"Taras Shevchenko" Photo Gallery

Hello everybody,

on the sad occasion of the M/S "Taras Shevchenko's" beaching at the
Chittagong, Bangladesh, scrapyard last month, I have just published a
Photo Gallery with more than 80 mostly interior pictures of this
Ukrainian ship. "Taras Shevchenko" was built as a sister ship to the
"Aleksandr Pushkin", better known under her present name: Orient
Lines' "Marco Polo". "Taras Shevchenko" underwent a US$ 5 million
refurbishment in 2003 and 2004. However, despite countless tries, no
charter operator was found for the ship - mainly due to the fact that
some cabins did not have private facilities. Ultimately, her owners
decided to sell her for scrap in order to regain at least some of the
recent expenses.

Yet, the pictures, which were kindly provided by Patrick Wetter of the
Odessa Shipping Company Ltd. and mostly taken in 2003 and 2004, show
that "Taras Shevchenko" was a very charming ship, indeed:

http://www.ruderhaus.de/ant-taras-fotos/index.htm

As always, English picture descriptions will appear by pointing the
mouse cursor at the full-sized pictures.


Regards,

Raoul Fiebig


E-Mail: firstnameATruderhaus.de

"Das Ruderhaus": http://www.ruderhaus.de/