Deira

Deira is to Dubai Creek as Richmond Terrace is

the KVK.  See fotos of that Creek today and a half century ago here.

Deira is one of 10 4000-teu containerships operating for UASC since 1998.  Many of that fleet call here regularly.  Dammam is the capital of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

Here’s Al-Mutanabbi a while back.   I’ve yet to see any of the UASC fleet launched in 2012, with more than three times the capacity!

Margaret Moran was returning from another job while Gramma Lee T Moran

escorted Deira in, passing Brendan Turecamo on the way.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp.

Check out Elizabeth Simenstad’s blog here, just added to my blogroll.