Viking Coral Departs Baltimore September 9, 2019
This 167x28m (548x92ft) ro-ro PCTC was built in 2011 by Mingde Heavy Industries (bankrupt in 2015) in Nantong, China according to The Marine Telegraph. She is owned by Norway based … Read More
Month: September 2019
USCG Cutter Richard Snyder Arrives in Baltimore September 5, 2019
This 46.8×8.11m (154×26.6ft) US Coast Guard cutter was built in 2018 by Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana. She is a Sentinel class cutter designed to perform search and rescue missions, … Read More
NS Savannah Departs Baltimore September 9, 2019
This 181.66×23.77m (596x78ft) nuclear powered cargo ship was built in 1959 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey. She was built to demonstrate the peaceful use of nuclear power and … Read More
Thalassa Elpida Arrives in Baltimore September 5, 2019
This 368x51m (1207.35×167.32ft) was built in 2014 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea according to scheepvaartwest. She is owned by Enesel Group and time chartered to Evergreen Line. … Read More
MSC Vidhi Departs Baltimore September 1, 2019
This 277×40 (909x131ft) container ship was built in 2001 by Samsung Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries in Goeje, South Korea and is owned by MSC. According to scheepvaartwest she can carry … Read More
Dancing with IRENE August 2011
The below was first published by Chesapeake Bay Magazine. Dancing with IRENEBy William Band A Bay Pilot recounts his experience weathering a hurricane aboard a cruise ship on Chesapeake Bay … Read More
Arthur Maersk Arrives September 1, 2019
This 352x43m (1155x141ft) container ship was built in 2003 (BalticShipping.com) by Odense Steel Shipyard which closed in 2012 and owned by Maersk. A blogger who goes by the name The Thumb … Read More
Clia arrives in Baltimore September 1, 2019
This 229x38m (751.3×124.67ft) bulk freighter was built in 2012 by AVIC Weihai Shipyard in Weihai, China and is owned by Athens, Greece based Transmed Shipping according to BalticShipping.com. It was … Read More
Virginia City Outlaws July 31, 2019
(This post is part of a (mostly) non-ship series about a trip to the West I took during July and August of 2019) This kind of open air live action … Read More