Sunday 28 May 2017

PEAK BORDEAUX

2011 / 2978gt owned by CV Peak Bordeaux, Netherlands and operated by Peak Project
 Carriers AS, Norway. She is a heavy cargo multi purpose vessel that can be used with
 open hatches. She is arriving at Teignmouth 27/5/2017 from Rouen.

                                                 Picture taken from Shaldon 27/5
CELTIC VIGOUR

1996 / 1864gt owned by Willie & Co, Cardiff.She is arriving at Teignmouth 27/5/2017
from Erith with rape seed meal and sailed to Fecamp 28/5. With her is the Teignmouth
pilot boat Syd Hook.

                                         Picture taken from Shaldon 27/5

Sunday 21 May 2017

2 SHIPS PILOTING TOGETHER

YM ENLIGHTENMENT  2015 / 47952gt 4662 teu en route Halifax to Bremerhaven boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 21/5/2017 She is the first of these to board here.

HESTIA LEADER 2008 / 63007gt 6400 cars en route Casablanca to Sheerness also boarded her
deep sea pilot.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 21/5.

Saturday 20 May 2017

GAS PASHA

1995 / 2926gt managed by Stealth Maritime Corp, Greece. She came from Tees and anchored in Lyme Bay 15/5/2017 with Falmouth as her destination.

                                        Picture taken from the pilot boat 19/5
MONTESTENA

2012 / 81,187gt 160,000 dwt, she has just had a refit and is now on charter to Cepsa.
She was en route from Klaipeda to Malta when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham
19/5/2017.
                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 19/5.

Thursday 18 May 2017

GLOVIS CLIPPER

2012 / 58,767gt 6700 cars owned by Ray Car Carriers and chartered to Glovis Co Ltd,S.Korea.
She was en route from Antwerp to Tema, Ghana when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham
18/5/2017.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 18/5.


Tuesday 16 May 2017

MORGENSTER

The Dutch Brig was built as a deep sea fishing vessel in 1919 and converted to a brig in
 2008 - 2010.She came from Dieppe and anchored in Torbay off Brixham 16/5/2017.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 16/5.            
JB 119

The jack up crane barge JB 119 is being towed from Vlissingen to Dublin by MTS Viscount
and came into Torbay 15/5/2017 to shelter.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat in Torbay 16/5

MOL EMPIRE

2010 / 59,940gt 5087 teu chartered from Seaspan Corp.She was en route from Mobile,Texas
to Southampton and boarded her deep sea pilot off Brixham 16/5/2017.

                                      Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 16/5.

Sunday 7 May 2017

IRIS LEADER

2012 / 71,777gt 7,700 cars NYK Line, Japan on charter from Ray Car Carriers.She is one of their
 post panamax ships and was en route from Bremerhaven to China via Setubal when she landed
 her deep sea pilot at Brixham 7/5/2017.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

Wednesday 3 May 2017

AMADEA

1991 / 29,000gt 600 pass on charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany She arrived off Torquay from Cobh 2/5/2017 at midday and left for Hamburg at 1830. She is the first cruise ship visit this year.

                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat out in Torbay 2/5