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Monday, 22 December 2025

Valaris Viking


The Valaris Viking (or just Viking) is a jack-up drilling rig owned by Valaris, often located or serviced at the Port of Dundee, Scotland, acting as a base for North Sea operations, maintenance, and cold stacking (idle storage) between contracts. It's a key asset for Valaris in the UK North Sea, moving between projects for clients like TAQA, Shell, and Ithaca Energy, involved in drilling and carbon capture projects

Sunday, 21 December 2025

Settler



The vessel has a 650 cbm capacity with 2 wells and has been equipped with moving wall technology allowing for closed chilled harvest and pressurised water flow discharge which allows for the gentle discharge of fish, fish counters, fish circulation pumps, fish movement pumps, 2 x cranes.

Seen here at Oban Bay

Friday, 19 December 2025

Ceòl na Mara (TT400)



 Ceòl na Mara (TT400) on Loch Fyne at Inveraray,fishing for langoustine and lobster in upper Loch Fyne.

Check out their page at HERE


Wednesday, 17 December 2025

GOOSANDER OB421








 GOOSANDER OB421 built in 1975,seen departing Victoria Harbour Greenock.

Louise-Marie (F931)


 Louise-Marie (F931) is a Karel Doorman-class frigate of the Belgian Navy of the Belgian Armed Forces that was commissioned in 2008. It is the second of the two frigates of this class that were purchased from the Royal Netherlands Navy on 22 December 2005. It was originally commissioned in 1991 in the Netherlands, where it served as HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829).

Saturday, 13 December 2025

City of Newcastle

Cargo ship built 1956 at Alexander Stephenson and Son at Linthouse.
 

Friday, 12 December 2025

CalMac Ferries


 Three CalMac ferries at Gourock,MV Bute,MV Alicat and MV Chieftain.