Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Yes years ago we had alot of roll on and roll off containers loaded on the ship and off again with land tugs,this would stop 90% of the public that are trying to get over here. lorrys drop off container in the port over there then picked up put on ship and taken off this side by land tugs taken to a pickup yard where a UK lorry and pick it up and take to where it is going.Easy.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Dover has very few container ships as it is essentially a ferry port whereas Felixstowe, Immingham, Purfleet, Dartford, Tilbury and many many more ports around the UK are huge container ports.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
The containers came over on the ferry boats and unloaded by land tugs they were units with wheels and the lorry would just put its 5th wheel in place and off you would go.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Years ago we loaded cars by crane.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
What has that got to do with it?
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I think Peter is stating times have changed.Dover is not a container Port.I believe more freight should travel by Rail,however Western Docks station no longer acts in that capacity.Cruise liners is the in thing .So our freight goes by road with all the problems which especially for East Kent residents.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The port works well as things stand, accompanied road trailers move smoothly through and containers with mostly fruit are discharged promptly. Sue is right about the cruise business but we will have to wait and see how it affects Dover when the Greenwich cruise terminal opens.
