Bulk Carrier

I am a bit late posting today because I have been out in Newcastle with friends for our regular girlie lunch.

We drove to Stockton and while waiting for the ferry to take us across to Newcastle I spotted this bulk carrier being escorted out to sea by three tugboats and the Port of Newcastle marine pilot.

[Annie D]

that's a big one :)

[bkb in the city]

Great find and capture

[Susan Wakely]

This is so long.

[Renee Salamon]

Always fun watching the tug boats - this guy is super long

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Babs]

@annied @wakelys @rensala Just tracked it and it is heading for Japan and apparently it is 229 metres long

[Wylie]

interesting shot of the harbour

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely harbour scene and capture.

[Brian]

Impressive. fav

[John Falconer]

Looks like it’s fully laden. Well spotted.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture.

[Fisher Family]

I like the impressive size of this bulk carrier.

Ian

[Diana]

What a huge one, great shot!

[Pam]

Wow. That is huge!

[carol white]

A super capture of this massive vessel

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture of this huge vessel

[haskar]

Lovely scene.

[KV]

Long boat... cool image... hope you had a blast at lunch.

[Pat Knowles]

Varying ways of traveling to your lovely social engagements Babs……all ads to the interest!

[Rob Z]

They are always so mammoth - watching them being moved around must be so interesting.

[Yao RL]

Love the calm sea.

[Shutterbug]

Seems like they get bigger every year.

[Babs]

@bkbinthecity @joansmor @pusspup @sangwann @briaan @johnfalconer @mittens @mittens @fishers @ludwigsdiana @pamalama @carolmw @craftymeg @haskar @kvphoto @robz @yaorenliu @shutterbug49 Thanks, it is so long isn't it, looks as though it has been stretched.

The ships only half fill up with coat at Newcastle because the channel out of the port is so shallow and it would get stuck on the bottom. They fill up the rest of the ship at Gladstone in Queensland and then this ship is off to Japan.

@happypat One of our lunch ladies has recently moved from here in the bay to Fern Bay near Newcastle so we occasionally go for lunch in Newcastle so she doesn't have to travel so far. It is a lovely day out though and a nice trip on the ferry makes it easy parking at Stockton instead of driving into Newcastle.

[Helen Jane]

this really does look vast. Interesting to read your observations above.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good shot- you don't think about how massive they are until you see those tugs dwarfed by its size.