At anchor today in Stumptown

[emeraldsedai]

The last few ships I've seen at the grain elevator by the Steel Bridge have been duds. No piracy, no accidents, no near-misses in the North Sea. Today's ship, the Zhonghai, a Panamax bulk carrier under the Panamanian flag, is, sadly, no exception

Comments

[str8ontilmornin]

Huge cheers for "At Anchor Today"!! Yippee!! And that link and the resultant details.... fucking rad! See this is why I read your posts. Thanks

[emeraldsedai]

Glad you enjoyed! I'm embarrassed to admit how long I lingered over the little arrow-ships flying in and out of San Francisco Bay.

Love the Tom Baker icon!

[str8ontilmornin]

Thanks! IMO he will always be the best Doctor.

[emeraldsedai]

Ah! I was in complete agreement with you till I saw David Tennant.

[vampirefan]

that map is awesome! the little arrows are messmerising...

[emeraldsedai]

I know! I stared and stared. I loved the little high-speed passenger boats (ferries, I would imagine) zipping across the bay.

[emeraldsedai]

Well, bummer, dude! It's very cool. It's a satellite image of San Francisco Bay--pretty fascinating in itself--and there are little moving arrows representing all the ships in the bay, in real time, color coded so you can tell oil tankers from tourist boats.

You can see a time-lapse image of the day so far, with all the little arrows darting around. There was one yesterday where a blue arrow went zipping directly toward--and apparently into an orange arrow. Turns out blue arrows are tugs and pilot boats, and orange are cargo ships.