Tugmaster Lloyd

Old meets new in Southampton with Waverley berthed next to Disney Fantasy. The variety of vessels calling at our port never ceases to amaze me.

Arvia looking splendid in the spring sunshine. Wyeforce of Itchen Marine heading into the dry dock with the Yeoman Bank. Probably the oldest ship to regularly call at the port. Last photo is Norwegian Aqua. I love the water slide on that one. Anyone tried it?

@RichardCD4 Great photos Richard! Thanks for taking them.

@towing_man Superb! And here you are, as seen from the shore.

We made a special guest appearance today in Portsmouth Harbour to help with the departure of Prince Of Wales Aircraft Carrier. It was great to be a part of it after watching it from afar many times.

Queen Mary 2 arriving back into her home port of Southampton on a blustery Saturday morning. Looking amazing as ever. #queenmary2 #portofsouthampton

@HARROW_h Very cool 😎

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Sunrises, ships and tugs. Our current visiting tug the Ayton Cross.

Some great reflections from Arvia, MSC Priezosa and the sun on an inbound container ship

In and around the docks recently.

@ColinMBaxter Looks great in the early morning sunrise.

The newest edition to the Cunard Fleet - Queen Anne arriving at dawn this morning. And Anthem of the Sea's arriving just after her. We were in to assist Britannia into the Ocean Terminal. No pics unfortunately.

@gurneynickg Neither, was her draft, she was very deep for this mornings tidal conditions. So might of needed an extra push to get alongside. We didn't do anything in the end. Just stood by to assist.

@towing_man I have been on Britannia twice and not had tug assistance. Was it wind or bow thruster not working that required her to hae assistance or just escorting in case of problems?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

MSC Euribia alongside this morning at sunrise. Now a regular site in the port. Next stop Hamburg.

@every_station When travelling from Southampton to Manchester, I go via London. It's just an uncomfortable horrendous journey. The train is rarely on time and once it's rammed, there's no food available. A service running the length of the country should have a buffet car.

@BattagliaAlan Oh that's cool, I bet you get to drive some cool cars. I see the guys driving new Jaguars, BMW's and Lotus's onto the ships.

@towing_man Moving cars from people gone to cruises up and down to Redbridge nothing special but I like it

When everyone's tucked up in bed, the port is still fully operational 24hrs a day 7days a week. Was a chilly one last night.

@BattagliaAlan Oh, what will you be doing in the docks?

@towing_man I am back at the docks in March can't wait it

Beautiful sunrise this morning on Southampton water. This was our last ship of the night after a long shift. It was the OOCL Montreal cutting a shadow through the sunrise.

Take a look at this ship. Carrying new equipment for Fawley Marine Terminal. I also helped move a barge which will carry this equipment up to Fawley. Not something you see everyday. Night and day photos.