Dilettante Photography: Retrospective

Container Vessel Coming In (Hamburg, June 2017) It's the NYK Ibis, a 14,000 TEU container ship sailing under the flag of Panama. The ship is operated by NYK Line which stands for Nippon Yusen K.K., one of the the oldest and largest shipping companies of the World and part of the Mitsubishi Group. NYK Ibis has a length of 364m and a width (or beam) of 51m. It's a modern ship (built in 2016) which you can easily see in that the bridge is positioned in the forward third of the ship as is the case with most modern container vessels. #hamburg #shipping #containershipping #shipspotting ( Olympus OM-D E-M10, f/5.6, 1/250, 78 mm, ISO 200)

Container Terminal (Hamburg, June 2017) #hamburg #container #shipping (Olympus OM-D E-M10, f/5.6, 1/250, 150 mm, ISO 200)

Ro-Ro Liner at the Sea (Niendorf / Ostsee, October 2015) On its route from Lübeck /Travemünde to Szczecin (Poland) this is the Ms Antares, a 158m long Roll-On / Roll-Off vessel built 1988 in Gdynia (Poland). The Ship - owned by Norwegian  based Caiano Shipping AB - mainly is transporting cargo trucks on the Baltic Sea. #shipping   #ostsee

Container Terminal at the Port (Hamburg, September 2015) I shot this picture using posterization. #hamburg   #container   #containers   #shipping   #maritime

Seamen on a Container Vessel (Hamburg, August 2015) #container   #shipping   #maritime   #maritimenews   #containershipping   #ships   #hamburg

At Night The World's Biggest Ship Leaves Hamburg (August 2015) 395 meters long and a beam of 60 meters. Capacity of 19,224 TEU. The MSC Zoe is about 60 meters longer than the World's largest aircraft carrier and 50 meters longer than the biggest cruise ship. Fully loaded she can carry up to 190 million iPads. She left at around 09.20 pm on August 03, 2015, after she had been christened in Hamburg the day before. It seems unlikely that the Port of Hamburg will see her all too often, given its cacacity restraints. And I guess, the heaviliy disputed plans for the Elbe deepening will not change much. The MSC Zoe got app. 5,000 loaded container boxes on board in Hamburg (according to press reports).  #hamburg   #container   #containershipping   #shipping   #shipphotography

Hamburg Welcomes 'MSC Zoe' (Hamburg, August 2015) The World's largest containership will be christened in Hamburg on August 02, 2015. The ship was constructed by South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and has a capacity of about 19,200 TEU (Twenty Feet Equivalent Units). It is around 400 meters long with a beam of 60 meters (shipping English for 'width'). The ship's diesel engine has app. 84,000 horsepowers and was constructed by MAN, one of Germany's largest engineering companies. The ship will be operated with a crew of 35 by Mediterranean Shipping Company ('MSC'). MSC, an Italian shipping company (with legal HQ in Switzerland) is currently the second largest container shipping company. The ship, however,  is actually owned by a Chinese leasing company. MSC Zoe is only marginally larger than the former No. 1, the Chinese CSCL Globe (which came to Hamburg on her maiden voyage in January, 2015). And even larger ships will follow shortly. #hamburg   #shipp...

Large Containerships at Hamburg's Container Terminal 'Tollerort' (Hamburg, May 2015) First in line is the 'YM Ubiquity', a 8,200 TEU vessel constructed in 2012 and operated by Taiwanese based Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. The other one is the even larger 'COSCO Belgium', a 13,400 TEU ship constructed in 2013 and operated by Peking based China Overseas Shipping Company. At the time I took the pictures the YM Ubiquity was ready to go while the COSCO Belgium had just arrived. #hamburg   #hamburgphotography   #containerships   #shipping   #ship   #maritime   #ports  

Rather Busy Day At the Shipyard (Hamburg, April 2015) #hamburg   #cruiseship   #shipping

After Hours at the Blohm + Voss Shipyard (Hamburg, February 2015) Founded in 1877 Blohm + Voss is one of Germany's largest shipbuilding and ship repair companies.  This is a difficult industry, highly competitive and jobs are always at risk as the volatility of markets develop (i.e. fluctuations in demand and supply). #hamburg   #shipping   #nightphotography