Ship    Registered            From     To            arrived   Sailed      Crew         Cargo

           Flag  /Owners                                                                                    loaded

Celtic Fortune  Nassau    Birdport   Castellon 4.5.08 7.5.08    Russian   2940 tons

 Built 1984     Bahamas  (Newport)                                                         Ball Clay

                        British

Ex Birgit Sabban 2005

Mikhail Dudin  Valletta   Waterford Lovissa 8.5.08 9.5.08  Russian    2640 tons

Built  1996         Malta                                                                            Brick Clay

                        Russian   

Arco Dart at Appledore  23.4.  24.4. 5.5.

Oldenburg has resumed her summer sailing from Bideford and Ilfracombe.

Bristol Channel Observations

15.4.08 at 18.40 hrs coaster Taranto  3009 tons d.w owners Kapitan Siegfried  Bojen - Schiffahrtsbetrieb Germany inward bound for Cardiff

16.4.08 at 20.10 tanker Sichem Dubai 12936 tons d.w. Owners Eitzen Chemical Singapore PTE Singapore outward bound from Cardiff

16.4.08 at 20.30 hrs vehicle carrier Figaro 28686 tons d.w owners Wallenius Wilhelmsen

 Logistics  of Norway/Sweden  having sailed at 16.49 hrs

24.4.08 at 18.30 hrs vehicle carrier Tasco 22067 tons d.w. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics of Norway/Sweden  inward bound for Portbury

26.4.08 at 0610 hrs coaster Elm 2890 tons d.w. Owners May International Shg Antigua & Barbuda outward bound from Sharpness

26.4.08 at 12.20 hrs vehicle carrier Maersk Wizard 21500 tons d.w owners Hoegh Autoliners Shipping PTE Singapore inward bound for Portbury

2.5.08 at 20.20 hrs bulk carrier Poplar Arrow 48000 tons d.w Owners Jebsen K.G Norway  inward bound for Portbury

2.5.08  at  20.45 hrs vehicle carrier Topeka 19628 tons d.w owners Assetfinance September R Southampton (Wilhelmsen) outward bound from Portbury having sailed 18.11 hrs.

2.5.08  at 19.40 hrs coaster Aasli 6630 tons d.w owners Aasen Transport A/S Norway outward bound from Cardiff

4.5.08 at 10.20 hrs  coaster Chopin  4071  tons gross owners Chopin Germany outward bound from Avonmouth

5.5.08 at 10.10 hrs vehicle carrier Baltic Breeze 12466 tons d.w. Owners Wallenius Line Singapore outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 06.51 hrs.

10.5.08 at 14.10 hrs vehicle carrier  Autobank 8000 tons d.w owners United European Car Carriers Norway outward bound from Portbury. having sailed at 10.55 hrs

14.4.08 at 20.25 hrs coaster Sea Hawk approx 3000 tons d.w. Owners Northern Coaster U.K. outward bound from Newport

Following taken from Captain Hoad’s website reason for the lack of shipping in April

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Shipping has been very quiet at Bideford over the last couple of months, and one ship was

diverted to Plymouth and the cargo (expensively)  driven down there when the Bideford crane suffered a major reversing clutch failure. This took a few weeks to dismantle, source spare parts (ex Falkland Islands) and reassemble by the skilled (and dogged) crane engineer Mick Archer from MJA Birmingham, ably assisted by Michael Pryer the TDC crane driver.

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