Phantom ship

A phantom ship in Algoa Bay? No not quite, but wouldn't it have been awesome (and life changing) if I did capture one? The rainy weather around town the last couple of days meant that I could barely see the harbour from Shark Rock Pier at Hobie Beach the other morning. This ship kept of disappearing in the … Continue reading Phantom ship →

Sundays River dunes

The sand dunes at Colchester next to the Sundays River form part of the Alexandria dune fields which are the biggest coastal dune fields in the Southern Hemisphere. The dunes truly are magnificent specimens as far as coastal dunes go and the only way to really get to them is by taking a boat along the … Continue reading Sundays River dunes →

Loading ship

Last week I decided to go and check out Bayworld's new mini display on one of the landings going up the Campanile. Seeing that I was halfway up the tower's 204 steps already, I decided to stretch my legs some more and head all the way to the top. Looking out the east view window the … Continue reading Loading ship →

Ships on silver Algoa Bay

A couple of ships out on Algoa Bay waiting their turn to enter the Port Elizabeth harbour

Ship under Swartkops Bridge

A ship out in Algoa Bay at anchor while waiting its turn to enter the Port Elizabeth Harbour. The picture was taken from Amsterdam Hoek across the Swartkops River under the Swartkops Bridge.

Cruise ship

As a cruise destination Port Elizabeth unfortunately stands in line behind Cape Town and Durban. Over the years the tourism industry in the city had pushed hard for the harbour to be more cruise ship friendly to try and attract more ships, but unfortunately the harbour authority isn't playing ball saying that its not part of their core … Continue reading Cruise ship →

Harbour users

This is the view of part of the Port Elizabeth Harbour from Humerail and in this picture you can actually see quite a number of different harbour users. The big ship in the middle of the screen is a manganese ore carrier. The manganese ore gets exported from Port Elizabeth and the whole issue of … Continue reading Harbour users →

Cars leaving port

I met a friend from out of town for coffee at the Kelway Hotel in Humewood last week. The Kelway has an open deck area at their restaurant with an amazing view of Kings Beach and the Port Elizabeth Harbour entrance. While we were chatting a car carrier ship was leaving the harbour. I kept on … Continue reading Cars leaving port →

Naval ships

Better late than never. The South African Navy recently did a joint exercises along with the navies from India and Brazil along the South African coast. Part of the exercise took place in Algoa Bay and the ships spent a couple of days in the Port Elizabeth Harbour. The ships were open to the public on … Continue reading Naval ships →

Ships ahoy

Whenever there's a storm brewing the fishing boats catching fish and chokka out in and just outside Algoa Bay sails into the bay to find shelter and ride it out. The other day I got the perfect scene with a yacht sailing past a number of fishing boats and a couple of big ships in … Continue reading Ships ahoy →