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Photographer:
Oliver Sesemann [ View profile ]
Captured:
May 29, 2019
Title:
Leevsten
Location:
Flensburg, Germany
Added:
May 31, 2019
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1,369
Image Resolution:
1,600 x 1,067

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Fitting out at FSG Flensburg. Built for Siem Shipmanagement for charter to Moby Lines. She is of the yard's "RoRo 4100" type of which six ships have already been delivered for various services in the Med.
The ship's name "Leevsten" comes from Low German and means "Dearest". It is reported to be chosen by FSG's shareholders & MD, dedicated to the yard's workforce and their loyalty during a recent crisis following the troubles in the wake of the late delivery of Irish Ferries' "W.B. Yeats".
Note Britanny Ferries' "Honfleur" in the background.

(posted in wrong category, moved by editor PCE-PI)

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Last known position:
44°24’11.06” N, 8°53’56.02” E
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Speed, course (heading):
0kts, 32.8° (172°)
Destination:
 - Location:
Genova
 - Arrival:
9th May 2024 / 14:40:15 UTC
Last update:
33 minutes ago
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I am not sure, but I believe there was even one of those VLCC,s which came from the builders and went after some years straight to the breakers.

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person
Jens, yes, indeed, Gelting Bay is one of the places where supertankers were laid up during the oil crisis in the mid-70s, among which were Humboldt (222,590/70), Augustus Essberger (149,460/71), Heinrich Essberger (144,148/75), Wilhelmine Essberger (240,000/75) & Schleswig-Holstein (240,000/76). The latter three arrived directly from their builders, HDW of Kiel.

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Ah, I vaguely recall Geltinger Bucht. Our family went camping every year in the 1970s somewhere between Eckernförde and Waabs and we might have visited the shores of the bay once or twice...

Hasn't there been quite a number of VLCCs laid-up at Geltinger Bucht in the late 1970s?

Cheers
Jens

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person
Jens, thanks for your comment & sorry for the late reply. She has now left FSG and has been laid up off Gelting.

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person
Dat du min Leevsten büst, dat du woll weeßt... a Low-German classic song and a fitting name in this case!

An excellent photo, Oliver.

Cheers,
Jens

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person
Great pic here! And what a lovely story to go with it. Thanks for sharing.

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