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  • Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel ‘Viking Neptun’ departing from PD Ports Docks at Hartlepool heading for Eemshaven, Netherlands. Pic by Tom Collins
  • Service Operation Vessel ‘Grampian Derwent’ heading for Dogger Bank from its berth at the Steel River Quay on the River Tees. Pic by Tom Collins
  • Service operation vessels ‘IWS Starwalker’ and ‘Grampian Tyne’ at PD Ports Hartlepool Docks for stores and crew changes recently. Pic by Tom Collins
IWS Skywalker approaching PD Ports Hartlepool Docks.
Service operation vessels ‘IWS Starwalker’ and ‘Grampian Tyne’ at PD Ports Hartlepool Docks for stores and crew changes recently. Pic by Tom Collins

Container ship ‘Marus’ leaving the River Tees.

Edda Wind Commissioning Service Operation Vessel ‘Boreas Enabler’ passing EDF Teesside Wind Farm heading for the River Tees recently.

IWS Skywalker at Hartlepool. Pic by Tom Collins

Monday morning sunrise. Vessels Arklow Globe and Johann(right) pictured at anchor in Tees Bay.
Pic by Tom Collins.
The 31,000 ton Brent Charlie platform topside being towed on the barge ‘Iron Lady’ into the ABLE Seaton Port site at Graythorp, Hartlepool for disposal recently. Pic by Tom Collins.
The 31,000 ton Brent Charlie platform topside being towed on the barge ‘Iron Lady’ from the Allseas ‘Pioneering Spirit’ vessel to the ABLE Seaton Port site at Graythorp, Hartlepool for disposal. Pic by Tom Collins.
‘IWS Skywalker’ passing EDF Teesside Wind Farm turbines as it approaches the River Tees on its way from Dogger Bank to PD Ports Tees Dock on Thursday morning 18th July for stores and a crew change. Pic by Tom Collins.

The ‘Pioneering Spirit’ pictured off Hartlepool recently. The Pioneering Spirit is 382m long and 124m wide, with twin hulls allowing it to move around a platform for lifting operations.

The vessel was to offload a module that was due to be towed by barge to the River Tees for decommissioning. 

Containership Nordic Hamburg entering the River Tees and heading for PD Ports Tees Dock with a service from South Shields recently. Pic by Tom Collins
North Star’s ‘Grampian Tees’ approaching PD Ports Deep Water Berth at Hartlepool recently.
Edda Wind’s ‘Edda Boreas’ is pictured at the nearby Victoria Quay.
Pic by Tom Collins
Having sailed from Northern Denmark recently CSOV ‘IWS Skywalker’ is pictured entering the River Tees and heading for PD Ports Tees Dock for stores and a crew change.
Pic by Tom Collins.
Crude oil tanker ‘Dubai Beauty’ heading away from the ConocoPhillips berth on the River Tees recently assisted by SMS Towage tugs ‘Nobleman’ and ‘Guardsman’.
Pic by Tom Collins.
Dogger Bank project SOV vessel ‘Grampian Derwent’ approaching PD Ports Deep Water Berth at Hartlepool recently.
Pic by Tom Collins.
‘Grampian Tees’ pictured recently at PD Ports Deep Water Berth at Hartlepool.
‘Grampian Tees’ pictured recently at PD Ports Deep Water Berth at Hartlepool alongside ‘Edda Boreas’ and Trinity House vessel ‘Patricia’ at Victoria Quay.
Pic by Tom Collins.
Ro-Ro cargo ship ‘Tundraland’ entering the River Tees as it completes its passage from Zeebrugge to PD Ports Tees Dock recently. Pic by Tom Collins
Overshadowed by one of the EDF Teesside Wind Farm turbines, the South Gare at Redcar takes a battering during the recent stormy weather. Pic by Tom Collins. 
Crude oil tanker ‘Eagle Bintulu’ taking a towline from Svitzer tug ‘Fiery Cross’ as it arrives at the entrance to the River Tees from Gdansk to the nearby Conoco Philips terminal.
Pic by Tom Collins. 
Hartlepool RNLI volunteers heading out to a job on the inshore lifeboat ‘Solihull’.
Pink at Sunderland.
Fishing boat ‘Argonaut’ leaving Hartlepool with Teesside Wind Farm in the distance.
March 2023 Boxing.
2023 Sunrise at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool.
2022 December. Boxing Day dippers at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool.
2022 December. Kelly V Williamson. Newcastle.
Waiting in the wings at a local dance school dress rehearsal.
Sunbathing seals at Greatham Creek, Hartlepool.
Sunrise over the EDF Teesside Offshore Wind Farm.
Savannah Marshall vs Claressa Shields. O2 Arena, London.
Hartlepool boxer Savannah Marshall and fans. O2 Arena, London.
General cargo vessel ‘Kathy C’ pictured in Tees Bay on a passage from PD Ports Tees Dock to Aberdeen recently. Pic by Tom Collins. #PDports
Technicians working on one of the turbine blades at the EDF Teesside Offshore Wind Farm recently. Pic by Tom Collins.
Moonrise over Tees Bay.
‘Envol’ by Entre Terre & Ciel at the Stockton International Riverside Festival. Pic by Tom Collins.
Hartlepool ‘Colour Run’ underway.
Fighting Kittiwakes at Hartlepool.
Boris Johnson.
Little voice. A Wren singing away. Hartlepool.
The 170-meter long cable-laying vessel ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ pictured heading out to sea on Sunday evening from the River Tees after a stores and crew change at the Port of Middlesbrough facility. #PDports #Prysmian Group Pic by Tom Collins.
Sam Fender, Newcastle. Pic by Tom Collins.
Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel ‘Global Symphony’ heading for the Deep Water Berth at PD Ports Hartlepool Docks recently. Pic by Tom Collins.
NorthLink Ferries ‘Hjaltland’ manouvering to its berth at Aberdeen Harbour recently following its arrival from Lerwick.
Pic by Tom Collins.
Shrove Tuesday Ball Game at Sedgefield, County Durham. Pic by Tom Collins.
Work nearing completion on the giant stainless steel ‘Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow’ statue in the town’s Coronation Park which has been designed and built by artist John McKenna as a tribute to Inverclyde’s shipbuilding past.
When installed, the figures will measure 10 metres (33 feet) in height with a combined weight of 14 tonnes.
Pic by Tom Collins.
Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat pictured during a training exercise.
Hartlepool boxer Adam Cope(right) in action at the Rainton Arena, Durham. Pic by Tom Collins.
One of the impressive 30 metre high ‘Kelpies’ is illuminated by a late winter sun at ‘The Helix’ parkland project, Falkirk.
Pic by Tom Collins
Misty sunset. Malton, North Yorkshire.
Pic by Tom Collins.
Cable layer ‘Leonardo Da Vinci’ arriving from Pozzuoli, Italy passing the EDF Teesside Wind Farm as it enters the River Tees heading for the Port of Middlesbrough recently Pic copyright Tom Collins

Service Operation Vessel ‘Grampian Derwent’ heading for Dogger Bank from its berth at the Steel River Quay on the River Tees. Pic by Tom Collins

Stormy day at the Headland, Hartlepool. Pic by Tom Collins
Boluda Towage tugs ‘Tradesman’, ‘Guardsman’ and ‘Roman’ moving the 249.9 meters long and 44 meters wide crude oil tanker ‘SFL Trinity’ to its berth at ConocoPhillips on the River Tees recently.
Pic by Tom Collins

Offshore jack-up installation vessel ‘Voltaire’ pictured at the Able Seaton Port site at Hartlepool. Pic by Tom Collins
With CSOV ‘IWS Skywalker’.in the background Hartlepool RNLI all weather lifeboat ‘John Sharp’ heads out to sea during a training exercise for the volunteer crewmembers. Pic by Tom Collins
Boluda tugs towing the crude oil tanker ‘Alfa Baltica’ to its berth at ConocoPhillips on the River Tees recently. Pic by Tom Collins

HMS Protector heading away from the River Tees assisted by Svitzer tugs Fiery Cross and Phoenix Cross.
Pic by Tom Collins

Oil-Chemical Tanker ‘Golfstraum’ passing the EDF Teesside Wind Farm with a service from the Navigator Terminals on the River Tees to Antwerpen. Pic by Tom Collins.

Sailing. Tees Bay.