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…
Vigil held in Folkestone for 32 migrants who ‘slowly froze to death’
Banners listing those lost in 2021 at the gathering on Sunny Sands Photo: Ray Duff… Words and pictures by Ray Duff… More than fifty people gathered on Folkestone’s Sunny Sands…
Snazzy Marina boatyard opens in Dover
As the development of Dover’s Western Docks continues to move forward, the next exciting step has been the opening of Dover Marina’s new Boatyard at Northampton Quay. Improved environmental and…
Margate lifeboat called to sinking 30 foot inflatable near windfarm
Margate B class RNLI lifeboat ‘Colonel Stock’ Photo: RNLI Margate… UK Coastguard was contacted by a windfarm support vessel around 2.30pm on Wednesday 16 November, reporting a partially submerged dinghy…
Stolen yacht recovered by Kent Police marine unit on sandbank 10 miles off Margate
The yacht towed back to Faversham Officers from Kent Police’s Search and Marine Unit used their boat to recover a stolen yacht in the English Channel. The yacht was reported…