Rare sight

[Habebty]

Apart from the ro-ro ferry and a small cargo ship, an empty Felixstowe!

 

[LittleSister]

Nice photo!

It must be curiously quiet in that neck of the woods at the moment.

 

[Concerto]

A strike by dock workers may be the cause of ships not coming.

 

[Plum]

A strike by dock workers may be the cause of ships not coming.

Yes, workers on strike for a week so all ships went elsewhere Felixstowe: Dock workers strike for first time in 30 years

www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[ex-Gladys]

Back to work last night...

 

[xyachtdave]

I was expecting a motor sailing cone.

 

[Habebty]

I was expecting a motor sailing cone.

Funnily enough, I spotted one the same day, and not on a sailing school boat?

 

[Medway Mudlark]

Transiting from Lowestoft to SYH on Sunday. Looking at the horizon in the direction of Sunk VTS they looked like a skyscraper landscape anchored out there. Coming out on Monday en route to Burnham and the Medway conversations on the VHF from Sunk VTS seemed to indicate they were being despatched to other container ports. We only encountered the Stena ferry outbound.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Transiting from Lowestoft to SYH on Sunday. Looking at the horizon in the direction of Sunk VTS they looked like a skyscraper landscape anchored out there. Coming out on Monday en route to Burnham and the Medway conversations on the VHF from Sunk VTS seemed to indicate they were being despatched to other container ports. We only encountered the Stena ferry outbound.

Yes. I saw that too.
It looked like a ship carrying cranes or suchlike. Would be interested to know what it was.

 

[Medway Mudlark]

Yes. I saw that too.
It looked like a ship carrying cranes or suchlike. Would be interested to know what it was.

Our AIS indicated it was the 'very large' MSC container ship that was previously at Felixstowe docks, together with several others

 

[Capt Popeye]

Apart from the ro-ro ferry and a small cargo ship, an empty Felixstowe!

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Nice photo!

It must be curiously quiet in that neck of the woods at the moment.

Are them Cranes hoisted like that supposed to have a meaning ; like 'Up You' or similar

Corr bet its quiet a night now in Felixstowe , one can hear a pin dropping

 

[ex-Gladys]

Loads of vessels in and out yesterday... Cranes up is the default position....

 

[Charlie Boy]

A14 was bananas yesterday, wall-to-wall artics

 

[Gargleblaster]

Are them Cranes hoisted like that supposed to have a meaning ; like 'Up You' or similar

Corr bet its quiet a night now in Felixstowe , one can hear a pin dropping

When there is no one around on a quiet night they dance around to the Nutcracker Suite.

 

[CliveG]

From the racket they were making over there the other week I thought that they were playing conkers with the containers!

 

[Tomahawk]

A14 was bananas yesterday, wall-to-wall artics

Going which way?

 

[Charlie Boy]

Going which way?

East, around Thurston/Woolpit area