COSCO ITALY

2014 / 153,666 gt 13350 teu owned by Cosco,China.She was enroute from Antwerp to
Shanghai and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 29/4/2015.

                               Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 29/4/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

P6122 S72 PUMA

1983 / 390 tons full load, German  Type 143A Missile Patrol Boat.
She had been on Exercise Joint Warrior off Scotland then the squadron called at Cork
and she anchored in Torbay overnight 28/4 and left 29/4 for Plymouth.

                                        Picture taken from Brixham 29/4/2015.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HUMEN BRIDGE

2007 / 98,800gt 9040 teu owned by K Line, Japan and was enroute from Antwerp to
Nansha when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 27/4/2015.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 27/4/2015.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

EAGLE SAN PEDRO

2012 / 80,782 gt owned by American Eagle Tankers Ltd, Bermuda.She was enroute
from Rotterdam to Singapore with a cargo of bunkering oil and landed her deep sea
 pilot at Brixham 25/4/2015.

                          Picture taken from the pilot boat 5 miles off Brixham 25/4/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HILWAH

2002 / 164,292gt 316808 dwt owned by National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri).
She was enroute from Sidi Kerir to Rotterdam and boarded her deep sea pilot and a
superintendent at Brixham 25/4/2015.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/4/2015.
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

In the space of 3 hours this afternoon 3 tankers piloted at Brixham in the mist and rain.

DOLVIKEN

2012 / 81,453gt owned by Viken Shipping AS, Norway. She was enroute from Rotterdam
to Singapore loaded with 156,000 tonnes of bunkering oil and landed her deep sea pilot
at Brixham 25/4/2015.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 25/4/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

AZORES

1948 / 16144gt 552 pass Ex Stockholm 1960 owned by Portuscale Cruises, Portugal and
 chartered to Cruise and Maritime Voyages. Her last port of call on an 8 day Round Britain cruise
 from Avonmouth was the Scilly Isles and she is inbound for Avonmouth from where she will
 start an 11 day cruise to Lisbon, Cadiz and Lexioes.

                                                Passing Battery Point 18/4/2015.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

UACC IBN SINA

2008 / 42010gt 73338dwt managed by United Arab Chemical Carriers,Dubai.She has come from
Kuwait with 60,000 tons of jet fuel inbound for Portbury.

                                              Passing Battery Point 18/4/2015.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite



                                             
                                         

VANQUISH

1995 / 2997gt 326 teu ,Ex Varmland 2005.She is managed by Holwerda Shipmanagement,
Holland and she is also on the Avonmouth to Warrenpoint Service.

                            Inbound for Avonmouth passing Battery Point 18/4/2012.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BF AURELIA

1998 / 3999gt 523 teu, Ex Gerd Sibum 2013 managed by BF Shipmanagement, Germany She operates on a service from Avonmouth to Warrenpoint, N.Ireland.

                            Passing Battery Point outbound for Warrenpoint 18/4/2015
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

ARGABAY

1989 / 794gt owned by Severn Sands Ltd.Ex Hoo Maple 2004. She had finished dredging in the Bristol Channel and is heading back into Avonmouth to unload.

                                           Passing Battery Point 18/4/2015.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GRANDE ANVERSA

2004 / 38651gt  4650 cars owned by Grimaldi, Italy. She had come from Antwerp to Portbury
and is seen outbound for Setubal.

                                             Passing Battery Point,18/4/2015.
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

In Portishead Marina were 2 tugs built by Charles Hill of Bristol.

JOHN KING 49gt built in 1935 and
VOLUNTEER built in 1934.
John King was open to people visiting the show.

                                     Picture taken in Portishead Marina 18/4/2015
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

On Saturday 18th April 2015 I visited the South West Ship Show at Portishead and these were the ships seen.

CITY OF HAMBURG

2008 / 15,643gt ro-ro owned by Fret Cetam SAS a joint venture between Louis Dreyfus
and Hoegh Autoliners and chartered to Airbus for 20 years.She is arriving at Portbury from
Bordeaux to load Airbus parts made at Filton and then sailed to Mostyn.

                                       Picture taken from Portishead 18/4/2015 as she
                                                     was about to enter the lock.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HYUNDAI VICTORY

2014 / 141,868gt 13100 teu owned by Hyundai, S.Korea. She was enroute from
Rotterdam to Suez and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 11/4/2015.

                                Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 11/4/2015.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

Due to Cosco Portugal's schedule departure from Antwerp being 3 days late
 we ended up with 2 ultra large containerships landing their deep sea pilots
 at Brixham within 5 hours of each other 11/4/2015

COSCO PORTUGAL

2014 / 153,666gt 13350 teu owned by Cosco, China. She was enroute from Antwerp
to Shanghai.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 11/4/2015.
                                                      Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HYDRA

2007 / 2286gt owned by Wagonborg, Holland. She arrived 4/4/2015 from Sluiskil
with a cargo of bulk can fertiliser.

                                             Picture taken at Teignmouth 6/4/2015.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

PARSIVAL

1995 / 2061gt owned by Wessels, Germany. She arrived 5/4/2012 from Garston.

                                                Picture taken at Teignmouth 6/4/2015.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MORNING CAPO

2013 / 59,615 gt 6645cars owned by EUKOR Car Carriers, S.Korea.She was enroute
from Philadelphia to Antwerp and boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 5/4/2015.
This was her first visit to Brixham.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 5/4/2015.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

AZUMASAN

2010 / 159,943gt 302,241 dwt owned by Mitsui Osk Line, Japan.She was enroute
 from Rotterdam to Singapore with a cargo of bunkering fuel and landed her deep
 sea pilot at Brixham 3/4/2015.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat 6 miles out
                                                   from Brixham 3/4/2015.
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

61306 MAYFLOWER

She is one of two LNER B1 Class in preservation. She was hualing the Cathedrals Express
from Oxford to Kingswear and back 1/4/2015

                                   Picture taken from Paignton Station as she was
                                            leaving to return to Oxford 1/4/2015.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MOL PROFICIENCY

2007 / 71,777gt 6350 teu.She operates on Mitsui Osk Line's Europe to Africa service
and was enroute from Bremerhaven to Algeciras when she landed her deep sea pilot
at Brixham 1/4/2015.

                                    Picture was taken from Waterside, Paignton
                                         when she was 5 miles out 1/4/2015.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite