2016 3 Mar 28

2016 3 Mar 28 - RDB Capri

View from N 47° 37.610 W 122° 22.667

[Cindy]

Awesome pov

[Mike McCarty]

@fullcircle On the way to China now. These grain ships are pretty impressive and I love showing that Seattle still has the marine/industrial heritage.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:420290/mmsi:357172000/imo:9362255/vessel:RBD_CAPRI

[Stephomy]

I check out the ships here about twice a week. I like to play a game where I read the name on the back of the boat and try to guess its country of origin before I see it on the front of the boat as I'm riding my bike past. This week the Port Star from Panama was there for several days, but last I looked (today) there was no ship...sorry for going on about this. I pay way too much attention to the boats at the grain silos and I got excited to see this picture.

[Stephomy]

Also, thanks for the link you left above for Cindy. Very cool

[Mike McCarty]

@stephomy I have taken pictures of the ships there several time. I like to try to guess the "Flag of Convenience" and port too. Did you know that this flag practice is why Seattle didn't have a cruise industry until relatively recently? http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2011/09/articles/flags-of-convenience-1/why-cant-you-cruise-from-one-us-port-to-another-us-port/

[Stephomy]

I often wondered about why a lot of time the name of the ship doesn't always seem to match country. Like the name sounds like one language, but the country uses another.

[Mike McCarty]

@stephomy Yup, any way to get around laws and save money.

[Stephomy]

Makes sense after hearing about all those leaks from Panama why a lot of those ships are under a Panama flag.

[Mike McCarty]

@stephomy Panama is the biggest ship registering nation. There are some funny ones, Bolivia, Mongolia and Moldova are landlocked countries, but they register ships too.