Anschutz – IMO 6705949

Picture by Pilot Frans via http://www.shipspotting.com

SEVERNY POLYUS

PIcture via https://en.portnews.ru/

Dunno source, via the interwebs

Looks very suspiciously like a desert rain frog to me:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information & pictures of the actual ship being launched can be found here on TheDrive.com.
(Thanks to Bradley L for pointing me to this article!)

Baltika – IMO 9649237

Picture via http://gcaptain.com

More info here on Wikipedia.

Ice Maiden I Sisters

Ice Maiden I Sisters

As this week’s flashback relates, we can now “mourn” the end of the Ice Maiden I

Mudyug

Mudyug

IMO : 8009181

Build : 1982 by STX Finland Cruise –Rauma, Finland, Yard Nr. 436

When it comes to icebreaking, it can be assumed that Russia has

Talagy

Talagy

IMO : 7824261

Build : 1984 by Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd, Saint John in Canada, nr 1132 as Canmar Kigoriak

Today I wanna talk to you about icebreakers, I know it’s summertime and I know

Bow Paintjobs (3 times) (Updated & again!)

Scapino

IMO : 9237577

Build : 2005, by ABG Shipyard, Mumbai, India, nr 213 as Pacific one

This isn’t a particulary ugly tug, not at all. It’s just the paintjob that makes it not

Aurora Australis

Aurora Australis

IMO : 8717283

Build : 1989 by Carrington Slipways Pty Ltd, Newcastle in Australia, nr ??

Red is good, as we have seen before…..and here is another prime example of

Oden

Oden

IMO : 8700876

Build : 1988 by Götaverken Arendal AB, Arendal in Sweden, nr ??

OK, let’s take a box, a reallyreally big & strong one, let’s round off the corners