TORONTO EXPRESS

2003 / 55,994gt 4400 teu owned by Hapag Lloyd, Germany.She is enroute from Hamburg
to Montreal and landed an overcarried Elbe pilot at Brixham early this morning 29/12/16 then
anchored 4.4 miles out in Lyme Bay.She left 30/12.

                              Picture taken 29/12 from Berry Head, Brixham in a fog bank.

MAERSK NOTTINGHAM

2004 / 25,700gt 2556 teu incl 600 ref owned by Borealis Maritime Ltd,UK and chartered to Maersk.
She is enroute from Hamburg to Turbo, Colombia and called at Brixham 28/12/2016 to land
 an overcarried Elbe pilot.

                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 28/12.

ANDALUCIA STAR

1991 / 11,658gt owned by Star Reefers part of Siem Shipping Inc, Norway. She is enroute from
Uddevalla, Sweden to Cristobal.Panama and anchored in Lyme Bay just before midnight 23/12/16
and left 24 hrs later.

                                Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs, Torquay 24/12

TORBAY SPOTTER would like to wish all his followers a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

NYK RIGEL

2009 / 55,487gt 4922 teu owned by NYK Line, Japan. She is enroute from Rotterdam
to Halifax and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 23/12/2016.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 23/12.

SELAMET

It must be a coincidence to have two bulk carriers sheltering off Torquay at the sametime
both carrying packaged timber from Sweden to Egypt.
Selamet built 1998 / 14,762 gt 23,488 dwt owned by Rana Shipping Turkey and bound from
Oskarshamn to Alexandria arrived in Lyme Bay to shelter 15/12/2016.She left 16/12.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 16/12

OCEAN MELODY

2008 / 17,979gt 29,572 dwt owned by Reitaku Kaiun, Japan.She is enroute from Ljusne,Sweden
 to Alexandria with a cargo of packaged timber and came into Torbay to shelter 13/12/2016.
She left 16/12.

                                    Picture taken from Meadfoot Beach,Torquay 14/12

QUEBEC EXPRESS

2006 / 42383 gt 4043 teu owned by Hapag Lloyd, Germany. She had come from Montreal
and is now outward bound for Antwerp,so she is being turned in the Upper Swinging Ground
by Svitzer Bargate and Svitzer Ferriby.

                                     Picture taken from Marchwood 6/12/2016

HYUNDAI AMBITION

2012 / 140,979gt 12562 teu Owned by Danaos Sipping,Greece and chartered to Hyundai.
She arrived at Southampton from Hamburg and sailed to Singapore.She is on the LP5 service.

                                     Picture taken from Marchwood 6/12/2016

MSC SILVANA

2006 / 94483gt 8400 teu Owned by MSC, and she had arrived at Southampton from Tangier
and will sail to Rotterdam. She is on the EPIC service.

                                       Picture taken from Marchwood 6/12/2016

CMA CGM CORTE REAL

2010 / 153,00gt 13344 teu. She had arrived at Southampton from Algeciras and sailed to Dunkirk.
She is on the FAL1 service.

                                      Picture taken from Marchwood 6/12/2016

TONGALA

2012 / 61106gt 6500cars owned by Wilhelmsen, Norway.She was arriving at Southampton from
Zeebrugge and was being turned by Svitzer Bargate and Svitzer Ferriby to go astern onto berth 35.

                                     Picture taken from Hythe 6/12/2016

2 K LINE VC'S AT SOUTHAMPTON
On the left HORIZON HIGHWAY 2016 / 76,500gt 7500 cars, on her maiden voyage to N.Europe
arrived from Zeebrugge and will sail to Bremerhaven.
HAMBURG HIGHWAY 2015, she arrived from Bremerhaven 20/11 and unloaded at berth 104
then 22/11 moved to berth 40 to act as floating storage until 9/12 when she leaves for Baltimore.

                                    Picture taken from Hythe in foggy conditions 6/12/2016