Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

I know I'm not the brightest cookie around Jim but isn't she ridding a tad high to be unloading ore , she looks like she has already done so to the untrained eye....... i.e. mine

ivorthediver wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:13 am I know I'm not the brightest cookie around Jim but isn't she ridding a tad high to be unloading ore , she looks like she has already done so to the untrained eye....... i.e. mine

Not ore Ivor, but sheet steel and coiled steel rolls which come from the Ukraine. The sheet steel is in slabs about the length and width of an articulated lorry trailer and about 6 inches thick (see photo 2). These are then taken to a rolling mill at Gateshead for rolling out into thinner sheets. The mill is owned by a Ukrainian.
I think the coiled steel rolls are are of a guage suitable for making car bodies and are probably destined for the Nissan works up the road.
I don't think Federal Hudson had much to unload here as she was off again before the New Year, to be replaced on the same tide as her sister ship Federal Asahi.


Jim

Ah that makes more sense , thanks Jim ......clues help so thanks for the information

Its a while since I posted on this thread, which doesn't mean to say that I haven't been taking photos of the comings and goings on the river. Last week I took some photos of a ship leaving the river for the breakers yard in Turkey. Several ships with the prefix, Highland, have been laid up in the port for quite a while. They are all offshore vessels and probably spent most of their working lives at Aberdeen. Three have recently been towed to Aliaga in Turkey to be broken up, which makes you think about the costs involved, ie the cost of the tug and crew to tow a ship to Turkey and the return journey for the tug and crew. I have followed previous journeys of the tugs and they only make around 5 knots and it takes them just under a month to reach Aliaga.
Highland Valour was towed out on 28th September, by the tug Dian Kingdom, and they are currently shown as off Teignmouth in Devon - I presume they are sheltering from the stormy conditions. They are scheduled to reach Aliaga on 25th October.
Sea Juliett previously left on 21st September with Highland Challenger and are currently between Gibraltar and Oran and due in to Aliaga on 16th October.
Some photos of the most recent departure.

Jim

As you say Jim , how on earth do they make it pay , an thats a big old Sea going anchor recovery tug going to "hell" so there looks like two tugs towing it
Thanks for sharing it with us

ivorthediver wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:08 am As you say Jim , how on earth do they make it pay , an thats a big old Sea going anchor recovery tug going to "hell" so there looks like two tugs towing it
Thanks for sharing it with us

The tug at the stern let go and returned to the Tyne when clear of the harbour. I presume there was a steaming/safety crew on the ship being towed for the duration of the tow.

Jim

That seems logical , and presumably the returning tugs costs will be meet by the harbour authorities