Photos by Ray O Donoghue

SAN CIBRAO at the Marina in East Ferry, Cork Harbour. She is an Interceptor 42 Pilot Boat built locally by Safehaven Marine for the Port of San Ciprao in Spain.

Pilot boat OCEAN WILLOW in the channel between Whiddy Island and the Air Strip in Bantry Bay.

CENTRAL taking a pilot from OCEAN WILLOW as OCEAN BANK escorts her to the SPM buoy in Bantry Bay.

SCOT VENTURE unloading at Passage West,Cork.

FONNLAND unloading at Passage West,Cork

LE WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS alongside the oil wharf at Haulbowline,Cork.

EAGLE BRASILIA discharging at the Irving oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

MUSA DZHALIL discharging her cargo at Ringaskiddy.

NORDERSAND unloading at Cork Dockyard.

ALTA on the rocks near Ballycotton,Cork, Ireland where she came ashore during storm Dennis on the night of the 15th of February. ALTA had been adrift since September 2018 when her crew abandoned her 1400 miles southeast of Bermuda due to engine trouble.She was also in the news in 1983 when she sank off Norway. Raised and repaired she continued trading.

ARKLOW VILLA leaving Cork Harbour for the short trip to New Ross,Ireland.

MAERSK NIAGARA leaving Cork Harbour for Tilbury,UK.

HARBOR THUNDER at the East Ferry Marina,Cork Harbour. She was built locally by Safehaven Marine for the Pilots at San Juan Bay,Puerto Rico.

SOLVIKEN discharging her cargo at the Irving oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

MAERSK NIAMEY en route to Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour where she will off load containers of fruit. Cobh is the town in the background.

VEIDNES leaving Cork Harbour. She had just left Cork Dockyard where she was dry docked for maintenance.

GRANDE PORTOGALLO arriving in Cork Harbour from Portbury,UK.

PECHORA STAR leaving Cork Harbour where she loaded a cargo at the Irving oil Refinery for Topsham, UK. Cobh is the town in the background.

CORRIB FISHER loading a cargo for Galway at the Irving oil Refinery in Cork Harbour.

SUSAN passsing Spike Island en route to the Tivoli Container Berth in Cork.

AFRAMAX RIO discharging at the Whitegate oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

FLUVIUS PLYM unloading at Passage West,Cork Harbour.The fog will lift before she sails shortly for Rotterdam.

OILMEDA leaving Cork Harbour on a damp and misty afternoon for Gibraltar.

INTREPID SEAHAWK en route to Marino Point in Cork Harbour.

POLAR PERU leaving Cork Harbour for Tilbury,UK.

THUN GEMINI loading on the inside berth at Whitegate oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

RODRIGUEZ PARAPAR sheltering in Bantry Bay from storm Atiyah.

FERREIRA MARTINEZ sheltering in Bantry Bay from storm Atiyah.

LE JAMES JOYCE at anchor off Bantry,West Cork, Ireland. A sheltered anchorage from storm Atiyah.

REBECCA C at her mooring near the East Passage quay, Cork Harbour.

MASKULIN at the Marina,East Ferry,Cobh.The Interceptor 48 Pilot boat built locally by Safehaven Marine will leave shortly for Fonnes,Norway where she will presumably replace the older Maskulin.

East Ferry Marina,Cork Harbour,Ireland

ARKLOW ROVER loading scrap metal at Passage West,Cork Harbour for Leixoes,Portugal.

FRI DOLPHIN loading wood chips at Passage West,Cork Harbour, for Glasgow, Scotland.

REGAL PRINCESS at the Port of Cork cruise liner terminal in Cobh. She arrived from Dublin and will sail later for Halifax.

SCOTT NAVIGATOR about to leave the docks at Passage West and move the short distance down river to Cork Dockyard.

WILSON CALAIS unloading at Passage West in Cork Harbour.

POLAR MEXICO escorted by DSG Titan en route to the Ringaskiddy deep water berth in Cork Harbour. Cobh is the Harbour town in the background.

DSG TITAN escorting Polar Mexico to the Deepwater berth at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour.

DUBAI ATTRACTION preparing to leave Whitegate oil refinery with a cargo for Marsaxlokk,Malta. Escort tug is DSG Titan.

SILVER WIND at anchor in the inner Harbour of Bantry Bay. She arrived earlier today from Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour and will sail later for Galway

ARKLOW VILLA at anchor in Cork Harbour.

CEMGULF discharging cement at Ringaskiddy,Cork Harbour.

SOTKA discharging at Ringaskiddy,Cork Harbour.

LE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW at the oil wharf,Haulbowline,Cork Harbour.

RIDGEBURY ELVIA B loading a cargo at Whitegate oil refinery for Immingham,UK. Still in CPO colours.

THUN GRANITE waiting at anchor for a berth at Whitegate oil refinery where she will load for Amsterdam.

VERITY preparing to leave Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour for Waterford.

GREETJE passing Haulbowline in Cork Harbour,outbound for Rotterdam.

The North Bank Lighthouse guiding ships to Dublin Port since 1882.