MTS Viking

Mobile phone shot of Utility vessel MTS Viking at Western Quay. It must be fun on a lumpy sea.

One in, one out and one listening

General cargo, BBC Finland with lots of containers, Eemslift Nadine outbound and survey vessel HMS Echo at Northumbrian Quay

A visit to the Dark Side

I took a drive to the South side today to get a shot of offshore support vessel VOS Sugar as it leaves after dark. Container vessel Elbstrom passed and I could not resist a shot. There is a lot of work going on in the old McNulty’s yard in preparation for the Dogger Bank Windfarm offices and a huge drilling rig where the Commercial Hotel once stood. All roads that led to the ‘Rosie’ (Rose and Crown) are all blocked off too.

Island Sky on brief visit

Footprints in the sand 2021

Something different for the end of summer

Astra-G

Research/survey vessel Astra-G leaving early in full head-on sunshine.

Schooner Blue Clipper

Gaff rigged schooner Blue Clipper caught by chance arriving early. Passed By Svitzer Tyne coming back from working at Blyth.

The dredging squad

Dredging barge Prins 5 with tug MTS Indus and motor hopper Prins 3

Dredger in Tug out

Suction dredger Britannia Beaver inward to A&P. The tug Bostonian came to take one of the new barges from A&P to London, but was replaced by GPS Cambria.

GPS Cambria

A replacement tug from London to take the third barge from A&P in place of Bostonian.