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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Error in Ship indentification

« on: August 27, 2016, 04:48:18 AM »

Dear, Oldkayaker!

Just my opinion:

Gross Tonnage is the name of web site, which was used by Shipspotting as a source of ship's data. As far as Gross Tonnage had downed, there are many discrepancies in ships' data on Shipspotting. 
As was mentioned above: the vessel was initially announced as bulker, and later on changed for tanker, probably due to market conjuncture. Bulkers and tanker are quite similar ships in initial stage of construction. Ship's data was linked from Gross Tonnage as bulker, and froze in this condition. While real data was ammended, as the vessel bocome tanker.

BRGDS
Ruslan

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Shipping News and information / Re: KAPITAN GRINENKO (IMO 7514919)

« on: June 15, 2016, 12:46:08 PM »

Hi, Helmut!

There are some records found:

1. The vessel owned by Ukrainian Danube Shipping Co. was laid up on 77km of Danube River (around port Reni) along with other unclaimed vessels. She got leakage due to frozen and failed outboard fittings, and was partly submerged. The vessel got heavy list. It happened on 21st February 2010. Emergency operations been carried out about 10 days. Probably this accident is reflected in Equasis.

2. Probably on January-February 2011 the vessel was towed from Ismail to Black Sea by Ukrainian passage on Danube River. Her max. draught was 5.55 m, and that was depth record.

3. Probably scrapped in 2012.

So, the vessel was stated as lost, but physically existed longer.

The links below are in Russian language, but may be translated with on-line translators

http://fleetphoto.ru/ship/23659/

http://www.blackseanews.net/read/12142

http://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/odnovremenno_5_sudov_udp_nahodyashchihsya_v_otstoe_na_dunae_dali_tech.html

http://rg.kiev.ua/page5/article17895

http://sources.ruzhany.info/025.html  (ship no. 359 as "Rybinsk")

BRGDS

Ruslan

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Help and Advice / Re: Jervis Bay (Liverpool Bay class of 1972)

« on: June 11, 2016, 02:13:57 PM »

Yes, Bob!

This is the dilemma! I'm not sure that Jervis Bay, I'm looking for, ever existed.

But I really saw some referencies about it.

At least here https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool-Bay-Klasse_(1972) - right down corner.

I understand that wikipedia is not very reliable source.

BRGDS
Ruslan
 

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Help and Advice / Jervis Bay (Liverpool Bay class of 1972)

« on: June 11, 2016, 01:15:27 PM »

Dear Colleagues!

Please help to identify container ship Jervis Bay, which is related to Liverpool Bay class container ships (http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2333763), built in 1972-73.

She is a mistery ship for me as I can't find any proper info about her. There were Jervis Bay built in 1969 with enough info in internet. But for 1972 built...just nothing found.

Some sources say that she is the only British built container ship from 6 sisters of Liverpool Bay class, designed by Marshall Meek. Other 5 were built in Germany: Liverpool, Cardigan, Kowloon, Tokyo and Osaka Bay. 

Any infro will be highly appreciated!

BRGDS
Ruslan

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Shipping News and information / Re: SAFMARINE MERU ablaze following collision with NORTHERN JASPER

« on: May 10, 2016, 01:53:47 PM »

Unfortunately...it is reality of ourdays, when every professional field is being suffered by very low skilled personell. Navigation is not an exeption. All these hitech features force the human to be more and more stupid itself. Dozens of electronic aids of navigation... + wifi and smartphone used by OOW and we have lost the real seaman on the bridge...
I don't know the details of collision, but the video, linked here, is showing that something wrong with that guys...

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Shipping News and information / Re: CSCL Indian Ocean aground on Elbe

« on: February 04, 2016, 12:03:07 PM »

Gentlemen, thank you for detailed updates.

BRGDS
Ruslan

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Shipping News and information / CSCL Indian Ocean aground on Elbe

« on: February 04, 2016, 06:42:13 AM »

Dear Colleagues!
Especially located in Hamburg and in the vicinity.

Please update the situation with CSCL Indian Ocean, which ran aground on Elbe River while underway from Felixstowe to Hamburg on 3rd Feb 2130LT with draught 11.6 m only.

BRGDS
Ruslan 

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: category for locations

« on: July 14, 2015, 03:51:48 AM »

Hi!
This is very good idea, for sure!
The only question is How to present this information on site. As for me it should be schematic information rather than text. Google maps may be integrated. But I think it could be screenshots of Google maps (or better from Marinetraffic) or other similar (local) products with locations, directions and vantage points drawed over. Then the screenshots can be named by appropriate Portname and uploaded to newly created category Shipspotting locations or similar.
Description may contain useful information and links.
Screen shots may be created with different zoom for general and detailed views.

Simple example is attached for Vladivostok, Russia.

BRGDS
Ruslan

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: To how much trouble do you go to take a good shot?

« on: November 23, 2014, 02:48:07 PM »

And I think seafarers which interested in shipspotting are the luckiest guys among us )
In my past life I was that guy. But now things got hard, as only few new ships are visiting my home port Vladivostok. The other nearest port is Nakhodka, which is much better, as it's becoming bunker hub. But it's about 200 km driving one way. And weather is always surprise...

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: To how much trouble do you go to take a good shot?

« on: November 23, 2014, 08:44:28 AM »

Hi!
Obviously there are two sorts of shipspotters: one (lucky guys) who lives in the vicinity of crowded ports or shipping routes and can take photo through the window, or just drive / ride / walk some kilometers to the stage - vantage point; other one who need to move hundred or even thousand kilometers to the stage; or who has no vantage points and have to squeeze through the barriers to get satisfactory shot.
And it's absolute disappointment to make a hard way to the stage and meet terrible weather / visibility, which crashes all your hopes to get a nice photo... but you do it again and again.
That's why I sense shipspotting rather as fighting with barriers, which are on the way to take a nice shot, than just a high quality photo, taken without any hardship.

BRGDS
Ruslan