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WORKINGTON Arklow Rambler 13th March Runner 14th March
SILLOTH Lady Alexandra 19th March
WORKINGTON Arklow Rambler 13th March Runner 14th March
SILLOTH Lady Alexandra 19th March
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.
HST EUAN a high speed transfer vessel was temporarily based in Whitehaven while it is working on the Walney Offshore Windfarm recently.
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.
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.
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.
