Monday 27 May 2019

COSCO ENGLAND

13 / 153,666gt 13,350 teu.She was bound from Felixstowe to Suez when she landed her deepsea
 pilot at Brixham 27/5/19. She was repainted in her new colours in May 2018.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham

Saturday 25 May 2019

SHINSHU MARU

19 / 136,000 gt 177,277 cubic metre LNG tanker owned by Trans Pacific Shipping 7 Ltd which is
a joint venture of NYK Line and JERA Co inc. a Japanese Power Company. She was delivered 15/2/19 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and this is her 3rd voyage and her 2nd time in N.Europe.
She was bound from Zeebrugge to load at Cameron, Louisiana when she landed her deepsea pilot
 at Brixham today.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 25/5/19.
A139 TIDEFORCE

18 / 37,000 tons fl..She is the last of the 4 Tide Class tankers.She has been alongside at Portland
for 7 days and this morning left there and came across Lyme Bay and anchored in D Anchorage
 on the edge of Torbay this afternoon. I think this is the first time one of these have anchored
 around here.

                                         Picture taken from the pilotboat.

Friday 24 May 2019

MAERSK PEARY

04 / 25,487gt owned by Maersk Line Ltd,USA.She was bound from Rotterdam to Rota,Spain
when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham

2 SHIPS PILOTED BY MTS IN 10 MINUTES.

SCF BAIKAL

10 / 81,339gt owned by Somcomflot,Russia.She boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham 24/5/19
whilst en route from Covenas,Colombia to Rotterdam.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham.

Thursday 23 May 2019

BRIXHAM NORTHERN ARM BREAKWATER.

The first 2 of 22 x 15 metre piles have been driven in 23/5/19.


SEABOURN OVATION

18 / 40,350gt 604 pass owned by Seabourn Cruise Line,USA.She is the 2nd ship in the Encore
 Class the largest ships in the fleet. She is on a 14 day one way cruise from Lisbon to Amsterdam
and arrived in Torbay from Bordeaux this morning 23/5/19 and sails for Cherbourg this evening.

                                   Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham



Saturday 18 May 2019

BRIXHAM'S NORTHERN ARM BREAKWATER

Haven Seariser 4 with the piledriver and the barge CW3 with a crane in Brixham Harbour
today 18/5/19.


ASTOR

87 / 20,606gt 650 pass owned by Global Cruise Lines ,Greece and chartered to Cruise &
Maritime Voyages, UK.Ex Fedor Dostoevskiy 95. She arrived at Torquay at 0640 this morning
from Bremerhaven and left at 1230 for Bantry Bay,Ireland.This was her first visit to Torquay.

                                   Picture taken from the pilotboat off Torquay 18/5/19.

Thursday 16 May 2019

ONE AQUILA

18 / 145,647gt 14,000 teu owned by NYK Line and is in the Ocean Express Network (ONE)
Alliance.She started on the TransPacific Service and now she has tranfered over to the FE5
Far East to N.Europe Service.She is seen arriving at Southampton for the 1st time from Antwerp
and will sail to Jeddah.

                                           Picture  taken at Calshot 15/5/19.
CELEBRITY EDGE

2018 / 130,818gt 2918 pass owned by Celebrity Cruises,USA.She is the 1st of 4 Edge Class ships.She arrived in Southampton on Monday and did a couple of overnight VIP trips in the Channel.Then yesterday she left for Bilbao and onto cruising in the Med.

                                            Picture taken from Calshot 15/5/19.
SEA ROCK 1 AND AFON ALAW

                                          Picture taken from West Bay 15/5/19

MOBILE PEARL

84 / 27,962gt managed by SMT Shipmanagement and Trans-Pol,Poland. She arrived off
West Bay 28/4 from Glensanda with granite rock armour for the West Bay Sea Defence
Scheme which is being transported to the beach using the rock barge SEA ROCK 1 and
the tug AFON ALAW 04/151gt owned by Holyhead Towing. 40,000 tons of rock and
 10,000 tons of shingle will be used.

                                           Picture taken from West Bay 15/5/19

Tuesday 14 May 2019

AMADEA

91 / 29,008gt 604 pass owned by Phoenix Reisen,Germany.She is about to finish a 144 day
World Cruise which started 23/12/18 at Villefranche Sur Mer and finishes at Bremerhaven
16/5/19.She arrived at Torquay this afternoon from Cobh and left for Bremerhaven this evening.

                                              Picture taken from Preston 14/5.

Sunday 12 May 2019

OFFSHORE TURBINE SERVICES

2 of their vessels Commodore P and Master P berthed in Torquay's Inner Harbour.

                                                           Picture taken 12/5/19

ARTANIA

84 / 44,656gt 1200 pass owned by Artania Shipping,Germany and chartered to Phoenix
Reisen, Germany. She is on an 18 day 16 port one way cruise from Trieste to Bremerhaven
 and came from Leixoes, Portugal to Torquay this morning and is now leaving for Le Havre.
Today's port of call on the itinerary was originally going to be to Falmouth.

                                 Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain,Torquay.12/5/19.

Friday 10 May 2019

GLOVIS SUNLIGHT

17 / 72,269gt 7400 cars.She was bound from Antwerp to Baltimore when she landed
 her deepsea pilot at Brixham 10/5/19.

                                 Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham

NEPTUNE CROWN

06 / 9611gt built as Beluga Evaluation.She is owned by Seashell Shipping,Bulgaria
and managed by Universal Baltic Company Ltd,Russia.She was en route from Ust Luga
 to Kochi,India when she called at Falmouth 6/5 and came 7/5 to the Deepwater Anchorage
 until 10/5.

                                    Picture taken 9/5 from Marine Drive, Torquay

Tuesday 7 May 2019

HAVEN SEARISER 4

She arrived back in Brixham 4/5 from Teignmouth with a pile driver on deck.

                                                       Picture taken 5/5

HURST POINT

After 11 days she is still awaiting orders out in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay.She left
8/5 for Devonport and 9/5 sailed to Dundee.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat 5/5/19.
MORMEAN 15

The Rock Barge Mormean 15 with Sarah Grey and New Ross at work at the end of Brixham
Breakwater placing the rock armour.

                                                       Picture taken 5/5/19.

Monday 6 May 2019

COUGAR ACE

93 / 55,328gt 5542 cars. She was bound from Antwerp to Koper,Slovenia when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 1 hour after the Ena Wizard.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham
ENA WIZARD

11 / 4801gt Ex Toisa Wave 1/2/19.This Multi-Purpose Offshore vessel has been laided up
at Hull for 3 years since Toisa Ltd went bankrupt and she has been sold to Eastern Navigation
PTE Singapore and is on her delivery voyage to her new owners from Hull to Singapore.
She landed a crew member at Brixham 5/5/19.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.


Saturday 4 May 2019

SAFMARINE MAFADI

07 / 50,698gt 4154 teu owned by Maersk Shipping Hong Kong Ltd and was registered
in the United States 1/4/19 and now operates on the Maersk Transatlantic Service.
She was bound from Bremerhaven to Norfolk when she landed her deepsea pilot at
Brixham.4/5/19.

                                      Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.