SAHFOS wishes to thank all the Shipping Companies that tow CPRs

Since the first Continuous Plankton Recorder tow was made by the SS Albatross between Hull, NE England and Bremen, Germany on the 15/16^th September 1931 more than 266 vessels have helped in a voluntary capacity to maintain the survey. The Foundation is greatly indebted to the Captains and Crews of all the tow ships, their ship owners, management companies, charterers, port staff, stevedores and agents. Their support is gratefully acknowledged, as without it this valuable plankton research could not be economically performed. With their co-operation the Survey completed a further successful year during 2006.  Captain Peter Pritchard's close liaison with the ships of opportunity lies at the heart of the Survey's operational success.  Photographs of the participating vessels and details of the shipping companies can be found here. For a map illustrating the routes detailed below please click here.

Passenger/cruise Ro-Ro ferry PRIDE OF BILBAO
P&O Ferries, Portsmouth UK,
SA route: Bilbao, Spain to Portsmouth, UK
From: May 2004

Passenger /Ro-Ro ferry BRETAGNE
Brittany Ferries, Roscoff, France
PR route: Plymouth to Roscoff, Western Channel
From December 2004

Ro-Ro MAERSK FLANDERS
Norfolk Line, Scheveningen, Holland
R Route - Scheveningen to the North Shipwash Bank buoy, off Suffolk en route to Felixstowe, England. Southern North Sea.
From July 2000.

Containership HORIZON KODIAK
Horizon Lines LLC, U.S.A.
N.E. Pacific: Tacoma, Washington State , USA to Anchorage , Alaska, USA
From March 2004

Ro-Ro TOR PETUNIA
DFDS Tor Line Copenhagen, Denmark
C Route: Humber to N.W. Denmark, Southern North Sea
From July 2004

Refrigerated cargo ship SANTA MARIA
Seatrade NV Willemstad,, Netherlasnds Antilles, chartered to Geest Bananas UK Ltd
B route: 40°West, Mid Atlantic to Portsmouth, UK from the West Indies
From August 2003

Large Ro-Ro SKAUBRYN
Seaboard International Shipping Company Ltd
North Vancouver Canada
VJ Route:- Vancouver to Japan
Via the Aleautian Islands and Bering Sea

Ro-Ro cargo ferry NORBAY
P&O Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd ,UK
IN Route
Dublin to Liverpool, mid Irish Sea
From May 2004

Ro-Ro EUROPEAN AMBASSADOR
P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea )Ltd., UK
IN Route - Dublin to Mostyn, North Wales
Mid Irish Sea
From January 2001 to April 2004

Containership SELFOSS
Eimskipafelag, Reykjavik , Iceland
LR and V routes between Immingham, Sule Skerry (NW Scotland) and SE Iceland
From September 2000

Ro-Ro. TOR SELANDIA
DFDS Tor Line, Gothenburg, Sweden
C Route - NW Denmark to the Humber, Central North Sea
From July 1999 to April 2004

Containership CITY OF OPORTO (ex PELAYO)
Owners: Kapitan Manfred Draxl Schiffarts GmbHHaren-Ems, Germany
IB and SB routes - Liverpool to Leixoes (Oporto), Lisbon and Dublin.
Chartered by Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd, London
From October 2001 to March 2004

Ro-Ro TOR FLANDRIA
DFDS Tor Line , Gothenburg, Sweden
LG Route - en route from Ghent, Belgium / & Holland, (start tows off Rotterdam) to Gothenburg approaches via the Skaggerrak, around the west and north coasts of Denmark.
From January 1999

Ro-Ro TOR MAXIMA
Owners: Sea Maxima A/S, Goliat Shipping, Oslo, Norway
Charterer: DFDS Tor Line Copenhagen, Denmark
HE Route: Elbe to the Humber, Southern North Sea
From April 2004

Ro-Ro TOR CIMBRIA
Norbulk, Glasgow, Scotland. Chartered by DFDS Tor Line, Copenhagen, Denmark.
HE Route: Elbe to the Humber, en route from Cuxhaven, Germany to Immingham, UK
From September 1998

Containership CITY OF LISBON
IB route, 46°North in Biscay to off Dublin, Eire.
Charterers: MacAndrews Ltd (CMA-CGM France)
Via J.H. Strauss shipbrokers Hamburg, Germany.
From June 2004 to April 2005

Ro-Ro S.C. ABERDEEN
Sea Cargo A/S, Bergen and Stavanger, Norway
M Route Aberdeen to off Stavanger and Tananger, Norway
Northern North Sea.
From September 2001

Passenger ro-ro ferry DUC DE NORMANDIE
Brittany Ferries, Roscoff, France
PR Route, Plymouth to Roscoff
From November 2003 to September 2004