NORTRADER

2012 / 1934 gt owned by Fehn Shipmanagement, Germany.She left Teignmouth after
loading clay for Casablanca at 9.20am 31/12/2015 within 1 hour she turned into Torbay
to shelter.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham
                                             as she entered Torbay 31/12.
                                           Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BLUE FURY

2010 / 10,360 gt owned by Blue Ship Management Corp,Greece.She was enroute from Muuga
to Jorf Lasfar and anchored on the edge of Torbay to shelter 30/12/2015.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 31/12.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VISCOUNT AND TOW

1977 / 369 gt and managed by MTS Group UK.She resumed towing the barge UR101 25/12/2015
and very slow steamed in Babbacombe Bay until 30/12 when she anchored in Torbay to shelter.

                                      Picture taken from Quarry Bend,Paignton 31/12
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

FANFARE

2007 / 9611 gt Ex Beluga Fanfare 2007 and owned by Peter Doehle,Germany.She came from
Argentia,Newfoundland,Canada and anchored outside Torbay to await orders 29/12/2015.
 She came into Torbay to shelter 30/12.

                                              Picture taken from Brixham 31/12.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

5 SHIPS SHELTERING IN TORBAY ON NEW YEARS EVE

KOVERA

1995 / 1596 gt owned by Onegoship,Russia.She was enroute from Sutton Bridge
to Bilbao and anchored in Torbay 28/12/2015 to shelter.

                                       Picture taken from Brixham 31/12.
                                          Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GLORIOUS LEADER

2007 / 57,692 gt 6700 cars owned by Ray Car Carriers, Isreal and chartered to NYK.
She came from Zeebrugge to Southampton and is seen passing Calshot outbound for
 Halifax,Canada.She could not disembark her port pilot at the Nab and took him to Brixham.

                                     Picture taken from Calshot 30/12/2015.
                                           Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MSC CLARA

2015 / 193,000 gt 19,224 teu owned by Mediterranean Shipping Co. Switzerland
She operates on the 2M service AE2/Swan and is on her maiden voyage from China
 to N.Europe.Arrived at Southampton  from Tangermed and is sailing to Antwerp.

                                    Picture taken at Southampton 30/12/2015
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

CMA CGM BOUGAINVILE

2015 / 175,688gt 17,772 teu owned by CMA CGM, France.She arrived for her
 second visit to Southampton from Algeciras and will sail to Dunkirk.

                                    Picture taken at Southampton 30/12/2015.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

RMS TWISTEDEN

2002 / 1898 gt owned by Rhein Maas und See,Germany She was on passage from
Rotterdam to Pasajes and came into Torbay 20/12/2015 to shelter.Left 24/12.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 23/12.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

WILHELMINE

2012 / 21,019 gt 165 trailers and is operated by Cobelfret, Belgium on their Rotterdam to
Lexioes service.She arrived in Lyme Bay to shelter 21/12/2015.Left 24/12.

                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 23/12/2015
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MARITIME JEWEL

2000 / 157,833 gt 299,369 dwt managed by Eastern Pacific Shipping, Singapore.She was enroute
 from Rotterdam to Singapore with a cargo of bunker oil when she landed her deep sea pilot at
 Brixham 23/12/2015.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 23/12/2015
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VICTORY WITH ANOTHER TOW

MTS Viscount was towing the Ugland Construction A/S Barge UR 101 1993 / 4166 gt 10,094 dwt
 from Steinvig near Stavanger to Termini Imerese, Sicily when she had to go to Falmouth for
 bunkers so she handed the barge over to MTS Victory 17/12/2015 in Babbacombe Bay,
 MTS Victory has very slow steamed with it while waiting for MTS Viscount to come back
 and resume the tow. MTS Viscount has been delayed because she had to go to a ship with
 problems in Mounts Bay. MTS Viscount resumed the tow 25/12 and is still here.

                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 20/12/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

SUOYARVI

1994 / 1596 gt owned by Neva Shipping, Russia and is sheltering in Torbay
while enroute from Ust Luga, Russia to Algiers.Left 24/12.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 20/12/2015
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

CEMBAY

1998 / 3017 gt Cement Carrier owned by Brise, Grermany She is enroute from Le Havre to
Ellesmere and is very slow steaming while she is sheltering in Lyme Bay 20/12/2015

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 20/12/2015
                                  as she turned and headed back up towards Teignmouth.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

AUTO ATLAS

1988 / 57422 gt 5200 cars managed by Korea Line Corp.She was enroute from Derince,Turkey
to Sheerness and boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 20/12/2015.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham 20/12/2015
                                                         Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

RIVER TRADER

1989 / 789gt managed by Ionian Marine Shipping, Greece.She was enroute from
Emden to Drogheda and came into Torbay 2/12/2015 to shelter.She left 10/12.

                                        Picture taken from Torquay 5/12/2015.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BEN VARREY

1986 / 997gt owned by Absolute Shipping, UK.She had come from Amsterdam and
was anchored off Maidencombe 8/12/2015 waiting to enter Teignmouth later that afternoon.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat 8/12/2015.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VICTORY AND TOW

The pilot boat went up to Maidencombe to deliver some stores to MTS Victory 8/12/2015.

KAHLA

2009 / 160,782gt 317,664 dwt owned by Bahri (National Shipping Co) of Saudi Arabia.
She was enroute from Juaymah,Saudi Arabia to Rotterdam on her first visit to N. Europe.
She boarded her deep sea pilot and one crew member off Brixham 8/12/2015 and one
 crew member was landed.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 8/12/2015
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VICTORY AND TOW

1 week later 5/12 and MTS Victory with the drydock caisson is still drift sheltering in
 Babbacombe Bay but today she is in a force 7 south westerly and is seen 1.5 miles
 off Marine Drive. They left for Plymouth 10/12.

NORDEROOG

2004 / 15,633gt 1300 teu including 258 reefers and is owned by Briese Schiffahrts, Germany.
This ship has not got its AIS working.She left Bremerhaven 9/11 stopping at various anchorages
 on the way to Lyme Bay where she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage outside Torbay
4/12/2015. She left 6/12 for Liverpool.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 5/12/2015
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

FLUVIUS PLYM

1998 / 2316gt Originally named Arklow Sand and since 2014 has been owned by
 Exe Shipping Ltd, UK. She is enroute from Dieppe to Belfast and arrived in Torbay
30/11/2015 to shelter.

                                    Picture taken from Preston Seafront 30/11/2015
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

LADY LARA

This brand new 92 metre / 2999gt Superyacht was built by Lurssen,Germany for
Alexander Machkevitch and has just been on her maiden voyage to Oslo.She called
 at Amsterdam on her way to the Caribbean for the winter season and arrived at
 Dartmouth 27/11/2015 to shelter.She cost £150 million.

                                   Picture taken from Kingwear, 28/11/2015.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

TWO TORBULK'S SHELTERING IN TORBAY
 Nearest
SEA MELODY 1994 / 2450gt Enroute from Kaliningrad to Bermeo.
Background
SEA KESTREL 1993 / 1382gt Enroute from Terneuzen to Cork.
 Both arrived yesterday

                                 Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain,Torquay 28/11/2015.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VICTORY AND TOW

MTS VICTORY

Built in 1976 / 190 gt is towing a drydock caisson for Devonport Dockyard,Plymouth from Rotterdam
and has been drift sheltering in Babbacombe Bay since 27/11/2015.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 28/11/2015.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GORCH FOCK

She is a barque built in 1958 / 1760 tons full load and used by the German Navy as
a training ship.She arrived in Torbay 11/11/2015 from Cadiz and is going into Dartmouth
 tomorrow for a 4 day visit.

                                            Picture taken from Paignton 12/11/2015
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HR RECOMMENDATION

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 20/10/2015.

STENA ARCTICA

2005 / 65,293gt 117,099dwt  owned by Stena Bulk,Sweden and is their only Aframax tanker
and she is Swedish-Finnish Ice Class 1a Super capable of operating in 1 metre ice.
She arrived from Rotterdam 19/10/2015 to await orders in Lyme Bay.Sailed to Belfast 25/10.

                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 20/10/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HR RECOMMENDATION

2005 / 8963gt owned by Hammonia Reederei, Germany.She is enroute from Emden
to Aviles and anchored in Lyme Bay 18/10/2015.Sailed 30/10.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 18/10/2015
                                                          in very misty conditions.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

PLEIADES SPIRIT

2008 / 60,330gt 6400 cars owned by Nissan Motor Car Carriers, Japan.She was
 enroute from Bremerhaven to Halifax when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham
9/10/2015.

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 9/10/2015.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MACKINAC BRIDGE

This is the 60th Ultra Large Containership I've seen in 5 years and 30 of them have been
seen at Brixham.

2015 / 150,709 gt 13,870 teu owned by K Line, Japan.She is returning from her maiden
voyage to N.Europe and is enroute from Antwerp to China via Piraeus and Singapore.
She landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 9/10/2015.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 9/10/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

WLADYSLAW ORKAN

2003 / 24,167 gt owned by the Chinese - Polish Joint Stock Shipping Co.( Chipolbrok).
She anchored in Lyme Bay 7/10/2015 on her way from Hamburg to Gijon and left 8/10.

                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 8/10/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

SARA

2011 / 164,641gt 323,183 dwt Ex Maersk Sara 2014 now owned by Euronav Tankers NV, Belgium
and is French registered.She loaded a cargo of North Sea Crude at Hound Point for Ulsan,S.Korea
sailing via the Cape and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 2/10/2015.

                          Picture taken from the pilot boat 4 miles out just before dark 2/10/2015.
                                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MARTORELL

2003 / 57,789 gt 6400 cars owned by Mitsui OSK Line, Japan.Only 2 of their vehicle carriers
have not got ACE names. She was enroute from Vigo to Zeebrugge when she boarded her
 deep sea pilot off Brixham 27/9/2015.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 27/9/2015.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GHAZAL

2009 / 160,782gt 317,000 dwt owned by Bahri, Saudi Arabia.She was bound from Sidi Kerir
to Rotterdam when she boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 27/9/2015.

 

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 27/9/2015
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HYUNDAI VICTORY

2014 / 141,868 gt 13,100 teu owned by Hyundai, S.Korea. She landed her deep sea pilot at
Brixham 27/9/2015 enroute from Rotterdam to Port Said.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 27/9/2015
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GLOVIS CROWN

2014 / 59760gt 6000cars owned by Glovis Co Ltd,S. Korea.She was enroute from Bremerhaven
 to China and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 26/9/2015.

                                Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 26/9/2015
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BLUSTER

The Dutch tug Bluster 1988 / 2311gt towing a barge with 3 container cranes that came
 from Amsterdam. She is enroute from Ijmuiden to Tenerife and has been drift sheltering
in Lyme Bay since Monday September 21st.Sailed 25/9.

                               Picture taken from Brixham 24/9/2015.They are 10 miles out.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

COSCO SPAIN

2014 / 153,666 gt 13,350 teu owned by Cosco Container Lines Ltd China.She is enroute
from Antwerp to Shanghai and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 24/9/2015.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 24/9/2015.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

JOHANNES WULFF

2010 / 50,697gt 93,272 dwt and owned by Reederei Hermann Wulff,Germany.She arrived
 from Rotterdam 12/9/2015 and anchored in Lyme Bay to await orders.She sailed 17/9/2015
for Klaipeda, Lithuania.

                              Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 13/9/2015
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MOL QUINTET

2014 / 150,074 gt 13,900 teu owned by APL,Singapore and chartered to MOL,Japan. She
is enroute from Rotterdam to Port Said and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 13/9/2015.
This is her first visit here.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 13/9/2015.
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MINDORO

2009 / 58,418gt 106,850 dwt and owned by TMS Tankers Ltd, Greece.She arrived from
Jebel  Dhanna, Ruwais, U.A.E. 7/9/2015 and anchored 13 miles out in Lyme Bay to await orders.
Today she came in to 4 miles from Brixham and boarded 2 superintendents and then headed back
 out to where she was anchored before.She left for Fawley 18/9/2015.

                               Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 12/9/2015.
                                           Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

COSCO PORTUGAL

2014 / 153,666gt 13,350 teu .Enroute from Antwerp to Port Said landed her deep sea pilot at
Brixham 12/9/2015.

                                    Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 12/9/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

PROGRESS ACE

At the same time Progress Ace 2003 / 57,789 gt 6400 cars owned by MOL,Japan landed
her deep sea pilot at Brixham  enroute from Sheerness to Walvis Bay, Namibia.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/8/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

CSCL INDIAN OCEAN

2015 / 187,541 gt 19,100 teu owned by China Shipping Container Line.She was enroute
from Rotterdam to Port Klang and landed her deep sea pilot off Brixham in the mist and rain
 on Tuesday 25/8/2015. This is the third in the class and on her third voyage but she piloted
 in the dark the first time and landed at Cherbourg the second time.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/8/2015.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

OCEAN MAJESTY

1966 / 11,047 gt 500 pass 235 cabins owned by Majestic International Cruises, Greece and
registered in Maderia.She is operated by Hansa Touristik,Germany.Built as the ferry Juan March
 and converted to a cruise ship in 1994.She is on an 11 day cruise from Hamburg and called at
 Ostend before Torquay and left for St Peter Port.The cruise continues around the Bay of Biscay
and finishes at Bremerhaven.She is seen off Brixham 22/8/2015 about to board the Torbay pilot.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat 22/8/2015,
                                          Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

KOREX SPB No2

2012 / 14,462 gt Heavy Load Carrier owned by CJ Korean Express Corp, Korea.She loaded the
Arctic Loading Tower, the base unit and rotating tower weighing 4000 tons at Musaffah,UAE.
and sailed via Suez and Augusta, Italy to Brixham where she boarded a deep sea pilot for
Stavanger 22/8/2015 and disembarked 3 crew members.Her final destination is Sabetta
on the Yamal Peninsula,Russia.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 22/8/2015.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HILWAH

2002 / 164,292 gt 316,804 dwt Owned by National Shipping Company Of Saudi Arabia (Bahri).
She landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 17/8/2015 enroute from Rotterdam to Sidi Kerir.

                              Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 17/8/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MUNCHEN BRIDGE

2015 / 150,709 gt 13,870 teu Owned by K Line, Japan.She is on her maiden voyage from
China to N.Europe and was enroute from Piraeus to Rotterdam when she boarded her deep
sea pilot at Brixham 17/8/2015.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 17/8/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite