River Thames: Baltic Wind

Taken on 24 November 2017 and uploaded 20 January 2025.

 

Listed as a "general cargo" ship on one site and as an oil/chemical tanker on another, I've opted for the latter as the ship has all the piping a tanker might carry...a scientific decision.

Also, I like its name: Baltic Wind is a good name for a ship, even if it (the ship) relies on oil to power it and is a long way from the Baltic...it's properly romantic.

The two wind turbines here belong to Tilbury Docks and provide, I believe, 1/8 of the Docks' power needs (I read that the turbines, which total 4, provide between them 1/4 of what is required, so by mathematical reasoning, etc.)...

 

Anyway, Baltic Wind was built in South Korea, though not by Hyundai, in 2009. It may no longer be Baltic Wind, either: it's another of these to have had many names - Sphere and Prosky before Baltic Wind, then Siren (?). This is the way of the world and money, oh well. It is now, as Siren, on its way from Zhuhai, China, to Yeosu Anchor, South Korea.

 

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