Crabs.......

Norman_Conquest said:
You are right that it is continually dredged but they are going deeper now for the new free port.
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I'm seem to remember PD Ports dredging a deep channel a few years ago though. It was part of the quay upgrades I seem to remember. Teesport is already a deep water port.
 
bumface said:
Are you going to confess to being responsible for this Nobby? I know that it was you. It's ALWAYS you, you heron molesting, crab killing monster.
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I might have used some slightly 'off' streaky bacon when crabbing at Whitby last summer but surely that's not responsible.....
Could be streaky bacon longshore drift I suppose. 🥓🥓🥓 ↗️↗️↗️🦀🦀🦀
 
Out of interest, does anyone know what is happening to the dredged materials? It's often disposed further out to sea but sometimes landed for aggregates.

Had CEFAS commented on this? I think from memory, marine dredging and disposal is controlled by CEFAS under FEPA regulations and licencing, rather than EA / DEFRA
 
The approach channel is one of the deepest in the uk, don’t forget it used to handle fully laden iron ore bulk carriers ( into the Redar steel woorks terminal) that were amongst the largest in the world.
A Freeport is a change of status not physical structure ( other than better fences)
 
Nero said:
Bloody hell. Just realised my typo. That's a consequence of dyslexia for you! I often get p and b mixed up and do not even see it.
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It gets worse. Sewerage is the sewer system (pipes, tunnels, etc.), sewage is the crap that floats down said pipes. :poop: 🙂
 
Nero said:
I'm seem to remember PD Ports dredging a deep channel a few years ago though. It was part of the quay upgrades I seem to remember. Teesport is already a deep water port.
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Think they deep dredge whenever they drop another rig off at Able too don't they?

*edit, obviously the channel round towards the power station, not the whole river....
 
There is a tunnel ( No 2 ) under the Tees around 400m upstream from the bulk ore terminal ( that is still used by SSI ? to import Coking Coal ) that is only around 50m deep. No one is allowed to dredge anywhere near it. There is a second tunnel ( No 1 ) further upstream a lot shallower that again is protected. Dredging is part of the ongoing maintenance of the port that hasn't changed and is unlikely to do so while the tunnels are in situ, as in they can't go any deeper than they ever have
 
Nero said:
I'm seem to remember PD Ports dredging a deep channel a few years ago though. It was part of the quay upgrades I seem to remember. Teesport is already a deep water port.
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The River Tees has always been a deep river and kept that way due to continued dredging and you are right PD Ports did create deep water berths. I believe this new dredging is even deeper than that.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
The River Tees has always been a deep river and kept that way due to continued dredging and you are right PD Ports did create deep water berths. I believe this new dredging is even deeper than that.
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Are you sure about this? As others have said it is already quite deep at Teesport and as mentioned the Freeport doesn't change any physical aspect of the port.
 
thewanderer said:
Are you sure about this? As others have said it is already quite deep at Teesport and as mentioned the Freeport doesn't change any physical aspect of the port.
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I am only going off reports in the paper regarding the dredging and the fishermen blaming this.

I also think they have been significant changes to South Bank Quay to help with the wind farm, etc - I know that piling had started in this area and I would hazard a guess that the river in front of the quay will have been heavily dredged as well.

Do you know any different?
 
They are developing south bank wharf into a new dock, and if that has recently been dredged it will not have been for many many years as it was effectively derelict. My hypotheses, for what it's worth, is that heavy metals and other contaminants that have lain dormant for many years have recently been disturbed by the dredging. This has been 'hushed-up' by the development company as there are many reputations at stake with this. See also Dormans' tower.
 
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