SHIPS EXPECTED
WORKINGTON Karen C 13th June Arklow Cloud 18th June
SILLOTH
WORKINGTON Karen C 13th June Arklow Cloud 18th June
SILLOTH
Fairly unusual is a gathering of 3 ships of the CEG (cargo export group) fleet in the port of Workington at the same time, pictured below is CEG Galaxy, CEG Cosmos and in the far right CEG Orbit, also in port is Encofrador with a cargo of cement powder.
GLENDEVERON a fishing vessel waiting for the gates to open at the port of Workington to unload its cargo of scallops.
WAALVLIET seen unloading a cargo of fertiliser at Silloth. This is the first time a vessel with these modern wind sails has been seen in the Solway. By utilising the wind, savings of a possible 30% in fuel costs can be made
It's unusual to see four ships in the port of Workington at the same time these days but due to technical issues unloading Celtic Voyager, the blue ship on the left, which delayed the blue vessel on the right, Berthold K, and with the green ship Arklow Racer and CEG Orbit arriving on the same tide it made an interesting sight.
The Port of Workingtons new pilot/tugboat HELVELLYN has now taken over from the long serving DERWENT transferring the pilot on and off vessels and doing tug work when required. Bought from Dutch owners and nearly new it's hoped the vessel will make a fine replacement.
Work has commenced on the demolishing of the long disused oil tanks formerly used by Shell Mex at the Port of Workington. It's intended to clear the land for future regeneration projects at the port in the clean energy and logistics business.
It's been announced that the government has awarded £6 million to a company to explore the possibilities of setting up a green jet fuel facility
near to the port of Workington. If all goes well they would expect to begin production of the fuel by 2031.
near to the port of Workington. If all goes well they would expect to begin production of the fuel by 2031.
With the continuing problem of silt building up at the port of Silloth, a new attempt to get rid of it is underway with the installations of water jets to sluice the silt away thus reducing the costs involved bringing in a dredger. The blue coloured jet heads can be seen in position awaiting use. After several months in operation the jets have proved a success...up to a point, although the build up directly in front of them is now cleared the silt has now moved further into the entrance making problems for docking ships which will need to be cleared by some other means.
