CARDIFF - Mon 7th Nov 2011

The container ship Charlotte Borchard arrived from Liverpool on 6th and sailed for Leixoes on 7th
Arriving on 7th with another cargo of oil products from Milford Haven was Bro Deliverer

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
CELTIC PIONEER                UK                  1985        3065dwt     88           13

Celtic Pioneer

She had arrived from La Pallice (France) on 7th and sailed for Gunness the following day.
This was another one that I missed at Cardiff - the photo shows her departing Fowey in June this year.


HOHEGRUND                  Antigua              1985        2591dwt       96         14

Hohegrund

Hohegrund (ex: Sandra) had arrived from Ceuta.  Having loaded, she is seen sailing on 15th bound for Porto Vesme.

CARDIFF - Thur 3rd Nov 2011

On 2nd Nov Baltic Sea arrived from Izmit, she tied up at the Seawood berth in the Queen Alexandra Dock, so no photo. She sailed on 9th for Teignmouth.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
DORIS  T                            Antigua               1977      2150dwt      79         12

Doris T

Having recently visited Barry, Doris T had returned to Larne and loaded another cargo of scrap metal, this time delivering it to Ryans Wharf in Cardiffs Roath Dock.  I missed seeing her at Cardiff - the photo shows her departing Barry (again) on 12th Nov.

CARDIFF - Tues 1st Nov 2011

Recent arrivals:-  Rachel Borchard on 28th Oct and sailed on 29th.  Russian coaster Suoyarvi came in from Truro with a cargo of scrap metal on 29th and sailed for Newport on 31st - missed her on both occassions, so no photo. On the same day Berthold K arrived from Halmstad she sailed for Avonmouth on 3rd Nov.  Also on 31st Bro Deliverer arrived from Milford Haven with a cargo of oil products, she sailed back to MH on 1 st Nov.
UPDATE: A picture of SUOYARVI now added HERE


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SHETLAND TRADER           Barbados        1992         2386dwt     75          11

Shetland Trader

Seen arriving from Larne with a cargo of scrap metals which were discharged on Ryans wharf in the Roath Dock.  She sailed for Youghal on 3rd Nov

CARDIFF - Weds 26th Oct 2011

18th October saw 3 arrivals:  Aasvik with a cargo of stone from Belfast, Fri Porsgrunn from Warrenpoint and Pinnau with a cargo of scrap metals from Inverkeithing - missed all so no photos.  On 19th Bro Distributor came in from Milford Haven. On 22nd Suderau arrived from Sunderland with a cargo of scrap metals and on 24th container ship Sara Borchard arrived from Leixoes. UPDATE: pictures of Pinnau now added HERE  AND picture of Fri Porsgrunn added below......

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
PERNILLE                             Cyprus            2009       3492dwt      83            13

Pernille

Seen sailing on 28th, she'd arrived on 26th from Gdansk and loaded a cargo of steel products in the Roath Dock.


BRO ATLAND                    Denmark           1999       16400dwt       144           24

Bro Atland

Arrived from Milford Haven with a cargo of oil products, discharged at the Chevron berth in the Roath Dock.  I missed the arrival and departure.  The photo was taken at the Southend anchorage in September 2009


FRI PORSGRUNN             Gibraltar             2000       3792dwt         89            13      

Fri Porsgrunn photographed on the Bristol Channel 19th July 2016

BARRY -Tues 25th Oct 2011

A short busy spell at Barry - Chemical tanker Eships Quest was back from Norway on 23rd, returning there the following day.  Stolt Petrel arrived from Antwerp on 24th with a cargo of liquid chemicals and returned there the following day.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
DORIS T                             Antigua             1977        2150           79            12

Doris T

The elderly Doris T arrived from Larne with a cargo of scrap metal, having discharged, she returned to Larne on 28th.

BARRY - Tues 18th Oct 2011

A few arrivals since the last posting - Stolt Kite on 9th October came in from Antwerp and sailed the following day for Rotterdam.  Eships Quest arrived from Tjellbergodden on 12th and returned there on the 13th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SUURHUSEN                     Antigua               1996    4334dwt         89           14

Suurhusen

Arived from Garston with a cargo of scrap - the first ship on this berth in about 12 months.  She sailed on 20th bound for Avonmouth.

CARDIFF - Mon 17th Oct 2011

Regular tanker Bro Developer arrived from Milford Haven on 15th and returned there on 16th.  Phantom arrived from Gdansk she discharged and then sailed on 19th for Avonmouth (both movements missed, so no photo)  UPDATE:  Photograph of Phantom now added (below)

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ERIEBORG                           Netherlands     2009      10750dwt     138        16   

Erieborg

Having arrived from Amsterdam, she loaded a cargo of steel for Italy, sailing on 21st.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
PHANTOM                          Antigua            2000      4500dwt       82.5        12.5

Photographed on the Bristol Channel 5th April 2017.

CARDIFF - Thur 13th Oct 2011

A busy day, 3 arrivals - regular visitor Judith Borchard arrived from Leixoes and sailed for Liverpool the following day.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BRO GAZELLE                     Denmark         2009       7515dwt       116        15

The original photo showed here departing, at dusk, on here way back to Milford Haven. (This photo shows here arriving in the Roath Dock on (sunny) Sunday 14th Jan 2012)

Bro Gazelle

SIR ALBERT                         Malta                1997      15962dwt      135         22

Sir Albert

Arrived today from Police (near Szczecin, Poland)  and is loading a cargo of steel products for San Francisco.

CARDIFF - Weds 12th Oct 2011

No posts for a while - I've been busy moving house, so I've missed a few ships.
Trade seems to have picked up a bit as there have been a number of arrivals since the last post:- The tanker Bro Goliath arrived from Milford Haven on 9th (missed it yet again - for photo, see 25 March 2012) and returned there on the 10th when there were 2 more arrivals - Aasvik, with a load of stone from Belfast and regular containership Charlotte Borchard came in from Liverpool.  On the 11th, Lyrika arrived from Dakar with a cargo of timber - she arrived and sailed at night, so no photo - UPDATE added on post for Feb 5th 2013 (click on link to go to that post).  Then on 12th...................

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ECHION                              Liberia              2010      3675dwt        88          13

Echion

Photographed off Sully earlier this year, Echion had arrived from Rouen.  She sailed on 13th bound for Porto Vesme