Saturday, 2 June 2012

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.


2 comments:

Mike said...

She was stuck in the lock outbound due to a pump failure on the south outer gate

Peter Havard said...

Mike, thanks for the update. I'd seen (on AIS) her moving off the dock, so cycled to Lavernock to try for a better photo. With poor vis couldn't see Cardiff, so waited... waited...and waited until it started raining and vis deteriorated further, then went home.