Saturday, 8 December 2012

CARDIFF - Sun December 2nd 2012

After a quiet start to November, arrivals at Cardiff have picked up:  On 26th November the occasional visitor, sand dredger City Of Cardiff  arrived from Swansea via the Nash Bank where she had loaded, she sailed later the same day returning to the Nash Bank.
On the 27th the coaster Rodau (I missed this one, so no photo) arrived in ballast from nearby Portbury, she loaded (steel/wire products?) and sailed for Greenore on 30th. UPDATE: Photo now added below.
On 28th two arrivals: tanker  Bro Genius came in from Milford Haven, discharged at the Valero Terminal and sailed for Plymouth on 29th.  Anja (I missed this one too) arrived from Aviles, she discharged at D Shed and sailed light for Antwerp on 1st December.
On 29th coaster Berthold K made another visit to Cardiff from Halmstad, she sailed on 30th bound for Belfast.
Three arrivals on 30th:  Aasli came in with a cargo of stone (aggregate) from Belfast, she sailed for Port Talbot on 1st December.  The coaster Maimiti arrived from Istanbul/Black Sea, she discharged at H Shed and sailed for Rotterdam on 4th.  The tanker Jette Theresa (I also missed this one) arrived from Rotterdam.  She discharged at the No 1 Oil Terminal and sailed for Antwerp on 2nd December.
Three arrivals on 2nd December - tanker Bro Gemini arrived from Avonmouth, discharged at the Valero Terminal and sailed for Milford Haven the same day.  Antiguan flagged coaster Arion (I missed this one) arrived in ballast from Emden, she loaded at D Shed and sailed for Porto Vesme on 5th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
MEKHANIK FOMIN        Russia               1991       2659dwt        85         15
Mekhanik Fomin
Arrived with a cargo of some sort of bulk aggregate (possibly granulated blast furnace slag?) that she had brought from Sauda (Norway).  She returned to Brevik (Norway) on 3rd.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
RODAU                             Antigua             2004       3712dwt        82         13

Photographed on the Bristol Channel 15 July 2015

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