Ardrossan tug SEAWAY assists Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM into berth at Ardrossan Harbour

FRAGUM was assisted into the berth by the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY

Everard's coaster SAGACITY arrives at Ardrossan with a cargo of granite chips from Cornwall

BULOLO to leave Sydney (Australia) for Papua and New Guinea via Queensland (Australia) ports

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Coaster LAIRDSBURN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of scrap metal from Belfast

Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM departs Ardrossan for Heysham

FRAGUM was assisted from the berth by the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY

Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY assists the Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM to leave Ardrossan

FRAGUM was assisted from the berth by the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY

Tug SEAWAY assists Greek cargo ship DESPOINA to berth at Ardrossan

Tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER assisted DESPOINA from Ardrossan roadstead into the berth in Ardrossan Harbour

Greek cargo ship DESPOINA arrives at Ardrossan to load railway rails and sleepers for West Africa

Tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER assisted DESPOINA from Ardrossan roadstead into the berth in Ardrossan Harbour. It was a very tight squeeze for DESPOINA whose beam was 16.5 metres / 54 feet to pass through the dock gates into Eglinton Dock, the entrance being only 17.68 metres / 58 feet, so there was only 0.5 metre / 2 feet clearance on each side for the ship to go through.

DESPOINA would load about 4,500 tons of Railway rails, sleepers and associated material, destined for the construction of a new railway in Sierra Leone, West Africa

Tug WRESTLER arrives at Ardrossan to assist the Harbour tug SEAWAY to bring DESPOINA to berth

Captain Docherty brought the tug WRESTLER from Greenock to assist the Harbour tug SEAWAY to bring the Greek cargo ship DESPOINA from Ardrossan roadstead into the berth in Ardrossan Harbour

Tug WRESTLER having assisted Greek cargo ship DESPOINA to berth at Ardrossan now returns to Greenock

Tug WRESTLER having assisted the Harbour tug SEAWAY to bring the Greek cargo ship DESPOINA from Ardrossan roadstead into the berth in Ardrossan Harbour was now released by the Pilot and left Ardrossan to return to Greenock

Coaster PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load Tar for Belfast

Irish Lights Lighthouse Tender GRANUAILE arrives at Ardrossan Dockyard for repairs

GRANUAILE was employed by the Irish Light's Service to maintain, service and supply the lighthouses, light-ships and buoys on the Irish coast.

It is not known why this Irish-owned and crewed-and based vessel was registered in Liverpool and not in Dublin.

Dutch coaster ALI DAMHOF arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load steel sections for Spain

After being sold she was later converted to a Sand Dredger, and, after many subsequent sales, was finally broken-up in India in 2005