TUG and TOW.

The tug AFON LLIGWY is towing the barge PROVIDENCE to Tilbury.They are seen

rounding Berry Head on their way into Torquay Harbour.

                                                                  AFON LLIGWY

 EAGLE BARCELONA

18 / 61,504gt operated by AET Tankers,Malaysia.She was bound from Hound Point,

Scotland with a cargo of  North Sea oil to Trieste,Italy.when she landed her deepsea

 pilot at Brixham today.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head 30/9.

 CLIPPER HERMES

08 / 13,893gt LPG Tanker owned by Solvang ASA,Norway.She has been awaiting

orders in Portland Anchorage since 12/9 and this evening has been slow steaming

 around the area.

                                 Picture taken from Weymouth Seafront 29/9

 EMERALD PRINCESS

07 / 113,356gt 3599 pass owned by Priness Cruises Inc,United States.

She arrived in Portland from Invergordon and sailed to Southampton.

 T - AO 195 LEROY GRUMMAN

89 / 42,674 tons full load.United States Military Sealift Command Henry J Kaiser Class

Replenishmen Oiler.She arrived yesterday 29/9 in Portland from Loch Striven.

 ONE IBIS

 ONE IBIS

16 / 144,285gt 14026 teu.She is operating on the FE5 Service and was bound

from Colombo to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham

today.Pictures taken from Berry Head 24/9.

 ST NICHOLAS

PILOTBOAT CONFIDENCE is off service so ST NICHOLAS came up from Plymouth 

to standing in for her.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head today.

 OWUSU MARU

20 / 43,829gt bulker owned by Phoenix Co Ltd,Japan.She was bound from

Brunsbuttel to Port Cartier,Canada when she landed her deepsea pilot at

Brixham today.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head.
 

 MAERSK KANSAS

07 / 50,686gt 4154 teu Ex Safmarine Mulange 1/1/22 owned by Maersk Line Ltd,USA.

She was bound from Bremerhaven to Norfolk when she landed her deepsea pilot at

 Brixham this morning and then anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                                           At anchor, picture taken from Berry Head 19/9

 ONE HENRY HUDSON

08 / 98,747gt 8212 teu.She was built as Henry Hudson Bridge for K Line and

was renamed 1/3/21. She was bound from Tanger Med 2 to Rotterdam when she

boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.She operates on the EPIC ( Europe

 Pakistan India Consortium ) 2 Service.

 DIVINE ACE

13 / 59022gt 5032 cars.Later this afternoon she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham whilst

en route Bremerhaven to Port Said.

 HMM SOUTHAMPTON

20 / 232,311 gt 23,820 teu.She is operating on the FE4  Service and was bound

from Hamburg to Tanger Med when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham

today.

                                           Waiting her turn behind Shinshu Maru.

 SHINSHU MARU

 CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL AT BERRY HEAD FOR 4 SHIPS PILOTING THIS AFTERNOON.

SHINSHU MARU

19 / 135,951gt 177,277 cubic mtrs LNG tanker owned by Trans Pacific Shipping 7 Ltd,Japan.

She was bound from Dunkirk to Lake Charles,Louisiana when she landed her deepsea pilot

at Brixham today.

 

 DIAMOND GAS METROPOLIS

20 / 117,564gt owned by Diamond Gas International,Singapore.She came from

Galveston Offshore Lightering Area ( GOLA ),Texas.and was bound for Klaipeda 

when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                            Pilotboat Confidence about to go alongside.

 CHEROKEE

16 / 81,413gt owned by C M Lemos & Co Ltd,UK and operated by

Nereus Shipping SA,Greece.She came from Liza Unity a FPSO

off the coast of Guyana and boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham

today for Rotterdam.

 

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 9/9.

 GRAND COSMO

06 / 59,217gt 6500 cars Owned by Cido Shipping ( Hong Kong ) Co Ltd.

She was bound from Vigo to Zeebrugge when she boarded a deepsea pilot

at Brixham today.

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 9/9.

 A135 RFA ARGUS

She anchored in Torbay at 0800 this morning and left at 1400 for Plymouth.Strapped

 down on her flightdeck was a Merlin and a Bell UH-1 Iroquois.Picture was taken

 from Berry Head 9/9.

 A135 RFA ARGUS

She was anchored in Torbay yesterday while she was on FOST training and 

has just arrived back at Plymouth.Picture taken from Battery Gardens,

Brixham 7/9.

 ARCTIC SUNRISE

                                             It took 1/2 hour to get this far and it

                                                took another hour to finish.

 ARCTIC SUNRISE

75 / 949gt .She was built as a sealing ship called Polarbjorn and

bought by Greenpeace in 1995 and renamed.She arrived from Falmouth

last night and is now doing a crew change with the pilotboat.It has taken

 over 1 1/2 hours to do,in the end she had to up anchor and head towards

 Shoalstone.Pictures taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham 4/9.

 SIOUX CITY

 LCS 11 SIOUX CITY 18 / 3450 tons full load.She is a Freedom Class Littoral

 Combat Ship.This is the first visit of one of this class but it is ironic because she 

is 1 of  9  to be decomissioned next  year as many of them have drive problems 

and hull cracking.She has combined 2 diesels and 2 gas turbines driving 4 water jets

2 steerable and giving a speed of 47 kts..

 

 EDZARD CIRKSENA 08 / 2451gt .She left Victoria Wharf with clay for

Gaeta.

 L3008 MOUNTS BAY 06 / 16,190 tons.She had come from Portland

and was goimg on D buoy with the assistance of SD CAREFUL and SD

FAITHFUL.

 

 

 ORP WODNIK 76 / 2500tons full load Polish Navy training ship.She arrived from 

Melilla a Spanish port in Morocco..

 ORP ISKRA 82 / 289gt  Barquentne rigged Polish Navy training ship arrived 

arrived from Swinoujscie.

 THERE WAS 6 SHIP MOVEMENTS AT PLYMOUTH TODAY OVER 5 HOURS

3 WARSHIPS ARRIVED FOR WEEKEND VISITS AND 1 ONTO D BUOY AND

2 COASTER MOVEMENTS.

All the pictures were taken from Jennycliff and Mountbatten 3/9

THUN GRANITE 04 / 4107gt oil/chem tanker arrived from Whitegate.