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Due in tomorrow.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:201918/zoom:10

Just had a look at Methil's upcoming traffic and as well as the En Avant30 it has the Venture tagged as expected. :)

Thought it was more likely to be involved than any of the others,

Google SPMT's.

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Yes it's a barge. Well done Methil. 3 - 1 ;)

Stokey, have you seen the size of then? That's some lorry.

I have seen narrow boats transported by road, but would be very impractical and costly to implement when it's just a case of waiting for a weather window.

Sorry, to interrupt the various bun fights but, fwiw, here is some ship related stuff. :)

Well, I've been keeping an eye on the En Avant 30 and after a brief stop in the Firth of Forth it carried on south. It was around Berwick-upon-Tweed late last night. Noticed a couple of things. Firstly it's been sailing with restricted manoeuvrability all this time. Which usually denotes that it may be already towing something. Secondly, it has also been sailing in tandem with another vessel, the German based Fairplay38, also showing restricted manoeuvrability. They have both turned and are heading back north this morning.

Exciting stuff, hey?

Meanwhile, nothing, afaics, on the horizon or currently in at Belfast. And Appledore still has the big doors shut with nothing to see down there, atm.

Oh, and the Venture is just off Clacton. Thought that when it started heading north it might be on for a Methil pick up.

So, the scores so far in this apparent hottly contested barge-off, with Methil having had a late start, is...

Belfast 3- Methil 0. The winner will go on to represent the UK (not Ireland) in Euro-barge24.

If they have finished by then, that is. ;)

Have a nice weekend and play nice. :)

Yeah, kinda why I did it. Just being a bit mischievious. :)

Had one of those days and ... well... made me smile.

Just reading through the full transcipt of the other nights webinar to get a better understanding of what was said.

Try and sort out the things expressed as facts from what was mearly repetition or just plain waffle.

All good, was just messin', BT.

It was LSE's initial find, anyhoo. Just added my 2p's worth.

At times there is so much "froth" it's no wonder stuff gets missed or doubled up.

Err. Keep up at the back. lol

Posted a few days ago.

"Fwiw, "EN AVANT 30 (IMO: 9597317) is a Fire Fighting Vessel that was built in 2011 (12 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Netherlands."

Not the sort of vessel that has been used, up to now, for towing barges. So we will have to see what happens when it gets there. Also, it sailed from Liverpool where as all the others have been towed from tugs from the South coast. Namely the Venture from Falmouth. Which, having dropped off No. 3 yesterday, is heading back there.

Or, is it heading straight back for No. 4???????? ;)"

No, nothing showing up on any of the vessel tracking sites for anything bargey, in the water, at Methil.

Jury's out on the Avant 30, as to it's reason for its visit, for me at least.

The one tug that has towed the other barges, The Venture, is heading in the wrong direction, atm.

"The explanation", hmm.... :)

K, see this pic here.

https://www.harland-wolff.com/facilities/arnish/

Now look at this still from the artist impression vid.

https://uk.linkedin.com/company/stornoway-port-authority?trk=public_post-text

The Arnish yard is top center in the background with the hoizontal stripe and the new road is joining the two.

Sorry if already posted. ;)

FWIW here's a list of ownership. Switch between funds/insti's for more details. Left and right slider towards the bottom shows when it was last updated for each.

Says as of yesteday at the top, but not a subscriber so not sure how accurate or up to date it really is.

https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xlon/hvo/ownership

Not been keeping as close an eye on this as I once did, tbh. But it does look a lot more populated than I remember.

Old pic from years ago, LSE01.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/support-columns-and-other-wind-turbine-parts-wait-assembly-in-harland-picture-id82360633

BELFAST, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 15: Support columns and other wind turbine parts wait assembly in Harland & Wolff's shipyard on August 15, 2008 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 60 wind turbines are being prepared for installation at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth on the border of England and Scotland. The wind farm will produce 180 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 117,000 homes. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

As I've said before, slow and steady with no spike inducing blarney and this can keep building YOY.

Thanks Mary. Just clicked on the link at the top of the page. Donalds doing the lead in and JW's about to "crack on".

BRB

HB Al :)

Does anyone know if they post it afterwards, on catch-up or gets released on Netfix?

As I was out in the garden and missed it as well.

Ref 4:30 post, may I add, just one look and then my heart went boom

Suddenly and we were on the moon

Flyin' high in a neon sky, oh oh

That's where me and Larry went. :)

Thanks Chris.

Would imagine it's aimed more at attracting new investors rather than updating the existing ones already in. Otherwise they would do an IMC type thing.

£13.1m's worth of guff. Noice. :)

I'ld call that progress. And not a parachute in site.

You might work out who is who and why they take the stance they do.

Just sayin' :)