KWANGYANG FRONTIER – IMO 9715153

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MOKIHANA – IMO 7908005

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TROPICAL ISLANDER – IMO 9385219

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Oceanic 1

Oceanic 1

IMO : 7416961

Build : 1975 by Levingston SB – Orange TX in the U.S.A., nr ?? as Inagua Surf

OMG, how hugh must that knife have been to have cut this vessel in 2 exact pices with one big slash! Oh, wait……they build her like this?

Jolly Argento (updated)

Jolly Argento

IMO : 7900077

Build : 1981 by Chantiers Navals De La Ciotat – La Ciotat in France, nr 325 as Hugo Oldendorf

Jolly  means “full of high spirits”, does this mean that this vessel is

HMS Northway

Via en.wikipedia.org

HMS Northway

IMO: ???

Build: 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding – Newport News, Virginia in the USA, nr 403 as HMS Cutlass

While neither of the above pictures above are actually this vessel, they are her identical sisters,

Delta Mariner

From NASA via http://www.osd.noaa.gov

Delta Mariner

IMO: 9198501

Build: 2000 by VT Halter Marine – Pascagoula, Mississippi in USA, nr 1835

Nicknamed the “Foss Rocket Ship” due to its owner, the primarily tug and barge based Foss Maritime, the designation of a “rocket ship” seems a little out of place.

Seaspan Greg

Seaspan Greg

IMO: 6420484

Build: 1964 by Allied Shipbuilders, Vancouver in Canadia, nr 142 as Greg Yorke

At one time, SeaBart featured the pug-nosed Seaspan Doris, and stunned us with the stockiness of her design.

Dutch Runner

Dutch Runner

IMO: 8712075

Build: 1988 at Sietas Schiffswerft, Hamburg in Germany, nr 892 as North King

I once remember watching a cartoon where Bugs Bunny inquires “Which way did he go George, which way did he go?”

Maersk Vlaardingen

Maersk Vlaardingen

IMO: 9207998

Build: 2000 by Flenburger Schiffbau – Flensburg in Germany, nr 711 as Und Akdeniz

So most Ro/Ro freighters seem to follow a general layout: A boxy

Westward Venture

Westward Venture

IMO : 7614915

Build :1977 by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. – Chester, PA in the US of A., nr 675

If this ship had been converted or rebuild during her career I

Grande Angola

Grande Angola

IMO : 9343156

Build : 2008 by Uljanik Shipbuilding Industries, Pula in Croatia, nr ??

Last week when we approaching Flushing roads this vessel was ahead

Star of America

Star of America

IMO : 7330026

Build : 1975 by Brooke Yachts International Ltd., Lowestoft , UK as Starman

This ugly looking vessel is build by a yacht building yard (judging from the name) but

RRoline

RRoline

IMO : 8606604

Build : 1986 by VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, East Germany, nr 166 as Kompozitor Chaykovskiy

Build as Kompozitor Chaykovskiy, a beautiful name with a majestic

Brocken

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Picture by Hans Rosenkranz via http://www.shipspotting.com

Brocken

IMO : 7422350

Build : 1976 by Holland NV,Hardinxveld, the Netherlands, nr 317

I couldn’t find much information about this one, except that