Sunday, November 18

Heading west in the morning was the Dutch cargo vessel Swami. Built in 1995, she is 90 metres in length with a draft of 5-8 metres. Her gross tonnage is 2,839, deadweight 4,304 tons and she is capable of carrying 5,798 cubic metres of grain or 206 containers with her 2,445 bhp engine giving her a speed of 11.5 knots.

Astern of her was the Dutch cargo vessel Menna, gross tonnage 2,561, length 88m, draft 5.3m. She can carry 5,548 cubic metres of grain at 12.5 knots. Heading east was the Swedish cargo vessel Finnfighter, gross tonnage 18,2886, length 158m, beam 25m, draft 8.7m. She can carry 21,730 cubic metres of grain or 716 containers, of which 12 can be refrigerated, at 17.5 knots. In the afternoon the Antiguan flagged German owned coaster Corsar headed west towards Dublin. She has a gross tonnage of 3,999, length 101m, beam 18m, draft 6.6m. She can carry 7,227 cubic metres of grain or 508 containers, of which 125 can be refrigerated, at 15.3 knots. Astern of her, also heading for Dublin, was the Antiguan flagged coaster BG Dublin, gross tonnage 7,852, length 140m, beam 21m, draft 7.3m. Heading east was the Cypriot flagged, German owned, cement carrier Cemluna, gross tonnage 2,706, length 89m, beam 13m, draft 5.3m. She is capable of carrying 5,325 cubic metres of cement or 220 containers, 20 of which can be refrigerated, at 12 knots. Astern of her was the Cypriot flagged, Dutch owned, coaster Ara Zebrugge, gross tonnage 3,815. length 103m, beam 16m, draft 6.1m. She can carry 6,820 cubic metres of grain or 574 containers, of which 50 can be refrigerated, at 14.5 knots.

Monday, November 19

Calling at Newlyn early in the morning to load ice was the Concarneau registered French trawler Kerleven. Heading west in the afternoon, on her way to Bristol, was the Antiguan flagged, German owned coaster Heinrich G, gross tonnage 2,446, length 87m, beam 13m, draft 5.5m. She can carry 4,613 cub metres of grain or 176 containers, at 11.7 knots. Astern of her was the Panamanian flagged, Polish owned, coaster Mielec, gross tonnage 3,127, length 95m, beam 14m, draft 6m. She can carry 5,798 cubic metres of grain at 12.2 knots. Following her was the Liberian flagged, Estonian owned, coaster Fairdeal, length 84m, beam 13m, draft 4.4m. She can carry 4.559 cubic metres of grain or 129 containers at 11 knots.

Tuesday, November 20

Heading west in the morning was the St Vincent and Grenadines flagged, Estonian owned coaster RMS Setlark, gross tonnage 1,281, length 74m, beam 10m, draft 3.4m. She can carry 2,351 cubic metres of grain at 10.2 knots. She was followed by the Antiguan flagged, German owned coaster Apollo Lupus, which was on her way to Manchester Ship Canal. Her gross tonnage is 2,914, length 96m, beam 13m, draft 5.6m. She can carry 4,795 cubic metres of cargo at 10.5 knots. In the afternoon the Liberian flagged, German owned LPG carrier Gaschem Juemme headed west, also on her way to the Manchester Ship Canal. She has a gross tonnage of 4,822, length 113m, beam 16m, draft 7m, and can carry 5,214 cub metres of liquid petroleum gas at 14 knots. In the afternoon the Bahamas flagged, Greek owned LPG carrier Chiltern headed east. Her gross tonnage is 3,607, length 99m, beam 16m, draft 5.5m.She can carry 3,312 cubic metres of LPG at 12.7 knots.

Wednesday, November 21

In the afternoon the twin screwed Russian coaster Sheksna headed west on her way to Bristol. She has a gross tonnage of 2,052, length 82m, beam 12m, draft 5m. She can carry

3,240 cubic metres of grain or 126 containers, of which 10 can be refrigerated, at 12 knots. Astern of her, on the way to Cork, was the Madeiran flagged, Norwegian owned car carrier Autotransporter, gross tonnage 7,069, length 100m, beam 17m, draft 4.8m. She can carry 700 cars. Heading east was the Isle of Man flagged, British owned, cargo vessel Storrington, gross tonnage 7,788, length 137m, beam 18m, draft 7.9m. She can carry 14,166 cubic metres of grain at 14.5 knots.

Thursday, November 22

Heading west in the morning was the Panamanian flagged, Hong Kong owned, car carrier Pacific Angel, gross tonnage 26,914, length 153m, beam 27m, draft 7.8m. She can carry 2,450 cars at 17.5 knots. Calling at Newlyn with refrigeration problems early in the afternoon was the Morlaix registered French trawler Cap Frehel (MX 681131). She was followed by another French trawler, the Concarneau registered Kertouz. Although registered in Concarneau, she has been sold to Irish fishermen, along with her two sister ships, and was on her way to Portavogie where she will be rigged out to fish for prawns. Electrical problems had closed down all her navigational equipment and radios when she was off the Longships and she called into Newlyn to carry out repairs. Heading west was the Liberian flagged, Polish owned bulk carrier Ziemia Gornoslaska, gross tonnage 17,427, length 180m, beam 23m, draft 9.9m. She can carry 34,954 cubic metres of grain at 14 knots. Passing her, heading east, was the Swedish chemical/oil carrier Fure Star, gross tonnage 9,382, length 145m, beam 22m, draft 8.3m. She can carry 16,066 cubic metres of liquid chemicals or oil at 12.5 knots. The local fishing vessel Girl Patricia (PZ 57) was slipped at Newlyn for minor repairs to her steering gear.

Friday, November 23

Heading east in the morning was the Russian twin screwed coaster Baltiyskiy 202, gross tonnage 2,264, length 89m, beam 13m, draft 4.3m. She can carry 3,310 cubic metres of grain or 180 containers, of which 20 can be refrigerated, at 12 knots. In the afternoon the Norwegian coaster Aasli headed west, bound for Dublin. She has a gross tonnage of 3,968, length 100m, beam 16m, draft 7m. She has a speed of 11.7 knots. Late in the evening the Faroe Islands coaster Havfrakt called into the bay for a short while to carry out repairs. She has a gross tonnage of 1,094, length 65m, beam 10m, draft 4.3m. She can carry 2,031 cubic metres of grain at 11 knots.

Saturday, November 24

Heading westwards on her way to Bristol was the Italian ro/ro vessel Grande Detroit, gross tonnage 38,651, length 176m, beam 31m, draft 8.8m. She can carry 4,600 cars and 100 containers at 21 knots. Astern of her was the Cayman Islands flagged, Italian owned chemical tanker Stolt Shearwater, gross tonnage 3,811, length 96m, beam 16m, draft 6.5m. She can carry 5,338 cubic metres of liquid chemicals at 12.8 knots.

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