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Shipping News and information / Final demise of Mont ex Knock Nevis

« on: December 19, 2010, 10:13:27 PM »

Hi all

The last view of her at Alang is on the Midship Century website with the vessel cut down to the pump room forward bulkhead and a few familiar bits of deck pipework evident...as the pics were taken in November , no doubt the last of her is now completely gone. The end of a very fine vessel.

Ron

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Shipping News and information / Laid up vessels between La Spezia and Porto Venere , Italy 1964

« on: January 11, 2010, 07:24:19 PM »

Hi all

This is a long shot and not quite a current topic...but would anbody by any chance have passed along the coast road and taken a picture in August '64 or around that time, as there were two rafts of laid up freighters there which I vividly remember passing on my holidays as a child. Lots of tall stacks and masts, so guess mainly WW2 or earlier tonnage. They were quite close to the road and stern to shore in blocks of 15-20 vessels. As La Spezia was a scrapping port at the time, I'd surmise many ended their days there. Porto Venere is on a promontory along the South side of the bay leading to Spezia, so the road passed to the South of the vessels.  Any input appreciated

Cheers, Ron

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Shipping News and information / VLCC on Finnart oil terminal

« on: December 22, 2009, 01:38:32 PM »

A rare event...but the ASHNA appears to have arrived today, drawing just over 17m  and also briefly showed on the Falmouth vessels due list this morning - but has disappeared again for the moment at least.  

Cheers