Topic: A usual "ship spotting" tour (56kers, beware!) (Read 8224 times)

Wave Music · « **on:** September 21, 2009, 13:12:49 »

Was walking yesterday by the quay taking shots of ships, port, etc as usual. So here're some for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

A new 50-ton harbor container crane in Trade Port

Port overviews

The Amadeus at the Trade Port

Small tanker

Finally caught our 3.5-masted barque Kruzenshtern at the Fishing Port!

Wave Music · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2009, 13:13:21 »

Reefer Viking Frio going to the Fishing Port

Random floating object

Again the Amadeus

Getting dark...

The Deltuva at the Trade Port

Wave Music · « **Reply #2 on:** September 21, 2009, 13:13:57 »

Of course, the sunset

Again the Deltuva

Old German grain elevator

The Yamburg at The Trade Port

STK-1012, also at the Trade Port

Cranes...

Floating cranes SPK-13/16 & Chernomorets-18 are "watching" the sunset

Hope you enjoyed!

saltydog · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2009, 13:18:00 »

Very nice pictures, WM..

Are there any plans to repair Kruzenshtern's forward mast..?

Wave Music · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2009, 13:20:36 »

Thanks, SD!

Haven't found any infos about that yet. Hope they'll repair it soon..

Wave Music · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2009, 14:04:43 »

Here're some about what happened:

http://www.tallshipsraces.org/?p=2046
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/22/second_tallest_ship_arriving_charleston_86839/?wap
http://www.flickr.com/photos/osr/3667982385/

Yesterday's close shots of her

siso7 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2009, 14:51:33 »

Nice pictures there WM

I was wondering, where on earth is Trade Port?

Cat320DL · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2009, 14:55:11 »

Nice pic's WM.

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2009, 16:47:21 »

Quote from: Wave Music on September 21, 2009, 13:13:57

STK-1012, also at the Trade Port

Very unusual to see a vessel which have a wheelhouse and accommodation in the middle (amidships). I think this is the first time that I have seen a such example in modern times.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2009, 16:57:06 »

Some great pictures WM well down

Love the sunset shots

No ferries though...

Wave Music · « **Reply #10 on:** September 21, 2009, 16:57:09 »

Quote from: Kevinmcg_ships on September 21, 2009, 16:47:21

Very unusual to see a vessel which have a wheelhouse and accommodation in the middle (amidships). I think this is the first time that I have seen a such example in modern times.

Yeah, weird ship though...

Here're some of those
http://www.riverfleet.ru/ships/cargo/stk/index.shtm
http://www.riverfleet.ru/ships/cargo/stk/schema-326.jpg

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2009, 17:05:33 »

Quote from: Wave Music on September 21, 2009, 16:57:09

Yeah, weird ship though...

Here're some of those
http://www.riverfleet.ru/ships/cargo/stk/index.shtm
http://www.riverfleet.ru/ships/cargo/stk/schema-326.jpg

Cheers for the link, they are quite interesting

Wave Music · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2009, 17:10:07 »

Thanks

Quote from: The Ferry Man on September 21, 2009, 16:57:06

Some great pictures WM well down

Love the sunset shots

No ferries though...

Thanks, Ferryman!

Haha The nearest ferries are ~ 40 km away from here - a ferry route Baltiysk - Vistula Spit, across the channel.

http://www.rostblog.ru/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/vistula-nida.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x41/Insterburg/IMG_3159.jpg

And of course, the St. Petersburg - Baltiysk ferry route.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2009, 17:15:29 »

Quote from: Wave Music on September 21, 2009, 17:10:07

Thanks

Thanks, Ferryman!

Haha The nearest ferries are ~ 40 km away from here - a ferry route Baltiysk - Vistula Spit, across the channel.

http://www.rostblog.ru/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/vistula-nida.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x41/Insterburg/IMG_3159.jpg

And of course, the St. Petersburg - Baltiysk ferry route.

Needs a bit of paint... I think...

They are excellent pics though WM

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2009, 17:42:59 »

Quote from: Wave Music on September 21, 2009, 17:10:07

http://www.rostblog.ru/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/vistula-nida.jpg

Hey, the one on the right looks like the former Western Ferries vessel, SOUND OF SHUNA (ex-Ã–landssund IV) which was built in Sweden in 1962. It was purchased by Western Ferries in 1973 for their Hunters Quay - McInroys Point run (in the West of Scotland), until it was replaced by a new ferry of same name in 2003.

Here's an attachment of the old SOUND OF SHUNA, is it the same one? I have a friend who is an engineer for Western Ferries and he'll be interested to know what happened to his old boat

Wave Music · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2009, 18:03:15 »

Probably the same ferry or her sister (if she has sisters). Only found that Vistula "was built in Finland in 60s, bought in Poland for the Baltiysk - Vistula Spit route".

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16692028
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=794755
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=968739

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2009, 18:50:24 »

Yup Wave Music, that is her all right

She was one of 2 slightly identical sisters - the other one was SOUND OF SCARBA (ex-Ã–landssund III).

SOUND OF SCARBA was sold to private interests who renamed her SOOND with the intention of running her as a hippy "new age" commuter ferry with a difference (don't ask me what that means

) across the River Thames in London.

Following a long and complicated conversion in Greenock, which saw glassed canopies built over her car deck, she finally took up her new role and has since been since renamed SOUND (still with her current owner) but since 2007 I've not been able to find out any more information about her current role. I'm not even sure if she is still running or what she is supposed to be doing.

Wave Music · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2009, 19:17:53 »

What a small world we're living in!

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2009, 19:28:04 »

Quote from: Wave Music on September 21, 2009, 19:17:53

What a small world we're living in!

Yup, you could say that!

I just spoke to my friend who works for Western Ferries, and he is really happy to know what happened to his old boat.

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2009, 19:36:50 »

Dang that is allot of cranes!

The port of seattle only has like 4 cranes per berth, so 16 total.

Wave Music · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2009, 20:02:35 »

Yeah, too many at every quay.

Like in Trade Port in "Volnaya" harbor:

Originally Fishing Port had ~ 32 cranes & Trade Port - somewhere around 60. In old times there were so many ships in port that the lack of berthing places was clearly seen. Now to see 2 - 3 ships at the quay is already a maximum. So they're slowly reducing the number of cranes as most of them standing with no work almost all year.

Quaysider · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2009, 20:20:31 »

The port of Hull also used to have many dock cranes - my father was a crane driver around the docks so that's where my interest in ships started. Obviously with the changing trade patterns and the general decline in break-bulk and general cargoes in favour of containers the cranes reached the end of their lives and were dismantled. Some views from the 80's showing the old cranes in use.

Also two bridge midships Russian coasters...

Quaysider · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2009, 20:23:12 »

Beyond the 1st pic of the Amadeus is what looks like one of the Wismar built fish carriers

Small tanker "Nataliya Goncharova"?

Wave Music · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2009, 21:08:53 »

Nice shots, Patrick.

Quote from: Quaysider on September 21, 2009, 20:23:12

Beyond the 1st pic of the Amadeus is what looks like one of the Wismar built fish carriers

Small tanker "Nataliya Goncharova"?

That's the reefer the Frost 5, if I'm not mistaking. Seen her standing here in Trade Port for some months. So it's possible that it's she.

Yes, that's the right name.

Wave Music · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2009, 14:54:12 »

Quote from: saltydog on September 21, 2009, 13:18:00

Are there any plans to repair Kruzenshtern's forward mast..?

Spotted today now fully 4-masted Kruzenshtern at the "Yantar" shipyard.

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