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  • Basin:Dredging works.

    Looks like the Navy are finally getting the West Wall of the basin back.

    NOTICE TO MARINERS



    Dredging – Haulbowline Naval Base NO. 5 of 2011 Admiralty Chart No1777



    Mariners are advised that maintenance dredging will commence in Haulbowline basin on or about the 4th February 2011. The suction dredger “UKD Orca” will operate on a 24 hour basis for the period of the works, which are expected to take 14 days to complete. The “UKD Orca” will be assisted by the “UKD Sealion” for the duration.



    The “UKD Orca” and “UKD Sealion” will display the lights and shapes as prescribed in the international collision regulations at all times. The vessels will make routine traffic reports to Cork Harbour Radio on vhf channel 12. The vessels will monitor channel 12 & 16 throughout.











    Mariners are requested to keep clear of Haulbowline Basin for the duration of the works.


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    Photos of the vessels







    Port of Waterford - UK Dredging's Tender was successful in securing a second Term
    Contract for Maintenance Dredging at the Port of Waterford, Ireland. This builds upon
    the relationship already established with the Port over the last 4 years. This Term
    Contract is for 3 years. Works will mainly be undertaken by the UKD Bluefin assisted
    where necessary by UKD Dolphin and UKD Sealion.

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    • #3
      is that why there is no launches

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      • #4
        Guess where the two P60s will be sitting..or maybe the basin maybe needs to be dredged....60 years of lost paintbrushes mops and deck scrubs will accumulate.
        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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        • #5
          If you ever watched them unloading scrap when the steel was working full belt, there must be a few hundred tonnes of steel on the bottom too. I hope the suction dredger has a good sieve.






          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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          • #6
            What do they do with the silt/shit that they dredge up? Is it dried and sent to landfill or dumped waaaaay out to sea?
            Everyone who's ever loved you was wrong.

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            • #7
              Dumped at sea

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              • #8
                its moved from one place under the sea to another place under the sea. Normally outside the harbour limits.


                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                • #9
                  Coolio
                  Everyone who's ever loved you was wrong.

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                  • #10
                    Sometimes it is used to reclaim land. With joined up thinking, the silt could easily be used to cover the substances of the East Pit.


                    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                    • #11
                      I remember hearing that the department of marine/environment are a nightmare to deal with when applying to dump the silt at sea.
                      Everyone who's ever loved you was wrong.

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                      • #12
                        Sometimes it is used to reclaim land. With joined up thinking, the silt could easily be used to cover the substances of the East Pit.
                        You do realise that what's in the silt could easily be as bad as is on the surface!

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                        • #13
                          Doubt it as it would have been diluted after so many years under water.

                          Is the basin as whole to be dredged or just the Steel side?

                          Might find my walkman from 1986.
                          Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                          • #14
                            Hpt - you've heard of the term 'heavy metals', right? Most particles will suspend in water, and so will be long gone, but some will sink, and stay there. An awful lot of stuff went over that quay wall over the years.

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                            • #15
                              Yes, but there is a large quantity of tidal mud gone in there too.
                              Although when the main mill was demolished, I witnessed a large cloud of "dust" settling on the water, oil like. I often wondered what was in it. It changed the colour of my shoes permanently.
                              So is it better off underwater or on land?


                              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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