DWDR - Boskalis Volker Stevin work progress, viewed from Dover's Western Heights
The recently arrived platform rig situated at the top end of the new pier piling. This platform has the ability to raise or lower itself on its four legs as required. But who knows what is it for?
Meanwhile another pile goes in at the end of the row of piles that form the basis of the new pier.
In the Inner Harbour mv 'LIAMARE' is on one of the regular runs from Boulogne-sur-Mer discharging rocks into barges before they are transported to the western side of the Prince of Wales Pier where grab dredger 'Kreeft' is working on the revetment.
Meanwhile to landward work continues on digging out the Wellington Navigation Channel and Lock Cut that will eventually provide sole access to and from the Wellington Dock for yachts and small craft when the Tidal Marina and Wick Channel are reclaimed to form part of the land based service area supporting the two new cargo berths.
Just by contrast - Tranquility - shafts of early morning sunlight descend through clouds to meet the waters edge beyond the southern breakwater