Interesting operations are afoot at Cape Town Harbour this week. So says a Smile-listener and an avid fan of ships while they are in port, Nevada Timm. He sent some photos of interesting ships berthed in the harbour.
Interesting operations are afoot at Cape Town Harbour
According to Timm, there’s a heavy-lift vessel in port called ‘Transshelf’. The ship is apparently here to load a floating dry dock called ‘TITAN DOCK’ onto it. Timm says he believes that Transshelf will then take Titan dock to the island of Reunion. He says he’s not quite sure on which day this operation will happen.
Timm added that what makes the operation so interesting is that the Transshelf ship submerges, and whatever cargo is loaded will float into position. The Transshelf will then slowly raise itself.
PHOTOS: About the interesting operations at the port
An online search
We also did an online search and confirmed that the current position of TRANSSHELF is in South Africa, by AIS. The vessel arrived at the port of Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct 20, 11:34 UTC.
READ MORE: Where is the vessel currently?
MORE ABOUT: Another confirmation of the vessel’s location at this time
The vessel TRANSSHELF (IMO 8512279, MMSI 306704000) is a Heavy Load Carrier built in 1987 (making it 38 years old). It’s currently sailing under the flag of Curacao.
SMILE FM IS YET TO CONFIRM THE INFORMATION WITH MANAGEMENT AT THE PORT OF CAPE TOWN.
