Just been to check that no ship(s) have got stuck in the Narrow Seas. All’s good. Here’s the Aegean Horizon (Crude Oil Tanker) on its way from Rotterdam to Algeciras. I made the mistake of leaving it too late to identify the other ships. It was one of those sorts of days.
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Al Zubara – Hapag Lloyd
The container ship Al Zubara with a capacity of 19,000 TEUs. On its way from Rotterdam to Southampton. The port of Calais on the French coast. The ferry gives some sense of scale. Hapag – Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft – was formed in Hamburg in 1847. It merged with Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1970. I am currently waitingContinue reading “Al Zubara – Hapag Lloyd”
She Was Walking Home
Folca – the former Debenhams Store
The vaccination centre is inside the former Debenhams store in Sandgate Street. I rather liked the surreal nature of it all; a little like being inside a Lindsay Anderson film. Surrealism and the unusual becomes erased by neo-liberalism, commercial leisure, stadium-size entertainment, city streets as privatized spaces with private security systems and private security guards.Continue reading “Folca – the former Debenhams Store”
Super-Yacht
This is the MY YAS, spotted in the Narrow Seas on Saturday afternoon. It is owned by Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan who is a member of the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi. He has an estimated net worth of $1 billion. There are at least two versions of capitalism. The version thatContinue reading “Super-Yacht”
Capital
The oil tanker Andronikos has the word ‘CAPITAL’ painted in white letters on its red hull. This is useful. One knows how things stand. It is on its way to Hound Point Terminal, Scotland from Yeosu, South Korea (YGPA – Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority). Hound Point is in the Firth of Forth. It is ownedContinue reading “Capital”
Affinity V
Crude oil tanker, Affinity V. Sailing from Tetney Terminal (Offshore Terminal) to Setúbal Portugal. The Tetney Terminal is located in the Humber Estuary. The Humber Refinery primarily processes crude oil from the North Sea.
Rising Sea Levels
A full moon creates a higher tide. Everything felt as if it was covered in water. As if Richard Jefferies book After London: or, Wild England had come to pass. But how could it? The book is just a work of fiction in which an environmental catastrophe changes everything. Global sea levels have been risingContinue reading “Rising Sea Levels”
Vladimir Vize
The LNG tanker Vladimir Vize on route to Montoir, France from the Russian port of Sabetta. The port was opened in 2017 and has played a key role in the increase of shipping in the Arctic waters. As the ice continues to melt, more shipping is using the far north routes. The Vladimir Vize isContinue reading “Vladimir Vize”
Commodity Fetishism 