Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1405
SLOMAN HELIOS (2016- IMO 9466740 Chemical / Oil products tanker 145.15m long of SLOMAN HELIOS / Sloman Neptun Schiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft, Langenstrasse 44, 28195 Bremen, Germany) Own Page

Tanker SLOMAN HELIOS passes Greenock inbound to Rothesay Dock, Clydebank

Port of RegistrySt John's (Antigua and Barbuda)
Gross Tonnage11,246
Deadweght Tonnage16,241

   The Gods of the weather must have been in a most

unpleasant mood today by deciding to make an exceptional

effort to greet the tanker SLOMAN HELIOS on her arrival in

the Firth of Clyde early this morning.   Rough sea, a strong,

biting cold wind, frequent heavy rain squalls which blanketed

visibility and thick overcast skies.   The large Isle of Arran on

her port side was invisible in the rain.

 

   However, the land of glens and bens and heroes saw a

drier afternoon as the vessel entered the River Clyde at

Greenock.

  The rain almost stopped, not completely, or largely,

but sometimes just came down in light showers.

 

   The chemical / oil product tanker SLOMAN HELIOS was

arriving with a cargo of oil grades from Havens van, Rotterdam,

 and was heading inbound to Rothesay Dock, Clydebank.

SLOMAN HELIOS approaching Greenock Ocean Terminal with Clyde Marine’s tug BATTLER escorting ahead

 

BATTLER passing Custom House Quay, Greenock

 

 Closer image of  tug BATTLER

 

SLOMAN HELIOS approaching Custom House Quay with the Svitzer tug AYTON CROSS following close astern

 

SLOMAN HELIOS approaching Custom House Quay with the Svitzer tug AYTON CROSS following close astern

 

SLOMAN HELIOS approaching Custom House Quay with the Svitzer tug AYTON CROSS following close astern

 

SLOMAN HELIOS approaching Custom House Quay with the Svitzer tug AYTON CROSS following close astern

 

SLOMAN HELIOS passing Custom House Quay

 

   SLOMAN HELIOS passing Custom House Quay with AYTON CROSS astern and a rainbow decorating the distant sky

 

Superstructure of SLOMAN HELIOS

 

Tug AYTON CROSS astern of the tanker

 

    Another image of AYTON CROSS

 

   SLOMAN HELIOS and AYTON CROSS passing Victoria Harbour, Greenock

 

SLOMAN HELIOS passing Victoria Harbour, Greenock

 

SLOMAN HELIOS and AYTON CROSS passing Victoria Harbour, Greenock

 

Turning towards Garvel Point, Greenock.   Years ago an

Alfred Holt Blue Funnel cargo ship, inbound to Glasgow,

ran aground on Garvel Point.

 

Turning towards Garvel Point, Greenock.

 

 

   Turning towards Garvel Point, Greenock.  Tug BATTLER can

be seen ahead in the distance     

News Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1415
Own Page

Clyde Marine base at Victoria Harbour, Greenock with CLYDE CLIPPER, BITER and CMS WRESTLER

Ship's locationVictoria Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, U.K.)

News Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1445
HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS (1989- Passenger cruise ship 72m 236ft long of Hebridean Island Cruises, Skipton, England) Own Page

HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS laid up at James Watt Dock, Greenock

Ship's locationJames Watt Dock, GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage2,112

News Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1446
MOUNT STUART (2003-- Pilot boat 30m ovrall of Peel Ports Clydeport) Own Page

Pilot boat MOUNT STUART at James Watt Dock Marina, Greenock

Ship's locationJames Watt Dock Marina, GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)

News Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1515
HMS PEMBROKE (1997- Sandown-class Minehunter M107 172 feet long of Royal Navy, London)) Own Page

Royal Navy Minehunter H.M.S. PEMBROKE at James Watt Dock, Greenock

Ship's locationJames Watt Dock, GreenockPort of RegistryAdmiralty (Royal Navy, London)

News Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1518
Own Page

Unknown yacht entering James Watt Dock, Greenock and making for the Marina

Ship's locationJames Watt Dock, Greenock

News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1100
SD ORONSAY (2008- Personnel transfer vessel 27m overall of Serco Denholm, London) Own Page

SD ORONSAY passing Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way to H.M. Naval Base, Faslane

Ship's locationPassing Custom House Quay, Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthGreat Harbour, Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.Gross Tonnage199
Deadweght Tonnage109

News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1330
CHIEFTAIN (Passenger ferry of Clyde Cruises, Greenock) Own Page

Passenger ferry CHIEFTAIN approaching Gourock Pier after her 10 minute journey from Kilcreggan

Ship's locationApproaching Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)Port of RegistryGreenock (Scotland)

News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1343
CHIEFTAIN (Passenger ferry of Clyde Cruises, Greenock) Own Page

Passenger ferry CHIEFTAIN leaving Gourock Pier on her 10 minute journey to Kilcreggan

Ship's locationLeaving Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)Port of RegistryGreenock (Scotland)

News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1459
AILEEN M (2010- IMO 9570888 Workboat / Utility vessel 25m long) Own Page

AILEEN M passing Custom House Quay, Greenock and inbound from Loch Long to Inchgreen, Greenock

Ship's locationPassing Custom House Quay, Greenock and inbound from Loch Long to Inchgreen, GreenockPort of RegistryUK

News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1517
SVITZER MILFORD (2004 > Shiphandling tug IMO 9292876 of Svitzer Marine, Middlesbrough, UK) Own Page

SVITZER MILFORD passes Custom House Quay Greenock to wait for tanker AMUR STAR

Ship's locationPassing Custom House Quay, Greenock Port of RegistryMilford Haven (Wales, UK)
Gross Tonnage384
Deadweght Tonnage226

Tug SVITZER MILFORD had left Great Harbour, Greenock,

and was passing Custom House Quay, Greenock on her

way to Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage where she would wait

to meet the inbound tanker AMUR STAR


News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1547
SD ORONSAY (2008- Personnel transfer vessel 27m overall of Serco Denholm, London) Own Page

Naval Auxiliary SD ORONSAY passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on passage to Faslane

Ship's locationCustom House Quay, Greenock, ScotlandPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage199
Deadweght Tonnage109

 

   At 1547 hours on Friday 25 September 2020

  the Naval Auxiliary passenger ferry SD ORONSAY passed

Custom House Quay, Greenock.

    She had left Great Harbour, Greenock about 15 minutes earlier

and was outbound to cross the Clyde Estuary to the Royal Navy

base at Faslane in the Gare Loch.

 

 

In the background are the towns of Helensburgh and Craigendoran and the hills are the start of the Scottish Highlands

 


In this image, just above the red buoy, is the Clyde tug

SVITZER MILFORD which is waiting at Tail-of-the-Bank

for the inbound tanker AMUR STAR and to follow her up

river to around Dumbarton where she would attach to

the tanker’s stern to berth her in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank.

  

 Barely visible in the distance is the M.O.D. Pilot Vessel SKUA

which was outbound from Faslane Naval Base to board an

Admiralty Pilot onto the Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate H.M.S. SUTHERLAND which was inbound to Faslane.

News Event

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1620
AMUR STAR (2010- Chemical / oil products tanker IMO 9480368 being 128m long of Amur Star GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, Germany) Own Page

Tanker AMUR STAR approaching and passing Custom House Quay, Greenock and inbound to Clydebank

Ship's locationApproaching and passing Custom House Quay, Greenock Port of RegistryValletta (Malta)
Gross Tonnage8,581
Deadweght Tonnage13,019

 

    1620 hours on Friday 25th September 2020 and

German-owned tanker AMUR STAR passes Custom

House Quay, Greenockinbound to Rothesay Dock,

Clydebank with a cargo of oil grades from Mongstad

(Vestland County, Norway).

    The tanker was escorted by Svitzer tug SVITZER MILFORD who

met her at Tail-of-the-Bank off Greenock and would follow her

astern upriver to near Dumbarton where she would attach her

tow line to berth her in Rothesay Dock.

   Almost one hour earlier, at 1522, the Clyde Marine tug

BATTLER left her base at Victoria Harbour and made her way

upriver on River Clyde to wait near Dumbarton where she

would attach to the bow of AMUR STAR and assist her into

the berth.

    When AMUR STAR finished discharging she would leave

Clydebank and make her way “North About” around the

north coast of Scotland to return to Mongstad.



Sailing

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 @ 1220
NS LION (2007- IMO 9339313 Crude oil tanker 248.96m long of NS LION Shipping Corp. / SCF Novoship - Novorossiysk, Russia) Own Page

Russian tanker NS LION leaves Finnart Oil Terminal (Firth of Clyde) for Murmansk (Russia)

Sailing forMurmansk (Russia)Port of RegistryMonrovia (Liberia)
Sailed from berthFinnart Oil Terminal (Loch Long, Firth of Clyde) .... tugs SVITZER MILFORD and ANGLEGARTHGross Tonnage61,449
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)Deadweght Tonnage115,831

News Event

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 @ 1249
BUTE (2005- IMO 9319741 Passenger / Ro-ro ferry 72m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

Caledonian MacBrayne ferry BUTE approaches Wemyss Bay on her regular service to / from Rothesay

Ship's locationWemyss Bay, Firth of Clyde, ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Under the colourful rainbow the land on the far side, the Cowal shore, is obscured by heavy and torrential rain.   It was better that

the rain was on the other side of the Firth, otherwise the images

would not have been taken.