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Post 7360

  Sea News, Dover

RILEY MARINE
Just to follow on from the previous post to add the final shot of the Riley Marine sequence ....

Monday, 28 November 2022 - 07:29

 

Post 7359

  Sea News, Dover

RILEY MARINE at the Port of Dover.
Riley Marine: Two shots above there of boats from Riley Marine as they move across the harbour on Thursday morning....one towing the other. We believe the one doing the towing is called Dover Guardian although we cant see any names on the boats themselves. They turned into the new marina. Work still in progress there.

Saturday, 26 November 2022 - 07:51

 

Post 7358

  Sea News, Dover

The early P&O ferry making its way to France as the sun rises over Calais. Pictured just a few days ago while there was a lull in the rain and wind. Looks like one of the Spirits...Spirit of France, Spirit of Britain. If nothing else hopefully the shots of the sun will cheer us up...we were hit with horrendous rain here in Dover last night..wow!
Extra: its 05.20 at the time of writing, pitch dark overlooking the sea, and a little sparrow whistles loudly on the window sill...very unusual. Its more usually the domain of seagulls, pigeons, and occasionally black crows....

Friday, 25 November 2022 - 05:19

 

Post 7357

  Sea News, Dover

This is a Royal Navy team on Tuesday morning this week shifting dinghies in choppy conditions from the western docks, presumably from the immigration centre there, and moving them over to the new marina and presumably on through there to some kind of storage in the Wellington Dock. They made several runs throughout the morning... obviously there are a lot of dinghies...

Wednesday, 23 November 2022 - 07:24

 

Post 7356

  Sea News, Dover

Nederland Stream, formerly known to one and all as the often-featured Nederland Reefer, seen here in these pix approaching the Port of Dover in Sunday's blazing sunlight. One of the tugs goes out to greet her arrival in the shot above...while below you can see the vessel with the famous dover7 pier in the foreground. Sounds like a familiar email address there.....
Nederland Stream and Dover7.

Tuesday, 22 November 2022 - 05:41

 

Post 7355

  Sea News, Dover

Balmoral
Balmoral also arrived on Friday..a little time after midday... just checking.. yes 12.30 time of pic. Balmoral had much fun greeting fellow Fred Olsen teamster Bolette, in semi-permanent residence here currently, with lots of (mutual) jolly toots. We like a jolly toot!
She left about 11pm Friday night so no chance of further pictures...off on a 14 day round trip.. Portugal, Spain, Morocco.

Monday, 21 November 2022 - 07:47

 

Post 7354

  Sea News, Dover

DC Orisant again .... working hard at pier WD4. This shot follows along from yesterday's wider pic in the previous post, essentially just a closer view of the dredger in action, taken roughly at the same time on Friday (11.50 am).

Sunday, 20 November 2022 - 07:34

 

Post 7353

  Sea News, Dover

The familiar dredger DC Orisant paid us a fleeting visit yesterday Friday 18th...you can see the vessel above there offloading gravel on pier WD4 with the resting Fred Olsen Bolette in the background. We were hoping to get further shots of the dredger but she was gone all too fast...they certainly work fast. But here is an additional shot from a previous visit as compensation....

Dredger DC Orisant

Saturday, 19 November 2022 - 08:03

 

Post 7352

  Sea News, Dover

These pictures show chemical tanker CoastalWater a few days back. You can see her here as she approaches the Port in fairly awful windy damp conditions. The pictures are not our finest quality, but they just about some up what the weather was like over the past few days...past few weeks even... you wont need to be reminded!

CoastalWater

Friday, 18 November 2022 - 07:22

 

Post 7351

  Sea News, Dover

MIGRANT CRISIS

NATALIE ELPHICKE MP for DOVER and DEAL
speaking after the announcement of Suella Braverman's deal with the French Authorities ...

"The deal announced with France today falls short of what’s needed. It doesn’t match the scale or urgency of the small boats crisis, or the increased risk of loss of life as Winter approaches.

What’s needed is a step-change in approach with joint border patrols and a Channel-wide joint security zone.

It’s only when migrants and people smugglers alike know that they can’t succeed in crossing the Channel in a small boat that this crisis will come to an end."

Natalie Elphicke MP

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...it's unusual to see the Tories breaking ranks but there we are...difficult times require difficult measures...
See also below....


Wednesday, 16 November 2022 - 15:14

 

Post 7350

  Sea News, Dover

The picture shows the Search and Rescue Lifeboat arriving at the Port over the weekend and as you can see its packed with yet more migrants. The BBC are reporting that on the aforementioned weekend, we actually passed the much touted 40,000 incursion figure for the year. Who knows, maybe person number 40,000 is in this picture. In the meantime, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has signed a new patrolling-deal with France promising us all a solution to the dangerous crossing game. We wont hold our breath however. Refugees need a fair system to enter the UK legally.

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 - 06:45

 

Post 7349

  Sea News, Dover

Harking back a few days now to Friday the 11th and we see refrigerated cargo ship Green Crystal departing the Port of Dover, heading out into choppy seas after her visit here. You can see the pilot just moving way there in shot two. Green Crystal ... beginning her journey to Harlingen in the Netherlands.

Monday, 14 November 2022 - 07:31

 

Post 7348

  Sea News, Dover

Following along from yesterday's pic ...as promised, another shot of the Dover Strait sunrise this week....
with the ferries further along...
Sun rising English Channel ....


REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY.


Sunday, 13 November 2022 - 08:25

 

Post 7347

  Sea News, Dover

The sun rising behind Calais a few days ago..there was just the briefest band of clear sky in between the hanging heavy black cloud and when the sun powered through, we snapped away with the ol Nikon. You can see the buildings in Calais above there and the very early ferries coming our way...we have other pictures but opted for this one, we may be able to add another dazzling image later... I know...the excitement... !

Saturday, 12 November 2022 - 07:16

 

Post 7346

  Sea News, Dover

Cllr Jan Tranter, former Mayor of Dover with Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce. Picture taken at a charitable event in June 2006. Sadly both have now recently passed away. Jan in May this year and now Lord Boyce November 6. Picture: Paul Boland

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The Chairman of Dover District Council, Cllr Mike Conolly, has sent condolences on behalf of the district to the family of Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL who sadly passed away on 6 November 2022.

Lord Boyce had been a familiar figure in the district since his appointment in 2004 as Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, and Constable of Dover Castle. Dover and Sandwich are both Head Ports whilst Deal is a Corporate Limb of the historic Confederation of the Cinque Ports. Walmer Castle is the official residence of the Lord Warden.

Cllr Conolly said: "Many of us got to know Lord Boyce through his unstinting dedication and service to the Cinque Ports, and his support of the local community, charities and voluntary organisations.

"The Cinque Ports are known as the 'cradle of the Royal Navy' and as the first naval officer to hold the post of Lord Warden since the seventeenth century, Lord Boyce brought a uniquely professional perspective to the role as a former submariner, First Sea Lord, and Chief of the Defence Staff.

"He was also a true gentleman who took a great interest in local matters. He will be sadly missed across the district and the wider Cinque Ports community."


Wednesday, 9 November 2022 - 07:26

 

Post 7345

  Sea News, Dover

As mentioned previously, Bolette is forever busy shuffling about...the pic above sees her moving away from cargo pier WD4 on Saturday, with AIDAsol behind her to our right already on Cruise Terminal Two. Bolette moved over to Cruise Terminal One. But it was a short lived 'adventure' as this very morning (Monday) she shifted back to the Eastern Arm...there's obviously some rough oul weather coming...hold on to yer hat!

Just catching up briefly below with Hurtigruten Expedition's Maud, she is still a regular feature here in Dover before her exhilarating adventures to the exciting North... pictured here as she set off last Thursday....
Maud

Monday, 7 November 2022 - 15:48

 

Post 7344

  Sea News, Dover

There's an extra one there of the lingering Bolette under a more interesting sky as night falls on the Port. Balmoral has just left us at this point.... see also today's earlier post below.

Sunday, 6 November 2022 - 07:54

 

Post 7343

  Sea News, Dover

The Fleet's in.....
Yes the Fred Olsen fleet of Bolette and Balmoral. You can see Bolette in the foreground there with Balmoral behind over at Cruise Terminal Two under a gloomy sky. Bolette seems to be lingering in Port fairly permanently...so far she has been at both cruise terminals, followed by a weather-beating stint at the Eastern Arm, the pic above at Cargo Terminal WD4 and as of yesterday back over at Cruise Terminal One...dizzying manoeuvring....
Balmoral has now left us...off on a 14 day round trip to Norway searching for those elusive Northern Lights...

We will have another pic or two following shortly.

Sunday, 6 November 2022 - 06:40

 

Post 7342

  Sea News, Dover

Atlantic Reefer approaching the Port of Dover

Our ol' friend Atlantic Reefer approaching the Port of Dover earlier this week...coming in from the eastern side as we look across the eastern docks. Pictures fairly longish range but as we have been picturing 'Atlantic' for years ...worth including. Not as easy to get shots of the cargo ships now...they dont anymore do that ultra-convenient turn right in front of the 'observation tower'.....
Fast turnover at the cargo terminal these days so she fairly quickly moved on to Vlissingen.

Saturday, 5 November 2022 - 07:21

 

Post 7341

  Sea News, Dover

HMS Mersey off Dover
HMS Mersey patrolling right past the Port of Dover a few days ago in an effort to stem the huge crises re the migrant situation, we are on path for nearly 40,000 arrivals now this year ...all dangerously coming across the Channel in small dinghies. So clearly the Government's policy is both floundering in Westminster and seriously not working on the ground, and the use of the Royal Navy, sad to say, appears to have little effect.
Natalie Elphicke MP for Dover and Deal.......

Following concerns raised by residents living and working in Dover on safety and immigration, Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover & Deal urged the Government to reconsider the location of the Immigration processing facility that is currently situated in the Port of Dover.

Natalie Elphicke MP said:

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I am deeply shocked by the firebombing at the Dover migrant processing centre this weekend.

Tensions have been rising following an incident the previous weekend and the large numbers of illegal arrivals in recent weeks. The situation on the ground is concerning.

The Immigration processing facility has no place in a busy open port like Dover.

"

ENDS

See also posts below 7338 and 7339.

Thursday, 3 November 2022 - 07:50