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OOCL MELBOURNE - IMO 9275397
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Photographer:David Pratt [ View profile ]
Title:Oocl Melbourne
Photo Category:Containerships Built 2001-2010
Added:Feb 19, 2009
Views:1,340
Image Resolution:3,127 x 2,085
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OOCL Melbourne at Sulphur Point, Tauranga, 15/02/2009
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Current name:MSC MANYA
Former name(s):
- Taroko (Until 2017 May)
- Oocl Melbourne (Until 2011 May)
Callsign:A8ZK7
IMO:9275397
MMSI:636015233
Status:In Service
Build year:2003
Builder:Koyo Dockyard - Mihara, Japan
Class society:Bureau Veritas
Vessel Type:Container Ship
Gross tonnage:34,610 tons
Summer DWT:43,093 tons
Length:234.6 m
Beam:32.2 m
Draught:12.5 m
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that's a really nice photo!
(Just had a look at wikipedia 'cause I didn't know where Tauranga is... shame on me, I know... :-) )
Have a nice day.
Greetings from Hamburg,
Jens
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Thanks for your message. Glad you looked up where Tauranga is. The wikipedia entry is pretty accurate, a beautiful city in a beautiful country. Our harbour must be one of the loveliest natural harbours in the world and it's a pleasure watching the ships coming in and out! I will watch out for your photos. Hope that everything is good in Hamburg, have a good week. David :lol:
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Following the wikipedia entry and your info Tauranga looks like a nice place to be! :-)
Some coincidence as I commented here on an OOCL vessel: Just today I took some photos of OOCL Rotterdam here at Hamburg.
Yes, apart from the weather everything's fine around here and I hope everything's going well in New Zealand, too! :-)
Keep the nice photos coming from Tauranga!!!
Jens
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Everything good here in N/Z, we are in the last week of summer and at the moment we are 12 hours in front of you. I will keep posting the photos from Tauranga. I will look for your photo of the OOCL Rotterdam. Cheers, David :lol:
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In about two hours I'll go to bed. That's when you can have lunch. :-D
The biggest time difference I had to "tolerate" so far when travelling is one hour: That's when I spend my holiday each year on the Canary Islands... :-)
I've been browsing through your pictures a bit. Nice photos, the more so as most probably I'll never get to see the vessels visiting Tauranga here at Hamburg.
Greetings,
Jens
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You might be interested in some photos of a ship that I have downloaded today. She is the Dutch ship 'Egelantiersgracht' (Owner Spliethoff) which left for Flushing, Belgium with a cargo of, af all things, onions. I know New Zealand food is good but I would have thought that Europe could grow enough onions for itself! However we must be good as the same ship was in port in March last year with the same cargo and destination. Have a good week, cheers, David
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I think that is what's called globalisation today. :-D
I work at a supermarket and I think I remember that at this time of year we sell onions, origin New Zealand. (I'll have a look when I'm off to work this afternoon.)
The reason to import them I guess is that they're cheaper then European onions, even if they have to be transported half around the world. Remember, it's winter here, no season for onions. :-D
Once someone told me that it's cheaper to transport tulip onions from the Netherlands to Australia and to reimport them to the Netherlands when they've grown than to build a greenhouse here in Europe.
Sometimes it's a strange world...
brgds,
Jens
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Thanks for that, you are undoubtably right about the onions. When I lived in England there wasn't any food labeling with country of origin so I never thought about it! Regards, David :-P
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