Saturday 27 January 2018

BREMEN BELLE

2007 / 66,462gt 5888 teu owned by Catalina Shipping, Japan and chartered to CMA CGM.
She was built as OOCL Seattle renamed Thailand Express 2010, Bremen Bridge 2013 and
given this name in 2016.She has operated on a South East Asia to Europe service and will
soon start a Transatlantic service. She arrived from Tangermed and is seen passing Calshot
bound for Rotterdam.


CSCL JUPITER

2011 / 150,853gt 14,074 teu owned by Cosco Shipping, China.She is seen at Calshot
arriving from Felixstowe and will sail to Piraeus.


NYK VENUS

There were 3 other containerships at Southampton on Friday 26th January 2018

2007 / 97,825gt 9014 teu owned by NYK Line,Japan.She arrived from Hamburg and sailed
to Le Harve.

                                                Picture taken from Eling 26/1.

MILAN MAERSK

2017 / 214,286gt 20568teu.Yesterday Southampton had it's second visit from Milan Maersk
a Triple E Mark 2. She arrived early that morning from Rotterdam and sailed to Bremerhaven.

                                      Picture taken from Marchwood 26/1.

Friday 19 January 2018

The second one 13 minutes later was,

SPLENDID ACE

2003 / 56,556gt 5280 cars owned by Mitsui OSK Line,Japan.She was bound from
 Bremerhaven to Bayonne when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat 19/1.

Today MTS piloted 2 Vehicle Carriers in 1 trip. The first was,

HOEGH XIAMEN

2010 / 47,232gt 4300 cars owned by Hoegh Autoliners Shipping AS, Norway.She was en route
 from Antwerp to Setubal when she called at Brixham 19/1/2018 to land an overcarried Antwerp
river pilot. She operates on European services and has never been to Brixham before today.

                                      Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

Wednesday 17 January 2018

FEDERAL ALSTER

I also took another of this one 17/1.


OCEAN ENERGY

I returned to Marine Drive, Torquay today 17/1 and got a picture of this one in better weather.


Tuesday 16 January 2018

FEDERAL ALSTER

2016 / 22,947gt owned by Fednav, Canada, She ws en route from Riga to Veracruz when
she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay to shelter 16/1/2018.

                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 16/1.

OCEAN ENERGY

1998 / 8811gt Ro Ro Cargo ship Ex Scan Arctic owned by Kaalbye Shipping, Ukraine.She was
 en route from St. Petersburg to an unknown destination when she came to shelter in the
 Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay 15/1/2018. She sailed for Umm Qasr, Iraq 19/1.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 16/1

Sunday 7 January 2018

CASPIAN HARMONY

2016 / 27,362gt Multi - purpose ship owned by Fortune Passage Ltd and managed by Istanbul Shipping, Turkey. She arrived in the Deepwater Anchorage, Lyme Bay to shelter 7/1/2018 while
 en route from Hamburg to Bilbao.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 7/1.

Friday 5 January 2018

MAERSK NIAGARA

2008 / 26,836gt 2550 teu owned by Delphis, Belgium and chartered to Maersk.
She was en route from Antwerp to Cartagena, Spain when she anchored in the
 Deepwater Anchorage, Lyme Bay to shelter 4/1/2018.She left 6/1.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 5/1/2018

F313 HELGE INGSTAD

2009 / 5290 tons Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen Class Frigate built in Spain. She has arrived
in Plymouth from Harstad, Norway for FOST.

                                 Picture taken from Devil's Point,Plymouth 5/1/2018

F236 MONTROSE

93 / 4900 Tons Type 23 Frigate while on FOST being led by the police boat Pegasus
back into Plymouth.

                                    Picture taken from Devil's Point Plymouth 5/1/2018

Thursday 4 January 2018

CELINE

2017 / 74,273gt 580 trailers owned by CLdN Ro Ro SA, Luxembourg.She is the
 world's largest short sea ro-ro freight ferry and entered service October 2017.She
 was bound from Zeebrugge to Dublin when she anchored in Lyme Bay at
 0620 4/1/2018 to shelter and left at 1430 4/1.

                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 4/1/18
GRETA C

2009 / 9177gt owned by Carisbrooke Shipping, UK. She was en route from Riga to
Casablanca when 3/1 she drift sheltered in Lyme Bay and resumed her voyage 4/1.

                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay
                                                   4/1 as she headed south.

Wednesday 3 January 2018

UTTUM

1993 / 1662gt managed by Erwin Strahlmann.Germany. She arrived in Babbacombe Bay
from Ellesmere Port 21/12/2017 to await orders. She left 5/1 for Fowey.

                              Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 31/12/2017.

Monday 1 January 2018

PALATINE

2009 / 25593gt 180 trailers owned by Cobelfret Ferries, Belgium. She was en route from
Rotterdam to Leixoes when she anchored in Babbacombe Bay to shelter 31/12/2017.

                                               Picture taken from Brixham Harbour
                                              1/1/2018 when she resumed her voyage


FRIEDRICH RUSS

1999 / 10470gt 120 trailers owned by Ernst Russ Reederie, Germany and chartered to
 Transfennica. She was en route from Kiel to Santander when she came into Torbay to
 shelter 31/12/2017.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 1/1/2018.
MAERSK SENTOSA

2007 / 79,702gt 5648 teu owned by Maersk Line Ltd,USA. She was en route from Antwerp
to Newark when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 1/1/2018.She transfered to the
 Transatlantic service in August 2017 but this was the first time she has called here.

                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

NYK OLYMPUS

2008 / 98,799gt 8628 teu owned by NYK Line, Japan.She was inbound from Jeddah
for Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham 1/1/2018.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham