CARDIFF - Sun 15th May 2011

There have been a number of movements since the last post:
On the 10th Marida Marigold sailed for Finart (Scotland)
On the 11th the tugs Dalegarth (no picture) and Portgarth arrived at 2300hrs to assist with the departure of Behcet C which was sailing for Turkey, as soon as the tugs had let go, they headed back to Swansea.
On the 12th the coaster Helsinki arrived from Gdansk with a load of scrap metal which she discharged at Ryans Wharf.  The container ship Rachel Borchard arrived from Leixoes and sailed for Liverpool
On the 13th  coastal container ship Soul Sound came in from Warren Point and sailed back on 14th.  Also on 14th Helsinki sailed in ballast bound for Passage West (Cork) and Dinteldijk sailed in ballast for Portbury.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
CLARE CHRISTINE           Antigua              2009         3850dwt      89          13

Clare Christine

Arriving from La Corunna with a cargo of ? she will discharge at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.


AASLI                                 Gibraltar             1994         6630dwt      101          16

Aasli

Seen here arriving from Belfast with a cargo of stone (aggregate) she will discharge at the pontoon berth which is  adjacent to the Amey Roadstone (ARC) sand dredger berth in the Roath Dock - she is due to sail on the next tide - fast work for a self discharger if she can shift 6000 tons in 12 hours!