Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Monday, December 17, 1962 @ 1515 		HALIA (1958-1985 Oil tanker 556 feet long 14.5 knots of Shell Petroleum Company, London) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER assist the Shell tanker HALIA into berth at Ardrossan Harbour
Arrived fromHeysham (England) via Belfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (Ocean tanker berth)Reg Tonnage6,930
Master of vessel on arrivalJ S MandayGross Tonnage12,183
Draught aft on arrival18 feetDeadweght Tonnage18,200
Cargo carried on arrivalFuel oil
Ships agentT L Duff, Ardrossan

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY at the bow and Steel & Bennie's tug WRESTLER at the stern assist the Shell "H-class" oil tanker HALIA bow-first from the Ardrossan roadstead into berth 12 - the ocean tanker berth - at Ardrossan Harbour

HALIA would discharge her cargo of fuel oil to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan