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Good Day Terry,

thanks for your answer. These are really rare photographs, thanks for posting them. Some of the former Japanese merchant fleet are completely hidden to us Europeans because there is a big lack of photographs of these cargo -(container) liners traded between Japan - US East and West Coast and as well as on the Japan - Australia/New Zealand run. Same with VLCC we never saw here ran between Persian Gulf and Japan.

Best wishes,
Axel

[quote="AxelH"]

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Thank you, Terry for posting these great container liners. Where do these photographs come from? I searched for several images of Japanese container liners (1st to 3rd generation and found these mostly aerial views with specification printed on top corner. Were these postcards? Also trying to find higher resolution photos like these is kind of impossible.

Best wishes, Axel[/quote]

Dear [b][color=#BF0000]Axel[/color][/b], these are all photographs and postcards that I have purchased (and then scanned); mainly on eBay or sometimes at shipping fairs in London.

Terry ([b][color=#BF0000]Caravellarella[/color][/b])

[quote="Caravellarella"]Some postcard images of another early second generation [b]Nippon Yusen Kaisha[/b] containership......

[attachment=1]M.V. Hakozaki Maru 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]M.V. Hakozaki Maru 2.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. HAKOZAKI MARU[/b]; a second generation cellular containership with 1,178TEU built for Nippon Yusen Kaisha�s Japan-California route, sistership HIEI MARU owned by Showa Kaiun Kaisha.

Builder � Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe. Yard N�. 1,014.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 6921969[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down - unknown
Launched � 17th June 1969.
Service (NYK) 25th September 1969 to 1981.

Length 212.5 metres, breadth 30 metres. 23,669Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])[/quote]

Thank you, Terry for posting these great container liners. Where do these photographs come from? I searched for several images of Japanese container liners (1st to 3rd generation and found these mostly aerial views with specification printed on top corner. Were these postcards? Also trying to find higher resolution photos like these is kind of impossible.

Best wishes, Axel

An early [b]Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha[/b] (K-Line) second generation containership......

[attachment=0]M.V. Golden Gate Bridge 3.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE[/b]; a one-off second generation cellular containership with 792TEU built for Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha�s Japan-California route, their first containership.

Builder � Kawasaki Dockyard Co Ltd (Kawasaki Heavy Industries), Kobe. Yard N�. 1,106.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 6829238[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down - 5th May 1968.
Launched - 9th August 1968.
Service (K-Line) 26th October 1968 to 17th December 1984.

Length 188.9 metres, breadth 25.1 metres. 16,911Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

[b]M.V. Kazukawa Maru[/b]; a second generation containership, this time jointly owned/operated by [b]Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha[/b] (K-Line) & [b]Showa Kaiun Kaisha[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Kazukawamaru 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. KAZUKAWA MARU[/b]; a one-off second-generation cellular container ship 736TEU, originally built as [b]GOLDEN ARROW[/b] for Japan Line Ltd & Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line)�s monthly Japan-Pacific North West sailings. She passed to sole Japan Line Ltd ownership in May 1980 and then resold to joint Showa Kaiun Kaisha & Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) operation as [b]KAZUKAWA MARU[/b] on 16th October 1980. She was lengthened to increase capacity and passed to sole Showa Kaiun Kaisha ownership on 15th June 1985.

Builder - Ishikawajiama-Harima, Aioi. Yard N�. 2,176.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7005310[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down - 11th November 1969.
Launched - 3rd February 1970.
Service 14th May 1970 to 11th November 1985.

Length 175 (pp) metres, breadth 25.2 metres. 16,592Grt.
Length 198.09 (pp) metres, breadth 25.2 metres. 20,520Grt (lengthened).


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Photo essay on the recently completed Majestic Maersk - extensive interior and exterior views: [url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2dd_1380118790[/url]

Strange, this ship is coming from Okpo, the birthplace of our babies as well and they break the bottle before the ship leaves the yard, during a naming ceremony...

Funny how they lined up all the blue containers on the side while keeping the coloured ones in the middle. Can't be a coincidence.
Soon she'll be surpassed by the Triple E's from Maersk with over 18.000 TEU. Although the Triple-E's are quite a departure from the current container giants with a twin prop and rudder lay-out and a more bulk carrier like bow, optimal for slower speeds than current ships (and of course more reliable due to her twin engine configuration).

Some good more photos of TOYAMA ...
The wave crest of the second photo give us an idea about the speed
that this ship could reach (25 knots!! if I remember well).

[quote="Caravellarella"]

Here is a link to a Norwegian (I think) website on model ships. There are images (No.s 27 & 28) of the Builder's model of The Toyama on page 3
http://visekar.diskusjonsforum.no/visekar-post-2276.html

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])[/quote]

Thanks for the link. That museum is really fantastic
I see real TOYAMA had 3 propellers (3 main engines). But the IMEX model has only one.

[size=150][u][b]Ahoy everyone![/b][/u][/size]

Just complete CMS Colombo Express (Revell 1:700).
Think it's a beautiful ship (see pics)

Regards

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Colombo Express Class Specification:

[u][b]MV Colombo Express[/b][/u]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Career
Name:
Colombo Express
Owner:
Hapag-Lloyd
Operator:
Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division
Route:
North America to East Asia
Builder:
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Christened:
11 April 2005
Status:
active
General characteristics
Class and type:
Container ship
Tonnage:
93,750 gross tons
104,400 metric tons deadweight capacity
Length:
1,099 ft (335 m)
Beam:
140 ft (43 m)
Installed power:
diesel engine
Speed:
20 kts
Capacity:
8749 TEUs
Colombo Express is one of the largest container ships in the world. When launched in 2005, she was claimed by her owner to be the world's largest container ship.
Colombo Express holds 8,749 Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), 730 refrigerated (reefer) TEUs, is 1,099 feet (335 m) long, and has a beam, or width, of 140 feet (43 m). She is owned by the German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, and operated by its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line division. She is named for Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka, which the predecessor company, North American Lloyd, first called on in 1886. She is the first of eight proposed Colombo Express Class vessels, and is only slightly larger (approximately 4%) than her Savannah Express Class cousins, the 8400 TEU (700 reefer) ships Savannah Express and Houston Express.

Colombo Express measures 93,750 gross tons and had a deadweight capacity of 104,400 metric tons. Her rated speed is 25.0 knots (46.3 km/h). Built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2004�2005, she was christened on 11 April 2005, and her diesel engine generates 93,500 horsepower (69,700 kW) of power.

Colombo Express operates out of the homeport of Hamburg, and will mainly travel from Europe to Southeast Asia and back in 56-day round-trips.

Colombo Express class ships:
Bremen Express
Chicago Express
Colombo Express
Hanover Express
Kuala Lumpur Express
Kyoto Express
Osaka Express
Tsingtao Express

[quote="Filipvs"]Impossible:

Now I am very busy in <<QUEEN ELIZABETH>>. But in two or three months... may be. When finished, I will post some pictures.

Regards. :wave_1:[/quote]

Dear [color=#800000][b]Filipvs[/b][/color], here are some more pictures of [b]M.V. Toyama[/b]......

[attachment=2]M.V. Toyama 6.......jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1]M.V. Toyama 4.......jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]M.V. Toyama 3.......jpg[/attachment]

I studied my copy of the horrible old [b]Imex [/b]1/550 kit today but I think I need proper plans to make the kit more accurate. The hull has prominent and extended knuckles fore and aft which are only hinted at in the kit. How is your build coming along?

Terry ([b][color=#800000]Caravellarella[/color][/b])

[quote="reigels"][quote="Cadman"]Question; why don't these ships carry containers below deck?[/quote]


They do. Containers are loaded in the hold under the deck hatches and additional containers are loaded on top. I believe all the refrigerated units are above deck to allow for ventilation, although all the topside containers are not reefers.

Some nice pics here: [url]http://www.menkent.dk/picsvend.html[/url]

[img]http://www.menkent.dk/svendpics/deck_overview.jpg[/img][/quote]
In previous times when these vessels were in service the arrangement was normally as follows, under deck stowage was limited to 6 (six) high stacking as useually a 20 foot box would be maximum weight of 15+ Tonnes and a 40 foot box was allowed to carry no more than 35 tonne.
On the strenghtened hatch cover the usual stowage was comprised of boxes no more than 4 high, now adays I believe it is six high, just forward of the bridge and progressively tapering away to 3 high at the bow, this was to allow for navigational line of sight forward. Aft did not matter and normally was always 4 high by about 11 boxes wide.

Dear [color=#800000][b]Filipvs[/b][/color], please may we have pictures of the your work making this horrible old kit more accurate?

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another [b]Mitsui-OSK[/b] cellular containership; [b]M.V. Mont Blanc Maru[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Mont Blanc Maru 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MONT BLANC MARU[/b]; a one-off third generation 1,406 TEU cellular container ship built for Mitsui-OSK.

Builder � Mitsui Zosen K.K, Tamano. Yard N�. 1,448.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7374084[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down - unknown.
Launched - 26th June 1974.
Service 28th October 1974 to 7th November 1998.

Length 217 metres, breadth 31.3 metres. 29,955Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another [b]Nippon Yusen Kaisha [/b]third generation cellular containership; [b]M.V. Kasuga Maru[/b] of 1976......

[attachment=0]M.V. Kasuga Maru 2.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. KASUGA MARU[/b]; a one-off third generation cellular container motorship with 2,326TEU built as Nippon Yusen Kaisha�s additional contribution to the Trio service.

Builder � Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe. Yard N�. 1,065.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7401837[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 25th February 1976.
Service (NYK) 1976 to 1994.

Length 289.5 metres, breadth 32.2 metres. 58,437Grt.


Terry ([b][color=#800000]Caravellarella[/color][/b])

Before and after; here is the [b]Nippon Yusen Kaisha[/b] containership [b]Kurama Maru[/b]......

As a 29 knot [b]steamship[/b]......
[attachment=1]S.S. Kurama Maru 2.......jpg[/attachment]


As a 23 knot [b]motorship[/b]......
[attachment=0]M.V. Kurama Maru 3.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]S.S. KURAMA MARU[/b]; a third generation cellular containership with 1,838TEU. Sister ships; Nippon Yusen Kaisha�s Kamakura Maru (builder Mitsubishi, Kobe), Kitano Maru (builder Nippon Kokan, Tsurumi) and Mitsui � O.S.K�s Rhine Maru (builder Mitsubishi, Kobe). All four were built for the �Trio� Service. Kurama Maru was lengthened and converted to a motorship in 1978 to take, 2,228TEU.

Builder � Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe. Yard N�. 1,024.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7120512[/size][/i][/b]
Launched 31st March 1971.
Service 1971 to 1988.

Length 261.2 metres, breadth 32.3 metres. 51,139Grt.
From 1978 Length 289 metres, breadth 32.3 metres. 57,870Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is a pair of German-built sisterships; [b]Nedlloyd[/b]'s Dutch contribution to the original [b]ScanDutch[/b] consortium. Both feature what must be the longest bow-knuckle ever seen......

[attachment=1]S.S. Nedlloyd Delft 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]S.S. NEDLLOYD DELFT[/b]; one of a pair of third-generation cellular container ships with 2,952TEU built for [b]Koninklijke Nedlloyd[/b]�s contribution to the ScanDutch consortium, [i][b]Nedlloyd Delft[/b][/i] and Nedlloyd Dejima. She was converted to a motorship in 1981.

Builder � Bremer Vulkan A.G, Vegesack. Yard N�. 980.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7306001[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � 14th August 1972.
Launched � 7th May 1973.
Service (Nedlloyd) 28th September 1973 to 26th July 1998 (scrapped).

Length 287 metres, breadth 32.3 metres. 58,716Grt.

[attachment=0]S.S. Nedlloyd Dejima 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]S.S. NEDLLOYD DEJIMA[/b]; one of a pair of third-generation cellular container ships with 2,952TEU built for [b]Koninklijke Nedlloyd[/b]�s contribution to the ScanDutch consortium, Nedlloyd Delft and [i][b]Nedlloyd Dejima[/b][/i]. She was converted to a motorship in 1982.

Builder � Bremer Vulkan A.G, Vegesack. Yard N�. 979.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7235329[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � unknown.
Service (Nedlloyd) April 1973 to 6th November 1998 (scrapped).

Length 287 metres, breadth 32.3 metres. 58,716Grt.

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Yes, the two companies are independent of one another.

Is [b]Hapag-Lloyd[/b] still independent [b]Reigels[/b]; by that I mean, it isn't part of [b]A. P. Moller-Maersk[/b]?

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Enjoyed this one on Youtube: May need to view again if my enthusiasm for my Colombo Express stalls, [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2pL5zNshUU[/url]

Also Colombo Express: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvyjk72YAM[/url]