Containership

[george013]

A while ago I was invited to see a conatinership laying in a Rotterdam drydock.
The ship had an accident on the North Sea and wa aible to sail to Rotterdam on its own.
The name is Maersk Kalmar, for info http://www.containership-info.com/vessel_9153862.html

Some reparation to be done.


A look over the ship. You must know this is a ship. Watch the photo's in the link above, there the ship is filled with containers.


The wheelhouse with no wheel.


Under in the drydock. It was difficult to get a feeling of the dimensions. A shot from the top of the dock.


And a shot from the bottom.


George

[Manfred M]

An interesting series, George. You must have some good contacts to allow you access to a drydock and the ability to wander around the work area as well as being able to board the ship.

[Dave Humphries]

Yes, an insight we'd never normally see.

Thanks for sharing, Dave

[Shadowman]

Nicely documented and captured.

[george013]

One from the engine room. Stairs in the cilinder of the engine. I couldn't shoot them better.



George

[Dave Humphries]

You know its a big engine if a ladder fits inside the cylinder!

[Wavelength]

Nice set

[mknittle]

Nice captures George, thanks for sharing them.

[george013]

It was a nice experience beeing on such a ship and in the drydock.
The last picture of the engine was shot with ss 1/8, f5.6 and ISO 800. On a D300 and Nikon 18-200. It's not the best picture but for 1/8 and no tripod it's not bad.

Seeing big ships I always think of a Canadian industrial photographer: Edward Burtynsky.
Shipbreaking of big ships in India and Bangladesh.
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/site_...pbreaking.html
And a statement used for his photo's: manufactured landscapes. I don't know if this is a existing english expression but I like it.


George

[Manfred M]

Thanks for the additional image. Those huge marine engines are always something I found intriguing. Big. powerful and slow. I remember diving near the shipping channel in the St Lawrence River when one of the large Lakers went buy; nowhere near as large as the big cargo ships but I could sure feel the pressure waves from the propellers. Just a slow thud, thud, thud hitting the body.

I've seen Burtynsky's work a few times (once in co-exhibition with some of Ansel Adam's works). He goes for very large prints, something that is not obvious from viewing the websites. A real "pixel peeper's" paradise, getting close up and looking at the details of his images.

[IzzieK]

Very impressive ship, George...nice series.