Re Phil's post: this is a photo I took of the Quai d'Alsace a few weeks ago. The old railway linkspan, complete with rails, was left in situ for some reason, probably cheaper than dismantling it, and is directly up the centre of the photo. The blue double deck RORO linkspan was built immediately alongside it (to the right in the photo) with a row of piles parallel to the Quai d'Alsace, connected by walkways. I imagine it was done this way to give the extra length for bigger ferries. The Northern Merchant and Midnight Merchant used to use this berth. The Dawn Merchant used to stern load on the Quai de Ramsgate, which runs at an angle from the end of the Quai d'Alsace. The Quai de Ramsgate was then remodelled and fitted with the super-duper double deck linkspan for the new Maersk ferries and the linkspan on the Quai d'Alsace was beefed up to enable it to function as a secondary berth for same.