STI LAUREN

2015 / 64,677gt 109,999 dwt owned by Scorpio Tankers Inc,Monaco.She came from Vlaardingen
and anchored in the middle of Lyme Bay to await orders 19/1/2016.On 25/1 she moved into the
deepwater anchorage off Torquay.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 31/1.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VENGEANCE TOWING HOPPER BARGE MUDDER 079

MTS Vengeance 1988 / 156 gt owned by MTS Group, Falmouth, UK is towing Mudder 079
1977 / 1070gt from Trondheim to Gibraltar. Mudder 079 was renamed Hila (Sierra Leone Flag)
 by Caribview Ltd, British Virgin Islands on December 1st 2015 while she was in Norway but it
 has not been changed on the vessel. They left Trondheim sometime after 14/12/2015 and
 sheltered at Kristiansund from 18/12/2015 - 4/1/2016 and at Ijmuiden 17/1/2016 - 18/1
 reaching Brixham on 20/1 where the tug handed the tow to MTS Victory which slow steamed
with it  in Babbacombe Bay until 21/1 while MTS Vengeance was in Brixham. MTS Vengeance
 and tow anchored in Torbay to shelter 21/1 and left 24/1 but came back to shelter in Torbay 25/1.

                                          Picture taken from Brixham 23/1/2016.
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GRAND DIAMOND

2007 / 59,217 gt 6500 cars owned  by Cido Shipping Co, S.Korea,She was enroute from
Lagos,Nigeria to Bremerhaven and boarded her deep sea pilot off Brixham.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 20/1/2016
                                                       Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

IRIS ACE

2011 / 43,709 gt 4064 cars owned by MOL,Japan. She came from Tema,Ghana and anchored
in the Anchorage last night giving no further information.She left 26/1 for Bremerhaven.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 20/1/2016.
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

COSCO DENMARK

2014 / 153,666 gt 13,350 teu owned by Cosco, China. She was enroute from Antwerp to
Shanghai when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 14/1/2016.

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

MPR 3

2011 / 254gt workboat owned by Marine Projects Rotterdam.She has based herself in Brixham
while she is working off Budleigh Salterton.

                                             Passing the pilot boat on her way
                                              to Budleigh Salterton 10/1/2016.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BLUE DRAGON

2007 / 2545gt She was enroute from Liepaja to Jorf Lasfar when she came into Torbay to shelter.

FANFARE

2007 / 9110gt She has been awaiting orders and sheltering in Torbay since 30/12/2015.
Today 10/1/2016 she left for Portland to bunker and from there to Uddevalla, Sweden.

MTS VISCOUNT AND BARGE UR101

ESENIYA

1999/ 3170gt She was enroute from St Petersburg to Port Said when she sheltered in Torbay.

5 SHIPS IN TORBAY SHELTERING

All the pictures were taken from the pilot boat MTS Pathfinder 10/1/2016 whilst out
in Torbay.

ARESSA

1978 / 1926 gt Ex Baltiyskiy 103 2009 owned by Baltrechflot Ltd, Russia She was enroute
from Riga to Villagarcia De Arosa when she came into Torbay to Shelter.

OOSTERSCHELDE

1918 / 226gt a Dutch Topsail Schnooner enroute from Dieppe to Tenerife and she came
 into Torbay to shelter in the early hours of today and left this evening.She is now moored
 in Falmouth

                                         Picture taken from Paignton 7/1/2016.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

ESENIYA

1999 / 3170gt owned by Transflot Ltd, Russia.She is enroute from St.Petersburg
to Port Said and is sheltering in Torbay.

                                 Picture taken from Quarry Bend, Paignton 7/1/2016.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BLUE DRAGON

2007 / 2545gt owned by Wolfgang Grimpe Marine,Germany and is sheltering in Torbay
 enroute from Liepaja to Jorf Lasfar.

                                    Picture taken from Quarry Bend,Paignton 7/1/2016.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GLEN CANYON BRIDGE

2006 / 68,570 gt 5624 teu owned by K Line, Japan.She is enroute from Rotterdam
to New York and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 4/1/2016 and then proceeded
to the anchorage to shelter.In the background is Galveston Highway which is enroute from
Southampton to Baltimore and has been very slow steam sheltering in Lyme Bay since 3/1
and left 5/1. Glen Canyon Bridge left 6/1.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 5/1.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS PATHFINDER

On her way back into Brixham after piloting the 3 ships 1/1/2016

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham.
                                          Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GRAND VENUS

2006 / 59,217 gt 6400 cars owned by Cido Shipping,Hong Kong and is on charter to NYK.
She was enroute from Zeebrugge to Newark, New Jersey and landed her deep sea pilot at
 Brixham 1/1/2016 and then very slow steam sheltered in Lyme Bay until 5/1.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 1/1
                                        Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

FIRMAMENT ACE

2006 / 60118 gt 6400 cars owned by Mitsui OSK Line, Japan.She was enroute from Bremerhaven
to Koper, Slovenia when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 1/1/2016.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 1/1 while
                                        she waited for the pilot boat to come to her.
                                                   Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

NEW YEARS DAY - 3 SHIPS LANDED PILOTS WITHIN HALF AN HOUR IN A FORCE 7

AMAZON GUARDIAN

1999 / 43,075 gt owned by Livanos Group, Greece.She was enroute from Antwerp to Houston
when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 1/1/2016.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham 1/1 with
                                                  MTS Pathfinder approaching her.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite