Wednesday, 13 April 2011

CARDIFF - Wed 10th Mar 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SOUL SOUND                  Malta                1983         1876dwt      78           14
                                                                Soul Sound
Departing Cardiff again - bound for Warrenpoint.


UKD DOLPHIN                   UK                1984         2031              79           14
                                                                UKD Dolphin
On the same lock out came UKD Dolphin.

CARDIFF - Thur 25th Feb 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
CHARLOTTE BORCHARD  Antigua          2004        11434dwt     134        23
                                                               Charlotte Borchard
Departing Cardiff bound for Liverpool.  Meanwhile waiting to enter was................

HELSINKI                          Antigua            1997         4221dwt       90           13
                                                          Helsinki
She had just made the short passage from Newport.


SOUL SOUND                   Malta             1983            1876dwt        78           14
                                                               Soul Sound
Departing Cardiff on her regular run to Warrenpoint on Carlingford Lough N.I.

CARDIFF - Weds 4th Feb 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
PAMIR                                Antigua              1995       3002dwt       89           11
                                                                   Pamir

CARDIFF - Sat 13th Feb 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BRO GALAXY                   Netherlands      2001        7559dwt      115         15
Bro Galaxy arriving with oil products for the Chevron/Texaco Terminal

               
CELTIC NAVIGATOR        UK                1990         3240dwt       90            13
Celtic Navigator
                                                           
Departing Cardiff for Hull, at dusk on 2nd April 2014

CARDIFF - Thur 5th Feb 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
JUDITH BORCHARD          Antigua            2001       11382dwt      134          23
                                                                Judith Borchard
Arriving from Leixoes.  Sailed about 12 hours later, bound for Liverpool.


OSTERMARSCH                 Antigua           2008        6408dwt        116          17
                                                                  Ostermarsch
Ostermarsch at Cardiff again on 30 October 2022

 


SOSPAN DAU                  Netherlands        1978        2134dwt      71            14
                                                             Sospan Dau
Carrying out the annual dredging of the entrance to the Cardiff Barrage outter harbour entrance/locks and being assisted by................


AVANTI  C                        UK                  1978         33gt             15              5
                                                                    Avanti  C
Avanti C a Damen Pushycat tug/workboat was plough dredging/levelling the inner harbour.
Back in Penarth 12th July 2014

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

CARDIFF - Sat 28th Nov 2009

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
RACHEL BORCHARD        Antigua            2004       11376dwt      134          23
Rachel Borchard


                                                         
Arriving from Leixoes, back from her regular run to/from the Mediterranean.  She was being assisted by.........

SVITZER LYNDHURST     UK                 1996         379gt            30            12
                                                             Svitzer Lyndhurst
Having assisted Rachel Borchard into the lock, she dropped the towline and headed to Barry for her next job.


CARDIFF - Fri 24th July 2009

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
VICTRESS                         Barbados          1992       2386dwt       75            11
                                                                Victress
Having just departed Cardiff, photographed rounding Lavernock Point.

Monday, 11 April 2011

CARDIFF - Sat 7th Nov 2009

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
PAVO J                               Antigua              2007       11182dwt      140         22
                                                                     Pavo J
Pavo J on charter to Borchard Lines for their weekly container service to the Mediterranean.  Assisted by......

SVITZER BEVOIS           UK                       1985        250gt             29               9
                                                                   Svitzer Bevois
Currently (April 2011) based at Avonmouth

SOUL SOUND                   Malta              1983         1876dwt         78        13.8
                                                                 Soul Sound
Having just departed Cardiff on her regular run to Warrenpoint on Carlingford Lough N.I. Photographed rounding Lavernock Point.

WILLENDEAVOUR                UK                  2007         92net            22            9

                                                        Willendeavour
Williams Shippings Multi Cat workboat Willendeavour on the lay-by berth outside Penarth Marina. She had been supporting a jack-up rig that had been working just off the Hinkley Point Power Station.

CARDIFF - Tues 27th Oct 2009

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
MAGELLAN PLANET         Antigua             2002        7973dwt        133          19
                                                                 Magellan Planet
Arriving at Cardiff from Leixoes.  On charter to Borchard Lines -she is one of 3 or 4 ships maintaining a regular container service between Cardiff, Liverpool and Dublin and Portugal and a number of ports in the east and west Mediterranean. Being assisted by..................

BARGARTH                          UK                1979         225gt             28              9
                                                                   Bargarth
No longer part of Svitzers fleet, she was sold (in 2010?) to Fastnet Shipping Ltd, Waterford, Ireland retaining the name Bargarth.

CARDIFF - Sun 16th Aug 2009

Name                                  Flag                  Year       Tonnage       LOA        Beam
UKD BLUEFIN                  UK                      1997        5797dwt        98              18

UKD Bluefin
                                                               
Dredging the entrance channel to Cardiff Docks.  Bluefin heads for the spoil ground to dump her load of mud.
Photographed 16th April 2014

Photographed   19th August 2014


Monday, 4 April 2011

BARRY - Sun 13th Mar 2011

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
STOLT GUILLEMOT           UK                   1993        4698                96           15
Stolt Guillemot
                                                             
Arrived from Cork on 13th - in ballast.  Sailed for Rotterdam on 14th March.  Another picture below:-
Arriving at Barry 17th Feb 2015

Sunday, 3 April 2011

BARRY - Wed 9th Mar 2011

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
WILSON AYR                  Malta                  2009        2760dwt         89           12
                                                                Wilson Ayr
She had arrived light from Avonmouth, was loading scrap metal for Bayonne (France)

BARRY - Sun 27th Feb 2011

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
STOLT RAZORBILL          UK                   1995        5797               100          17
                                                               Stolt Razorbill

The Cardiff registered Stolt Razorbill seen departing Barry with a full load of liquid chemicals, bound for Port Jerome (Antwerp).  She had arrived from Stanlow on 26th Feb.

BARRY - Tues 15th Feb 2011

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
HT SCIMITAR                    UK                   1984        287gt              30            9
                                                                  HT Scimitar
Assisting with the departing Stolt Gannet

STOLT GANNET            Cayman Is           1992         7949dwt         112        18
                                                              Stolt Gannet
She had arrived from Runcorn on the 14th. Had part loaded liquid chemicals, and was leaving for Antwerp.

BARRY - Sat 29th Jan 2011

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
PRUDENCE                    Netherlands       2003          1780dwt         82           11
                                                                    Prudence
Arriving in the No 2 Dock on another grey day in Barry.  Don't know what the cargo was, she didn't use one of the usual berths.  Sailed  to Newport on 31st January - in ballast.

BARRY - Mon 15th Nov 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
STOLT KESTREL          Cayman Is          1992         5741dwt         100          17
                                                          Stolt Kestrel

BARRY - Fri 12th Nov 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
VEGA                                Latvia                1976        2560dwt          81            14
                                                                Vega
Discharging at the timber wharf.

BARRY - Mon 25th Oct 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
ESHIPS QUEST             Marshall Is            2003         8501            118           19
                                                                Eships Quest
Departing Barry after one of her frequent visits, probably bound for Tjeldbergodden, Norway.

BARRY - Mon 18th Oct 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
STOLT CORMORANT    Cayman Is         1999        5498dwt          96           16
                                                                     Stolt Cormorant

Saturday, 2 April 2011

BARRY - Thur 7th Oct 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
OSPREY BOXER                UK                 2010            ?                   23            8
                                                                 Osprey Boxer
I believe she had towed a barge to Appledore where bow sections of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth are being fabricated.  The loaded barge to be towed to Scotland where the ship is being assembled.

BARRY - Tue 7th Sept 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
STOLT PELICAN            Cayman Is           1996        5797              100         17
                                                               Stolt Pelican


Another picture below, as she arrived from Antwerp on Sat June 9th 2012 - in choppy seas, following a gale in the Bristol Channel.
Stolt Pelican June 9  2012

BARRY - Sun 5th Sept 2010

Sandown class minehunter HMS Ramsey and Tall Ships Youth Trust ship Stavros S Niarchos at the Enterprise Quay as part of the Barry Harbour Festival.


HMS RAMSEY (M110) IMO:

Year 2001 Flag: UK
Disp 6,000 Deadweight:


Length: 52.5 Beam 10.5 Draught: 2.3
HMS Ramsey
                                                         
STAVROS S NIARCHOS IMO:

Year 2000 Flag: UK
Gross 493 Deadweight:


Length: 59.0 Beam 10.0 Draught:

Stavros S Niarchos

Pictured at the Tall Ships Festival, Hartlepool  10th August 2010
                                                   

BARRY - Fri 3rd Sept 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
PINTA                             Gibraltar              1993       2795dwt          82            13
                                                               Pinta
Discharging packaged timber.

BOUNDER                        Antigua             1989         3202dwt           89           13
                                                                Bounder
Bounder was loading scrap at Barry having arrived from Newport (pictured here at Cardiff on a much better day for photography).

BARRY - Sun 25th July 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam
BALTIC MERCHANT        Gibraltar           1997         3110dwt        83             12
                                                          Baltic Merchant
Discharging packaged timber.

BARRY - Fri 16th July 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam

STOLT TERN                  Cayman Is         1991          4759dwt        96            15
                                                                Stolt Tern
Fully loaded departing Barry.  Picture taken from Bendricks

BARRY - Sun 4th July 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam

STOLT KITE                    Cayman Is           1992        4735dwt        96            15
                                                            Stolt Kite

BARRY - Sun 25th April 2010

Name                                 Flag                 Year       Tonnage          LOA      Beam

FLINTER BALTICA            Neth                  2004        3400               83            13
                                                                 Flinterbaltica

STOLT AVOCET               Caymen Is           1992       5758dwt           100          17
                                                               Stolt Avocet