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[Aushiker]

Taken with a Olympus OM-D E-M5 ii and a Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150 F4.0-5.6 II

Ocean Drover by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

 

[emerson]

 

[Aushiker]

Abort Abort Abort by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

The Australian flagged, 477 gt tug, the WAMBIRI [IMO 8515518] the biggest tug available at Fremantle Port aborting the second attempt to bring the YASA UNITY into port in very strong winds [gusting above 70 km/h]. The WAMBIRI and the SVITZER EAGLE had gone out through the heads a first time but then returned to the relative shelter of the Port whilst waiting for the YASA UNITY to come around for her second attempt at entry.

The WAMBIRI had just cleared the heads when the pilot called an abort [you can see the YASA UNITY in the background]. Following this abort the WAMBIRI raced back to the safety of her berth and the pilot was picked up in the lee of Rottnest Island and the arrival of the YASA UNITY was rescheduled for the next morning.

Apologies for the quality of the photo: shot through my windscreen. The weather on South Mole was not conducive to photography in the elements.

The WAMBIRI was built in 1986 and is one of five tugs forming the local Svitzer Australia fleet. She is managed by Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd.

 

[Les Klein]

 

[Les Klein]

 

[Covey22]

 

[Les Klein]

There’s always a bigger one ...

 

[Petach]

The wreck of the "British Empire" How very apposite!

British Empire by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr

 

[davect01]

There’s always a bigger one ...
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Quite a variety

 

[Covey22]

 

[kyteflyer]

REally old one. 2007 with Olympus C760uz

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[Les Klein]

REally old one. 2007 with Olympus C760uz

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This is a great picture. Reminds of a slide I once took near Tofino, Vancouver Island. I was on the beach and it was very foggy. I took a picture of driftwood surrounded by sand and fog. After the transparency was developed, I saw an image of a beached rusted hull of a small ship just beyond the log!

 

[Aushiker]

Ocean Honesty {01} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

The Panama flagged, 23,264 gt 179.97m loa bulk carrier, the OCEAN HONESTY [IMO 9650810 ]being pulled off the privately owned No. 1 Alcoa Berth at Kwinana, Western Australia by Svitzer Harrier on July 14, 2017. She had been alongside loading refined bulk alumina. Her next port of call was Kakinada in India where I assume the bulk alumina was destined.

The OCEAN HONESTY was built in 2013, and sails under the management of the Japanese company, Meiho Kaiun KK.

 

[Aushiker]

Gelbray Express - IMO 9621211 by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

The Singapore flagged, 10,421 gt 134.8 m livestock carrier, the GELBRAY EXPRESS [IMO 9621211 ]alongside the common user berth, NQ No. 2 at Fremantle Port on July 17, 2017. She is a fairly new livestock carrier, being built in 2014 and a new one to me here in Fremantle. She had sailed from Jakarta in Indonesia but her next port of call is unknown.

The GELBRAY EXPRESS was built in 2014, and sails under the Livestock Express of the Netherlands funnel marks.

 

[emerson]

 

[emerson]

Inflatables count too?

 

[Les Klein]

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[Ripleysbaby]

DSCF0614 by Garry, on Flickr

 

[kyteflyer]

Tug reversing up the harbour to meet a ship coming in. why reverse? Easier than having to turn around at the mouth of the river, I suppose.

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[Aushiker]

Tug reversing up the harbour to meet a ship coming in. why reverse? Easier than having to turn around at the mouth of the river, I suppose.

It should be able to turn in it own length so wouldn't think that was the reasoning.