Tuesday, 14 May 2013

CARDIFF - Sun May 12th 2013

On 26th April the dredger UKD Bluefin took over from UKD Orca, the dredging of the entrance channel to Cardiff Docks.  She sailed for Port Talbot on 29th.
On the 28th the tanker Thun Gemini (ex Bro Gemini) arrived with oil products for the Valero Terminal, she sailed for Plymouth on 29th - missed this one under her new name, so no photo. UPDATE: photo now added HERE
Two arrivals on 29th - Flinterbirka arrived with a cargo of packaged timber from Riga, she part discharged at Ryans Wharf and sailed to Barry, to complete discharge, on 2nd May.  The tanker Bro Designer arrived from Milford Haven with oil products for the Valero Terminal, she returned to MH on 30th.
On 30th Arklow Rose arrived in ballast from  New Ross, she loaded scrap metals at the EMR berth and sailed for Dunkirk on 1st May.
On 1st May Hohe Bank arrived in ballast from Garston, she loaded at D Shed and sailed for Porto Vesme on 3rd May.
On 4th the dredger UKD Bluefin was back again,this time from Avonmouth,  She carried out a few more days dredging before docking on 8th and laid over until 23rd when she sailed for Newport.
On 7th the tanker Bro Designer was back again from Milford Haven, she discharged at the Valero Terminal and returned to MH on 8th.
On the 9th, the tanker Thun Gothia came in from Milford Haven, she discharged at the Number 1 Oil Terminal and returned to MH on 10th.
Bro Designer was back again on 11th, she discharged at the Valero Terminal and returned to MH on 12th


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SHEKSNA                           Malta                1994       2769dwt        82           13
Sheksna
Photographed arriving from Bermeo with a cargo of steel tubes, she discharged at H Shed and sailed on 14th for the MIR Steel berth on the river Usk at nearby Newport. 

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