Sunday 29 October 2017

MAINE TRADER

04 / 57,271gt 4367 teu owned by Lomar Shipping, UK. She was en route from Bremerhaven
to New York when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 29/10/2017.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham
BROOKLANDS

2017 / 72,700gt 7429 cars managed by Zodiac Maritime UK.She was bound from Antwerp
to Livorno when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 29/10/2017.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head Brixham.

Sunday 22 October 2017

MANDRAGA

The pilot boat passing her as she left Torbay 22/10 bound for Newport.


CAPE TOWN HIGHWAY

11 / 58,535 gt 6250 cars owned by K Line, Japan.She is en route from Southampton to
Baltimore and landed an overcarried Southampton port pilot today off Brixham 22/10.


MOL GLIDE

11 / 59,503gt 5600 teu chartered from Schulte, Germany to MOL. She is bound from
Bremerhaven to New York and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 20/10.


MTS PILOTED 3 SHIPS IN HALF AN HOUR AT DAWN TODAY
The pictures are all taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

LINAH
13 /153,148gt 15,000 teu owned by United Arab Shipping Co,Kuwait.She is en route from
Southampton to Shekou,China and called at Brixham today 22/10 to landed an overcarried
Southampton port pilot. This is the first time a UASC ultra large containership has called
 at Brixham.


Saturday 21 October 2017

AMOENITAS

2010 / 11,473gt heavylift carrier owned by Harren &Partner,Germany.She is a sistership of
Palembang and arrived in Torbay 20/10/2017 to shelter shortly after her. She is en route from Rotterdam to Ortona, Italy and was almost to Ushant when she turned back. Her deck cargo is a Liebherr mobile harbour crane and an accomodation block.

                                 Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham 21/10

Friday 20 October 2017

MANDRAGA

09/3845gt managed by Strahlmann, Germany.She is bound from Laboe,Germany to Newport
and came into Torbay to shelter 20/10/17.

                                    Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain, Torquay.

2 SHIPS SHELTERING IN TORBAY FROM STORM BRIAN

PALEMBANG
2010/11,473gt A heavylift carrier owned by Harren & Partner, Germany with 2 x 450 tonne
cranes and capacity for 596 teu. She is en route from the Tyne to Las Palmas.and came into
 Torbay 20/10/17 to shelter.

                                    Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain,Torquay
                                               as she was coming to anchor

Monday 16 October 2017

ROTRA VENTE
2009 / 6564gt a roll on / roll off heavy load carrier converted from the feeder containership Flintercoral and entered service Dec 2016. She is owned by Amasus Shipping BV and is operated
 by Siemens Wind Power to transport wind turbine parts.She was enroute from Esbjerg
to Bilbao when she arrived at 2330 15/10/2017 in Lyme Bay to shelter off Teignmouth and left at
2200 16/10.

                                      Picture taken from Labrador Bay 16/10
TWO SHIPS SHELTERING FROM STORM OPHELIA

ATLANTIC COMET

 1995/ 3999gt 508 teu owned by Oost Atlantic Lijn BV. She was enroute from Antwerp to Dublin
when she came into Torbay to shelter 15/10/2017 and left this evening 16/10.

                                        Picture taken from Preston Seafront 16/10

Saturday 14 October 2017

TERRA MARIQUE

2004 / 2786gt heavy load barge owned by Robert Wynn & Sons,UK. She is being towed by
MTS Indus from Barry to Rotterdam. MTS Indus came into Brixham to refuel and MTS
Vulcan 2 took over the tow while she was away for 2 hrs.

                                    MTS Vulcan 2 turning near Berry Head 14/10/2017



Friday 13 October 2017

AWTAD

2011 / 160,493gt 317,660 dwt Ex Hanjin Ras Tanura  2016 owned by Bahri, Saudi Arabia.She was
 en route from Rotterdam to Sidi Kerir 13/10/2017 when she landed her deep sea pilot,a trainee
and 2 crew members.This was the first time she had been to N.Europe and is a new ship on this shuttle service.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

COSCO ENGLAND

2013 / 155,366gt 13,350 teu, She was bound from Antwerp to Suez when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 13/10/2017.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham


Thursday 5 October 2017

LEVANA

2009 / 8816gt Chemical / Oil tanker owned by Carl Buttner, Germany. She is arriving from
Ijmuiden to berth at Cattedown and has Cannis which came up from Fowey as a stern tug.

                                         Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.
F264 LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN

2013 / 1840 Tons German Braunschweig Class Corvette.She is the last in a batch of 5.
Arriving from Kiel for FOST.

                                          Picture taken from Rusty Anchor.
KEIT

2005 / 3183gt Managed by Hansa Shipping Ltd, Malta. She was outbound from Cattedown
to Sondertalje

                                           Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.
PONT AVEN

Arriving from Roscoff.

                                            Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.
AN HOUR OF SHIP MOVEMENTS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND 5/10/2017

F262 ERFURT the German Braunschweig Class Corvette.At anchor doing a FOST boat transfer with Tamar Spirit ,when this was finished at 1700 she left for Germany.

                                        Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.