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Help and Advice / Ship spotting holiday location Rotterdam

« on: August 14, 2016, 10:55:04 PM »

Hi all,

My father and I would love to have a ship spotting holiday in Rotterdam. Ideally where we can watch the ships cruise by and see tug works taking place, My Dad is not able to walk too far and I have seen some great footage on youtube and wondered if anyone can advise a friendly hotel etc near the port inlet so we can get to see some container and tanker action passing by.

Your help would e much appreciated and make a 81 year old man very happy, as well as the son !!

Kind regards

Jon

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Shipping News and information / M.V Van Gogh

« on: October 14, 2013, 09:25:24 PM »

My last cruise was on the Van Gogh to the Norwegian fjords, was a rough trip out from Harwich as she was late leaving due to a bug on board and the ship needed deep cleaning from top to bottom , the wind was picking up all the time and we left 5 hrs late, the sea state was 5 mtr seas as we crossed the dogger sand banks toward the North Sea which made for an enjoyable trip but not so for most of the passengers !! made it to Bergen on time, but was wondering what happened to her, last I heard she had been broken up for scrap

Regards Jon

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Shipping News and information / Hello all shipspotters

« on: October 05, 2013, 06:17:15 PM »

Hi there , my name is Jon , I live in Cornwall and have always been associated with the sea and spent many hours on it too, always been fascinated by shipping and have spent many hours scouring the English channel and Lands End shipping lanes , anyway, nice to be here and look forward to chatting with you all. Regards Jon