At the recent MSBA/RYA conference, Dave Newbury, Senior Manager of Marine Operations, announced that Ian Clarke will starting as Marine Manager on 18th May. Ian has strong connections to the commercial shipping and leisure...
Kingsferry Bridge / Navigation / Peel Ports
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 24 February, 2015 · Last modified 17 October, 2020
A Peel Ports Notice to Mariners issued yesterday states that normal bridge operations have now been restored. Neverthless we understand that a major refurbishment is still required at some future date. NtoM No 09...
Kingsferry Bridge / Navigation / Peel Ports
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 30 January, 2015 · Last modified 17 October, 2020
Peel Ports advise that bridge span lifts will not be possible during peak train operating times and all lifts will take approximately 1 hour to complete. A minimum of 3 hours notice will be...
Kingsferry Bridge / Navigation / Peel Ports
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 23 January, 2015 · Last modified 17 October, 2020
Max Taylor, Peel Ports DHM, tells us that changes in the train time table now result in commercial vessels planning bridge lifts at minute 10 and minute 40 past the hour. (The trains pass the...
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 2 November, 2014 · Last modified 5 November, 2014
Peel Ports are holding consultations on Sheppey for their master plan which includes a marina at Sheerness. See http://peelports.com/sheerness-master-plan Option 1 of the Plan proposes “reclaiming 125 hectares of land directly off the existing shore...
Navigation / Peel Ports / Safety
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 21 October, 2014 · Last modified 5 November, 2014
Not the chimney, at least not yet! E.ON have not published dates for demolition of the two power station chimneys but Peel Ports Notice to Mariners No 31 defines an exclusion zone 250 metres from...
Clydeport Operations Ltd, owned by Peel Ports, have been fined £650,000 for health and safety breaches after the deaths of three tug crewmen. Tug operator Switzer was also fined £1.7m. In December 2007 the Flying...
Max Taylor, Peel Ports Deputy Harbour Master, says this was reported yesterday by a passing yachtsman. The vessel has sunk close to No 1 buoy near the scrubbing dock. He thinks it is the...
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 28 September, 2014 · Last modified 4 October, 2014
Fourteen yachts moored outside Medway Yacht Club were struck and some were badly damaged on Sunday morning by a dredger in thick fog. Fortunately no-one was on board but on the south side of the...
Navigation / Peel Ports / Safety
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 19 March, 2014 · Last modified 4 October, 2014
We have been advised that Peel Ports do not intend to replace the current harbour master, Cathryn Spain, when she steps down at the end of March. It is unclear how a “group harbour...
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