Thursday, 15 November 2012

CARDIFF - Weds Nov 14th 2012

Two arrivals on 5th - container ship Charlotte Borchard arrived from Dublin and sailed for Leixoes on the next day.  Aasvik arrived from Belfast with a cargo of stone, discharged at the Pontoon Wharf and also sailed the next day to Port Talbot.
The tanker Bro Genius arrived on 8th from Avonmouth, discharged at the Valero Terminal and sailed for Milford Haven on 9th.
Two arrivals on 9th - containership Joanna Borchard came in from Leixoes and sailed for Liverpool on the next tide.  Aasvik was back again, she has very quick turn-arounds - she left Cardiff on 6th, went to Port Talbot and loaded clinker.  She took that to Belfast, discharged, then loaded stone and is back just 3 days later. She had another quick discharge at the Pontoon Wharf and was on her way back to Port Talbot on the next tide.
The 11th saw the arrival from Milford Haven of the tanker Bro Distributor, she discharged at the Valero Terminal and returned to MH on 13th.
Two arrivals on 14th - Lady Christina arrived with a cargo of timber from Riga, she discharged/part discharged at the Seawood Shed and sailed for Warrenpoint on 15th - arrival and departure were in darkness, so no photo.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ISABELLA                         Antigua               1998       4230dwt        90          13
Isabella
Arrived from Sagunto (Spain) with a cargo of steel, seen here discharging at Ryans Wharf.  She is due to sail for Warrenpoint on 16th.

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