Just left Newport again, bound for Cardiff, a long sea passage of 10 miles.

Engine damage in stormy conditions.
On Feb 12, 2018, at 5 p.m. the "Alsterdiep", en route from Velsen to Bridport, with a crew of 10 on board, sustained a main engine fault and an oil leak from the gearbox and went adrift in position 49 56N, 04 56W, at 98 degrees at the Lizard Light. The vessel has 3386 tonnes of coal on board. On scene was a southerly gale force 9. At 9.40 p.m. the trouble was fixed and the ship resumed its voyage. It berthed in Newport on Feb 14 at 5.50 a.m.