A Close up at Cargo Container Lock Lift Mechanism

 Sept 21 -  CARGO EXPLORER - Illustrated Research Study Journal  

A Close up at Cargo Container Lock Lift Mechanism


Today the webcam took a position lower down on the cargo ship and I got a close up view of the actual metal containers . I feel like a mechanic or engineer looking at these contraptions . They have fascinated me for a while now as they are in integral part to actually allowing the container to be lifted .. still don’t know what they are called but I am quite happy for now to just observe and absorb

Making sketch notes for later illustrations. When one is totally unfamiliar with a subject it’s easy to get technical details completely wrong in an illustration .. It’s not easy to find out what these particular fixture holes are called — anyone ??? But I enjoy the process and am hoping to take it slow enough to figure out some basics

TO DO LIST : 

- Find diagrams of parts of a  shipping container
- research tech terminology pertaining the lifting mechanism


All for today ...
onward

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TOUR of a really big CONTAINER SHIP

TOUR of a really big  CONTAINER SHIP

So for the past few days I have been following a small container ship, that is crusing about the dutch canal ways. It had me wondering just how the different tasks and equipment would translate on a much larger vessel.

As of yet I have not found a live webcam on a larger container ship... but this young ship mate offeres a video tour of a large bulk carrier with some good insights of the layout.

It is very interesting to see that it takes 4-5 minutes walking speed to reach the front of the boat when you have started at the back .

So for some Mariner Vocabulary learned today

Back of the Ship - Aft
Front of the Ship - Forward

I will start a listing of all the new words learned, perhaps with little illustrations that help explain it to younger people too.


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onward

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Woke wondering where my ship was

 SEPTEMBER 14 - Illustrated Learning Journal #cargoexplorer

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Found myself waking up this morning wondering where "my" ship had moored



or whether it travelled all night. Barely awake I sprinted to the computer to find it being loaded in a port called Waalhaven, nr Rotterdam. How exciting. 

Having watched it cruise in the pitch dark, navigating locks and barely lit waterways I was feeling happy to see it in daylight again.

It is so interesting to me, that when I dont know something, everything appears fresh and exciting , a new discovery everytime I ask a question.

As promised I looked up the ships name. It is MCS Feniks, and started its journey yesterday in a port near Amsterdam. Here a link to the webcam if you'd like to take a peek

https://webcam-binnenvaart.nl/pages/cam-feniks.php

I pressed a few dutch buttons and ended up on the right place which told me all the journey information, mooring times and ports of destination.

Further information , with kind thanks to " vesselfinder" can be found on their ship tracking website
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/FENIKS-IMO-0-MMSI-244139567

I am not quite sure what all the numbers mean yet, but I will learn in time.

At the time of writing this the position of the MCS Feniks is here.....

and my screen is almost pitched dark as it is now night time, but the boat is still travelling , having had lots of container loading and unloading stops in Rotterdam. I'll post some more pics later.
Now I am wondering how it navigates, radio? echo? Ah here comes thing to find out...

image: screenshot, webcam copyright webcam-binnenvaart.nl
Container Ship MCS Feniks, Transport Travel by Night

This is all the captain sees ... as the container ship is moving to its new destination. i am in awe of technology and skill levels right now ..


other images: screenshot, with thanks to webcam copyright vesselfinder.com