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Date	Vessel	Details
	BBC Volga	Came from Santa Marta, CO to Houston, TX USA “Greensport Management Watco“
	BBC Volga	Came from Houston, TX USA to Brownsville, TX USA.
	BBC Volga	Came from Altamira, MX to Puerto Cortes, HN from Brownsville, TX USA.
	BBC Volga	Came from Puerto Cortes, HN to Port of Morehead City, NC with “airframe” cargo.
	BBC Volga	Came from Port of Morehead City, NC to Montoir, FR.
	BBC Volga	Came from Montoir, FR to Antwerp, BE. She moored at Leopoldkok next to Navitec Marine Services.
		Panama Canal Locks Web Cams
05/10/23	YM Warranty	The vessel came from Cartagena, CO and came through the Agua Clara Lock and then anchored in Pena Blanca Anch. for several hours. It then came through the Cocoli Lock into the Pacific Ocean. It is now on a trip to Busan, KO with ETA of May 31st. *It will be interesting to see if the vessel goes into hibernation again after it leaves KO for CN. Recall, after leaving Busan, KO last time the vessel waited for over a month (from about 01/28/23 till 03/09/23) before mooring again at Qingdao, CN. That was a big question in my mind as to why an almost new vessel, would be out of commission for more than 30 days, and not anywhere for repairs…
		Web cams along route to Antwerp, BE + https://webcams-vlissingen.nl/ + https://webcam-terneuzen.nl/
05/11/23	BBC Volga	The vessel is now headed from Antwerp, BE to Tananger, NO. + Passing Terneuzen, NL + North of Terneuzen, NL + Passing Vlissingen, NL
05/13/23	BBC Volga	I checked on the Volga after 8:30 am and she was already moored in Tananger, NO near TechnipFMC, but I am not sure what the delivery was, or who it was to. But, by 9:02 am, a tug was already beginning to lead the Volga out of the port. Her ETA is May 15th at 15:00 scheduled for Gdansk, PO.
		Port of Gdansk (Poland) Kamery (3 different hi-res views) + terminal kontenerowy (web cam screen shot | vesselfinder view)
05/15/23	BBC Volga	I was surprised at how quickly the vessel was ushered into the Port of Gdansk. There was no waiting. A couple of pilot/tug vessels met her and brought her into the channel quickly, no delay.
05/17/23	BBC Volga	The Volga arrived at the Kiel lock after dark. When it made it in the lock, it used one of its onboard cranes to load something from the dock between the two locks.
05/18/23	BBC Volga	Times passing through the Canal vary but are somewhere between 6 and 8 hours. I slept briefly, and when I looked the Volga was almost at the Brunsbuttel Lock, but as she passed beneath the high bridge at Ostermoor, she moored beside the Wasserstoff Tankstelle. She was there between an hour or two. Not sure why the stoppage, but eventually she pulled back into the channel and made her way to and through the Brunsbuttel Lock. She is now in the North Sea heading to Sunderland, UK.
		Seafront webcam for Sunderland, UK (assorted renewing stills in a cycle)
05/19/23	BBC Volga	Entering the Port of Sunderland: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
05/21/23	BBC Volga	Leaving for Naples, IT
	BBC Volga	Near the Strait of Gibraltar & Ceuta, Spain
	BBC Volga	Moored at Naples, IT
		Strait of Messina, IT Messina Live Cam, Villa San Giovanni
06/12/23	YM Warranty	The YM Warranty was in Busan NP, Korea for a few days and then came to Qingdao, CN and has been there for a couple of days also. This time, the vessel didn’t wait but maybe a half day before coming into the Port of Qingdao. Last time was more than a month. *I see that the YM Warranty is scheduled to head to Singapore and arrive in about a week. **The BBC Volga is heading to Shantou, CN with a scheduled arrival time of 06/26/23. So, it appears to me that the YM Warranty & BBC Volga will be relatively near one another in about a week (06/19/23), probably near Singapore.
		The BBC Volga passed Singapore just a little before the YM Warranty arrived. Not sure, but almost sure that they would have been able to visually see one another as they passed, but definitely both would have had the other vessel on their radar. *Amazing!!!
06/27/23	BBC Volga	Arrived in Shanghai, CN again. Moored about two vessel lengths from where she was tied up last time (end of January 2023). *So, in about 5 months, the Volga has circumnavigated the entire Earth beginning in Shanghai, heading eastward through the Panama Canal and stopping at various ports in the US, Mexico, Honduras, France, Belgium, Norway, Poland, through Kiel Canal, to England, through the Straits of Gibraltar and across the Mediterranean to Italy… then through the Suez Canal and on past Singapore, up the coast past Vietnam, between Taiwan and the coast of China, and finally into the hear of Shanghai, CN again. What a vagabond! *Guess not, because she must be paying for most of her way with the various stops she has made.
06/28/23	YM Warranty	Is coming from Laem Chabang, Thailand to the Port of Vung Tau, Vietnam.
		After Vietnam, the Warranty stopped in Hong Kong before heading up past Tokyo and then turning out on her route across the Pacific Ocean.
07/08/23	BBC Volga	The Volga is moored once again at Hitachinaka, Japan. Previously, she headed back across the Pacific Ocean and came through the Panama Canal. At that time, the Volga had about 18 large wind turbine blade on deck. Not sure where she picked up the blades, but will be interesting to see this time. *About three weeks ago the Volga and the YM Warranty passed each other a short distance from the Port of Singapore. Since then the Warranty made it to Singapore, then a port in Thailand, and a port in Vietnam and then Hong Kong. And now the Warranty is heading for US LAX (Port of Los Angeles) and is a short distance from Tokyo and the two vessels are incredibly close to one another physically. **It looks to me like the Volga and the Warranty will be racing across the Pacific to the Panama Canal almost “neck and neck”.
07/12/23	BBC Volga	Well, the Volga has been moored at Hitachinaka for four days, and the Warranty has proceeded at 21 Kn to head across the Pacific to LAX. Before this, I had not seen a vessel travel faster than about 15 Kn, so at 21 Kn, I perceive “she is flying” toward her next port. Still, it may be that because the Warranty is heading for the Port of Los Angeles before travelling through the Panama Canal, it may be that if the Volga proceeds across the Pacific to the Panama Canal at 14 Kn, they may still pass through about the same time.
07/20/23	YM Warranty	The Warranty is a short distance from her next port in Los Angeles. But to my surprise the BBC Volga instead of heading back to the Panama Canal after her port in Japan, instead, headed back down to Taiwan porting for just a short time (less than a day) and now is heading to a port just south of Singapore. Probably about 2.5 to 3 days away.
07/28/23	BBC Volga	Well, the YM Warranty has been moored at the Port of Los Angeles for about 4 days (maybe longer) and my imagined journey of the Volga following across the Pacific and through the Panama Canal disappeared. The Volga hit the Port at Kabil, just below Singapore, and then another on the northwest side of the island. And then the surprise, as the Volga continues to provide, she is now heading back to the Suez Canal (haven’t seen her ultimate destination). Recall that before going through the Suez Canal a couple of months ago, heading east, she was coming from the Port at Naples, IT. *I do not know what the profit is for the different cargoes she carries, but I question how she can be profitable while taking long journeys between ports as she did and will do while going through the Suez Canal. Perhaps she will stop at a port in India, or some port in the Middle East on the way to the Suez Canal, and drop off or pick up an extra cargo or two.
09/06/23	BBC Volga	Has been anchored off Tynemouth, UK for over a day having just come from Moss, Norway. Tynemouth is a short distance up the coast from Sunderland, England
	YM Warranty	Was moored earlier today in Hong Kong, but is now enroute to Pusan, Korea.
09/08/23	BBC Volga	It’s shortly before 9 am, my time (Fay., NC), and shortly before 3 pm Tynemouth, UK, and I see that the BBC Volga is just coming out of her parked anchorage and is heading into the mouth of the Tyne River. She has been waiting for several days since coming from Moss, NO. Funny that currently it is foggy and the web cams, which had clearly displayed the Volga where she was anchored are completely useless. Not able to even make out any shore or ocean at this time. *Oddly, the tracking app is showing that the Volga has turned around and is heading away from the mouth of the Tyne.
09/12/23	BBC Volga	And now she is heading to her next port in Rotterdam, NL.
09/18/23	BBC Volga	The Volga left Rotterdam for her next port in Bilbao, ES. She was only there about a day, and is now heading to Costa Rica, an estimated 14 day journey.
0/26/23	YM Warranty	The Warranty has been moored at the Port of LA – West Basin (Wilmington) for several days. This is the second time I have seen her moored here. I found a web cam view: Port of LA CAM1 The image below is from the Google StreetView of this area. As I zoomed in on it, I realized that this was probably the Warranty.
09/29/23		YM Warranty is now headed to the Port of Oakland (again) leaving the Port of LA around 5 pm today. Watched her leaving via the Port of LA web cam. The BBC Volga is now passing between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and is about 3 days from the Port of Limon, Costa Rica.
10/04/23	YM Warranty	The Warranty passed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday about 5 pm EST. The first camera view, I missed by only a couple of minutes, but I found another view and got a couple of good images of the ship as she passed along the San Francisco waterfront.
10/04/23	BBC Volga	The Volga arrived at Limon, Costa Rica a couple of days ago, but after mooring in the wrong location overnight, came around the peninsula and came into port.
10/05/23	YM Warranty	YM Warranty passing beneath Golden Gate Bridge on the way to Hong Kong.
10/05/23	BBC Volga	She is now on her way to PAMIT Manzanillo International Terminal, Panama. Took less than a day to arrive, and then anchored off port for about a day. Now in port PAMIT.
10/06/23	BBC Volga
10/08/23	BBC Volga	I see this afternoon that the Volga is next scheduled for the Port of Houston, TX USA. Earlier this year I think she carried a cargo of large wind turbine blades to WATCO.
10/17/23	BBC Volga	The Volga has left her mooring and is headed to the Port of Brownsville, TX, due tomorrow. This is the same as she did the last time she visited Houston.
10/20/23	BBC Volga	The Volga has left the Port of Brownsville and is heading for the Panama Canal, scheduled to arrive in 4 days.
10/31/23	BBC Volga	Going through the Panama Canal, again.
10/31/23	YM Warranty	Is once again in Singapore.
11/03/23	BBC Volga	Was only in Guayaquil, EC for less than a day, and is now already “steaming for” Pisco, Peru. As you can see from the photo above, at Miraflores Lock, there was only one lone wind turbine blade on her deck. Not sure if she had anything in her hold. Just about 11 months ago, when I first started following the Volga, she had been in a similar location, visiting first Peru and then upper Chile, before heading across the Pacific to Shanghai, CN.
11/07/23	BBC Volga	The Volga has left Pisco, Peru on her way to Matarani, Peru. The Volga visited Matarani about 11 months ago, and since has gone completely around the world, starting in Shanghai. If she goes from the coast of South America to either Japan or China, she will have been completely around the world in both directions. Been through the Panama Canal about 3 times, through the Suez Canal twice, and through the Kiel Canal once.
11/12/23	BBC Volga	Not sure if the Volga actually stopped in Matarani, Peru, or went just south of there to Ilo, Peru. I see that she is now scheduled to go down, again, to Mejillones, Chile. I think it was early December of 2022 (last year) that the Volga stopped at these same ports (Matarani & Mejillones) before she headed across the Pacific to Shanghai, CN. *Which, she may do again. I think I figured out that there was Molybdenum produced in Peru and refined in Chile, and that may have been the cargo carried to China. It increases strength in steel alloys.
11/27/23	BBC Volga	After being at Mejillones, Chile for quite a few days, I see that the Volga is now heading up north again, but I am confused by the port code being used: PEILK The PE should mean Peru, and the ILK should be the specific port, but I can find no Peruvian port with that designation. There is a port at Ilo, Peru, but that has a different port ID.
11/27/23	YM Warranty	The Warranty is a good distance across the Pacific heading back to the Port of Los Angeles. Recall that the Warranty first came to my attention about a year ago when she was coming up the Cape Fear River to the Port of Wilmington (NC). From my readings about the Warranty at that time, I thought she was on a recurring route from Korea/China through the Panama Canal and up to New York, down to Norfolk, then Wilmington, NC, Savannah, and back up to Charleston, SC and then back through the Panama Canal and toward the Orient again. Looks like that route has been changed, to not visit the US East Coast, but go between Los Angeles and Singapore, with visits to Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Korea and back to Los Angeles.
11/28/23	BBC Volga	The Volga is now hovering around Ilo, Peru.
11/29/23	BBC Volga	The Volga is now in port at Ilo, Peru.
12/08/23	YM Warranty	I see that the Warranty has just pulled out of the Port of Los Angeles heading for the Port of Oakland (about 9:15am EST 6:15am Pacific). The Navigator of the Sea is being backed in currently, at 9:25am EST. She is big, and it would have probably been too tight a fit to have her and the Warranty passing by the Battleship.
12/08/23	BBC Volga	The Volga is currently in the Magellan Strait (9:30 am EST).
12/17/23	BBC Volga	The Volga came through the Magellan Strait and then instead of going to Rio de Janerio, it stopped for a few days at the Port of Santos, BR. It has left this morning, scheduled for Houston, TX USA. *I did note that Santos had stacks of large wind turbine blades, which is something that the Volga has delivered to and possibly from Houston.
12/17/23	YM Warranty	The Warranty is a short distance from the Port of Oakland, heading once again across the Pacific for Hong Kong.
08/21/24	BBC Volga	I wish I had continued to write my tracking of the Volga. I did continue to track the Volga & Warranty, but did not write down the various areas they had visited. The Volga is currently in the Port of Venice, IT. *She was just in the Black Sea, visiting the Port of Constanta, Romania.
08/24/24	BBC Volga	The Volga is underway, having left the Port of Venice, and is heading, a short distance away, for the Port of Ravenna, Italy (7:40 DST) on the Adriatic Sea, east of Bologna.
09/04/24	BBC Volga	The Volga was at the Port of Ravenna Italy for several days and is now on the way to the Port of Augusta on the Island of Malta.
09/04/24	YM Warranty	The Warranty is off the coast of Mexico near Acapulco. Her destination is showing PANPNC and she is scheduled to arrive by 08/09/24. I haven’t found where this is, but am supposing that it is one end of the Panama Canal or the other.
09/14/24	BBC Volga	After the Port of Augusta, she stopped at a Spanish port near Gibraltar, and now is heading down to Soyo, Angola (mid-West Africa). She never ceases to amaze. What a rich travel life she has had.
09/14/24	YM Warranty	Well, once again the Warranty has passed through the Panama Canal and is now on her way back up to New York City. I am guessing that she will hit the other Atlantic Coastal ports as she did in years past: Norfolk (VA), Wilmington (NC), Savannah (GA), Charleston (SC) and then back through the Canal.
09/29/24	BBC Volga	Has just left Soyo, Angola heading to the east coast of South America.
09/30/24	YM Warranty	The Warranty has just left the Port of Charleston (SC) heading back to the Panama Canal. They came through the Canal and went first to the Port of New York, then to Norfolk, VA and then to Charleston. They have not been taking this East Coast Route for about a year, but previously their East Coast Route was to NY, VA, then to Wilmington, NC, then to Savannah and back up to Charleston before heading back through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to Korea, China and sometime even on to Singapore.
10/16/24	BBC Volga	I see the Volga is just leaving the Port of Santos, Brazil and now is headed for Bremen, Germany. *I don’t think I could have picked a better example of a “world traveler” than the Volga. **Meanwhile, the Warranty is heading to KAOHSIUNG in Taiwan South China.

NOTE [05/19/23]: The BBC Volga has turned out to be a very exciting vessel to follow. She first came to my attention a few days before Thanksgiving 2022 as she was coming into the Port of Morehead City (NC -USA). The port manifest said she was bringing in locomotives. In just six months, she has visited the following ports:

• Port of Morehead City (twice)
• Through the Panama Canal (to Pacific)
• Matarani, Peru
• Mejillones, Chile
• Shanghai, China (Start of complete navigation of the World from W to E.)
• China (two other ports)
• Hitachinaka, Japan
• Through Panama Canal (to Atlantic)
• Santa Marta, Colombia
• Houston, TX
• Brownsville, TX
• Altamira, MX
• Puerto Cortez, HN
• Port of Morehead City
• Montoir, FR
• Antwerp, BE
• Tananger, NO
• Gdansk, PL
• Kiel Canal, DE (to Elbe & North Sea)
• Sunderland, UK
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Naples, IT
• Suez, Egypt
• Bay of Bengal
• Through the Singapore Strait (YM Warranty passing by a short distance.)
• Shanghai, CN (End of complete navigation of World from W to E.)
• Hitachinaka, Japan (Second time this year at this port & starts from E to W.)
• Taiwan
• Batam Island (across from Singapore)
• …
• Bay of Bengal
• Suez, Egypt
• Izmir, Turkey
• Southampton, UK
• Amsterdam Holland
• Esbjerg, Denmark
• Moss, Norway
• Tyne, UK
• Rotterdam, NL
• Bilbao, ES
• Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
• Manzanillo, PA
• Houston, TX
• Brownsville, TX
• Panama Canal
• Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Pisco, Peru
• Matarani, Peru
• Ilo, Peru
• Mejillones, Chile
• Ilo, Peru
• Straits of Magellan
• Santos, Brazil
• Houston, TX USA

• Port of Constanta, Romania (Black Sea)
• Venice, Italy (Adriatic Sea)
• Augusta, Crete
• Spain (near Gibraltar)
• Soyo, Angola
• Santos, Brazil
• Bremen, Germany*

Going through the Panama Canal is neat. Travelling down the west coast of South America over half way to northern Chile is cool. Travelling clear across the Pacific Ocean to Shanghai, CN is damn awesome! Picking up wind turbine blades in Japan and heading back through the Panama Canal is swell. Coming back to the Port of Morehead City from Honduras, with airframes, is mind boggling. But now, to go across the Atlantic Ocean to France, then to Antwerp, BE for minor repairs (my guess), then up to Norway for just a brief stop and then back down to Gdansk, Poland, oh, wow! And now through the Kiel Canal, which at one time I might have thought impossible… The BBC Volga has been a busy bee in just six months, 17 countries and a bunch of miles.

Well, she made it to Naples and was there only about a day. She is now headed for Egypt and the Suez Canal.

NOTE [06/12/23]: The BBC Volga, having left Naples, IT and come through the Suez Canal, is scheduled to arrive in Shantou, CN on 06/26/23 and at that point will have almost circumnavigated the Earth entirely. I first became aware of the Volga a few days before Thanksgiving 2022 as she was coming into the Port of Morehead City. The Volga then came through the Panama Canal and with a few stops along the western coast of South America, headed across the Pacific Ocean to Shanghai, CN. Eventually she came back through the Panama Canal, headed to Houston, TX, and eventually from Puerto Cortes, HN headed back to the Port of Morehead City. From there she headed across the Atlantic Ocean to France, then Antwerp, BE, up to Norway, down to Gdansk, PL, through the Kiel Canal to Sunderland, UK. The surprise, for me, was that she then came all the way around and through the Strait of Gibraltar to Naples, IT. From Naples, she headed through the Suez Canal and is now scheduled for Shantou, CN. I’m not sure if she is carrying any cargo currently. *I definitely don’t understand how a ship of this size can be profitable circumventing the entire Earth in about six months. But, I could not have imagined this vessel being such a vagabond. Perhaps vagabond is the wrong term. She definitely is travelling with purpose.

NOTE [06/16/23]: I just came upon the Maritime Optima ShipAtlas app online last night. This app does a lot for free. I was able to pull up a list of the ports that the Volga had visited going back about 2 years. You can also put two or more vessels in a “list” and view the location of all the vessels in the list on a map. You can also map the current journey for a vessel and it will show the route already completed, the vessels current location, and the rest of the upcoming route.

*Unbelievably, the BBC Volga and the YM Warranty are about to pass each other (depending upon who gets to Singapore first) “half way around the world.” The Volga is coming from Naples, IT and is scheduled for Shanghai PL on the 25th of June, 2023. The Warranty left Qingdao, CN for Singapore and is scheduled to arrive there 19th June 2023.

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I’m not sure that I will continue to track the Volga for the next year. It has been both interesting & fun tracking both the BBC Volga and the YM Warranty, along with the Independent Container Line that cycles between the east coast of the US and Europe, the UK & Ireland.

I’ve learned a lot about the World from her ports of call. And I have been surprised by such a small vessel travelling so far in such a short period of time. If she does go to Shanghai after Mejillones, in a year’s time she will have completely travelled around the World, completely in both directions. This is amazing to me! But, I don’t think I would want to be aboard her, because I don’t think they stay in a port long enough to both do their work, and also visit the area for fun. And by fun, I don’t mean drinking at a bar.

NOTE [ 12/08/23 ]: It has been just about a year, and two weeks since I started to track the travels of the BBC Volga. She has now travelled the length of South America, from top to bottom, and now is heading through the Magellan Strait. She has been completely around the world in BOTH directions, through the Panama (3), Suez (2), and Kiel (1) Canals and through the Gibraltar Strait. She has been as far north as Moss, Norway and across the Baltic Sea to Gdansk, Poland (formerly Danzig, Germany). Tracking her has provided me with a framework to explore the world and a bunch of its cities and ports, and in only about a year’s time. Oh, she has visited the Port of Morehead City, twice during the 12 months.

NOTE [08/22/24]: Add the Black Sea to the Adriatic, Arabian, Baltic, Mediterranean & North Seas, and the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans. I am in awe of the exploits of this tiny (Handy Sized) cargo vessel since November 2022. As stated earlier, she had circumnavigated the completely Earth in both directions, and been the length of South America and Africa. And just a short time ago she passed by Istanbul, Turkey.

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Links to Port Webcams

• Charleston, SC
• Panama Canal Locks (Atlantic & Pacific Locks)
• Port of Gdansk, PO (3 Kamery)
• Kiel Canal Entrances/Exits (Kiel & Brunsbeutel, DE)
• Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro)
• Port of Los Angeles (Wilmington)
• San Francisco Skyline, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz & entrance to Port of Oakland (from MERSEA restaurant on Treasure Island)
• Savannah (River Street East)
• Savannah (Assorted Other Webcams)
• Port of Southampton, UK
• Southport Waterfront (Southport, NC, Cape Fear River & Atlantic Ocean)
• Port of Sunderland, UK
• Terneuzen, NL (shipping going to/from Antwerp, BE on Sheldt River)
• Vlissinge, NL (shipping going to/from Antwerp, BE on Sheldt River)