CARDIFF - Sun 25th March 2012

Three arrivals on 16th March - sand dredger City Of Cardiff from Milford Haven, dredger UKD Orca from Portbury - both sailed the same day for Avonmouth and Hull respectively.  The bunkering tanker Henty Pioneer arrived from Liverpool and after bunkering HMS Dragon, sailed back to Liverpool (missed this one, so no picture)  UPDATE - June 2012, Henty Pioneer has been sold and is on her way to Nigeria.
On 21st chemical tanker Stolt Shearwater arrived from Stade, she sailed for Le Havre on 22nd - missed this one also, so no picture.  UPDATE - June 2012, picture now added, below
The 23rd saw the arrival of containership Charlotte Borchard on her regular run from Leixoes, she sailed for Liverpool the same day.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BRO GOLIATH                 Netherlands        2004       7108dwt        119          17

Bro Goliath

Photographed departing Cardiff on a misty Sunday morning, she had arrived from Milford Haven on 24th and is now bound for Grangemouth.


STOLT SHEARWATER    Cayman Is       1994         5300dwt           96              16

Stolt Shearwater departing Barry  June 4  2012

CARDIFF - Weds 12th Oct 2011

No posts for a while - I've been busy moving house, so I've missed a few ships.
Trade seems to have picked up a bit as there have been a number of arrivals since the last post:- The tanker Bro Goliath arrived from Milford Haven on 9th (missed it yet again - for photo, see 25 March 2012) and returned there on the 10th when there were 2 more arrivals - Aasvik, with a load of stone from Belfast and regular containership Charlotte Borchard came in from Liverpool.  On the 11th, Lyrika arrived from Dakar with a cargo of timber - she arrived and sailed at night, so no photo - UPDATE added on post for Feb 5th 2013 (click on link to go to that post).  Then on 12th...................

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ECHION                              Liberia              2010      3675dwt        88          13

Echion

Photographed off Sully earlier this year, Echion had arrived from Rouen.  She sailed on 13th bound for Porto Vesme