Saturday 27 June 2020

ONE OLYMPUS

08 / 98,799gt 8628 teu Ex NYK Olympus 18.She is part of the ONE Alliance and
operates on the FP1 Service.She was en route from Singapore to Rotterdam when
she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham 27/6/20.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head.

Friday 26 June 2020

MONOCEROS LEADER

18 / 70,000gt 7100 cars.She was bound from Barcelona to Zeebrugge when
she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.This is her 2nd visit to
N.Europe and first call at Brixham.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head 26/6.
AMAZON BEAUTY

09 / 43,075gt owned by Sun Enterprises Ltd,Greece.She was bound from Ijmuiden
to Lagos when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head 26/6.
GLOVIS SUNRISE

13 / 64546gt 7300 cars.She was bound from Bremerhaven to Cristobal when
she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head 26/6.
CARNIVAL BREEZE

She finally anchored today after twice coming here to crew change the other Carnival ships.
She only stayed for 15 hrs then she sailed slowly for Portland where she will arrive Monday
morning.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head 26/6.
NAVIS 1

19 / 4982gt 6328 dwt, managed by United Shipping Co Ltd,Russia.She was
bound from Esjberg to Vasto,Italy when she anchored in the Deepwater
 Anchorage to shelter.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive 26/6.
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CARNIVAL VALOR

Arriving back from her 2 day trip out into the Atlantic,she is passing through
 the Deepwater Anchorage before dropping anchor at the outslde edge.

                             Picture taken from Marine Drive this morning 26/6.

Wednesday 24 June 2020

CARNIVAL VALOR

She left this morning at 0830 and now at 2230 is heading out into the Atlantic but
will be back in 2 days time.
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                               Picture taken from Marine Drive Sunday 21/6.



POLARIS ACE

97 / 46,346gt 4059 cars.She was bound from Antwerp to Koper when she
landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening 24/6.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head.

Monday 22 June 2020

CARNIVAL BREEZE

Heading out into Lyme Bay

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head.

CARNIVAL BREEZE

121 / 128,500gt 3652 pass.This morning 22/6/20 at 0920 she arrived in the
 Deepwater Anchorage from Portland to carry out a second lot of crew transfers
with Carnival Valor and Carnival Magic.She didn't anchor and after 2 hours at
 1120 she sailed out into Lyme Bay and slow steamed all day before berthing
at Portland 23/6.

                          Picture taken from Battery Gardens, Brixham
                                             5 minutes before she left

Saturday 20 June 2020

ONE HUMBER

06 / 98,747gt 8212  teu.Ex Humber Bridge 1/9/2019. She was bound from
 Singapore to Rotterdam on the FP1 Service when she boarded her deepsea
pilot at Brixham today.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head 20/6/20.
CARNIVAL BREEZE

12 / 128,500gt 3652 pass .She is a sistership to Carnival Magic and this morning
she had came from Portland and did crew transfers with Carnival Magic and
 Carnival Valor in the Deepwater Anchorage.She was there for 2 hours from 0830
until 1030 and then left for Portland.

                              Picture taken from Berry Head when she was
                                      8 miles distant returning to Portland

Friday 19 June 2020

BARU

Today I got a better picture of her from Berry Head.


GLOVIS CLIPPER

12 / 58,767gt 6700 cars owned by Ray Car Carriers and chartered to Glovis.
She was bound from Bremerhaven to Santander when she landed her deepsea
pilot at Brixham today.

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head 19/6/20.

HMM OSLO


HMM OSLO

20 / 235,500gt 23,964 teu owned by Hyundai,S.Korea and the 2nd of the world's
largest containerships and is on her maiden voyage.She is the first of the 5 being
built at Samsung and operates on the FE2 Service.She was bound from Singapore
to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning at 0530.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head 19/6/20

Thursday 18 June 2020

BARU

19 / 53,978gt 83,500 dwt was the first of 6 Cleanbu Combination Carriers which
 carry clean petroleum products / caustic soda / dry bulk products.She is owned
by Klaveness Combination Carriers, Norway.This Chinese built ship is a LR1
 products tanker and a Kamsarmax bulk carrier. She arrived in the Deepwater
 Anchorage in the early hours of this morning from Ruwais,UAE and is
 awaiting orders

                           Picture taken from Marine Drive this morning while
                                  waiting for the non arrival of Carnival Breeze

Wednesday 17 June 2020

NYK CONSTELLATION

07 / 55,535gt 4888 teu.She was bound from Antwerp to Savannah on the
Trans Atlantic Loop 5 Service when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brxham
17/6/20. EAGLE KUANTAN was piloted first and the NYK came to the pilot
 station then turned south and was piloting as she passed Berry Head after sunset.


EAGLE KUANTAN

10 / 60,379gt owned by American Eagle Tankers,Bermuda.She was inbound from
Freeport, Texas for Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot  in the last of the
sunshine.The pilotboat then came back in for the NYK CONSTELLATION.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, 17/6/20.

Tuesday 16 June 2020

HMM ALGECIRAS


HMM ALGECIRAS

These 2 pictures were taken from Berry Head this evening when she was bound from
London Gateway to Singapore and she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 16/6/20.


Monday 15 June 2020

DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE

The 5 ships in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay are
 L to R
ELANDRA DENALI
COURAGEOUS ACE
NYK DAEDALUS
CARNIVAL MAGIC
CARNIVAL VALOR

                                    Picture taken from Labrador Bay 15/6/20.

BLUE NOTE

10 / 3845gt 5203 dwt.She is owned by Blue Note Shipping and managed by
 Mastermind Shipmanagement,Montenegro.She arrived at Teignmouth from
Norrkopping,Sweden this afternoon and is the largest dwt ship to enter the
 port this year.

                                     Picture taken from Shaldon 15/6/20.

Sunday 14 June 2020

CARNIVAL VALOR

                               Picture taken from Berry Head this evening.
NYK DAEDALUS

07 / 55,487gt 4882TEU.She has come from Antwerp  and is due at Southampton
Mon 22nd to start her next Transatlantic Loop 5 service. She arrived this evening
to lay up in the Deepwater Anchorage.She had her hull logo removed in July 2018.
She left 23/6 for Southampton to resume service.

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head 14/6.
CARNIVAL MAGIC

About to anchor.


CARNIVAL MAGIC

Passing through the Deepwater Anchorage.


2 CARNIVAL CRUISESHIPS

In 2001 2 new ships came here from the builders, Carnival Spirit was in Torbay
15/4/01 and Carnival Pride was in Torbay 16/12/01.After 19 years we now in the
space of 3 days have 2 together in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay.

CARNIVAL MAGIC
11 / 128,048gt 3652 pass.She was laid up at Dubrovnik for 9 days from 20/5 then
 sailed to Dover where she arrived 12/6 and left 13/6 and arrived here this afternoon
 to lay up in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                          Picture taken from Hopes Nose with Carnival Magic
                                     passing behind Carnival Valor 14.6.20

Saturday 13 June 2020

CARNIVAL VALOR

At least there was sunshine on her this morning.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head 13/6.


NYK VESTA

07 / 103,260gt 9012 teu.She was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam on the Far
 East Pacific Pendulum 1 (FP1 )  service when she boarded a deepsea pilot at
 Brixham.The last time she piloted here was 11 years ago.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head 13/6.

Friday 12 June 2020

CARNIVAL VALOR

By the time I got round to Berry Head she wouldn't turn so the sun would shine on the starboardside.


CARNIVAL VALOR

04 / 110,239gt 3710 pass.She arrived in Southampton 8/6 from Bridgetown
 where she had laid up for 5 days and at New Orleans for 17 days previous
 to that. Yesterday she left Southampton and arrived in the Deepwater
Anchorage off Torquay to lay up this afternoon.

                                     Picture taken from Meadfoot Beach 12/'6.
MOL PRESENCE

08 / 71,884gt 6350 teu.She was bound from Rotterdam to Algeciras when she
lamded her deepsea pilot at Brixham tonight.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head 12/6/20.

Tuesday 9 June 2020

DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE

 In the Deepwater Anchorage off Torbay today are 3 ships,
Left to Right
ELANDRA DENALI awaiting orders.
ARCADIA laid up.
COURAGEOUS ACE awaiting orders.

                                   Picture taken from Bishops Walk,Torquay 9/6/20.
ARCADIA

05 / 83,781gt 2556 pass owned by P&O Cruises Ltd, UK. She is the first ever
cruiseship to lay up in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torbay.She has laid up over
 the last 2 months at Dover,Southampton and Weymouth and she arrived from
 Weymouth this afternoon.Her lay up only lasted 44 hours, this morning 11/6 she
sailed towards Falmouth and then turned and is now heading for Bournemouth.

                                Picture taken from Bishops Walk,Torquay 9/6/20.

Monday 8 June 2020

RUNNER

17 / 81,413gt 158,594 dwt managed by Nereus Shipping,Greece.She was bound
 from Forcados Offshore Terminal,Nigeria to Skagen Anchorage,Denmark to
 await orders when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head 8/6/20.

Saturday 6 June 2020

NYK VIRGO

07 / 98,275gt 9200 teu. She operates in the ONE Alliance on the Far East Pacific
Pendulum 1( FP1) service.She was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam when she
 boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham today 6/6/20.The last time I saw her was
16/7/07 when she landed a pilot.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head.
PROMINENT ACE

04 / 57,789gt 5342 cars.She arrived from Zeebrugge last night and landed her
 deepsea pilot at Brixham and then anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage to
 await orders. She left at 1500 8/6 and was bound for Koper,Slovenia.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head 6/6/20.

Friday 5 June 2020

P281 HMS TYNE

03 / 1677 tonnes River Class Patrol Vessel.She arrived in Torbay this afternoon.

                                       Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain
GEOSEA

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive

COURAGEOUS ACE


                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive

Looks like Prominent Ace 04 / 57,789gt 5438 cars has just joined her in the Deepwater Anchorage
The weather was so good this afternoon so it was over to Torquay for some shots of the 4 ships
anchored here.

ELANDRA DENALI

Anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage 6 miles distant from Hope's Nose.
Her arrival at Rotterdam tomorrow is not happening, so how long will she be here?

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive

Thursday 4 June 2020

ELANDRA DENALI

20 / 154,499gt 300,000 dwt 330m x 60m owned by Elandra Denali Shipping Ltd,Singapore
 and is chartered to Vitol and managed by Mansel Pte Ltd Singapore a Vitol subsidiary
 company .She is on her maiden voyage and left Daesan,S.Korea loaded with 2 Million
 barrels of  Jet Fuel and is supposed to be due in Rotterdam Saturday?.She is seen heading
 up Lyme Bay past Berry Head at 8 miles distant on her way to anchor in the Deepwater
 Anchorage where she is presently awaiting orders.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head.
BG EMERALD

18 / 12,831gt managed by Jungerhans Marine,Germany.She left Southampton and sailed due west
until she was 9 miles distant from Brixham and then turned south, bound for Dublin.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head 4/6.
GEOSEA

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head this afternoon.
GEOSEA

02 / 3253gt Research vessel owned by N-Sea Offshore Ltd,Netherlands.She arrived in
Torbay early this morning from Den Helder and is working for the Dutch Navy.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head this morning 4/6/20.

Tuesday 2 June 2020

HMM ALGECIRAS

This is the first of 12 sisterships that HMM is bring into service this year and its hoped they
come this way.The ones on the FE2 service will be calling at Southampton.HMM Oslo
could call here Thurs 18/6 , HMM Copenhagen Thurs 2/7 and HMM Dublin Tues 16/7.



HMM ALGECIRAS

20 / 228,282gt 200,000 dwt 400m x 61m and built by Daewoo.She is the world's largest
containership with capacity for 23,964 teu and is on her maiden voyage on the Alliance's
 FE4 service.She left Yantian with the world's largest container load, the equivalent to
19,621 teu and is bound for Rotterdam.At Brixham this afternoon  2/6/20 she boarded
 her deepsea pilot.She is due back from London Gateway on Wed 17/6 to land her pilot.

                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head ( South Fort )