CARDIFF - Mon 13th June 2011

I've been away for about ten days and I know that I missed the following:- 2 of Gerhard Wessels coasters - Faust, (arrived on 30th from Tarrangona, Spain - UPDATE - picture now added below) and Gorky (arrived on 6th June from Newport with a part cargo of steel).  On 4th June 2 more coasters - Nural Stevns (came in from Spain) and Ceg Cosmos (arrived from Norway) - UPDATE - picture added HERE.  The Tyne based tug Flying Spindrift made a visit and sailed for Lowestoft on 10th June.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
CENTA                                Antigua            2006          7561dwt      108         18

Centa

She had arrived on 12th from Ijmuiden.  Seen here discharging her cargo of steel products on Ryans Wharf.



BRAMAU                            Antigua            2005         3704dwt          88          13

Bramau

Bramau off Lavernock Point 23 April 2013 on passage, Newport to Bilbao

Bramau had arrived from Garston with a cargo of scrap metal.  She sailed on 14th for Portbury.


NIKLAS                              Liberia             2010        2500             87           10

Niklas

Niklas had arrived from Ceuta (N Africa) on 12th, she berthed at the Seawood Shed, so guess the cargo was timber. She sailed on 15th bound for Fowey.



FAUST                            Germany             1997       4444dwt          100         13

Faust

Photographed off St Marys Well Bay 5th April 2013, on passage Newport to Ijmuiden.

CARDIFF - Sat 16th Apr 2011

Since the last post the Danish coaster Nural Stevns arrived from Rochefort on 9th and sailed on the 13th for Portovesme (Italy) she arrived and sailed at night so was unable to get a photo of her. More details  of her here.  I also missed the tanker Bro Gothia arriving from Milford Haven on the 12th and sailing for Antwerp on 13th.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
UKD ORCA                            UK                 2010          3087gt          78           16

UKD Orca

UKD Orca in the afternoon sunshine (looking very smart for a dredger), had arrived at Cardiff on 14th from Portbury.  She spent 4 days dredging the Wrach Channel - the main entrance channel to the dock entrance before departing for Mostyn via a brief stop-over at Swansea.