Lengthy Voyages and Big Cargo All in a Day's Sailing for Tidy Little Agnes Scan

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Brazilian and Indian warships in Simon's Town; the departure of the magnificent sail training vessel Libertad; three gassers anchored in Table Bay, and the oil rig Orca due to sail last Saturday, but had her departure postponed until fair weather. These were the notable local shipping events over the past few days.

Unnoticed except by ardent ship-spotters, an interesting vessel came through the showers on Sunday afternoon to berth at L Berth. Inward from the Arabian Gulf via Durban, the immaculately maintained 88-metre Agnes Scan carried deck cargo, and her spacious single hold contained drill pipes destined for Mossel Bay, hence the fleet of huge trucks on the quay when she berthed.

Aboard, I met the master, Captain Gvozdikov Alexandr, a friendly soul who hails from Belarus, and the genial Captain John …