Monday 29 January 2024

 ONE INSPIRATION

23 / 236,500gt 24,136 teu.She is on the FE3 Service and was bound from Singapore

to Rotterdam on her maiden voyage when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham

 this evening in the dark.She is the 5th ship in a megamax class of 6 ships.

 

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head at 1700.


Monday 22 January 2024

 FEDERAL COLUMBIA

16 / 20,798gt owned by Fednav Ltd,Canada.She is bound from Ijmuiden to Camden,New Jersey

 and is slow steam sheltering in Lyme Bay from Storm Isha.In the first picture she is seen from

 Berry Head 3.5 miles out doing 4 kts.

 



 


 


 VIKING SENTINEL

Sheltering in Tor Bay from Storm Isha 22/1.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head


Sunday 21 January 2024

 TODAY WOULD ONLY HAVE BEEN WORSE IF IT RAINED.

ONE INGENUITY ..

23 / 236,500gt 24,136 teu.She is the 4th in the class of 6 megamax ships for ONE.She is on her

 maiden voyage bound from Singapore to Rotterdam on the FE3 Servce when she boarded her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.Containers are stacked 11 high on deck.



                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head 21/1.

Saturday 20 January 2024

 KLAIPEDA

95 / 2395gt managed by Afalita Shipping JSC,Lithuania.She had come from

Erith and sailed to Belfast.

F79 PORTLAND

2000 / 4900 Tons full load.


 


Friday 19 January 2024

 RFA STIRLING CASTLE M01

13 / 5840gt She is an offshore base for Mine CounterMeasure Autonomous Systems.

She had been doing trials in Lyme Bay and was arriving at Plymouth today.




 L801


                                        Bow tug is SD Powerful, Stern escort is SD Careful.

                                                 Portside escort is SD Faithful.


PLYMOUTH TODAY

All pictures taken from Jennycliff.

 L801 JOHAN DE WITT

07 / 16,800 TONS FULL LOAD Dutch Rotterdam Class Landing Platform Dock.

She had come from exercising off Brest and was arriving at Plymouth today.



                                           Starboard escort is SD Careful.

Tuesday 16 January 2024

 RFA A139 TIDEFORCE

19 / 29,329gt Tide Class Tanker.She was leaving Plymouth but anchored South

of the Breakwater.

                                           SD EILEEN is the portside tug.
                                            Pictures taken from Devil's Point 16/1.


 F312 OTTO SVERDRUP

08 / 5296 tons full load.She is a Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen Class Frigate.She was leaving

Plymouth at sunrise to do FOST Training.



                                              Pictures taken from Devil's Point 16/1.

Monday 15 January 2024

 ARISTONA

11 / 2549gt managed by Dublin Bulk Cargo Ltd,Ireland.She came from Rotterdam.


 

 FRI OCEAN

2000 / 2218gt owned by Kopervik Ship Invest AS, Norway.She came from Dundalk.



3 SHIPS IN TEIGNMOUTH TODAY

 CAPALL MARA

13 / 496gt backhoe dredger managed by Abco Marine Ireland Ltd.She came from

Emden and arrived in Teignmouth at 0900 this morning.


 



Monday 8 January 2024

 OLYMPIC FIGHTER

17 / 81,722gt 158,932 dwt.She is managed by Olympic Shipping and Management,Greece

She was bound from Rotterdam to Gibraltar for orders when she landed her deepsea pilot 

at Brixham this afternoon 





                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head where the wind

                                                                 was gusting at 35 kts


Sunday 7 January 2024

 CENTAURUS LEADER

04 / 62,195gt 5415 cars. She was bound from Zeebrugge to Malaga when she 

landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham afternoon.


                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head.


 MAERSK OHIO came within 1.5 miles of Berry Head and she is

boarding her deepsea pilot.



 MAERSK OHIO

06 / 50,686gt 4154 teu owned by Maersk Line Ltd,USA.She was bound from

Norfolk to Antwerp when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham.

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head.



 FROM BERRY HEAD THIS MORNING

NYK DEMETER

VIKING SENTINEL

                                              Heading back to Babbacombe Bay




Saturday 6 January 2024

 NYK DEMETER

07 / 55,487gt 4888 teu. She operates on ONE's AL5 Service and has been at Hamburg

since 19/10 and will resume service at Southampton 15/1.She arrived at Brixham 0600

this morning, landed her deepsea pilot and then anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage.

Info Update from the Grim Snapper.

 Since 19/10 she did another service run and came back to Hamburg recently and

 unloaded before coming here.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive 6/1.


Friday 5 January 2024

 ROLLDOCK SUN

Leaving this morning.



                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 ONE READINESS



                                             The pilotboat is alongside.

 ONE READINESS

23 / 73,700gt 7200 teu incl 1200 reefers.She is owned by Seaspan Corp, Hong Kong

and is the first in their 7000 Teu Series and is chartered to ONE.She is on ONE's SRX

 Service and was bound from Cape Town to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea

 pilot at Brixham this evening.This is her first time to N.Europe.On deck are Maersk 

reefer boxes.



                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 GALATEA

Seen from Berry Head as she came from Teignmouth and stopped off at Brixham before heading

 for Salcombe today.



 ROLLDOCK SUN

Seen in the sunshine from Berry Head this morning.



Thursday 4 January 2024

 ROLLDOCK SUN

10 / 12,802gt Multi purpose,Semi submersible heavylift ship that can be used

open hatch managed by Rolldock Shipping BV,Netherlands.She is a S Class

and was built in India and has 2 x 350 toncranes and a 19 x 9.5 stern ramp and can 

carry loads upto 4000 tons.She was bound from Amsterdam to La Pallice when

 she came to shelter in the Deepwater Anchorage.In the hold is a jack up platform

 with 3 spud legs. 

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head.

                                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive.