"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29: 11



Sunday, June 1, 2014

View from the Back Window

Our cabin has two windows looking out over the aft deck. Over the last ten months we have taken a number of photos documenting some of the interesting and unusual stuff we have observed out the back window.

The wake - my favourite view - leaving Tenerife

Flying Bobcat

Crane barge and dredger, De La Perouse

Port tug, Nanga

Car carrier - the boring end

Tugs, Loufoulakari and Nanga with Grimaldi Lines Con-Ro, Grande Guinea

Grande Guinea departing - these vessels were regular visitors and often would not use tugs

Reefer



Tug, Leketi. in foreground with one of the most unusual cargoes we saw unloaded early one morning

Baltic Cruiser conducted a basin trial for about 4 hours one afternoon

Bulker, African Iris - the digger is being loaded into the cargo hold to shift the cargo for unloading

Hydrographic Survey Motor Boat, Koulou


Anchor Handling/Towing/Supply (AHTS) Vessel, Posh Terasea - Mediterranean moored

Car Carrier, Glovis Passion - Mediterranean moored whilst Italian Navy was in port taking up lots of berths


Reefer, Sierra Medoc - note the containerised Aggreko generator on the aft deck.
This ship was detained in port for about a week


A rare sight

United African Lines (UAL) general cargo vessel

A rare sight, again.

Reefer, Nova Zeelandia - I had to look up where Willenstad was (Dutch Antilles)

Spanish Fishing Trawlers - Only one of the two coming in had it's engines running

And later there were four but it was too dark by then

Barge, Merlin III

Car Carrier - check out the guy on the ramp

Norwegian Research Vessel, Dr Fridtjof Nansen

Cargo Vessel, Safmarine Sahara - a regular visitor

Barge, Kinshasa - visited a few times and seemed to just load 22 seater Toyota Coaster buses

Grimaldi Lines Con-Ro, Grande Congo - Mediterranean moored.
Shot taken from the wharf, not the back window as this was the only way to get it all in.

Grande Congo - Unloading





 Grande Congo departing. Once last line was let go it took about another 45 minutes to depart as one anchor cable became fouled over the bulbous bow,

Busy day with Reefer unloading, forklifts loading trucks, Tug Leketi berthed behind us
and a big digger emptying our rubbish skips

Sometimes a container "flys" by our window!

The pattern is full - Tugs Loufoulakari, Leketi, Nanga, Ndji-Ndji and a Pilot Boat


Back at sea again, on our way to Gran Canaria, and rolling a bit.

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