CARDIFF - Sat. 5th February 2022

2022	Arr/Dep	Type	Name	From/To	Berth	load/dis. Cargo
28-Jan	dep	Tch	Thun London	Milford Haven
28-Jan	dep	SD	Welsh Piper	Culver/Port Talbot
28-Jan	move	Co	Agaete	Pontoon	EMR	(L) scrap metals
29-Jan	arr	SD	Welsh Piper	P Talbot/Culver	Empire	(D) sand/aggregate
29-Jan	arr	Co	Celtic Spirit	Riga	No 1	(D) timber
29-Jan	arr	Co	Ayr	Korfez (Tr)	Seawood	(D) steel
29-Jan	dep	SD	Welsh Piper	Culver Bank	Empire	(D) sand/aggregate
29-Jan	arr	SD	Welsh Piper	Culver Bank	Empire	(D) sand/aggregate
30-Jan	dep	SD	Welsh Piper	Culver/Avonm'th
30-Jan	dep	Co	Agaete	Liverpool
1-Feb	arr	Tg	F48	Liverpool	Penarth	Plough dredging
1-Feb	dep	Tbu	Bergen Troll	Portbury
1-Feb	dep	Co	Ayr	Plymouth
2-Feb	arr	D	SospanDau	Burry Port	Cdf Pool	Dredge ent to Cdf Bay
2-Feb	arr	Tbu	Bergen Troll	Portbury	No 1 Oil	(L) bunker fuel
2-Feb	dep	Tbu	Bergen Troll	Port Talbot
3-Feb	arr	SD	City Of Cardiff	Avonm'th/Culver	Hansons	(D) sand/aggregate
3-Feb	arr	C	Aasnes	Belfast	Ryans	(D) stone
4-Feb	arr	Tbu	Bergen Troll	Port Talbot	No 1 Oil	(L) bunker fuel
4-Feb	dep	C	Aasnes	Fowey
4-Feb	arr	Tch	Thun Liverpool	Milford Haven	Valero	(D) oil products
5-Feb	arr	D	UKD Orca	Hull	Cdf Pool	dredge Wrach Channel

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

 

UKD ORCA			IMO:	9491355
Year:	2010	Flag:	UK
Gross:	3,087	Deadweight:	3,635
Length:	78.0	Beam:	13.7	Draught:	5.0

UKD Orca dredging the Wrach Channel (entrance channel to Cardiff docks)

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BARRY - Mon 23rd January 2012

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

UKD Orca

  Orca arrived in Barry on the 22nd and is carrying out the dredging of the outer harbour and entrance channel.  She is seen here heading out to drop her dredgings at the spoil ground.  She finished work at Barry on 29th Jan and proceeded to Portbury.  Usually there are a number of small vessels on moorings in the outer harbour - the lifeboat, pilot boats and.........

MAIR                                    UK                   1973            175disp       24          6

Mair

Mair - ex Clovelly Class Naval Tender RMAS Horning  (A1773) - looks like she's heading for Cardiff/Penarth while the dredging operations are taking place.  She's normally based at Barry and carries out contract work on the west coast of the UK on behalf of Trinity House.

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.