Something You Don't See In BFE Very Often

As we were driving over the Skyway Bridge (where apparently friends of mine from Burgess went over at a very high rate of speed a few years ago) last weekend a freighter was passing underneath. It was the Overseas Houston and more than likely my first freighter other than in movies and TV.

It was fun to see and wish I could have spent more time checking it out, but what I found particularly interesting was the "Protect The Environment" sign on the bridge. I guess what he can do to protect it is not run into the bridge or put a hole in his boat.

And then I googled the name of the ship and up came this graphic of a site that tracks these ships. Is that cool or not?

In another site it gave the essentials of the Overseas Houston like its homeport is Wilmington Delaware and it was built in 2007. See, Patti, my new friend from Creve Coeur, what the internet can discover?

Try it: http://www.marinetraffic.com/

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