GRIETJE

2000/ 8397 gt owned by SAL Heavylift, Germany.She is a Type 161A equipped with
2 x 320 ton and 1 x 200ton cranes. I think she loaded the Gottwald portal harbour crane
at Antwerp which is for delivery to APM Terminal Pipavav, India. Aft on deck she has a
ship's bridge structure which is for one of the Royal Singapore Navy's new Independence
 Class Littoral Mission Vessels being built at ST Marine,Singapore She arrived in Torbay
 to shelter 21/2/2016 and left 23/2.

                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 22/2.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MANHATTAN BRIDGE

2015 / 150,709 gt 13870 teu owned by K. Line, Japan. Enroute from Antwerp to
Piraeus she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham  17/2/2016.

                              Picture taken from the pilot boat in the rain off Brixham 17/2.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GLOVIS CAPTAIN

2015 / 57,600 gt 6000 cars owned by Glovis, S.Korea.She was enroute from
 Bremerhaven to Barcelona when she anchored off Dartmouth this morning
14/2/2016 to shelter for 7 hours.

                                   Picture taken from Berry, Head, Brixham 14/2.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

VLISTDIEP

2007 / 4990 gt managed by Feederlines, Holland She was enroute from Terneuzen to
Piombino,Italy when she anchored 13/2/2016 off Berry Head to shelter.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham
                                                   14/2 as she was leaving.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

THALASSA ELPIDA

2014 / 148,667 gt 13,800 teu onwed by Enesel,Greece and chartered to Evergreen,Taiwan.
She was enroute from Rotterdam to Port Said and came into Lyme Bay to drift shelter
 this morning 14/2/2016 and left this afternoon.

                         Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 14/2 as she was leaving.
                                                She is 10.5 miles out doing 15 kts.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

This morning 14/2/2016  there were 7 ships drift sheltering in Lyme Bay, 4 Vehicle Carriers,
 2  Ultra Large Containerships and 1 Bulker. Here are pictures of 2 of them.

TRANQUIL ACE

2009 / 58,939 gt 5200 cars owned by MOL,Japan .She was enroute from Antwerp to
Port Elizabeth when she landed her deep sea pilot off Brixham 13/2/2016 and then drift
sheltered.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 14/2,
                                                         She was 8 miles out.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

DITZUM

2005 / 3173 gt owned by Briese, Germany and she was enroute from Esjberg
to Naples with her deck cargo of 12 wind turbine blades when she sheltered in
Torbay 11/2/2016.

                                 Picture taken from Quarry Bend, Paignton 12/2.
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

KAREL

2006 / 4182 gt owned by White Sea Onego Shipping, Russia and was enroute from
Szczecin to Bandirma,Turkey when she sheltered in Torbay 11/2/2016.

                                         Picture taken from Paignton Seafront 12/2.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

ZEUS

2000 / 1843gt owned by Lauterjung, Germany.She was enroute from Mongstad, Norway
to Aviles when she sheltered in Torbay 12/2/2016.

                                         Picture taken from Paignton Seafront 12/2.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

BUNGA KASTURI EMPAT

2007 / 156,967 gt 300,325 dwt owned by American Eagle Tankers,Bermuda. She
was enroute from Rotterdam to Singapore with a cargo of bunker fuel when she landed
her deep sea pilot at Brixham 10/2/2016.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 10/2
                                                    Copyright Rodge Muselwhite

PROGRESS ACE

2003 / 57789 gt 6400cars owned by MOL,Japan. She was enroute from Barcelona to

Newcastle when she boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 10/2/2016.

                                   Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 10/2.

                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MSC ALEXA

1996 / 42,307 gt 3300 teu owned by Meditterranean Shipping Co, Switzerland.
She was enroute from Antwerp to Liverpool when she landed her deep sea pilot
at Brixham 9/2/2016.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 9/2
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

FLAGSHIP WILLOW

2012 / 42,341gt owned by Flagship Willow Inc. Greece. She came from Milford Haven and
anchored off the Lizard then she came up to the Deepwater anchorage off Torbay 7/2/2016.
to await orders.Sailed to Amsterdam 12/2.

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 9/2.
                                                Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

NYK HYPERION

2013 / 141,000 gt 13,200 teu owned by OOCL and chartered to NYK,Japan. She
was enroute from Singapore to Rotterdam when she boarded her deep sea pilot at
Brixham 7/2/2016.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 7/2.
                                               Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

HAWAIIAN HIGHWAY

2015 / 76,500gt 7500 cars owned by K Line,Japan. She landed her deep sea pilot at
Brixham 4/2/2016 while enroute from Teeside to Port Elizabeth, South Africa.She is
 Post-Panamax with a beam of 38 metres but is 200 metres long.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 4/2.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

FINNSEA

2011 / 28002gt owned by Finnlines. She was enroute from Zeebrugge to El Ferrol, Spain
but had to call at Brixham to land an overcarried Zeebrugge port pilot.2/2/2016.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 2/2
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

IRIS ACE

2011 / 43709gt 4064 cars owned by MOL,Japan.She was enroute from Zeebrugge to
Koper, Slovenia when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 2/2/2016.

                                 Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 2/2.
                                             Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MTS VENGEANCE AND TOW

MTS Vengeance left Torbay 24/1with Mudder 079 bound for Gibraltar but encountered
 bad weather in the Channel and was back in Torbay 25/1.

                                        Picture taken from the pilot boat 2/2.
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite