IN NO PARTICULAR HURRY TO GET FROM A TO B - OIL TANKER TARRIED AWHILE IN HUMBER ESTUARY

                                                                     

Pictured above  is the crude oil tanker, Alfa Italia, which spent the weekend at anchor in the mouth of the Humber Estuary off Tetney Lock. Today the 18-year-old vessel, which flies under the Bahamas flag, was reported en route - at a speed of 0.1 knots- for Flamborough where she is due to take another breather, allowing the crew to admire the gannets (below) and other seabirds that, in summer, inhabit this cliffy part of the Yorkshire Coast.