Minolta 54x lens) and used Slik tripod were used. Photos were taken using Ship Freakazoid's body and a well used but never abused (intentionally) Olympus E-520 DSLR camera with Zuiko 150mm lens.  Vessel Name: SAKURA FORTUNE  Length: 182.87 meters  Width: 31.00 meters  IMO: 9881172  Flag: Panama (sung in David Lee Roth's voice)  MMSI: 355496000  Type: Bulk Carrier  Call Sign: H8YS  Gross Tonnage: 35010 tons  Year Built: 2021 A.D. As far as bulk carriers that pass thru the Kanmon Strait go, Sakura Fortune looks to be pretty well maintained and is a pleasant sight. Sakura Fortune ge...

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...

Photos and video of the bulk carrier ENERGY HOPE Ship Freakazoid caprtured this bulk carrier sailing between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu Japan on September 27, 2024. It was a lovely afternoon in the Kanmon Straits. The photos and video were shot from Ganryujima using an Olympus e520 DSLR with Zuiko lens and JVC Everio video camera with Konica Minolta lens. Bulk carrier Energy Hope sailing past Kanmon Bridge and Moji Japan The vessel is 228.99 meters long and 32.26 meters wide and sails under the Flag of Panama. It has IMO 9602356 , MMSI 272744000 and Call Sign 3FGC4. Built in 2012, the ship is known to stop at the ports of Oita, Japan and Yeosu, Korea. ENERGY HOPE -  IMO 9602356 , MMSI 272744000 Energy Hope sailing in the Kanmon Strait Ganryujima provides interesting vantage points for the many vessels, ships, boats, submarines, and UFOs passing thru the Kanmon Strait everyday. Check it out if you haven't already.

The cement carrier Sumise Maru leaving Kokura (Kitakyushu Japan) on August 20, 2024. SUMISE MARU No. 31 第三十一すみせ丸 This cement carrying ship was built back in 1996. Seems recent to me, but was actually 28 years ago in the last century!  It is obviously very well maintained. SUMISE MARU No. 31 entering the Kanmon Strait Vessel Name: Sumise Maru No. 31 Length:         49.99 meters Width:          9.6 meters IMO:            9145815 Flag:         Japan MMSI:         431600654 Type:         Cement Carrier (Cargo Ship) Call Sign:    JM6543 Gross Tonnage:  360 tons DWT:            732 tons Main Engine:    Hanshin Diesel LH26G 1,000hp Depth:          4.00M Load Draft:     3.75M Built:          November 30, 1996 Sumitomo Osaka ...

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 ...