border thistle

Sailing downstream on the River Tyne

Making her way down river from Grangemouth.

Discharging alongside in Inverness. This photo just how beamy these ships actually are. M.T. Border Thistle 3248 grt, 4975 dwt 79.90x17.0x8.96m Max Draft: 6.30m 8-cyl. 4 scsa (255 x 400mm) MaK 8M25 type engine by Caterpiller Motoren GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel. 2,400bhp Damen Bergum (Yd No. 103

AB Ronnie Anderson impersonating the C/E. Border Thistle 21/07/05. A Mackem by Birth, the last I'd heard was that Ronnie was living in Thailand. Top bloke. Ex Panocean.

C/O John McGurk and C/E Arnie Richards in discussion. Border Thistle, 21/07/05.

After taking the Freefall lifeboat for a jolly comes the difficult part of getting it back aboard. AB Ronnie Anderson on the left, 2/O Max Gammage on the right and the 2/E in the 'cockpit' trying to manoeuvre. Border Thistle, Inverness Firth, 21/07/05.

Looking down on the labyrinth! 17/07/05, off the Firth of Forth bound for Grangemouth. M.T. Border Thistle 3248 grt, 4975 dwt 79.90x17.0x8.96m Max Draft: 6.30m 8-cyl. 4 scsa (255 x 400mm) MaK 8M25 type engine by Caterpiller Motoren GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel. 2,400bhp Damen Bergum (Yd No. 1036 la

Making her way up to Grangemouth, one of the recent new trio of oil products vessels for the coastal trade.