TURKISH 8F'S & YANKIE TANK LOCOMOTIVES.

Hello,

You are welcome. But I think our thanks really have to go to Güven Oguz who took the photographs and Erkut Baykal who posted them on Drehscheibe-Online in the first place.

Kind regards

Christoph

 

Just checked and the ship seems to be heading for Cyprus or the Lebanon! :confused1:

Richard

 

Richard,

a quick internet search revealed the following:

"Euro-Med Service

A regular, direct and fixed-day maritime service, the Euro-Med is dedicated to the transport of cars, vans and other type of rolling cargo as well as containers.

Five large container ro/ro car carriers are deployed on this service, linking Northern Europe to the whole Mediterranean area, with a weekly frequency.

The ports served are Salerno, Savona, Setubal, Bristol, Cork, Esbjerg, Wallhamn, Antwerp, Southampton, Malta, Piraeus, Izmir, Ashdod, Limassol and Alexandria."

from: http://www.grimaldi.napoli.it/en/ps_euromed_service.html

I think it's save to assume that the boat will go from Alexandria to Salerno to restart the cycle, so the locos will visit Ashdod (Israel), Limassol (Cyprus), Alexandria (Egypt), Salerno and Savona (Italy) and Setubal (Portugal) on their way.

A few more minutes revealed the timetable: http://www.grimaldi.napoli.it/pdf/schedule/1287057780_euro_med_service.pdf

The next journey of the boat from Salerno in Italy is not listed but a simple calculation will reveal that the boat will leave Bristol on 24 December, so it will arrive on 23 or 24 December. Hey! A Christmas present!

Regards

Christoph

 

Must be the first time an 8F has visited Cyprus and Portugal.

 

Afternoon everyone,

The link that I previously gave to the position of the Grande Scandinavia only related to that moment in time.
If you go here, http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=247018700 -then click on the lat/lon position to show on map, that should provide the latest reported position of the ship.

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

 

Looks like the ship is heading towards Spain... getting closer!

m0rris

 

Afternoon everyone,

The 8Fs have now passed Gibraltar - they're on their way, no mistake!
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/de...7018700&zoom=10&olddate=12/23/2010 3:28:04 PM

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

 

are they still due to be at bristol tomorrow?

 

Ships arrival information will be posted here - http://www.bristolport.co.uk/shipping-information/forward-movements

You will often note these vessels vary speed depending on schedule and berth availability. I assume they are on this ship - have not looked at the cargo manifest.

I will endeavour to get a few shots of the 8F's at work but will have toi see how things go - it is my annual leave period after all!

 

Yes, the 8Fs are aboard the Grande Scandinavia...

 

There will be an update to her ETA around 1000 tomorrow. The pilot order time is the one to watch for arrival, takes approx 1.5 hours to pass Portishead Point from pilot station.

 

the ship real time position is here

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/de...7018700&zoom=10&olddate=12/23/2010 4:21:57 PM

 

That was as of 9.57 pm, she's moved on a fair bit since then!

Click here - http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=247018700 , then click on the lat / lon position, that'll show you the last recorded position.
Merry Christmas to you all .

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

 

acording to latest news ETA wont be until boxing day.

 

THEY'RE ALMOST HERE!!!

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Hello everyone - I hope that you're enjoying the Christmas period (well, those who celebrate it!).
Anyhow, as of 11.35am GMT on December 26th, the vessel is off of Lands End, http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/de...018700&zoom=10&olddate=12/26/2010 11:35:38 AM

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

 

This is a fascinating site................tracking shipping.