port-of-dover

Dover works to allow longer ships

The Port of Dover is extending pier A at Eastern Docks to allow longer vessels to moor in berths two and three. The work, to be completed prior to the Olympic Games, will provide improved mooring for DFDS vessels and an alternative berth for the large P&O Spirit class ships recently introduced on the Dover-Calais route. Berths seven and nine can already accommodate the new super-ferries but without the extension ... [+]

Dover chemical exercise

The Port of Dover held a mock chemical emergency exercise on 23 March, based on the scenario of a chemical leak from a lorry being unloaded from a ferry. It was attended by Kent Fire and Rescue Service’s Incident Response Unit, capable of decontaminating large numbers of people and ferry ... [+]