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Wednesday, November 10, 1965 @ 2345 		KHASIELLA (1956-1979 K-class Oil products tanker 556 feet long of N.V. Petroleum Maats "La Corona" / Shell Tankers N.V., The Hague : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung) Own Page

Shell Tanker KHASIELLA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with crude oil from Puerto Miranda (Venezuela)
Arrived fromPuerto Miranda (Venezuela) Port of Registrys'Gravenhage (The Hague, Netherlands)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (tanker berth) assisted by tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLERNet Tonnage6,920
Sailing forTranmere (River Mersey)Gross Tonnage12,119
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (tanker berth) assisted by tugs SEAWAY and THUNDERERDeadweght Tonnage18,150
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Degsaul
Draught aft on arrival23 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalCrude oil
Outward cargoLight = no cargo on board
Draught aft on sailing19' 06"
Master of vessel on sailingJ Degsaul
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan
Sailed2255 on 11 November for Tranmere (River Mersey)

KHASIELLA was assisted into berth by the tugs SEAWAY (at bow) and WRESTLER (at stern.)   Tug WRESTLER had arrived at Ardrossan to assist (as stern tug) the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY to tow the Shell "K"-class tanker KHASIELLA from the roads and to berth her in the number 12 berth (tanker berth) in Ardrossan Harbour.

   Puerto Miranda is an oil port situated on the east side of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela opposite the city of Maracaibo and is operated by the Venezuelan State Oil Company.   It is the largest crude oil export port in South America.

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