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NIHON - IMO 7214624

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Photographer:
Bengt-Rune Inberg [ View profile ]
Captured:
Jul 1, 1983
Title:
Nihon
Photo Category:
Containerships Built 1971-1980
Added:
Nov 14, 2007
Views:
2,091
Image Resolution:
1,880 x 1,271

Description:

NIHON in Elbe River outbound from Hamburg, Germany in July 1983. Subsequently known as LADBY MAERSK, LADBY & finally MSC CARLA. Broke in two in the North Atlantic November 1997. Forepart sank, but the aftpart was eventually towed to Gijon, Spain & scrapped. Built in Landskrona, Sweden 1972.

Vessel
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Current name:
MSC CARLA

Former name(s):

 -  Ladby (Until 1996 Jan)

 -  Ladby Maersk (Until 1995 Sep)

 -  Nihon (Until 1993 Jun)

IMO:
7214624
Status:
Dead
Build year:
1972
Builder:
Oresundsvarvet - Landskrona, Sweden
Vessel Type:
Container Ship
Gross tonnage:
55,241 tons
Summer DWT:
40,912 tons
Photos:
22 photos by 12 photographers

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Casualties - 3 photos

Containerships built 1971-1980 - 19 photos

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(12)

john sins

1 photos

Gerolf Drebes

1 photos

Mikkel

2 photos

DEREK SANDS

2 photos

Scotsman

1 photos

Bengt-Rune Inberg

3 photos

Joerg Seyler

1 photos

Jos

2 photos

Frafo

1 photos

Gerald Sorger, Germany

5 photos

Chris Howell

1 photos

raether

2 photos

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Cornelia,
You make a cement about bad build quality.
I don't think it was that at all. At least the original build quality. She was lengthened at some point in her career and I understand it was some welding done at that time which failed and was the cause of her breaking in two.
Within the industry MSC are known to push their ships hard in bad weather, and this probably had some bearing on her break up..

Rgds/Mike

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Thanks for your opiniom, of course to assume that the built quality was bad, wasn't very objective probably, I wasn't aware that the ship got lengthened. In the case of MSC Napoli the discussion was, that prior to the sale to MSC there was also repairs carried out which MIGHT not have been the most professional ones. This is just discussion-stuff, no facts, but thanks for sharing :-D !

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Cornelia,
You make a cement about bad build quality.
I don't think it was that at all. At least the original build quality. She was lengthened at some point in her career and I understand it was some welding done at that time which failed and was the cause of her breaking in two.
Within the industry MSC are known to push their ships hard in bad weather, and this probably had some bearing on her break up..

Rgds/Mike

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person
She must have been way "ahead of it's time", when she was build in 1972. Once again a beautiful ship with a even sader story.
Great set of photos!

Brgds
Alex

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It is a very old one, and looks with this high sides, I first wasn't sure whether it is a carcarrier :-D :-D And now ? Long long gone and bad built quality, I assume as it broke just in the middle :-x

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They were built in the days when container ships still had some style about them, sadly lacking in today's ships!!
I was amused when you said she looked old. I do not know what you must think of ships built in the 1950s and before! :-D

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OK I must agree I now ZERO about ships of the 50ies, I am born 1973 and that means, the first time I got to see ships and do remember them, that was in the beginning of 80ies, and then nowadays, the oldest ships I get, I do see when I look MSC's fleet list, then I see some name like "MSC Mee May" and I check, and - that way I get to learn something about shipping-history, very interesting for me, to learn new stuff about old ships :-)

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OK I must agree I now ZERO about ships of the 50ies, I am born 1973 and that means, the first time I got to see ships and do remember them, that was in the beginning of 80ies, and then nowadays, the oldest ships I get, I do see when I look MSC's fleet list, then I see some name like "MSC Mee May" and I check, and - that way I get to learn something about shipping-history, very interesting for me, to learn new stuff about old ships :-)

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Fantastic ship. Saw her in gothenburg when i lived there, as she was to be sold. Extremly pretty ship!

Well done.
T

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Many thanks Ghazten!

She (and her sisters) was indeed a "state of the art vessel" (eller märkesfartyg!!). Sad she ended up
like that.

Brgds B-R.

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