Sunday 27 July 2014

GOLDEN RAY

2012 / 11,733gt Chemical / Oil tanker managed by Eastern Pacific Shipping, Singapore. She
 called at Brixham to disembark her Chief Officer while enroute from Esbjerg to Jacksonville,
 USA. 27/7/2014.


                                Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 27/7/2014.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
MORNING CELESTA

2008 / 57,582gt 6400 cars owned by Eukor Car Carriers, S. Korea.She was enroute from Port of Spain, Trinidad to Antwerp and boarded a deep sea pilot at Brixham 27/7/2014.


                                Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 27/7/2014.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Wednesday 23 July 2014

GAS ARCTIC

She has been awaiting orders in Lyme Bay since 11/7/2014. I took advantage of the trip out
to NYK Hercules on the pilot boat to get a closer pic of her. She was still 2 miles away.
She sailed to Fowey 23/7/2014 .


                                    Picture taken from MTS Pathfinder 22/7/2014.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Tuesday 22 July 2014

NYK HERCULES

2013 / 141,000 gt 13200 teu owned by OOCL and chartered to NYK Line, Japan. She was enroute
from Rotterdam to Port Said and landed a deep sea pilot at Brixham 22/7/2014.


                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 22/7/2014.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Sunday 20 July 2014

MERMAID ACE

2010 / 58,939gt 6200 cars owned by Mitsui OSK Line, Japan and was enroute from Barcelona
to Rotterdam when she boarded a deep sea pilot at Brixham 19/7/2014.


                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 19/7/2014.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Wednesday 16 July 2014

SANKO INDEPENDENCE

2008 / 23,032 gt managed by Sanko Ship Management, Japan.She came up from Gibraltar
and boarded a deep sea pilot at Brixham 14/7/2014 for Ventspils, Latvia.


                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 14/7/2014.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Sunday 13 July 2014

BRAUNTON  34046

Built in 1946 as a West Country Pacific and rebuilt in 1959 and is currently based on the
West Somerset Railway. Today she was hualing the Torbay Express from Bristol to
Kingswear and is seen passing through Churston Station.


                                                     Picture taken 13/7/2014
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Saturday 12 July 2014

GAS ARCTIC

1992 / 2985gt LPG Tanker owned by Ventspils Gases Ltd, Malta a subsidiary
 of Stealthgas,Greece.She arrived in Lyme Bay from Aveiro 11/7/2014 to await orders.
She is 4.5 miles out from Marine Drive.


                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 12/7/2014
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Friday 11 July 2014

SHAGANGFIRST POWER

2011 / 93,228 gt 179,527 dwt owned by Doun Kisen, Japan. Arrived in Torbay 11/7/2014 from
Amsterdam West for an underwater inspection.Sailed to Ponta da Madeira,Brazil 16/7.


                                                Picture taken from Brixham 11/7/2014.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Thursday 10 July 2014

HYUNDAI HOPE

2014 / 130,000gt 13100 teu owned by Hyundai Merchant Marine, S,Korea. From Hamburg at Southampton 9/7/2014 and sailed to Singapore.


                                    Picture taken at Southampton of her on SCT5  9/7/14.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Sunday 6 July 2014

65

A Southern Region USA Class 0-6-0 tank engine that was built in 1943 by the Vulcan Iron Works,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was shipped over here during the war and afterwards worked as
 a shunter around Southampton Docks.She is based at the Kent and East Sussex Railway and
 was at the South Devon Railway for their Military Weekend Gala 5-6/7/2014.


                                           Picture taken at Buckfastleigh 5/7/2014.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
MTS PATHFINDER

Built in 1980 and recently refurbished for use by MTS Brixham. She moved up here from
 Falmouth last week.


                                    Picture taken at Brixham Harbour 6/7/2014.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
NYK HELIOS

2013 / 141000gt 13200 teu owned by OOCL and chartered to NYK Line, Japan. She is enroute
 from Rotterdam to Port Said and landed a deep sea pilot at Brixham 6/7/2014.


                           Picture taken from the MTS Pathfinder off Brixham 6/7/2014
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Thursday 3 July 2014

BESS

2010 / 58750gt 6300 cars owned by Sedona Car Lines, Panama and chartered to Wallenius Lines,
Sweden. She is enroute from Emden to Halifax,Canada and landed a deep sea pilot at Brixham
3/7/2014.


                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 3/7/2014.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Tuesday 1 July 2014

GRAND VICTORY

2008/ 59217gt 6400 cars owned by Cido Shipping, Hong Kong. She is enroute from Antwerp
to Suez and landed a deep sea pilot at Brixham 1/7/2014.


                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 1/7/2014
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
VERONA

1988 / 2184gt owned by Marlen Shipping, Lithuania enroute from Saint Brieuc, France to
Teignmouth 1/7/2014.


                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off  Brixham 1/7/2014.
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite