Thursday 29 January 2015

ENSEMBLE

2005 / 7642gt 750 teu owned by JR Ship Management, Holland.She is sheltering in Torbay
 while enroute from Rotterdam to Bilbao.


                                  Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain, Torquay 29/1/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
ANNEMIEKE

1998 / 8366gt owned by Sal Heavylift, Germany.She is sheltering in Lyme Bay
enroute from Hamburg to Port Said.


                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 29/1/2015
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
TWO WILSON SHIPS SHELTERING IN LYME BAY

WILSON HUMBER
1999 / 3092gt owned by Wilson ASA, Norway. Enroute from Rotterdam
to Sagunto.

WILSON MALM
1980 / 3967gt. Enroute from Port Jerome to Aviles


                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 29/1/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
RUSICH 2
2004 / 4970gt owned by North Western Shipping, Russia sheltering in Lyme Bay
enroute from St. Petersburg to Seville.

SEA EMS
1996 / 1682gt owned by Fehn Bereederungs, Germany sheltering in Lyme Bay
enroute from Immingham to Limerick.


                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 29/1/2015
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Wednesday 28 January 2015

BRIXHAM EXPRESS

This is the new Torquay to Brixham ferry service using the chartered Pride of Exmouth
as the temporary ferry until the new ferry being built in Ireland arrives. She is seen leaving
Brixham 24/1/2015 on the 1100 crossing with 10 passengers onboard.


                                                  

Sunday 25 January 2015

AMAZON BRILLIANCE

2005 / 43,075gt managed by Sun Enterprises Ltd, Greece.She was enroute from Antwerp
to Houston and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 25/1/2015.


                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/1/2015.
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
EVERGREEN STATE

2010 / 29,606gt owned by American Petroleum Tankers and chartered to United States
Military Sealift Command. She was enroute from Immingham to Rota,Spain and landed
 her deep sea pilot at Brixham 25/1/2015.


                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/1/2015
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Saturday 24 January 2015

LEO LEADER

1999 / 57,566gt 6000 cars owned by NYK Line, Japan. She was enroute from Boston
to Zeebrugge and boarded her deep sea pilot off Brixham 24/1/2015.


                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 24/1/2015.
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
GLOVIS COUGAR

2012 / 60,404gt 6000 cars owned by STX Pan Ocean,S,Korea and chartered to Glovis, S.Korea.
 She was enroute from Derince,Turkey to Tilbury and boarded her deep sea pilot off Brixham 24/1/2015.


                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 24/1/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
Today 3 vehicle carriers boarded deep sea pilots at Brixham in the space of 1 hour 10 minutes.

MORNING LUCY

2009 / 68,701gt 8000 cars owned by Eukor Car Carriers, S. Korea. She was enroute from
Philadelphia to Wallhamn, Sweden and boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 24/1/2015.


                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 24/1/2015
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Wednesday 21 January 2015

GENUINE ACE

2012 / 58,900gt 6500 cars owned by Mitsui Osk Line, Japan. She was enroute from
Zeebrugge to Hamburg Cove Landing, Connecticut, USA and landed her deep sea pilot
at Brixham 9/1/2015. She then drift sheltered around Lyme Bay and up as far as the
Isle of Wight twice before anchoring in the Anchorage 16/1.Boarded a deep sea pilot
at Brixham 21/1 for Antwerp.


                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat 16/1/2015
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Friday 16 January 2015

BRITISH INNOVATOR

2003 / 93,498gt LNG Tanker owned by BP Shipping Ltd, UK. She was enroute from
 Zeebrugge to Aliaga and had to land 2 overcarried Zeebrugge pilots at Brixham 16/1/2015.


                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 16/1/2015.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Thursday 15 January 2015

COSCO ENGLAND

2013 / 153,666gt 13350 teu owned by Cosco, China.She was enroute from Antwerp to
Port Said and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 15/1/2015.


                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 15/1/2015
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
CHIPOLBROK STAR

2010 / 24,142gt owned by Chinese - Polish Joint Stock Shipping Co, and she arrived from
Antwerp enroute to Civitavecchia to shelter 12/1/2015.


                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 12/1/2015
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
THUN GARLAND

2009 / 4212gt Owned by Thuntankers, Sweden and registered in Holland.She arrived from
 Falmouth 9/1/2015 to await orders in Babbacombe Bay. She left 14/1 for Slagen.


                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 12/1/2015.
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Sunday 11 January 2015

SORMOVOSKIY-3051

1984 / 3051gt Managed by Volga Neva Ltd, Russia. She is enroute from Kaliningrad to
Avonmouth and came into Torbay to shelter.


                                        Picture taken from Brixham 10/1/2015.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
GAS ARCTIC

1992 / 2985gt LPG Tanker owned by Ventspils Gases, Malta.She has been awaiting orders
in the Anchorage in Lyme Bay since arriving from Zeebrugge 14/12/2014 and came into
Torbay 8/1/2015. She returned to the Anchorage 15/1/2015.


                                          Picture taken from Brixham 10/1/2015
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Saturday 10 January 2015

CSCL GLOBE

Leaving Felixstowe bound for Rotterdam.


                                               Picture taken from Harwich 9/1/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
CSCL GLOBE

2014 / 187,541gt 19,100 teu owned by China Shipping Line.She is the world's largest containership
and on her maiden voyage from China to N.Europe She arrived at Felixstowe her 1st port of call
 in Europe from Port Klang.


                                               Picture taken from Harwich 9/1/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
MORTEN MAERSK

2014 / 194,849gt 18,270 teus owned by A.P. Moller,Denmark.She is their 13th Triple E and
was on her maiden voyage from China to N.Europe. She had arrived at Felixstowe from
Antwerp and sailed to Singapore with a small deck load of containers.


                                           Picture taken from Harwich 9/1/2015.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Thursday 1 January 2015

FRISIUM

Members of the Torbay and East Devon branch of the World Ship Society on the
 bridge of the Frisium  presenting Capt. Gerle Blaak with a certificate for his ship
 which had made the most calls (11) at Teignmouth in 2014.She was the first ship
 to call in January 2014 and the last one in December.


                                         Picture taken at Teignmouth 1/1/2015
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
FRISIUM

1992 / 1786gt ex Thalassa 98 owned by Boomsma Shipping, Holland. She arrived on
 New Years Eve from Lillebonne with a cargo of animal feedstuff for Teignmouth and
 will leave for Amsterdam.


                                         Picture taken at Teignmouth 1/1/2015
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite