MANJAREE VIEW OF FREMANTLE PORT

While up at the 10th anniversary of the Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre on top of Manjaree/Arthur’s Head, I took this long shot of Fremantle Port with the statue of C.Y. O’Connnor in the foreground.

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BUSY AT THE FREO PORT’S NORTH QUAY

While waiting for the runners of the Fremantle Ports Harbour Master fun run on the South Mole on Sunday morning, I took the above photo of North Quay. The early sunlight was lovely, so it was impossible for this old shooter to ignore it.

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FREMANTLE PORTS’ MIGHTY TUGS

It is always fantastic to see the mighty small tugs working in Fremantle Ports. As was the case this morning when three tugs assisted the 335-metre-long containership Conti Annapurna with her departure.

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MAERSK SEMAKAU ENTERS FREMANTLE PORT

The 318-metre-long Maersk Semakau entered Fremantle Port at 10.30 this morning. The ship has a gross tonnage of 7,9702 and was assisted by four tugs, to turn it around.

It’s always a great sight to see the massive container vessels in our Freo port.

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MAERSK SHEKOU ARRIVES IN FREMANTLE PORT

It is always a great sight to see massive ships sailing into Fremantle Port, as was the case early on Sunday morning when the 332.71-meter long and 43.27-meter wide container ship Maersk Shekou arrived, with the assistance of three tugboat.

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MIGHTY TUGBOAT AT WORK IN THE PORT

A couple of photos I took from the South Mole this morning of the container ship Xiamen entering Fremantle Port.

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A BUSY PORT IS A HAPPY PORT

I did my usual morning walk to Chalkys cafe, and from there along Victoria Quay, back home.

The Island Princess cruise liner had arrived around 7am and the Cosco Rotterdam container ship was just leaving, so of course I could not resist taking some photos of our busy Fremantle Port.

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OOCL CHICAGO ARRIVING IN FREMANTLE

On my way home from morning coffee at Chalkys cafe, I noticed the OOCL Chicago containership entering Fremantle Port, so had to take a few photos of it of course. Nice pic with the two lighthouses, although it was a bit hazy.

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A CONFUSION OF CRANES

A confusion of cranes in Fremantle on this Saturday morning, with the five cranes on board the Jin Xu Xiang 88, that arrived yesterday to unload one of the cranes at DP World in Fremantle Port.

In the foreground is the building crane on the Woolstores development site, so cranes galore.

I took the photo from the top level of Arundel Court.

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SPECTACULAR CRANE DELIVERY AT FREMANTLE PORT

It is always a spectacular sight to watch the delivery of a giant new crane in Fremantle Port.

This morning the 169-metre-long Jin Zu Xiangg 88 sailed into port with five cranes on board. The largest, white, one is the $ 17 million ZPMC crane for DP World.

It will take 2-3 days to move the crane onto North Quay, where it will be the eighth crane there.

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