Tug ANGLEGARTH waiting off Greenock Ocean Terminal to assist container ship JSP ANNA from the berth

JSP ANNA leaving Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers for Belfast

JSP ANNA leaving Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers for Belfast, having been assisted from the berth by the tug ANGLEGARTH

The outbound JSP ANNA passes HELMUT which is inbound to Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers from Southampton

HELMUT approaching Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers from Southampton

HELMUT was arriving from Southampton and passed the outbound JSP ANNA which had just left the container berth at the Ocean Terminal.

At number 1 buoy HELMUT canted sharply to port then moved astern to berth at the Terminal, joining LYSBRIS SEAWAYS and the cruise liner REGAL PRINCESS.

Cruise liner REGAL PRINCESS leaves Greenock Ocean Terminal for Dun Laoghaire (Ireland)

Carnival Cruise liner CARNIVAL PRIDE leaves Greenock (Scotland, UK) for Dublin (Ireland)

Twilight as Caledonian MacBrayne's ro-ro ARGYLE approaches Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde)

ROSI arrives at Ayr (Scotland, UK) with a cargo of fertilisers from Jorf Lasfar (Morocco)

CM COAST Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock outbound to Belfast

SEVEN SEAS SPLENDOR passing Cloch Point, Firth of Clyde outward bound for Liverpool

   While the liner was at Greenock Ocean Terminal there was a strong southerly wind and the master / pilot was concerned that the ship would be exposed on her port side to the wind gusts with the possibility of her breaking her mooring ropes and being blown broadside into the shipping channel.

   So the decision was taken to employ two tugs to attend the ship throughout her nine-hour stay at the Ocean Terminal and the tugs were stationed on the starboard side of the liner and continually pushed her securely against the quayside.

   The first image shows tug ANGLEGARTH pushing against the liner's starboard quarter, and the other tug pushing just under the bridge is unknown.

Caledonian MacBrayne's HALLAIG for maintenance and repair at Dales Drydock, Troon (Scotland)

ERIKA SCHULTE anchored in Irvine Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) awaiting berth at Finnart

FRI KVAM at Port of Ayr, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) loading a cargo of coal for Brevik (Norway)

ARKLOW FERN at River Berth, Port of Ayr, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)

ALFRED awaiting orders at River Berth, Port of Ayr, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)

Bulk carrier CORNELIA anchored in Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK, opposite Knock Castle, Largs