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Two ships exited the KVK and headed for sea in the same half hour Wednesday morning.  One was Athens Star, a Star tanker, obviously.

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Way in the distance, Responder, at  Athens Star‘s bow, backed her down while Aegean Sea (?) watched.  Athens Star (73,699 dwt) launched from Germany in 2005.

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Majestic Maersk heads for sea, carrying as cargo a boat or two . .

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high atop the containers, although I’ve no idea where to.

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As for her own provenance, Majestic,  here escorted by Ellen McAllister,launched from the Odense Yard in 1990, a place she

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shares with quite a few large containerships.

Images:  WVD.

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