From the BBC website: The £6bn project will link the M25, near North Ockendon, Essex, with the A2 near Shorne, Kent, passing through greenbelt land. The transport secretary said it would create more than 6,000 jobs and boost the economy by more than £8bn. Adam Holloway, Gravesham’s Conservative MP, said […]
The Guardian has a big article this week on DP World London Gateway: “the latest international trophy of the oil-rich emirate of Dubai, and one of the biggest privately funded infrastructure projects the UK has ever seen. It is a gargantuan undertaking (on the scale of Crossrail, Terminal 5 or […]
We wrote recently about the Cllipper Round The World Yacht Race that started this weekend: The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race begins in St Katherine’s Dock London on August 30th and then begins in earnest from Southend Pier on August 31st. As the Port of London Authority explains: 30th […]
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race begins in St Katherine’s Dock London on August 30th and then begins in earnest from Southend Pier on August 31st. As the Port of London Authority explains: 30th August 2015 12 yachts will lock out of St Katherine?s Dock from approximately 1400 until […]
From the Port of London website today: London, UK, 26th February 2015:- The Munkebo Maersk became the largest ship to ever sail up the River Thames as it called at DP World London Gateway, the UK?s newest deep-sea port hub today. The 399 metre long, 60 metre wide, 195,000 ton […]
From the Echo today: THE DARTFORD Crossing will be closed overnight this weekend. On Saturday night the northbound tunnels will be closed and on Sunday night the QEII bridge will be fully closed, with signed diversions in place via the Blackwall Tunnel. Dart Charge project director Nigel Gray said: ?This […]
If you are? down by? the Thames , and are curious? about a cargo ship going past, you can find out about it by going to http://www.marinetraffic.com/ Type in “Thames Estuary” and you will get a map of the Thames with little markers showing the ships. You can click on […]
The Port of London Authority has linked up with Google: – in fact they have linked up with Google Street View: The Thames is the first river in the UK and Europe to be mapped by Google?s Street View technology, which provides 360-degree panoramic imagery to users across the world […]
There are gale warnings around nearly all of the British coast – with” perhaps hurricane force 12″ in the Thames shipping area. (bear in mind this is the area of sea near the Thames . not the river itself) Spare a thought for the seafarers on those […]
From the Port of London Authority Website: An astounding 708 seals have been spotted in the Thames Estuary in the first ever count by air, land and sea, carried out by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Conservationists and volunteers jumped into boats to help tally the number of grey […]
If you are still interested in the giant container cranes that have just arrived near Stanford-le-Hope in Essex , click on the link below for a news report from the People’s Daily Online. It would be nice to think that this port will make Essex famous worldwide – but the […]
The giant cranes that we we mentioned in January arrived today in the Thames! You see a BBC news report here and their jobs list here. If you are thinking of a career there, have a look at their website here.
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