Motor vessel SIRIUS in James Watt Dock, Greenock

Motor cruiser TIGERBLUE in James Watt Dock, Greenock

Tug CMS WRESTLER passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on passage to Lough Foyle

Container ship CMA CGM GOYA from Bilbao approaches and arrives at Greenock Container Terminal

Western Ferries roro SOUND OF SEIL from Hunter's Quay approaching McInroy's Point, Gourock

Caledonian MacBrayne's LOCH SHIRA at Largs slipway loading for Cumbrae

WILSON ALMERIA arrives in River Clyde to load scrap metal at Diesel Wharf, Glasgow

All images courtesy of Ally Mackenzie (Facebook profile is Ally Mackenzie)

    Ally writes :

I have been taking pictures today on the Clyde, and I

managed to catch cargo ship WILSON ALMERIA on

her way to Diesel Wharf, Glasgow to load scrap

metal for Liverpool.

  After Liverpool she would return to the Firth of

Clyde, this time to Ayr.

   I have attached photos of the cargo ship

WILSON ALMERIA as she approached the Renfrew

Ferry and on to the Diesel Wharf.

The first photo shows the cargo ship ALMERIA passing

Rothesay Dock.

  She is owned by Wilson's a Norwegian Shipping

Company and home port is Valletta in Malta.

  Photo two shows ALMERIA just about to pass the

Renfrew ferry. 

Photo three shows the Renfrew Ferry moving

across to Yoker

as ALMERIA sails by. 

Photo four shows the ALMERIA sailing up to

the Elderslie dry docks.

  Photo five shows HMS SPEY in Elderslie dry dock No3. 

Photo six and seven shows ALMERIA on her way to

Whiteinch.

Swedish tanker ASTINA arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Scotland

All images are courtesy of Ally Mackenzie (Facebook profile is Ally Mackenzie)  

Ally writes :

I have been editing the photos of the tanker ASTINA when she

visited Rothesay Dock on the 8th of June at 2.30pm, and

shortly after WILSON ALMERIA docked at the Diesel Wharf.

ASTINA is a Swedish registered ship, and flying under a Swedish flag.

She has sailed from Kalundborg, Denmark with her cargo of oil grades.  Her

pilot tug on the Clyde was BATTLER and the stern tug was ANGLEGARTH.

   I have enclosed photos of ASTINA on the Clyde as she enters Rothesay

Dock stern first with tugs ANGLEGARTH and BATTLER.

This is a lengthy photo shoot but I like to catch the tugs

in action because they are often overlooked but are a vital

piece of the anatomy of the Clyde. 

Photo one shows BATTLER and the bow of ASTINA.

 Second photo shows ASTINA with stern tug ANGLEGARTH.

  Photo three shows ANGLEGARTH pulling on the stern of ASTINA

and pivoting her round.

  Photo four,  shows BATTLER, ASTINA and ANGLEGARTH.

 Photo five. shows BATTLER moving towards the confluence

of the Rivers Clyde and River Cart.

 Photo six shows ANGLEGARTH and the stern of ASTINA.

 Photo seven shows the bow of ASTINA with BATTLER in

the background.

  Photo eight shows the tugs and ASTINA lined up and ready to enter the dock

stern first.

  Photo nine, shows ANGLEGARTH and the stern of ASTINA

in Rothesay Dock. 

   Photo 10, ASTINA in dock.

  And the rest of the photos shows ASTINA as she is

moored in the dock.

I hope you like them.

How do you pronounce Gigha (as in the Scottish Isle of Gigha) ?

E-mail  11 June 2020  @ 1057

 From  T S (London)

Been avidly following your Ross & Marshall puffer daily diary for 1959

24^th January tells of LIMELIGHT at Troon loading Coal for Isle of Gigha.

How do you pronounce Gigha ?

Douglas replies :

Say  dee

Then change it to  gee   (as in  geek)

Then say  ah     as in “ a bag of potatoes”  or  “ a tin of beans”

So it’s   gee ah

Cruise liner AZAMARA QUEST in River Clyde to lay up in King George V Dock, Glasgow

  All images courtesy of Ally Mackenzie (Facebook profile is Ally Mackenzie)

Ally writes :

I photographed the AZAMARA QUEST as she arrived in Glasgow last night, 19th

of June at 2230 hours. 

She had sailed from Dubai via Southampton and docked at the King

George V  Dock at 2315 hours, and joined her sister ship,

AZAMARA PURSUIT. 

Both ships are laid up because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

I have enclosed photos as she arrives in the upper Clyde.

The first photo shows AZAMARA QUEST with pilot tug AYTON CROSS

and stern tug SVITZER MILFORD with the Erskine Bridge in the

background just passing the Golden Jubilee Hospital at Dalmuir.

Second photo shows tugs with AZAMARA QUEST passing Titan, Clydebank.

Third photo is of AZAMARA QUEST with SVITZER MILFORD. 

Fourth photo is AZAMARA passing the Clyde/Cart confluence. 

Fifth photo is stern of AZAMARA QUEST and SVITZER MILFORD.

I hope you like them. 

Netherlands cargo ship EEMS DOVER in River Clyde carrying wind turbines to Glasgow

AZAMARA JOURNEY passes Clydebank (River Clyde) on her way upriver to Glasgow

All images courtesy of Ally Mackenzie (Facebook profile is Ally Mackenzie)

Ally writes :

Today is the 24th June and I photographed the cargo

ship EEMS DOVER and the cruise ship AZAMARA JOURNEY

as they both made their way to the KGV Dock at Shieldhall.

  EEMS DOVER arrived at Clydebank at 1400 hours and

was due at the Riverside Quay, King George V Dock,

Glasgow at 1430 hours.  AZAMARA JOURNEY arrived

at 1430 hours and due in the KGV Dock at 1515 hours.

I have enclosed the photos which I took as the ships

sailed up the Clyde at Clydebank and passing

Titan crane.

 Photo one shows AZAMARA JOURNEY at Clydebank.

 She has sailed from Salalah, Oman and her pilot tug

on the Clyde was AYTON CROSS and stern tug is ANGLEGARTH.

  Photo two shows tug AYTON CROSS and AZAMARA JOURNEY

at Clydebank Titan.

  Photo three shows AZAMARA JOURNEY and Titan Crane.

  Photo four shows the Captain and crew responding to their warm Clydeside welcome.

  Photo five shows AZAMARA JOURNEY.

  Photo six shows stern and stern tug ANGLEGARTH.

Just one more photo of the three cruise ships at the KGV Dock,

PURSUIT, QUEST and JOURNEY. 

I hope you like them.

Tanker ATLANTIC TWIN passes Custom House Quay, Greenock heading upriver to Clydebank

  13th July 2020 and the wonderfully named Gibraltar registered

oil / chemical tanker ATLANTIC TWIN passes Custom House Quay,

Greenock on her way upriver to Clydebank, Glasgow.

   She had been met off Greenock Container Terminal by the tugs

BATTLER and ANGLEGARTH who would escort her to her berth

in Rothesay Dock.

WAVERLEY now with two funnels (stacks) under maintenance at Dales Yard, James Watt Dock, Greenock

Sea Training motor cruiser MILLBROOK leaves James Watt Dock, Greenock