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Sunday December 3
In the afternoon the Douarnenez registered French
trawler Roxane called in Newlyn to land a crew member with an injured
hand that required hospital treatment following which he was
repatriated back to France for further treatment. In the evening the
Antiguan flagged cargo vessel Smaragd crossed the bay heading
westwards. Owned by Marconsult & Thode Schiffabrt of Hamburg,
Germany, she was built in 1998 with a gross tonnage of 2,339 and a
deadweight of 3,155 tons and is 100 metres in length with a beam of
18.5 metres and a draft of 6.5 metres. Capable of carrying either 7,624
cubic metres of grain or 60 containers her 5,384 bhp engine gives her a
speed of 15.5 knots.
Astern of her was the Irish registered cargo vessel
Arklow Fame. Owned by Arklow Shipping of Wicklow, Ireland, she was
built in 1992 and is 88 metres with a beam of 13 metres and a draft of
5.5 metres. Gross tonnage is 2,373 deadweight is 4,250 tons and she is
capable of carrying either 5,222 cubic metres of grain or 96 containers
with her 2,175 bhp engine giving her a speed of 12 knots.Heading east
was the Antiguan flagged container vessel BG Antwerp (ex Monkia Ehler).
Owned by Baum & Co, of Nordenham, Germany, she was built in 1996
with a gross tonnage of 5,309 and a deadweight of 7,225 tons. She is
121 metres in length with a beam of 18 metres and a draft of 6.7
metres. Capable of carrying 13,850 cubic metres of grain or 800
containers, of which 100 can be refrigerated, her 7,205 bhp engine
gives her a speed of 16.4 knots.
Monday
December 4
In the afternoon the Cypriot registered liquid petroleum gas
carrier Monsoon (ex Ben Nevis) headed westwards. Owned by Hanseatic
Shipping Co, of Limassol, Cyprus, she is managed by Chemgas Shipping of
Rotterdam, Holland, and was built in 1989 with a gross tonnage of 3,219
and a deadweight of 3,814 tons. She is 99 metres in length with a beam
of 16 metres and a draft of 5.4 metres. Capable of carrying 3,204 cubic
metres of liquid gas her 3,300 bhp engine gives her a speed of 12.75
knots.
The Sowenna (PZ 14) was slipped at Newlyn to clear her fouled
propeller.
Tuesday December 5
The French trawlers which had been
sheltering in Newlyn for the past few days left with some of them
steaming straight for home and the others returning to the fishing
grounds.
Anchoring in the bay in the late afternoon was the Russian
registered edible oil tanker Marina. Built in 1970 she has a gross
registered tonnage of 1,003 and a deadweight of 1,392 tons. In the
evening the Antiguan flagged container vessel Thea B headed westwards
across the bay. Owned by Tesch Bereederungs & Co, of Haren-Ems,
Germany, she was built in 1995 with a gross tonnage of 2,899 and a
deadweight of 3,935 tons. She is 99 metres in length with a beam of 16
metres and a draft of 4.9 metres. Capable of carrying 4,400 cubic
metres of grain or 380 container of which 40 can be refrigerated, her
1,489 bhp engine gives her a speed of 14.5 knots.
Heading eastwards was
the Swedish registered chemical tanker Tarnholm owned by Rederi
Tarntank of Donso, Sweden, and built in 2005 with a gross tonnage of
9,980 and a deadweight of 14,796 tons. She is 141 metres in length with
a beam of 21 metres and a draft of 8.7 metres. Capable of carrying
16,385 cubic metres of liquid chemicals her 8,565 bhp engine gives her
a speed of 15.8 knots.
She
was followed by three other chemical tankers. The Swedish flagged Bro
Axel, owned by Brostrom Tankers was built in 1998 with a gross tonnage
of 11,324 and a deadweight of 16,839 tons is 144 metres in length with
a beam of 23 metres and a draft of 8.7 metres. Capable of carrying
18,576 cubic metres of liquid chemicals her 6,526 bhp engine gives her
a speed of 14.5 knots.
The Cayman Islands registered Stolt
Fulmar, owned by Finanziaria Marittima, of Naples, Italy, was built in
2000 with a gross tonnage of 3,818 and a deadweight of 4,300 tons and
is 96 metres in length with a beam of 16 metres and a draft of 6.5
metres. Capable of carrying 5,338 cubic metres of liquid chemicals, her
speed is 13 knots.
The last vessel was the Cayman Islands
registered Stolt Kite owned by Stolt-Nielsen Inter Europe Service of
Monrovia, Liberia. Built in 1992 with a gross tonnage of 3,206 and a
deadweight of 4,735 tons she is 96 metres in length with a beam of 15
metres and a draft of 6.2 metres. Capable of carrying 4,845 cubic
metres of liquid chemicals her 4,078 bhp engine gives her a speed of 12
knots.
In the evening the Swedish flagged chemical/oil carrier
Bro Jupiter headed westwards. Owned by Brostrom Tankers of Paris,
France, she was built in 1999 with a gross tonnage of 8,848 and a
deadweight of 14,369 tons. She is 120 metres in length with a beam of
21 metres and a draft of 9.5 metres. Capable of carrying 15,258 cubic
metres of oil or liquid chemicals her 7,205 bhp engine gives her a
speed of 13.5 knots.
Following astern was the Antiguan flagged
cargo vessel Heinrich G owned by Kapitan Josef Gerdes Schiffabrtages of
Haren-Ems, Germany. She was built in 1997 with a gross tonnage of 2,446
and a deadweight of 3,694 tons and is 87 metres in length with a beam
of 13 metres and a draft of 5.5 metres. Capable of carrying 4,613 cubic
metres of grain or 176 containers her operational speed is 11.7 knots.
Following
her astern of her was the German flagged chemical/oil carrier Hummel
owned by Carl Buttner & Co, of Bremmen, Germany, and built in 1989.
Gross tonnage is 7,421 deadweight is 12,326 tons and she is 145 metres
in length with a beam of 20 metres and a draft of 8.4 metres. Capable
of carrying 14,375 cubic metres of oil or liquid chemicals her 5,778
bhp engine gives her a speed of 14 knots.
Heading
eastwards was the Russian flagged twin screw cargo vessel Baltiyskjy
101 owned by White Sea & Onega Shipping Co, of Petrozavodsk,
Russia, and built in 1978 with a gross tonnage of 1,926 and a
deadweight of 2,649 tons. She is 95 metres in length with a beam of 123
metres and a draft of 4 metres. Capable of a bale capacity of 3,475 or
83 containers her 1,740 bhp engines give her a speed of 12.5 knots.
Wednesday
December 7
Heading westwards in the morning was the Irish flagged cargo
vessel Connemara owned by Fisser & Doornum of Hamburg, Germany, and
built in 1998 with a gross tonnage of 4,107 and a deadweight of 5,184
tons. She is 99 metres in length with a beam of 16 metres and a draft
of 6.4 metres. Capable of carrying either 7,235 cubic metres of grain
or 480 containers of which 100 can be refrigerated, her 5,384 bhp
engine gives her a speed of 14.75 knots.
The
French trawlers Eriden (GV 642417), Kristel Vihan (GV.55194) and Kuzh
Heol (GV 55243) returned to Newlyn to shelter from the gales.
Friday December 8
Anchoring
in the bay early in the morning was the Turkish registered bulk carrier
Ali Ekinci owned by Gemek Denizcilik Ve Ticaret of Istanbul, Turkey,
she was built in 1982 with a gross tonnage of 23,436 and a deadweight
of 37,415 tons. She is 186 metres in length with a beam of 28 metres
and a draft of 11.3 metres. Capable of carrying 46,939 cubic metres of
grain her 11,500 bhp engine gives her a speed of 15.25 knots. Heaving
left Liverpool on 5 December she was on her way to Dalmietta in Egypt.
Heading
westwards across the bay in the afternoon was the Panamanian flagged
container vessel MSC Jordan. Owned by the Mediterranean Shipping Co, of
Geneva, Switzerland, she was built in 1993 with a gross tonnage of
37,071 and a deadweight of 46,600 tons. She is 237 metres in length
with a beam of 32 metres. Capable of carrying 3,105 containers, of
which 100 can be refrigerated, her 29,500 bhp engine gives her a speed
of 21 knots.
article published by the CORNISHMAN
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