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Shipping News and information / Re: Ships/vessels etc

« on: January 19, 2020, 09:57:24 PM »

Hi Matty Boy,
My favourites places are Portsmouth and Southampton - the SOLENT - a lot of traffic all the time and on the right ferry to the Isle of Wight, you can take great shots... - Well if the english weather is on your side ;-) .... - Good luck, for details you can send me a PM - Kind regards Marc

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Shipping News and information / Re: -Recruiting to Global ship-photography-

« on: November 25, 2019, 11:16:21 PM »

Good luck, Tomas
Unfortunately I am a little too far away, but you may fall back gladly on my pictures :-)
I wish you all the best!

Kind regards from Switzerland
Marc

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Deletion of Ancient Motor Vessels under 20 m

« on: August 23, 2019, 09:51:45 PM »

Michael Wirth, you speak from my heart!
I have heard a lot about problems with updated ship data, the links to IMO, MMSi, ENI and their tracking. The platform shipspotting.com is ingenious and offers a wide range of possibilities - but only those that are finicky defined, regulated and interpreted...

Maybe some of you know my discussions about " atmospheric pictures "...
Open up - Give special pictures a chance and above all: Focus on the quality!
Michael - I often think the same - how long will the site survive in the status quo?
The development goes gigantic fast!

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Trip reports / Re: Tarifa - Straits of Gibraltar

« on: July 23, 2019, 05:04:01 PM »

I have been there - a wonderfil place but not really good for shipsotting - Too far away

I would propose you to drive to Algeciras and take a ferry to Tanger Med or Ceuta - And just to come back with the same ferry. If the weather is good, You will spot a lot of ships - Kind regards Marc

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Deletions

« on: July 21, 2019, 10:01:37 PM »

Dear colleagues
Just one little remark from me:
I have never received any e-mail notification that a comment or a message came in for me on shipspotting - I just see it when I have logged in - so the reaction time is maybe limited - Greetings from Switzerland Marc

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Shipspotting.com wants to show messages?

« on: April 06, 2019, 09:23:12 PM »

Me too... blocked - as long the site will not announce a offical new function... ;-) Kind regards - Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: MarineTraffic Corrections

« on: December 16, 2018, 11:21:03 AM »

 Hi
just one remark from my side. Marinetraffic has only vessels with MMSI in their database. A vessel had to had once in its live an active AIS transponder working. From this moment the vessel is in the database of MT. As I know, every ships sets is basically data in it's transponder on the vessels AIS unit itself. If there are wrong data, which are sended out all the time, it's maybe diffcult (or impossible) for MT to make any corrections, because the master is the transponder... Could have a legel aspect as well.

This statement is just an assumption, but could be reason, that MT don't make any corrections.

Kind regards
Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: December 13, 2018, 12:27:12 AM »

Thanks Vlad - I changed the name to "RIGEL" - Great!
The IMO you mentioned seems to belong to a Danish vessel:
http://www.maritime-connector.com/ship/rigel-9130341/
Thnaks once more - regards, Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: December 12, 2018, 10:22:49 PM »

Great David - that is a match! I'm sure! Comparing my other pictures... perfect.
Many Thanks!

Do you think, that here "RIGERU" is the right name?
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2944028 
Kind regards
Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: December 10, 2018, 09:41:23 PM »

No David - unfortnately no one of the stern, but only this one: A Part of the name - the number 801 and on the top you can see, that the a plat with the (former?) name has been removed...

Good Luck ;-)

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: December 10, 2018, 08:03:55 PM »

Thanks Vlad - That's it!

@ David - Thanks for trying, but I think both of them don't have the same shape? - I will try further on!

Kind regards Marc

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Help and Advice / New Try...

« on: December 08, 2018, 07:32:41 PM »

Well I have some unknown ships left:

1. RIGERU: Is this the right translation?
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2944028

2. Unknown MARU: signs seems to be easy...
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2943446

3. Unknown Fishing vessel: See Picture "Fischer"

4. Can the name "City of Kobe" match?

Thanks in advance and have a nice weekend - Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: December 04, 2018, 06:35:34 PM »

Many Thanks, Vlad!
I will have some more ;-)
Kind regards - Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: November 30, 2018, 07:21:33 PM »

Thanks Vlad and MS3866

Well, here is another set of ship names, which I can't identify by your links... Sorry
Thanks for your support in advance:

1. "XYZ Maru" - no result..


2. "unknown5" - no chance...


3. "Jiyubiri 1" - maybe, but on the boat is an ensign with the letters "Jubiles"


4. "A-shi-no-ko MARU" - My result - Is that correct?
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2941483

Thanks and regards - Marc

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Help and Advice / Re: Japanese Ship Names

« on: November 24, 2018, 08:54:39 PM »

Hi
I just posted a photo of an inland vessel on the lake Ashi in Japan - The name may could be: ASHINO NO MARU, but I'm not sure at all
This is the ship: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2939685
This the signs... - Thanks in advance - Marc