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The jack up barge HAVEN SEARISER 2 arriving at Workington being towed from Warrenpoint by the utility vessel CT VECTOR. It's believed that it will undergo maintenance whilst in the port. Bringing up the rear and assisting, is the ports tug DERWENT to act as a brake for the non-selfpropelled barge. 
  The new replacement pilot/tug boat has arrived after the long journey from Brake in Germany to it's new home at the port of Workington. The vessel was built in Turkey for Dutch owners last year. The ports present vessel, the ageing DERWENT at over 30 years old, needs intensive work to bring it up to the latest safety regulations which would have been difficult to meet hence the change. 
 Favourable weather has allowed work to begin on repairs to the Workington breakwater which has protected shipping entering the port for nearly 100 years. The very large concrete blocks which makes up the breakwater are breaking up due to the constant pounding of the waves on them.
 Work has finally been completed on the newly constructed silo's at the port of Workington for the storage of cement powder. Pictured below is the ARKLOW RAIDER the first vessel to discharge into the completed silo. 
On a visit to the Fort William area I came across this superyacht in the corner of a loch. The NORN is owned by the millionaire Charles Simonyi a Microsoft employee who contributed to the development of Microsoft Word and Excel. At a cost of $250 million it's thought to have a annual maintenance bill of $15 million. Note the helicopter on the stern of the vessel. And further below a passenger enjoying the still waters of the loch.
 Work on "The Edge" in Whitehaven is continuing. Described as a place for community spaces with a cafe and toilets and 16 bedrooms this must surely  be a contender for the  "Carbunkle of the Year" award.  It appears to be totally out of place amongst the ancient port buildings and surrounds.

 For over a year since the problem of discoloured water started in Whitehaven Marina the contamination continues to be a problem. The brown coloured water is staining the white hulls of the moored yachts and other vessels. Despite intensive investigations there appears to be no end to the problem being solved anytime soon.