Photos by Ray o Donoghue

SANAMEDIO sheltering in Bantry Bay, Ireland.

LE JAMES JOYCE at anchor between Bantry and Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay.

OCEAN SPEY leaving Cork Harbour for the Kinsale Head Gas Field.

INDEPENDENT VISION arriving from Southampton being escorted by DSG TITAN to her berth at Ringaskiddy.She will sail later for Chester,USA. The town of Cobh is in the background.

THUN GRATITUDE at anchor in Cork Harbour.

CORRIB FISHER at anchor in Cork Harbour.

TACCOLA arriving empty back in Cork Harbour where she is presently contracted to dredge the main shipping channels and berths from Cork City to the lower Harbour.

FREDLINJO at the Marina in Bantry.

COSMOPOLITAN at the Marina in Bantry.

THUNDER CHILD 2 in Cork Harbour.

ALDEBARAN J arriving from Liverpool and heading up river to Tivoli in Cork.

ALDEBARAN J passing the new Cork Container Terminal which is near completion at Ringaskiddy.

Local ferry SPIKE ISLAND taking visitors from Cobh to Spike Island in Cork Harbour.

PACIFIC BERYL loading at the SPMB off Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay.

DORINHA at the Marina in Bantry.

MAERSK NIMES being escorted to her berth at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour by DSG TITAN. Cobh is the town in the background.

MINERVA LYDIA loading a cargo at the Irving refinery in Cork Harbour. THUN GENIUS is loading on the inside berth.

SAN CIBRAO at the Marina in East Ferry, Cork Harbour. She is an Interceptor 42 Pilot Boat built locally by Safehaven Marine for the Port of San Ciprao in Spain.

Pilot boat OCEAN WILLOW in the channel between Whiddy Island and the Air Strip in Bantry Bay.

CENTRAL taking a pilot from OCEAN WILLOW as OCEAN BANK escorts her to the SPM buoy in Bantry Bay.

SCOT VENTURE unloading at Passage West,Cork.

FONNLAND unloading at Passage West,Cork

LE WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS alongside the oil wharf at Haulbowline,Cork.

EAGLE BRASILIA discharging at the Irving oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

MUSA DZHALIL discharging her cargo at Ringaskiddy.

NORDERSAND unloading at Cork Dockyard.

ALTA on the rocks near Ballycotton,Cork, Ireland where she came ashore during storm Dennis on the night of the 15th of February 2020. ALTA had been adrift since September 2018 when her crew abandoned her 1400 miles southeast of Bermuda due to engine trouble.She was also in the news in 1983 when she sank off Norway. Raised and repaired she continued trading.

ARKLOW VILLA leaving Cork Harbour for the short trip to New Ross,Ireland.

MAERSK NIAGARA leaving Cork Harbour for Tilbury,UK.

HARBOR THUNDER at the East Ferry Marina,Cork Harbour. She was built locally by Safehaven Marine for the Pilots at San Juan Bay,Puerto Rico.

SOLVIKEN discharging her cargo at the Irving oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

MAERSK NIAMEY en route to Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour where she will off load containers of fruit. Cobh is the town in the background.

VEIDNES leaving Cork Harbour. She had just left Cork Dockyard where she was dry docked for maintenance.

GRANDE PORTOGALLO arriving in Cork Harbour from Portbury,UK.

PECHORA STAR leaving Cork Harbour where she loaded a cargo at the Irving oil Refinery for Topsham, UK. Cobh is the town in the background.

CORRIB FISHER loading a cargo for Galway at the Irving oil Refinery in Cork Harbour.

SUSAN passsing Spike Island en route to the Tivoli Container Berth in Cork.

AFRAMAX RIO discharging at the Whitegate oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

FLUVIUS PLYM unloading at Passage West,Cork Harbour.The fog will lift before she sails shortly for Rotterdam.

OILMEDA leaving Cork Harbour on a damp and misty afternoon for Gibraltar.

INTREPID SEAHAWK en route to Marino Point in Cork Harbour.

POLAR PERU leaving Cork Harbour for Tilbury,UK.

THUN GEMINI loading on the inside berth at Whitegate oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

RODRIGUEZ PARAPAR sheltering in Bantry Bay from storm Atiyah.

FERREIRA MARTINEZ sheltering in Bantry Bay from storm Atiyah.

LE JAMES JOYCE at anchor off Bantry,West Cork, Ireland. A sheltered anchorage from storm Atiyah.

REBECCA C at her mooring near the East Passage quay, Cork Harbour.

MASKULIN at the Marina,East Ferry,Cobh.The Interceptor 48 Pilot boat built locally by Safehaven Marine will leave shortly for Fonnes,Norway where she will presumably replace the older Maskulin.

East Ferry Marina,Cork Harbour,Ireland

ARKLOW ROVER loading scrap metal at Passage West,Cork Harbour for Leixoes,Portugal.