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Maritime Research and History / Re: WRECK 6 in the Red Sea

« Last post by Yvon Perchoc on Today at 09:54:28 PM »

Hello Mafioso,
On this link https://trilikemk.live/product_details/23297421.html , she is clearly a tug.
Was she towing the ferry ? Or trying to refloat her ? Mystery ...

Not that the AL BaSMALLAH I, aground not far in the North, has also a small ship nearby. Not easy to say the type (supply, work boat, tuna fishing ?).
What were doing these ships in so narrow and shallow waters ? Puzzle.

Regards,
Yvon

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Help and Advice / Re: Middlesbrough

« Last post by Patrick Hill on Today at 03:08:41 PM »

A short walk from the station gets you to near the transporter bridge with a small viewing area - you won't see much probably except SMS tugs and some harbour craft, although cargo ships do occasionally pass by.

A little further walk towards the Riverside stadium can also get you some ships in the former entrance to Middlesbrough dock. Highlighted areas on attached

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Maritime Research and History / Re: WRECK 4 in the Red Sea

« Last post by Yvon Perchoc on Today at 02:24:48 PM »

Hello Mafioso,
On GE, the L x B are around 74m x 9 m, with a long hold.
I wonder these two hulls could be ex Soviet naval ships 'Polnochniy' class, group A.
USSR had some naval bases in the area (Hanish anchorage, Socotra) so it could be two decommisioned naval ships.
Just my opinion, to be confirmed !
Regards,
Yvon

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Help and Advice / Middlesbrough

« Last post by PietB on Today at 12:52:53 PM »

Hi All
Going to be in Middlesbrough on business shortly. Any tips on places to observe vessels please. Will be travelling by train, so Shank's Pony from railways station. Thanks.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by Anthony Legg on Yesterday at 01:32:52 PM »

Over the last few hours I've had numerous error messages including bad gateways, server errors and site unavailable, had to log in again after many reboots. It is 9.30 PM West Australian Time,18/05/2024 as reference.
Kind Regards
Anthony Legg

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by MattB on Yesterday at 08:10:04 AM »

No duplicates for me but when I do upload I get a 503/508 error code, there's a delay then it's shown as uploaded

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by csaba on May 17, 2024, 04:30:49 PM »

Not since my last post.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by Aleksi Lindström on May 17, 2024, 02:20:40 PM »

csaba, there haven't been any reports of upload problems apart from you. Yesterday I deleted one set of duplicates but that's it. Are you still experiencing issues?

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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings

« Last post by Henry23 on May 17, 2024, 10:01:44 AM »

TRANSMAR (imo 9167332) now PONEM, A&B flagged

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Maritime Research and History / WRECK ALFA CEMENTA in the Red Sea?

« Last post by Mafioso on May 17, 2024, 05:27:23 AM »

Well looking for ALFA CEMENTA - IMO 5094678 in Gizan, Saudi Arabia.

This is the ship:



Here is your publication:

https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/992616?navList=gallery&imo=5094678&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest

Using Google Earth I come across this:

Google Earth image from 2004:

Here you can see an old freighter


Google Earth image from 2005:

The old cargo ship being scrapped

Google Earth image from the year 2010:

The old freighter has been scrapped, it no longer exists.




Location: 16°54'04.1"N 42°32'13.8"E



Google Maps:
https://acortar.link/9QnK9Q



To see the ship you have to use GOOGLE EARTH.



Could it be that it is the ship ALPHA CEMENTA or what ship is it?


Greetings friends!.