Welcome to the on-line edition of the Community Newsletter for Bideford and adjoining towns, villages, and rural area.
‘Bideford Buzz’ is produced by a team of volunteers and relies on our local community for articles. If you are interested in supporting this newsletter we’ll be glad to hear from you.
Editor – Rose Arno (Bideford Buzz).
Telephone 07929-976120, or E-mail: [email protected]
Stuck for something to do with the children this summer holidays? Check out what’s going on at Northam Burrows. The enthusiastic team of rangers have a number of free events running on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer break, to keep everyone entertained and get the little ones out in the fresh air.
Things kick-off on Thursday 24 July with a Poisonous Plants Guided Walk and free crafts at the visitor centre. A fun self-guided trail will also be available.
A free fun self-guided trail will also be available to collect from the visitor centre any day between 10am and 5pm. The magical creatures of Northam Burrows are spending their summer holidays in the sand dunes – can you spot where they are staying?!
Dates to add to your calendar are:
Tuesday 29 July, meet on the Westward Ho! slipway at 2pm to join in with the ‘Big Seaweed Search’.
Thursday 31 July, meet the rangers at the Northam Burrows Visitor Centre for the ‘Big Butterfly Count.’
Tuesday 5 August, bring your teddy along for the Teddy’s bears picnic – stories and crafts by the Visitor Centre.
Thursday 7 August, meet at Northam Burrows Visitor Centre at 2pm for a Bumblebee safari.
Tuesday 12 August, join the rangers for a ‘Rockpool Ramble’. Look out for the blue banner near the Westward Ho! Slipway.
Thursday 14 August, have your buckets and spades ready for the sandcastle competition.
Tuesday 19 August, drop in at the Northam Burrows Visitor Centre for Pirate Day! Join in with the trail and crafts.
Thursday 21 August, ‘Flying high’! Drop in at the Northam Burrows visitor centre to make a paper kite or glider.
Tuesday 26 August, join in with the great nurdle search at the Northam Burrows Centre.
Thursday 28 August, the rangers will be rounding off the summer holidays with art of the beach. Meet on the beach near Sandymere lifeguard hut.
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Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape | 19 July – 14 September 2025 | Free entry.
Our major summer exhibition examines the intersection of abstraction and landscape in British art from the 1920s to the early 1970s.
Organised in collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield, ‘Into Abstraction’ draws on their extensive holdings of modern art while also spotlighting key works from The Burton’s collection. It explores how artists embraced abstraction during periods of social upheaval to engage with the natural world and human experience.
The exhibition includes works by Henry Moore, Patrick Heron, Barbara Hepworth, Allin Braund, Gillian Ayres and L.S. Lowry.
(In collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield and with the support of The Golsoncott Foundation and Little Greene).
Image credit: Allin Braund Atlantic Sea c1950. Colour lithograph © the artist’s estate.
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Torridge District Council has launched the seventh round of Household Support Funding with effect from 7 July 2025. Nationally £742m has been made available by Central Government to cover the period April 2025 to March 2026.
Devon County Council has been awarded funding of just under £9m by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for a seventh Household Support Fund, part of which it will utilise to support voluntary and community partners such as Citizens Advice Devon and the Devon Community Foundation and provide Free School Meal holiday vouchers.
Just £3 million will be split amongst the eight district council’s for targeted support to those identified in need, with Torridge receiving just over £269,919 to allocate across the district, over nine months. The previous six schemes have already released payments totalling £1,248k to meet basic household costs of struggling Torridge residents.
In line with previous versions of the scheme the purpose of the grant is to provide support to households experiencing hardship due to the ongoing cost of living crisis. The grants will be available to help people in need to buy food, pay essential utility bills or meet other essential living or housing costs. Previous assistance has already allowed people to purchase clothing, blankets, and fund boiler servicing or repairs during the winter months. Applications can also be made to meet the cost of purchasing or repairing white goods such as fridges, freezers and ovens, which might otherwise currently be beyond the means of struggling households.
Access to the fund will once again be via a form, with initial applications being processed by the council’s partner and local charity organisation, Encompass. The application form link will be available on Torridge District Council’s website by clicking on the “Cost of living Help” icon on the main landing page and then the “Household Support Fund” link. Alternatively, people can contact Encompass through their website or by telephone if they do not have access to the internet on 01271 371499.
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Bideford Quay.
No shipping.
Yelland Quay.
No shippimg.
Appledore.
Atherstone still alongside quay. Quorn in shed.
In port –
RDJ Waalstroom – built 2005 (ex- Leiria ’16) ; flag Antigua & Barbuda; owners German; arrived 23/6, sailed 24/6; discharged 2,500 tons animal feed.
Bristol Channel Observations
1/6 at 05.08 vehicle carrier Neptune Dynamis, owners Dynamis Shipping Greece, outward bound from Portbury at 00.49. At 16.58 container vessel Trouper, owners Germany, inward bound for Portbury. At 18.20 container vessel Bernard, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 12.45.
2/6 at 14.27 cargo vessel Amiko, inward bound for Avonmouth. At 14.52 vehicle carrier Hoegh Trader, owners Hoegh Autoliners Norway, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 09.50. At 16.31 vehicle carrier Grande Anversa, owners Grimaldi Line of Italy, inward bound for Portbury.
3/6 at 09.47 vehicle carrier Emerald Leader, owners Nippon Yeuns Kaisha Japan, inward bound for Portbury. At 10.58 bulk carrier Beauty Jasmin, 63,638 tons d.w., owners Naess Acquisitions Marshal Islands, inward bound for Portbury. At 15.34 bulk carrier Inlaco Harmony, inward bound for Newport. Operating in the bay, various warships (I think French) have been there since previous Thursday.
4/6 at 05.54 vehicle carrier Grande Houston, owners Grimaldi Line of Italy, inward bound for Portbury. At 06.00 cargo vessel Amadeus Smaragd, inward bound for Avonmouth. At 13.06 cargo vessel Kalli, inward bound for Newport .
5/6 at 19.06 cargo vessel Rix Spring, outward bound from Swansea having sailed at 15.03. At 19.10 tanker Paganni, inward bound for Barry.
7/6 at 08.45 cargo vessel Arklow Bay, outward bound from Newport having sailed at 03.03. At 09.15 cargo vessel Beauty Jasmine, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 03.29.
8/6 at 11.57 cargo vessel Yukel Karabeckir, owners Turkish, outward bound from Cardiff having sailed at 03.09. At 11.15 cargo vessel Eastern Vanquish, inward bound for Newport.
11/6 at 14.50 cargo vessel Wilson Pola, owners Wilson Shipowning Norway, inward bound for Cardiff.
13/6 at 10.45 vehicle carrier Auto Advance, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 05.15.
14/6 at 05.20 cargo vessel Arklow Viking, outward bound from Avonmouth having sailed at 22.52. At 06.05 container vessel Elbstream, owners German, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 23.32. At 15.40 vehicle carrier Hera Highway, inward bound for Portbury.
15/6 at 10.15 cargo vessel Mustafa Yacci, inward bound for Cardiff . At 08.47 buoy tender vessel Galatea, 1,600 tons d.w., owners Trinity House, crossing the bay heading for Morte Bay. At 16.20 aggregate vessel Aasvik, owners Aasnes Bulk Norway, inward bound for Port Talbot.
16/6 at 15.47 cargo vessel Runa, inward bound for Cardiff.
17/6 at 12.43 vehicle carrier Autosun, 6,670 tons d.w., owners Uniperssoal Madeira, inward bound for Portbury.
18/6 at 13.04 cargo vessel Rix Stream, inward bound for Avonmouth.
20/6 at 17.44 vehicle carrier Han Kou, owners Cosco Shipping China, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 13.49. At 17.59 cargo vessel Lafjell, outward bound from Swansea having sail at 14.17.
21/6 at 06.13 vehicle carrier Auto Star, owners Uniperssoal Madeira, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 01.06. At 08.06 cargo vessel Eastern Vanquish, inward bound for Avonmouth. At 16.25 cargo vessel Captain Ravi, inward bound for Newport.
23/6 at 14.35 tanker Keewhit, inward bound for Newport.
24/6 at 10.10 cargo vessel Arklow Valour, inward bound for Sharpness. At 10.16 vehicle carrier Anji Ansheng, (this is the largest vehicle carrier in the world with a capacity of 9000 CEU), inward bound for Portbury .(Seen again at 16.30 26th, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 12.03). At 14.05 vehicle carrier Neptune Aegli, owners Aegli Shipping Greece, inward bound for Portbury.
25/6 at 17.47 cargo vessel RDJ Rignstroom, inward bound for Sharpness .
26/6 at 16.16 cargo vessel Edzard Cirkena, outward bound from Newport having sailed at 09.47. At 16.20 cargo vessel Lyrika, outward bound from Sharpness having sailed at 07.28. At 15.59 cargo vessel Georgios Alexios. At 17.15 tanker Plevne, inward bound for Avonmouth.
28/6 at 15.41 vehicle carrier Neptune Aegli, owners Aegli shipping Greece, inward bound for Portbury.
30/6 at 15.05 vehicle carrier Auto Energy, inward bound for Portbury. At 16.33 vehicle carrier Auto Eco, owners Uniperssoal Madeira outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 13.35.
Regards,
Norman.
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Residents in North Devon and Torridge are being invited to have their say on the future of local government in the county.
In December 2024 the Government announced plans to simplify the structure of local government across England. Areas such as Devon, which currently has a county council and district councils in a two-tier system, are being asked to develop plans to move to a single-tier unitary authority.
North Devon and Torridge district councils have been working with councils across Devon to work up proposals, and in March 2025 an interim plan was submitted on behalf of all Devon’s district councils, except Exeter.
The proposal, known as the ‘1-4-5 Plan’, includes:
Creating a new unitary authority combining East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, Torridge and Exeter.
Forming another unitary authority covering South Hams, Teignbridge, West Devon and Torbay.
Keeping Plymouth as a standalone unitary authority.
Final proposals will be submitted to the Government in November 2025. Before then, the council would like to hear from residents, businesses and groups about what matters to them.
A survey will run until 11 August 2025. Responses will help shape the final proposal and ensure it reflects the needs of the communities of northern Devon.
Councillor David Clayton, Leader of North Devon Council, said: “This is the biggest change to local government in North Devon for more than 50 years, and we are determined to ensure our proposals take into account the needs and aspirations of our communities.
“We want to hear from as many of our residents, businesses and local groups as possible. Your answers and insights will play a vital role in this change, and help us ensure North Devon and its communities are well represented and get the services they deserve for generations to come.”
Councillor Ken James, Leader of Torridge District Council, said: “Services provided by the council, affect each and every one of us. If you want to have an input on what this will look like in the future, I would strongly urge you to make your voice heard and complete the questionnaire. These changes will affect many generations to come, so we are determined that our final proposals take into account as many, and as wide varying views as possible”.
Residents in the North Devon district can take part in the survey by visiting the Lets Talk North Devon website.
Paper copies are available for completion from the Town Centre Hub in Barnstaple’s Green Lanes Shopping Centre, the Ilfracombe Centre, and the Amory Centre, South Molton. Opening hours are available on the council’s website. Paper copies or large print copies of the survey are also available on request by emailing the council’s Corporate and Community Services team.
Torridge residents can complete the survey online on the Let’s Talk website.
If you need this survey as a paper version or large print you can request this by emailing [email protected] or by calling 01237 428700 option 9. Paper copies are available at Riverbank House, Bideford, EX39 2QG.
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Please also see our website www.bidefordcinema.org.uk
All showing at The Theatre, Kingsley School.
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F1. (12A) 155 mins.
Friday 18th & Saturday 19th July, 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)
A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor a team with a young driver.
Stars: Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon. Director: Joseph Kosninski.
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Jurassic World: Rebirth. (CTBA).
Showing Friday 25th & Saturday 26th July, 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)
Five years post- Jurassic World: Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend. Director: Gareth Edwards.
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How to Train Your Dragon (PG) 125 mins.
Showing – Saturday 26th July 4.30pm (doors open 4.00pm).
Sunday 27th July 6.00pm (doors open 5.30pm).
As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together.??Stars: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler.?Director: Dean DeBlois
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A collection of articles from the ‘Bideford Gazette’ during July 1925, kindly selected by Bideford Community Archive.
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Shopkeepers in the Gazette area are being warned to be on the alert as counterfeit £5 are in circulation in the region. R Dymond and Son are selling by auction a donkey, complete with jingle and harness.
There is relief that Royal Assent has finally been given to the Bideford Harbour Act.
Mr A G Bromley, of Bromley’s Cafes, Ltd, Barnstaple and Bideford, has been elected on the Council of the National Association of Master Bakers, Confectioners, and Caterers.
The many services which Mr F A Searle has rendered to the town and district during his 38 years’ residence in Bideford, his unfailing courtesy, and the invaluable help, his sound advice, encouragement and assistance have been to many members of the local business and professional community, were testified to with much sincerity at the Town Hall. Mr Searle had been Borough Treasurer for about 32 years. He had lived in Bideford about 38 years and had been Manager of Fox, Fowler & Co’s Bank (now Lloyds) for about 32 years. He had also been Treasurer for the Northam Urban District Council and Bideford Union, and Bideford Grammar School.
Engineer Lieut. Commander H W Ascott, the only son of Major W Ascott, OBE, of Buttgarden Street, Bideford, has been gazetted Engineer-Commander.
The story of an attack on the manager of the local Labour Exchange, by an out-of-work labourer, in a principal thoroughfare of the town was told at Bideford Borough Sessions when Mr W T Braddick, Queen Anne’s, summoned a man with common assault. The man had issued a cross-summons. After a retirement, the Bench found the first case was proved and the maximum penalty of £5 was imposed with a month allowed for payment.
At Bideford Borough Sessions before the Mayor and other magistrates, Messrs Bartlett, Bayliss and Co. Ltd, Bideford, timber merchants, were summoned by HM Inspector of Factories for a breach of the Factory and Workshops Regulations, 1922, in failing to fix a cylindrical cutter block to a planing machine. Mr T Oerton, junr, appeared for the defendants.
A collision took place on the blind bend at Westcombe Corner in Bideford, involving three vehicles. A 14 seater charabanc driven by John Henry Fry overtook Mr E Hocking’s car on the bend. The charabanc then found itself faced by a 20 seater charabanc owned by Hardy-Colwill and coming from Westward Ho! The resulting confusion took some time to resolve. Mr Fry was found responsible and fined £6-5-0 including costs.
Miss Hilda Pearse, of Allhalland Street, has been successful in obtaining the degree of Bachelor of Science in the recent examination of the University of London. Miss Pearse was a student at University College, Reading, and was formerly a pupil at Edgehilll College.
Leonard Claude Guillaume, of Bideford, is saved.
Bideford and District Hospital in Meddon Street is for sale. Nos 25 and 26 Bridgeland Street, Bideford, for sale.
Bideford Head Post Office will be open a half hour later each weekday, telegrams being received until 7.30pm. In the course of a few days an automatic stamp vending slot machine will be placed outside the Head Office which will enable persons to purchase stamps when the office is closed.
A chimney fire took place at 9.30 at night at 16 Burridge Court, Meddon Street, Bideford. The house is owned by Mr W Wood and occupied by Mrs Catherine M Middleton, 74. Large clots of burning soot fell into her room which quickly filled with smoke, so that she had to be helped out. The fire brigade and police quickly attended and the damage is estimated at £20.
About 200 parents and friends were present at the annual sports of West Bank Girl’s School, held at the cricket field, Westward Ho! under ideal weather conditions. Interest was taken in the competition for the school challenge cups which were eventually won by B Routley (senior0 and J Nixon (junior), and also in the contest for the house shield, which was secured by Grenville House. The prizes were presented by the Mayoress of Bideford, Miss Keene, an old pupil of the school, who was thanked by the principal, Miss Abbott.
There is a long report of Bideford Horse Show in the paper of 21 July, with all the results given over three tightly packed columns of newsprint. For the first time the show was held on a Wednesday instead of on August Bank Holiday and the experiment seems to have been justified through a much higher level of attendance and entries.
And finally, a smart “information for visitors” board will shortly be erected near Bideford Bridge End giving brief particulars of attractions such as the Long Bridge, the Free Library, Chudleigh Fort and Victoria Park.
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Torridge District Council has announced it has appointed BAM Construction to act as the main contractor for the delivery of the Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre. The Centre has been partly funded through the Levelling Up Fund, Community Regeneration Partnership and funding from the UK Government as part of the Devon and Torbay Devolution Deal, managed by Devon County Council.
Torridge District Council has been working with BAM to progress and finalise the designs for the Centre, which will include workshops, offices and collaboration space together with parking facilities and improved access to the slipway. The Centre is expected to be completed in 2026.
Initial works will involve making improvements to the wall adjoining New Quay Street before works to construct the building commence in the Autumn. Early enabling works to deliver a new quay to provide improved access for users of the building to the estuary, commenced onsite in April. A kind spring has allowed the project to progress at pace.
BAM Construction is looking to use local contractors and businesses wherever possible. In October, a ‘‘Meet the Buyer’ event was held in Appledore. Since then, several local suppliers have joined the project’s supply chain and will contribute during the main construction phase. The team continues to engage with local businesses to ensure opportunities remain accessible throughout the build.
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Applications from clubs and other organisations for Charitable Grants for the inhabitants of Bideford and its immediate neighbourhood are now invited.
The form can be found here:
https://www.bidefordbridgetrust.org.uk/…/Bridge-Trust…
Please note The Trust do not accept applications by email and they should be returned with all information completed no later than 31st July 2025.
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Events list for North Devon Jazz at Beaver, Appledore, to the end of November.
1 September – Byron Wallen with Craig Milverton Trio.
15 September – Sungrass.
29 September – Liane Carroll.
13 October – Tomasso Starace Trio.
3 November – Eddie Gripper Trio.
10 November – Howl Quartet.
24 November – Bruce Adams with Martin Dale Quartet.
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Bideford Quay.
No shipping. The paddle steamer Waverly due 15.15 7th June, departing 16.30.
Yelland Quay.
No shipping this month.
Appledore.
Atherstone still alongside the quay .
In Port –
Jutland – (ex – Ambassadeur 2000, Kliftrans 2016); built 1997; arrived 29/5, sailed 31/5.
Photographs of the Jutland sailing from Appledore 09.00 31/5 –
Bristol Channel Observations.
1/5 at 15.59 vehicle carrier Neptune Dynamis, 6,850 tons d.w., owners Dynamis Shipping Greece, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 12.28.
2/5 at 14.58 vehicle carrier Tourmaline Ace, 18,000 tons d.w., owners MOL Auto Carrier Express Japan, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 10.16 (this vessel on her maiden voyage).
3/5 at 10.25 cargo vessel Eems Drait, 3,650 tons d.w., owners Drait Ship Ltd Netherlands, inward bound for Sharpness. At 13.51 cargo vessel Eems Solar, 2,620 tons d.w., owners Kornet & Zonen Netherlands, inward bound for Newport. At 15.42 vehicle carrier Wen Jing Kou, 18,000 tons d.w., owners Cosco Shipping China, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 11.04.
4/5 at 10.07 cargo vessel Sky Str, 4,600 tons d.w. owners Sky Str Inc Turkey, inward bound for Newport. At 15.26 cargo vessel Rosi, 3,850 tons d.w., owners Grimpe Marine Consulting Germany, inward bound for Avonmouth. At 15.59 vehicle carrier Grande Napoli1, 14,565 tons d.w., owners Grimaldi line of Italy, inward bound for Portbury. At 17.32 vehicle carrier Autosun, 6,670 tons d.w., owners UECC Uniperssoal Madeira, inward bound for Portbury.
5/5 at 18.33 aggregate carrier Aasvik, 7,200 tons d.w., owners Aasnes Bulk Norway, inward bound for Avonmouth.
6/5 at 15.56 cargo vessel Arklow Ace, 8,543 tons d.w., owners Arklow Shipping Eire, inward bound for Swansea.
7/5 at 12.41 cargo vessel Eems Dart, 3,725 tons d.w., owners Amasus Shipping Netherlands, inward bound for Sharpness
8/5 at 12.04 vehicle carrier Freesia Leader, 19,514 tons d.w., owners Nippon Yusen Kaisha Japan, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 06.59. At 19.02 container vessel Trouper, 11,464 tons d.w., owners Dede Reederei Germany, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 13.57.
9/5 at 09.10 vehicle carrier Grande Spagne, 12,594 tons d.w., owners Grimaldi Line of Italy, inward bound for Portbury. At 18.55 cargo vessel Wilson Liverpool, owners Wilson Shipowning Norway, outward bound from Swansea having sailed at 15.17.
10/5 at 07.24 cargo vessel Lotus, inward bound for Newport.
11/5 at 10.08 vehicle carrier Neptune Dynamis, 6,850 tons d.w., owners Dynamis Shipping Co Greece, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 05.27. At 19.06 cargo vessel Wilson Paldiski, owners Wilson Shipowning Norway, inward bound for Sharpness.
12/5 at 11.11 vehicle carrier Neptune Aegli, owners Aegli Shipping Greece, inward bound for Portbury.
13/5 at 08.24 container vessel Bernhard, 11,500 tons d.w., inward bound for Portbury.
14/5 at 11.15 cargo vessel Wilson Aviero, owners Wilson Shipowning Norway, inward bound for Avonmouth. At 13.08 cargo vessel Wilson Sky, 3,650 tons d.w., owners Wilson Shipowning Norway, outward bound from Newport having sailed at 07.21. At 14.00 tanker Stolt Jaeger, owners Stolt Nielson Netherlands, inward bound for Avonmouth.
15/5 at 16.00 aggregate carrier Aasli, 7,200 tons d.w., owners Aasnes Bulk Noway, inward bound for Port Talbot.
16/5 at 11.15 cargo vessel Celtic Explorer, 3,850 tons d.w., owners Geerdes Reederei Germany, inward bound for Avonmouth. At 12.43 vehicle carrier Auto Eco, owners UECC Uniperssoal Madeira, inward bound for Portbury. At 14.12 cargo vessel Celtic Ambassador, 3,550 tons d.w., owners Charles M Willie and Co Cardiff, inward bound for Cardiff.
17/5 at 04.53 vehicle carrier Auto Advance, owners UECC Uniperssoal Madeira, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 23.49 16th. At 13.53 cargo vessel Paulin B, inward bound for Sharpness. At 14.11 container vessel Bernard, 11,500 tons d.w., outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 09.43.
19/5 at 08.36 vehicle carrier Hoegh Borealis, 25,587 tons d.w., owners Hoegh Autoliners Norway, inward bound for Portbury. At 13.27 cargo vessel Fast Herman, owners Fast Line Belgium, inward bound for Sharpness . The small cruise ship Island Skyarrived Lundy Island about 06.00 and sailed for Rathlin Island about 12.00. At 17.56 vehicle carrier Cape Town Highway, 21,676 tons d.w., owners Kawasaki Kisen K.K. Japan, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 13.19. At 19.41 cargo vessel Eems Spring, outward bound from Sharpness having sailed at 09.35 . At 19.44 vehicle carrier Neptune Dynamis, owners Dynamis Shipping Greece, inward bound for Portbury.
20/5 at 07.35 vehicle carrier Neptune Barcelona, 17,170 tons d.w., owners Pythagoras Shipping Greece, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 01.56. At 7.36 cargo vessel Kalli G, outward bound from Newport having sailed at 00.51. At 19.57 container vessel Trouper, 11,646 tons d.w., owners Dede Reederei Germany, inward bound for Portbury.
21/5 at 16.13 vehicle carrier Grande Colonia, 12,292 tons d.w., owners Grimaldi Line of Italy, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 12.00.
22/5 at 10.14 vehicle carrier Eurocargo Bari, owners Malta Motorways of the Sea, inward bound for Avonmouth.
23/5 at 05.34 cargo vessel Eems Stream, inward bound for Sharpness. At 08.58 tanker Stolt Jaeger, owners Stolt Nielson Netherlands, inward bound for Barry. (Seen again at 09.55 25th outward bound from Barry having sailed at 04.4). At 09.10 vehicle carrier Autosun, 6,670 tons d.w., owners UECC Uniperssoal Madeira, inward bound for Portbury.
24/5 at 08.48 vehicle carrier Horizon Highway, 20,586 tons d.w., owners Kawasaki Kisen K.K. Japan, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 04.12. At 07.56 cargo vessel Aquamar, outward bound from Swansea having sailed at 04.22. At 10.31 aggregate carrier Aasfjord, owners Aasnes Bulk Norway, inward bound for Port Talbot.
25/5 at 09.45 cargo vessel Vertom Karianne, owners Netherlands inward bound for Sharpness. At 18.23 cargo vessel Wilson Aveiro, owners Wilson Shipowning Norway, inward bound for Avonmouth.
26/5 at 14.23 vehicle carrier Morning Clara, 18,638 tons d.w., owners Eukor Car Carriers inc South Korea, inward bound for Portbury.
28/5 at 13.04 cargo vessel Liva Immoglu, outward bound from Newport having sailed at 05.13. At 13.25 vehicle carrier Auto Eco, owners Uniperssoal Madeira, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 08.45. At 15.23 cargo vessel Arklow Ace, outward bound from Swansea having sailed at 08.05.
30/5 at 11.25 container vessel Bernard, 11,700 tons d.w., inward bound for Portbury. At 11.40 vehicle carrier Hoegh Trader, 21,700 tons d.w., owners Hoegh Autoliners ltd Norway, inward bound for Portbury. At 13.24 vehicle carrier Liv Jiang Kou, owners Cosco Shipping China, inward bound for Portbury. This was the vessel’s maiden voyage.
31/5 at 17.34 vehicle carrier Anji Virtue, outward bound from Portbury having sailed at 13.01 – this is her maiden voyage.
Regards,
Norman.
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