What's out there.

Poor Uncle Tom

I happen to live very close to the coast and 200m above sea level. One of the first things I do each fine morning is scan the horizon for signs of activity. Not a day goes by without seeing some form of craft

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?level0=100

my binoculars help me identify most of what I see. What I can't make out I look up the link above.

lorcan122

This website, is really quite useful, however can be a bit unreliable some times, and then there's the odd boat does not show up on it for certain reasons.

CJhaughey

Thats because sometimes people turn off the AIS for different reasons.

lorcan122

CJhaughey wrote: »

Thats because sometimes people turn off the AIS for different reasons.

Normally not for a great reason, if you get my drift.

skipz

I'am from the Fishing village of Clogherhead and my bedroom window had a serious view over Dundalk bay.
When me and the girlfriend moved into the house, the first new toy was a spotting scope and tri pod!
Like Poor Uncle Tom every morning id spend a while scouting around (was on the dole for a while!) and id always find something worth while.
Id see the local potting boats doing the rounds and id know who was on them, Sometimes on clear days id get great views of ships entering Carlingford lough like Clipper point and Sea Truck Panorama.

Id say my most memorable sight was seeing seeing a Irish naval vessel come close inshore to patrol and sent a boarding party onto a small potting boat to do checks.

seanmacc

CJhaughey wrote: »

Thats because sometimes people turn off the AIS for different reasons.

Was famously done in 2004 during Irish Ferries officers industrial action. When the company decided to tie up the ships due to the strike action the MV Ulysess which was currently sailing back to Dublin with passengers had the AIS turned off. This led to several bigwigs in Irish Ferries getting their heads in a spin because they didn't know where their ship was and what the officers were going to do with it. As it turned out they just sailed to Dublin, discharged and the ships got tied up for 2 weeks.

mp22

There is a tanker coming up to the SPM in Bantry bay now.

who the fug

mp22 wrote: »

There is a tanker coming up to the SPM in Bantry bay now.

Where do they get the tugs from?

323

lorcan122 wrote: »

Normally not for a great reason, if you get my drift.

To be honest, can be for innocent enough/practical reasons, in my case, once or twice, to keep shore based management from butting in.

Did not know until last week marinetraffic is also available as a smartphone/android app, very useful.

CJhaughey

who the fug wrote: »

Where do they get the tugs from?

There is a local tug based in CTB.
And they bring in others as needed.

lorcan122

who the fug wrote: »

Where do they get the tugs from?

I think they just belong to the port, or some of them are owned by some companies and you just hire the use of them.

mp22

who the fug wrote: »

Where do they get the tugs from?

Tug Thrax is stationed in bantry bay year round,http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9085209
The castletown bere tug is used as a rope boat to get the tankers mooring lines up to the bouy.

who the fug

mp22 wrote: »

who the fug wrote: »

Where do they get the tugs from?

Tug Thrax is stationed in bantry bay year round,http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9085209
The castletown bere tug is used as a rope boat to get the tankers mooring lines up to the bouy.

Thanks

Is the donemark still going, have lost all track of the old tugs

mp22

who the fug wrote: »

Thanks

Is the donemark still going, have lost all track of the old tugs

Long gone as far as I know,but I am only a blow in here (20 years only)

who the fug

mp22 wrote: »

who the fug wrote: »

Thanks

Is the donemark still going, have lost all track of the old tugs

Long gone as far as I know,but I am only a blow in here (20 years only)

Am gone with 20 plus, coolest thing there was a VLCC coming up the bay

lorcan122

who the fug wrote: »

Am gone with 20 plus, coolest thing there was a VLCC coming up the bay

Saw that as well, it was something else.:D

ex_infantry man

the tanker mindahno is coming up to bantry bay now being tugged by thrax and ocean bank

mp22

The Mindahno left bantry yesterday.Now at the SPM the Sharpen http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9238052

mp22

There is a tanker at the SPM at the minute I saw it this morning. She dose not have the auto what's it turned on,you can see there is a ship on the bouy by the position of the tug Thrax in the bay, she is attached to the tanker and is holding just to the south west of her

who the fug

mp22 wrote: »

There is a tanker at the SPM at the minute I saw it this morning. She dose not have the auto what's it turned on,you can see there is a ship on the bouy by the position of the tug Thrax in the bay, she is attached to the tanker and is holding just to the south west of her

Vessel Was the SALAMINA, (tanker Flag Liberia) left Whiddy at 11.00 last night

Poor Uncle Tom

Just spotted that the UK's http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9319624
Jura is heading into Cork.

Is this common?

ex_infantry man

RE: Hemland i'm thinking this vessel could be in dunmore est harbour might take a spin down later or during the week to have a look

Jambo

Ex infantry man - The guy who had the Helmlands Transponder ( on Marine Traffic), Aka Lila Askholmen (on Marine Traffic), AKA Tankskar (on AIS Liverpool / Ship AIS )is not transmitting in the normal sense - he is only transmitting his pseudo mmsi(s) and ship data online and not via vhf you wont find anything in Dunmore.

See here the guy did not even know about this before http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372578@N00/207968804/

On another note - 3 Supply vessels / Anchor handlers currently heading down the Irish Sea to the GSF Artic 3 / Cork

Siem Opal , Olympic Hera and Havila Neptune.

ex_infantry man

Jambo wrote: »

Ex infantry man - The guy who had the Helmlands Transponder ( on Marine Traffic), Aka Lila Askholmen (on Marine Traffic), AKA Tankskar (on AIS Liverpool / Ship AIS )is not transmitting in the normal sense - he is only transmitting his pseudo mmsi(s) and ship data online and not via vhf you wont find anything in Dunmore.

See here the guy did not even know about this before http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372578@N00/207968804/

On another note - 3 Supply vessels / Anchor handlers currently heading down the Irish Sea to the GSF Artic 3 / Cork

Siem Opal , Olympic Hera and Havila Neptune.

jaysus thats mad

long range shooter

Jambo wrote: »

Ex infantry man - The guy who had the Helmlands Transponder ( on Marine Traffic), Aka Lila Askholmen (on Marine Traffic), AKA Tankskar (on AIS Liverpool / Ship AIS )is not transmitting in the normal sense - he is only transmitting his pseudo mmsi(s) and ship data online and not via vhf you wont find anything in Dunmore.

See here the guy did not even know about this before http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372578@N00/207968804/

On another note - 3 Supply vessels / Anchor handlers currently heading down the Irish Sea to the GSF Artic 3 / Cork

Siem Opal , Olympic Hera and Havila Neptune.

most be poor rates on the spotmarket to get this trio together to move the Gsf Artic.Been a while since i moved it.Then it was in the North sea.

323

long range shooter wrote: »

most be poor rates on the spotmarket to get this trio together to move the Gsf Artic.Been a while since i moved it.Then it was in the North sea.

True, is it not just about 100m at that side? seems like an awful lot of muscle for there.
Thought rates were pretty good these days.

Found this browsing, your probably aware of it, Present spotrates UK & Norway
http://www.westshore.no/

Poor Uncle Tom

The Atlantic Companion is sailing off the coast of Wexford now, but when I look at the route it took, when it was steaming off the Cork coast it did a nice jig for a bit before resuming it's course, why would this be?

Jambo

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

The Atlantic Companion is sailing off the coast of Wexford now, but when I look at the route it took, when it was steaming off the Cork coast it did a nice jig for a bit before resuming it's course, why would this be?

Very strange all right - she done another sharp and strange turn off Angelsea this morning to , I see the turn off at Cork was undertaken below 2.0 knots !

Could it have been a drill ? and she slowed down to launch / recover the FRC ? hence the repeat this morning with the opposite crew ?

Tabnabs

That's something you'd do in port, not out at sea no matter how calm it looks.

Poor Uncle Tom

It might have been 'bring your kid to work' day!

Look maw I'm driving......:D

ex_infantry man

i remember when was out on L.E. eithne for the first time, the XO at the time was actually nuts very funny man but he was on the bridge one day while we were steaming and as he was close to retirement he defo should'nt have been left alone to give orders but he gave an order 30 degrees starboard then when the ship came around he gave a 30 degrees port doin a full figure of 8, at this stage the captain arrived on to the bridge asking what the **** and the XO had disappeared twas funny i must say ya had to be there to fully understand lol

mp22

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9229386

Nordic Passat in Bantry bay this morning

mp22

Just entering Bantry Bay http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=308574000&header=true

I was talking to a friend of mine last night who works on the terminal,he said they were setting up to take a super tanker on the SPM (over 250,000 tons).

who the fug

Nice, have a look here for a clip from the old days

Tabnabs

who the fug wrote: »

Nice, have a look here for a clip from the old days

Coincidentally launched on this day (27th) 44 years ago

http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id60.htm

who the fug

Tabnabs wrote: »

Coincidentally launched on this day (27th) 44 years ago

http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id60.htm

Feck I am old, least I lasted longer than she did

mp22

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=309438000&header=true

Entering Bantry Bay this morning (busy hereabouts)

Poor Uncle Tom

The Celtic Voyager is having fun off the south coast, it seems to be there a few days now.

roundymac

Isle of Inishmore and Stena Europe both off Hook Head at the moment. Must'nt be able to get into Rosslare due to high winds.

cocoshovel

roundymac wrote: »

Isle of Inishmore and Stena Europe both off Hook Head at the moment. Must'nt be able to get into Rosslare due to high winds.

I noticed that. I was also told that they broke their mooring chains when attempting to dock? Thats what my mother said she heard on the radio. Don't know if there is any truth in it though.

seanmacc

cocoshovel wrote: »

I noticed that. I was also told that they broke their mooring chains when attempting to dock? Thats what my mother said she heard on the radio. Don't know if there is any truth in it though.

There was a lot of talk this morning about the two ships going to Dublin to discharge alright. For my own sake thank god they didn't, last time i'd to deal with a boat load of rerouted passengers who were at sea over 10 hours it was a case of crash helmets required. At this point the two ships have still to get in and now the Oscar Wilde is coming in to join the fun. They could all be going to Dublin yet.

who the fug

Looks like the ISLE OF INISHMORE is going in

seanmacc

who the fug wrote: »

Looks like the ISLE OF INISHMORE is going in

The Inishmore got in alright but now it looks as if the Oscar Wilde is going to be stuck out there for a while. Still the Stena Europe is out there going nowhere. Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall on that ship at the moment.

who the fug

seanmacc wrote: »

The Inishmore got in alright but now it looks as if the Oscar Wilde is going to be stuck out there for a while. Still the Stena Europe is out there going nowhere. Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall on that ship at the moment.

I would say the atmosphere is a bit ripe

cocoshovel

Winds seem to dying down inland, or at least thats what I think. How long do you think it can stay out there before things start getting a bit dangerous?

who the fug

Stena Europe now out for 12 hours and counting

bladebrew

who the fug wrote: »

Stena Europe now out for 12 hours and counting

the track looks fairly mad, it looks like it went right beside the dock at 7am then went back out, then back in just in the last while now its heading back out again

Ceb

Stena europe is finally in, she made an attempt just before eleven on berth 4 (closest to land), looked promising but was caught at the last moment by serious gales and ran the risk of being grounded so she gave it the beans and headed back out to avoid trouble, shortly after 9pm oscar wilde made a wilde attempt at coming in at a crazy angle and made some contact with the pier, nothing to write home about but again something that wasnt meant to happen, here are two pics taken a few minutes after that happened, after some time she did get in safely





and the europe high tailing it after her failed attempt

Poor Uncle Tom

I see the Hemland has moved to Mahon in Cork.

roundymac

Yes Mahon Point shopping centre by the look of things.

Poor Uncle Tom

That's dedication, re-stocking the fishmongers directly...........:D