Category: Environment
Porpoises visit the Medway
David Metcalfe of Lower Halstow Yacht Club saw a pair of harbour porpoises in the mouth of the Medway yesterday. Here’s one of them!
Do you recognise this boat?
Kevin Duvall of Kent Wildlife Trust has contacted the MSBA because no-one else was able to help trace this boat. For several weeks a blue cabin cruiser has been stranded on the shingle bank...
Guardians of the Deep Beach Clean, 12 April
Join Guardians of the Deep for a Family Beach Clean at Lower Upnor from 12.00 to 14.00 on Thursday 12 April. Meet in the free public car park next to the Arethusa Centre, Lower Upnor,...
Kingsnorth Chimney finally falls
Video by Gavin Parson, MSBA Secretary. Taken from on board Nepos, anchored close in, and from the MSBA’s CCTV camera at Medway Cruising Club in Gillingham Reach. Commentary (“There it goes”) by MSBA Webmaster....
NEWSFLASH: Kingsnorth Chimney Demolition postponed to 22 March
Capt Ian Clark of Peel Ports has confirmed that the demolition of the chimney has been postponed to 10:00 on Thursday 22 March because of the severe weather. All other information remains the same.
Kingsnorth Chimney demolition, NOW 22 March
Peel Ports advise that on 22 March 2018 the main chimney at Kingsnorth Power Station will be demolished by controlled explosion. An exclusion zone, patrolled by the harbourmaster’s launch WESTBOURNE and by the Marine Police...
Laser weapon to be tested at Shoeburyness
The defence project will culminate in operation at full-power under test conditions at Farnborough in summer 2018 before it is transported to MOD Shoeburyness for long-range outdoor trials later in the year. Boaters have...
Queenborough Harbour needs volunteers
Queenborough Harbour Trust is looking for volunteers who will help us to strengthen our focus on developing good environmental practices. This would involve assisting us with: Working with environmental agencies. Currently the harbour area comes...
Oyster trestles obstruct navigation at Whitstable
Following a complaint by Whitstable Yacht Club, a report published on the Marine Management Organisation’s website acknowledges that the presence of oyster trestles causes or is likely to cause obstruction or danger to navigation,...
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