WATCH: East Coast Feeder: Container feeder BG Jade arrives at Felixstowe; Monday 11 September 2023
Although the largest container ships only call at a limited number of ports around the world, there is still sufficient demand for shorter distance sea carriage to justify a wide range of feeder services, linking smaller ports with major hubs like Felixstowe and Rotterdam.
#feeder #containership #ship #BGJade #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/YFVs8KQ4rFw

WATCH: Timelapse Swing: Container ship Oakland swings before going alongside Felixstowe berth 9; 10 September 2023
This 2000-built container ship is around ¾ of the length of today's ultra-large container ships, but only half their width - and she is just 66,464 Gross Tonnage, around a third of those vessels GT.
But she is still capable of earning a living, and is still a vital part of the system.
#ship #containership #Felixstowe #swing
https://youtu.be/jiRgeU0DFqs

WATCH: Steam Ship? MSC England arrives from Bremerhaven, at 8.20am, 5 September, 2023.
Although it looks like the 2001-built MSC England has returned to steam power, what you see is the steam exhaust plume from her scrubber, which cleans up the main engine exhaust by "scrubbing" it within a water spray, which takes removes much of the toxic and dangerous chemistry released by using Heavy Fuel Oil as her main fuel.
#ship #containership #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/bC0iuN390Ns

WATCH: Ultimate Seagoing Giants: Yet Another "World's Biggest"! MSC Mariella UK maiden call, Felixstowe, 5.30am 31 August, 2023.
The latest in MSC's string of Megamax giants coming in at 24,346 TEU, MSC Mariella arrived at Felixstowe this morning.
#ship #containership #MSC Mariella #megamax #maidencall #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/TXJdtlGpiH0

WATCH: Tug Svitzer Kent passes Trinity and Ha'penny Piers at Harwich, at around 6.40am, after assisting Stena Britannica, Wednesday 30 August.
Looks like superferry Stena Britannica has some machinery problems today, as she employed Svitzer Kent and Inchcolm to assist her into her berth at Harwich International.
She also employed tug Svitzer Sky to assist her when sailing.
#tug #svitzerKent #Harwich #Felixstowe #Stena Britannica
https://youtu.be/CqSaI40beik

WATCH - Ultimate Seagoing Giants: Megamax container ship Ever Aria sails for Hamburg from Felixstowe; 7am, Sunday 27 August.
Sailing from berth 8 at Felixstowe, and passing MSC Loreto, one of the world's largest container ships at 24,346 TEU, the 24,004 TEU Ever Aria heads out into Harwich Harbour, then gathers way to make the turn at Beach End
#ship #containership #EverAria #Evergreen #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/BBwd3ScrcQc

WATCH: Nothing Much Aboard! Celcius London arrives amazingly light; 25 August 2023.
2007-built container ship Celsius London has had a number of names, but her most noteable was back in 2015, when she had a spell as William Shakespeare until around 2020.
A day after we filmed this, she is back at sea, on her way towards Kotka, Finland.
#containerShip #ship #Felixstowe #CelsiusLondon #light
https://youtu.be/Tp5DBRCFLA0

WATCH - Ultimate Seagoing Giants: Megamax Ever Acme clears Felixstowe berth 9, Thursday 24 August.
An up-close look at Ever Acme moving away from the berth, as she prepares to sail for Hamburg, at around 7.25pm on the evening of Thursday, 24 August.
We'll follow this with a close-up look at her getting under way.
#ship #containership #everacme #megamax #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/OuDPZmoUQIE

WATCH: Fresh in from Turkey - Budapest Express arrives in rainy Felixstowe on Thursday, 24 August, 2023.
She's coming in after completing a call in Greece and 4 calls in Turkey, but prior to that completed calls on the East Coast of the USA.
#ship #containership #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/R5kieuisBro

WATCH: Dredger Alvar Nunez C D Vaca, carrying out maintenance dredging at Felixstowe, 22 August 2023.
After the completion of Harwich Haven Authority's major dredging campaign, increasing the depth of the main harbour navigation channels to 16 metres below chart datum, it is time to resume regular maintenance dredging.
#dredging #dredger #Felixstowe #ship
https://youtu.be/hxq6kqVcLkM

WATCH: Ultimate Seagoing Giants - Megamax Ever Acme arrives at Felixstowe from Rotterdam, at around 8.15am on 21 August 2023.
We rarely look at ships outside the environs of major ports, so this clip begins looking Southeast as Ever Acme arrives on Monday morning, completing Felixstowe's Beach End Turn. She then passes behind the bulk of the Landguard Fort, built in the 1740s on the site of previous fortifications.
#ship #containership #Evergreen #EverAcme #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/l35TBAtoous

WATCH: Ultimate Seagoing Giants - Megamax Ever Acme arrives at Felixstowe from Rotterdam, at around 8.15am on 21 August 2023.
We rarely look at ships outside the environs of major ports, so this clip begins looking Southeast as Ever Acme arrives on Monday morning, completing Felixstowe's Beach End Turn. She then passes behind the bulk of the Landguard Fort, built in the 1740s on the site of previous fortifications.
#ship #containership #Evergreen #EverAcme #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/l35TBAtoous

WATCH: Ultra Large Container Ship MSC Diana arrives at Felixstowe from the Far East, around 6.45am Sunday 20 August 2023.
Arriving directly from Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, after calls in Thailand and Singapore, MSC Diana disproves the suggestion that every thing we buy comes from China.
#ship #containership #MSCDiana #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/7t2xeUdnAxM

WATCH - Ultimate Seagoing Giants: Megamax Ever Aim sails for Hamburg, morning of 15 August 2023.
#ship #megamax #ultralargecontainership #containership #everaim #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/-w-tG3ZPpiU

WATCH: Just a Sweet Little Ship: Molasses tanker Zapadnyy sails from Felixstowe, 13 August 2023.
Although Felixstowe is the UK's single biggest container port, its also has facilities for importing, storing and distributing molasses - and Zapadnyy is one of the most regular callers in this trade.
#ship #tanker #Zapadnyy #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/16ICQBO4R-0

My favourite social media comment on these gas works causing traffic jams in #Felixstowe is surprise that the Dolphin was able to reopen when the beer taps need gas.

#AlmostButNotQuite

WATCH: Neo-Panamax MSC Benedetta sails for Hamburg, around 7.50pm, evening of 13 August 2023.
"Neo-Panamax" or "New Panamax" isn't a phrase we hear much but it is an important definition for container ships.
#newpanamax #ship #containership #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/sFizShq-lQ8

WATCH: Direct from Singapore: Cosco Shipping STAR arrives at Felixstowe, 11 August 2023.
This is the start of the Northern European leg of her rotation, after sailing around 8,350 nautical miles of 22 days since her last port. She'll make a round of ports here, before making the long journey back.
#ship #CoscoShippingStar #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/xm9Rztrt1v8

I'd forgotten about this event and the short term AM station - I could just about monitor the 1W AM TX on 1206 KHz on the way back from work, could barely hear it but it is there (TX antenna is at #Felixstowe). If I end up going there before they close down, I might take a look out for their bus..

#radio #offshoreradio #pirateradio

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23709834.celebrating-heady-days-pirate-radio-suffolk/

WATCH Ultimate Seagoing Giants: 23,656 TEU MSC Mina arrives at Felixstowe, 9 August 2023.
Felixstowe is usually the last port in this major vessel's Northern European leg of her rotation, and when she completes here, expected to be on Friday 11 August, she'll head off again towards the Suez Canal and the Far East - an 8,,400 mile journey.
And she'll be back in a couple of months . . .
#ship #containership #MSC #MSCmina #megamax #Felixstowe
https://youtu.be/ZzMrUN1JMqM