Tyne Shipping and the Port of Tyne

[Seamaster]

I'm on the Princess of Norway on Friday to Holland, and on the King of Scandinavia on Sunday coming back.

[TownPlanningNE]

Originally Posted by hollow man

Not technically about shipping or the Port of Tyne but I've just been for a walk on Tynemouth pier. You couldn't get a more perfect day for it really. There's not a breath of wind, the sun is beating down, the sea is still and blue like I've rarely seen it before. A ferry has gone out and a coal ship has come in, little fishing boats drifting slowly past, you can see crystal clear for miles and miles..... Everything is just so picturesque. You'd be forgiven for thinking you're in the med on a day like today!

Fantastic is the only word for it.

Did you not manage to get any photos?

[hollow man]

Originally Posted by TownPlanningNE

Did you not manage to get any photos?

Unfortunately not. Didnt have my camera with me. Was an amazingly beautiful late winters day down by the sea.

[AngerOfTheNorth]

Originally Posted by Seamaster

I'm on the Princess of Norway on Friday to Holland, and on the King of Scandinavia on Sunday coming back.

Business or pleasure? Have a great time either way

[Seamaster]

Originally Posted by AngerOfTheNorth

Business or pleasure? Have a great time either way

Purely pleasure on this occasion. And thanks.

I'm actually doing what DFDS encourage us to do. My final destination is Arras in north France. But it's much more civilized to have a pleasant night on the ship across to Holland and drive down through Belgium than make the dreary trek down to Dover, spend a night in a grim hotel there, and join the scrum for the ferry to Calais.

The service to Amsterdam is excellent - and if we don't use it, we'll lose it!

[thenorthumbrian]

In relation to Tyne shipping here are a couple of videos of Royal Navy ships which have visited the river recently
HMS Ark Royal in the north sea being approached by helicopter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvtSXYqZyhg
And HMS Cumberland which visited the river to mark the 200th anniversary of Admiral Collingwoods death with some nice images of the Port
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0QV1...1&feature=fvwp

[thenorthumbrian]

Originally Posted by hollow man

Fantastic news!!!

The mighty Tyne is slowly but surely coming back to life!!!

You might enjoy this video hollow man, It shows a helicopter flight over the Tyne Dock with a brief view of a rig in the background at Mcnulty's, a coal ship being unloaded, with a couple more vessels in the background.
Then flight goes across river to the Ferry terminal with a North Sea ferry in port before flying over the Royal Quays marina & Northumbria Quay and the view goes out over the North Shields Fish Quay and the piers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR0Ut9r5cTo

[maxtoon]

[hollow man]

Very nice videos thanks. Shame about the weather on the helicopter flight!!

[thenorthumbrian]

The Port of Tyne has launched a photographic competition relating to life by the Tyne.
Some nice photos's even if you have no interest in entering,

http://www.portoftyne.co.uk/news/por...ards-launched/

[thenorthumbrian]

More credit to the Port of Tyne for helping out with the air transport problems by fast tracking the arrival of a ship from Norway.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/tyne/8628338.stm

[hollow man]

Has anyone seen the absolutely HUGE warehouse being built? Its just the steel frame thats been erected at the moment but it is bloody massive!!!

[thenorthumbrian]

Originally Posted by hollow man

Has anyone seen the absolutely HUGE warehouse being built? Its just the steel frame thats been erected at the moment but it is bloody massive!!!

Is that at Tyne Dock hollow man ?
Wonder if it's for the JML operation.

[hollow man]

Originally Posted by thenorthumbrian

Is that at Tyne Dock hollow man ?
Wonder if it's for the JML operation.

Yeah, its at Tyne Dock. Its bloody HUGE!!!

[Coastwatch]

Hi, I thought I would pop into this thread and post some pics I took last March from the Spirit of the Tyne. Hope the are OK.

Full Album: http://s576.photobucket.com/albums/s...rry/?start=all

[bigchrisfgb]

Nice pictures, thatk you for posting them, and welcome to the forum.

[hollow man]

Very nice pictures, thanks!

[Coastwatch]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments, This forum is amazing it's going to take ages to explore, in the mean time I have started a thread on the Port of Berwick: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1096731 and will be posting more photo's there. all comments welcome

Regards,

[johnnypd]

apparently dfds have said the ferry to and from newcastle is fully booked for the next few days and theyve received record inquiries. nice little knock on effect of the ash for them!

[cawky]

Hello everyone ,
I collect data on ship movements from the Tyne area and send it to three websites :-
www.shipais.com
www.marinetraffic.com
www.vesseltracker.com
and shipping explorer
here is a link to the webpage for the Tyne area:-

http://www.shipais.com/showship.php?mmsi=309586000
Click on a vessel and the map will zoom in.
also the port of Tyne movements page is very good:-

http://www.portoftyne.co.uk/business...ments/listing/

My grandad was a captain on the colliers, he used to carry coal from Tyne dock to the Thames.My other Grandad was a train driver , he used to drive iron ore to Consett steel works.I asked a Freightliner driver to maker a video of the climb out of Tyne Dock with a fully loaded coal train as the bank is a 1 in 40 incline , he also video footage entering the port too, here is a link:-


I also was on my jetski on the day that the dock at Tyne Dock was officialy closed to shipping, I was there at high tide at 1900 on the sunday afternoon and the dock gates were open, these gates used to be open for an hour either side ofd high water. I took the chance to make a video.Also as this was the last tide before the gates closed for the last time to shipping I was most definately the last person in the dock before its official closure ,in the video I started off in the River Don next to St Pauls church and went along past the Nissan terminal (Tyne Car Terminal) then past the Tyne Bulk terminal , he past Riverside Quay before I made my little trip around the dock the , here is the video :-



I also have a couple of shots of the fire at the grain loader :-



cawky