HYPERION RAY continues to be hove-to in Lyme Bay off the south coast of England. The severe weather has moderated but large swells remain.
Her ETA in Ashdod remains achievable - the night of 16 Dec.
HOEGH TRACER is continuing south on her voyage of discovery. She is presently just 50NM NW of the south western tip of Portugal.
It very much looks like she is heading to Gibraltar. This is not sheltering from the weather - Hoegh need to come up with a better excuse for this diversion. It's a 3 day voyage from Gibralatar to Zeebrugge and so if her revised ETA for Zeebrugge is 14 Dec she will be leaving Gib on Saturday.
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GRAND DAHLIA is about 150NM east of the Straits of Gibraltar making just 12 kts in very choppy seas. She is aiming to arrive in Southampton early on 11 Dec and is scheduled into Zeebrugge on 12 Dec. The weather forecast is not being very kind to her and I strongly suspect her arrival will be delayed.
The seas should subside either side of the Straits giving her a brief respite from the pounding. Her transit up the Iberian coast and the Bay of Biscay will be rough.
PARADISE ACE is struggling to achieve 13kts in choppy seas off Algeria and is now 310 NM behind GRAND DAHLIA.
She has an ETA for Southampton of 2300 on 11 Dec, probably arriving just as GRAND DAHLIA departs. I estimate she will arrive in Zeebrugge on 13 Dec, however the weather enroute will make this unlikely.
VIKING BRAVERY is currently making her way north through the Suez Canal. She is due to arrive in Koper on 11 Dec however the weather may have a say in this. She's in for a bumpy ride.
On the watch list we have just the one ship, ARABIAN SEA, possibly heading to Koper (18/19 Dec) although one source is suggesting she is heading for Italy which would remove her from the watch list. We shall see.....