Mostly About Shipspotting around Baltimore, Maryland
This 279x36m (915x118ft) cruise ship was built in 1996 by STX Finland Oy’s Hietalahti shipyard. STX has underwent a number of name changes since then and is currently known as Meyer … Read More
Baltimore has many hidden gems that deserve more attention than they get, the Baltimore Streetcar Museum (Facebook) is one of them. The museum opened in 1970 at their Falls Road … Read More
This 199x32m (653x105ft) roro ship was built in 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea. She was acquired from Wallenius Wilhelmsen and is now owned by American … Read More
(This post is part of a (mostly) non-ship series about a trip to the West I took during July and August of 2019) The Nevada portion of the Western trip … Read More
(This post is part of a (mostly) non-ship series about a trip to the West I took during July and August of 2019) Micro breweries and distilleries are fun to … Read More
This 336x45m (1102x148ft) container ship was built in 2006 by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea according to scheepvaartwest and owned by MSC. 2015 was a big … Read More
The 108.7×33.1ft (33x10m) tugboat McAllister Sisters was built in 1977 by Main Ironworks in Houma, Louisiana for McAllister Brothers Towing Company (now McAllister Towing & Transportation). Check out this page … Read More
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
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
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
