Photos by Keith Foley

VERITY moored alongside Lady Anneke in Rotterdam awaiting cargoes.

MSC VANDYA offloading / reloading in Antwerp September 21st 2013.

HATHOR loading steel slabs in the old dock locks at Port Talbot for transhipment out to ATLANTIC DAISY in Port Talbot Harbour over the next few days.

DESPINA in Port Talbot harbour, on the north jetty for repair/maintenance.

HATHOR in Port Talbot old locks loading steel slabs to tranship onto ATLANTIC DAISY for onward shipment to Diliskelesi, Turkey

KANG HING loading steel slabs from coaster AMMON in Port Talbot Tidal Harbour. The cargo of 42000t slabs will be loaded from 4 coasters over 8/9 days.

AEGIR, Heerema's new pipelaying vessel is being readied for her christening ceremony on September 20th in Rotterdam's Calandcanal.

EEMS STREAM sits on the mud at Briton Ferry wharf loading steel coils for Bilbao, Spain.

FRONTIER LODESTAR enters the harbour at Port Talbot part loaded with a cargo of coal from Mobile, Alabama, USA.

FRONTIER LODESTAR shows her massive 45m stern end as she is swung by her 4 tugs in the tidal harbour at Port Talbot UK.

FRONTIER LODESTAR has been swung & begins to glide astern onto her berth, shepherded by her 4 tugs.

SVITZER BRENDA & Portgarth lean in to the port shoulder of the part loaded Capesize ore carrier Geosand Max as she begins her swing in Port Talbot Harbour.

GEOSAND MAX in the deepwater channel approaching Port Talbot harbour in the care of her 4 tugs Portgarth, Svitzer Brenda, Svitzer Ramsey, plus Dalegarth out of sight on her starboard quarter. She will offload her part cargo of iron ore in about 24 hours & sail for Septiles in Canada.

GEOSAND MAX swinging in the harbour with the aid of her tugs prior to berthing under the cranes.

GEOSAND MAX being swung about 200 degrees in the harbour before berthing under the three giant cranes that will offload her part cargo of iron ore.

KYZIKOS has offloaded her cargo of coal from Norfolk USA & her lead tug pulls away from her as she departs Port Talbot for Immingham.

HERAKLES at Briton Ferry UK to load a cargo of steel coils.

VITA at Briton Ferry UK. She is discharging a cargo of 4000t magnesium from Helsingborg, Sweden for Port Talbot steelworks.

KASTOR loading a cargo of steel coils as she sits on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry UK

HOLSTENTOR in the River Neath approaching Briton Ferry UK where she will load a cargo of steel coils for a european port.

HOLSTENTOR approaches the two bridges at Briton Ferry UK & her berth just beyond.

SKS TRINITY enters the tidal harbour at Port Talbot UK with a cargo of 110000t of coal for the local Tata Steel plant, from Norfolk, Virginia.

SKS TRINITY is swung 200 degrees by her four tugs prior to berthing under the three giant cranes that will take her cargo of American coal for the local Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot.

SKS TRINITY is swung about 200 degrees by her four tugs in the harbour at Port Talbot & shows her full 42m width before berthing under the three giant cranes that will take her cargo of American coal for the Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot. Her pilot & a ships officer survey the scene from the port wing.

WILLEKE has loaded her cargo of steel coils & her crew secures the hatches for sea as she awaits release by the incoming tide.

HEIKE LEHMANN lies on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry UK as she discharges 3000t of magnesium ore from St Petersburg.

MILADY sits on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry whilst loading a cargo of steel scrap for Spain.

SHUYA sits on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry after discharging a cargo of 4000t of magnesium. She will sail for Avonmouth on tonights tide.

DAPHNE in the harbour at Port Talbot. She has brought a cargo of Swedish iron ore from Narvik. Half has been discharged at Ijmuiden in Holland, the remaining 80000t will discharge here at Port Talbot.

DAPHNE swings about 200 degrees in the deepwater harbour at Port Talbot before her 4 tugs ease her stern first on to her berth where the three giant cranes will take her cargo of Swedish iron ore.

SUNA sits on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry UK as she discharges 3000t of Magnesium from Klaipeda.

JEROME H sits on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry UK as she loads a cargo of steel coils from Port Talbot steelworks for Limay, France.

ROYAL OASIS. In June 2010, iron ore carriers Royal Oasis, Berge Atlantic, plus three others were anchored off Port Talbot UK. As Royal Oasis left the anchorage for the Pilot Station, she collided with Berge Atlantic causing damage to both ships. These pics show the torn deck & hull plating. There was also internal structural damage. Royal Oasis offloaded her iron ore cargo at Port Talbot, then sailed for Blohm & Voss Drydock in Hamburg for repair.

ROYAL OASIS showing damage sustained when she collided with Berge Atlantic at the deepwater anchorage off port Talbot in August 2010. Royal Oasis was allowed to offload at Port Talbot before sailing to Hamburg for repair at Blohm & Voss Drydock.

KORIANGI has loaded her cargo of steel coils & sits on the mud as she waits for the incoming tide at Briton Ferry.

SHALA lies on the mud at Briton Ferry UK as she discharges a cargo of magnesium from Helsingborg, Sweden.

EEMS SERVANT discharges a cargo of steel bars & rods at Port Talbot old docks.

ARLAU lies slightly out of trim at Briton Ferry Wharf as she loads a cargo of steel scrap from two long arm loaders. She will sail on tonights tide.

EEMS SPIRIT pumps out ballast water at Briton Ferry as she loads a cargo of steel coils from Port Talbot steelworks for export.

HELGA pumps out ballast at Briton Ferry as she loads a cargo of steel coils from Port Talbot steelworks for Limay, France.

EEMS STAR lying at Briton Ferry Wharf, loading a cargo of steel coils from Port Talbot steelworks for export.

SHALA discharging a cargo of 4000t magnesium for the local steelworks, as she lies high & dry at low tide in Briton Ferry UK

MANA settles on the mud as the tide falls away from her, whilst discharging a dry bulk cargo at Briton Ferry UK.

SHUYA discharging a bulk cargo at Briton Ferry Wharf.

CASSIOPEIA lying at Briton Ferry on a falling tide as she discharges a bulk cargo of about 2800t from Helsingborg, Sweden.

ECHION sits on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry as she loads a cargo of steel coils for Diliskelesi, Turkey.

WILSON GIJON lies on the mud at low tide in Briton Ferry whilst loading a cargo of steel coils for Aveiro, Portugal.

FIDUCIA lying in Briton Ferry on the mud at low tide, waiting to load a cargo of steel coils for Setubal, Portugal.

MONIKA MULLER lies in Briton Ferry at the bottom of the tide whilst loading a cargo of steel scrap for Pasajes in Spain.

SVITZER RAMSEY drifting between tanker jobs in Milford Haven.