News EventThursday, August 20, 2020 @ 1325 |
AASFJORD (2006- Self discharger general cargo / bulk carrier 113.76m long of Aasen Shipping, Mosterhamm, Norway) |
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Gibraltar registered AASFJORD nears King George V Dock, Glasgow with cement from Port Talbot |
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It was a heavily overcast day, frequent showers of rain, with a strong and cold easterly wind when AASFJORD was inbound on the River Clyde and passing, on the north bank, the B Ae Systems shipyard at Scotstoun and on the south bank the modern Braehead Shopping Centre, and approaching her destination, King George V Dock, Glasgow.
Images 1, 2 and 3 show AASFJORD passing the B Ae yard.
Image 4 shows her funnel (stack)
Images 5, 6 and 7 show AASFJORD approaching King George V Dock and ahead of her can be seen the giant 150 feet tall, 150 ton cantilever crane which was built in 1920 for the Barclay, Curle shipyard at Whiteinch, Glasgow. The crane, though derelict, decaying and disused, is preserved as an historic monument. Just under the crane can be seen the Faversham Shipping cargo ship VERITY which had arrived at 0125 that morning from Ayr (Firth of Clyde) and berthed at Diesel Wharf and was loading a cargo of scrap metal for Liverpool. Also seen is the Holyhead Towing Company multipurpose tug / workboat AFON CEFNI, which was working on underwater operations on the bed of the River Clyde at Shieldhall, Glasgow. |