Anyone know anything about what looks like a large cargo ship that's been on the south-east horizon for at least, I'd say, the last week if not longer.
You can't see it from sea level - you need to be up higher like the upstairs of a house that has seaviews in a south-east direction or from places like the top of Sandy Lane Playing Fields and Lea Mount.
Is it a tanker?
It could be a tanker, as it has been known before, for them to sit there waiting for oil prices to go up, may not be but possible
The large ship is the Neptune ace and is a cargo ship at anchor,what for i dont know.
its 200m long 32m whide and draws 8.5m draft,shes a biggun alright,but not a tanker.
There is however a tanker, The KOLA sat at anchor just to the south east of the neptune ace.
got this info from shipfinder,an app on my iphone :)
Thanks for that Only Me.
Yes, there is another ship there now as well which I don't remember seeing yesterday. Seems to me it turned up over night (although may be not). Thought when I first looked out the window this morning that my eyesight was playing up!
I can see both of them on the south east horizon as I type this.
Seems like its the Cougar Ace, a vehicles carrier, and the Neptune Ace, a cargo ship.
Didnt spot the cougar when i last looked as she only arrived on the 5th,but yep shes there as well,neptune been there since 17th may according to data. kola still there but doesnt seem to be transmitting atm,shes a russian tanker though.
Cougars are ace
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