KING ALFRED closes at London for New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, Mobile and Tampa

Burns & Laird coaster LAIRDSBURN leaves Belfast for Ardrossan

Burns & Laird coaster LAIRDSBURN arrives at Ardrossan from Belfast

Anchor Line's EUCADIA closes at Glasgow for cargo for Aden, Bombay and Kandla

Ardrossan Dockyard wins order for container ship from Coast Lines

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" newspaper dated 4th March 1960.

ORDER FOR ARDROSSAN YARD

CONTAINER SHIP FOR COAST LINES

A container ship which, at 1550 tons gross, will be the biggest in their fleet, has been ordered by Coast Lines from Ardrossan Dockyard Limited. The order will provide about a year's work for the Ardrossan yard.

Equipped with an Atlas Polar diesel engine of 2800 brake horse power and designed for a service speed of about 12 knots, the new ship will join several others of the same type which are now being operated by Coast Lines.

The Spaniel and the Pointer, on the Liverpool-Belfast run, were converted from general cargo carrying to container carrying at the Ardrossan yard last year.
Coast Lines container ships are also operating on the Ardrossan-Newry run.

A trawler which the yard has been building for local owners is expected to be launched within the next few weeks.
Three of the nine motor barges under construction for the Caribbean Equipment Company have still to be launched.

Greenock tug "Brigadier" still aground on Horse Island

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" newspaper dated 4th March 1960.

GREENOCK TUG STILL AGROUND

Damage Inspected By Divers

Occasional high winds and rough seas have hampered the initial salvage work on the 257-ton Greenock tug "Brigadier" which went aground on a shelf of rocks at the south tip of Horse Island, about half-a-mile from Ardrossan Harbour, on Sunday morning of last week.

The salvage work, being carried out by Metal Industries, Faslane, Gareloch, has been in operation since last week and divers have been inspecting the damage.

The tug, whose master and crew of seven were rescued by the Ardrossan Harbour Pilot boat when the mishap occurred, has been badly holed and the damage has been increased by the pounding the vessel has received from heavy seas and high tides.

Another difficulty facing the salvagemen is the fact that the "Brigadier" is almost surrounded by rocks and has developed a thirty-degree list. At high tide the tug's maindeck is awash.

Progress on the salvage operations will depend on the weather, but it is expected the work will last for at least another two weeks.

Cunard Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH closes at Southampton for receiving cargo for New York (via Cherbourg)

British India Line passenger / general cargo ship DUMRA probably in the Persian Gulf

Contributed by Jim McVeigh

CITY OF AGRA scheduled to close for receiving cargo at Birkenhead for Eastern ports

Dutch coaster "Pasteursingel" arrives from Germany

CITY OF AGRA scheduled to leave Birkenhead for Eastern ports

"Pasteursingel" leaves Ardrossan for Liverpool

Anchor Line's EUCADIA closes at Birkenhead for cargo for Aden, Bombay and Kandla

Ben Line's BENALDER leaves Grangemouth for Port Swettenham, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong and Manila

Ross & Marshall's Clyde Puffer / Coaster fleet on 14th March 1960

STORMLIGHT had arrived at Dumbarton at 1200 on Sunday

with a cargo of barrels of whisky from Bruichladdich on the

Isle of Islay, the whisky for account of Buchanan Distillers.

   After discharging STORMLIGHT left for Greenock where

she took on bunkers then left for Troon where she would

load coal for Port Ellen, Isle of Islay.

MOONLIGHT at Prince’s Dock, Glasgow loading bags of

Barley for a distillery in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay.

SEALIGHT was windbound at Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) where

she had discharged 139 tons 9 cwts of coal for account of

A. J. Currie.   Later in the day she left Port Ellen for Glenarm,

Northern Ireland to load Limestone Dust for Glasgow

  (for account of Colvilles Ltd.)

WARLIGHT at Prince’s Dock, Glasgow loading bags

of Malt for Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay) for account

of Bruichladdich Distillery.

POLARLIGHT laid up at Greenock.

LIMELIGHT at Irvine and making engine repairs.

  Next day, with repairs completed, she loaded

Bricks, etc. for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay).

STARLIGHT at Rothesay and finished discharging a

cargo of Coal (account of J Dougall) which she had

brought from Troon and then left for Rothesay Dock,

Clydebank, to load Coal for Dunoon (for account of

the Gas Works).

SKYLIGHT at Campbeltown discharging a cargo of Coal

which she had loaded at Queen’s Dock, Glasgow (for

account of the Gas Works).   Finishing discharging she

had no orders, and next day moved to Rothesay where

she waited for orders.