CARDIFF - Fri June 22nd 2012

On 21st the regular visitor - container ship Judith Borchard arrived from Leixoes, she sailed for Liverpool on 22nd - a day when there were 5 ships arriving....................


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam

FEHN CALAIS                Antigua             1997            2270dwt      83            11

Arrived loaded from Ceuta and discharged at No 1 Berth in the Queen Alexandra Dock.  She is seen sailing for Aviles on 24th.

IDEAAL                         Netherlands        2010          3500dwt          90            14

Ideaal assisted by tug Roman

Ideaal departing on 24th June

Also arrived from Ceuta.  Approaching the dock (off Penarth) at 18:30 she appeared to have some sort of mechanical failure (a lot of smoke from the funnel)  She drifted off Penarth for about 2 hours  awaiting the arrival of tug Roman from Newport, to assist with docking.  She berthed at the Seawood Shed and is due to sail for La Corunna on 24th.




FNS CHACAL              France                    ?                 350disp        43              8

FNS Chacal  A753

FNS JAGUAR               France                    ?                 350disp        43              8

FNS Jaguar  A750

FNS TIGRE                   France                    ?                 350disp        43              8

FNS Tigre   A754

FNS Chacal, FNS Jaguar and FNS Tigre

FNS Chacal (A753)  FNS Jaguar (A750)  and  FNS Tigre (A754)  3 Leopard Class training ships of the French Navy on a visit to Cardiff.  Berthed on Britannia Quay in the Roath Basin.  Each ship has a crew of 15 plus 4 instructors plus 18 students.  They sailed to sea on 24th June.

CARDIFF - Weds June 20th 2012

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ACCUM                            Gibraltar             2010        3300dwt        87         12

Accum

Arrived in ballast from St Malo.  She appears to be loading a bulk product in jumbo bulk bags - on quay.  Sailed for Porto Vesme on 22nd - missed the arrival and departure, so just this long shot of a photo.
UPDATE - two more pictures added below -

Accum departing Cardiff on 16th May 2014 bound to Porto Vesme.

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CARDIFF - Tues June 19th 2012

Monday 18th saw the arrival of Aasvik from Belfast with another cargo of stone aggregate.  She sailed for Port Talbot on 19th.  The dredger  UKD Bluefin  arrived from sea.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
UNION EMERALD         Isle of Man         2010       2625dwt       88           11

Union Emerald

One of Union Transports 4 recent new builds.  Arrived this morning from Halmstad and is seen discharging at Ryans Wharf.  She sailed for Newport on 20th.

CARDIFF - Sun June 17th 2012

On 15th there were 2 arrivals - Kossau came in from Londonderry with a cargo of scrap metals for Ryans Wharf.  She sailed on 18th, bound for Newport where she will be loading  scrap metal!.  Container ship Charlotte Borchard came in on her regular service from Leixoes - she sailed for Liverpool on 16th.
The port of Cardiff looked a hive of activity on the 15th, with the 2 ships above, plus 2 sand dredgers Arco Dart and Welsh Piper, the bulker Resko  2 coasters Aquarius and Zeeland and 2 tugs.
Today the tanker Bro Distributor was back again from Milford Haven with another load of oil products for the Chevron Terminal.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
WILSON MAIN                Barbados          1990          1857dwt       83        11

Wilson Main

She had arrived from Sauda (Norway) and is seen discharging some sort of aggregate at the pontoon wharf.  She wasn't in dock for long - sailed on the next tide, bound for Steenbank (pilot station off Schelde River, Netherlands)

Photo below of Aquarius, Kossau and Zeeland alongside in the Roath Dock on 15th June.

Busy Roath Dock on 15th June

CARDIFF - Thurs June 14th 2012

 Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ZEELAND                        Netherlands       2010       3250dwt        89           12

Zeeland

Seen discharging at H Shed in the Roath Dock.  She had arrived from Eregli - it's difficult to say what the cargo is because it's wrapped in white plastic, but think it may be steel. She sailed on 20th bound for Ijmuiden.


AQUARIUS                     Lithuania           1996          1500dwt       81             10

Aquarius

Arrived with a cargo of scrap metals from Swinoujscie (Poland).  She is due to sail on 16th, bound for Waterford.

CARDIFF - Tues June 12th 2012

On 11th the bunkering tanker Provider (ex Henty Provider) arrived from Liverpool with fuel for Resko, which is still discharging.  I missed the arrival of Provider and she sailed back to Liverpool on the next (night) tide - so no photograph. And arrived today Jan-V  from Liverpool, she is loading (steel products?) at No 1 berth in the Queen Alexandra Dock and is due to sail for Greenore on 14th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
NORMED ROTTERDAM  Luxembourg    2007      11145dwt      129       19

Normed Rotterdam

Arrived from Ceuta and is seen discharging at D shed in the Queen Alexandra Dock.  I'll update the picture if I get a better one when she departs. She departed (at night) on 14th bound for Birkenhead.

CARDIFF - Sun June 10th 2012

Tanker Bro Distributor arrived from Milford Haven with oil products for the Chevron Terminal.  She returned to MH on the 11th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
FRI BREVIK                    Gibraltar           2001          3792dwt       89          13

Fri Brevik

Fri Brevik (ex Frisian Sky) arrived from Viga and discharged (timber?) at H shed in the Roath Dock.  She is seen departing on 12th, bound for Cork.  A crewman going forward to raise the foremast.         

CARDIFF - Sat June 9th 2012

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
TERNLAND                       Denmark         1996       10877dwt     129         18

Ternland anchored off Barry

Arrived from Rotterdam, she discharged at the No1 Oil berth in the Queen Alexandra Dock and sailed on 10th.  She had arrived and departed at night, luckily, she only sailed as far as Barry where she anchored waiting for orders.

BARRY - Sat June 9th 2012

2 Arrivals today - chemical tanker Stolt Pelican arrived from Antwerp, she part loaded and sailed for Rotterdam on the next tide. (new photo added - click link above)


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SEA HUNTER                   Barbados         1990       3181dwt         88         13

Sea Hunter

Arrived from Londonderry this morning.  She part loaded and is seen in the evening about to depart for Thamesport.   I'm guessing that she loaded some containers - Barry does not have any specialised container handling equipment, the quay where she berthed has a lot of containers on it and with a destination of Thamesport (a container terminal).......??

CARDIFF - Fri June 8th 2012

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
LAIDA                               Spain                  2003        5604dwt     100          16

Laida

We've had gales blowing up the Bristol Channel for 2 days.  We don't get huge waves this far up the channel but enough to make Laida roll her way around Lavernock Point, inbound from Warrenpoint.  She's berthed at the Seawood Shed.  According to the VTS she's loading, but she already looks well down to her marks.  She sailed on 12th bound for Rotterdam.

CARDIFF - Weds June 6th 2012

Tanker Bro Deliverer arrived on 4th from Milford Haven, with a cargo of oil products for the Chevron Terminal, she returned there the same day.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ARKLOW RALLY          Netherlands        2002        4400dwt       90         14

Arklow Rally

Arrived in ballast from Newport, is loading scrap metals at the EMR berth in the Roath Dock.  She is due to sail on 8th bound for Bilbao.  UPDATE:  another picture added.......

Arklow Rally pictured at Sharpness July 2011

RESKO                             Bahamas             2010      29909dwt      190       23

Resko

One of Polsteams (Polish Steamship Company) handysize bulk carriers.  Arrived from Baltimore with a cargo of steel.  Discharging on Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.  She finished unloading on 9th and moved to a vacant berth in the Queen Alexandra Dock, she stayed there until 16th when she sailed for Klaipeda.

BARRY - Sun June 3rd 2012

Chemical tanker Eships Quest was back from Tjelbergodden on 29th May, she sailed back to Norway on 31st.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
STOLT SHEARWATER   Cayman Is        1998        5300dwt      96          16

 

Stolt Shearwater

Arrived in ballast from Le Havre.  Having loaded, she is seen departing on 4th bound for Antwerp.

CARDIFF - Sat June 2nd 2012

On May 29th the Maltese flagged oil/chemical tanker Nosi arrived from Santander.  She sailed for Ellesmere Port the same day - I missed her arrival and departure, so no picture.  On 31st the container ship Sara Borchard arrived from Leixoes and sailed on the next day bound for Liverpool.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
MARCO POLO                Bahamas           1965        22080gt       176          24

Arriving at Cardiff from the Isles of Scilly as part of a round Britain cruise. She will depart for Belfast on the next tide.  Just one passenger visible (at 0530) on deck to watch the arrival.  Tugs assisting - Roman at the bow, Trueman at the stern.  UPDATE: a couple of better pictures when she called again 24th May 2017......

Departing Cardiff 24th May 2017.  Bound for La Pallice.

CARDIFF - Mon May 28th 2012

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
JOHANN                           Liberia               2012       6050dwt       114.4           14.4

Johann off Lavernock Point

Johann had arrived from Liverpool, in ballast.  She berthed in the Queen Alexandra dock and loaded steel products(?) for Algeria.  She is seen here passing the Ranie buoy (off Lavernock Point) shortly after departing Cardiff on June 1st.