Shipping December. January 07/08

Ship    Registered            From     To       arrived  Sailed       Crew      Cargo

           Flag  /Owners                                                                             loaded

Baltisky 202  Valletta    Silloth   Lovissa 17.11.07 22.11.07  Russian  2500 tons

Built 1994       Malta                                                                         Ball & Brick Clay  

                       Russian

Arco Dart at Appledore . 22.11.07  12.12.07 (No other observations seen)

Oldenburg has ceased passenger runs to Lundy for 2007 vessel presently slipped at Appledore

Dear readers this is the shortest report I have submitted the reason for the lack of shipping into Bideford was due to the spring tides prior to Christmas were extremely low and to producer at Peters Marland  where close for the holiday period.

The weather conditions in the Bristol Channel have been awful and visibility has been zero.

Bristol Channel Observations

19.11.07 at 0820 hrs roro vessel Grand Benelux  12594 tons d.w. Owners Grimaldi Line of Italy outward bound from Portbury having sailing at 05.42 hrs

21.11.07 at 0845 hrs vehicle carrier Torrens 14521 tons d.w. Owners Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Norway & Sweden inward bound for Portbury

27.11.07 at 11.00 hrs cargo vessel CFL Performer d.w. Owners Canada Feeder Line B.V. Holland outward bound from Newport .

28.11.07 at 09.00 hrs bulk carrier Nesrin Akoy d.w. Owners unknown inward bound for Newport.

1.1.08 at 08.30 hrs general cargo ship Ems d.w.& Owners Unknown Eilbrecht Reederei Germany inward bound for Newport

6.1.08 at 12.15 hrs vehicle carrier Sapphire Highway d.w. Unknown Owners Spica Express Panama outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 09.10 hrs

10.1.08 at 14.00 hrs vehicle carrier Autobank d.w. Unknown Owners United European Car Carriers of Norway vessel having sailed at 10.30 hrs