MARELLA EXPLORER 2

                                                      Picture taken from Princess Pier.

 TORBAY CRUISE SHIPS AT SUNSET TODAY

                                    Picture taken from Torquay Seafront 28/12.

 TWO JACK UP'S 

MPI RESOLUTION off Teignmouth with WAVEWALKER 1 at Dawlish.

                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive 28/12.

 IMPALA

08 / 9556gt managed by Peter Doehle,Germany She was en route from Terneuzen

to Suez when she sheltered in Lyme Bay and has now left.

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive 28/12.

 GREEN BAY

07 / 59,250gt 6400 cars owned by Central Gulf Lines,USA.She was bound from 

Zeebrugge to San Antonio,Chile when she landed her deepsea pilot and then

 anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage today.

                                             Picture taken from Marine Drive 28/12.

 MARELLA EXPLORER 2

Coming back into Torbay after wandering around Lyme Bay for 4 days.

                                              Picture taken from Marine Drive 27/12

 2 COASTERS SHELTERING IN  TORBAY TODAY

PATRON 08 / 4106gt Bound from Vierow,Germany to Liverpool.

TUCANA 08 / 2545gt Bound from Ijmuiden to Newport.

                                            Pictures taken from Daddyhole Plain 27/12.

 MPI RESOLUTION

Picture taken from Marine Drive this morning.

 ONE BLUE JAY

16 / 145,251gt 14,000 teu Ex NYK Blue Jay 19.She was en route from Colombo

to Rotterdam on the FP2 Service when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham

today 26/12.

                                         

                                              Picture taken from Berry Head

                                                in very low light conditions

 WAALDIJK 10 / 2984gt bound from Ijmuiden to Garston.

VITALITY 09 / 2984gt bound from Hamburg to Aveiro.

 

 4 COASTERS SHELTERING IN TORBAY TODAY

All pictures taken from Preston Seafront 26/12.

ATLANTIS ANDAMAN 09 / 4263gt bound from Rotterdam to San Ciprian,Spain.

HATHOR 07 / 2545gt bound from Rotterdam to Villagarcia,Spain.

 MPI RESOLUTION

03 / 14,310gt .She was the world's first purpose built Turbine Installation Vessel.She is self

 elevating from 3 - 46 metres above sea level and equipped with 2 cranes a 600 ton and a 50

 ton.She was bound from Larne to Portland when she sheltered from Storm Bella off

 Teignmouth today 26/12.She is owned by Van Oord Offshore Wind UK Ltd who aquired

MPI Offshore in 2018.

                                        Picture taken from Labrador Car Park.

                                              Picture taken from the Ness.

 2 CRUISE SHIPS RETURN TO BABBACOMBE BAY TODAY

ARCADIA back at 10.20 after a wander as far as Fowey.Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs

as she came to anchor.

AZURA back from Southampton at 11.34.Picture taken from Marine Drive as she came to anchor

                                    

                                                     

BG SAPPHIRE

18 / 12,831gt 1004 teu.She is managed by Jungerhans Maritime  Services,Germany and

operated by BG Frieght Line.Netherlands.She is en route from Cork to Rotterdam but is

 not due until boxing Day so she is laying over here instead of in the Rotterdam Anchorage.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive 24/12

 ENOUGH TALK

11 / 3583gt 5155 dwt Heavy Load Carrier owned by Rauma Cata OY, Finland.She was built as

JIAN YANG CHENG YUN for a Chinese company and sold and renamed 1/8/18. She was bound

 from Skagen,Denmark for Marina Di Carrara,Italy when she sheltered off  Labrador Bay last night.

Poor quality picture taken from Labrador Car Park at 1600 today.

 SUNRISE RAY

18 / 11,918gt Oil/Chem tanker owned by Fairwind,Panama and managed by Eastern 

Pacific Shipping PTE,Singapore.She was bound from Antwerp to New York when she

did a crew change at Brixham 20/12.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 MAJESTIC MAERSK

This morning she was still around and the sun was shining on her but she was 17 miles away

from Berry Head.

 MARELLA EXPLORER

She came out of Torbay yesterday and has been wandering around S.East of Berry Head

since then.She had just passed through a squall and the ghost light showed her up as she

did a turn near Dartmouth. 

                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head.19/12.

 MAJESTIC MAERSK

13 / 194,849gt 18,270 teu. She was en route from Rotterdam to Suez when she came up 

last night into Lyme Bay to slow steam shelter. Triple E's are rarely seen here,.Maribo

Maersk boarded a Felixstowe pilot in the dark and Mette Maersk slow steam sheltered

 22/12/19. This poor quality picture was taken when she was 12 miles from Berry Head 

out in the gloom..

 PALATINE

09 / 25,593gt 180 trailers.owned by Cobelfret,Belgium.She was en route from Rotterdam to

Dublin and came into Lyme Bay to shelter late last night.This afternoon she resumed her

voyage and is seen passing Berry Head.19/12.

 2 COASTERS SHELTERING IN TORBAY

RMS LAAR

85 / 1570gt managed by Sky Mare Navigation Co,Greece.She was bound from Rotterdam to Foynes.

JAN D

91 / 1981gt owned by Drabert Schiffahrtsges,Germany.She was bound from Kiel to Silloth

                                          Pictures taken from Waterside 14/12.

 4 CRUISE SHIPS IN TORBAY

There is now 2 sets  of sisterships here.Holland America's Volendam and Zaandam

and Marella's Marella Explorer and Marella Explorer 2.

                         Left to Right, Marella Explorer 2,Volendam, Marella Explorer and Zaandam

                                            Picture taken from Preston Seafront 14/12.

 MARELLA EXPLORER 2

95 / 72,958gt 1924 pass built as Celebrity Cruise's Century and is the sistership of 

Marella Explorer.She arrived in Torbay from Weymouth Bay 12/12.

                                            Picture taken from Waterside Cove 14/12

                                            Picture taken from Meadfoot Beach 14/12.

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 AZURA

 

 3 CRUISE SHIPS IN BABBACOMBE BAY AT SUNSET TODAY.

Marella Discovery left for Amsterdam yesterday but Arcadia came back yesterday and Azura

came back this morning. Pitures taken from Marine Drive 12/12.

ARCADIA

QUEEN ELIZABETH

 KODIAK ISLAND

17 / 23,275gt owned by Kodiak Shipping Ltd and managed by Pacific Basin Shipping ( HK ) Ltd.

She had come from Terneuzen and had just anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage this afternoon.

She was bound for Paranagua.Brazil.

                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive 12/12.

 2 CONTAINERSHIPS SHELTERING IN LYME BAY 12/12.

MOL GRATITUDE 02/ 59,307gt 5606 teu.She is chartered from the Schulte Group and was

en route from Le Havre to Veracruz when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday

then slow steam sheltered in Lyme Bay and is now at anchor.Pictures taken from Marine Drive.

NYK RUMINA 10/ 55,587gt 5000 teu. She was en route from Antwerp to Savannah

when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday and then slow steam sheltered 

in Lyme Bay and is now at anchor.

 GLOVIS STAR

16 / 71,777gt 7500 cars and chartered from Ray Car Carriers.She was bound from Zeebrugge

 to Suez when she landed a deepsea pilot at Brixham today.She then went and slow steam 

sheltered in Lyme Bay.

                                               Picture taken from Berry Head 11/12.

 COMMANDER P

She is passing Berry Head whilst heading from Torquay to Galmpton Creek.

 HC LARA

12 / 6,577gt 641 teu and equiped with 2 x 80 ton cranes.HC Chartering is the charter broker

for the HC Group,Germany and she is on charter to IMM International Maritime,Germany

She is bound from Kronstadt,Russia to New Orleans and is sheltering on the edge of Torbay.

                                               Picture taken from Berry Head 10/12.

 CRUISE SHIPS IN BABBACOMBE BAY

Today there are 4, left to right,

AZURA, QUEEN ELIZABETH, MARELLA DISCOVERY, QUEEN MARY 2

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head 10/12.

 CRUISE SHIPS IN TORBAY

Today there are 3, left to right

ZAANDAM, MARELLA EXPLORER, VOLENDAM

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head 10/12.

 MARELLA EXPLORER

96 / 76,699gt 1896 pass.Yesterday she moved from Babbacombe Bay into

Torbay.

                                                Picture taken from Berry Head  10/12.

 2 NEWEST ARRIVALS IN BABBACOMBE BAY

QUEEN ELIZABETH ARRIVED 6/12.

MARELLA EXPLORER 96 / 76,998gt 1896 pass ARRIVED 7/12.

                                Pictures taken from Babbacombe Downs 8/12.

 6 CRUISE SHIPS IN BABBACOMBE BAY.

                                           Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs 8/12.

 LONE 

11 / 15,199gt Heavy Lift Carrier managed by SAL Heavy Lift ,Germany.She is bound from

Rotterdam to Port Said and is sheltering 4 miles distant out in the Deepwater Anchorage.

She is a Seitas Type 183 with 2 x 1000 ton cranes and she is carrying a tower that is the full

 length of the deck and  hangs out beyond the stern.

                                              Picture taken from Marine Drive 6/12 

                                                    as she was about to anchor.

 TWO CUNARDER'S TOGETHER

Queen Elizabeth passing Queen Mary 2 as she arrived today.

 QUEEN ELIZABETH

10 / 90,901gt 2092 pass .She is seen arriving today from Weymouth Bay and about to enter

 Babbacombe Bay. Pictures taken from Marine Drive 6/12.This is her first time here.

                                                          About to drop anchor.