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Trip reports / Where to go in East England for shipspotting

« on: June 11, 2011, 06:32:20 AM »

Good Morning.
After Visiting  my Husbands Family we have Some  days left until going back onto the ferry on Wednesday and thought we go over to the east cost from here, just across from about Manchester and than slowly down the coast to Folkestone.
Can anybody tell me where it is worth going to see big ships? Is Hull worth going? Is there any other place between Hull and Folkestone and where do we best go in Folkestone? We best like the big container ships or car carriers.
Thanks for your help.
Kind regards from Galdriel.

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Shipping News and information / How many vessels did not survive the earthquake and tsunami in Japan?

« on: March 18, 2011, 04:06:40 AM »

For some month I track Maersk Emma on Marine Traffic and get news whenever the ship goes in and out the tracking range.
Just just got an update and checking up where she is at present I thought, if anybody has got an idea how many and which ships sunk in the last week when the horrible eartquake and tsunami was hitting Japan?

Or is a tsunami on the water not too dangerous to ships?

Kind regard to everybody
Galadriel, at present in Melbourne!

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Shipping News and information / Merry Christmas everyone.....

« on: December 24, 2010, 01:47:55 PM »

Just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy, succesful and peaceful New Year 2011 wherever you are allover the World.
 

Thank you so much for the friendly  help for my shipspotting Trips in the last year, we are lookingn forward meeting some of you Next Year on the shipspotting Events!

Best regards from the Bavarian Alps...
Galadriel

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Shipping News and information / No silvester party with Emma Maersk in Rotterdam????

« on: November 27, 2010, 06:19:33 PM »

 
Good evening everybody,

Not long ago I was checking up at  the schedule of the Maersk Web when Maersk Emma was coming along next time in Rotterdam.
With exitement I found in the schedule that her next visit was scheduled for the 31 of December. (I am not absolutely sure, can have been the 30th as well!
Actually we planned our Christmas to New year holidays in the alps for this year, so I didn't check up on it any more.

Today we were talking about what to do when there is no snow at he alps when we want to got there and as an alternate to a rainy alp holiday both of us reminded that Emma would be in Rotterdam at just the right time for a little silvester / new year Party and  we thought we could in this case spend Christmas at home and go to Rotterdam for the New Year event... Emma spotting!!!!!!!

Unluckily when I just checked up on the Maersk website the return of Emma for New Year to Rooterdam is not to be found any more.
Does anybody know why the date is canceled? Or is it normal that they change their scheldules ? Maybe there is a repair needed?

At present Emma is in China as far as my message system tells me, it would fir with being back in Rotterdam for New Year!!!!???!!!!

I am confused...

Maybe somebody knows more???

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Trip reports / Need Infomation for Shipspotting in Antwerpen

« on: September 13, 2010, 01:43:40 PM »

Hi there,
Next weekend we want to head up to Antwerpen for a bit of shipspotting. I found some hints here in the forum for the best places but the thread is already two years old. It was written the best places to come closest to the ships are: Waalsorden and Ternuezen. Are there any other places anybody could advise? Are there any places where you can park a RV (small) with view over the water ( best of course closest to the shipping route :-D  ;-) )
Is it possible to drive directly into the harbour of Antwerpen or are there any custom regulations?  We are most interested in big container ships and car carriers.
Thanks for your help!

Galadriel