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![pa259-2080512100142939[1].jpg - The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port.The expansion of the UK’s largest container terminal, which started midway through 2008, has included reclamation of 28 hectares of land including the original dock basin and some of the harbour, gaining an additional 730m of quay wall, to be equipped eventually with 13 new quayside cranes and 50 rubber tyred gantry cranes. Rail connections have also been improved, with a new terminal, tracks and sidings and rail mounted cranes. The reclaimed land has swallowed up the old Dooley and Landguard terminals and has involved demolition of the tank farm, oil jetty, and various port buildings. A sheltered tug berth is being created in the angle between the old and the new quays.Dredging took well over a year, re-aligning the main shipping channel and creating a 16m deep berthing pocket alongside the new quay to accept two more ultra large container ships.](pa259-2080512100142939[1].jpg) |
| Felixstowe expansion nearing completion | The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port. The expansion of the UK’s largest container terminal, which started midway through 2008, has included reclamation of 28 hectares of land including the original dock basin and some of the harbour, gaining an additional 730m of quay wall, to be equipped eventually with 13 new quayside cranes and 50 rubber tyred gantry cranes. Rail connections have also been improved, with a new terminal, tracks and sidings and rail mounted cranes. The reclaimed land has swallowed up the old Dooley and Landguard terminals and has involved demolition of the tank farm, oil jetty, and various port buildings. A sheltered tug berth is being created in the angle between the old and the new quays. Dredging took well over a year, re-aligning the main shipping channel and creating a 16m deep berthing pocket alongside the new quay to accept two more ultra large container ships. | |
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