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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 2568
Sea News, Dover
We had the nice bonus of seeing the Emerald leaving today this time through the western exit, always good for easier pictures. She headed off to Antwerp in Belgium about 11.45....just before the onset of rain...so we were a bit lucky with the pictures. It was very grey though of course with poor visibility...its not blowing a gale though so we have to be grateful for small mercies.
See the latest Port Passenger Advice in the Post below.
Port very busy. Also note that Jubilee Way portwards seems to be almost permanently jammed, like that for days now - rendering it ineffective for local use.
Be aware.
Thursday, 19 November 2015 - 14:41
Post 2567
Sea News, Dover
Putting the beach back on the beach as it were. These are the guys from the Port of Dover Team Services doing their thing. After every stormy episode vast amounts of pebbles of all dimension depart the beach with gusto and end up on the promenade...the beach has got to go back. Nature at its most annoying...
We had a fairly fierce night on Tuesday with Storm Barney, but on Wednesday morning for a while all seemed tranquil and benign. The sky looked like this...
But yesterday afternoon the weather and conditions got quite fierce again with...I dunno what this one was called, perhaps Son of Barney, but rough and tough it was. I don't think they actually named that one to tell the truth. It seem to slip through unannounced. There are still considerable delays with continental bound trucking as a result.
We will have more working stormy pictures at a later time. PB.
PS: don't forget the Jobs and Skills Fair today thursday ... see post 2091.
EXTRA:
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Passenger advice following events in France...........
The Port is advising customers to allow plenty of time to travel via the Port of Dover to Calais and Dunkirk.
Due to on-going heightened security checks, please have your passports ready and be prepared to exit your vehicle if required or requested. Customers are asked to allow plenty of time to travel to and through the Port of Dover.Thank you for your cooperation and assistance at this time.
Please consult the Port of Dover website (www.doverport.co.uk) or Twitter travel account (@PoD_travelnews) for the latest travel information.Customers wishing to book ferry tickets are advised to contact their chosen ferry operator using following contact details:
Ferry Operator Contacts
DFDS Seaways
Freight: +44 (0) 1304 874 001 Tourist: +44 (0) 871 230 0440
Twitter: @dfdsseaways
P&O Ferries
Freight: +44 (0) 1304 863 340 Tourist: +44 (0) 8716 64 64 64
Twitter: @POferriesupdate
Thursday, 19 November 2015 - 07:42
We had a fairly fierce night on Tuesday with Storm Barney, but on Wednesday morning for a while all seemed tranquil and benign. The sky looked like this...
But yesterday afternoon the weather and conditions got quite fierce again with...I dunno what this one was called, perhaps Son of Barney, but rough and tough it was. I don't think they actually named that one to tell the truth. It seem to slip through unannounced. There are still considerable delays with continental bound trucking as a result.
We will have more working stormy pictures at a later time. PB.
PS: don't forget the Jobs and Skills Fair today thursday ... see post 2091.
EXTRA:
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Passenger advice following events in France...........
The Port is advising customers to allow plenty of time to travel via the Port of Dover to Calais and Dunkirk.
Due to on-going heightened security checks, please have your passports ready and be prepared to exit your vehicle if required or requested. Customers are asked to allow plenty of time to travel to and through the Port of Dover.Thank you for your cooperation and assistance at this time.
Please consult the Port of Dover website (www.doverport.co.uk) or Twitter travel account (@PoD_travelnews) for the latest travel information.Customers wishing to book ferry tickets are advised to contact their chosen ferry operator using following contact details:
Ferry Operator Contacts
DFDS Seaways
Freight: +44 (0) 1304 874 001 Tourist: +44 (0) 871 230 0440
Twitter: @dfdsseaways
P&O Ferries
Freight: +44 (0) 1304 863 340 Tourist: +44 (0) 8716 64 64 64
Twitter: @POferriesupdate
Thursday, 19 November 2015 - 07:42
Post 2566
Sea News, Dover
Just want to record the fact that we have had two cargo reefers visiting us in the past few days. One was the Swedish Reefer and the other one called Emerald. Unfortunately some vessels come and go in darkness these days, days being so short...or on occasion aren't spotted by yours truly's observation tower...but here we are with a couple of pix from our archives just to catch up so that we don't have to go without our daily dose of reefers. Oh dear..that didn't come out quite right
More pictures to come shortly.
PaulB.
The Emerald is still with us - unusual, probably taking a sojourn from the grim weather conditions.
Thursday, 19 November 2015 - 06:45
More pictures to come shortly.
PaulB.
The Emerald is still with us - unusual, probably taking a sojourn from the grim weather conditions.
Thursday, 19 November 2015 - 06:45
Post 2565
Sea News, Dover
From TWITTER :
DFDS Channel Freight@DFDSChnlFreight · 3 hours ago
Please be advised that the wind is increasing at the Port of Dover, gusts of 40 – 45 knots. This will cause delays to vessels berthing.
DFDS SEAWAYS
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The tweet above from DFDS this afternoon gives an idea of the fairly dire conditions currently.
ALSO NOTE: if you require Community Funding see the Post below. Don't Miss out!! You're in the last chance saloon!
plus ..a reminder that the JOBS and SKILLS FAIR is tomorrow see post 2091.
Wednesday, 18 November 2015 - 16:07
Post 2564
Sea News, Dover
LAST CHANCE - DONT MISS OUT!
Last Call for Applications to Port of Dover Community Fund
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Community groups and voluntary organisations have until next Friday, November 27 at 5pm to apply to the Port of Dover Community Fund.
The body which administers the fund, Kent Community Foundation, says that £70,000-worth of grants were awarded in May, at the inaugural panel meeting.
The scheme – overseen by the foundation and funded by the Port – is open to projects or groups which enhance the town’s skills and job prospects, or benefit its social, cultural or environmental credentials. The panel is looking for projects which are meeting a clear need and demand, and which can show a positive impact on the lives of Dover residents.
Community bodies and organisations can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £10,000. Their bids are then assessed by an independent panel of experts, each of whom has a strong link to Dover.
Natalie Smith, from Kent Community Foundation, said: "There is still time to get your applications in – this is a real opportunity for community groups to get financial support for their work, particularly small, grassroots organisations doing excellent work on a local level."
ENDS
Some terrific local funding has been awarded already so get in quick if you feel your organisation has a possibility.
We've had Abigail and now we are having Barney. No I haven't been inviting people round to dinner...these are the names given to the recent storms battering the UK and the near continent. Storm Barney has just about blown through as I write - we hope so anyway. But it gave us some rough weather and it is still rough out on the sea. The North Sea will be rough today. There are considerable traffic delays entering the Port of Dover because of both rough weather and extra security checks.
Captured these images below of tugboat Doughty on duty yesterday afternoon enduring Storm Barney at about 3.30pm ( 15.30)..you can note the awful weather, which caused long delays at times. PB.
Get your application in !
Wednesday, 18 November 2015 - 06:40
Post 2563
Sea News, Dover
Yesterday monday was a rough tough day. There were endless delays for departing trucks once again.. the cause being a mixture of bad weather, very bad weather, and of course heightened security. The horrible events in Paris has had a terrible effect on us all one way or another.
- Now we hear that two men have been arrested at the Port of Dover on terror related offences.
The two pictures above show the sturdy Calais Seaways battling hard against the strong winds as it makes its way to the Port of Calais. It was very rough but you can see some hardy brave souls having a fag on the rear deck. Good for them - toughing it out in ruddy cheek style.
Not recommending cigarettes of course.
Below we have a long range and not great picture of the hi-viz Police at the Port entrance late yesterday. Part of the heightened security no doubt.
The Spirit of France ploughs on through tough times...
All pictures taken yesterday.
Tuesday, 17 November 2015 - 07:41
- Now we hear that two men have been arrested at the Port of Dover on terror related offences.
Not recommending cigarettes of course.
Below we have a long range and not great picture of the hi-viz Police at the Port entrance late yesterday. Part of the heightened security no doubt.
All pictures taken yesterday.
Tuesday, 17 November 2015 - 07:41
Post 2562
Sea News, Dover
Port Police Officer Hailed for Fight Against International Vehicle Crime
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PC Ian Thwaites has been hailed for his role in stopping criminal gangs from smuggling stolen vehicles across international borders through the Port of Dover.
Since April 2014, Port of Dover Police and the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) have joined forces to intercept stolen vehicles entering and leaving the UK. In that time, over 80 vehicles have been recovered with an estimated total value in excess of £1 million pounds.
PC Thwaites has been instrumental in the operation’s success and now Combined Industry Theft Solutions (CITS) will present him with a special Construction Equipment Security and Registration (CESAR) award for his contribution to the fight against European auto crime.
Paul Wilczek, the Port of Dover Police Chief Officer, said: "There is a story of anguish behind every piece of stolen property we recover. International auto theft doesn’t only have a major impact on the victims of car crime - it often funds international criminal gangs as well.
"PC Thwaites’ work, however, has sent a very clear message to criminals – ‘if you come through this port, you will be caught’."
The actions of PC Thwaites have been so successful that the Port has a warehouse with a growing collection of stolen and recovered vehicles, engines and valuable spare parts that would have otherwise been part of crime rings involved in the theft, dismantling, rebuilding and eventual resale or exporting of stolen motor vehicles.
Ian Elliott, chairman of CITS, said: "The huge amount of stolen property that PC Thwaites has recovered has had a massive impact on the organised crime networks operating throughout the UK.
"Each year, the CITS Board presents a number of awards to individuals who have done the most to reduce crime and been proactive in reducing the effects of theft."
ENDS
A big well done to PC Thwaites above.
Ah yes Jacqui I remember when you used to like going across when the weather was rough...we all change though. Best to look at rough weather from a stable situation like an on-shore car for sure. But thoughts of course for the drivers who have to go. It is rough again today...and fairly miserable.
Monday, 16 November 2015 - 07:36
Post 2561
Jacqui, Dover
Wow Paul! Even I wouldn't want to be on board in that swell. Fantastic photos as usual though. I do envy you being where you are with such views. I love to watch the sea when it's rough and wild but these days from the car window lol. x
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 20:18
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 20:18
Post 2560
Sea News, Dover
Wasn't able to get too many pictures today what with one thing and another but here are a couple I squeezed off at the approaching Calais Seaways in atrocious conditions. You wont need me to tell you the weather was rough and blustery today, a walk along the seafront would confirm that..I saw several people chasing hats and caps and of course I wont mention my own cap!! It is borne on the wind to continents far!
Top picture shows the Calais Seaways long range and across the top of an empty looking Pride of Kent. It is having a bit of a rough time. In the second picture below you can see the ship entering the harbour with great relief to all travelling I am sure. It didn't half roll from side to side, there wasn't a bone china plate left in one piece! In this same pic below you can see the captain, I guess, standing top right...with strong sturdy gait despite the rolling. Good to know these guys are able to weather the worst of it and remain firm and resolute.
Many thanks Mike for that spread below, keeping us up to speed with the general harbour goings on. Ace.
Ah yes Vic we knew what you meant there. PB.
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 17:29
Post 2559
vic matcham, Dover
Just had a look .see I have put wrong name it should have been the Arklow,
must be age because I do not drink.
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 11:02
must be age because I do not drink.Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 11:02
Post 2558
vic matcham, Dover
The Leixoes is not the best kind of ship to be on in a storm when the sea is rough very low in the water.
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 08:45
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 08:45
Post 2557
Mike J., Dover
The Irish mini-bulker ARKLOW RACER came in unexpectedly on Saturday afternoon & on Sunday morning is now on the Admiralty pier.
She was bound for Leixoes from Ipswich but diverted to Dover with engine problems.
Arklow Shipping have a large fleet of around 45 similar ships under the Irish & Dutch flags, most with the distinctive green hull which hardly showed up at all in yesterday’s grot.
A few more Wellington Dock ‘commercials’ on Wednesday - the survey vessel FPV MORVEN & Sealift Diving’s workboat SEALIFT III.
Sealift Diving are a local firm who do a lot of the commercial diving work in Dover [& elsewhere].
She had a black hull when she was working on the Seacat berth demolition job last in October last year.
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 07:58
She was bound for Leixoes from Ipswich but diverted to Dover with engine problems.
Arklow Shipping have a large fleet of around 45 similar ships under the Irish & Dutch flags, most with the distinctive green hull which hardly showed up at all in yesterday’s grot.
A few more Wellington Dock ‘commercials’ on Wednesday - the survey vessel FPV MORVEN & Sealift Diving’s workboat SEALIFT III.
Sealift Diving are a local firm who do a lot of the commercial diving work in Dover [& elsewhere].
She had a black hull when she was working on the Seacat berth demolition job last in October last year.
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 07:58
Post 2556
Sea News, Dover
Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 06:25
Post 2555
Sea News, Dover
I take onboard what you say Vic. This page will continue as normal, focusing on sea news and port items, so no need to worry at all. We occasionally will use an item from our elected MP if it is Port related, other than that we leave politics out of it. We are not party political in any way and will carry on with all the usual nautical items...so all's well.
PaulB
Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 14:42
PaulB
Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 14:42
Post 2554
vic matcham, Dover
I do not agree with what Dover MP is saying nor do I think that this is the right page to even talk about it .let him put his own thinking on the forum but not this page or it will end up like the other one. Seeing all the photos of the port ,the ships, the Castle, and wildlife are great ,but we can do without the comments which is now being put on this great page.
Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 10:54
Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 10:54
Post 2553
Sea News, Dover
Dover stands on the brink of transformation...says our local MP Charlie Elphicke
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Dover is changing. Burlington House is coming down. The development of Connaught Barracks is moving ahead. Plans have been made for a really great development on the Western Heights that will see the restoration of the Drop Redoubt fortress. It has also recently been announced that the Citadel will no longer be a removal centre. There is a real opportunity for the wholesale transformation of the Western Heights.
Meanwhile down at the docks there are plans for the Western Docks and much discussion about how development can be taken forward on the port's Western arm.
We are seeing more development in Dover now than at any point since WWII. The skyline is changing. The new developments will create jobs in the town. The people who live in them will bring money to the town and help drive our local economy. If we also get the developments at the seafront right, then Dover will be a very different place in five years time. This is why I care so much about the appointment of community directors to the Harbour Board as soon as possible so that we will have strong people prepared to speak up for us at the port.
Yet there are clouds on the horizon. The developments we need and have wanted for so long are under threat. Not from our community or anyone democratically elected. They are under threat from self appointed campaign groups like the Council for the Protection of Rural England. The CPRE are opposed to all development. They want to stop the development on the brownfield land at Farthingloe where Channel Tunnel workers used to live. And they want to stop the restoration of the Drop Redoubt. They have no interest in the future of Dover.
Their sudden supposed interest in protecting Dover is at odds with their previous plan to turn our seafront into a massive lorry park. And they didn't take much interest in joining us saving our green open countryside in opposing Whitfield new town. Yet they are now holding us back and it's unacceptable. This is not what charities should do. Worse they are fighting a court case about it. If they lose it will only cost them £15,000. The other hundreds of thousands will be paid for by you the council taxpayer. This is deeply unfair. Our public services will be cut for their anti development obsession. Unsurprisingly I will be seeking reforms to protect us from those who seek to hold back Dover.
We cannot allow anyone to stand in the way of the future we hope to build. Least of all the wreckers of the CPRE. Dover stands on the brink of transformation. The development of the Western Heights, Eastern Heights, the town centre, the restoration of fortresses and the seafront is an amazing opportunity. We must make the most of it for ourselves and the future of our town.
from Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal.
Thanks to Charlie for the above...interesting letter indeed.
Below we have a couple of pictures of our hard working tugboat Doughty. Pics taken a couple of days ago during the Saga Pearl II late season visit.
Our sympathies are with the people of France today after last nights awful news.
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Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 08:16
Post 2552
Sea News, Dover
See the HMRC policy statement below....
Alert, the Trinity House vessel, is with us once again..see also Mike's picture below in 2092. Here she is on Wednesday coming back to harbour after another foray further afield. The weather was so grey the top picture almost looks like a black and white one...but no..full colour. To see more pictures of Alert or indeed anything else, don't forget to use the search engine above...you can find anything. Type in Alert for example and up pops previous items on Alert.
In the background there of course is the Saga Pearl II
ALSO JUST IN FROM HMRC....
HMRC announces modernisation programme in London, South East and East of England
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today announced the next step in its ten-year modernisation programme to create a tax authority fit for the future, committing to high-quality jobs and the creation of two new regional centres in Croydon by 2016-17 and Stratford by 2019-20.
The modernisation programme, now at the halfway point, includes investment in new online services, data analytics, new compliance techniques, new skills and new ways of working, to make it easier for the honest majority of customers to pay their tax, including by improving customer service, and harder for the dishonest minority to cheat the system. The changes have already resulted in over 80 per cent of people filing their Self Assessment returns online and given customers new, simple ways to check their payments, make changes or find answers to questions.
HMRC’s workforce in the area is currently spread throughout 43 offices, many of which are a legacy of the 1960s and 1970s, which range in size from around 2,000 people to fewer than ten. By bringing them together in large, modern offices, equipped with digital infrastructure and training facilities, HMRC will support more skilled jobs and varied career paths up to senior levels with less need to move around the country. HMRC expects between 5,000 and 5,300 full-time equivalent employees to work in the Stratford regional centre and 2,500 to 2,800 full-time equivalent employees in the Croydon regional centre.
HMRC will close the majority of its existing offices in London, South East and East of England by 2020-21 as it moves most employees into the new regional centres, but some will stay open much longer.
We will also have two specialist centres in Worthing and Dover in the South East.
Where offices are a long way from a regional centre and it is not possible for employees to move to work in one, HMRC will do everything it reasonably can to help them to find new roles, either elsewhere in the civil service, or outside, in order to minimise redundancies.
Lin Homer, HMRC’s Chief Executive, said:
"HMRC is committed to modern, regional centres serving every region and nation in the UK, with skilled and varied jobs and development opportunities, while also ensuring jobs are spread throughout the UK and not concentrated in the capital.
"HMRC has too many expensive, isolated and out-dated offices. This makes it difficult for us to collaborate, modernise our ways of working, and make the changes we need to transform our service to customers and clamp down further on the minority who try to cheat the system.
"The new regional centres in Stratford and Croydon will bring our staff together in more modern and cost-effective buildings in areas with lower rents. They will also make a big contribution to the economy of the region providing high-quality, skilled jobs and supporting the Government’s commitment to a national recovery that benefitsall parts of the UK."
The changes will enable HMRC to give customers the modern services they now expect at a lower cost to the taxpayer, meeting the Government’s challenge for all departments to do more with less.
ENDS
Interesting item above from HMRC, many thanks to them for sending it through. A huge modernisation programme is afoot as you can see.
Friday, 13 November 2015 - 07:18
ALSO JUST IN FROM HMRC....
HMRC announces modernisation programme in London, South East and East of England
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today announced the next step in its ten-year modernisation programme to create a tax authority fit for the future, committing to high-quality jobs and the creation of two new regional centres in Croydon by 2016-17 and Stratford by 2019-20.
The modernisation programme, now at the halfway point, includes investment in new online services, data analytics, new compliance techniques, new skills and new ways of working, to make it easier for the honest majority of customers to pay their tax, including by improving customer service, and harder for the dishonest minority to cheat the system. The changes have already resulted in over 80 per cent of people filing their Self Assessment returns online and given customers new, simple ways to check their payments, make changes or find answers to questions.
HMRC’s workforce in the area is currently spread throughout 43 offices, many of which are a legacy of the 1960s and 1970s, which range in size from around 2,000 people to fewer than ten. By bringing them together in large, modern offices, equipped with digital infrastructure and training facilities, HMRC will support more skilled jobs and varied career paths up to senior levels with less need to move around the country. HMRC expects between 5,000 and 5,300 full-time equivalent employees to work in the Stratford regional centre and 2,500 to 2,800 full-time equivalent employees in the Croydon regional centre.
HMRC will close the majority of its existing offices in London, South East and East of England by 2020-21 as it moves most employees into the new regional centres, but some will stay open much longer.
We will also have two specialist centres in Worthing and Dover in the South East.
Where offices are a long way from a regional centre and it is not possible for employees to move to work in one, HMRC will do everything it reasonably can to help them to find new roles, either elsewhere in the civil service, or outside, in order to minimise redundancies.
Lin Homer, HMRC’s Chief Executive, said:
"HMRC is committed to modern, regional centres serving every region and nation in the UK, with skilled and varied jobs and development opportunities, while also ensuring jobs are spread throughout the UK and not concentrated in the capital.
"HMRC has too many expensive, isolated and out-dated offices. This makes it difficult for us to collaborate, modernise our ways of working, and make the changes we need to transform our service to customers and clamp down further on the minority who try to cheat the system.
"The new regional centres in Stratford and Croydon will bring our staff together in more modern and cost-effective buildings in areas with lower rents. They will also make a big contribution to the economy of the region providing high-quality, skilled jobs and supporting the Government’s commitment to a national recovery that benefitsall parts of the UK."
The changes will enable HMRC to give customers the modern services they now expect at a lower cost to the taxpayer, meeting the Government’s challenge for all departments to do more with less.
ENDS
Interesting item above from HMRC, many thanks to them for sending it through. A huge modernisation programme is afoot as you can see.
Friday, 13 November 2015 - 07:18
Post 2551
Sea News, Dover
We promised a picture or two of the cargo ship Messina Strait and there we are above. She was with us yesterday and had a quick turnaround. Gone now to Rotterdam I believe. No picture from yesterday unfortunately, the light for photography is so short this time of the year, the pictures shown are from earlier this year and we have used one of them before. Notice the similarities to the Magellan Strait as seen further down the page. Fascinating vessels for sure.
Don't forget to make a note of those BARGAIN wine and champagne offers from P&O in post 2097.
Thursday, 12 November 2015 - 18:43
Post 2550
JanT, Dover
Totally agree Vic The changes to come are exciting, we have to move on times change very quickly and if we as an ever growing port are to keep up, things happen that some don't agree with.
But if it means we get a vibrant seafront,and we are able to cope with ever greater cargo business, and also able to cope with more cruise ships I for one will not complain.
Thursday, 12 November 2015 - 09:45
But if it means we get a vibrant seafront,and we are able to cope with ever greater cargo business, and also able to cope with more cruise ships I for one will not complain.
Thursday, 12 November 2015 - 09:45
Post 2549
Sea News, Dover
FREE WINE SPECIAL!
P&O FERRIES OFFERS CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS SIX FREE BOTTLES OF WINE WHEN THEY BUY A £29 RETURN TICKET TO FRANCE
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BARGAIN hunters are being given the chance to stock their wine cellars in time for Christmas courtesy of an outstanding festive offer from P&O Ferries. The ferry company is giving away six free bottles of red, white or rose wine to shoppers who buy a £29 return ticket from Dover to Calais.
The news means that Christmas shoppers who want to take advantage of the strong pound and buy their presents at the hypermarkets around Calais are effectively being given six free bottles of wine just for taking their car across with P&O Ferries.
P&O Ferries also stocks discounted wines and spirits in its on-board shops, with some of the best deals including:
• 6 x bottles of Kumala Western Cape Pinotage Shiraz/Chardonnay for £16 (Tesco price £7 per bottle)
• Calvet Red Bordeaux Prestige for £5.99 or six bottles for £22 (Tesco price £8 per bottle)
• 2 x bottles of Veuve Cliquot champagne for £55 (Tesco price £36.99 per bottle)
• 2 x litre bottles of Bombay Sapphire gin for £32 (Tesco price £22 per bottle)
Janette Bell, Commercial Director at P&O Ferries, said: "Although duty free shopping ended some years ago, a P&O ferry is still one of the most cost effective places to buy wine and spirits."
"As everyone who travels there knows, alcohol is much cheaper to buy on the continent. Our on-board prices reflect what you would pay for wine in France rather than Britain, with savings of up to 25 per cent available on two bottles of Veuve Cliquot champagne."
"When you add in the fact that we are offering six free bottles of wine with a £29 return ticket, there really is no better way to ensure that you have all the festive drinks you need for Christmas without spending too much."
Anyone who wants to take advantage and cut the cost of their Christmas wine and spirits bill this year should visit www.poferries.com
or call 0871 6646 464 to book a ticket.
ENDS
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Wow some terrific deals above there...well done P&O. I'm partial to the occasional slurp myself but don't tell anybody!
Just adding a pic below of this lovely yacht which has been gliding gently about the harbour for the past two days. Nice to see. The name of the yacht is something like David Nine...but the letter work is too small to see the name at range so cant confirm. UPDATE: Ah..have now had it confirmed by Mike, the name of the yacht is Cloud Nine. Good to clarify that. Thanks as ever.
Many thanks to Vic and Mike there for the comments below.
Good to see those pics below Mike. A good capture there at range because it was quite dark by departure. PB.
ps:The Messina Strait left last night. Too dark for a picture but will get one up from the archives shortly. She came and went in the same day. Fast turnaround Dover.
Thursday, 12 November 2015 - 08:10
P&O FERRIES OFFERS CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS SIX FREE BOTTLES OF WINE WHEN THEY BUY A £29 RETURN TICKET TO FRANCE
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BARGAIN hunters are being given the chance to stock their wine cellars in time for Christmas courtesy of an outstanding festive offer from P&O Ferries. The ferry company is giving away six free bottles of red, white or rose wine to shoppers who buy a £29 return ticket from Dover to Calais.
The news means that Christmas shoppers who want to take advantage of the strong pound and buy their presents at the hypermarkets around Calais are effectively being given six free bottles of wine just for taking their car across with P&O Ferries.
P&O Ferries also stocks discounted wines and spirits in its on-board shops, with some of the best deals including:
• 6 x bottles of Kumala Western Cape Pinotage Shiraz/Chardonnay for £16 (Tesco price £7 per bottle)
• Calvet Red Bordeaux Prestige for £5.99 or six bottles for £22 (Tesco price £8 per bottle)
• 2 x bottles of Veuve Cliquot champagne for £55 (Tesco price £36.99 per bottle)
• 2 x litre bottles of Bombay Sapphire gin for £32 (Tesco price £22 per bottle)
Janette Bell, Commercial Director at P&O Ferries, said: "Although duty free shopping ended some years ago, a P&O ferry is still one of the most cost effective places to buy wine and spirits."
"As everyone who travels there knows, alcohol is much cheaper to buy on the continent. Our on-board prices reflect what you would pay for wine in France rather than Britain, with savings of up to 25 per cent available on two bottles of Veuve Cliquot champagne."
"When you add in the fact that we are offering six free bottles of wine with a £29 return ticket, there really is no better way to ensure that you have all the festive drinks you need for Christmas without spending too much."
Anyone who wants to take advantage and cut the cost of their Christmas wine and spirits bill this year should visit www.poferries.com
or call 0871 6646 464 to book a ticket.
ENDS
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Wow some terrific deals above there...well done P&O. I'm partial to the occasional slurp myself but don't tell anybody!
Just adding a pic below of this lovely yacht which has been gliding gently about the harbour for the past two days. Nice to see. The name of the yacht is something like David Nine...but the letter work is too small to see the name at range so cant confirm. UPDATE: Ah..have now had it confirmed by Mike, the name of the yacht is Cloud Nine. Good to clarify that. Thanks as ever.
Many thanks to Vic and Mike there for the comments below.
Good to see those pics below Mike. A good capture there at range because it was quite dark by departure. PB.
ps:The Messina Strait left last night. Too dark for a picture but will get one up from the archives shortly. She came and went in the same day. Fast turnaround Dover.
Thursday, 12 November 2015 - 08:10