BEKAU

BEKAU - 2,461 grt

Seen here this morning alongside the No.10 berth at KGV dock. I'm not sure what she is in with. She arrived in at the dock on Saturday morning. More of her details can be Read Here.

ARKLOW VIKING

ARKLOW VIKING - 2,829 grt

She had arrived in alongside Shieldhall riverside on friday. Once she had discharged whatever load she was carrying she then shifted over to Diesel wharf to take on a load of scrap metal. BVT Govan in the background with the Glasgow Tower over to the right. More info on ARKLOW VIKING can be Read Here.

HMS BLYTH

HMS BLYTH - M111

Seen this evening as she headed downriver having just past the drydocks at BVT Scotstoun. DIAMOND (D34) hiding in No.3 drydock and DAUNTLESS (D33) alongside the Wall. HMS BLYTH was the first of the River Festival visitors to depart. She is a Sandown Class Mine-Countermeasures Vessel, her Royal Navy homepage can be Viewed Here.

With DAUNTLESS in the background.

Passing the Lobnitz basin in Renfrew with PERU taking on a load of scrap metal.

About to pass the Blythswood Light on her way back down to the Faslane naval base.

PERU

PERU - 2,993 grt

Seen this evening whilst in at Lobnitz basin to collect a load of scrap metal. She was last here back in January 2009. More of her details can be Read Here.

Glasgow 2009

Forget our amazing maritime past and build a tacky future!

I wonder if the Tower will last as long as this old Capstan that lies neglected in Govan dry docks. The Capstan and the Crane are all that remain. The shot below is from 2006 and is almost like for like with This Shot taken 25 years ago.

Seaplane

Loch Lomond Seaplanes Cessna 208 Caravan coming into water down on the Clyde at Glasgow Harbour on Saturday evening. She has a pontoon berth in Prince's dock. The RIB is an escort for when she has to taxi to and from her berth. More details on the seaplane can be Read Here.

Heading into Prince's dock in Govan.

Clyde Marine Services CRUISER alongside the east wall of the dock.

Heading back out past MINNA.

At the entrance to Prince's dock with the Glasgow University tower in the background.

MINNA - inbound

FPV MINNA

The Clydebuilt Fisheries Protection Vessel MINNA heading upriver this afternoon. She is another of the bigger ships attending the 2009 River Festival. The others being POLE STAR and HMS BLYTH. Following MINNA upriver was the Clydebank bound tanker BRO GARLAND.
Dumbarton Castle over to the right and Inverclyde further downriver to the left. The land to the immediate left hand side has been developed into a nice looking golf course.

Passing Bowling harbour.

A nice sight. MINNA passing PINNAU at the Old Kilpatrick slipway

A closer look as she heads up to Prince's dock in Govan, Glasgow.

Arriving at Prince's dock 50 minutes later. Yorkhill quay looking a sorry state in the background.

Alongside the knuckle at the entrance to Prince's dock, her berth for the weekend. The tower from the former Queen's dock pumphouse can be seen in the background. The helicopter belongs to Strathclyde Police and is based at the Glasgow Heliport.

For anyone interested in going along to the 2009 River Festival Click Here for more details and the festival site map. Good luck to all involved.

PINNAU - outbound

PINNAU - 2,461 grt

Heading downriver this afternoon having spent a couple of days loading scrap metal from the Shieldhall scrap berth. More of her details can be Read Here.

From the other side of the Erskine bridge.

About to pass Bowling harbour as BRO GARLAND heads upriver.

BRO GARLAND - inbound

BRO GARLAND - 4,641 grt

Heading upriver this afternoon with BRUISER in attendance and PINNAU heading downriver . She was on her way up to visit Rothesay dock for the first time having only come into service this year. More of her details can be Read Here.

About to pass under the Erskine bridge.

BRUISER from above.

Alongside Rothesay dock.

An attempt at catching WAVERLEY passing the tanker.

WAVERLEY - outbound

Another couple of shots of the old girl. Heading downriver tonight with a healthy load on board, possibly a private charter.

Heading down past Clydebank waterfront with the remains of the slipways from the old John Brown East yard exposed by the low tide.

SCOT VENTURE - inbound

SCOT VENTURE - 2,594 grt

Seen here this afternoon arriving in for KGV dock. I think she is in with a load of plywood. She headed upto No.3 berth at KGV. More of her details can be Read Here.

Prince's dock

Some views of Prince's dock from this afternoon. MINNA berthed alongside the entrance to the dock with Clydeport's TORCH heading into the dock to fix more pontoon into posotion.

Clyde Marine Services CRUISER next to the Imax Cinema. Starting on Monday the 27th Clyde Marine Services will operate a daily cruise downriver. Departing from the SECC pontoon at 1300 and returning at 1530. These daily trips downriver will stop off at Braehead and Clydebank before heading downriver to the Erskine bridge. More details and the full timetable can be Read Here.

TORCH making her way over to the south wall of the dock with the Harbour Master in the RIB.

The new face of Prince's Dock.

Securing more pontoons ahead of the River Festival.

Caught!

Nice to see St Mungo back in the water.

POLE STAR

POLE STAR

One of the bigger ships attending this years Glasgow River Festival. She is berthed at Stobcross quay under the famous Stobcross crane. She is operated by the Northen Lighthouse Board. The round building to the left is the North Rotunda. Once the Northbank entrance to the old pedestrian tunnel that ran under the Clyde, it still does but its closed off. To see this area in its former glory Click Here.

Early Festival arrivals

I think her name is CLANTHONY. Seen here passing the BVT Scotstoun shipyard on her way upto the SECC pontoon.

Alongside the SECC pontoon at the Crowne Plaze hotel.

VILMA heading upriver with a new riverside skyline taking shape on the Northbank.

Heading into Prince's dock with the old Govan dry docks lying in ruin. The houses in the background were built on the land that used to be Harland & Wolff's Govan shipyard. The cranes belong to BVT Govan.

VILMA alongside ZEBU in Prince's dock.

TORCH

Clydeport's multi role vessel TORCH working alongside Planation quay yesterday afternoon. She was positioning pontoons ahead of this weekends Glasgow River Festival. The Millenium bridge is open to let some of the early festival arrivals berth at the SECC pontoon.

The Glasgow Tower to the left with the cranes of BVT Govan in the background.

Riverside Museum update

A look across to the new Riverside Museum that is taking shape at Pointhouse. The new stretch of quayside to the right of the new building is were the entrance to the old Yorkhill Basin was.

The museum is due to open in 2011.