Large Crane in Harbour.

• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  18 October 2011     14:57132033
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  We 've had this enormous visitor lurking on the eastern arm since yesterday. Must be a big job on..but what? Not quite on the scale of the Worlds Second Biggest a couple of us saw and pictured going down the channel a while ago..but thought I would get a shot or two anyway in c ase its up to something interesting. Anyone know any more..we call on Ed again..
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  Got the pix this afternoon while there were no ships buggering up the view. Really though... they can be so inconsiderate these ships..getting between a chap and his pictures!
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
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  18 October 2011     15:06132035
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  Called in perhaps to rescue Dr G's privatisation proposals from the sea bed?
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  18 October 2011     15:18132040
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  http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=211106900&header=true
  Been nice knowing you :)
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  18 October 2011     15:20132041
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  i heard there were problems with sea france sailings today but cannot find anything official.
• Guest 640

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  18 October 2011     15:27132045
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  lol Peter..could be, or maybe Bob dropped his wallet overboard and they need the crane to lift it back up, but I couldnt possibly comment..
  
  Fascinating link there Scotchie young fella me lad. Well done.
  
  I was thinking it was Dutch like so many of these things but I see German.
  
  Ah that might explain the lack of ships for the moment in the harbour Howard. They.. Seafrance, stop operating at the drop of a hat. We were caught out in Calais a couple of weeks back. The Calais Chamber of Commerce stopped work for 2 hours of every shift. It may be happening again. grim.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 660

  • Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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  18 October 2011     15:39132050
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  It is there to get your wallet out of your pocket Paul!
  If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  18 October 2011     15:41132052
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  bobby g,has a very large crete of gold bars laying on the sea bed near number 1 berth,rumor has it bobby g is making a withdrawal of 4 gold bars to buy the harbour and all fixtures and fittings,now thats pretty grim.
• Guest 697

  • Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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  18 October 2011     16:30132059
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  May have just come in to shelter from the weather. Alternatively, I think there are plans to remove and replace berth number six. Not sure of the timescale, but I presume you'd need a large crane for that job?
• Guest 675

  • Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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  18 October 2011     16:56132061
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  They are also doing work on two other berths to bring them up to a modern standard. The work on Berth six is not, as yet, scheduled.
  Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
  Richard Armour
• Guest 673

  • Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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  18 October 2011     21:56132102
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  Some photos of the jack-up crane barge Odin which is still on the Eastern Arm. The tug Wal was there with her yesterday and has shoved off. Don't know why she is here. Might be the weather - it was blowing 40 knots in Dunkerque this morning. Apparently she is not going to be used for the extension planned for Pier A.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Guest 676

  • Registered: 1 Jul 2008
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  18 October 2011     22:37132116
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  Over the last couple of weeks this barge has been working around the Ramsgate area.
  Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
• Guest 715

  • Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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  19 October 2011     09:49132140
  #12      
  The sea was certainly very rough when it came in and it was probably for that reason, apparently it does a lot of work at the Wind Farms.
  Audere est facere.