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KENTA MARU - IMO 9788772
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Photographer:Pete Turner [ View profile ]
Captured:May 30, 2023
Title:Kenta Maru
Photo Category:Reefers Built 1980 Onwards
Added:May 30, 2023
Views:261
Image Resolution:2,070 x 1,382
Description:
Seen entering Port Adelaide's outer harbour on 30th May 2023.
Vessel
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Current name:KENTA MARU
Callsign:7KBJ
IMO:9788772
MMSI:431793000
Status:In Service
Build year:2018
Class society:Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
Gross tonnage:5,846 tons
Summer DWT:6,311 tons
Length:122.2 m
Beam:18 m
Draught:6.7 m
Photos:19 photos by 4 photographers
AIS Position
of this ship
Last known position:34°42’59.08” N, 129°40’39.62” E
Status:
Speed, course (heading):14kts, 118.6° (116°)
Destination:
- Location:Matoya
- Arrival:10th May 2024 / 07:22:58 UTC
Last update:7 days ago
Source:AIS (ShipXplorer)
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Shipping - 1 photos
Reefers built 1980 onwards - 17 photos
Reefers including more than one ship - 1 photos
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There was another similarly-rigged ship, the GOUTA MARU, here a few days ago, but I missed seeing her when her departure was brought forward from 10am to the wee small hours of the same morning. GOUTA MARU is now in the Port Lincoln anchorage, and KENTA MARU is due to depart Adelaide for Port Lincoln today.
I think (and this is pure speculation, I have no evidence for it) that they might be used to transfer the catch at sea from factory trawlers operating in the Southern Ocean. Derricks would be the best way by far of transferring cargo ship-to-ship at sea.
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