Cargo ship Ostbence into Alred Lock today with Smit Sandon

Small cargo ship the Ostbence arrived for Birkenhead this morning in good weather, chance to try out my "new" Fuji X10..

Ostbence

Smit Sandon

Ships on the River Mersey 8th Sept 2010

Alfred lock was busy again today with the arrival of the large bulker Wadag II. She had 3 Smit tugs on her for entry into the docks. Always a pleasure to watch the tugs at work close up.

In no particular order here are some images from today

Flinterrachel into Birkenhead 31st May 2010

Small cargo ship Flinterrachel arrived for Birkenhead docks today, very dull on the river!! Looks like she was a "dead tow" with no main engine power?? Smit Sandon and Smit Barbados were taking her in.

Name:	Flinterrachel
MMSI:	245998000 [NL]
IMO:	9361122
Callsign:	PBOO
Speed/Dir:	0 kts / 263° W
Status:	Moored
Dest:	Birkenhead
ETA:	May29 18:00
Type:	Cargo (70)
Details:	General Cargo Ship
Size:	99m x 14m x 6.3m
Built:	2008

Name:	Smit Sandon
MMSI:	235074754 [UK]
IMO:	9120152
Callsign:	2CPS8
Speed/Dir:	0.2 kts / 348° NNW
Status:	Underway
Dest:	Liverpool
ETA:	Apr10 00:00
Type:	Towing (31)
Details:	Tug
Size:	30m x 11m x 5.4m
Built:	Mar 1996

Name:	Smit Barbados
MMSI:	235055303 [UK]
IMO:	9370173
Callsign:	MSDU8
Speed/Dir:	0 kts / 255° WSW
Status:	Underway
Dest:	Liverpool
ETA:	Aug09 20:10
Type:	Tug (52)
Details:	Smit Liverpool Tug
Size:	30m x 10m x 4.6m
Tonnage:	294gt
Built:	Dec 2006

Tug Smit Sandon in Birkenhead docks

Smits new tug Sandon was at work in Birkenhead docks. She was helping the chem tanker Chemical Trader out. Smit Sandom was called Schelde 20 before renaming and starting work as part of the Smit fleet on Merseyside.