The largest ship in the Swedish merchant fleet, Stena Arctica, has been in port for a few days here, and had to be towed in backwards because at 250 metres long she could not be turned once past the suspension bridge!
While in port she was the venue of a massive festival.
She is an oil tanker displacing 117 100 tons, and has a beam of 44 metres. Because she will operate in the Baltic, she is built to the highest ice classification.
I should state that I have no connection with Stena Line, I just happen to live opposite where she was berthed until she left at 3 pm today!
By: Arm Waver - 1st February 2006 at 09:08
Quite interesting things ships. Don’t get mentioned much but we rely on them an awful lot.
A lot goes on that we don’t see on them when on passenger ships.
I remember going on holiday to the Isle of Wight and watching all the ships going in and out of Portsmouth and Southampton…
By: Papa Lima - 1st February 2006 at 08:54
Gothenburg harbour
Here’s the view from my balcony on the 6th floor – we get some pretty big ships going past . . .
By: Arm Waver - 1st February 2006 at 08:05
God that ship is huge!!!!!
And the others are a tad cold…
By: steve rowell - 1st February 2006 at 07:43
Here are a few pictures from two vessels in a Polish port a few days ago. Some of those containers are “mine”…
Those sort of temperatures are hard to comprehend living in a warm climate like Australia
By: Mark9 - 31st January 2006 at 17:27
Hi Anna!
Just came back from 3 weeks grandchild-sitting in the UK, seen my thread on Midland Air Museum? (This should be on a PM, I know, but you started it, Anna!)
Peter
😀 😀 Only just seen this, I sent you one today Peter 😉 Anna
By: holty - 30th January 2006 at 16:03
thats soooo funny, lol!! and i bet that was one hell of a festival!!
By: laviticus - 29th January 2006 at 20:29
Here are a few pictures from two vessels in a Polish port a few days ago. Some of those containers are “mine”…
You need one hell of a tin of deicer 😀 😀
dave…………
By: tenthije - 29th January 2006 at 19:06
Here are a few pictures from two vessels in a Polish port a few days ago. Some of those containers are “mine”…
By: Papa Lima - 28th January 2006 at 21:54
Hi Anna!
Just came back from 3 weeks grandchild-sitting in the UK, seen my thread on Midland Air Museum? (This should be on a PM, I know, but you started it, Anna!)
Peter
By: Mark9 - 28th January 2006 at 19:47
The largest ship in the Swedish merchant fleet, Stena Arctica, has been in port for a few days here, and had to be towed in backwards because at 250 metres long she could not be turned once past the suspension bridge!
While in port she was the venue of a massive festival.
She is an oil tanker displacing 117 100 tons, and has a beam of 44 metres. Because she will operate in the Baltic, she is built to the highest ice classification.
I should state that I have no connection with Stena Line, I just happen to live opposite where she was berthed until she left at 3 pm today!
😀 Hello you!! so you have not returned to the UK yet!! 😉 Thats one big ship 😀 . Anna
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