Archive for Photos and Video

Victory ship in the Panama Canal (photos)

Apr 17, 2010 0 Comments

We came across these amazing photos of the PAN AMERICAN VICTORY as she transited the Panama Canal not too long ago.  She was on her final voyage from San Francisco, CA to Brownsville, TX for scrapping.  The Pan American Victory was the first of the last 4 remaining Victory Ships still owned by the U.S. [...]

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The last T-2 tanker

Apr 08, 2010 0 Comments

The last T-2 tanker, in the world is on the way to its final resting place.  The USNS Mission Santa Ynez is a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker, of the Mission Buenaventura Class.  She has been laid-up in the mothball fleet of Suisun Bay, CA since 1975, and in a few days will be departing the San [...]

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Tug gets the squeeze from container ship

Mar 15, 2010 0 Comments

This came to us via Towmasters.  We have a video that shows an assist tug getting squeezed or pinched against a pier by a CMA CGM container ship during what appears to be a mooring evolution gone horribly wrong.  It took place in the Port of Constanta, Romania and appears to have happened sometime in [...]

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Fleet profile – The C-5-S-75a Class

Feb 23, 2010 0 Comments

The C-5-S-75a class cargo ship is one of the last remaining bulk cargo ships that remain in service under the U.S. Flag. A total of 5 ships were constructed under this class at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. in Newport News, VA from 1968 to 1969.  They entered the fleet just as containerization began to [...]

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Photos of the damaged seaport in Port-au-Prince Haiti

Jan 22, 2010 0 Comments

These photos were sent my way.  I don’t know who originally took them, but I thank whoever it was for helping us see the devastation that occurred to the port facilities in Haiti.  A few of them appeared to have been taken immediately following the earthquake.  They give a perspective of just how powerful the earthquake was.  Let’s hope [...]

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