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| 2010/2011 Shipping Schedule Announced The annual provisional shipping schedule has been announced and is published as usual on our Shipping Page. There is a welcome return to 10 annual return trips from Cape Town, so in the coming summer there is a gap of less than two months between the last 2010 and first 2011 arrivals. The Baltic Trader is retained for additional trips during the fishing season when MV Edinburgh makes extended trips to the outer islands. MV Edinburgh's schedule has seen considerable slippage in recent months. It arrived on Wednesday 23rd June on its 3rd 2010 voyage, some three weeks later than planned. Passengers were landed safely on Thursday 24th June and unloading was well underway on a beautiful calm and crisp Friday 25th only a week after a storm caused severe damage to Calshot Harbour - see Storms Page for details. |
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FPV Argos Georgia's Confidential Mission Photograph from David Morley of FPV Argos Georgia off Tristan on 1st April 2010. |
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MV Edinburgh The Edinburgh arrived on the 23rd April and during her visit she went to Gough to do some fishing surveying. The ship departed on Sunday 2nd May with passengers who included diver Geoff Frijohn, Nicola McHugh, (who has completed her nurse training programme) and a fisheries team of Tanya Green, Warren Glass, Sarah Glass, Phillip Rogers and Rodney Green who will take part in a EU certification training course in Cape Town. |
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| Professor Molchanov's final visit Regular cruise ship visitor Professor Molchanov made what is believed to be her last visit to Tristan da Cunha 9-11 April 2010. Arriving in bad weather on Friday 9th, it wasn't until Sunday 11th that the harbour could be used, but in weather that prevented any passengers landing. This was the final cruise ship visit of a most disappointing 2009-10 summer season The Professor was photographed right on 10th April by David Morley. See also a report on the ship's visit by Dawn Repetto on the separate Cruise Ship Visits Page. |
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MV Edinburgh departed for Cape Town from Tristan da Cunha on Thursday 25th March and is scheduled to return from Cape Town on 15th April, arriving Tristan 22nd April. The next three Edinburgh trips (April-May; May-June; June-July) are passenger and cargo trips whereas the February-March trip and those later in the year (August-November; November-February 2011) are extended for fishing around the outer (Gough, Inaccessible & Nightingale) islands. See Shipping Schedule for details. |
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Revised Shipping Schedule There has been a significant update to the Tristan shipping schedule for 2010. The first MV Edinburgh trip has been extended for the outer-island fishing quota to be caught, so the ship is planned to make the return journey on 23rd March. This is the first outgoing ship of 2010 and therefore there will be great competition for the 12 berths available for passengers. Other 2010 sailings remain as published, but the August Edinburgh Cape Town - Tristan trip dates have now been confirmed. This trip is the first of the 2010 - 2011 fishing season and we await news confirming whether the MV Baltic Trader or a replacement vessel will be used for two trips in September - October and November - March. The full schedule is on the Shipping Schedule Page |
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| MV Edinburgh Returns MV Edinburgh returned to Cape Town after the ship's second 2009/10 extended fishing trip, departing Tristan on 4th February and arriving late on 10th February 2010. The ship is due to return to Tristan from Cape Town on 24th February, and arrive on 3rd March. Aboard will be Chief Islander Conrad Glass and his wife Sharon after their sojourn in UK and South Africa. |
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