Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist the Shell tanker HALIA from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY at the stern and Steel & Bennie's tug STRONGBOW at the bow assist the Shell "H-class" oil tanker HALIA stern-first from the Ardrossan tanker berth through the 300 feet-wide Harbour entrance to the roadstead.

HALIA had discharged her cargo of fuel oil to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan

Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist the Shell tanker HALIA from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY at the stern and Steel & Bennie's tug STRONGBOW at the bow assist the Shell "H-class" oil tanker HALIA stern-first from the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour to the roadstead

HALIA had discharged her cargo of fuel oil to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan

After HALIA had reached the roadstead and released her two tugs, she headed northwards up the Clyde to the anchorage at Tail-of-the-Bank off Greenock, where she lay until about 0400 the next morning then moved upriver to the Oil depot at Old Kilpatrick, which is 9 miles downriver from Glasgow. Incidentally the tug STRONGBOW was one of the two tugs docking HALIA at Old Kilpatrick

Tug STRONGBOW assists in sailing the Shell Tanker HALIA from Ardrossan Harbour

Tug STRONGBOW assists in sailing the Shell Tanker HALIA from Ardrossan Harbour to the roadstead, and then, after being dismissed by the Ardrossan Pilot, leaves Ardrossan and returns to Greenock

Coastal tar carrier PALM arrives at Ardrossan to load a cargo of tar for Belfast

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

Donaldson Line's COLINA on Time Charter to Ellerman & Papayanni for Mediterranean service

1962

0108 on 9  Dec arrived Glasgow from Avonmouth    Capt. S. P. Ewing

9^th Dec    Contact damage discovered at Glasgow – date and cause unknown

0900 on 20 Dec delivered to Time Charterers Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd.

Voyage 20      Captain S. P. Ewing of Donaldson Line

0930 on 20 Dec left Glasgow for Liverpool

0642 on 21 Dec arrived Liverpool

1505 on 24 Dec left Liverpool for Lisbon

0813 on 28 Dec arrived Lisbon

2043 on 30 Dec left Lisbon for Oporto

1963

1648 on 1 Jan arrived Oporto

1000 on 6 Jan left Oporto for Port Talbot

1931 on 8 Jan arrived Port Talbot

0430 on 12 Jan left Port Talbot for Liverpool

1125 on 13 Jan arrived Liverpool

1324 on 18 Jan left Liverpool for Gibraltar

0756 on 23 Jan arrived Gibraltar

Damage to “LIGHTER NO. 143” and shed at Gibraltar 23/24 Jan

1900 on 25 Jan left Gibraltar for Cagliari, Sardinia

0712 on 30 Jan arrived Cagliari

0800 on 1 Feb left Cagliari for Limassol

0638 on 6 Feb arrived Limassol

1200 on 6 Feb left Limassol for Famagusta

0800 on 7 Feb arrived Famagusta

2030 on 7 Feb left Famagusta for Tel Aviv

1230 on 8 Feb arrived Tel Aviv

2330 on 14 Feb left Tel Aviv for Haifa

0707 on 15 Feb arrived Haifa

2100 on 20 Feb left Haifa for Limassol

0934 on 21 Feb arrived Limassol

1945 on 24 Feb left Limassol for Belfast

1550 on 7 Mar arrived Belfast

1400 on 9 Mar left Belfast for Liverpool

0530 on 10 Mar arrived Liverpool

1645 on 17 Mar left Liverpool for Gibraltar

2148 on 22 Mar arrived Gibraltar

2230 on 23 Mar left Gibraltar for Valletta, Malta

0700 on 28 March arrived Valletta

1900 on 28 March left Valletta for Famagusta

0800 on 1 April arrived Famagusta

2000 on 3 April left Famagusta for Limassol

0545 on 4 April arrived Limassol

1515 on 4 April left Limassol for Jaffa, Israel

0542 on 5 April arrived Jaffa

1615 on 5 April left Jaffa for Haifa

1220 on 6 April arrived Haifa

0100 on 15 April left Haifa for Avonmouth

2218 on 26 April arrived Avonmouth

1330 on 29 April left Avonmouth for Liverpool

1454 on 30 April arrived Liverpool

1130 on 3 May redelivered from Time Charterers Ellerman & Papayanni Lines to Donaldson Line

1500 on 3 May left Liverpool for Glasgow

1035 on 4 May arrived Glasgow and prepared for voyage 21 of Donaldson Line service to Canada

Coastal tar carrier PALM leaves Ardrossan with a cargo of tar for Belfast