Oceanos Lifeboat

4 August 1991 was a dramatic and fateful day on the Eastern Cape coastline with the sinking of the MTS Oceanos on the Wild Coast close to Coffee Bay, east of East London. What does this have to do with Port Elizabeth, you ask? After all 571 passengers on board was rescued, some of the … Continue reading Oceanos Lifeboat →

Queen Mary 2 visiting Port Elizabeth

Yesterday (Monday 8 April 2013) was a big day in the history of the Port Elizabeth Harbour. Big being the operative word. It was the day the the largest ocean liner ever built visited the city. And one big ass ship she is. The Queen Mary 2 entered the harbour at just after 7am for the day … Continue reading Queen Mary 2 visiting Port Elizabeth →

Ships in the harbour

A couple of container ships moored in the harbour as viewed from the harbour wall side

Harbour and Campanile

Looking across the Port Elizabeth Harbour from the harbour wall to the city centre with the Campanile just to the left of the middle of the picture. This is a view of the Campanile that not a lot of people have seen. The Hill Presbyterian Church can just be seen on the left edge of … Continue reading Harbour and Campanile →

Feathered beach bum

A kelp gull taking it easy and enjoying the view on Kings Beach with a ship berthed in the Port Elizabeth Harbour in the background.

Ships in the Bay

A navy ship busy leaving Algoa Bay while a number of big ships wait in the background to enter either the Port Elizabeth or Coega Harbours.

Ferry

I know I've done posts about the Sundays River Ferry before, but it stays one of my favorite attractions and activities in Port Elizabeth. I enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the cruise down the river, the chance of seeing birds or water monitors along the river bank, the company of owners Les and Maggie and … Continue reading Ferry →

Shoving ships

Security at the Port Elizabeth Harbour gets very sticky when they see a camera which means that you don't often see pictures of things happening in there. But every now and then you get an excuse to take one in which gave me the opportunity to snap one of the Port Elizabeth Harbour tugs guiding … Continue reading Shoving ships →

Tugging

The Ibhayi, one of the Port Elizabeth harbour tugs, busy pushing a container ship into position at the container quay in the harbour

Cruise ship in PE Harbour

During the last week or two we have had two cruise ships visit the Port Elizabeth harbour on cruises along the South African coast. Usually the locals have to look at the ships from afar due to strict harbour security (too strict some days if you ask me). I had to do some work quay … Continue reading Cruise ship in PE Harbour →