DAN CISNE passes Dunoon in the Firth of Clyde on her way to Finnart Oil Terminal

The tanker is now altering course to head for thr entrance to Loch Long where she will meet the three tugs SVITZER WARDEN, SVITZER MILFORD and ANGLEGARTH who will escort her to the Finnart Oil Terminal.

BUTE leaving Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde) for Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde)

ARGYLE approaching Wemyss Bay Pier from Rothesay

ARGYLE is now raising her bow visor as approaching the vehicle ramp at Wemyss Bay

Scottish Government considers buying Ardrossan Harbour

How do the entries on your website work ? ....... e-mail on 17 February 2025

By e-mail 17 February 2025 from Stephen (Bristol, England, UK)

How do the entries on your website work ?

Douglas replies :

   Essentially there are two methods of adding / editing or deleting entries on the website.

   The main entry  is that what the viewer / reader will see when looking at the website.   That is

   The Home page (front page) is the first page you would see.

   At the top is usually an image / photograph simply to show roughly what type of items are on the website.   Some items from the past and present are also shown.

   At the top left-hand corner is "Search Events"

  This is the Search tool .... every entry on the website can be found by using this tool.

   Next tool is "Latest Entries"      This shows the latest 100 interesting / colourful / unusual / informative / news-worthy items which have been put onto the website.     NOTE that it is the latest 100 interesting ..... etc.  Of course these 100 items are also on the Search tool. 

Why 100 items ?

     A reader may only want to see the most interesting / colourful etc. items and may not want the commonplace ... example ... ship movements, changing berth and the like, so we decided upon the 100 interesting items which will constantly update. 

When 101-st item is added then the item at 100-th will drop off, so that only 100 items remain on the list.   The items which drop-off are still to be found on the Search Tool, and are certainly not lost into oblivion or cyber-space.

And there is the other method of adding / editing or deleting entries on the website.

   This is used by the site's Administrators and Moderators.      You will understand that these wonderfull and enthusiastic people can use a method which does not add items to "100 Latest Entries" .... for example, an Administrator in Australia has just added around thirty items of "Ships in Port at Melbourne, Australia in January 1962."   These 30 individual entries are on the "Search Tool" and can be found by using the ship's name or a Search-by-date.

Hope this clarifies the Entries / Events question. 

BUTE leaving Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde) for Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde)

Pilot Boat SKUA leaves Estuary Control, Greenock to board Pilot onto SCOT TRADER off Gourock

SCOT TRADER passing Custom House Quay, Greenock on passage up River Clyde to Glasgow

ANGLEGARTH passing Custom House Quay, Greenock heading for Inchgreen Wall, Great Harbour

SOUND OF SHUNA on passage from Hunter's Quay (Firth of Clyde) to McInroy's Point, Gourock

ARGYLL FLYER on passage from Dunoon to Gourock (Firth of Clyde) with Holy Loch in the background

KITIKMEOT W arrives in Firth of Clyde and passes Greenock on her way upriver to Clydebank

Contributed by Sandra B (Site Administrator : Gourock)

12:48    KITIKMEOW W arrives in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland) and passes the town of Dunoon on her way to Clydebank,

13:14   And now at Custom House Quay, Greenock.    Tug CMS WRESTLER passes the quay ahead of and escorting KITIKMEOW W and when they arrive at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank the tug will attach the tow line to the bow of the tanker and assist her into the Fuel Terminal.

   Additionally, the powerful tug SVITZER MILFORD is stationed at the stern of the tanker and will help to berth the ship. 

13:20    KITIKMEOT W and her stern tug SVITZER MILFORD pass Greenock Ocean Terminal on their way up the River Clyde for Clydebank.

Tug SVITZER MILFORD at the stern of the tanker

ARGYLL FLYER passes Hunter.s Quay on passage from Dunoon to Gourock

Cloch Lighthouse (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

AURORA arriving in Firth of Clyde, off Cloch Lighthouse, then berthing at Greenock Ocean Terminal

14:53   A bitterly cold and extremely wintry afternoon when AURORA arrived in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland) with containers from Belfast (Northern Ireland)

   Ploughing powerfully at 14 knots into a strong Northerly wind the ship is shown here passing the town of Dunoon on her port side, the hills behind with the remnants of the previous day's snowfall.    

   The next four images were taken from Cloch Lighthouse on the East side of the Firth, two miles accross opposite Dunoon.

15:22   And now AURORA was slowly approaching the container terminal.

    Passing Greenock Esplanade :  tug ANGLEGARTH had met AURORA off Fort Matilda (= at the west end of Greenock Esplanade) and was closing to the stern of the container ship to attach a tow line.

Tug ANGLEGARTH assisting at stern of AURORA

Tug ANGLEGARTH assisting AURORA to berth at West end of container berth

15:35   AURORA approaching the container berth at Greenock Ocean Terminal