| A frequent visitor to the Clyde for a number of years, the 1994-built German container ship "Cervantes" is seen here inward-bound in April, 2001. She was previously named "Regia", and makes a weekly call on Fridays. She operates a regular service from Liverpool and Greenock to Bilbao, in northern Spain. Her sailing schedule can be found here. |
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The Dutch owned and registered "Snoekgracht", seen off Gourock on May 3rd, 2001. She is one of a large class of new, similar, ships, details of which can be found on her owner's website. |
| One of four Swedish-owned sister ships, here is the "Trapper" arriving on the Clyde on May 17th, 2001. Formerly named "United Trapper", she lost the prefix a few years ago. Unlike her sisters, she has escaped being renamed by Brostrom Tankers with a "Bro" name. She and her sisters "Bro Trader", "Bro Transporter" and "Bro Traveller" have been regular visitors to the Finnart oil terminal in recent years, sailing for various UK ports with refined petroleum products pumped west from the BP refinery at Grangemouth. |
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Amongst the regular ships visiting the Clyde are, approximately once a month, large timber carrying ships such the "Saga Tide". She is owned by by the Japanese company NYK Lines but flies the Hong Kong flag. She is seen here at Greenock Ocean Terminal in February, 2001. |
| Clydeport owns two Pilot Cutters to take Pilots to and from ships entering the ClydePort area. This one is the older of the pair, called Gantock. |
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One of the fleet of ships owned by the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, the Norna is based at the James Watt Dock in Greenock, and together with the Vigilant are regular sights on the Clyde. Here she is at her home base. |