CARDIFF - Weds March 27th 2013

On 25th the tanker Bro Developer was back again from Milford Haven, with oil products for the Valero Terminal.  She returned to MH on 26th.
There were 3 arrivals on 27th - the sand dredger City Of Cardiff came in to Hansons Wharf.  She seems to have been covering for Arco Dart who has been working other parts of the Bristol Channel.  City of Cardiff sailed for Pembroke Dock on 28th.  Accum arrived from Nantes and loaded for Porto Vesme, sailing on 28th.
Sardinia arrived in ballast from Warrenpoint, and loaded steel at Ryans Wharf, she sailed for Ijmuiden on 29th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BLUE TUNE                     Antigua             2010       4750dwt        100         17

Blue Tune off Lavernock Point bound for Cardiff

Arriving from Dublin, she loaded steel/wire products at Number 1 Berth and sailed for Algeria on 29th

Unloading scrap metals on 7th April 2014

BARRY - Sun March 24th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
MTS VALONIA                      UK                  1995            ?               21             6

MTS Valonia

MTS Valonia, an Australian built fast crew and cargo transfer vessel, arrived from Falmouth to act as a support vessel for Deep Diver 1. She has been conveying personnel and cargo between their temporary base at Barry and Deep Diver 1 working off Hinkley Point.

BARRY - Sat March 23rd 2013

On 7th March regular arrival Eships Quest came in from Tjelbergodden, she returned there on 8th.
the 13th saw the arrival of Stolt Shearwater from Stanlow, she sailed for Le Havre on 14th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
MTS VALIANT                      UK                  2008         221gt           27           9

MTS Valiant

MTS Valiant, a Damen Shoalbuster 2709 multi purpose tug arrived from Newlyn to work with Deep Diver 1. She sailed on 27th with Deep Diver 1 in tow.  They crossed the Bristol Channel to Hinkley Point on the Somerset coast, where Deep Diver 1 is carrying out work on the power station water intake or outfall.

CARDIFF - Sun March 24th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SORMOVSKIY-3058        Russia              1987      3134dwt       119          13

Sormovskiy-3058

Photographed off Penarth, arriving with a cargo of packaged timber from Riga. She part discharged on Ryans Wharf and sailed for Portbury on 26th, where she will complete discharge.

CARDIFF - Fri March 22nd 2013

On 18th the tanker Bro Distributor arrived from Milford Haven with oil products for the Valero Terminal.  She returned to MH on 19th.
On 19th Aveiro arrived from Eregli and discharged at A shed.  She sailed for Greenore on 20th - missed this one, so no photograph.   UPDATE:  photo now added below -
On 21st Union Diamond arrived with scrap metal from Ipswich, she discharged on Ryans wharf and sailed for Caen on 22nd.
There were two arrivals on 22nd - Aasvik came in from Belfast with another cargo of stone aggregate.  She discharged on the Pontoon wharf and sailed for Port Talbot on 23rd.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SCOT RANGER                  UK                  1997       3418dwt         85         13

Scot Ranger

Scotlines Scot Ranger had arrived from Newport, she loaded steel/wire products at the No 1 Berth and was photographed as she sailed on 24th, bound for Greenore.

AVEIRO			IMO:	9375850
Year	2008	Flag:	Malta
Gross	2,451	Deadweight	3,605
Length:	88.6	Beam	12.4	Draught:	5.1
Ex        Folkmar Allena -08,   Wilson Aveiro -11

Aveiro photographed as Wilson Aveiro July 2019

CARDIFF - Sun March 17th 2013

Two arrivals today:-


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SILVES                              Antigua             2009        4671dwt        90          14

Silves

Arrived from Eregli, berthed alongside H Shed. Once cargo is  discharged she is due to sail for Hull on 20th.


COOLWATER                 Netherlands        2008          5733dwt       100        16

Coolwater

Arrived from Fos-sur_Mer and discharged at the No 1 Oil Terminal.  She sailed for Bilbao on 18th.  With night time arrival and departure, getting a photo was not possible.  I took the picture above, when she was anchored off Middlesburgh in August 2010.

CARDIFF - Sat March 16th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
THUN GAZELLE              Netherlands      2008      7515dwt       116         15

Thun Gazelle

The Thun Group appear to have changed the prefix on all their 'G' class tankers from  Bro to Thun.  Pictured arriving at Cardiff from Rotterdam is the recently renamed Thun Gazelle (Ex  Bro Gazelle).  She discharged at the No 1 Oil Terminal and sailed for Milford Haven on 17th.

CARDIFF - Fri March 15th 2013

The sand dredger City Of Cardiff returned on 14th, from Avonmouth.  She sailed for the Nash Bank on the 15th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
FLINTER RUBY              Netherlands      2012      5500dwt        100         14

Flinter Ruby

Photographed arriving from Tilbury to load steel/wire products at the Number 1 berth.  She sailed for Bejaia (Algeria) on 19th.

CARDIFF - Weds March 13th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
WILSON HUMBER         Barbados          1999         4250dwt       90          15

Wilson Humber - Thames Oct 2009

Arrived in ballast from Swansea.  Another vessel to load steel on Ryans Wharf to take back to Ijmuiden.  She sailed on 14th.  I missed the arrival and departure, the photo shows her on the River Thames in October 2009.

BARRY - Tues March 5th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
STOLT SANDPIPER          UK                   2011        4449dwt        91            16

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Stolt Sandpiper (ex Broevig Mistral [02-13] Stolt SA [04-12], Brovig Mistral [09-11]) Had arrived from Gonfreville (Le Havre), loading/unloading liquid chemicals.  She sailed for Antwerp on the following day.
UPDATE: another picture added below -

Photographed on 21st July 2014, arriving from Le Havre

CARDIFF - Sat March 9th 2013

Two arrivals on 2nd - the tanker Bro Deliverer from Milford Haven, with oil products for the Valero Terminal. She returned to MH on 3rd.  Bouga arrived with timber from Vilanova, she part discharged at the Seawood shed and sailed for Warrenpoint on 5th.
On 6th Flinterrachel arrived 'light' from Dublin, she loaded steel/wire products at the No 1 Berth and sailed for Ceuta on 8th. No photo - missed the arrival and departure and the visibility has been so poor, I couldn't even get a 'long shot'   UPDATE: photo and details now added below......
There were two arrival on the 8th - occasional visitor, the sand dredger City Of Cardiff came in from the Bristol Channel with a load of sand, she discharged at Hansons Wharf and sailed later the same day.  The tanker Bro Developer came in from Milford Haven with oil products for the Valero Terminal. She returned to MH on 9th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SARDINIA                         Antigua              1998       2250dwt        100        13

Sardinia

Arrived in ballast from Swansea.  Berthed on Ryans Wharf to load steel to take back to Ijmuiden.  She sailed on 11th.


FLINTERRACHEL            Netherlands        2009           5662dwt       99        14

Flinterrachel

Photographed off Lavernock Point, 22nd August 2013.  On passage St Petersburg to Newport.

BARRY - Mon March 4th 2013

It has been 3 months since the last 'new' arrival at Barry, in that time there have been about 6 arrivals each month - here is a list of them:
Eships Quest  on 9th & 22nd December -  3rd, 16th & 22nd January -  12th & 23rd February
Stolt Egret  on 11th December (from/to Rotterdam) and 2nd January (from Rouen to Antwerp)
Stolt Dipper on 14th December (from Cork to Antwerp) and 27th February (from Dublin to Antwerp)
Stolt Pelican on 27th December (from Stanlow to Antwerp)
Stolt Kite on 12th January (from Londonderry to Antwerp) and 7th February (from Rochefort to Rotterdam)
Stolt Kestrel on 24th January (from La Rochelle to Antwerp)
Stolt Razorbill on  12th February (from Stanlow to Antwerp)
Stolt Shearwater on 21st February  (from Stanlow to Antwerp)
On 13th January the dredger UKD Orca arrived from Port Talbot to carry out dredging of the dock entrance. She was joined on 17th January by UKD Sealion which came in from Newport.  Both sailed on 21st January - Orca to Swansea, Sealion to Cardiff.

On the 4th, the tug MTS Vengeance arrived from Falmouth, she didn't stay for long, returning to Brixham, so I didn't manage to get a photograph.  Her purpose for coming to Barry was towing the jackup crane barge .................


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
DEEP DIVER 1                    UK                    ?             850 gross      30           20

Fugro Seacores Deep Diver 1 - a jack-up crane barge equipped with a 180T Kobelco CKE 1800 pedestal crane.  Pictured in the No 3 Basin. I don't know what work she is engaged in, there was no activity on the 2 occasions I went to have a look.  UPDATE, another picture below shows her departing for Blue Anchor Bay where she carried out some work.

Under tow of tug MTS Valiant and assisted by tug Roman

CARDIFF - Fri. March 1st 2013

On 28th the container ship Joanna Borchard arrived from Leixoes.  She sailed for Liverpool on 1st March.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ARKLOW VIKING           Netherlands      1999       4934dwt       90          14

Arklow Viking

Arrived from Waterford.  Photographed loading scrap metals at the EMR berth.  She sailed for Dunkirk on 3rd.  Below is another picture - taken on the Clyde in May 2010

Arklow Viking on River Clyde 28 May 2010

CARDIFF - Weds February 27th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SEARCHER                         UK                  2001      238 gross      42           8

Searcher

The UK Customs/Border Agency cutter Searcher arrived from sea on 27th.  She laid over for for 7 days at F Shed & West End berths.  Photographed on 7th March (a very murky day) as she sailed to sea for her next patrol.

CARDIFF - Tues February 26th 2013

Two arrivals today :  Aasvik came in from Belfast with a cargo of stone aggregate for the pontoon wharf.  She sailed for Port Talbot on 27th.


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
REMORA                            Antigua             2000       1805dwt       80          11

Remora

Arrived light from Yougal, loaded steel/wire products and sailed for Waterford on 28th.  I missed the arrival and departure, so just this 'long shot' of a photograph.

CARDIFF - Mon February 25th 2013

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ALINA                                 Gibraltar           2001       5164dwt         99         14

Alina

Alina arriving from Fos-Sur-Mer with products for the No 1 Oil Terminal.  She sailed for Stanlow on 26th      


STEN BERGEN             Gibraltar           2009         16655dwt         144       23

Sten Bergen

Arrived from Milford Haven with oil products for the Valero Terminal. Photographed on 27th as she was leaving to return to MH.