Tuesday, 30 January 2018

CARDIFF - Fri 26th January 2018


2018 Arr/Dep Type Name From/To Berth load/dis. Cargo
23-Jan dep T Bro Designer Avonmouth

23-Jan arr Co Celtic Endeavour(2) Figueira da Foz West End load crushed glass
23-Jan dep Co Nordic Diana Londonderry

24-Jan dep Tbit Bit Eco Rotterdam

24-Jan dep Co Celtic Endeavour (2) Figueira da Foz

26-Jan dep Co Celtic Ambassador Gunness

26-Jan arr misc FS Primauguet Brest Britannia courtesy visit
26-Jan dep D Sospan Dau Burry Port

26-Jan arr SD Welsh Piper Avonm'th/Culver Empire discharge sand/aggregate
26-Jan arr Co Wilson Amsterdam Mo I Rana Ryans discharge steel
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Shipping movements information gathered from ABP South Wales and other sources.



FS PRIMAUGUET (D644) IMO:


Year 1984 Flag: France
Gross 4,000 Displacement 4,580


Length: 139.0 Beam 14.0 Draught: 8.3
F70 type anti-submarine frigate
 FS Primauguet (D644) arriving at Cardiff




WILSON AMSTERDAM IMO: 9313735

Year 2009 Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Gross 2,451 Deadweight 3,602


Length: 88.6 Beam 12.4 Draught: 5.1
Cargo discharged, waiting to sail on the next tide.
A slightly better photo, taken on the Bristol Channel - June 2013.

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

CARDIFF - Mon 22nd January 2018


2018 Arr/Dep Type Name From/To Berth load/dis. Cargo
22-Jan arr T Bro Designer Milford Haven Valero Discharge oil products
22-Jan arr Tbit Bit Eco La Coruna Kings Discharge bitumen
22-Jan arr Co Celtic Ambassador Seville H Shed discharge steel
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Shipping movements information gathered from ABP South Wales and other sources.



BIT ECO IMO: 9786633
Year 2017 Flag: Netherlands
Gross 7,447 Deadweight 9,922

Length: 119.9 Beam 20.0 Draught: 8.3
Night time arrival and I missed the departure, so just this 'long' shot of her alongside the storage barges on Kings Wharf.
A better picture. Photographed on the Bristol Channel 31 March 2019

Monday, 22 January 2018

CARDIFF - Sun 21st January 2018


2018 Arr/Dep Type Name From/To Berth load/dis. Cargo
16-Jan arr T Bro Developer Avonmouth Valero Discharge oil products
16-Jan dep Tch Bro Nibe Finnart

17-Jan dep T Bro Developer Milford Haven

17-Jan dep C Toto BR Aviles

19-Jan dep Co Kinne Warrenpoint

19-Jan arr T Bro Deliverer Milford Haven Valero Discharge oil products
20-Jan dep T Bro Deliverer Avonmouth

21-Jan arr Co Nordic Diana Portbury Ryans Load wood chip
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Shipping movements information gathered from ABP South Wales and other sources.




NORDIC DIANA IMO: 9116010

Year 1996 Flag: Netherlands
Gross 2,774 Deadweight 4,180


Length: 89.8 Beam 13.6 Draught: 5.7
ex      Doggersbank -08
Loading wood-chip on Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.

Sunday, 21 January 2018

CARDIFF - Sun 14th January 2018


2018 Arr/Dep Type Name From/To Berth load/dis. Cargo
9-Jan arr SD Welsh Piper Avonm'th/Culver Empire discharge sand/aggregate
9-Jan dep SD Welsh Piper Culver Bank

10-Jan arr SD Welsh Piper Culver Bank Empire discharge sand/aggregate
10-Jan dep SD Welsh Piper Culver/Swansea

10-Jan dep Co Arklow Rock Portbury

10-Jan dep Co Kirsten B Plymouth

10-Jan dep Co RMS Neudorf Rotterdam

12-Jan arr C Aasheim Belfast Ryans discharge stone
12-Jan arr T Bro Designer Milford Haven Valero Discharge oil products
12-Jan dep Co Mikhail Dudin Ellesmere Port

13-Jan dep C Aasheim Dublin

13-Jan dep T Bro Designer Avonmouth

14-Jan arr SD Welsh Piper Avonm'th/Culver Empire discharge sand/aggregate
14-Jan arr C Toto BR Ravenna Seawood discharge steel
14-Jan dep SD Welsh Piper Culver/Avonm'th

14-Jan arr Tg WD Michel Barrow? Penarth dredging ent to Cdf Bay
14-Jan arr Co Kinne Nemrut D shed discharge steel
14-Jan arr D Sospan Dau Newhaven Cdf Pool dredging ent to Cdf Bay
14-Jan arr Tch Bro Nibe Antwerp No 1 Oil Discharge oil/chem prod
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Shipping movements information gathered from ABP South Wales and other sources.



TOTO BR IMO: 9504279
Year: 2010 Flag: Italy
Gross: 6,478 Deadweight: 7,967

Length: 116.2 Beam: 18.0 Draught: 7.7
Toto BR photographed on the Bristol Channel Sept 2021.  On passage Iskenderun to Newport.



WD MICHEL IMO: n/k

Year 1978 Flag: UK
Gross 31 Deadweight -


Length: 15.3 Beam 4.8 Draught: 2.1
history not known
Westminster Dredgings Michel at Penarth to assist with the dredging of the entrance to Cardiff Bay



BRO NIBE IMO: 9322700

Year 2007 Flag: Denmark
Gross 12,105 Deadweight 16,534


Length: 144.2 Beam 23.0 Draught: 8.9
ex    Nibe Maersk -10
Bro Nibe rounding Lavernock Point at dusk - another in poor lighting conditions.

CARDIFF -Mon 8th January 2018


2018 Arr/Dep Type Name From/To Berth load/dis. Cargo
5-Jan dep Co Haringvliet Varberg

5-Jan arr T Bro Developer Milford Haven Valero Discharge oil products
6-Jan arr C Triton Dakar Seawood Discharge granulated clay
6-Jan dep SD Arco Dart Milford Haven

6-Jan dep T Bro Developer Avonmouth

7-Jan arr Co RMS Neudorf Bremen Bells
7-Jan arr T Bro Designer Milford Haven Valero Discharge oil products
8-Jan arr Co Kirsten B Riga No 1 Discharge timber
8-Jan dep C Triton Viana Do Costello

8-Jan dep T Bro Designer Avonmouth

8-Jan arr Co Mikhail Dudin Riga No 1 Discharge timber
8-Jan arr Co Arklow Rock Kilroot Seawood Discharge rock salt(?)
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Shipping movements information gathered from ABP South Wales and other sources.

Triton (imo 9749099) was a night time arrival and departure - so no photo.



KIRSTEN B IMO: 9116773

Year 1994 Flag: Germany
Gross 1,596 Deadweight 2,300


Length: 81.2 Beam 11.5 Draught: 4.2
ex      Suoyarvi -16
An early morning arrival in poor lighting conditions.

Thursday, 4 January 2018

CARDIFF - Sat 30th December 2017


2017 Arr/Dep Type Name From/To Berth load/dis. Cargo
28-Dec dep Tch Atlantis Alicante Bilbao

29-Dec arr Co Espadon Dakar Seawood Discharge granulated clay
29-Dec arr T Bro Deliverer Milford Haven Valero Discharge oil products
30-Dec dep T Bro Deliverer Avonmouth

30-Dec arr Co Haringvliet Golcuk (Turkey) H Shed Discharge steel
30-Dec dep Co Espadon TSFO


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Shipping movements information gathered from ABP South Wales and other sources.




HARINGVLIET IMO: 9625229

Year 2012 Flag: Netherlands
Gross 2,597 Deadweight 3,850


Length: 88.6 Beam 12.7 Draught: 5.6
ex     L/a. Haringvliet -12, Harin -17
Haringvliet alongside H Shed in the Roath Dock