Judi Alamar

Same view, only larger zoom.



Name : Judi Alamar
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type:cargo
Flags: Belize
Date: 20 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Diaa

More or less standard fare for the Bosphorous: nothing big, not too small.
But: do you know where the Comoros Islands are??






Name : Diaa
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type:cargo
Flags: Comoros
Date: 20 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Afanasiy Matyushenko

Second day in a row of torrential rain late in the afternoon. Rivers of muddy water poured into the Bosphorous, as you can see off the Asian shore behind Afanasiy Matyushenko and the accompanying shot of smaller cruise boats a little earlier.

Name : Afanasiy Matyushenko
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type:cargo
Flags: Ukraine
Date: 19 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Uraga Princess

She must be empty. Too much waterline visible.


Name : Uraga Princess
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type:tanker
Flags:Greece
Date: 17 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Southern Breeze

Nothing too special here ...
Small sized cargo headed north ...



Name : Southern Breeze
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type:cargo
Flags: Malta
Date: 17 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Bakhitiyar Vahabzade

As you can see from the text on the side, Bakhtiyar is part of the Palmali shipping trade. They list Istanbul, Baku and Moscow as their central offices. Most of their shipping is this size (We last included B. Vahapzade back in 2014)


Name : Bakhtiyar Vahabzade
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type:tanker
Flags: Malta
Date: 16 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Luebeck & Omskiy99

Omskiy99 first appeared well out from the shore - a smallish ship heading north rather slowly. That's a pretty sure sign that something larger is coming up behind her. Sure enough, a few minutes later, there's Luebeck on the inside shipping lane.

Name: Luebeck
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: cargo
Flags: Liberia
Date: 15 July 2018
Weather : Clear

NBA Van Gogh

Yes, that's Neva Leader in the distance.
The inside lane is for faster ships.


Name : NBA Van Gogh
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: cargo
Flags: Panama
Date: 12 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Neva Leader

We're including the closeup of the name because it's a lesson in the Cyrillic alphabet. Despite some experience reading Russian, there is still the puzzle that Marine Traffic web site only has a listing for Neva Leader 2 - but it appears to be one and the same.


Name : Neva Leader 3 (2?)
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: cargo
Flags: Russia
Date: 12 July 2018
Weather : Clear

SeaMusic

There are several <Sea Music>s listed at Marine Traffic but none of them seems to match this one - either the current listed location is off,  or it isn't the right type of vessel ( sailing ship?!)

Then again, she isn't Sea Music, her name is SeaMusic!


Name : Sea Music
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: tanker
Flags: Malta
Date: 02 July 2018
Weather : Clear

Ali Osman E (redux)

We last Saw Ali Osman E back in 2016 but it looks like we didn't end up posting the pictures.


Name : Ali Osman E
Heading: North/Black Sea
Type: cargo
Flags: Turkey
Date: 2 July 2018
Weather : Clear