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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 2748
vic matcham, Dover
Lots of coming and going on in the port with ships and small boats .
So some one as got it right.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 12:15
So some one as got it right.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 12:15
Post 2747
Sea News, Dover
Yes indeed have just noticed the reefer Regal Star...must have slipped in behind my back. Some cheek!
! PB.
Five cargo reefers in almost as many days (more in 2293)...busy busy brilliant.. see all todays packed posts below.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 08:35
! PB.Five cargo reefers in almost as many days (more in 2293)...busy busy brilliant.. see all todays packed posts below.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 08:35
Post 2746
Mike J., Dover
Some smaller stuff after Paul's monster boxboats.
Quite a busy night for the pilots & tugs overnight, the reefer REGAL STAR came in with yet more bananas & the little SWIFT went alongside the Admiralty Pier to load grain.
The LIAMARE also sailed during the evening to pick up more stone for the Shakespeare Beach job & the HENRIETTE is due back at the weekend.
On Wednesday the DAVID CHURCH was working in the Tidal Basin & the lifeboat moved into the Granville Dock to make room for her.
Two interesting vessels in Wellington Dock - the NOAH has been in Dover for about a week - a former North Sea trawler built in 1949 she is now under the Austrian flag after conversion & is operated by a Charity organisation.
Recently arrived back in Dover is the 1905-built SAINT DAVID, heavily rebuilt from her original manifestation as a small steam passenger vessel.
Almost certainly the only vessel currently in Dover to have flown the Swastika flag during WW2 there is more detail of her career in post 525.
SAINT DAVID has her own website -
www.saintdavidoflondon.com
The little clump of laid-up windfarm craft laid up in the corner of Wellington Dock has changed with the 'biggie' of the bunch, the EMS VIKING, moving down to near De Bradelei to the area known as 'The Bubbles' where the Dour enters the dock.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 08:25
Quite a busy night for the pilots & tugs overnight, the reefer REGAL STAR came in with yet more bananas & the little SWIFT went alongside the Admiralty Pier to load grain.
The LIAMARE also sailed during the evening to pick up more stone for the Shakespeare Beach job & the HENRIETTE is due back at the weekend.
On Wednesday the DAVID CHURCH was working in the Tidal Basin & the lifeboat moved into the Granville Dock to make room for her.
Two interesting vessels in Wellington Dock - the NOAH has been in Dover for about a week - a former North Sea trawler built in 1949 she is now under the Austrian flag after conversion & is operated by a Charity organisation.
Recently arrived back in Dover is the 1905-built SAINT DAVID, heavily rebuilt from her original manifestation as a small steam passenger vessel.
Almost certainly the only vessel currently in Dover to have flown the Swastika flag during WW2 there is more detail of her career in post 525.
SAINT DAVID has her own website -
www.saintdavidoflondon.com
The little clump of laid-up windfarm craft laid up in the corner of Wellington Dock has changed with the 'biggie' of the bunch, the EMS VIKING, moving down to near De Bradelei to the area known as 'The Bubbles' where the Dour enters the dock.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 08:25
Post 2745
Sea News, Dover
We have had FOUR cargo reefers in Port here in the past FIVE/SIX days...the Elvira was here yesterday. She has since left us ..presumably overnight and is now in Rotterdam. A brilliant performance by the Port of Dover.
The pic above is from a previous visit.
A release from the guys down at the Port about the boost in reefer trading performance would be of interest..to follow on from the record P&O freight figures. So guys...if your looking in?
See also todays earlier post below.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 07:18
A release from the guys down at the Port about the boost in reefer trading performance would be of interest..to follow on from the record P&O freight figures. So guys...if your looking in?
See also todays earlier post below.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 07:18
Post 2744
Sea News, Dover
Some exciting monsters from the Channel now...taken yesterday afternoon just before the light failed. First along came the MOL Quintet....moving slow down the Channel like a giant brooding beast, coming from Antwerp and heading for Southampton..all 155,000 tons plus..
Just as we were about to pack it in for the day with the light almost gone, an even bigger ship sprang or more accurately prowled into view..a total monster called the Mayview Maersk and here she is below, weighing in at around the 195,000 ton mark...wowser!
On her way to the Suez Canal from Felixstowe. Unfortunately light was almost gone for this one so had to boost the picture up a bit.
And now below a couple of further pictures as promised of the Stena Flavia from 2 days ago, taken as she headed down the Channel on her way to Rosslare in de Emerald Oisle..very nice in Rosslare so it is. The ship is just catching the late evening sunshine on a green sea with sombre menacing sky. For our friends further afield...that's cap Gris Nez on the French Coast in the background.
The final picture below is similar to the one further down page.. shown here to give context to the long range channel pic of the Stena above.
STENA FLAVIA
Vessel type: Ro-ro/passenger Ship
Gross tonnage: 26,904 tons
Summer DWT: 7,000 tons
Length: 186 m
Beam: 26 m
Draught: 6.1 m
Additional Information
Home port: London
Class society: Registro Italiano Navale
Build year: 2008
Builder (*): Cantieri Navali Visentini
Porto Viro, Italy
Owner: Northern Marine Management
Clydebank, U.k.
Manager: Stena Roro
Gothenburg, Sweden
Current position: Rosslare, Ireland.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 06:48
On her way to the Suez Canal from Felixstowe. Unfortunately light was almost gone for this one so had to boost the picture up a bit.
And now below a couple of further pictures as promised of the Stena Flavia from 2 days ago, taken as she headed down the Channel on her way to Rosslare in de Emerald Oisle..very nice in Rosslare so it is. The ship is just catching the late evening sunshine on a green sea with sombre menacing sky. For our friends further afield...that's cap Gris Nez on the French Coast in the background.
STENA FLAVIA
Vessel type: Ro-ro/passenger Ship
Gross tonnage: 26,904 tons
Summer DWT: 7,000 tons
Length: 186 m
Beam: 26 m
Draught: 6.1 m
Additional Information
Home port: London
Class society: Registro Italiano Navale
Build year: 2008
Builder (*): Cantieri Navali Visentini
Porto Viro, Italy
Owner: Northern Marine Management
Clydebank, U.k.
Manager: Stena Roro
Gothenburg, Sweden
Current position: Rosslare, Ireland.
Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 06:48
Post 2743
Sea News, Dover
GREAT NEWS JUST IN FROM P&O FERRIES.....
especially so as freight comprises two thirds of the company's business. Excellent performance.
P&O FERRIES REPORTS HIGHEST EVER FREIGHT VOLUMES ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN 2015
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P&O Ferries carried more freight between Dover and Calais in 2015 than in any previous year in its modern history.
The ferry company's six ships on the English Channel transported 1,340,317 units of freight during the 12 month period - a 22 per cent year-on-year increase.
Both the third and fourth quarters set new records for quarterly freight volumes, as P&O Ferries provided an additional vessel and additional sailings on the Dover to Calais route. Freight comprises around two thirds of the company's business.
Janette Bell, Commercial Director of P&O Ferries, said: "The cross-Channel ferry business is a vital strategic link in the transport infrastructure of north-western Europe and these numbers illustrate that hundreds of thousands of firms rely on our services to import and export goods."
"We expect demand for cross-Channel transport to increase, driven by a rising population and the strength of the British economy. The vast majority of our freight customers are businesses transporting goods from continental Europe to Britain."
"During a period when the media has been continuously writing about delays at the Channel tunnel, we have made it a priority to minimize dwell times for our customers by keeping a sixth ship in service on the route and maintaining a schedule of 58 sailings a day."
The news follows a strong tourist performance by P&O Ferries during the peak summer season, with both July and August seeing the highest number of tourists travelling on the company's Dover to Calais services since 2003.
P&O Ferries is a leading pan-European ferry operator, sailing on nine major routes between Britain, France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium. The company operates 20 vessels which carry more than 10 million passengers, 1.6 million cars and 2.2 million freight units every year.
ENDS
Just to make this something of a P&O Special...here are a couple of further pictures of the P&O ferry Spirit of France making its way towards Port a couple of days ago in slightly blustery conditions...
While below a black winged gull shows the way in glorious style..leading the ferry homewards..
Many thanks to P&O Ferries for the information.
Top picture - the Spirit of Britain.
Bottom pictures - the Spirit of France.
Wednesday, 13 January 2016 - 06:21
especially so as freight comprises two thirds of the company's business. Excellent performance.
P&O FERRIES REPORTS HIGHEST EVER FREIGHT VOLUMES ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN 2015
_____________________________________________________________________________
P&O Ferries carried more freight between Dover and Calais in 2015 than in any previous year in its modern history.
The ferry company's six ships on the English Channel transported 1,340,317 units of freight during the 12 month period - a 22 per cent year-on-year increase.
Both the third and fourth quarters set new records for quarterly freight volumes, as P&O Ferries provided an additional vessel and additional sailings on the Dover to Calais route. Freight comprises around two thirds of the company's business.
Janette Bell, Commercial Director of P&O Ferries, said: "The cross-Channel ferry business is a vital strategic link in the transport infrastructure of north-western Europe and these numbers illustrate that hundreds of thousands of firms rely on our services to import and export goods."
"We expect demand for cross-Channel transport to increase, driven by a rising population and the strength of the British economy. The vast majority of our freight customers are businesses transporting goods from continental Europe to Britain."
"During a period when the media has been continuously writing about delays at the Channel tunnel, we have made it a priority to minimize dwell times for our customers by keeping a sixth ship in service on the route and maintaining a schedule of 58 sailings a day."
The news follows a strong tourist performance by P&O Ferries during the peak summer season, with both July and August seeing the highest number of tourists travelling on the company's Dover to Calais services since 2003.
P&O Ferries is a leading pan-European ferry operator, sailing on nine major routes between Britain, France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium. The company operates 20 vessels which carry more than 10 million passengers, 1.6 million cars and 2.2 million freight units every year.
ENDS
Just to make this something of a P&O Special...here are a couple of further pictures of the P&O ferry Spirit of France making its way towards Port a couple of days ago in slightly blustery conditions...
Many thanks to P&O Ferries for the information.
Top picture - the Spirit of Britain.
Bottom pictures - the Spirit of France.
Wednesday, 13 January 2016 - 06:21
Post 2742
Mike J., Dover
The Faeroese HENRIETTE sailed Tuesday afternoon for Larvik & was immediately replaced by the Dutch LIAMARE who had been waiting off Deal.
Both ships will make two visits with stone for the seawall repair job.
In addition to Paul’s nice ‘off the port’ pix there’s a good sequence from the Admiralty Pier on Nigel Scutt’s Marina Facebook page, together with interesting information obtained from the plant hire company & contractors for the repairs.
Better coverage than we’re getting from the ‘regular’ media !
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 20:34
Both ships will make two visits with stone for the seawall repair job.
In addition to Paul’s nice ‘off the port’ pix there’s a good sequence from the Admiralty Pier on Nigel Scutt’s Marina Facebook page, together with interesting information obtained from the plant hire company & contractors for the repairs.
Better coverage than we’re getting from the ‘regular’ media !
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 20:34
Post 2741
Sea News, Dover
Following along from Mike's post 2285...this is the LIAMARE approaching the Port today tuesday around 1500 hours or 3PM in cool crisp light...with more stone no doubt for the troubled railway line. The vessels seem to rarely stick to planned schedule. See also the posts below for all the recent info.
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 15:28
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 15:28
Post 2740
Sea News, Dover
Lo and behold...some goodish weather or at least a break in the eternal monsoon, you can see this in the pictures above as the Hellas Reefer departed yesterday at 3.15pm or 15.15 if you prefer. She was on her way to Hamburg in Germany - we are doing a lot of trade with Hamburg at the moment. We are in fact doing lots of cargo trade fullstop...which is great to see. Very busy with cargo vessels arriving and departing in the past few days, as I mentioned previously, with Hellas Reefer having to queue all sunday off Deal before getting into Port here.
Top shot is an interesting one.. as tug Dauntless made her way back to base after working with Hellas, in the background as luck would have it, was the Stena Flavia. This older style ferry is seen making her way to Rosslare in the Irish Republic. We have a closer shot of this vessel, will see if its worth including in due course and will add more then.
The other pictures show the departure of the aforementioned Hellas Reefer...in the background of the final one is the Calais Seaways making her way to...yes you guessed it...Calais.
* *
News Release from Dover District Council...news on local....
PARKING CHARGES
______________________
Variations to parking charges throughout the Dover District will come into effect from Monday 8 February 2016 in District Council car parks and on-street areas.
The rates have been frozen since April 2012 and at that time those in six car parks and eight on-street areas were not changed. Additionally, in September 2014 the charging time throughout the district was reduced from between 9am and 6pm to between 9am and 5pm. This is the shortest charging time when compared with neighbouring authorities, many of whom also charge in all places on Sundays. The increases of commonly 10p per hour for pay and display still keep parking charges in Dover District amongst the lowest in East Kent.
Across the district, the minimum charge is also being reduced to 40p, (except where already less).
The increased rates are required as maintenance costs continue to rise, the pay and display machines need replacing, a lot of lining needs renewing, some car parks need resurfacing and we have increased demands for enforcement across our area.
Cllr Nigel Collor, Portfolio Holder for Access & Licensing said: "We are also aware of advancing technology and will, over the next couple of years, be looking at alternative payment methods, in addition to the existing RINGO facility, and be monitoring the demand for electric car charging stations in the district. Such developments would require capital expenditure for necessary equipment and required groundworks."
Cllr Collor added: "We continue to keep charges in our town centres as low as possible to encourage visitors and shoppers and, unless anything unforeseen arises, we will be endeavouring to freeze these rates for the next four years."
Ends
Some very interesting new posts below indeed - DONT MISS THOSE....nos 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287. Well done lads!
Also
Yours truly is supporting the Junior Doctors today. My daughter is one. PB.
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 07:27
Post 2739
Vic Matcham, Dover
The other thing they must look at along this section of track is the present of pressure which is a force hard to find out and can build up in hours expressed by the weight upon a unit area both above ground and below.I know some of you think I do not know what I am talking about,but you do not learn it all at a collage but over years of working and understanding of ground movement etc and in my way of thinking there is a risk of a derailment or a major cliff fall putting life at danger on each trip made along this section of track and it should be closed.
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 05:41
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 05:41
Post 2738
vic matcham, Dover
Very good photos of the work being done on the railway line,as you know this was my kind of work for over 40years,they done it the way I said they would do it,its the only way it could have been done pile it first then back fill it .But they have been saying for years now that sooner or later the sea will win and the line will have to close.It cost of keeping it open grows each year ,already it costs more to keep this line open then any otherline over the same miles in the UK.All the tunnels are what we call wet tunnels,that means water can get it all the year round even if it is not raining.I have worked along this section of line alot over the years and walked it so take it from me that it will close at some point.
So what can be done if they done that Well there was talk of a new line running to Folkestone some miles inland but again the cost of doing that would be very high and just for about 10miles of track.
My view and that is my view only in years to come it will close and will not reopen.
but that could be put off by making it a single track meaning take up one line and just use the one track.
That would mean only one train going in one way and any one time but in doing that it would keep it open for more years and cost less.
It would not add a lot of time to making the trip in both ways.
Or as I say you cannot stop sea water and the sea will win ,and it it is not only the sea they have to think about ,also the cliff is in a bad way and we are already getting cliff falls along there that
not good for the tunnels .
Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 05:05
So what can be done if they done that Well there was talk of a new line running to Folkestone some miles inland but again the cost of doing that would be very high and just for about 10miles of track.
My view and that is my view only in years to come it will close and will not reopen.
but that could be put off by making it a single track meaning take up one line and just use the one track.
That would mean only one train going in one way and any one time but in doing that it would keep it open for more years and cost less.
It would not add a lot of time to making the trip in both ways.
Or as I say you cannot stop sea water and the sea will win ,and it it is not only the sea they have to think about ,also the cliff is in a bad way and we are already getting cliff falls along there that
not good for the tunnels .Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 05:05
Post 2737
Mike J., Dover
Two nice views of the HELLAS REEFER, with the view of her against that threatening sky being particularly effective.
The HENRIETTE came in at some ungodly hour early Monday morning & at midday was unloading into ‘haulers’ that were dumping the boulders on the top of the beach as the tide was in & the worksite was inaccessible.
Meantime the footbridge for the footpath from Aycliffe under the A20 & across the railway was being demolished.
At least a dozen 'supervisors' in attendance !
You can see the new piling with rocks stacked between the piles & the damaged sea wall.
The LIAMARE with more stone is due to arrive around dawn on Tuesday & the HENRIETTE is expected to return with at least one more load.
Monday, 11 January 2016 - 21:03
The HENRIETTE came in at some ungodly hour early Monday morning & at midday was unloading into ‘haulers’ that were dumping the boulders on the top of the beach as the tide was in & the worksite was inaccessible.
Meantime the footbridge for the footpath from Aycliffe under the A20 & across the railway was being demolished.
At least a dozen 'supervisors' in attendance !
You can see the new piling with rocks stacked between the piles & the damaged sea wall.
The LIAMARE with more stone is due to arrive around dawn on Tuesday & the HENRIETTE is expected to return with at least one more load.
Monday, 11 January 2016 - 21:03
Post 2736
Ed Connell, Dover
Hellas Reefer alongside the DCT this afternoon.
Monday, 11 January 2016 - 20:28
Monday, 11 January 2016 - 20:28
Post 2735
Sea News, Dover
Thanks for that Kevin...yes exciting times ahead. Will be most interesting to see how the 'new' ships look for sure and it will be great to see them back in action.
Monday, 11 January 2016 - 07:44
Post 2734
Kevin Charles, Dover
Probably the last few weeks of service for the Malo Seaways with DFDS due to introduce the former MyFerryLink twins in February. Renamed Cote des Dunes (Rodin) and Cote des Flandres (Berlioz), they will provide a welcome capacity boost on the Calais link for DFDS.
Sunday, 10 January 2016 - 18:02
Sunday, 10 January 2016 - 18:02
Post 2733
Sea News, Dover
Top shot shows the Malo Seaways heading to Port just as the dredger Reimerswaal moves past in the background. That's another picture below of said dredger as it moves by..slowly heading for Hastings through a colourless sea.
Final pic shows the European Seaways looking good yesterday. All pictures yesterday. When I see the freight carrier European Seaways a chap cant help but remember our old favourite warhorse...the Nord Pas de Calais, sadly long gone from the route now. She was laid up at Calais for a while and I understand she is now at Dunkerque....awaiting her fate.
Also in with us yesterday was the Italia Reefer again.
Thanks for all the comments guys. Excellent. Sorry to hear about your wife's break Brian and Colette's dislocation. Painful.
Yes indeed a sad tale about the Umoe Ventus, see posts below 2275, 2276, 2277.
Also am very sad to report what looks like another fatality on the road crossing about 150 metres from my window here and 200 metres from the entrance to the Port. It was a very sad scene last evening...I wont go into further details but many police cars and ambulances attended...the main road was blocked both ways for many hours. Traffic re-routed. I took no pictures as...well...
There was a previous fatality here some months ago too..possibly a year ago in the exact same spot, heading westwards. The crossing has traffic lights etc but...clearly very dangerous. Condolences.
PB.
Sunday, 10 January 2016 - 08:31
Post 2732
brian, dover
hi collete,sorry to here about your ankle being dislodged,but could have been worse,my wife broke her hip before Christmas still hobberling around with a zimmer frame,
Sunday, 10 January 2016 - 07:11
Sunday, 10 January 2016 - 07:11
Post 2731
ColetteB, Dover
Just looking in to Sea News after a few days absence having dislocated my ankle over the Christmas period, Oh the pain! 
Great stuff happening as usual. I remember the Turanor Planet Solar when she made a brief visit to Dover in 2010, odd looking indeed Mike J but a 'Beaut' all the same.
Awful news about the Umoe Ventus last month, glad to hear Sarah that all the crew managed to scramble to safety.
That's a striking photo of Dover Marina in post 2267
On a lighter note, the pictures of 'Ferdy Fox' basking in the warm winter sun are so charming, Luvit!, shame about your equipment MrB
Saturday, 9 January 2016 - 20:31
Great stuff happening as usual. I remember the Turanor Planet Solar when she made a brief visit to Dover in 2010, odd looking indeed Mike J but a 'Beaut' all the same.
Awful news about the Umoe Ventus last month, glad to hear Sarah that all the crew managed to scramble to safety.
That's a striking photo of Dover Marina in post 2267
On a lighter note, the pictures of 'Ferdy Fox' basking in the warm winter sun are so charming, Luvit!, shame about your equipment MrB
Saturday, 9 January 2016 - 20:31
Post 2730
Mike J., Dover
Comment:
Sarah’s news about the loss of the environmentally-friendly UMOE VENTUS reminded me that in 2010 we had another even more odd-looking environmentally-friendly craft in Dover.
The solar-powered [with a little occasional diesel assistance] TURANOR PLANET SOLAR came in on 12/8/10 & spent the night in the Tug Haven before sailing.
Built in Germany the same year she circumnavigated the world in 2012.
Two coasters are headed for Dover with Norwegian stone for the repairs to the collapsing railway seawall between Dover & Shakespeare Cliff tunnel.
Due on Sunday afternoon is the 45 year old Faroese HENRIETTE who was in Dover last year, bringing in stone for the groyne replacements along the seafront.
The 1981-built LIAMARE will arrive later.
Sad that we don't have a Prince of Wales pier to watch their arrival from.
I doubt that there will be any spectacular rock-dumping as was done from the CHARLIE ROCK barge during the groyne job & I’d imagine that the ships will dock on the Ad.Pier & unload into lorries for the short run around Southern House & onto the beach - there are several of the beefy rough-terrain ‘haulers’ working on the job already.
For excellent coverage of the damage & repairs see Nigel Scutt’s Marina Facebook page.
Saturday, 9 January 2016 - 11:49
Post 2729
Sea News, Dover
Excellent posts below Sarah...as Jan said there, glad to hear all were okay. But totally shocked to hear of the Umoe Ventus. Here is Sarah's recent picture of the vessel...much more as ever in our search engine on the Umoe Ventus which we featured here recently both in Ramsgate and when she visited Dover. See the posts below.
Picture by Sarah Hewes
Thanks also to Andrew Cooke
Saturday, 9 January 2016 - 11:09
Thanks also to Andrew Cooke
Saturday, 9 January 2016 - 11:09