StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: linkspan

None of the Isle of Man Steam Packet vessels are in port. Currently [2024] the King Edward pier is being upgraded, at least partially to cope with the "Manxman", with addition of two new steel "dolphins", three new mooring bollards and other improvements. www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and-motoring/harbours/king-edward-viii-pier-upgrade-project Note also - among other features - i) the RNLI boathouse, which currently [2024] contains a slipway-launched Mersey class ALB. [ON1191, the "Joy and Charles Beeby" 12-32, which was previously at Berwick-upon-Tweed, listed in the LB enthusiasts' society handbook as "relief 2023-" ] and ii) the oil / gas terminal not my image : fair use & public information

Still waiting for the call for foot passengers to disembark. The car & waggon drivers are already assembling on the vehicle decks. {most of the HGV trailers are unloaded by "tugs" driven at quite a speed by their operators, parked up to await collection by the on-island tractor units}