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Hallo Manfred. I think you could be correct there.

Hi adenanthos,
I think the grey-hulled split-accommodation vessel (4th from the left) might be IMO 5424201, if the date is between 1971 - 80 she is PANAGIA.
https://www.fotoflite.com/store/general-cargo-ship/holsatia-20-detail
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3069800
Brgds, Manfred

Thanks Baldizza and Denis for your kind comments on this photo, i do like heavy lifters.

A special thanks for uploading one of the most distinctive 70s heavylifters! 2x150t derricks.

Beautiful photo. I remember when she was built in Savona. She was launched as Luigi G. Melloni, for a shipowner in Savona, but the first name was Espresso Special. Regards. Baldizza.

Laid up no more Malcolm. I just got a delightful video of her motoring out of Milford Marina. Sounded good too. I'm aware she had a Kelvin T6 engine originally but I wonder if she's had a replacement? Would be great to know these details.

Thanks for posting again Allan, it has been a while.

For my taste, it cannot be denied that this ship looks very good with that color combination, apart from the fact that it looks very nice to look at.

Regards

Tomi.

I'm enjoying that blue pipework haha,ha

Thank you topic, this is the end of a 90 year plus era. Lack of berths and high costs a major contributor.

Bye-bye Dawn Princess . . .
Good shot Tony.

Cheers,
tropic

MSC Romina II, IMO 9449821 passed Messina Strait on 16. May 2024

First a little History of the Port of Santa Cruz

Towards the end of 1878, the expedition of Commodore Luis Py disembarked, in charge of a small division of the Argentine Navy, whose purpose was to support the rights of our country in the southernmost part of the continent, in times of dispute with Chile. This action is considered the first Argentine operation of a naval sea division, which motivated that December 1st was instituted as the Day of the Argentine Sea Fleet and as the founding date of Puerto Santa Cruz when the national flag was hoisted.

Little by little the population settlement was consolidated, by virtue of the official advantages offered to work the land and promote the colonization of the region.

Those interested would receive a league of land, 500 sheep, some cows, a hut and elements for tilling the soil, facilities that would then have to be returned by the settlers within a period of five years and at the end of which they would receive the definitive ownership of the land.

Los colonos eran llevados en antiguos barcos cargueros que partian hacia el puerto de santa cruz, pero como en santa cruz no hay muelles los barcos anclaban a unos cientos metros de la costa y aqui aparecieron estos lanchones o barcazas de desembarco.

Como se se en esta imagen:
https://i.ibb.co/7V98X0H/Santa-Cruz.jpg

Varios de esas barcazas permanecen hasta el dia de hoy en la costanera de santa cruz, una se rescato y se convirtio en club de yates de santa cruz.

Location: 50°01'04.4"S 68°30'48.2"W

Google Maps:
https://acortar.link/rFiHNv

saludos!!

August or September 1969, Havana, Cuba a sister ship ATHELLAIRD birthed near our tanker on the other side of the pier.

This not a lifeboat or a tender but a landingcraft L9574 with its own imo 9483970 of which there are 9 pics on this site.

The Fundación para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano (TDH) presented at the Yacht Club of Puerto Madero two state-of-the-art boats to clean the water surface in the estuary of the Río de la Plata.

The boats were named “Aguas Limpias I” and “Aguas Limpias II” (Clean Waters I and II), and carry out the cleaning work by vacuuming liquid and solid waste from the surface of the water bodies.

Here is their official website:
https://controlecologico.com.ar/desarrollo/

Here youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@controlecologicos.a.902

Here in Google Maps you can see the 2 ships in the port of La Boca, Buenos Aires.
https://acortar.link/CeuNWL

Here is a streett view where you can see that yellow boat:
https://acortar.link/osnoqD

Greetings!