Where is it , Wot Happens next & Why

[Bejasus]

of course I could be totally wrong......... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[sailorman]

along side today guess reloading un-commisioned crane week happens early this comming week.
crane damaged about a year ago when a container ship was leaving the dock hip the crane with its funnel, the crane was dis-placed from the rail track it sits on, causing damage to the wheels / boggies

 

[Bejasus]

I had totally forgot about that incident and I was actually in the docks on the day that happened. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[sailorman]

got more info??????????????????

 

[Bejasus]

not really, I was actually delivering containers that day and the whole place was at a standstill, (actually not that unusual in Felixstowe). After sitting in one of the holding areas, for about 5-6 hours, one of the checkers told us that there was a serious problem on the quayside with one of the cranes and the place was shut down for safety. Probably a couple of hundred trucks at a standstill in there. Felixstow Terminal is definitely NOT one of the best places to be stuck as a trucker.

 

[halcyon]

Re: Where is it , Wot Happens next & Why

Are Waltons still operating ? used to be a customer of the wife's when she was a software consultant with one of the big computer companies.

Brian

 

[Bejasus]

Re: Where is it , Wot Happens next & Why

ooh, not sure on that one. I was actually helping a friend out whose business was struggling(now unfortunately gone under). I have since left the UK so not quite sure what is happening down there.

 

[cjepearson]

Its Felixstowe, and the ship has come in to take away the northernmost crane, which one of my colleagues bumped into with a big ship. The crane has been sold (just don't walk under the boom)
The crane was actually loaded this morning, Mon.30th.

 

[sailorman]

The Final Departure

on Saturday05/05 she left on the afternoon tide

I was quaffing a pint in the Ramsholt Arms & saw her go by Felixstowe Ferry. all very odd