At some point of
time, you sure would have admired the pristine beauty of Marina beach – the
sandy shore than runs from Fort St George to Besant Nagar. Triplicane boasts of
Marina beach, one of the great
coastlines where you can enjoy the tranquility of sea and see with wonder the ships that sail on the Bay of Bengal. From the tiny village of Chennapatnam in 1639
to the present day metropolis Madras aka Chennai has grown immensely. In the 18th century, British East
India Company converted the open roadstead to a port though the transportation
from ships was by way of lighters.
ChennaiPort, an artificial port of over 125 years of existence, is the second largest port of India. From a predominant travel port, it is a
container port today enabling growth of trade exports of industrial houses of
South India.
The beach famed for its beauty, ambience and rich eco
system, stands a lot polluted though gets
beautified by successive Governments. Crowds throng the beach on holidays and
in summer to enjoy the cool sea breeze.
On the road side, many stone statues, some of them installed during the
Tamil World Conference adorn the area. Nearer the shores of Bay of Bengal – in the mornings or in the evenings, one can
hear the sea, the sound of waves, see and enjoy – the
waves jumping and touching the shore and then submitting themselves to
the shore but trying to come-back to conquer again ! would be very interesting
sight.
Early in the
morning some motor boats [fishing trawlers] can disturb the tranquilty; those
kattumarans conquering and returning with day’s catch could be a treat to watch – One
can see monstrous ships anchored
in the middle of sea, some fishing boats and Sun coming out as a red ball from
the Sea – all great sights to behold. To
those given to enjoying Nature, the morning at Marina provides innumerable things....
For visitors
with no knowledge on naval adventures too, the difference in type and size of
ships would be discernible. As one
walks, one could see a ship in a distant angle, sometimes, with the walk –
still the angle may not change, and vessel might appear more distant – ‘angles
are also deceptive’. Over the past few
days, have been watching this ship, which looks much bigger than the usual ones
anchored in the outer port area. .. ..
with the zoom, the name in the ship could be read as “TORM”. .. … it is not ‘storm’
!
A/S
Dampskibsselskabet TORM or TORM, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a shipping
company that owns and operates product tankers and bulk carriers. From its website, read that TORM was founded
in 1889 and has sailed the seas for more than 125 years. With activities
worldwide, TORM is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. TORM’s offices are located in
Copenhagen, Houston, London, Manila, Mumbai and Singapore. TORM is a pure play
product tanker company and one of the world’s leading carriers of refined oil
products such as gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha and diesel oil. With vessels
varying in size from 35,000-110,000 dwt., TORM operates a large and modern
fleet of product tankers.
Not sure whether
this vessel is .. Vesselfinder.com lists ‘TORM FOX’ (IMO: 9302114) a chemical/oil products tanker
built in 2005, sailing under the flag of
Denmark is in Chennai port. TORM FOX has 183m length overall and beam of 27m.
Her gross tonnage is 23246 tons.
Interesting ! ~
and here is something on its carriage pattern in a tanker.
With regards –
S. Sampathkumar
26th
July 2016.
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