A catch up from past few weeks, inc Disney Magic at Liverpool

Yet another "new" camera! well new to me anyways, traded my Sony A200 kit in for a Panasonic Lumix FZ200 and have been very pleased with results so far.

As usual lots of Mersey movements, with at least one chem/product tanker now discharging in ALfred basin to the UM tanks nearby.

The Bulker Pride had to abort her lock in at Alfred lock, Birkenhead due to draught issues in the basin and she is now anchored at the Liverpool Bar presuming to await a "higher" high water 

Disney Magic at Liverpool for the day on 7th Sept.

Pride

 

Pride

 

Kotug/Smit tugs Sandon and Belgie with Pride off Alfred lock

Kotug/smit Belgie

New build Arklow Villa

MSC Malin on L2 berth 

Tanker Brent swinging for Langton lock, she aborted??

Tanker Hong Kong Dawn passing the EGG bouy

Svitzer Stanlow trail tug for the tanker

RFA Fort Austin

Spanaco Loyalty discharging in West Float

RFA Fort Rosalie

Besiktas Orient discharging at Alfred basin

Chem/prod tanker Besiktas Orient

Disney Magic and Manannan at the Pierhead, Liverpool

Disney Magic and the "liver birds"

Disney Magic

Pride, having aborted lock in about to sail out of the Mersey

River Mersey shipping 12th Jan 2016

A few of todays "traffic" from a blustery Eggy!!

River Mersey shipping 14th September

Some inbound vessels today, mainly for Garston and Eastham. Bonus today was catching the 1960 built cement carrier Cementina on her way to Ireland from Garston. Light was poor at times, hope for better tomorow when the Queen Mary 2 arrives

Name: Cementina
MMSI: 616259000 [KM]
IMO: 5067077
Callsign: D6CH6
Speed/Dir: 10.9 kts / 268° W
Status: Underway
Dest: Dublin
ETA: Sep15 01:00
Type: Cargo (70)
Details: Cement Carrier
Size: 76m x 10m x 3m
Tonnage: 899gt, 1205dwt
Built: 1960

Patras

 

Esprit

 

Levania

 

Cementina and Stolt Gannet

 

Stolt Gannet

 

Cementina

 

RFA Mounts Bay leaving Liverpool 14th June

The Royal Fleet Auxilliary LSD "Mounts Bay" left Liverpool today after a 3 day visit on the Cruise liner terminal. Chem tanker Keewhit was on her way out and the tanker Dale was on her way in to Stanlow.

Name:	RFA Mounts Bay
MMSI:	232697000 [UK]
IMO:	9240770
Callsign:	GCIC
Speed/Dir:	5.6 kts / 276° W
Status:	Moored
Dest:
ETA:	***00 24:60
Type:	Military Ops (35)
Details:	Naval / Naval Auxiliary
Size:	176m x 26m x 5.8m
Tonnage:	23569gt, 13000dwt
Built:	Jul 2005

VLCC MT Ellinis arrives on the Mersey 1st April

The second of the sheduled VLCC tankers arrived yesterday, MT Ellinis. Very high in the water, she is sailing today 2nd April.

Name:	Ellinis
MMSI:	240520000 [GR]
IMO:	9322267
Callsign:	SYDB
Speed/Dir:	0 kts / 191° S
Status:	Moored
Dest:	Skaw,Denmark
ETA:	Apr04 22:00
Type:	Tanker (89)
Details:	Crude Oil Tanker
Size:	332m x 58m x 11.2m
Built:	Dec 2006

Tanker Ocean Lady arrives on the Mersey 3rd Jan

The tanker Ocean Lady arrived on the river today, she has now gone onto the Tranmere oil terminal. .

Ocean Lady
Type...Crude oil tanker
Tonnage:56204gt, 105579dwt
Size:239m x 44m x 12.4m

Also on the river today were....Arklow Fortune, Chartsman and IOMSP ferry Ben My Chree.

A very busy Sunday on the River Mersey

After a few days of very heavy fog on the river and liverpool bay there was a backlog of over 20 vessels awaiting entry to the Mersey over the weekend, they were all anchored off the Bar in Liverpool bay. Today, sunday 30th, the fog had cleared and most started there entry into the River. 2 large tankers "Tove Knutsen" and the "Overseas Sophie" (both over 100.000GT) came in and onto the Tranmere terminal, large cargo carrier "Ever Mighty" went into Liverpool docks. The ACL "Atlantic Compass" was on her way out bound for Canada.