tarboat's photos with the keyword: tanker

Chemical tanker BRO DEVELOPER unloading in Roath Dock, Cardiff. The Danish registered ship is owned by Maersk Tankers. It was built in China in 2007 and has a gross tonnage of 11344.

Maltese registered tanker Essex Star arriving at Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal en route to Stanlow refinery where it will load oil products for Rotterdam.

Tanker narrowboat heading into the locks at Malkins Bank on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

2007 built oil/chemical tanker Sten Poseidon attended by tug MSC Victory with MSC Viking at the stern is leaving the locks at Eastham on the Manchester Ship Canal bound for Stanlow.

Ex Thomas Clayton tanker Spey takes the turn under the old railway bridge between locks 11 and 12 at Bosley on the Macclesfield Canal. The boat was built in 1937 at Uxbridge and spent its career moving gas oil from Ellesmere Port to Oldbury and also gasworks byeproducts around the West Midlands. It has been in preservation since the 1960s.

A pleasant afternoon working the tarboat up the locks at Marple on the Peak Forest Canal. On the approach to lock 3 our Jefferson observes the action.

The tanker narrowboat is well and truly stuck at Bridge 86 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal due to a combination of rubbish in the cut and low water levels. Use of block and tackle and the application of a number of passing walkers to pull on the rope soon had things moving again.

Thomas Clayton's Spey out and about on the Trent & Mersey Canal above Malkin's Bank after repairs on the drydock at Middlewich.

Tanker narrowboat rises in Tatenhill lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal south of Burton upon Trent.

Wooden narrowboats are a rare beast these days due to the cost and difficulty of maintaining them in good order. Pearl was originally built for carrying gasworks by-products and gas oil around the West Midlands and from Ellesmere Port to Oldbury. Originally a horse boat built in 1935 it was converted to a motor boat in 1945. For a long time this boat was moored on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Wincham but fell on hard times and was seized by the Waterways people. Luckily it wasn't dragged out and left to rot on the bank and is now at the boatyard at Saul on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. I do hope that someone will lavish some love and attention on this historic craft before it is too late.

Tanker narrowboat heads away from the lock at Stanthorne on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.

Went boating today and came home soaked because of a very heavy squall just as it got dark. A great day's boating all the same. Tanker narrowboat seen on the Wheelock flight approaching the double locks at Malkin's Bank. The lock on the right has moved inwards and is out of gauge and out of use.

The tanker narrowboat passes the road and rail bridges at Runcorn on its journey down the Manchester Ship Canal to Ellesmere Port.

Spey goes to Astley Green - a study by Tarboat junior using his phone camera.

Looking rather small on the vast expanses of the Manchester Ship Canal, a narrowboat tanker is swinging in to enter the bottom basin of the Shropshire Union Canal at Ellesmere Port. This particular boat once regularly made this entrance after loading gas oil at the Stanlow oil refinery a short distance up the Ship Canal.

Wooden tanker narrowboat after leaving the Irlam locks on the Manchester Ship Canal.

Morning departure from Mode Wheel locks on the Manchester Ship Canal. The Allied Mills in the background produce flour for a wide range of bread manufacturers in the north of England.

Tanker narrowboat passing the Barton swing aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal. The aqueduct is unique. It carries the Bridgewater Canal and the tank can be swung clear to allow the passage of ships.