Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Monday, January 14, 1963 @ 0150 		KOSSMATELLA (1962-1972 Oil tanker of 556 feet long of "H-class" Shell Tankers Netherlands) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER assist the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA into the berth at Ardrossan Harbour
Arrived fromStanlow via BelfastPort of RegistryHague (Netherlands)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (Ocean tanker berth)Gross Tonnage19,349
Master of vessel on arrivalH J Koncken
Draught aft on arrival24 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalPetrol and gas oil
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug WRESTLER arrives off Ardrossan and connects to the stern of the waiting Shell Tanker KOSSMATELLA, and with the Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY at the bow the two tugs assist the tanker bow-first from the roadstead into the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

The tanker would pump her cargo through the land pipes to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan