Sunday 30 June 2019

WORK PROGRESSES ON THE NORTHERN ARM BREAKWATER



                                                           Brixham 30/6/19
AL THUMAMA

08 / 136,355gt 215,000 cubic metres owned by Qatar Gas Transport Co Ltd and managed
 by NYK LNG Shipmanagement UK Ltd. She was bound from Ras Laffar,Qatar to
Zeebrugge when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham 30/6/19.

                                  Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

Thursday 27 June 2019

COSCO BELGIUM

13 / 153,666gt 13,350 teu.She left the  N.European Service NE3 in September 2017 was painted
 in the new colours and operated on other services away from N.Europe until May this year when
 she came back to the NE7 service and is seen here bound from Felixstowe to Suez and landing her deepsea pilot at Brixham at sunset.



                                     Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 27/6/19.

Monday 24 June 2019

HARTLAND POINT

02 / 13,300 tons full load. She is a MOD Point Class Strategic Sealift
 Ro-Ro managed by Foreland Shipping Ltd.She arrived at Plymouth
 from Southampton 19/6 and is berthed in Weston Mill Lake.

                                    Picture taken from Barne Barton 24/6/19.
R08 QUEEN ELIZABETH

17 / 65,000 tons full load. She has been anchored south of Plymouth Breakwater since
Saturday afternoon. 2 Merlins are on the flightdeck.

                                          Picture taken from Heybrook Bay
                                                   near Wembury 24/6/19.
PROTECTOR

02 / 434 tons, She was built as the Telkka class Tavi a Finnish Border Agency vessel.
She was aquired by the UK Border Agency 8/2013 and commissioned 3/2014.

                                     Picture taken from Jennycliff,Plymoth
                                        as she was leaving the Sound 24/6/19.


DINTELDIJK

07 / 2984gt managed by SCG Management BV, Netherlands.She arrived in Plymouth Sound
from Treport, France.

                                  Picture taken from Jennycliff,Plymouth 24/6/19.

Friday 21 June 2019

BRO DELIVERER

06 / 11,344gt owned by Maersk Product Tankers A/S, Denmark.She came to Torbay this
 morning from Plymouth for an underwater inspection using MTS Valonia as the diveboat.

                                Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham.

Wednesday 19 June 2019

GLOVIS COUGAR

12 / 60400gt 6000 cars Ex STX FLAMINGO 2013 when she was chartered to Glovis but wasn't painted in Glovis colours until October 2017 She was bound from Vigo to Zeebrugge when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham 19/6/19.

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay.


M921 LOBELIA

89 / 595 Tons full load.She is a Belgian Tripartite Class Minehunter and is on her
way from Zeebrugge to Portsmouth but this afternoon she was anchored outside
 the Orestone. Later she moved into Torbay and anchored off Meadfoot Beach.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 19/7/19

Saturday 15 June 2019

TAIPAN

06 / 57,692gt 6700 cars.Owned by Ray Car Carriers and chartered to Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
She was bound from Misurata,Libya to Bremerhaven when she boarded a deepsea pilot at
Brixham today.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham.

Friday 14 June 2019

GLOVIS SIGMA

16 / 71,171gt 7300 cars.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Vigo when she landed a
deepsea pilot at Brixham 14/6/19.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham.

Saturday 8 June 2019

RIVER TRADER

89 / 794gt managed by Sky Mare Navigation,Greece.She was bound from Shoreham
 to Belfast and came into Torbay to shelter yesterday evening and left this afternoon.

                                        Picture taken from Waterside 8/6/19.

S160 6046

6046 with the 1425 service from Paignton to Kingswear approching Churston Station today.


60009 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

She was hualing the Dartmouth Express from Bristol to Kingwear today. Diesel 6975
was attached at Paignton to avoid any slipping problems.

                                      Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 8/6/19.

Friday 7 June 2019

ENA FORTITUDE

13 / 5413gt offshore tug / supply ship ex Toisa Explorer 19.She has been laid up in
Hull and has now been sold to Eastern Navigation Pte,Singapore and is on her delivery
voyage from Hull to Singapore. She arrived here early this morning and slow steamed
 for 5 hours before anchoring in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torbay.

                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 7/6/19.

MOL PROFICIENCY

07 / 71,906gt 6350 teu.She was en route from Rotterdam to Algeciras when she landed
 her deepsea pilot at Brixham 10 minutes after C S Galaxy.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head 6/6/19.
COSCO SHIPPING GALAXY

19 / 215,553gt 21,237 teu. She is the 3rd ship in the Universe class and on her maiden voyage.
She is on the NE1 service and was bound from Wilhelmshaven to Piraeus when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head 6/6/19.

Monday 3 June 2019

                        After the lifeboat headed for Torquay Arklow Spirit resumed her voyage.
                      MTS Pathfinder has finished piloting the Homeric which is about to turn
                                                           to starboard, 3/6/19
HOMERIC

19 / 82,657gt 159,000 dwt owned by Commodore Marine Co SA,Greece and managed by Nereus
Shipping.She was en route from Bight of Bonny,West Africa to Skagen,Norway when she boarded
a deepsea pilot off Brixham tonight,

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head 3/6/19.
ARKLOW SPIRIT

13 / 22,688 gt 34,905 dwt owned by Arklow Spirit Ltd,Ireland.She was bound from Klaipeda
to Paranagua,Brazil when she came up to Torbay tonight to medivac an injured crew member
using the Brixham lifeboat.

                                      Picture taken 1830 from Berry Head 3/6/19.
S160 6046 2-8-0 UNITED STATES ARMY TRANPORTATION CORP ENGINE.

Built in 1945 she spent time on the Hungarian Railway after the war.She is based at Churnet Valley
Railway and is on loan to Dartmouth Steam Railway for the Summer season.She will be working a two engine service with Braveheart tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday.

                                      Picture taken in Paignton Station today.

Sunday 2 June 2019

MARIA ENERGY

16 / 113,664gt 174,000 cubic mtr owned by Tsakos Energy Navigation, Greece.She was
 en route from Sabine Pass,Texas to Rotterdam when she boarded a deepsea pilot at
Brixham 2/6/19.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham