Thursday 23 June 2016

AEGEAN ODYSSEY

1973 / 11563gt 350 pass owned by Aegean Odyssey Maritme,Greece and operated by
Voyages To Antiquity a one ship British cruise company.She is on a 15 day Iberia, France
and England Cruise from Seville to Dover. She was at Falmouth yesterday and arrived at
 Dartmouth today 23/6/2016 her first visit here and sailed to Honfleur.She was built as
 Zim Navigation's  ro-ro ferry Narcis and converted to a cruise ship in 1988 and had a
 refurbishment in 2010.


                                             Picture taken from Kingswear 23/6

Tuesday 21 June 2016

SARA

2011 / 164,041gt 323,184 dwt Ex Maersk Sara 2014 owned by Euronav Tankers BV, Belgium
 and registered in France.She arrived from Hound Point, Scotland 21/6/2016 to land her deep
sea pilot and take on stores before sailing to Chiba,Japan.She anchored 4 miles north east of
Berry Head and left at midnight.She sailed as far as the Lizard and is anchored awaiting further
 orders.Sailed to Rizhao, China 27/7


                           Picture taken from the pilot boat 8 miles out from Berry Head 21/6.
MAPLE ACE II

1992 / 38349 gt 4000 cars owned by Mitsui OSK Line, Japan. She was enroute from Tynemouth
to Barcelona when she landed her deep sea pilot off Brixham 21/6/2016.


                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 21/6.
ARTANIA

1984 / 44588gt 1200 pass owned by Phoenix Reisen of Germany.She is on a 15 day Around GB
Cruise from Bremerhaven, She called at The Isles of Scilly yesterday and arrived at Torquay this
 morning 21/6/2016 to disembark 170 passengers that were going on a Devon and Dorset coach
 excursion and would  rejoin the ship at Portland where she left for 2 hours later.


                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham
                                       after she had boarded the local pilot 21/6.

Saturday 18 June 2016

MODI R

1994 / 1201 gt Split Hopper Dredger owned by Rohde Nielsen A/S of Denmark.She arrived
in Babbacombe Bay 18/6/2016 from Bremerhaven and anchored  before entering Teignmouth
 on tonight's tide.She is going to dredge the entrance channel to Teignmouth port deeper.
Left for Esbjerg Sat 2nd July.


                                    Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs, Torquay 18/6

Monday 13 June 2016

ARKLOW SPRAY

2014 / 22,868gt 34,919 dwt owned by Arklow Shipping, Ireland.She arrived in the Lyme Bay
 Deepwater Anchorage from Agadir, Morocco 11/6/2016 to await orders. Left 16/6 for Tilbury
via bunkering at Portland.


                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 13/6

Sunday 12 June 2016

MORNING COMPOSER

2008 / 57,500 gt 6650 cars owned by Eukor, S.Korea. She was enroute from Derince,
Turkey to Tilbury when she boarded her deep sea pilot.


                                                             Picture taken 11/6
MAERSK  WISCONSIN

2000 / 50,698gt 4338 teu owned by Maersk Line Ltd , USA She was enroute from Norfolk,
Virginia to Antwerp when she boarded her deep sea pilot.


                                                                 Picture taken 11/6
HANSEATIC

1991 / 8378gt 184 passengers owned by Hapag Lloyd ,Germany. She is on a 13 day Around GB
cruise from Hamburg with the first port of call at Torquay. She boarded the local pilot off Brixham
 and left that evening for Tresco.


                                                             Picture taken 11/6
Yesterday morning 11/6/2016 was busy with the Brixham pilot boat servicing 4 ships.

ARSAN

2010 / 161,969gt 314,000 dwt owned by Bahri, Saudi Arabia.She boarded her
deep sea pilot enroute from Sidi Kerir to Rotterdam.


                               Picture taken 11/6 beyond the deep draft pilot station

Wednesday 8 June 2016

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION

2003 / 3984 gt 106 passengers + 75 crew Ex Orion 2014 and owned by Lindblad
 Expeditions, USA.She is on an 8 day Tilbury to Dublin cruise and called at Alderney
 and Sark yesterday and Dartmouth today 8/6/2016 and sailed for Tresco this evening.
 This is her first visit to Dartmouth.


                                   Picture taken from the Lower Ferry, Dartmouth 8/6

Sunday 5 June 2016

HANJIN GREEN EARTH

2013 / 141,574gt 13,100 teu owned by Hanjin, S.Korea.She was enroute from Rotterdam
to Algeciras when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 5/6/2016.This was her first visit
here.


                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 5/6

Thursday 2 June 2016

GRAVITY HIGHWAY

2014 / 58,767gt  6700 cars Owned by Ray Shipping, Israel and chartered to K Line, Japan.
She was enroute from Emden to Japan via Port Elizabeth when she landed her deep sea pilot
 at Brixham 1/6/2016. This was her first visit here.


                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 1/6