Conti Stockholm

 

Name: Conti Stockholm
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara
Type: container
Flags: Germany
Date: 31 Jul 2016
Weather : Clear

Kumdas 2

Kumdas: "my sand friend"
We have seen her more than once



Name :Kumdas 2
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: cargo
Flags: Turkey
Date: 25 Jul 2016
Weather : Nice

Maraki k

Name :Maraki K
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: carrier
Flags: Cook Islands
Date: 25 Jul 2016
Weather : Nice

Boras

Name: Boras
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara
Type:  cargo
Flags:  Turkish
Date: 23 Jul 2016
Weather : Clear

Krasnodar

There is a little bit of activity on the rear/poop deck - you can see a man near the flag in the detail shot and two more at the other end of the poop deck.


Name: Krasnodar
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara
Type: tanker
Flags: Liberia
Date: 23 Jul 2016
Weather : Clear

Efe Murat

A rather unique  on-deck crane. The text says : Ne Mutlu Turkum Diyene, a phrase attributed to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and often translated as "Happy is the man who can call himself a Turk"

Name: Efe Murat
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara / link above says she's going to Misurata
Type:  cargo
Flags:  Turkish
Date: 23 Jul 2016
Weather : Clear

Rapsodi

An unusual bridge structure


Name: Rapsodi
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara
Type: cargo
Flags: Panama
Date: 22 Jul 2016
Weather : Clear

Flotilla

 

A flotilla of about 50 boats of varying types lead by and trailed by coastal safety vessels making a loud racket in support of the government. The sign on the detail reads "martyrs of democracy live forever".

 
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara
Type: local
Flags: very much Turkish
Date: 20 Jul 2016
Weather : Overcast

Vega Taurus

Like the other ships shown today, she is fighting the flow of the water. (notice the wake at the aft)
Go back a page ore so in the blog and you can see that some vessels are just flowing along - no wake.
Today's collection are churning their way north against the "tide"


Name :Vega Taurus
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: carrier
Flags: Libreia
Date: 19 Jul 2016
Weather : Nice

SCT Matterhorn

Name :SCT Matterhorn
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: carrier
Flags: Panama
Date: 19 Jul 2016
Weather : Nice

Martyn Latsis

We have the SCR Matterhorn coming up fast on the inside, and the last residue of the wake of the Vega Taurus still lingering in the water (3rd image)


Name : Martyn Latisis
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: cargo
Flags: Ukraine
Date: 19 Jul  2016
Weather : Nice

Lilian

 

More proof that the Bosphorous is once again open to traffic.

Name: Lilian
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:  carrier
Flags: Marshall Islands
Date: 17 Jul 2016

Phoenix 1

Well ... it looks like traffic on the Bosphorous has picked up again after a couple of slow days: reasons fairly obvious since control of the straits is in ... er ... government hands.
We've got men at the bow enjoying the view and lots of bales of feed for whatever animals they have on board.


Name: Phoenix 1
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:  livestock carrier
Flags: Panama
Date: 17 Jul 2016

Leader Canakkale

Name: Leader Canakkale
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:  cargo
Flags: Turkey
Date: 13 Jul 2016

Elina B

Name: Elina B
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:  carrier
Flags: Malta
Date: 13 Jul 2016

Pacific Sky

We've got men at the bow and men up above the bridge enjoying the view on a beautiful summer afternoon.


Name:Pacific Sky
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:  tanker
Flags: Marshall Islands
Date: 13 Jul 2016

Belmar

Name:Belmar
Heading: South/Marmara
Type:  tanker
Flags: Malta
Date: 11 jul 2016