CARDIFF - Fri 26th August 2011

A couple of quiet days , then a flurry of activity - regular arrival Sara Borchard came in from Leixoes and sailed for Liverpool today.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
CIMBRIS                              Gibraltar           2003        4525dwt       99          14

Arrived on 24th from Ceuta.  She berthed on the steel terminal in the Queen Alexandra Dock so guess so was discharging steel products   She sailed in ballast on 28th bound for Emden.  UPDATED Photo -  shows her approaching Cardiff on 17th August 2016.

Cimbris

PATRIOT                            Cyprus              1994          3086dwt     82            13

Patriot

Had arrived in ballast on 26th from Antwerp.  Another one loading in The Queen Alexandra Dock - it looked like some bulk material being loaded in huge (builders) 'bulk bags' - possibly fertilizer?? - she sailed on 27th bound for Porto Vesme.


EMMA                                 Nertherlands      2007        3500dwt       90           13

Emma

Emma has been here before, but got a better picture of her this time.  She had arrived here 'light' from Newport and loaded coils of steel wire for Kaliningrad, sailing on 28th