@Malim
labour costs can,t be avoided when you make transshipment at sea from fishing vessels or in small African ports where reefer container are hard to be maintained for the lack of infrastructure. Nowadays everybody thinks container but there are still plenty of situations where container don,t help at all or are not really feasible to use.

Hi Brett. Thanks for your kind words, and as one of the young Shipspotting member says..." Wow..."...jeje. At my age its a real and huge compliment...jeje. Thanks again Brett.
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Hi Captain Ted. Agree. Old style reefers still exist, despite being almost new constructions.
Thanks.
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Venyuari, you are an extremely talented man. Excellent shot ! Well done.
BRegards,
Brett

Hi seanav. Thanks for your kind comments. A nice looking ship ( with this angle better...jeje). Thanks again.
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Hi Capt Ted. Thanks for your comments and totally agree with you about Union type...I remember losing a couple of cargo pallets in the Port of Mollendo-Matarani (Peru) around 1983...because single derrick operations with heavy swell sea. The pallets swinging a lot and kaput.
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Hi Malin. As Capt Ted commented its normal the use of the Union-type. And in my old times, for sure, 100% better than single derricks...jejeje. Thanks for your comments.
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Ted,
I've sailed in many ships equipped with derricks, from tankers to 5 and 6 hatch general cargo ships. I'm somewhat surprised that ships were being built as late as 2000 with derricks. In the hands of skilled winch operators union purchase will beat a crane no problem, unfortunately the loads are limited and the dockside labour is usually uninterested!

Thanks for sharring indeed dynamic look. Thanks for valuable information Capt TED

@Malim
Conventional reefers have still today often union-type gear, the reason for that is the nature of the cargo, mainly palletized. Union-type gear operates much quicker then for example single derrick or a crane.
Beside that with gear like that one can still work in swell ports, because the cargo swings relative little compared will say with a crane operated cargo.
Also, still today, a lot at sea transshipments are handled with those ships and for that this gear is perfect, you could not operate it by cranes or single derrick. So all in all it looks old,,but is the best one can have for these types ships. I sailed some of them, like the NOVA SCOTIA/ NOVA Galicia,, for those transshipments at sea,,PERFECT !!!

I wonder if they still have occasion to use their gear in Union Purchase? All that gear will certainly make deck work a little less monotonous for the crowd, i.e. not continuous chipping, painting and soogieing.

NICE, OLD STYLE REEFERS STILL EXIST !!!

Hi David. Thanks a lot for your comments. Yes not bad at all. Nice afternoon sun helps in this angle. Thanks again for your kind words.
MBregards.
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Very nice shot from your files ventuari, what a dynamic angle!
Regards, David