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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings

« on: September 23, 2022, 06:10:42 PM »

Some more name changes of Louis Dreyfus vessels now operating with MUR Shipping
 
LA BRIANTAIS   r/n AFRICAN CORMORANT
LA LANDRIAIS   r/n AFRICAN NIGHTHAWK
LA LOIRAIS   r/n AFRICAN PETREL
LA SAUTERNAIS   r/n AFRICAN STORK
LA SOLOGNAIS   r/n AFRICAN LOGRUNNER
LA RICHARDAIS  r/n AFRICAN CONDOR

LA FRESNAIS 9786047 r/n AFRICAN WOODSTAR

Here she is at Kalama, Washington USA shortly before renaming. https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3474847

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Help and Advice / Re: Location Advice East Coast, USA

« on: September 03, 2021, 10:40:53 PM »

Hutchinson Island isn't accessible to the public - however, you can almost reach out and touch the vessels at Old Fort Jackson or River Street as they come and go. Often, due to tides, the larger container ships will come and go during the day in time for 1300 labor starts, or during the summer depart right after 1800 labor finishes.

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Help and Advice / Re: Location Advice East Coast, USA

« on: August 26, 2021, 07:28:21 PM »

Best location for what you're looking for on the east coast is by far Savannah, Georgia.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings

« on: August 22, 2021, 01:58:34 PM »

MAYSSAN (9349526) of Liberian flag now POTOMAC EXPRESS of U.S. Flag. Currently undergoing reflagging in Port Canaveral, Florida.

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Shipping News and information / Re: SS America/SS United States idea

« on: August 22, 2021, 01:55:24 PM »

Why?

Just...why?

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Shipping News and information / Re: New(?) CMA CGM ships

« on: February 27, 2019, 04:47:23 PM »

Appears as these were dummy names as CMA CGM Hibiscus has been replaced with Bomar Calais.

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Shipping News and information / Re: New(?) CMA CGM ships

« on: February 21, 2019, 08:34:49 PM »

Could very well be, Tony. Our stevedore firm asked CMA-CGM for information recently so that we could build the vessels in our system in order to plan load/discharge, and their local office wasn't forthcoming with information so I suspect you may be right.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings

« on: February 21, 2019, 08:33:00 PM »

TAMMO (9517422) renamed CONTSHIP ICE in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 2/18.

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Shipping News and information / Re: New(?) CMA CGM ships

« on: February 20, 2019, 04:05:15 AM »

Thanks Roy. I suppose I will have to wait until the first one phases into the service in mid-March.

I was just curious to whether they would be new ships, because I work as a superintendent overseeing loading and unloading of this service in Savannah and was hoping, quite selfishly, for new ships without as many rusty container twistlocks as some of the charter ships they brought in last year. 

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Shipping News and information / New(?) CMA CGM ships

« on: February 19, 2019, 11:45:39 PM »

CMA CGM has recently returned it's Panama Direct Service to a weekly call starting with today's call of MOZART in Rotterdam, instead of a fortnightly call as it had been for the winter months. They're introducing several ships to it for which I can find no information. Does anyone have any details on CMA CGM HIBISCUS, CMA CGM WARATAH, CMA CGM MULGA, or CMA CGM TAMARIND? Are these newbuildings or renamings?

These are listed as operated vessels both on the CMA CGM website and the Panama Direct schedule distributed daily to customers, stevedores and agents.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Would you give up your hobby for a woman ?

« on: July 19, 2017, 03:20:18 AM »

The correct answer to this is NO!

If she wants you to give it up, she's the problem.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Hyundai selling to Maersk

« on: June 10, 2017, 06:40:27 AM »

I believe all of her planetary sisters went to Maersk, as well.

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Shipping News and information / USCG Searching for Missing Container Ship EL FARO

« on: October 02, 2015, 06:03:05 PM »

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/coast-guard-searching-missing-cargo-ship-out-jacks/nnskx/

U.S. flagged container ship EL FARO, which departed Jacksonville, FL for San Juan, PR on Tuesday, is missing in Hurricane Joaquin.

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Trip reports / Re: Where is the best place to Ship Spot?

« on: January 08, 2015, 05:44:10 PM »

You can walk past the Marriott on the downriver side and there is a long Boardwalk to see the downriver berths. It's a great place to see ships; I see at least ten every time I am there.

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Shipping News and information / Re: List of more than 5000 container vessels

« on: July 04, 2014, 06:08:06 PM »

Excellent list and thank you very much!