Month: October 2013
MV St Columba – Past and Present
Agapitos Express Ferries
27th October 2021
MV St Columba – Past and Present
MV Masarrah, ex Express Aphrodite, Stena Adventurer, Stena Hibernia, St Columba - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark in 1977 (Yard No 214) for…
The Night Ferry – Shipping Timeline
Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace (ALA)
25th March 2018
The Night Ferry – Shipping Timeline
Introduced on the night of the 14th-15th October 1936, the Night Ferry was an international sleeper train operating between London Victoria and Paris Gare du Nord. In later years Brussels was also served. The service was operated by…
Admiralty Pier Ro/Ro Berth No 3
Dover Harbour Board
18th October 2020
Admiralty Pier Ro/Ro Berth No 3
After the transfer of much of British Rail’s classical passenger services to Folkestone and to relieve the heavily used ramps at the Eastern Docks, a new car ferry berth was…
Dover-Calais-Dover Photography 06/10/13
Maritime Features
16th August 2019
Dover-Calais-Dover Photography 06/10/13
On Sunday 6th October 2013 myself and Paul Cloke decided to have a few hours in Calais for a spot of photography and some frites on the seafront by Calais…