HOEGH TRAVELLER – IMO 5021487

Picture by adenanthos via http://www.shipspotting.com

This is how she used to look as ARANDA before the conversion to carcarrier:

Picture by Chris Howell via http://www.shipspotting.com

VITTORIOSA – IMO 7426057

Picture by Joerg Seyler via http://www.shipspotting.com

AUTO BAY – IMO 9122007

Picture by Andreas Schröder via http://www.shipspotting.com

AUTOSUN – IMO 9227053

Picture by Valeriano Aguete via http://www.shipspoting.com

GEOLOG PRIMORYA – IMO 8228268

PIcture by Sushkov Oleg via http://www.shipspotting.com

SEATRANFERRY 8 – IMO 8613671

Picture by Gerolf Drebes via http://www.shipspotting.com

OS YANGON – IMO 8600492

Picture by Vitaliy Kharchenko via http://www.shipspotting.com

HOEGH TRAVELLER – IMO 5021487

Picture by Chris Howell via http://www.shipspotting.com

Min Hua

Picture by Yangtzeboats via http://www.shipspotting.com

AN DA 7

Picture by Yangtzeboats via http://www.shipspotting.com

Pyxis

By cmcdowall via http://www.shipspotting.com

Pyxis

IMO: 8514083

Build: 1986 by Shin Kurushima Onishi Shipyard – Imabari in Japan,  nr 2446 as Toyofuji No. 14

It seems to be pretty well established that car carriers are among the ugliest ships out there plying the cargo lanes. If that’s true, then only three quarters of a car carrier shouldn’t be as ugly, right?

Wrong.

City of St Petersburg

City of St Petersburg

IMO 9473456

Build : 2010 by Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation – Shimonoseki in Japan, nr 493

While busy restoring all the lost links to the pictures on the rest of the website I kept stumbling over pictures of this vessel and while I initially decided to first finish that hugh

Valentia

Valentia

IMO: 8206533

Build: 1983 by CNP Freire, Vigo in Spain, nr 214 as Silverstone

Just when you thought there couldn’t be an uglier car carrier. It seemed like that due to their horrible designs, every single hideous one had been sought out and roasted.

CSAV Rio Maipo

CSAV Rio Maipo

IMO : 9451006

Build : 2010 by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd – Xiamen, China, nr 116245

A brandnew Carcarrier….not much of an improvement in the looks department compared to the

Uglier Car Carriers (Part 1)

Uglier Car Carriers

An old adage says that not everything is created equal, some things are just in principle better and worse than the standards.