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Blue Star Ferries Patmos with island of Therasia in background. The vessel is 145.9 m long and 23.2 m wide. https://www.bluestarfe​rries.com …ur-fleet/blue-star-patmos

Stellar Indigo. River Thames UK. Outward bound for Antwerp. 2nd July 2022.

STELLAR INDIGO (IMO: 9780316) is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2017 (5 years ago). Sailing under the flag of Liberia.
Carrying capacity 38242 t DWT. Draught is reported to be 6.5 meters.
Length overall (LOA) 182.87 meters. Width 31 meters.

Stellar Indigo. River Thames UK. Outward bound for Antwerp. 2nd July 2022.

TustinMike wrote in post #19392021
Wow, very interesting ! Thanks for sharing this info. There's so much dire news (for good reason) about the environment, it's great to see some tangible actions that are being made to minimize ongoing impacts.

Just seen seen your post Mike - Yes; I thought it might raise some interest, thanks, but just a drop in the ocean - as a cynic might say.

SCA Obbola. Ro-Ro cargo ship. River Thames. UK.

SCA OBBOLA (IMO: 9087350) Built in 1996 (26 years ago) Sailing under the flag of Sweden.
Carrying capacity is 19918 Gross Tonnage. Draught 6.6 meters.
Length overall (LOA) 170.4 meters. Width is 23.5 meters.

The wind turbines in the lower picture are part of the port's infrastructure providing power for the port.

Italida. Inbound for Tilbury Docks. River Thames UK.

ITALIDA (IMO: 9522817) is a Bulk Carrier built 2009 (13 years ago). Sailing under the flag of Bahamas.
Carrying capacity 28509 t DWT. Draught 8.4 meters. Length overall (LOA) 139.37 meters. Width is 27.2 meters.

Inbound - 2 miles to go.

Italida. Inbound for Tilbury Docks. River Thames UK.

From my Alaska trip. Don't get many chances to shoot big boats in Nevada.

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Stadt Vellandar in the town of Boppard, Germany.

Distributor. River Thames. UK.
Carrying capacity 500 Tons of fuel. Usually seen servicing the cargo and passenger ships.
Distributor is a Motor Tanker sailing under the flag of the United Kingdom.
Length 58 meters. Width is 9 meters.

Distributor. River Thames. UK.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19405290
Distributor. River Thames. UK.
Carrying capacity 500 Tons of fuel. Usually seen servicing the cargo and passenger ships.
Distributor is a Motor Tanker sailing under the flag of the United Kingdom.
Length 58 meters. Width is 9 meters.

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Distributor (very aptly named, by the way) has a very interesting aft deck with what appear to be deck chairs under a tattered-looking Union Jack. Deck chairs are not usually seen on a working boat.
Very good pictures of an interesting vessel.

umgrizz wrote in post #19405346
Distributor (very aptly named, by the way) has a very interesting aft deck with what appear to be deck chairs under a tattered-looking Union Jack. Deck chairs are not usually seen on a working boat.
Very good pictures of an interesting vessel.

I've noticed some of the river boats on the Rhine also seemed very "homey" with small cars and children's toys on deck. I've wondered whether they were owned by a family, like some trucks are owned by one person here- a single truck operation.

umgrizz wrote in post #19405346
Distributor (very aptly named, by the way) has a very interesting aft deck with what appear to be deck chairs under a tattered-looking Union Jack. Deck chairs are not usually seen on a working boat.
Very good pictures of an interesting vessel.

I'll tell you what, umgrizz! You would have been glad to have seen that tatty looking union Jack if you were bogged down and under fire on the beaches of Dunkirk between May/June 1940. In fact, that is maybe were it came from
https://en.wikipedia.o​rg/wiki/Dunkirk_evacua​tion

Capn Jack wrote in post #19405350
I've noticed some of the river boats on the Rhine also seemed very "homey" with small cars and children's toys on deck. I've wondered whether they were owned by a family, like some trucks are owned by one person here- a single truck operation.

Thank you for your interest Umgrizz and Capn.
I think the crew had nipped ashore for the local supermarket.
Two more pictures - The upper picture is the afterdeck, just like your average backyard with deck chairs, but there was no nice plants or flowers in pots.

In Scheveningen harbour