CARDIFF - Sat 14th April 2012

Tanker Bro Garland arrived again from Milford Haven on 12th and sailed back there on 13th.
Also on 13th, there were 3 arrivals - container ship Rachel Borchard from Leixoes, she sailed the same day for  Dublin.  The feeder container ship Coronel came in from Kinsale and sailed for Warrenpoint on 14th (she appears to have taken over from Soul Sound, the Cardiff/Warrenpoint service - temporarily(?).  The dredger UKD Bluefin arrived from Southampton to carry out dredging of the Wrach Channel (main entrance channel to Cardiff Docks).  Dredging completed, she sailed for the Tees on 19th.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
MAIMITI                            Netherlands         2001      3155dwt         88           13

Maimiti

Maimiti, under the management of Wagonborg Shipping, arrived from Eregli (Turkey) with a cargo of steels. Once discharged, she is due to sail on 18th bound for Amsterdam. - 2 more pictures below, taken on 14th August 2014

Departing Cardiff on 14th August 2014, bound for Belfast.

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STAVROS S NIARCHOS       UK              2000        493gt             59             10

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Arrived from Southampton on a 5 day visit to Cardiff, seen berthed on Britannia Quay in the Roath Basin.  This brig is owned and operated by The Tall Ships Youth Trust, primarily to undertake voyages for youth character building exercises.  She also does adult and holiday voyages to subsidise the youth training work.
The ship is currently offered for sail as being too big and costly to run.  Due to sail on 17th bound for Liverpool.