Hi FWE
Not sure about definitions of timings of anchorages, but we have had tankers at both Nab and St. Helens Anchorages for upwards of a week (not very often for that long, but often 4 days or so)
As for Kelvin's comment about Soton VTS, they havn't updated the 'ships sailed' since 22nd, so don't believe that if it is not on the list it ain't coming in. They also gave Minerva Ellie as coming in from Salerno whilst in fact she came from Hound Point - that's the third error in a week regarding tankers ports of origin. Difficult to understand how they can give Salerno when she clearly came in from 'up North'
Allan