Tyne Shipping and the Port of Tyne

[thenorthumbrian]

Originally Posted by Adrian_Swall

I heard on the news this was a trial 'dry' run on the Wear.

Any pictures?

What will this mean long-term for the Tyne facility?

PS
More great Tyne pictures Steve - there are certainly a variety of big working vessels coming and going!

I enjoy seeing the working ships coming to the river as well, after all this is a working river.

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Adrian_Swall

I heard on the news this was a trial 'dry' run on the Wear.

Any pictures?

What will this mean long-term for the Tyne facility?

PS
More great Tyne pictures Steve - there are certainly a variety of big working vessels coming and going!

No pictures from me as the Baltic Ace went outbound from the Tyne at 02.55 this morning and entered the Wear at 05.25.

The ship left at about 13.00 this afternoon but as yet haven't seen any photographs.

From what I hear this will not affect the capacity of vehicles being handled by the Tyne.

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by thenorthumbrian

I enjoy seeing the working ships coming to the river as well, after all this is a working river.

Indeed it is an the OGN built rig for the Forties Field is the next 'spectacular' to be seen on the Tyne. The jacket (legs) has already been moved onto a barge and is expected to be towed out to the North Sea in August 2012.

[thenorthumbrian]

Originally Posted by Steve Ellwood

Indeed it is an the OGN built rig for the Forties Field is the next 'spectacular' to be seen on the Tyne. The jacket (legs) has already been moved onto a barge and is expected to be towed out to the North Sea in August 2012.

With shipbuilding gone 1000 men building a 12,000 ton oil rig is the closest we've got to the ship launches of the past.
I hope it gets good coverage in the local media.

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by thenorthumbrian

With shipbuilding gone 1000 men building a 12,000 ton oil rig is the closest we've got to the ship launches of the past.
I hope it gets good coverage in the local media.

Well if nothing else it will get coverage here

[Steve Ellwood]

Of course the Tyne isn't all about 'Big Ships', we also have an active fishing industry down in North Shields, the biggest prawn landing port on the east coast of England.

One business that has arisen from a fishing industry background is Sanrene Guardships which has three former fishing trawlers which it uses to provide security services for wind farms, oil installations and cable laying. Basically what the guard ships do is to warn off vessels that are getting to close to the workings.

This is one of the boats - ENTERPRISE – Danish Seiner now converted into a Guard Ship and owned by Sanrene Guardships @ http://sanreneguardships.com/fleet.html.

She is the former NIKKI-NETTE – L304.
Former Names:
HM170 FORTIES
HG38 CAMILLA CHRISTINE
E382 ANETTE LOMBORG

MMSI No: 235090887
# Hull material code : 1 - Wood
# Year of Construction : 1966
# Place of Construction : FÅBORG BÅDE- OG SKIBSBYGGERI APS, VÆRFTSVEJ 3, 5600 Faaborg, DANMARK
# Port Code : 23001 – THYBORØN
# LOA : 19,50
# Tonnage GT : 63,00 T

Seen here coming into North Shields Fishquay on 27th July 2012.











Photographs hosted on http://ellwood.fototime.com/Ships%20...TTE%20–%20L304

[Steve Ellwood]

TZAREVETZ outbound from the Port of Tyne, North East England on 26th July 2012 having delivered a cargo of coal from Russia. Photographed from Western Quay, North Shields.

Type of ship :Bulk Carrier

IMO number 9145229
Call Sign 9HYM5
MMSI 248306000











Photographs hosted on http://ellwood.fototime.com/Ships%20...Z/TZAREVETZ%20

[Adrian_Swall]

A great day on the Tyne today in bright and breezy weather on the quayside.

The ship was built in Norway in 1990 and is 24 metres long and 12 tonnes of oak.

ITV Tyne Tees reported the name originally as the Gaia but today it had changed it to the Asa?

Didn't get down early enough to see it up close but have added some pictures of it moored at HMS Calliope.







In addition is the support vessel Next Wave was moored just below the Millenium Bridge.

[paddytoonleics]

Last night (Sunday) on BBC2, one of those Extreme Engineering/MegaStructures type shows was about refurbing ships, and its key focus was a ferry being worked on at A&P. Not exactly local interest, but nice to see a docu centrered around the engineering skills still being used on the Tyne

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by paddytoonleics

Last night (Sunday) on BBC2, one of those Extreme Engineering/MegaStructures type shows was about refurbing ships, and its key focus was a ferry being worked on at A&P. Not exactly local interest, but nice to see a docu centrered around the engineering skills still being used on the Tyne

Fascinating insight and it the program can be seen on the BBC IPlayer @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01llr67/

Thing that started to niggle was the persistence in the mention of the work being undertaken in Newcastle when in reality it was in Hebburn.

[Steve Ellwood]

Sign of the times but a Tyneside Shipping Company that has been in existence since 1730 has gone into liquidation

Source: the London Gazette

Date: 27 July 2012
Issue Number: 60221
Page number: 14520

Publication Date: Friday, 27 July 2012

Notice Code: 2442

Meetings of Creditors

STEPHENSON CLARKE SHIPPING LIMITED

(Company Number 00230111)

Eldon Court, Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1TD

Principal Trading Address: Eldon Court, Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1TD

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986 that a meeting of creditors of the above named Company will be held at Newcastle Marriott Hotel, Gosforth Park, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5HN, on 03 August 2012, at 11.45 am for the purposes mentioned in Sections 99 to 101 of the said Act. The resolutions to be put to the meeting may include resolutions specifying the term of the Liquidators’ remuneration and agreement to the costs of the preparation of the Statement of Affairs and summoning of the Members’ and Creditors’ Meetings. A list of the names and addresses of the Company’s Creditors may be inspected, free of charge, at Tait Walker, Bulman House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3LS, between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on the two business days preceding the date of the Meeting stated above. Creditors intending to vote at the meeting are required to send their proof of debt together with their proxies no later than 12 noon on the business day prior to the meeting. Unless they surrender their security, secured creditors must give particulars of their security and its value if they wish to vote at the meeting.

Further details contact: Gordon Smythe Goldie and Allan David Kelly (IP Nos. 5799 and 9156) Tait Walker Advisory Services LLP, Bulman House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3LS email: recovery@taitwalker.co.uk Tel: 0191 285 0321


Russell Campbell, Director


24 July 2012.

(1638739)

Company history from the firms web site @ http://www.scsbulk.com/about_us.htm

Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd is the oldest British shipping company. King George II had been on the throne of England for just three years when the brothers Ralph and Robert Clarke purchased an interest in a 300-ton sailing vessel. The year was 1730 and their limited trading activities were to develop during the next 270 years into the present Ship Owning and Ship Management business of Stephenson Clarke Shipping Limited.

Sons of the Reverend Ralph Clarke, a vicar of Long Benton , near North Shields, the two brothers took up seafaring Careers, becoming master mariners. They began buying shares in ships, in this way gradually establishing themselves as Ship Owners, although they also continued to serve at sea for some time.

Robert Clarke had two sons, John and Ralph. The former married Jane Stephenson, of North Shields, in 1775 and moved to London , where he was later joined by his brother to carry on the business of Ship Owning and coal factors. Thus were laid the foundations of the present shipping organisation.

Nowadays we operate a fleet of modern single deck bulk Carriers, ranging in size from 1100 dwt tonnes to 12000 dwt tonnes. These Vessels have been designed for ease of loading and discharging with large open hatches and holds. We also operate several small self load/unloading vessels of between 1250 dwt - 2800 dwt, these vessels are fully self sustained with excavator and bob cat.

We now carry a wide range of bulk cargoes including aggregates, alumina, grain, coal, fertilisers and steel. The open hatch configurations make the vessel suitable for project cargoes.

Though most of the fleet can trade world wide, we tend to trade mainly within Northern Europe, the Mediterranean (incl Black Sea), West Africa, the Atlantic Islands , Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea . We concentrate on keeping the fleet in these waters so that we can cover with confidence the tight loading dates required by some of our contract partners. We usually have a ready supply of tonnage to cover charter requirements in these areas.

[Ken O'Heed]

When waiting at North Shields Ferry Terminal pictured this vessel (hosted on Photobucket)






Just a one off Steve

KEN

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Ken O'Heed

When waiting at North Shields Ferry Terminal pictured this vessel (hosted on Photobucket)



Just a one off Steve

KEN

Ken - I was just a little east of you at Western Quay, this one is off to the former Swan Hunter Wallsend Yard to load a cable reel.

More the better Ken, as I'm not always able to get down to the water front

[Steve Ellwood]

LONDON 2012 inbound to the Port of Tyne, North East England on 31st July 2012 carrying a cargo of coal from Riga, Latvia. Photographed from Western Quay, North Shields.

Named to commemorate the London 2012 Olympic Games she was flying her full set of flags in celebration. She was formerly the Beijing 2008 and will be renamed to Rio 2016 in due course.

Type of ship :Bulk Carrier

IMO number 9442756
Call Sign A8OD8
MMSI 636013613

[Steve Ellwood]

The Tyne recently borrowed Phoenix Cross to give assistance - this is her on 23rd July 2012 passing the Western Quay at North Shields.

Owner and Operator: Svitzer Marine Ltd

Built: 1993-11 R. Dunston (Hessle) Ltd. - Hessle Yard/hull No.: H1005
Hull Material:Steel; Hull Connections:Welded; Decks:1 dk

[Steve Ellwood]

Svitzer Lyndhurst is one of the permanent Tugs based in the Tyne, giving coverage to Tyne, Blyth, Wear and occasionally Tees.



Svitzer Lyndhurst working the stern of the outbound Car Carrier, Iris Ace, Port of Tyne, North East England on 23rd July 2012.





Photographs hosted on http://ellwood.fototime.com/Ships%20...er%20Lyndhurst

[Steve Ellwood]

UKD Bluefin makes a slow entry into the Port of Tyne, North East England on 5th August 2012, headed for dry docking at A&P#s Hebburn Yard to have damage to her midships surveyed and repaired. Photographed from Western Quay, North Shields.

The damage to her plates had been occasioned at Immingham Dock on 1st August 2012 in a collision with the Russian registered cargo ship Alexander Tvardovskiy, and the Barbados registered cargo ship Wilson Haw.

She had slowly made her way to the Tyne, making 5 knots and showed evidence of a temporary patch to her midships.

[Steve Ellwood]

HAM 601 outbound from the Port of Tyne, North East England on 5th August 2012 having received repairs at A&P’s Hebburn Yard. Photographed from North Shields Ferry Landing.

Type of ship :Motor Hopper

IMO number 8215948
Call Sign PENA
MMSI 244972000

[Northern Engineer]

I was listening to an interesting program on Radio 4 about the new London Shipping port being built in the Thames at a cost of £1.5Bn which is intended to stop shipping traveling North of London....

Does anybody have an idea what are the busiest shipping ports in the UK and where the Newcastle and Sunderland ranks with them?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18970869

[Steve Ellwood]

Newcastle shipping firm goes into liquidation

by Sonia Sharma, Evening Chronicle Aug 8 2012

Newcastle-based Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, which was formed in 1730, has gone into liquidation with the loss of nine jobs.

The firm, a bulk cargo ship operator, says the economic downturn had a major effect on business and the market was “one of the worst experienced for many years”.

Over the last two years, the company tried to reduce its costs and sold its fleet of vessels.

Eventually, with no improvement in sight, a decision was made to wind up the firm and Tait Walker, of Newcastle, were appointed as liquidators.

A spokesman for Stephenson Clarke Shipping said: “It is with great regret the company has had to cease trading.

“Management and staff have worked extremely hard to manage the position to minimise the impact on stakeholders by working with professional advisers to ensure an orderly and controlled wind-down of the company, which resulted in the sale of the last vessel in July.

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