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- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,009
Post 81: quite right, and which is why berth fees are lower in the Granville than in the Tidal Harbour, and lower still in the Wellington.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,790
The remarks by Tim Waggott just about sums up the attitude of DHB, they expect everything to go their own way as that is what usually happens. I hope this is just the start of people actively standing up to the all to powerful and selfish DHB.
Swarques comment is concise and very much to the point.
"Now he knows how angry some of us in Dover feel about the Port's cavalier attitude to our town. He'd see us flattened for the sake of the Port. Leave the Sands alone, you want to develop the Port and so must have factored in the cost of NOT dredging the Sands unless you knew absolutely you would get permission."
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
jan,tim maggot and the rest of the dhb directors have s,b,s.thats spoilt brat syndrome if they cant get there own way they have a hissy fit and block the town off regular bases until they get wot they want.
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Guest 1831- Registered: 1 Sep 2016
- Posts: 395
Mmmm. We will get punished tho'.
We are going to have booooom. booooom and booooomy boooooms for the whole Summer.
April until October
PatrickS
- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
- Posts: 448
Oh buoy!!
Exclusion Zone marker buoys being strung out across the Harbour by 'Morag M'.
This shot has the dredger 'Kreeft' in the background.
PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
- Posts: 448
Morag M
The Exclusion Zone is being put in place to protect the impending work around the POW pier (or what is left of it) during DWD Revival program with months of piling and associated noise in front of us. Ear plugs could sell well but vibration from the work might be as bad an issue for residents along the seafront and beyond. Enjoy!
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
Yet another opportunity for local firms to stop whining and start working. I wonder how many will turn up at the Cruise Terminal today?
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
I have now been ringing round to company,s I have worked for and my own family who are the owners of BI Engineering which is a Defence and Commercial Engineering company in the Midlands,thank you for putting on the forum.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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Vic,
I thought it would be a good place on the forum until I realised I had mistakenly read 'aggregate suppliers' as 'aggravation suppliers'.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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One of the company,s I worked for is already going but no heard back from the others, I think it was to late for them. But anyway thank you.As for the Goodwin,s sand my views are same as they have always been.
PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
- Posts: 448
Dredgers 'Causeway' and 'Sospan Dau' have been hard at work 24 hours a day over the past week or so removing sand and debris from the area within the Exclusion Zone destined to be the new Marina, Marina Curve/Pier and Lock Cut into Wellington Dock. The spoil is 'dumped' on designated grounds outside the harbour. No letting up for the Easter Holiday here!
Sospan Dau
Causeway
Today saw floating crane NP 476, towed by tug 'Afon Goch', put in place along the eastern side of the Prince of Wales pier.
On shore, the rocks keep piling up beside the pier prior to work starting on the new lock to replace the exisiting lock gate and swing bridge at Union Street.
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PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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Dredgers, barges and support vessels carrying out work at the Western Docks 20 April 2017 viewed from St Martin's battery on Western Heights.
DWDR - piling work begins at the end of this month.
Dredger 'MP40' with spoil barge Wadden 4
Dredger 'Kreeft' working near the 'Hoverpad'
barge with pipes on T1
Dredger 'Causeway'
Multi-purpose service vessel 'Llanddwyn Island'
Tug Haven bristling with support vessels
Cement from the white building (centre picture) is used in the DTIZ St. James Retail development project.
Above that building is the Dunkirk Jetty in the process of demolition with a crane barge alongside.
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Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,225
You must invaluable to DHB, Patrick S.
Excellent photos.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I sympathise with anyone living close by when the piling starts, I remember when the new tower blocks including the ill fated "Ronan point" were thrown up in the mid 60s in Custom House. Ear plugs had no effect, the continual thump thump goes through you. Hopefully they will keep it to business hours as promised.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Not pipes they are a round pile they get put in the ground by the pil
e driver then filled up with cement and then cut off then the off cut will be welded to other off cuts and put back in the ground .This what I done at Chatham D/YARD SOME YEARS AGO.
Guest 1878- Registered: 12 Oct 2016
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The historic Fairbairn Hand Cranked Crane seemed to be getting attention today. I assume this is to provide additional bracing before the piling process begins.
PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
- Posts: 448
Vic Matcham wrote:Not pipes they are a round pile they get put in the ground by the pil
e driver then filled up with cement and then cut off then the off cut will be welded to other off cuts and put back in the ground .This what I done at Chatham D/YARD SOME YEARS AGO.
Thank you for the correction Vic. Alway good to get information from someone who knows.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
I would not use the word correction sir ,they look like pipes so to the on looker that is what they are.
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,009
Yeah, that's what Matrix Churchill said!
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