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Sea Pictures from Dover.
Sailing Ships just off Dover: Europa above and De Gallant below...
We have 340 plus pages below now...use our own SEARCH ENGINE just below to help you trawl through. All pictures are the copyright of the owners.
Editor: Paul Boland - dover7@msn.com
Post 5289
vic matcham, dover
Who is going to take over the running of it all now?
Thursday, 29 March 2018 - 16:40
Thursday, 29 March 2018 - 16:40
Post 5288
Sea News, Dover
Yes indeed Brian.. Boudicca made a glamourous entrance ahead of schedule late yesterday afternoon...looking good. Will aim to have some more pictures - have put one pic at the tip top of page.
Still some thumping thudding and banging Del - its amazing though what you can get used to.. after a while it fades away...
PB.
Thursday, 29 March 2018 - 08:05
Post 5287
Del Styan, Norwich
Ah Brian, you're talking Radio 4 Extra now. A trip down memory lane.
Glad to see the swimmers reinstated on the beach. The Western Docks is certainly getting there. I hope the piling is at an end?
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 23:05
Glad to see the swimmers reinstated on the beach. The Western Docks is certainly getting there. I hope the piling is at an end?
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 23:05
Post 5286
brian, dover
Boudicca now berthed on ct2,what a nice ship she is too.
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 17:29
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 17:29
Post 5285
Sea News, Dover
Harbour swimming reinstated as Port moves forward with vision at Western Docks
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Visitors to Dover beach will be delighted to hear that swimming in Dover will be reinstated as the Port's contractor, VSBW, was able to install over 700 tube and 1500 sheet piles during 2017; resulting in the bulk of the major marine infrastructure for Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) being completed.
As a result of the considerable progress made on DWDR, the Port has been able to remove all the swimming restrictions along Dover’s seafront well ahead of the summer season and in time for the start of Channel swimming training.
Dave Herrod, DWDR Programme Director at the Port of Dover, said:
"We have worked hard with our contractor to ensure that the bulk of the piling infrastructure has been completed in time for the start of the leisure season.
"The Port is happy to say that access for swimmers has now been reinstated, and this now forms part of the incremental return of the public realm and enhanced waterfront experience.
"We thank the communities of Dover for their continued patience and support."
In addition, the marine safety exclusion zone which was established in the harbour to provide delineation between the dedicated swim and leisure zone and the marine construction area, to the east of the Prince of Wales Pier, has now been reduced from 150m to 70m, providing public access to a greater area.
The updated safety zones will be signposted at various locations along the seafront Esplanade, and will remain in place throughout the remaining construction stage. Marine users are still advised to navigate with caution at all times and to take directions from Dover Port Control (VTS) when required.
ENDS
Good to hear that news above - ever moving forward.
DWDR workhorses Llanddwyn Island and MoragM photographed on a recent cold day...
Great picture below there Patrick of the rainbow/s...cracking shot... hope you got out there with yer shovel!
There's a pot of gold down there for sure.
Mark nice story that. On an Antarctic Beach with a quarter of a million penguins...great story.
You will certainly remember that forever.
Nice set of pictures once again Ted. Great to see those from times past.
Del and Brian
PaulB
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 07:04
Post 5284
brian, dover
del, don't forget the navy lark and the goons on the radio.
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 04:36
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - 04:36
Post 5283
Del Styan, Norwich
Thanks Mike J for your post. I had no idea about any of this before Vics post. As I said before, it explains a lot. It all fits with the French general close down on Sundays.
As I'm of a certain age, of course I remember when Sundays were a dead day, and Two Way Family Favourites and Sing something Simple on the light programme were the height of Sunday entertainment.
I've learnt to just remember those days when visiting France on a Sunday, but I never realised there were traffic restrictions too. Thanks again.
Lovely rainbow, by the way!
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 23:13
As I'm of a certain age, of course I remember when Sundays were a dead day, and Two Way Family Favourites and Sing something Simple on the light programme were the height of Sunday entertainment.
I've learnt to just remember those days when visiting France on a Sunday, but I never realised there were traffic restrictions too. Thanks again.
Lovely rainbow, by the way!
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 23:13
Post 5282
Patrick, Marine Parade
How about this for a 'pot of gold'. Wonderful rainbow arc over the harbour this afternoon that came down right to the edge of the prom. Almost near enough to touch. You can just make out the faint outline of a second rainbow above it.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 22:34
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 22:34
Post 5281
Ted Ingham, Canterbury
VIEWS OF THE HARBOUR FROM DOVER COASTGUARD.
A series of photographs taken from the Operations Room from 2004 to 2010.
The first one was photographed on the 10th July 2008.
Photographed on the 30th May 2009.
Photographed on the 29th August 2004
Photographed on the 26th July 2007.Hard to believe it is Summer....
Photographed on the 3rd August 2010.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 11:05
A series of photographs taken from the Operations Room from 2004 to 2010.
The first one was photographed on the 10th July 2008.
Photographed on the 30th May 2009.
Photographed on the 29th August 2004
Photographed on the 26th July 2007.Hard to believe it is Summer....
Photographed on the 3rd August 2010.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 11:05
Post 5280
Mark Rushton, Northants
Nice pictures of the Hanseatic there, in her last season with Hapag Lloyd. She's off to join One Ocean Expeditions as the Resolute this autumn, and will be doing southern summers in Antarctica and northern summers up in the Arctic. Watch out for One Ocean's two existing ships, Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Vavilov (1980s Russian research vessels) when they pass Dover in a couple of weeks time on route for Gdansk. They left the Falklands last night at the end of the Antarctic tourist season and will pop in to the Polish port for some light maintenance before starting the summer season visiting Greenland, Svalbard and North East Canada. I can highly recommend One Ocean, having dome the Antarctic trip myself a couple of years ago. Standing on a South Georgia beach with a quarter of a million penguins is something you never forget....
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 11:01
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 11:01
Post 5279
Sea News, Dover
The Departing Hanseatic....
Another picture above there of Hanseatic as she departs through and into the gloom on Sunday evening. Next stop Hamburg. Time of picture: 7PM. This picture making use of the extra hour of daylight. But 'twas a miserable oul day and wouldn't have cheered the visitors up... but as they say, better days ahead !
The Lady Ariane reasonably recently brought in to Port a cargo of concrete casings or concrete cladding, not sure of the correct terminology there....now in the pictures below you can see how this concrete has been put to use. The casings are placed at the base of the piling as you can see in the pictures below. Just a small amount of casing work completed as of yet and all the concrete gets swallowed up by the incoming tide and then revealed again later. You can see the previous posts re the Lady Ariane by typing the name in our search engine above.
Great set of pictures below there Andrew, particularly so when you consider the gloomy conditions. Great story too...
Thanks for that info Mike on the sunday driving laws..
Nice picture Patrick of the much overlooked European Seaways
Del and Vic...lots of info there now...
PaulB.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 06:22
Another picture above there of Hanseatic as she departs through and into the gloom on Sunday evening. Next stop Hamburg. Time of picture: 7PM. This picture making use of the extra hour of daylight. But 'twas a miserable oul day and wouldn't have cheered the visitors up... but as they say, better days ahead !
The Lady Ariane reasonably recently brought in to Port a cargo of concrete casings or concrete cladding, not sure of the correct terminology there....now in the pictures below you can see how this concrete has been put to use. The casings are placed at the base of the piling as you can see in the pictures below. Just a small amount of casing work completed as of yet and all the concrete gets swallowed up by the incoming tide and then revealed again later. You can see the previous posts re the Lady Ariane by typing the name in our search engine above.
Great set of pictures below there Andrew, particularly so when you consider the gloomy conditions. Great story too...
Thanks for that info Mike on the sunday driving laws..
Nice picture Patrick of the much overlooked European Seaways
Del and Vic...lots of info there now...
PaulB.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 - 06:22
Post 5278
Mike J., Dover
Del / Vic -
Re your posts about French HGV weekend bans, which cover ALL roads, not just motorways, [from the 'net] -
Most heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are banned from the French road & motorway networks every weekend between the hours of 2200 Saturday & 2200 Sunday.
There are exceptions for vehicles carrying perishable or refrigerated produce.
An extended weekend truck ban is longer in July & August, when HGVs are banned from Saturday 0700 to 1900, and then from Saturday 2200 to Sunday 2200.
In other words, during these July and August weekends, there is a 3 hour chance on Saturday from 1900 to 2200 for HGVs to reach their destination or get out of France to a country without weekend HGV bans unless the Saturday in question is a French public holiday.
Three hours is usually enough time to get to Belgium from Calais or Dunkerque, Belgium has no restrictions, nor are there any in Holland.
Which explains why the freight heading for France is always very heavy on Fridays & particularly on Saturdays.
& of course most drivers want to try to get home for the weekend anyway !
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 23:22
Post 5277
Del Styan, Norwich
Thanks Vic, useful info - and it explains a lot!
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 23:05
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 23:05
Post 5276
PatrickS, Marine Parade
Just for a change, here's P&O's 'EUROPEAN SEAWAY' about to depart on its regular run to Calais this afternoon on a glass smooth sea.
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 17:01
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 17:01
Post 5275
Andrew, Broadstairs
Encouraged by the enjoyment of the early morning visit (Post 4749) and an extra hour of evening light, I ventured out for a pleasant Sunday afternoon watching the Port and the shipping in the Dover Straits from Langdon Cliffs. The weather was supposed to improve but arriving in a shower of rain, the opposite was evident! Very dull with visibility restricted to a mile beyond the Southern Breakwater this was compensated by the Antarctic expedition ship HANSEATIC on her first visit to Dover? at Cruise 1 and ROYAL KLIPPER sailing assisted by relief tug WULF 7. The reefer’s superstructure and funnel apparently being repainted for the new charterer Geest Line, perhaps she will have their funnel markings on her next visit.
Despite the gloom the cliffs were busy with ‘watchers’ who were not disappointed with the apparently seamless way the ferries divert from the Eastern to Western entrance as ROYAL KLIPPER departed. I can remember when use of the Western Entrance was restricted with cargo ships waiting escorted by tugs out in the ‘bay’ ready to shoot out, like a stone from a catapult, between ferry arrivals and departures. As Paul remarked (Post 4761) the longer evening did not improve the light so a ‘token’ shot of HANSEATIC was taken, not risking the wait until she sailed! HANSEATIC has the distinction of being given a five star rating by Berlitz Cruise Guide, the ‘Bible’ for those able to indulge in regular cruising. She carries a maximum of 175 passengers in the utmost comfort and being of modest size 8378 gross tons is capable of reaching the remotest of anchorages; she was built in Finland as SOCIETY ADVENTURE in 1991 and will be joined in 2019 by two new vessels HANSEATIC Nature and HANSEATIC Inspiration, perhaps they may visit Dover in the future.
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 12:16
Post 5274
vic matcham, Dover
It is only over there, I worked in france for a long time always drove back on a Sunday.
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 07:55
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 07:55
Post 5273
Sea News, Dover
THE ROYAL KLIPPER DEPARTS ...
The Royal Klipper has been in with us here at the Port of Dover for the past couple of days. The pictures above there show her departing for Flushing in Holland yesterday late afternoon...around 5.30PM. It was a gloomy oul day here at the Port and it didn't get better than grey and novemberish... The tug in operation above there is WULF7 again. Well done 'the wulf'....
Following along from the news release we featured recently re P&O FERRIES recruiting at the Jobs Fair....this below from Charlie Elphicke MP, one of the organisers...
CHARLIE ELPHICKE: Fighting for more money and jobs in Dover and Deal
It was great to see so many employers and jobseekers at my Dover Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair on Friday. This was the sixth jobs fair I’ve held at Dover Town Hall – and they are always one of my highlights of the year.
Hundreds of people came along to speak to staff from more than 40 organisations offering jobs, apprenticeships and training schemes. They included the likes of P&O Ferries, who were this year’s main sponsors, and electricals firm Megger who also contributed to the event. These businesses are stalwarts of Dover and two of our biggest employers. It’s no surprise so many people want to work at firms like these – and often stay throughout their whole career.
I really enjoyed speaking to workers from all the businesses who came along to meet prospective employees. There was a great variety of stalls this year. Canterbury College were promoting their construction course. They were getting people to see how quickly they could drill four screws in a straight line into a plank of wood. I managed it in 20 seconds – so all that IKEA furniture building must be paying off!
We also had hairdressing students from East Kent College showing off their skills – as well as stalls from the Army, the Royal Air Force, Kent Police, the Port of Dover, Kent County Council and Aldi, plus so many more.
I spoke to one jobseeker called Fred and asked him what he thought of the event. He said: "I think this jobs fair is a very good idea and I've already found a couple of opportunities."
This is what my Jobs and Apprenticeships Fairs are all about. I'm passionate about getting people into work – and helping them find jobs which are right for them. It’s so important to get employers and jobseekers together in the same room, so they can talk through opportunities face-to-face. Dover and Deal are full of hard-working, talented people. Many want a foot on the ladder, a new challenge, or to discover ways to help others and make the most of their skills. We must ensure we give them the chance to do so.
There was a great atmosphere in the town hall and a real sense that our area is on the up. It’s vital we keep up the good work and continue to fight for more jobs and money for Dover and Deal. We have come a long way since 2010. More than £400 million has been invested in our area, unemployment has near halved and more than 6,000 apprenticeships have been created.
The St James development is bringing hundreds more jobs to town. The doors to Cineworld and Nando’s are now open and already proving hugely popular – and there is so much more to come in the months ahead. Meanwhile the ambitious Western Docks Revival is set to create hundreds more jobs.
These really are exciting times for Dover and Deal. Our beautiful corner of Kent has so much potential. I’m more determined than ever to work hard to deliver more jobs and money to our area.
Charlie Elphicke MP
* *
Well done Charlie.
Also in Port yesterday was the explorer cruise ship Hanseatic. Not the best or the most cheerful picture below there...it shows her at Cruise Terminal One, the picture looks across some of the DWDR workings and was taken in ultra grey conditions. She left for Hamburg around 7PM last night... the murk continued but there is a possibility of a further picture if they are up to speed....still in camera as yet..
Vic and Del PB.
Monday, 26 March 2018 - 05:04
Following along from the news release we featured recently re P&O FERRIES recruiting at the Jobs Fair....this below from Charlie Elphicke MP, one of the organisers...
CHARLIE ELPHICKE: Fighting for more money and jobs in Dover and Deal
It was great to see so many employers and jobseekers at my Dover Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair on Friday. This was the sixth jobs fair I’ve held at Dover Town Hall – and they are always one of my highlights of the year.
Hundreds of people came along to speak to staff from more than 40 organisations offering jobs, apprenticeships and training schemes. They included the likes of P&O Ferries, who were this year’s main sponsors, and electricals firm Megger who also contributed to the event. These businesses are stalwarts of Dover and two of our biggest employers. It’s no surprise so many people want to work at firms like these – and often stay throughout their whole career.
I really enjoyed speaking to workers from all the businesses who came along to meet prospective employees. There was a great variety of stalls this year. Canterbury College were promoting their construction course. They were getting people to see how quickly they could drill four screws in a straight line into a plank of wood. I managed it in 20 seconds – so all that IKEA furniture building must be paying off!
We also had hairdressing students from East Kent College showing off their skills – as well as stalls from the Army, the Royal Air Force, Kent Police, the Port of Dover, Kent County Council and Aldi, plus so many more.
I spoke to one jobseeker called Fred and asked him what he thought of the event. He said: "I think this jobs fair is a very good idea and I've already found a couple of opportunities."
This is what my Jobs and Apprenticeships Fairs are all about. I'm passionate about getting people into work – and helping them find jobs which are right for them. It’s so important to get employers and jobseekers together in the same room, so they can talk through opportunities face-to-face. Dover and Deal are full of hard-working, talented people. Many want a foot on the ladder, a new challenge, or to discover ways to help others and make the most of their skills. We must ensure we give them the chance to do so.
There was a great atmosphere in the town hall and a real sense that our area is on the up. It’s vital we keep up the good work and continue to fight for more jobs and money for Dover and Deal. We have come a long way since 2010. More than £400 million has been invested in our area, unemployment has near halved and more than 6,000 apprenticeships have been created.
The St James development is bringing hundreds more jobs to town. The doors to Cineworld and Nando’s are now open and already proving hugely popular – and there is so much more to come in the months ahead. Meanwhile the ambitious Western Docks Revival is set to create hundreds more jobs.
These really are exciting times for Dover and Deal. Our beautiful corner of Kent has so much potential. I’m more determined than ever to work hard to deliver more jobs and money to our area.
Charlie Elphicke MP
* *
Well done Charlie.
Also in Port yesterday was the explorer cruise ship Hanseatic. Not the best or the most cheerful picture below there...it shows her at Cruise Terminal One, the picture looks across some of the DWDR workings and was taken in ultra grey conditions. She left for Hamburg around 7PM last night... the murk continued but there is a possibility of a further picture if they are up to speed....still in camera as yet..
Vic and Del
PB.Monday, 26 March 2018 - 05:04
Post 5272
Del Styan, Norwich
Is that right, Vic - about not allowing HGVs drive on motorways on a Sunday? I went over on a Sunday, and was surprised how quiet the ferry was.( I usually go over in the week ). Is it a French or UK regulation?
Great historical pics of the old docks just recently - more please!
Sunday, 25 March 2018 - 23:17
Great historical pics of the old docks just recently - more please!
Sunday, 25 March 2018 - 23:17
Post 5271
vic matcham, Dover
HGV not allow to drive on MWays on Sundays so some wait over here because of cost of parking up in France.
Sunday, 25 March 2018 - 16:17
Sunday, 25 March 2018 - 16:17
Post 5270
Sea News, Dover
Early morning ferries above there on a cold day. One of the P&O Spirits to the left with the DFDS Cote des Flandres on the right. Off for another days work on the channel. Note that neither of them appear very full...lots of spaces onboard. Hopefully this Brexit thing wont leave our ferries struggling. If the trading slows where will we be. A good easy trade deal needed.
And speaking of cold days...it looks like that blasted Beast from the East 3.0 is coming our way for Easter. According to those gloomy weather people anyway. Straight from Siberia she comes once again. We haven't, it appears, blamed the Russians for this yet...but give it time. Before too long someone will claim that they hacked into the data and changed the weather patterns..
Well done Mike - a cracking set below there from our 'inshore correspondent'.
Great ones of Shamrock and Midnight Saga II.
Fascinating collection below there Ted (4755)...great work once again.
The latest cruise liner is in port, a smaller one this time Hanseatic, but no pictures as yet... barely visible through the gloom.
PaulB
Sunday, 25 March 2018 - 07:14