List Arrivals, Sailings and Events
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News EventTuesday, 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) |
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Tanker SLOMAN HELIOS passes Greenock inbound to Rothesay Dock, Clydebank |
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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 |
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News EventTuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1415 |
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Clyde Marine base at Victoria Harbour, Greenock with CLYDE CLIPPER, BITER and CMS WRESTLER |
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News EventTuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1445 |
HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS (1989- Passenger cruise ship 72m 236ft long of Hebridean Island Cruises, Skipton, England) |
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HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS laid up at James Watt Dock, Greenock |
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News EventTuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1446 |
MOUNT STUART (2003-- Pilot boat 30m ovrall of Peel Ports Clydeport) |
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Pilot boat MOUNT STUART at James Watt Dock Marina, Greenock |
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News EventTuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1515 |
HMS PEMBROKE (1997- Sandown-class Minehunter M107 172 feet long of Royal Navy, London)) |
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Royal Navy Minehunter H.M.S. PEMBROKE at James Watt Dock, Greenock |
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News EventTuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 1518 |
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Unknown yacht entering James Watt Dock, Greenock and making for the Marina |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1100 |
SD ORONSAY (2008- Personnel transfer vessel 27m overall of Serco Denholm, London) |
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SD ORONSAY passing Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way to H.M. Naval Base, Faslane |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1330 |
CHIEFTAIN (Passenger ferry of Clyde Cruises, Greenock) |
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Passenger ferry CHIEFTAIN approaching Gourock Pier after her 10 minute journey from Kilcreggan |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1343 |
CHIEFTAIN (Passenger ferry of Clyde Cruises, Greenock) |
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Passenger ferry CHIEFTAIN leaving Gourock Pier on her 10 minute journey to Kilcreggan |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1459 |
AILEEN M (2010- IMO 9570888 Workboat / Utility vessel 25m long) |
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AILEEN M passing Custom House Quay, Greenock and inbound from Loch Long to Inchgreen, Greenock |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1517 |
SVITZER MILFORD (2004 > Shiphandling tug IMO 9292876 of Svitzer Marine, Middlesbrough, UK) |
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SVITZER MILFORD passes Custom House Quay Greenock to wait for tanker AMUR STAR |
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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 |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1547 |
SD ORONSAY (2008- Personnel transfer vessel 27m overall of Serco Denholm, London) |
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Naval Auxiliary SD ORONSAY passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on passage to Faslane |
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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. |
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News EventFriday, September 25, 2020 @ 1620 |
AMUR STAR (2010- Chemical / oil products tanker IMO 9480368 being 128m long of Amur Star GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, Germany) |
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Tanker AMUR STAR approaching and passing Custom House Quay, Greenock and inbound to Clydebank |
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1620 hours on Friday 25th September 2020 and German-owned tanker AMUR STAR passes Custom House Quay, Greenock, inbound 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. |
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SailingTuesday, October 6, 2020 @ 1220 |
NS LION (2007- IMO 9339313 Crude oil tanker 248.96m long of NS LION Shipping Corp. / SCF Novoship - Novorossiysk, Russia) |
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Russian tanker NS LION leaves Finnart Oil Terminal (Firth of Clyde) for Murmansk (Russia) |
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News EventTuesday, October 6, 2020 @ 1249 |
BUTE (2005- IMO 9319741 Passenger / Ro-ro ferry 72m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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Caledonian MacBrayne ferry BUTE approaches Wemyss Bay on her regular service to / from Rothesay |
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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. |