Suffolk, England

The following photos are courtesy of Rick Vince

This first photo is taken from the wing of the bridge of the CSCL Zeebrugge, Rick has captured this photo just right as the vessel is berthed on the new 8 & 9 berth South Configuration at Landguard Terminal [LNG] at Felixstowe [FXT]. The arm of the crane shown is one of the new generation cranes which are the biggest in the world, these can lift up to 100 tons and can lift to a height of 45 metres above quay height, the tops of the cranes are some 200' above the quay

This vessel is not of the largest that visits the port but is sizeable by any standards, Rick is standing on the ships bridge wing among these crane arms, the vessel is moored in the River Stour Estuary, looking west and beyond the last vessel on Trinity Terminal [TTY] and curving to the right is the River Orwell which leads 12 miles upstream to Ipswich Docks, to the left is the River Stour which is the boundary between Essex [on the left] and Suffolk [on the right] the source of which lies in Cambridgeshire some 50+ miles away, the river is navigable by yachts up to Manningtree.

Harwich & Parkeston lies to the left and is a major ferry and [summer only] cruise ship terminal, between the two rivers sits Shotley Gate now a marina but was once home to HMS Ganges, a boys training school similar to RAF Halton for instructional training purposes. Harwich was a large port in medieval England where Thee Kinges Navee was based and the port used up until the 1960's when the Navyard ceased operations on a military basis