Saturday, September 18, 2010

Elqui

Container ship Elqui (IMO 9149897), LivornoA sequence of the 184 meter container ship “Elqui” turning before leaving port.Container ship Elqui (IMO 9149897), Porto Baratti tug, LivornoThe tug “Porto Baratti” is pulling, the “Porto di Livorno” is behind.
Container ship Elqui (IMO 9149897), Porto Baratti tug, Livorno
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17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like ballet to me. Impressive. Please have a good weekend.

daily athens

Luis Gomez said...

I agree with Robert. It looks like is following some kind of music.

Randy said...

Only shows that little things can have alot of power. Wonderful photos!

tapirgal said...

Wonderful ship dances. I like pics 2 and 3 because I never see these angles here - and the color is so nice!

Small City Scenes said...

I do like the turning shots. Very neat. Amazing that the little tug can pull and guide the much larger container ship. MB

Elettra said...

è maestosa!!!!!!!!

Francisca said...

Terrific, VP, well done! I can almost see this big ship turning... Funny, I see a lot of container ships and big ports, but I've never watched a one turn like this.

brattcat said...

Beautiful. We've been listening to Hitch HIker's Guide and I've been thinking about you and Trillian.

Cezar and Léia said...

I like how you capture these maneuvers...
God bless you!
Cezar

Michelle said...

Excellent photos of this ship moving about. I love the colors on the cargo.

Kate said...

I'm fascinated by how these huge ships can turn on a dime! I used to watch them in Mazaatlán, México for that very reason. Good sequence of shots!

Kaori said...

The first photo is wonderful! It's like a film :D There are so many containers on the Porto di Livorno...kind of looks like a whole bunch of rubic cubes :D

Tommy Andre Nekkoy said...

This blog is full of great photos, and by looking at your work, it gives me lots of inspiration and motivation to take more pictures - Thank you for sharing !!!

Gunn said...

Nice photos, and I really like the last two!:) Have a nice weekend!

Dina said...

Wonderful pictures. It so makes me want to see all this in person.

Amazing how the tugs work and how the mountain of containers does not make a ship top heavy.

Unknown said...

Love the collage, VP!

Leif Hagen said...

Those HUGE ships are amazing! Yes, feel free to post my Minnesota garden bench....