Pier A extension
- 30 April 2012 11:38169385Re the item on the front page about the Pier A extension. Have been posting some photos occasionally on the thread entitled "banging" but here is a resume of the works which have been in progress since late last year. The last two photos show the Limpet Dam which is being used to prepare the face of the pier for each new fender and the cladding surrounding the linkspans on the associated berths ED2 and ED3 which are being renovated.
Much more comprehensive coverage on the thread below on Dover Ferry Photos (need to register):
http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2259 - 30 April 2012 11:55169389did wonder what they were ed, seen them a few times fron a ferry leaving or entering the port.
- 30 April 2012 11:56169390Excellent stuff there Ed..excellent. Will put a link through to this thread directly from the frontpage article...will give people a fuller picture. Great stuff indeed.
email: dover7@msn.com - 30 April 2012 12:11169392does anyone know what function the vessel in the bottom picture performs?
- 30 April 2012 14:53169443Well done with those additions Howard. If ever construction work could look attractive well it does in all these pictures on this thread. Great stuff lads all round.
I wonder if that vessel there is the Napali as mentioned on the frontpage.
email: dover7@msn.com - 30 April 2012 16:16169465The Natali came in to discharge the big monopile around which the end of the pier extension is constructed. She can be seen here berthed on ED2 with the sheerlegs GPS Atlas lifting the monopile off and lowering it to water level. The last photo shows the monopile being slotted vertically into position.
- 30 April 2012 18:26169528WoW!!!!!! Terrific stuff indeed from Ed and Howard too Was good to find you linked this through from the front page PaulB I now know such a lot about Monopiles, sheerlegs etc
but seriously great pix and great detail - 30 April 2012 19:07169554Have to agree a great set of pictures there showing the work going on, and well linked to the Frontpage.
Really keeping them cameras busy Ed and Howard. - 30 April 2012 19:11169557Great pictures there Ed and Howard, when it comes to sheerlegs, Colette's got a great set of pins
- 30 April 2012 21:31169639only a true aristocrat could have phrased that in such a genteel way barry.
- 1 May 2012 19:19169774You're such a Gentleman Howard
- 4 May 2012 00:35170261Progress as of 02 MAY 2012:
Progress as of 03 MAY 2012:
- 4 May 2012 08:44170285Cracking pictures there Ed..absolutely spot on. Will try and get them onto the frontpage at some point. Really show it as it is. I am sure even the engineers would like to see those ones.
email: dover7@msn.com - 4 May 2012 09:56170298absolutely fascinating to see the progress, lucky ed is on the spot.
- 10 September 2012 08:57190668The Pier A extension has now been completed and the face comprising berth ED3 completely renovated with new fenders, pads, and comprehensive attention to the linkspan and shore passenger gangway and accommodation. The other face comprising berth ED2 will be similarly updated in the near future, to be followed by ED7. Meanwhile the major works involving demolition of redundant buildings along the foot of the cliffs enabling provision of additional holding lanes for freight, dubbed the Traffic Management Improvement (TMI) Project 2012-2014, should get underway shortly.
Dover Seaways was the first ship to start using ED3 on 03 SEP 2012. The delay was due to final paintwork being applied on the ramps and elsewhere, contractors and port staff can be seen in the photos below.
The Bridge Mark painted on the pier by which the Master looking down from the Bridge wing judges the final few feet of the approach to the linkspan pads was found to have altered by a metre or so. This is because the new pads stick out further than the old ones. The Bridge Marks are painted by ships crews and the relevant one seen in the photos is labelled MD for Maersk Dover/Delft/Dunkerque. The point on the ship which is aligned with it is the division between blue and white on the belting. A new Bridge Mark has now been painted and labelled DS for Dover/Delft/Dunkerque Seaways. The second photo shows the view the Master sees looking down through the reinforced glass window in the deck outboard of the control console on the enclosed Bridge wing. The feet are mine.
A comprehensive photo story of this endeavour can be seen on Dover Ferry Photos forum on the thread below (registration required). Berthing four times a day in Dover gave me the opportunity to witness developments from start to finish, at times I thought the Taj Mahal was finished off faster! I am told that the workforce involved in the construction followed these photos with interest as it gave them a bird's eye view of progress!
http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2259&start=25 - 10 September 2012 14:56190711Great set of pictures once again Ed..fascinating all that..I think I'm following it all. Yours truly is now a fully fledged mariner having read all that..
I wonder if thats the pier we went from on MyFerryLink on friday. The cars for MyFerryLink were alotted lane 6 which is way at the far end from me here, the eastern end, so it could be....
Great pix.email: dover7@msn.com - 14 December 2013 11:18255407Hello Ed, I know this forum has been silent a while so I hope you get this. I am looking at getting some photographs for a presentation I have to do on Pier A's Extension. I was wondering what the possibility of you sending the original high quality photographs you took, to me? They are really impressive. I especially like the ones named 'Progress as of 03 MAY 2012'. You really captured the project well. I have tried the links you put in however I can't seem to find the photos. I am really looking at blowing them up to A3 size, so I can talk about them. Hope you can help? My e-mail address is chrishall001@hotmail.co.uk.
Look forward to hearing from you. - 16 December 2013 09:06255518Am I alone in looking at ChrisH's post and wondering where the 'please' is? I know I'm old fashioned, but if I were being approached to help someone out and they couldn't stretch to using 'please' in their request, I'd be saying no to them...Dover and Cinque Ports Life Magazines are on Facebook www.facebook.com/DoverandCinquePortsLife
- 16 December 2013 09:41255533Dear Paul, I'm sorry you felt the need to write your message. I do hope that my message did not come across to Ed as rude. It was not my attention at all. I'm sorry I forgot to use the golden word. I do a apologies. Could I please restart my message with a huge pleading PLEASE at the start. :) I can't tell you how appreciate I would be. They really are some fantastic photographs and capture the project in a great light. Once again Paul, I do apologies for any offensive taken.
Regards,
Chris - 21 December 2013 13:20256009Hi Chris.
Apologies for the delay. Was on my ship, the Dover Seaways, and the internet connection can be very slow so was waiting until I went on leave to send you a full selection. Am back on leave now so shall look out a load of photos and email to you.
The links above to Dover Ferry Photos Forum no longer work as the forum section has regrettably closed down.
