Photos by Michael Butterworth

NORDSEESeabound from Latchford locksMonday 5th June 2006

MONICAPassing Pier Head Liverpool - Eastham Locks boundThursday 23rd August 2012

CSL CLYDERiver MerseyInbound for Ellesmere Port with coal for Fiddlers Ferry transferred from ocean going vessel at Hunterston on the ClydeThursday 23rd July 2015

MSC VOLANTAttending to the stern of seabound tanker IDA THERESAEllesmere Port Manchester Ship CanalThursday 23rd August 2012

COTE DALBATREEntering NewhavenWednesday 22nd July 2015

ARKLOW FERNEllesmere Port23rd August 2012

ARKLOW FORTUNECanalside berth Runcorn Dock23rd August 2012

NORDIC NELLY Eastham Dock23rd August 2012

MSC VIKING MSC VICEROYEastham Locks Manchester Ship Canal23rd August 2012

CHEM VIOLET inbound to StanlowRiver Mersey passing Liverpools Anglican cathedral23rd August 2012

WOODCHURCH latterly christened SNOWDROP leaving the Pier Head LiverpoolFollowing arrival from Liverpool bound Manchester Ship Canal cruise23rd August 2012

Ex Eastham LocksIn the Mersey heading for the open sea23rd August 2012

Accompanied by tugs fore and aft heading for Eastham Locks the Mersey and the open sea23rd August 2012

WHITCHAMPION Loading berth opposite Stanlow Oil Refinery23rd August 2012

SAARGAS Stanlow refineryManchester Ship Canal23rd August 2012

MSC VICTORY Leading tug assisting IDA THERESA Ellesmere Port Manchester Ship Canal

Approaching Pier Head terminal River Mersey

Approaching Woodside terminal23rd August 2012

About to leave Latchford Locks Warrington - Irlam bound 25th July 2013

Manchester Ship CanalCargill Wharf Trafford Park Salford

Berthed at Seaforth 23rd January 2014

Out of service on Dovers East Breakwater

Outbound on the Swale just seaward of Ridham Dock