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

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.

25^th 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

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

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.

ISMAIL K [IMO 9394234]

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

Leith 24^th June 2008

Ivan Susanin   [IMO 8131879]

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

KAPTAIN KUDLEY

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

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