Dutch coaster CORNELIUS VAN DER SCHOOT leaves Ardrossan for Santander (Spain)

CLAN MACTAVISH arrives in Glasgow to unload, then drydock then load for Cape Town

   CLAN MACTAVISH arrived at Glasgow at 0430 on 13^th March 1964 with 2,050 tons of general cargo from Durban and Cape Town via Liverpool and berthed at berth 8 / 9 King George V Dock with her head south and was drawing 17’ 05” forward and 18’ 03” aft.   Her Agent was Cayzer Irvine at 109 Hope Street, Glasgow.

   Renfrew Stevedores boarded at 0800 on 13^th March and commenced discharge of cargo, completing discharge at 1530 on 26^th March.

   At 0700 on 17^th March she shifted astern along the Dock wall from berth 8 / 9 to berth 9 and at 1410 that day, with draught forward 12’ 00” and aft 18’ 05” she was towed astern from King George V Dock moving a short distance downriver to the nearby Elderslie Drydocks for drydocking.   She undocked at 2130 on 23^rd March and was towed upriver to berth 9 King George V Dock.

   Another shift, this time at 1630 on 26^th March, shifting ahead along the Dock wall from berth 9 to berth 8.

   Renfrew Stevedores started loading 700 tons of general cargo at 0800 on 31^st March and completed loading at 1600 on 3^rd April.

   Just after loading was finished the ship had engine trials from 1645-1725.

   CLAN MACTAVISH left Glasgow at 1205 on 4^th April for Cape Town via Birkenhead, her draught forward being 11’ 09” and aft 20’ 00”

Gardner's coaster SAINT RULE arrives at Ardrossan with a cargo of scrap from Belfast

MAWANA shifted from berth 65 Plantation to berth 73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow

MAWANA shifted along the wall from berth 65 Plantation to berth 73 Plantation.

MAWANA had arrived in Glasgow on 10th March @ 2310.

Dock Logbook shows : Vessel has overhang on bridge 30 feet forward of Plimsoll

13th March at 0800 shifted from berth 65 to berth 73, with stern 1 bollard in from West bulkhead.
26th March 1964 at 1230 shifted from berth 73 to berth 77, forward 10' 6" and aft 17' 9"
1st April at 1110 to 1130 shifted from berth 77 to berth 65, forward 10' 8" and aft 17' 8" with bow on East bulkhead.
2nd April received 4 heavy lifts totalling 52 tons from NEWSHOT

MAWANA sailed from Glasgow on 7th April at 0750 for Calcutta via Birkenhead

Zillah's coaster FERNFIELD arrives with a cargo of trailers at Ardrossan Harbour

WANGEROOG brings bitumen to Ardrossan from Stanlow

Port Report dated 13th March 1964

From ?The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald? dated Friday 13th March 1964

Thirty-one vessels, including seven tankers, docked at Ardrossan Harbour during the week ended Saturday 7th March.
One of the tankers, the British vessel ?Halia? from Stanlow, discharged a cargo of petrol.

Among the arrivals were the Norwegian ship ?Lindo? from Vancouver, which discharged a cargo of timber.

A trawler, ?Joe Croan,? unloaded a cargo of fish.
Another ship, the ?Jose Tantiere,? took on a load of steel coils which will be delivered to Bayonne.

Burns & Laird switch their shipments of steel from Greenock to Ardrossan

From the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 13th March, 1964

SHIPMENTS OF STEEL

Switch from Greenock to Ardrossan

Burns and Laird Lines Ltd. intend to switch the Belfast iron and steel shipments from Greenock to Ardrossan. And they will close their Greenock office.

Mr N.C.B. Wright, general manager of Burns and Laird lines stated last week-end that the decision had been made by the parent company Coast Lines Group, who had been reviewing a large number of their services.
"They have" he added, "been pruning services and concentrating on certain ports."

A spokesman for Ardrossan Harbour Company told the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald that "It may be a couple of months before the switch is made. We have," he said, "carried a certain amount of steel traffic for Belfast, and in recent months we have been shipping steel from the north-east of England, also to Belfast."

Gardner's coaster SAINT RULE leaves Ardrossan, light-ship for Glasgow