Thursday 27 August 2015

PROGRESS ACE

At the same time Progress Ace 2003 / 57,789 gt 6400 cars owned by MOL,Japan landed
her deep sea pilot at Brixham  enroute from Sheerness to Walvis Bay, Namibia.


                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/8/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
CSCL INDIAN OCEAN

2015 / 187,541 gt 19,100 teu owned by China Shipping Container Line.She was enroute
from Rotterdam to Port Klang and landed her deep sea pilot off Brixham in the mist and rain
 on Tuesday 25/8/2015. This is the third in the class and on her third voyage but she piloted
 in the dark the first time and landed at Cherbourg the second time.


                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/8/2015.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Saturday 22 August 2015

OCEAN MAJESTY

1966 / 11,047 gt 500 pass 235 cabins owned by Majestic International Cruises, Greece and
registered in Maderia.She is operated by Hansa Touristik,Germany.Built as the ferry Juan March
 and converted to a cruise ship in 1994.She is on an 11 day cruise from Hamburg and called at
 Ostend before Torquay and left for St Peter Port.The cruise continues around the Bay of Biscay
and finishes at Bremerhaven.She is seen off Brixham 22/8/2015 about to board the Torbay pilot.


                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat 22/8/2015,
                                          Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
KOREX SPB No2

2012 / 14,462 gt Heavy Load Carrier owned by CJ Korean Express Corp, Korea.She loaded the
Arctic Loading Tower, the base unit and rotating tower weighing 4000 tons at Musaffah,UAE.
and sailed via Suez and Augusta, Italy to Brixham where she boarded a deep sea pilot for
Stavanger 22/8/2015 and disembarked 3 crew members.Her final destination is Sabetta
on the Yamal Peninsula,Russia.


                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 22/8/2015.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Monday 17 August 2015

HILWAH

2002 / 164,292 gt 316,804 dwt Owned by National Shipping Company Of Saudi Arabia (Bahri).
She landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 17/8/2015 enroute from Rotterdam to Sidi Kerir.


                              Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 17/8/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
MUNCHEN BRIDGE

2015 / 150,709 gt 13,870 teu Owned by K Line, Japan.She is on her maiden voyage from
China to N.Europe and was enroute from Piraeus to Rotterdam when she boarded her deep
sea pilot at Brixham 17/8/2015.


                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 17/8/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Saturday 15 August 2015

MAERSK IOWA

2006 / 50,686 gt 4154 teu. Owned by Maersk Line Ltd USA. She was enroute from
Bremerhaven to Norfolk,Virginia when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 15/8/2015.


                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 15/8/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
LEINE

2005 / 2164 gt Ex Moormerland 2013. Managed by Stralmann, Germany. She was on her
way from Belfast with a cargo of stone for Teignmouth when she was seen off Brixham
15/8/2015 from the pilot boat which was on her way out to Maersk Iowa.




CAPE AGNES

2010 / 92,752 gt 180,200 dwt Owned by Westminster Shipping Ltd, Japan and
managed by MC Shipping Ltd, Japan. She boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham
15/8/2015 on her way from Carbonera Muelle,Columbia to Rotterdam.


                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 15/8/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite
CHRISTINA KIRK

As seen from the pilot boat on the way out to Maersk Iowa 15/8/2015.


Wednesday 12 August 2015

CHRISTINA KIRK

2010 / 31,510 gt 53,540 dwt Owned by Christina Kirk A/S and operated by Hafnia Management, Denmark and  UK registered.She arrived in the Deepwater Anchorage from
 Mina Al Ahmari,Kuwait 11/8/2015 to await orders.
 This is the first large ship to await orders here since the bulker Irene left 20/6/2014.
Sailed 2/9/2015 to Shellhaven.


                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 11/8/2015.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite