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MSC FADO - IMO 7705398

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Photographer:
Ken Smith [ View profile ]
Title:
Msc Fado
Photo Category:
Containerships Built 1971-1980
Added:
Sep 2, 2009
Views:
1,072
Image Resolution:
1,600 x 1,169

Description:

MSC FADO 16,471gt Built 1978
Launched as TFL Independence
Zim Yokohama 1986
City of Dublin 1996
Westmed II 1998
MSC Fado 6-2009
Inbound for Tilbury Northfleet Hope Container Terminal.
Gravesend
Sept 2nd 2009

Vessel
particulars

Current name:
MSC FADO

Former name(s):

 -  Westmed Ii (Until 2009 Jun)

 -  City Of Dublin (Until 1998 Oct)

 -  Zim Yokohama (Until 1996 Mar)

 -  Independence (Until 1988)

 -  Tfl Independence (Until 1986)

IMO:
7705398
Status:
Dead
Build year:
1978
Builder:
Hitachi Shipbuilding Mukaishima - Onomichi, Japan
Vessel Type:
Container Ship
Gross tonnage:
16,471 tons
Summer DWT:
19,621 tons
Photos:
114 photos by 45 photographers

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Scrapyard Ships - 1 photos

Containerships built 1971-1980 - 112 photos

Containerships including more than one ship - 1 photos

Photographers
of this ship

(45)

Ken Smith

3 photos

Pilot Frans

3 photos

Gerolf Drebes

4 photos

Stan Muller

3 photos

BRIAN FISHER

2 photos

Wil Weijsters

2 photos

Rinus Eversdijk

1 photos

foggy

2 photos

doug mckie

2 photos

Jon Godsell

2 photos

Marie-Anne

5 photos

panter53

1 photos

Geert van Kesteren

1 photos

Alf van Beem

1 photos

Caille Pierre-Alfred

1 photos

Gerda & Frederik Plets

2 photos

Tomasello Letterio

5 photos

Frank Behrends

5 photos

Sven

1 photos

valeriy

1 photos

Richard Wisse

5 photos

Dinie en Jan

1 photos

R.Trommel

1 photos

Henk Kouwenhoven

1 photos

Jose Ricardo Rodriguez Montero

2 photos

Manuel Hernandez Lafuente

3 photos

Javier Alonso Castro (cx9aaw)

7 photos

eckhard uhrbrock

1 photos

Agustin Alapont Castilla (Tino)

8 photos

Jörn Prestien

2 photos

frontier

1 photos

Henk Guddee

7 photos

Fletcher

1 photos

Malcolm Cranfield

4 photos

Angel Luis Godar Moreira

5 photos

Alec Sansen

2 photos

Bobie Tabakov

3 photos

Jose A. Martinez Rodeiro

4 photos

Sim Moes

1 photos

Klaus Kehrls

2 photos

victor radio74

1 photos

DWYL

1 photos

Mike Griffiths

1 photos

Robbie Cox

1 photos

Henk de Winde

2 photos

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A real oldie Ken, by today's standards and not a regular at Tilbury, or perhaps I've just not been looking closely enough? I remember her as the TFL Independence running out of Felixstowe.

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person
Hi Phil,

It was her first visit to Tilbury, she is scheduled again on the 9th, I hope she doesn't go the way of her sister MSC Venice.

Regards
Ken

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person
Yes great catch Ken. Don't expect to see many of this vintage for much longer now. With the order book as it is and such a large percentage of the box ship fleet already sitting idle it is amazing that such an old one is still trading.
Mind you, pretty much any container ship can be chartered at the moment for about US$6,000/day, whether it be one of these or a post-panamax! Incredible times. Any container ship built pre 1990 is only effectively worth its scrap value at the moment, so ones like this are living on borrowed time. There wont be any 'old' containerships to be seen before too long.
Regards
John J.

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Many thanks John, I understand what you are saying about age, guess we must catch them while we can, this one will most likely very soon go the way of her sister MSC Venice which was caught in the river not long back.

Regards
Ken

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