Canarian Container Anorak

[DJ Dangerous]

I sometimes see containers down here, which at a glance look familiar, but on closer inspection tend to be palletwides etc, so I thought I'd start posting photos of what I see...

Saw this in Adeje Casco today:

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by DJ Dangerous
Added location

[Rob]

Just casually dumped on the side of a road!

[murphaph]

It's better parked than most cars on Tenerife.

[DJ Dangerous]

That's 'cause nobody knows where the handbrake is in a Canarian car.

[MOGUL]

A close cousin of our IWT containers.. 

the Canaries has its own unique operators and containers alright, OPDr, Boluda etc.. Ships international had a good article about services to the islands from Seville a few years back, will see if I can find the article.. In my time in shipping, OPDR became part of Macandrews, which then was merged with containerships.. The result is a mixing of fleets, so we occasionally get OPDR units in from mainland Spain, and ship a mixture of containerships, Macandrews and lease boxes out to Tenerife

Edited July 20, 2022 by MOGUL

[DJ Dangerous]

I saw these two lovely CMA-CGM boxes parked by Decathlon in La Laguna on March 8th this year. Already posted elsewhere on the forum but better off here, too.

[JasonB]

Love the thread title. I do like a container  

[MOGUL]

Good Morning,

Found the article, apologies about the scan quality, the magazine is about 8 years old now!

OPDR had a long and storied history serving the islands, and nice looking containers too!

 

Edited July 29, 2022 by MOGUL

[jhb171achill]

Is it not cruel to keep canaries in those tin boxes?

(I'll get me coat........)

[MOGUL]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Is it not cruel to keep canaries in those tin boxes?

(I'll get me coat........)

Not sure if it's better or worse than sending them to their deaths in a coal mine

[jhb171achill]

33 minutes ago, MOGUL said:

Not sure if it's better or worse than sending them to their deaths in a coal mine

So THAT's what the Cawoods containers were for!!!!!!!

[Broithe]

Those Seacell containers are owned by a woman, but you can buy them off her, from her place down on the coast.

She sells Seacells by the seashore.

Edited July 29, 2022 by Broithe

[DJ Dangerous]

Thanks, MOGUL, that's outstanding.

Andalucia Express / OPDR Canarias over in Las Palmas at the moment, sailed in the early hours this morning.

Have to have another nose around on Monday!

 

[DJ Dangerous]

 

...And while in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, container spotting, there was some other interesting action...

Video is still processing so higher quality version not yet available:

 

 

[popeye]

I think they pick up water for putting on fires, looks like it took too much water and sank. 

[Broithe]

Interesting stuff.

 

Could be more interesting, if you were snorkelling in the wrong place...

[DJ Dangerous]

One or two random anorak photos from last Tuesday, the 26th, around the port in Santa Cruz...

...Including one that shows why that Oxford Diecast Bus Eireann Transit is so necessary!

Boluda reefers say Unit 45 on the back for some reason.

 

 

[JasonB]

On 2/8/2022 at 12:41 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

One or two random anorak photos from last Tuesday, the 26th, around the port in Santa Cruz...

Friday night, and we have some container porn. Perfect. 

[DJ Dangerous]

What a gorgeous box!

Parked at the Repsol near San Isidro.

 

 

[Rob]

I like an MSC container myself now!

That one needs to be weathered by @Dempsey-  it's too clean and unrealistic

[DJ Dangerous]

A second 40' MSC High Cube half an hour later, who'd have thunk it?

Shame that @Arran's don't have environmentally friendly bamboo flooring inside.

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

14 minutes ago, Rob said:

I like an MSC container myself now!

That one needs to be weathered by @Dempsey-  it's too clean and unrealistic

 

Wonder how much he'd charge for it.

It's only 76 times longer, 76 times wider and 76 times taller than a regular model.

[jhb171achill]

24 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Wonder how much he'd charge for it.

It's only 76 times longer, 76 times wider and 76 times taller than a regular model.

€76 million would seem a reasonable sum, then.....

[DJ Dangerous]

Also saw a lonely tanktainer after leaving the Repsol on Thursday:

 

 

[JasonB]

8 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Also saw a lonely tanktainer after leaving the Repsol on Thursday

Borderline stalking now, Dave. This thread is getting out of hand. 

[DJ Dangerous]

6 hours ago, JasonB said:

Borderline stalking now, Dave. This thread is getting out of hand. 

Are you sure you're not jealous?

[JasonB]

23 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Are you sure you're not jealous?

Yes, I'm jealous. Happy now  

[DJ Dangerous]

1 minute ago, JasonB said:

Yes, I'm jealous. Happy now  

Exceedingly.

[DJ Dangerous]

A few pallet-wide boxes outside IKEA en La Laguna this afternoon.

May have a short video for @murphaph but not sure how it turned out...

Will find out soon!

EDIT: Yes, we do!

Sun was on the wrong side for lighting, and the camera over-heated shortly after passing, but still, we got it...

(Tracking info in video description)

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[murphaph]

Containerships!

[MOGUL]

Meanwhile in Ireland https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749560248594378/permalink/3114547215429001/

we are spoiling you now @murphaph

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, MOGUL said:

Meanwhile in Ireland https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749560248594378/permalink/3114547215429001/

we are spoiling you now @murphaph

 

Thanks, @MOGUL!

For those not on Facebook:

 

 

 

[JasonB]

On 25/8/2022 at 7:54 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Sun was on the wrong side for lighting, and the camera over-heated shortly after passing, but still, we got it...

I see the stalking is still in full swing 

[DJ Dangerous]

Boluda / Triton 45' palletwide box (TLLU1607485) being unloaded by the gym in Adeje earlier.

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[DJ Dangerous]

Never heard of Sea Axis before. 45' 2,9m palletwide box (SAXU4907658) being loaded with scrap metal at Las Chafiras this morning.

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by DJ Dangerous