Monday July 16

Heading westwards across the bay in the morning was the Dutch flagged and owned coaster Wisdom. Built in 2004 with a gross tonnage of 1,583 and a deadweight of 1,842 tonnes, she is 82 metres in length with a beam of 11 metres a draft of 3.6 metres and is powered by a 1,296bhp engine. Astern of her was the Antiguan flagged, German owned, coaster Gerd Sibum, gross tonnage 3,999, length 99 metres, beam 18 metres, draft 6.6 metres. She is capable of carrying 6,712 cubic metres of grain or 523 containers, of which 91 can be refrigerated, at 16 knots. Passing her and heading east was the Norwegian flagged and owned chemical/oil carrier Kilstraum, gross tonnage 2,894, length 85m, beam 15m, draft 6.7m. She can carry 4,994cu m of liquid chemicals or oil at 12.5 knots.

Following her was the Antiguan flagged German owned container vessel BG Rotterdam, gross tonnage 6,368, length 132m, a beam 19m, draft 7.3m. She can carry 714 containers, of which 80 can be refrigerated, at 17 knots.

Tuesday July 17

Heading westwards in the morning was the Lithuanian owned, St Vincent and Grenadines flagged, coaster Rubyn, gross tonnage 1,512, length 79m, beam 11m, draft 4.4m. She can carry 3,170cu m of grain at 10 knots. Passing her and heading east was the Antiguan flagged, German owned, container vessel Marus, gross tonnage 2,906, length 99m, beam 16m, draft 4.9m. She can carry 4,440cu m of grain or 340 containers, of which 40 can be refrigerated, at 14.5 knots. Astern of her was the Norwegian flagged and owned car carrier Hoegh Tropicana (ex Hual Tropicana), gross tonnage 33,359, length 180m, beam 29m, draft 8.5m. She can carry 4,000 vehicles, her 11,200bhp engine gives her a speed of 17.75 knots. In the afternoon the Barbados flagged, British owned, coaster Swanland headed westwards. Her gross tonnage is 1,978, length 81m, beam 13m, draft 5.4m. She can carry 3,951cu m of grain at 12.5 knots. Passing her and heading east was the Russian flagged and owned coaster Suna, gross tonnage 2,889, length 96m, beam 13m, draft 4.3m. She can carry 5,250 cu m of grain or 150 containers at 11 knots. She was followed by another Russian flagged and owned coaster, the twin screwed Sormovskiy 44, gross tonnage 2,484, length 114m, beam 13m, draft 3.4m. She can carry 4,297cu m of grain at 10.7 knots. The William Sampson Stevenson completed her work on the slipway and was launched to be replaced by the James R H Stevenson (PZ 78) which was slipped to complete propeller shaft repairs.

Wednesday July 18

Heading westwards in the morning was the Bahamas flagged, British owned, chemical/oil carrier Cumbrian Fisher, gross tonnage 8,446, length 127m, beam 20m, draft 8.5m. She can carry 14,060 cu m of liquid chemicals or oil at 15 knots. Passing her and heading east was the Estonian flagged, and owned, coaster Oscar, gross tonnage 2,958, length 98m, beam 16m, draft 4.1m. She can carry 5,097cu m of grain or 182 containers at 13.5 knots. Astern of her was Cypriot flagged, Dutch owned, twin screwed product tanker Oralake (ex Baltic Swan ), gross tonnage 1,860, length 82m, beam 12m, draft of 6.5m. She can carry 3,300cu m of liquid products at 12.5 knots. Later in the morning the Bahamian flagged, Greek owned, lpg carrier Cotswold headed east. Her gross tonnage is 3,368, length 99m, beam 16m, draft 5.7m. She can carry 3,207cu m of liquid petroleum gas at 12.7 knots.

Thursday July 19

Heading westwards in the morning was the Irish flagged and owned coaster Arklow Resolve, gross tonnage 2,999, length 90m, beam 14m, draft 6.3m. She can carry 5,920cu m of grain or 138 containers at 12 knots. She was followed by another of the same company's vessels, Arklow Spirit, length 90m, beam, 12m, draft 4.7m. She can carry 4,700cu m of grain or 116 containers at 10.5 knots. Later in the morning the Bahamian flagged, British owned, chemical/oil carrier Pembroke Fisher headed west. Her gross tonnage is 9,356, length 135m, beam 20m, draft 8.1m. She can carry 15,351cu m of liquid chemicals or oil at 15.4 knots. In the early evening the Antiguan flagged, German owned, coaster Cesaria headed west. She has a gross tonnage of 4,004, length 104m, beam m, draft 6.6m. She can carry 6,744cu m of grain or 432 containers, of which 40 can be refrigerated, at 16 knots.

Friday July 20

Heading east in the morning was the Swedish flagged and owned asphalt tanker Pandion, gross tonnage 6,280, length 117m, draft 7.5m. She can carry 6,200cu m of liquid asphalt at 14.7 knots. Pausing in the bay for a short time after lunch was the British flagged and owned twin screwed cruise ship Saga Ruby, gross tonnage 24,492, length 191m, beam 25m, draft 8.3ms. She is capable of carrying 670 passengers at 21 knots. In the early evening the Panamanian flagged, Greek owned, container ship MSC Serena headed west on her way to Bootle Docks on the Mersey. Her gross tonnage is 38,991, length 240m, beam 32m, a draft 11m. She can carry 2,602 containers, of which 217 can be refrigerated, at 21.5 knots. The James R H Stevenson completed her works on the slipway and was replaced by the local netter CKS (PZ 425), for underwater repairs.

Saturday July 21

Heading westwards in the morning was another container vessel bound for Bootle Docks. The Atlantic Cartier is registered under the Swedish flag and is owned by an Italian company. Her gross tonnage is 58,358, length 292m, beam 32m, draft 11m. She can carry 2,908 containers, of which 358 can be refrigerated, at 17.5 knots. In the afternoon the Antiguan flagged, German owned, container vessel B G Antwerp headed westwards. Her gross tonnage is 6,362, length 121m, beam 18m, draft 6.7m. She can carry 13,850cu m of grain or 700 containers, of which 100 can be refrigerated, at 16.4 knots. The CKS completed her work on the slipway and was launched on the morning tide to be replaced by the Harvest Reaper (PZ 329), for a bottom scrub and coat of anti-fouling paint.

published by THE CORNISHMAN 

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