Sunday, 9 June 2013

Roses and Rhodos


Roses and Rhodos go well together. These I found in a neighbor's garden. 

The Polish Navy's Salvage Ship Lech returns to the Sound

The Polish Navy's salvage ship Lech (282) was on June 4 going northwards in the Sound. Early this morning it was heading in the southward direction, on its way back home to Gdynia:



Saturday, 8 June 2013

The Royal Swedish Navy's school ship HMS Gladan returns to Øresund

The Royal Swedish Navy's sail training ship HMS Gladan (40 m x 8 m) today sailed northwards in the Sound on its way from Karlskrona to Öckerö. Here she meets a small sailing boat close to the coast of Danish Zealand:





Friday, 7 June 2013

Offshore drilling Ocean Nomad returns to Øresund

The Ocean Nomad, towed by Tor Viking, passing Hamlet's Kronborg castle.

Exactly a month ago, on May 7, the huge offshore drilling rig Ocean Nomad was going southwards in Øresund on its way to Latvia, where it was about to start drilling exploration wells in the Latvian zone of the Baltic. 

Today, the Nomad was back in the Sound. It is returning to the UK (Newcastle) after a hopefully successful campaign in Latvian waters. 

Unfortunately the haze made it very difficult to get decent images of the drilling  rig, which was accompanied by the Swedish tugboats Odin Viking and Tor Viking. 

The Ocean Nomad is owned and operated by Houston based Diamond Offshore. 

The Magical Light of the Nordic Summer Night (2)

Last night everybody just enjoyed the beauty of the Nordic summer night:












The Magical Light of the Nordic Summer Night

The magical light of the Nordic summer night was on display yesterday here in the Øresund region. I tried to capture the sunset with my camera at about 10 PM in Hittarp. On three last pictures the Viken lighthouse is clearly visible. 





Thursday, 6 June 2013

The Royal Danish Navy's frigate Thetis in Øresund

The Royal Danish Navy's frigate Thetis in Øresund on June 6, 2013.

The Royal Danish Navy's frigate Thetis (F 357) tonight passed Hittarp at about 8 PM. The 112.5 m x 14.4 m ship, which entered service in 1991, is the first of four ships in the Thetis Class. The primary operational role of these ships is sovereignty patrol and fishery protection in the North Atlantic.