Camber Infill & Berth 2 (Part 2)
© Ken Larwood
(Link to Part 1)
In January 1988 Dover Harbour Board confirmed that more sand would be dredged from the Goodwin Sands to reclaim the remainder of the Camber at the Eastern Docks. The Board obtained a licence from the Crown Estate to dredge the Goodwins and for every cubic metre of sand dredged the Harbour Board paid the Crown a fee.
Roy Thornton Collection
Seven Seas Dredging, of Weybridge, won the £1 million contract for the infill of the rest of the Camber and the two month project was due to start in early March of 1988.
Roy Thornton Collection
The five hectares (about 12 acres) reclaimed stretched from the two berths to the torpedo boat pens, where the lifeboat used to be moored before the last reclamation.
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Dover Port News
The dredger KANKELOON, used for the reclamation work of the first half of the Camber in 1985-86, was again to make the regular runs bringing 750,000 cubic metres of sand from the Goodwins to Dover harbour.
© Henk Guddee (Left) Dover Extra April 29th, 1988 (Right)
The two original ferry berths (made redundant because they could not accommodate the new super ferries) that were built in 1952 were demolished as part of the reclamation.
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Dover Port News
© Mark Willis
The widening of Pier A, as it is called, to accommodate the new berth Number Two and the construction of the wall at the edge of the reclaimed land had already started. The new berth was similar in design the No 3 berth which was redeveloped in 1986.
Dover Port News
© Mark Willis (Left) © John Hendy (Right)
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“With the complete infilling of the Camber, the former war time torpedo boat pens were then demolished in 1990 and a new cargo berth was created on the South Jetty. The jetty was designed to be capable of accepting ships of up to 190m in length and drawing up to 8m at and state of tide.”.
Dover Port News (Left) Roy Thornton Collection (Right)
🆕 October 17th 1990: On maiden voyage, DITLEV LAURITZEN, came into Dover to commission the new “South Pier Cargo Jetty” which would later become Dover Cargo Terminal (DCT).
🆕 © Nigel Thornton
© Gordon Wise
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© Mike Jackson
The Dover Cargo Terminal (DCT) was mainly built to handle imports of fresh fruit and vegetables” although sometimes it is used for cruise vessels and ferry lay-over.
October 16th 2020:
DDS Demolition – Project Award
Demolition of Dover Cargo Terminal, Passenger Services Building and Berth 1.
“Following a competitive tender, DDS Demolition is proud to once more work with the Port of Dover on the next phase of improvement works to the Eastern Docks.
The former Dover Cargo Terminal building, Passenger Services Building and Berth 1 will be demolished to make way for the installation of new traffic lanes and check-ins for the ferries.”.
🆕© Mike Jackson
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Fotoflite, Henk Guddee, John Hendy, Mike Jackson, Ken Larwood and Mark Willis for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
