Wednesday morning.
GLOVIS SUPERIOR is making excellent progess and is now in the Bay of Biscay. She will arrive off Brixham tomorrow afternoon and then I expect her to head to Zeebrugge where she should dock on Friday morning.
HOEGH TARGET is on target to arrive in Zeebrugge on Sunday 8 Aug.
PAGNA is chugging along at about 11 kts and has positioned herself nicely in preparation for her transit of the Straits of Gibraltar later tonight.
For those who are unaware the Straits of Gibraltar has a traffic separation scheme whereby westbound traffic use a northern one-way corridor and the eastbound traffic use a southern corridor with the corridors divided by a half mile wide sterile area. Experienced mariners position themselves as early as possible on the required side and then watch the antics of those who hadn't thought ahead as they cross the busy shipping lanes at right angles to get into the correct corridor. Since the busy Straits are only seven miles wide it can be a great spectator sport unless one of these ships is crossing your path! There isn't much searoom to manoeuvre. This is an area of the world where the bridge is always fully manned and a good lookout is paramount for safety. Ferries, some of them fast ferries, crossing to and from N. Africa just spice up the environment.
The blessing in disguise is that there is a speed limit imposed in the straits, not for maritime safety but for a the wellbeing of the pods of pilot whales that live in the straits and the Orcas that are often spotted there in July/August.
You will also be pleased to hear that PAGNA has finally made an appearance on the Bristol port schedule for 9 Aug! She will then head for Southampton where I expect her to give-up her Teslas on 13 Aug.
VOLANS LEADER is making 17kts enroute to Zeebrugge where she is due to arrive on 11 Aug.
HOEGH OSLO is now in the Mediterranean and is heading for Misurata, Libya initially before arriving in Zeebrugge on 16 Aug
HELIOS RAY has started her Suez transit and is presently in the Great Bitter Lake. She is now due to arrive in Ashdod, Israel tomorrow morning. I expect her to head to Zeebrugge after that, arriving around 16/17 Aug.
GLOVIS SUPREME is making her way up the Red Sea and is still looking good to arrive in Southampton on 15 Aug.
GLOVIS SUMMIT is presently 200NM east of the southern tip of Sri Lanka. I believe she is heading for Southampton initially and should arrive there around 22/23 Aug.