Ships Monthly – August 2018

http://www.shipsmonthly.com • Summer 2018 • 55

CARGO VESSELS

Littlehampton harbour, is now
owned by a Turkish company.
Despite that incident,
Bruno fondly remembers the
majority of his ships, saying
‘They did everything we asked
of them.’ Most problems
experienced were linked to
Ortac, which was converted
into a cement carrier after being
sold. ‘She hit a rock off Herm, a
bridge in the Thames, a loading
conveyor in Holland and even
took on water mid-channel – so
suffered more than her fair share
of problems,’ Bruno recalls.
Ortac is currently named
MCV Express and is owned
by a company bearing the
same name, with the US-
based M. C. Voltaire as her
manager, although the general
cargo vessel, built in 1974, is
registered in Panama. Among
Alderney Shipping’s former
ships, the current owners of
the 664gt Mungo, built in
1980, are Citir Shipping and
Trading Corporation, Turkey,
while Pongo, dating from

1982, is currently named Fair

One and is owned by Beringer

Shipping Lines, with Baff

Vyborg Limited in Russia as

her managers.

Today, Alderney Shipping

charter coasters and crew from

Isle of Wight-based Faversham

Ships Ltd, whose fl eet consists

of ten vessels. Owned by Nick

Sice and Chris Cook, some

of Faversham’s vessels have

been upgraded, including

Victress, with the original ship

sold to an Albanian company.

Faversham Ships was formed

in 1994 with the acquisition

of the freighter Conformity.

Today, the fl eet comprises

conventional and low-air-

draught coastal vessels, as the

company’s policy has always

been to obtain vessels tailored

to smaller niche markets.

Shetland trader berthed in poole.

RICHARD WEBBER

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