Saturday, 16 April 2011

CARDIFF - Mon 20th Sept 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BERTHOLD K                   Netherlands        2008      4442dwt       90           14
Berthold K
Arriving loaded. And, on a rare sunny day for taking photographs! More ship details here.


BORCHALI                       Malta                  2009        4368dwt       143         22
Borchali 
Having discharged her cargo, chemical tanker Borchali heads out to sea.  More ship details here.

CARDIFF - Mon 13th Sept 2010


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
EMMA                                Netherlands       2007       3636dwt       90          13
Emma  
In ballast, heading to sea.  More ship details here.

CARDIFF - Tues 7th Sept 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BRO DISTRIBUTOR          Sweden            2006      14500dwt      145        22
Bro Distributor
Having discharged her cargo of oil products, seen departing Cardiff bound for Milford Haven.  2 days later she was arriving back at Cardiff - photo below.  She is seen slowly passing Flat Holm (Island) possibly waiting for the tide to rise to give sufficient water to enter the dock.
Bro Distributor

Friday, 15 April 2011

CARDIFF - Sun 5th Sept 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
FLINTERBIRKA               Netherlands       2006          3480dwt        83         13
Flinterbirka  
Loading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.  More details of the ship here and click on fleetlist.

CARDIFF - Fri 27th Aug 2010


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
FAUSTINA                       St Vincent           1991        3015dwt       82          13

Faustina

Alongside Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock - don't know what the cargo was.  More details of the ship here

VIGILANCE                      UK                   1990             40gt             16           6
Vigilance
Department Of The Environment survey vessel Vigilance berthed in Penarth Marina.  She is normally engaged in marine environmental monitoring, in the sea area between Aberystwyth and Lands End.
 
     

CARDIFF - Mon 16th Aug 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
UNION DIAMOND           Isle of Man          2009       4450dwt          90         14
                                                                 Union Diamond
Discharging packaged timber at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.  More details of the ship here

CARDIFF - Mon 2nd Aug 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
CELTIC KING                      UK                  1999         6250dwt       99            17
                                                           Celtic King
Just moving off the H shed wharf is the locally owned and registered Celtic King.  More details of the ship here.


KOSSAU                         Antigua              2007             3701          88            13
                                                                    Kossau
Discharging scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.  A more recent photo below- she returned to Cardiff on June 15th 2012 discharged a cargo of scrap then went to Newport and loaded scrap for Spain.  The photo shows her passing Lavernock Point outbound for Spain.
Kossau outbound for Spain June 18 2012


CARDIFF - Sun 1st Aug 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
THE WORLD                      Bahamas          2002       4558dwt       196          30
                                                            The World
Anchored in the Cardiff Pool.  Their web site (HERE) describes The World as "the largest privately owned yacht on the planet".  Consisting of 165 onboard residences that can be bought or rented.  She continuously circumnavigates the globe, spending extensive time in the most exotic and well-travelled ports......like Cardiff!

CARDIFF - Mon 26th July 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SAVA OCEAN                  St Vincent           1993         3080           75             13
                                                                Sava Ocean
Another arrival, cargo not known.  More ship details here

CARDIFF - Sun 25th July 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
WELSH PIPER                  UK                   1987           1923dwt       69           13
Regular arrival at Cardiff is the Bristol Channel based sand dredger Welsh Piper.  Her cargo of sand/gravel will be discharged at The Empire Wharf in the Queen Alexandra Dock.


YVONNE                       Antigua               2007          3568dwt           90         13
                                                              Yvonne
Don't know what the cargo was.  More ship details here

CARDIFF - Sat 24th July 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
LARCH                             Antigua              1984          3500dwt       92            12
                                                                     Larch
Loading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.

CARDIFF - Tue 20th July 2010


CORONEL IMO: 7703259

Year 1978 Flag: Antigua & Barbuda
Gross 2,089 Deadweight 2,461


Length: 86.6 Beam 12.8 Draught: 4.9
ex Christel -85 (len -86), Coronel -97, Llys Coronel -00

                                                                    Coronel
Arriving from Warrenpoint is the 33 year old Coronel - temporarily maintaining the regular container service between Cardiff and Warrenpoint, during the absence of the regular ship Soul Sound.
Update  May 1st 2012: Coronel has now taken over this regular container service - a better picture shows her arriving today.  And below that, a picture of her with new funnel colours.
Coronel  May 1st 2012
Photographed 20th December 2014

CARDIFF - Mon 19th July 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
FLINTERBORG                Netherlands       2008         6059dwt      111           14
                                                             Flinterborg
Loading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.

CARDIFF - Fri 16th July 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
PALCHEM 1                       Malta                2009      14368dwt        143          22
                                                                Palchem 1
Departing Cardiff.  More ship details here


NEW ROSS 1                   UK                       1986          20gt           14            4
                                                                New Ross 1
Local tug/workboat New Ross 1 about to enter the Cardiff Barrage lock.

Thursday, 14 April 2011

CARDIFF - Fri 6th July 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BRO DELIVERER               Denmark          2006      14500dwt      147         22
                                                                 Bro Deliverer
Arriving from Milford Haven with another cargo for Chevron/Texaco.


CATHY JO                       Antilles                2008        6000dwt         111         14
                                                                 Cathy Jo
Alongside at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.  Cargo steel products (?)


LUHNAU                         Antigua               2006            3720dwt       88          13
                                                                 Luhnau
Hiding behind her open hatchcovers.  Unloading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock
Photographed departing Cardiff for Belfast on 10th June 2014

CARDIFF - Sun 27th June 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BOUNDER                          Antigua            1989           3202dwt       89          13
                                                                 Bounder
Loading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock.


HMS KENT                        UK                     1998        4900disp       133          16
                                                                  HMS Kent
Type 23 Duke Class frigate Kent is seen manouvering out of the Roath Basin after a courtesy visit to Cardiff.


HT CUTLASS                   UK                    1984          287gt              30           9
                                                                      HT Cutlass
The lead tug assisting with the departure of HMS Kent.


WESTGARTH                  UK                       1983         266               32         10
                                                                 Westgarth
The stern tug assisting with the departure of HMS Kent.

CARDIFF - Fri 18th June 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
HMS SCOTT                      UK                 1997          13500disp     131          22
                                                          HMS Scott
An ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy on a courtesy visit to Cardiff to commemorate the ill fated Terra Nova Expedition that Captain Robert Scott led to the South Pole. The expedition left Cardiff aboard the Terra Nova in 1910.  Photographed at the Britannia Quay in the Roath Basin.


WESTGARTH                    UK                   1993          266gt              32           10
                                                                  Westgarth
Working as the stern tug on the departure of HMS Scott.

CARDIFF - Sat 15th June 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ARKLOW FAITH              Ireland            2006            4480dwt       90          14
                                                                Arklow Faith


THAMESTEEL 1            Marshall Is             1989      2818dwt              89         13
                                                               Thamesteel 1
Alongside H shed in the Roath Dock.

CARDIFF - Sun 16th May 2010


Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
HMS RICHMOND              UK                    1994       4900disp       133           16
                                                                    HMS Richmond
Type 23 Duke Class anti submarine warfare frigate Richmond  on a courtesy visit to Cardiff.  Berthed on the Britannia Quay in the Roath Basin.

                                                 
STADUM                         Antigua                 1989       2332dwt          89           13
                                                             Stadum
Loading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf in the Roath Dock

CARDIFF - Sun 9th May 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SARA BORCHARD            Antigua            2006          11434dwt      134         23
                                                          Sara Borchard
Arriving from Leixoes, sailed to Liverpool on the next tide.

CARDIFF - Mon 3rd May 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
JONSEN                             UK                   1977        2210dwt       79              13
                                                         Jonsen
Loading scrap metal at Ryans Wharf.

SEAMARK                       UK                    1959         216gt                      30         7
                                                                Seamark
Ex Swansea pilot boat Seamark has been lying in the Roath Basin for a number of years.  Withdrawn from service in 2001 she was aquired by the Cardiff Sea Scouts and used as their HQ until 2008.  Recently advertised for sale or scrapping, I understand that she has been bought for conversion to a liveaboard to be moored on the Thames.

CARDIFF - Sun 2nd May 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
TERNVIK                           Denmark          2001           14796         141          22
                                                                  Ternvik
Very smart Swedish owned tanker leaving Cardiff.  She had recently undergone a name change from Tarnvik

CARDIFF - Fri 30th Apr 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
TUCANA                          Netherlands        2000         3783dwt       89            13
                                                               Tucana              

CARDIFF - Wed 28th Apr 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
ARKLOW RIVER               Ireland             2003          4530dwt       90           14
                                                             Arklow River
About to enter the docks to load scrap metal.

OCEAN NOVA                Bahamas             1992       2118gt             73           11
                                                               Ocean Nova
Quark Expeditions 73 passenger expedition cruise ship departing Cardiff.  More likely to be seen in the Arctic or Antarctic or other more remote parts of the world, than to be seen on an expedition to Cardiff!

CARDIFF - Sun 25th Apr 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
LAGANBORG                     Netherlands      2008        7433dwt       122         14
                                                               Laganborg
Arriving late afternoon, being assisted by tug...................

HT CUTLASS                    UK                   1984           287gt            30            9
                                                                  HT Cutlass

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

CARDIFF - Sat 24th April 2010

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
BRO DESIGNER               Sweden            2006        14846dwt     145         22
                                                                Bro Designer
Inbound for the Chevron/Texaco berth.

SOLENT FISHER               Bahamas         1997        4970dwt         91          16
                                                               Solent Fisher
Having discharged her cargo, she's heading back to Milford Haven.  In the same lock out came that regular visitor to Cardiff....................

ARCO DART                      UK                 1990         1700dwt        68            13
                                                              Arco Dart
She came out of the lock and hovered around there for some time (too distant to take a decent photo) so here's one of her taken off Avonmouth - another photo below, alongside Dallimores Wharf, Newport.