Maritime Shipping Photo Gallery

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Maritime Shipping Photo gallery displays selection of photographs of maritime interest.

Ship images appearing in this section are either the out come of my camera or provided by fellow mariners and ship entheuasts.

An acknowledgement has been added to the source of the images on the page of display.

• Miscellaneous Vessels and Related Selection.
  • Miscellaneous Vessels and Related Selection-001.
  • Miscellaneous Vessels and Related Selection-002.
  • Miscellaneous Vessels and Related Selection-003.
    M.T. Aquidneck is captured below during transit of a river. Load test of life boat is recorded as well.
  • Miscellaneous Vessels and Related Selection-004.
    M.T. Aquidneck is captured below during transit of a river. Load test of life boat is recorded as well. In addition the small vessel is a 'non-displacement craft' and fascinates the observer by its fast speed.

• Maritime Disasters.
  • Erica and Prestige.
    Sinking of Tanker Ship Prestige And Resultant Pollution. After six hours of being adrift, at 0800 the T/S Prestige was broken off at a distance of 145 NM from the Ciés Islands and at 130 NM from Fisterra. By 1145 hours the aft section was sunk and later the bow section.

• Dry-docking.
  • Dry-docking and Related Selection-001.
  • Dry-docking and Related Selection-Use of Tugs-Movie Clips.
    Click on the links below to 'Watch Movie Clips':
    • Letting go the tug [703 kb]
    • Vessel entering dry-dock- tug pushing starboard shoulder.[335 kb]

• Panama Canal.
  • Panama Canal Transit - 001.
  • Panama Canal Transit - 002.

• Rough Seas.
  • Tropical Revolving Storms & Hurricane force winds.
    This is what mariners and the vessels go through when caught in a tropical revolving storm to bear hurricane force winds.

• The Sea and the Sky.
  • The Sun, the Moon and the Sea.
    The best thing about doing the morning and evening watch at sea is the chance of witnessing rise and setting of heavenly bodies. Sunrise and Sunset bring sequence of changing colors on the horizon and the way Sun SINKS in the sea slowly and calmly leaving water and horizon all crimson and burning is well worth a sight.
  • The Sea viewed from Ship.
    The sea and the horizon as viewed from bridge of a ship.
  • The Sea and the Horizon - 001
  • The Sea and the Horizon - 002

• Ship Equipment.
  • Equipment onboard a merchant ship's bridge.
    A ship's bridge is equipped with sophisticated equipment to facilitate safe navigation: Radars, Arpas, GPS, Sat Nav, navigational & electronic charts, navigational publications etc are just to name a few.

• Corrosion.
  • Ballast Tanks 'invaded' by corrosion-001.
    Rust has built up on the segregated ballast tank structure due to damaged tank coating and wasted anodes.
  • Ballast Tanks 'invaded' by corrosion-002.
    Rust has built up on the segregated ballast tank structure due to damaged tank coating and wasted anodes.

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