What's this monstrosity?

[u/MaxifyBenz]

Look out on the horizon... Seems like a jacking platform or drilling rig with a crane.. but someone with more or better information, help us out.

[u/connorthedancer]

Looks like an HLV ship - a particularly tall one at that.

Edit: might be one of Durban's new ship-to-shore vessels?

Edit 2: There is currently a Bo Qiang 3060 just off Umhlanga at the moment. It is probably that.

[u/celmate → u/connorthedancer]

I like your funny words magic man

[u/connorthedancer → u/celmate]

Speaking of magic, are you a MTG player in Durban? I didn't know anyone played that down here except for that game shop in Hillcrest.

[u/da_PopEYE → u/connorthedancer]

There's also a place in Kloof called The Batcave iirc. Warhammer, pokemon, mtg, dnd

[u/Dense_Food_6740 → u/da_PopEYE]

I second the batcave. Best vibes imo.

[u/da_PopEYE → u/Dense_Food_6740]

Yeah, I go in from time to time and buy a new iron-on badge. Haven't got anything to iron the badges on to yet but when I do, boy will I be ironing all day. Lots of Pokemon and MTG badges. The foundation of my teenage years

[u/Live_Associate9467 → u/connorthedancer]

There's a shop in Umhlanga, next to gateway, called the big bang shop, travel over there, and you will find that which u seek.

[u/da_PopEYE → u/Live_Associate9467]

This sounds like a line from Monty Pyhton

[u/Live_Associate9467 → u/da_PopEYE]

Idk man I made it up on the spot, but it would be pretty funny if it was an actual line 😂

[u/da_PopEYE → u/Live_Associate9467]

Reminds me of this scene

[u/Live_Associate9467 → u/da_PopEYE]

That's hilarious bro, im gonna start using Monty python quotes from now on.

[u/thatoke → u/da_PopEYE]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dc_cnj1PEc Line is from Clone High

[u/angryhoodie → u/connorthedancer]

I dunno if they do but I play 🤣

[u/Dense_Food_6740 → u/connorthedancer]

Im looking for players to join our proxy vintage cube. But we do commander as well. Tinkering with krenko, baron of tin street atm.

[u/celmate → u/connorthedancer]

I'm an MTG player but I actually live in Joburg! But seems your people are congregating below :)

Batcave is a place I've ordered from a few times :)

[u/ProSnuggles → u/connorthedancer]

There’s also the game shop opposite the Seattle coffee in la Lucia, close to broadway iirc.

[u/Evzkyyy → u/ProSnuggles]

There was one inside the Kensington Square center in Broadway called Kapow. Unfortunately they closed down a while ago due to covid.

[u/Its_manzzi]

Haha saw this today and found which ship it is from the marine app, here are the details. Her name is Boqiang 3060.

As per an article:

Copenhagen, 22 May 2025: Cadeler today announces that it has agreed to acquire the Boqiang 3060 – a newly-constructed jack-up wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) – from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd, expanding its fleet and enhancing its capacity to meet the increasing global demand for offshore wind turbine operations & maintenance (O&M) services.

The vessel will be renamed Wind Keeper, a name symbolising both the vessel’s position as a rare and valuable find – a true “keeper” – and her focus on ensuring the up-keep of green energy generation through the provision of O&M services to the offshore wind industry.

Completed in 2024 and fitted with advanced European equipment, including a Huisman main crane with a 2,200 t lifting capacity, Kongsberg’s DP2 dynamic positioning system, MAN-supplied engines and a Siemens propulsion system, the vessel is uniquely suited for the global offshore O&M market, with 120-meter-long jack-up legs that will enable her to work on the most challenging offshore sites.

[u/DonovanBanks → u/Its_manzzi]

Why is it in Durban?

[u/shitdayinafrica → u/DonovanBanks]

Its being delivered from China to Denmark.

Stooped to wait out some weather, or maybe collect provisions/ crew change

[u/Its_manzzi → u/DonovanBanks]

I need the paid version for more info...

[u/NuffingNuffing]

It’s a specialized type of ship designed to lift and transport extremely heavy loads, often used in offshore construction projects such as:

• Installing and maintaining oil rigs
• Constructing wind farms at sea
• Lifting and placing large bridge or port structures
• Handling other oversized marine equipment

The tall A-frame-like structures you see are the crane booms, and the massive size of the vessel allows it to remain stable while lifting huge weights at sea.

In the background to the right, you can also see what looks like a bulk carrier or cargo ship.

[u/connorthedancer → u/NuffingNuffing]

Thanks ChatGPT.

[u/NuffingNuffing → u/connorthedancer]

You're welcome!

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

[u/River_Fenrir → u/NuffingNuffing]

Does this mean they gonna drill off our coastline?

[u/Pizza-Popular → u/River_Fenrir]

Yep, they found oil there a couple years back. There were campaigns in Eastern cape trying to stop it . I guess the fat cats won again

[u/NuffingNuffing → u/Pizza-Popular]

Well it's not a drilling rig... so. Probably not.

[u/River_Fenrir → u/Pizza-Popular]

If they do drill here, it should at least be for our economy. I hate that its all friggen Chinese

[u/ruthacury → u/River_Fenrir]

Finding oil would be great for our economy if it were managed well (see Norway). However, this is South Africa, and Cyril needs his new BMW.

[u/River_Fenrir → u/ruthacury]

My Father works for Engen, he told me the reason Engen closed their refineries, is due to the fact, each gallon of crude oil, produces 0.46 gallons of petrol, 0.13 gallons of diesel etc etc.

And we primarily use more petrol than diesel as consumers, so it's far more cost-effective to just import the quantities needed and store the fuel.

[u/Hubris_Valric]

That’s a wave

[u/Zestyclose-Brush-308 → u/Hubris_Valric]

I like this guy

[u/Lucas_Ego]

From my angle it looked like two ships/boats

[u/WazzyD]

You should get Marine Radar on your phone. It's the BO QIANG 3060. I took some photos of it through my 25x100 Skymaster binoculars

[u/MaxifyBenz → u/WazzyD]

Post photos

[u/WazzyD → u/MaxifyBenz]

Photos

Looks better with the eye lol

[u/MaxifyBenz → u/WazzyD]

Thanks for sharing.

[u/Special_Diver2917]

East Coast Breakfast, 26 Aug What's that massive floating object off the coast of Umhlanga? · East Coast Radio - Catch Up - iono.fm https://iono.fm/e/1590397

[u/NuffingNuffing]

That looks like a crane-delivery heavy-load ship—the kind that transports ship-to-shore (container) gantry cranes. The tall portal frames with the long booms tipped up for transit are the giveaway. These vessels (often the ZPMC “Zhen Hua” fleet) sail slowly near ports like Durban to deliver new container cranes to the terminals.

[u/Yes_Maybe_IDK_CYRTQ]

It might a ship shipping ship, shipping shipping ships.

[u/benevolent-badger → u/Yes_Maybe_IDK_CYRTQ]

but you can clearly see that ship is not shipping ships. so while it might be a ship shipping ship, it is not a ship shipping ship, shipping ships, at the moment.

[u/Yes_Maybe_IDK_CYRTQ → u/benevolent-badger]

Nice 😁

[u/Top_Pay5790]

Its shipment 🙏 

[u/Rando-Mango]

That's a weird looking fish🤔

[u/realm1996]

It's the ocean

[u/-Varkie-]

Jobs

[u/Row-_Chillin]

While looking at whales by Glenmore beach i saw something similar , conditions weren't the best to 100% confirm.

[u/Snoo-96879]

Finding Nemo

[u/Strict-Homework-8736]

That’s your mom

[u/MaxifyBenz → u/Strict-Homework-8736]

Yeah its her, right after she cleaned your shitstained nappy...

[u/Strict-Homework-8736 → u/MaxifyBenz]

Still pomped the naai though

[u/Aggravating_Sand_492]

That's a rude thing to say about your mom

[u/Lucas_Ego]

Yeah I saw this today, had to look twice. Anybody got an idea what's it's for?

Maybe the plane that went down a couple of weeks ago?