Port digs deep to keep noise down for piling work on new marina
There was a fantastic response to the temporary usage of the new Outer Marina last summer and, as the appeal of the wider waterfront continues to build, the Port is…
Save the Day for Dover Regatta
Dover seafront Photo: Port of Dover Dover’s most popular and anticipated event will return to the seafront this July. A highlight of the summer fun planned on Kent’s coast, the…
Ruth becomes new helm for Whitstable Lifeboat
Ruth Oliver Photo: Andrew Hastings Whitstable RNLI have just gained a new helm for their Atlantic 85 Lifeboat after 26-year old Ruth Oliver was passed out this week and has…
Reckless jet skiers to face jail and unlimited fines
Library image New legislation will grant more powers to prosecute people for the dangerous misuse of watercraft, such as jet skis. The new law will come into force on 31…
Kent roads chaos feared as Dover Port hit by French industrial action
Due to national industrial action in France, services to and from Calais will be suspended from 7am UTC on Thursday 19th January. The Port will still be open, with services…
King’s New Year Honour for long serving Denis at Walmer RNLI
Denis Brophy MBE Walmer RNLI’s Operations Manager Denis Brophy has been recognised in King Charles III’s first New Year Honours List with an MBE for Services to Maritime Safety. Denis…
Port of Dover keeps supermarket fruit shelves well stocked in run up to Christmas
Unloading fruit at Dover Image: Port of Dover… December has seen the Port of Dover’s cargo business handle a huge supply of perishable fruit with five Seatrade and GreenSea vessels…
Teenager charged in connection with fatal small boat crossing of English Channel
Folkestone Magistrates Court… A suspect has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry into the United Kingdom. In the early hours of Wednesday 14 December 2022, Kent Police was called…
Folkestone and Hythe MP commenting on migrant boat tragedy
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 14 December 2022 On Wednesday this week we received the tragic news of deaths…
Dover MP urges Rishi Sunak to meet with Emmanuel Macron over small boats’ crisis
Dover MP, Natalie Elphicke, is urging the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to meet with Emmanuel Macron over small boats crisis, which claimed more lives this week. She said: “The tragic…