Photos by Oliver Sesemann

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Hamburg to St. Petersburg.

In the Kiel Canal, on passage from Klaipeda to Rouen.

In the Kiel Canal, on passage from Brunsbüttel to St. Petersburg.

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Esbjerg to Rostock.

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Hamburg to Klaipeda.

In the Kiel Canal, Germany, on passage from Ijmuiden, Netherlands, to Oskarshamn, Sweden.

Westbound in the Kiel Canal, Germany, en route from Oxelosund, Sweden

Arriving at Kiel, en route from Svetly to Brake via the Kiel Canal.

En route from Bremen to St. Petersburg.

Arriving at Kiel from Hamina.

Having just passed Rendsburg railway bridge while on passage from Porvoo to Sines.

Westbound in the Kiel Canal, in between hail and rain...

In the Kiel Canal, on passage from Puerto Bolivar to Gdynia.

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Immingham to Klaipeda.

En route from Gdansk to Falmouth UK.

Fitting out at Nobiskrug shipyard, Rendsburg, Germany.

Closely followed by yacht Kismet.

Under construction at FSG shipyard, Flensburg, Germany. Ferry Honfleur in the background.

Maiden arrival at Kiel

En route from Emden to Muuga.

Kiel Canal, bound for Esbjerg.

Eastbound in the Kiel Canal.

Northbound in the English Channel, en route from Glasgow to Ghent.

Meeting sister Heluan in the Kiel Canal.

Falmouth for orders.

Falmouth for bunkers. En route from Rotterdam to Sept-Iles.

Leaving the Kiel Canal locks at Kiel, en route from Bremerhaven to Liepaja.

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Rotterdam to Mantyluoto.

En route from Nouakchott to Gdynia.

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Ijmuiden to Mukran.

En route from Dordrecht to Iggesund.

Leaving the Kiel Canal at Brunsbüttel during her delivery voyage from builders Neptun Werft, Warnemünde, to Dagebüll.

Arriving at Kiel at the end of her delivery voyage from builders Meyer Turku.

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Antwerp to Klaipeda.

Fitting out at builders FSG shipyard, Flensburg, Germany, together with Tulipa Seaways.

En route from Terneuzen to Sillamae, Chem Polaris has just left the locks of the Kiel Canal, while Star Isfjord is approaching the locks on her way from Gdansk to Bremen.

Margrethe Maersk passing Maren Maersk

In the Kiel Canal, en route from Gabes to Gdansk.

Arriving at Kiel at the end of her delivery voyage from Meyer Turku shipyard.

Passing the port of Rendsburg during a transit of the Kiel Canal, en route from Hamburg to Gdansk.

Fitting out at FSG shipyard, Flensburg, Germany.

Leaving the locks at Kiel at the start of a westbound transit of the Kiel Canal, August 1995.

Eastbound in the Kiel Canal

Following a collision with the gondola of the Rendsburg railway bridge (background right), Evert Prahm (left) is moored at the nearby Kreishafen port at Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal, Germany.

Arriving Fort Lauderdale

Leaving Kiel Germany for Ust-Luga, Russia, 2015 09 09. Coaster Helen Anna in the background.