CARDIFF - Mon 5th March 2012

The container ship Judith Borchard arrived from Liverpool today and sailed for Leixoes on 6th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SOSPAN DAU                 Netherlands         1978        2134           71            14

Sospan Dau

She arrived from Harwich on 5th March and spent a few days alongside before moving out to carry out the annual dredging of the Cardiff Bay entrance in conjunction with the small tug Tioga B.
I've included another picture of Sospan Dau because she has undergone something of a rebuild since her last visit.  Starting at the bow, she has had a framework fitted to allow the anchors to clear the new bulbous bow. The jack up (?) leg appears to have been removed from the foredeck. Moving to the superstructure, another deck has been added, increasing the height of the bridge and a new taller funnel has been fitted - a further aft than the old one.
She's not a pretty ship but I think the changes are a great improvement and guess the skipper can see where he's going now.