Mediterranean to Middle EastAs part of my mechanical engineering course I was spending three weeks in August 2008 aboard M/T NORD MERMAID, an oil carrier operated by Dampskibsselskabet Norden, Denmark. |
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Ship's approximate route. A distance of about 4160 nautical miles. |
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September 3rd 2008
Leaving Nord Mermaid. A sad goodbye to the ship and its crew after an eventful trip. |
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Nord Mermaid in the middle between two other tankers. More than 100 ships were anchored here and ships were going everywhere all the time. |
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The road to Dubai from Fujairah. |
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Carpet shop on the way. |
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Palace in the desert. |
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Power pylons in the desert. |
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I got to spend a few hours in Dubai before flying home. |
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August 28th 2008
Not much to report from Gulf of Aden. This is where the pirates are supposed to be, but we haven't seen any. Instead we met the biggest container ship in the world today. Almost 400 meter long Elly Mærsk.
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August 24th 2008
Sunrise south of Suez while we are bunkering. |
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The Philipine crew in the pool on a Sunday. |
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The coast of Egypt. |
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Oil fields off Egypt. |
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Maersk ship. |
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August 23rd 2008
Entering the Suez Canal in Port Said in the morning. This is in Egypt. |
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Port Said at 6 am. |
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Locals fearlessly crossing the canal in rowing boats. |
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Sunrise over the container terminal. |
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Old train. |
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The "coastline" of the Suez Canal. |
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More coastline. |
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Passing under the Al Qantarah Bridge. |
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Same bridge. |
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Dredge. |
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People fishing in the canal. |
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Car carrier in the north-going part of the canal. |
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Fully loaded containership in the desert. |
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This 300,000 dwt oil tanker was today's largest ship. |
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Today's last ship. |
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August 22nd 2008
Cosco Beijing just before the Suez Canal. |
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Hanjin Basel |
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Cheif engineer Sten cleaning the pool. |
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August 18th
Passing between Sicily and Tunesia. |
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The Italien island Isola de Pantelleria and flat sea. |
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Another sunset in the Med. |
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Another tanker. |
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August 18th
Leaving the oil terminal in Fiumicino, Italy after a four-day stop here. |
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The flag. |
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Another oil tanker at the oil terminal. |
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The swimming pool. |
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August 17th
Sunset in Fiumicino, Italy. |
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Our neighbour the Russian tanker. |
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August 15th
45 knots of wind anchored off Fiumicino in the Italian coast. |
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August 14th
Tying up to the oil terminal buoy in Fiumicino in Italy. |
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The top of the ship's main engine. |
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August 12th
Cruise ship being build in Genoa. |
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Nord Mermaid just before departure from Porto Petroli in Genoa. |
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Tankers in the port. |
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Our neighbour ship in Genoa. |
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The airport in Genoa is right next to the harbour. |
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The tugboat after tugging us out of the harbour. |
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Passing the container terminal on the way out of the harbour. |
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Sunset on my first night at sea in the Gulf of Genoa. |
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August 11th
Arriving in Genoa Airport. |
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Downtown Genoa, Piazza de Ferrari. |
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Old Genoa harrbour at sunset. |
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M/T NORD MERMAID is a 38500 MT DWT product oil tanker. It's 183 m long and 27.4 m wide.
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