SHIPPING ON THE TRENT

Photos & Captions by M. Kitchen

ELKE when full. A picture can also be seen on this feature of the ship when it was empty.

BALTIC HORIZON - one of the bigger ships pictured on the Trent, however by no means the largest. Pictured departing Neap House wharf.

ANDRINA F - from Hamburg pictured about to dock at Grove Wharf owned be J Wharton (Shipping) Ltd. In the distance can be seen CRYSTALWATER.

BOTNO (NASSAU). Pictured at the Associated Waterways port in Keadby is Botno. The ship was photographed on the 14th of December in the winter sunshine.

TOM LIS (LISBOA). This Portugal based ship was noted on Saturday 16th of December in the winter sunshine heading towards the Humber. This is one of the biggest ships I have seen on the River Trent.

A rear view of TOM LIS (LISBOA).

CRYSTALWATER (Papendrecht). This photograph was taken on the 2nd of December 2000 and shows Germany based Crystalwater heading towards the Humber. I believe this ship is equipped to carry liquids or gas

CLEARWATER (Papendrecht) Sister ship to Crystalwater, Clearwater is pictured early on Sunday the 17th of December 2000 whilst moving the short way from J Wharton (Shipping) to Keadby Wharf. A few minuets later the vessel performed a sharp turn and then a reversing movement, this was so it could dock at the wharf and with some houses along side the river, it did not take long for me to be joined by a few people who were watching this event.

Werder Bremen

SEA THAMES (Wewelsfleth). Pictured on the 3rd of December 2000 at Kirby's Associated Waterways port is Sea Thames which is again from Germany.

Ambience

UPPLAND (HAREN - EMS)   Photographed on the 1st of March having just set sail from J Wharton (shipping) Ltd, Uppland heads north up the Trent to the River Humber. She is a regular visitor here and works for SCA Timber.  

Pictured here is Mexahnk Cemakob (Apxahtebck). This Russian ship was pictured on the 14th of February in the early morning sunshine. She is about to birth at J Wharton (Shipping) Ltd and a start could the be made in unloading her cargo of wood.  A rear view of the same ship can be see below.

Thalassa (Harlingen) pictured on the 17th of January 2001 opposite Flixborough Wharf is Thalassa, heading north towards the River Humber. She had been emptied at both Neap House and Gunness Wharfs.  

Arosita (Skarhamn)   The 1st of March saw Arosita departing from Neap House Wharf (just out of site to the left of the picture).

AAAORA - 16 (LADGOA - 16) CAHKT NETEPEYPR is pictured at Associated Waterways Services wharf in Keadby. This ship was unloading wood as most ships that dock here do.

Pictured on the very fogy morning of 14th of January is Andrina F (Hamburg) at Associated Waterways Services Keadby.

ARKLOW MOOR (ARKLOW) is pictured at Associated Waterways in February 2001. She is a regular visitor here.

EDIE JUNIOR (HARSTAD) which was photographed on the 15th of March 2001 moving from Flixborough Wharf, in the background, to Associated Waterways. Note that the anchor is still trailing in the water.

EDIE JUNIOR moving into Associated Waterways in Gunness.

Also pictured on 15th of March was the Irish ARKLOW MOOR (ARKLOW). She had set of a few minuets before from Gunness Wharf on a short run to Flixborough Wharf. Both Gunness and Flixborough Wharf's are owned by the same company.

Coal was the order of the day for CARAMBA from Kingstown. She came in the previous day and a start was made in loading her up. When this picture was taken on the 31st of March, she was ready to sail again. To the right of her can be seen CLEARWATER which was about to moor up at Gunness Wharf.