Yang Ming Wealth came into port last night around 6:30, gliding at glacial speed past the piers and the Ferry Building, before hooking a left after it passed under the bridge to head over to Oakland.


(The Wealth was moving verrry slowly and the ferries had to dart around it coming and going ...)

His nibs used the telescope to check the ship for a name, Yang Ming being a shipping concern out of Taiwan, and discovered the ship was named Wealth. How lucky a name is that?

This morning, when I was checking to make sure I remembered the name correctly, and hadn't misremembered Prosperity, Plum or Orchid (just a few of the Yang Ming ships), I discovered that I could go to the Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. site, pop in a vessel name, and find out where it had been and where it was going.

Vessel Name : YM WEALTH ( MWLH ) (click to view Vessel Information)
Current Lane : KY- PSW2 SERVICE ( PSW )
Current Comn Voyage : 17E / 17W
Current YML Vsl Voy : 57617E / 57617W ( PSW539E / PSW539W )

Current Voyage
Current Data -
Lane : KY- PSW2 SERVICE ( PSW )
Comn Voyage : 17E / 17W
YML VslVoy : 57617E / 57617W ( PSW539E / PSW539W )

[ports w/arrival date, departure date, &c.]
1 YANTIAN
2 HONG KONG
3 KAOHSIUNG
4 KEELUNG
5 PUSAN
6 LOS ANGELES, CA
7 OAKLAND, CA
8 KEELUNG
9 KAOHSIUNG

Vessel information includes
General Detail -
Flag Liberia
Operator YANG MING LINE
Lloyd's Code 9278088
Call Sign A8EI4
Port Register MONROVIA
Delivered Date 2004/03/22
Alternative Vessel Code 576
Build Detail -
Gross Tonnage 64005 Tons
Net Tonnage 34700 Tons
Service Speed 25.9 NM
D.W.T. 68615 Tons
Capacity Detail -
Reefer Capacity 400
Total Capacity 5551 TEUs

400 Reefers! Zounds!

Now if I could only figure a way to know what the bill of lading shows 'cause that's a heap of reefers visible up on deck for the plimsoll line to be that far above water. Those containers can't be empty, can they? What would they be picking up in Oakland? Used paper to make into cardboard cartons? 

   posted by Sal Towse at  9:32 AM|| |