Wednesday 25 January 2012

BARRY - Mon 23rd January 2012

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
UKD ORCA                          UK                   2010       3087gt          78          16
UKD Orca
  Orca arrived in Barry on the 22nd and is carrying out the dredging of the outer harbour and entrance channel.  She is seen here heading out to drop her dredgings at the spoil ground.  She finished work at Barry on 29th Jan and proceeded to Portbury.  Usually there are a number of small vessels on moorings in the outer harbour - the lifeboat, pilot boats and.........

MAIR                                    UK                   1973            175disp       24          6
Mair
Mair - ex Clovelly Class Naval Tender RMAS Horning  (A1773) - looks like she's heading for Cardiff/Penarth while the dredging operations are taking place.  She's normally based at Barry and carries out contract work on the west coast of the UK on behalf of Trinity House.


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