Thursday 30 July 2020

BW JAGUAR

14 / 29,737gt chemical/oil tanker managed by Hafnia Tankers,Singapore part of
the BW Group.She was bound from Amsterdam to New York when she carried
 out a crew change at Brixham today.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head 30/7/20.

Sunday 26 July 2020

GENIUS HIGHWAY

14 / 58,767gt 6700 cars owned by Ray Car Carriers and chartered to K Line.She
was bound from Bremerhaven to ? when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham
this evening in overcast conditions. She is slow steaming 50 miles south of the
 Scilly Isles awaiting orders 27/7-3/8.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head 26/7.

NAOS

96 / 2848gt managed by Atrica-Marine Ltd,Estonia.She arrived in Teignmouth
yesterday from Rotterdam.

                                                         Picture taken 26/7.

Saturday 25 July 2020

WISDOM ACE

13 / 59,404gt 5200 cars.She came from Zeebrugge yesterday evening and landed her deepsea
pilot at Brixham then anchored in Lyme Bay to await orders.

                                         Picture taken from Marine Drive 25/7.

QUEEN VICTORIA

She is probably going to leave on Tuesday 28th to be in Southampton Wednesday morning.
She left 1800 Monday with Weymouth as destination.


                                        Picture taken from Marine Drive 25/7.

Friday 24 July 2020

QUEEN VICTORIA


                                         Picture taken from Labrador car park 24/7.
QUEEN VICTORIA

She left Portland this morning for her new lay up anchorage in Babbacombe Bay.
I think this is the first ever cruiseship to anchor in this Bay.


                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive 24/7/20 with
                                                     Dawlish in the background
QUEEN VICTORIA

07 / 90,049gt 2014 pass.
It was a case of being in the wrong place, who would have thought she would anchor in
Babbacombe Bay? She is about to anchor as seen from Berry Head when she was 6 miles
 distant at 1630.


Wednesday 22 July 2020

LAVENDER RAY

17 / 11918gt Oil / Chemical tanker owned by Picer Marine SA and managed by
Eastern Pacific Shipping PTE,Singapore.She was built as BW Helium for BW
Chemicals PTE Ltd and renamed 1/9/19.She was en route from Motril,Spain to
 Amsterdam when she called at Brixham this afternoon to carry out a crew change.
She was off Berry Head for 2.5 hours.This is the 2nd sistership to call in the last
8 days and the 3rd Indigo Ray is due tonight at 0130 from Rotterdam.


                                          Picture taken from Berry Head 22/7/20 with
                                             MTS Pathfinder about to go alongside.

Monday 20 July 2020

SILVER STACIE

14 / 29,553gt oil / chemical tanker owned by Silver Stacie SA and managed by
Sinokor Maritime Co Ltd, S.Korea.She was bound from Amsterdam to Quebec
 when she called at Brixham for a crew change.

                                            Approaching the pilot station.
NYK METEOR

She is boarding her deepsea pilot for London Gateway to start her Transatlantic Service.


MARELLA EXPLORER

                                                   She left 2130 21/7 for Portland.
MARELLA EXPLORER

It was back to Berry Head for the 3rd time today this time for Silver Stacie and
some different angles of Marella Explorer.


MARELLA EXPLORER

96 / 76,998gt 1896 pass owned by Tui UK Ltd .She was built as Galaxy for
Celebrity Cruises, renamed Celebrity Galaxy 08,Mein Schiff 09,Mein Schiff 1 10,
and given her present name 1/4/18 when Tui rebranded their cruiseships Marella
 Cruises.She has been laid up this last week at Portland and the Nab Anchorage
 but she left Portland this morning and anchored 2.5 miles south east of
Berry Head.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head 20/7
GLOVIS SPIRIT

13 / 64,000gt 7300 cars She was bound from Vigo to Emden when she boarded
her deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head 20/7/20.
WISDOM ACE

13 / 59,409 gt 5200 cars.She was bound from Barcelona to Zeebrugge when she
boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head 20/7.
KN FUTURE

13 / 32,376gt owned by Kumiai Navigation PTE Ltd.Singapore.She was en route from
Geraldton,W.Australia to Rotterdam when she anchored 3.5 miles east of Berry Head to
carry out a crew change.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head 20/7.
F237 WESTMINSTER

Leaving Torbay and heading up Channel this morning.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head 20/7/20.

Saturday 18 July 2020

ONE GRUS

19 / 146,694gt 14,000 teu She is owned by NYK and is operated in the ONE Alliance.
She was bound from Colombo to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at
Brixham today.This was her first time piloting here.She slow steam sheltered in Lyme
Bay 1/11/19 until 5/11.


                                      Picture taken from the pilotboat 18/7/20




F237 WESTMINSTER

93 / 4900 tonnes Type 23 frigate.She has been at anchor on the edge of Torbay since
midday today.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat 18/7.
NYK METEOR

She will be anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage until Tuesday morning.

                                      Picture taken from the pilotboat 18/7.

Wednesday 15 July 2020

SUNRISE RAY

18 / 11,918gt Oil / Chem Tanker owned by Fair Wind Panama and managed by
Eastern Pacific Shipping PTE,Singapore.She was built as BW Radon for BW
Chemicals PTE Ltd and renamed 1/12/19.She was bound from Tarragona to
Amsterdam when she called at Brixham this evening to do a crew change.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head 15/7.20.
LOWLANDS SERENITY

11 / 92,752gt 181,458 dwt Owned by Ocean Transit Carrier SA and managed by
 Cobelfret SA,Belgium. She was en route from Porto Du Acu,Brazil to Ijmuiden
 when she called at Brixham to do a crew change this afternoon 15/7/20.

                                      Picture taken from Preston when she
                                                  was 7.5 miles distant


Tuesday 14 July 2020

SEAWOLF

57 / 851gt She was built by Smit as the tug Clyde.From 1998-2004 she was converted
into a superyacht and upgraded in 2008,2010 and 2016 and is managed by Fraser Yachts
Florida Inc,USA.She left Poole and stopped yesterday off Brixham and this morning
arrived at Dartmouth.She is leaving Saturday / Sunday for Halifax,Canada.
I also photographed her in the Dart 14/8/2014.

                                      Picture taken from Kingswear 14/7/20.

BOCHEM CHENNAI

12 / 11,707gt Oil / Chem tanker owned by Bochem part of the CMB Group.Belgium.
She was bound from Rotterdam to New York when she anchored off Berry Head
 for 6 hours to do a crew change which involved Pathfinder making 3 trips.

                                              Picture taken from Berry Head 14/7/20.
                                               In the background is Carnival Breeze.

Monday 13 July 2020

RMS SAIMAA

05 / 2069gt managed by Rhenus Maritime Services,Germany.She arrived in Teignmouth
from Newport in ballast and is loading ball clay for Kunda,Estonia.

                                         Picture taken at Teignmouth 13/7/20.

JAHAM

08 / 162,252gt 318,000 dwt.Ex ALBUTAIN STAR 1/11/14.Owned by Bahri,Saudi Arabia.
She was en route from Mongstad,to Qingdao when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham
 11/7/20. She also did a crew transfer off Berry Head which took 4 hours and involved
4 pilotboat trips.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head.
HURST POINT

02 / 13,300 Tonnes Full Load. She came from Southampton and is bound for Ascension Island
She had just anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage  11/7/20.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head.
VENTURA

06 / 3870gt owned by Strahlmann,Germany.She came from Waterford
and anchored 11/7 in the Deepwater Anchorage to await orders.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head 11/7/20.

HMM OSLO

20 / 235,500gt 23,820 teu. She is on the FE2 service and was bound from Rotterdam
to Singapore when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 10/7/20.


NYK METEOR

07 / 55,534gt 4888 teu.She came from Antwerp and landed her deepsea pilot
 at Brixham 8/7 and then anchored in the DWA to await the start of her next
Transaltantic service AL5 at London Gateway 22/7.


CARNIVAL MAGIC

She left the next day for Dover.


CARNIVAL BREEZE

After 20 weeks I finally got to go out on the pilotboat again and took
pictures of 3 of the ships in the Deepwater Anchorage on our way out to
HMM OSLO 10/7/20.


Monday 6 July 2020

ELANDRA DENALI


CARNIVAL BREEZE


3 SHIPS IN THE DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE TODAY.

Today they are facing away from Berry Head and with the sunshine a few photos
were taken.

CARNIVAL MAGIC



DUBAI HARMONY

05 / 62,806gt  Ex Telleviken 1/6/19. She is managed by Dubai Navigation Corp.
 UAE, and was bound from Ust Luga,Russia to Augusta,Italy when she landed
 her deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon 6/7/20.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head.

Saturday 4 July 2020

ONE HANNOVER

06 / 98,749gt 9000 teu Ex Hannover Bridge 1/3/19. She is owned by K line and operates
in the ONE Alliance on the FP 1 Service.She was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam
when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.


ARCADIA


CARNIVAL BREEZE


CARNIVAL MAGIC


3 CRUISESHIPS BACK IN THE DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE.

The next 5 pictures were taken from Berry Head this afternoon 4/7/20 and there was a
misty drizzle all the time I was there.

On Wednesday and Thursday there were no cruiseships in the Deepwater Anchorage,
but CARNIVAL MAGIC came back late Thursday from a run to the Atlantic,
CARNIVAL BREEZE arrived from Portland this morning and ARCADIA from
Bournemouth this morning.

                          L-R CARNIVAL MAGIC ,CARNIVAL BREEZE,ARCADIA

Thursday 2 July 2020

SHETLAND TRADER

She was bound from Teignmouth to Falmouth Anchorage when she passed Berry Head
last night after sunset and followed RCC America southwards.


HMM COPENHAGEN

20 /  235,500gt 23,964 teu She is the 3rd new ship for Hyundai and the 2nd one
 from Daewoo.She is on her maiden voyage on the FE2 Service and was en route
 from Singapore to Rotterdam as she approached Brixham to board her deepsea pilot
 at 2245 tonight 1/7/20.The picture was taken in very low light from Berry Head
 when she was off Start Point 12 miles away at 2145.



Wednesday 1 July 2020

RCC AMERICA

03 / 57,718gt 6700 cars Ex Hoegh America 1/12/19 and she is owned by Ray Car Carriers.
She was bound from Antwerp to Dakar when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham
 after sunset tonight.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head 1/7/20.