ADMIRAL USHAKOV [IMO 7721251]

Bulk Carrier, Murmansk Shipping Company, 14,141gt, 23,169dwt, built 1979

Leith 16th July 2008

Sistership to those above -see 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY - lengthened variant.

ADVENTURE II

Britannia Bulk plc, 1980,  38,871dwt,  (see also Challnger II and Explorer II)

12th February 2008, returning to Riga, Latvia,  after unloading coal.

This replaces the photograph of 16th June 2006, Leith

Aleksandr Nevskiy

The 1978 Russian Bulk carrier, Aleksandr Nevskiy, MURMANSK SHIPPING, Gross tonnage - 14,141, Deadweight tonnage - 19,590, seen leaving Leith for Arcangel, [Arkhangelsk].  See 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY

12th March 2008

ANATOLIY LYAPIDEVSKI

 14,141,gt, 19.240 dwt, NB SHIPPING LTD,   built 1984

23rd April 2008 from Baltic

Sistership to above -see  'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY

ANGEL ACCORD

Bulk Carrier, A-1 Shipholding, 20,212 gt, 32,379 dwt, 2003,

built as Kanda for Lepta shipping.

Unloading pipes, Leith 14th January 2008

Aster K, [IMO 9310757]

Bulk Carrier, K NAVIGATION PANAMA, / ORIENT MARINE TOKYO , 32,588dwt, Built 2006

16th August 2008 from Japan with steel pipes.

BRIGHT OCEAN 2  [IMO 9205952]

Bulk Carrier, MI DAS Line 19,707gt, 32,128 dwt, built 1999 as MISSISSIPPI RAINBOW, renamed 2001.  

 25th August 2008 unloading pipes from Japan

CALAPADRIA (since 2004)

ex Samaria, ex - P&O Nedlloyd Samaria (2000), ex - Samaria (2003)

 Ahrenkiel CF, Costa Container Lines SpA,

Container ship   25,360 dwt, 2000

photograph by Graeme Simpson  10th Oct 2004

CHALLENGER II

Britannia Bulk plc, 1977, 39,814 dwt

Departing Leith for Ventspils, Latvia,  5th April  2007

CS VALIANT 

General Cargo, 23,956 dwt, 1996

28th July 2005, Leith

DMITRIY DONSKOY

Murmansk Shipping, Bulk Carrier, 14,141gt, 19,885 dwt, built 1977, scrapped December 2008.                                                                   8th May 2007, Leith

Sistership to those above -see 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY

DMITRIY POZHARSKIY [IMO 7721201]  

Bulk Carrier, Murmansk Shipping Company, 16,527gt, 23,285dwt, built 1978.  Leith 15^th October 2008

EXPLORER II
Britannia Bulk plc, 1977, 39,814 dwt
see also Adventure II and Challenger II

Arriving from Murmansk  27th May  2007

The round trip takes approximately 16 days.

FORESTLAND

Built 1981,  Bunga Kantan, renamed Lindos 1999, re-named 2005 

Classic Shipping Limitd, 20,919 gt  31,960 dwt

17th May 2006, Leith

FUSHIMI

ex-Kriti Platinum, renamed Thuringia (1988), renamed Waterdam (1989), renamed Cumbrian Express (1989) re-named T. A. Pioneer (1995), renamed Cumbrian Express (1999), Magellan 4 (2000), Cumbrian Express (2000), renamed 2003.

Nippon Yusen Kaisha,  General Cargo, 12,963 gt, 20,475 dwt, built 1987

 21st August 2004, Leith

GRAND VICTORIA [IMO 9244788]

Bulk Carrier, CERES HELLENIC SHIPPING ENTERPRISE, 40.030gt, 75,966 dwt, Built 2002,  Renamed 2007, ex- Santa Victoria, (2005), ex Santa Vitoria.

Nordzee Kanaal, 1st August 2008

 GRIGORIY ALEKSANDROV

Russian Bulk Carrier, FESCO, 1986, 16, 565 gt, 24,105 dwt

1st April 2007, Off North Queensferry

GRIGORIY ALEKSANDROV (Newcastle)

Russian Bulk Carrier, FESCO, 1986, 16, 565 gt, 24,105 dwt

Newcastle, 30th July 2008

Grumant

Bulk Carrier, Murmansk Shipping Company, 15,868gt, 22,945dwt, built 2006

off Leith 17th July 2008Sistership to those above -see 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY

Grumant (B)

Leith 15th July 2008

HSIN HO [IMO9134983]

Bulk Carrier, Ta Ho Maritime (Taiwan) 37,745 gt, 70,629 dwt, built 1997.

Newcastle, 30th July  2008

ISMAIL K [IMO 9394234]

 ILERI DENIZCILIK, Bulk Carrier, 14,116gt  20,000dwt, built 2007

Leith 24^th June 2008

Ivan Susanin   [IMO 8131879]

 14,141,gt, 19.885 dwt, NB SHIPPING LTD,   built 1981

8th May  2008  from Baltic

Sistership to those above -see  'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY

IVS SHIKRA [IMO 9370329]

Bulk Carrier, Lauritzen Bulkers A/S, 18,000gt, 29,664dwt.  Ordered January 2005, Shikoku Shipyard, Yard no.1036, completed August 2008. Seen unloading pipes from Japan for Subsea 7's spoolbase on maiden voyage,  Leith 18^th Oct 2008

JA Aladdin Dream II [IMO 9283899]

. Bulk Carrier, YAHATA TRADER PANAMA / Kobe Shipping Company Co Ltd , 16,980 gt, 28,611 DWT, Built 2003

Arriving with steel pipes from Japan 4th Sept 2008

KAPITAN KUDLEY

Bulk Carrier, 14,009 gt, 19,252 dwt, 1983

6th May 2007, Leith Sistership to those above - see 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY

KEN MEI [IMO 9276767]  

Bulk Carrier, Inui Steamship (Tokyo) 17,979gt, 29,734dwt, built 2003. Renamed 2007, ex- Global Hawk.            Leith, 21^st September 2008.

KEN MEI [IMO 9276767]

LARISSA [IMO 9246566]

Containership, Larissa Gebr Ahrens KG, 9,962gt, 17,408 dwt, 2004

Forth Rail Bridge 26th April 2008, to Dunkirk

renamed WEC VAN GOGH (September  2008)

LIBRO DORO 

Meadway Shipping, Bulk Carrier, 12,609 dwt, 1999, 

31st July 2006, North Sea

MAERSK BRISBANE

Built 1976, Container ship, 37,129 dwt

1st August 2006, Gothenburg

Mikhail Kutuzov

16,257gt, 23,168 dwt,  Bulk carrier, MURMANSK SHIPPING, built 1979

Leith 6th April 2009 (Tug 'Forth' to stern)       Sistership to those above -see 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY - lengthened variant.

MOL AMERICAS

renamed YM Santos July 2006, ex- Amanda, (June 2003),  Libra Livorne (Jan 2001), ex Amanda

Container ship, 16, 203 gt, 22,967 dwt, 2000

photograph by Graeme Simpson, 22nd July 2004

MSC Patricia

 1990, Compania Naviera Patricia SA,  13,651 gt, 18,150 dwt

2nd August 2006, Gothenburg

MURMANSK (A)

Koma Shipping 2 Ltd, Malta, Bulk Carrier, 1984, 18,964 gt, 30,560 dwt

ex Griffin Aurora.    20th April 2007,  Leith

MURMANSK (B)

leaving Leith, 3rd May 2007

NAVIOS MERCATOR

MERCATOR SHIPPING CORP. Bulk Carrier, 29,988 gt, 53,553 dwt, built 2002

1st August 2004, Tyne 

NEW BLESSING [9316921]

Bulk Carrier, managed by HSIN CHIEN MARINE-TAIPEI, 21,059 gt, 34,906dwt, built 2005 as Shikoku 1021

Arriving 17th July 2008

NEW BLESSING [9316921]

NURI SONAY (A)

HACIOGULLARI HAZIR BETON SAC (Turkey)

General Cargo Ship, Built 2006, 9,490 gt, 13.00dwt  3rd August 2006, Gothenburg

NURI SONAY (B)

Built 2005, 9,490gt, 13,000dwt

31st July 2006,  North Sea, off River Tyne

PETR VELIKIY [IMO 7721225]

Bulk Carrier, Murmansk Shipping Company, 14,141gt, 23,169dwt, built 1978

Leith 26th May 2008Sistership to those above -see 'SHIP NOTES' - MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY - lengthened variant.

PHOENIX ISLAND [IMO 9124782]

Bulk Carrier, KOBE SHIPPING  / BLUE PHOENIX SHIPPING, 17,429 gt, 26,646 dwt, Built 1996.  Renamed 2003, ex Ansac Sincerity.

Leith 4th August 2008 from Japan

PLEASE PLEASE ME

1994, 28,522dwt,  ex Orange Success, Far East Shipping and Trading

24th October  2004, Leith

RILA (A)

NAVIGATION MARITIME BULGARE, 1977 , 16,166gt, 25,889dwt

19th June 2006, Leith

RILA  (B)

NAVIGATION MARITIME BULGARE, 1977 , 16,166gt 25,889dwt

13th July 2004,   off South Queensferry.

SILVER YING

SILVER YING Navigation, Bulk Carrier,  27,117 gt, 40,181 dwt,  1996

24th July 2006,  off Rosyth

SVYATOY MIKHAIL 

 Bulk Carrier, FEDCOMSHIPPING – UKRAINE,  26.718 gt, 44.600 dwt, Built 1978. Renamed 2003, Ex Antoine 1999, ex Fruiton.

off IJmuiden, 1st August 2008

VIPAVA [IMO 9144055]

Bulk Carrier, North Western Fleet (Russia), 25,537gt, 42,227dwt, built 1998.  Photographed Leith June 2005 as Allipen  (her  name for less than two months).   Ex-Glen Maye, 2005; Renamed  Glen Maye, July 2005;  Isolde, November 2006; Vipava, October 2008