River Thames: Great Tema
A roll on roll off/vehicle carrier ship Great Tema making its way up the River Thames towards Tilbury Docks, about a mile up river.
Great Tema was built in South Korea in 2023, by Hyundai. It's 250 metres long, 38.7 wide; as well as low friction paint it can use "cold ironing" which is using shore side electricity rather than using on board, fossil fuel generated power...I'm mentioning those not to belittle them but as an indication of the steps taken by shipping to be a little more environmentally aware...another ship that docked at Tilbury (bright green) while it sailed using fossil fuel was using battery power for 'in port' activities.
Grimaldi is an Italian, family owned business. Its ships are regular visitors on the Thames; Tema is a city in Ghana and others of Grimaldi's fleet have been named after African places - Angola, Lagos and others.
Great Tema is now at Antwerp, Belgium.
A figure is visible on the bridge (right side of the image) as an indication of scale...
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River Thames: Great Tema
A roll on roll off/vehicle carrier ship Great Tema making its way up the River Thames towards Tilbury Docks, about a mile up river.
Great Tema was built in South Korea in 2023, by Hyundai. It's 250 metres long, 38.7 wide; as well as low friction paint it can use "cold ironing" which is using shore side electricity rather than using on board, fossil fuel generated power...I'm mentioning those not to belittle them but as an indication of the steps taken by shipping to be a little more environmentally aware...another ship that docked at Tilbury (bright green) while it sailed using fossil fuel was using battery power for 'in port' activities.
Grimaldi is an Italian, family owned business. Its ships are regular visitors on the Thames; Tema is a city in Ghana and others of Grimaldi's fleet have been named after African places - Angola, Lagos and others.
Great Tema is now at Antwerp, Belgium.
A figure is visible on the bridge (right side of the image) as an indication of scale...
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