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Post by RICEY on Mar 31, 2009 0:37:52 GMT 1
for those into shipping another vlcc (very large crude carrier) tanker is due in tommorow morning to offload oil. not sure of the time. 2nd of many visits by these beasts of the ocean. its on its way here from rotterdam after offloading some oil there as fully laden it cant enter the mersey for a start or go across the english channel
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Post by calflier on Mar 31, 2009 15:35:31 GMT 1
for those into shipping another vlcc (very large crude carrier) tanker is due in tommorow morning to offload oil. not sure of the time. 2nd of many visits by these beasts of the ocean. its on its way here from rotterdam after offloading some oil there as fully laden it cant enter the mersey for a start or go across the english channel Some tankers used to offload in Angelsea as well,not sure if that terminal is still used,I think what used to happen was some oil was offloaded at Angelsea into smaller tankers and brought in ,to allow the bigger tanker to safely enter the Mersey for Tranmere,not sure how often that was done. |
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Post by mooneyncp on Mar 31, 2009 20:23:16 GMT 1
if it's any help these are the high /low tide times so possibly about a 30 mins to a hour each side of high tide for arrival i think they come in on the ebb to assist braking ?(if that's the nautical term ?)
Wed 1st Apr 2009 02:15 8.55m H 09:06 2.01m L 14:48 8.37m H 21:24 2.41m L
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Post by mooneyncp on Mar 31, 2009 20:37:57 GMT 1
IOANTHI BULK CARRIER 43001 (tonnage) LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom 02 April 2009 13:00 timings are only a rough guess copied from www.portarrivals.com |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2009 20:40:15 GMT 1
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Post by mooneyncp on Mar 31, 2009 21:02:13 GMT 1
sorry my error i was looking at river mersey not tranmere ( bang head against wall and say put brain into gear before hitting keyboard. forgot tranmere is listed as a different item )
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Post by RICEY on Mar 31, 2009 22:07:36 GMT 1
she missed the tide so wont be on tranmere till tommorow. going to get pics if it does come in
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Post by mooneyncp on Mar 31, 2009 22:46:26 GMT 1
and after all these messages ah well
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Post by RICEY on Mar 31, 2009 23:14:13 GMT 1
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