Welcome to the Marine Gallery of November 2017, a monthly segment on our blog featuring the five best pictures of every month, selected by members of the MarineTraffic Photo Moderators. These could include images of vessels, ports or lighthouses from around the world.
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Envik is a cement carrier built in 1983. She has a Swedish flag and was spotted and photographed in Malmo, which is located on the south western coast of Sweden. It is the largest port in Sweden, accessible all year round, operating twenty-four hours a day and has no tidal or light restrictions.
This Maltese flagged oil/chemical tanker is Hafnia Leo, built in 2013. She has 36 sister vessels and was spotted in Sehestedt on the Kiel Canal. Sehestedt is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This photo was uploaded by Helmut Ivers who has contributed over 2,000 pictures to our website.
Kullen is a tug with the flag of Faroe Islands, built in 1976 for Helsingborgs Bogserings AB at Scheepswerf Haak. It was also spotted in Malmo, the third largest city of Sweden, and was uploaded on our website by Jeppe Hagelback.
This Singaporean flagged container vessel is the Kota Hadiah. Built in 1997, it is owned by Pacific International Lines. It was photographed by Ralf Schmidt and spotted in Singapore. The port of Singapore is currently the second busiest port in the world, trans-shipping a fifth of the world’s containers.
Built in 2003, this Netherlands flagged container ship is the Enforcer. She was spotted in Brunsbuttel, a town in northern Germany, which was split in half with the construction of the Kiel Canal. Brunsbuttel has a group of strategically located ports – Elbehafen, Oilport and Port of Ostermoor – at the lower Elbe and at the Kiel Canal, which offer direct access to both the North and Baltic seas.
