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Container ships

A couple of container ships lying at berth in the Port Elizabeth harbour. The PE harbour was built in the 1930's and is the 5th largest harbour in South Africa after Durban, Cape Town, Richards Bay and Saldanha Bay. The new industrial harbour at Coega will take over certain functions that is currently being done in the Port Elizabeth harbour, but it won't replace it. One of the things it will be able to do is to take ships that…

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04/05/2009
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leaving port at sunrise

I will never tire of watching the big ships being shepherded in and out of the harbour by the powerful little tugs, this was around 5am last Saturday. You can see the Port Captains watch tower in the background.

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25/01/2009
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Move that dump!!!!

If the current online petition to get the Manganese Ore Dump moved is successful, scenes like this will become a thing of the past. This is the loading jetty for the ore, and the large red ship is a bulk ore carrier. Hopefully our harbour area will soon be free of the pall of black dust that flies around whenever the wind blows........ and need I remind you that we have the nickname "the windy city"!

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20/10/2008
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Necessity is the mother of invention….

In response to yesterday's post, we received an e-mail from our recent guest photographer, Louise Eksteen. She wrote "Hi, Sue and Max! I felt so good when I saw your picture of the Donkin tonight – we DO seem to like the same things!" (Last time we saw them, we were the only 4 people at the promenade, mad enough to be braving a freezing gale to get shots of the wild spring tide!)They also tried to board Sagres, but…

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01/10/2008
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Sagres

Along with many other locals, we visited the beautiful tall ship Sagres at the harbour over the weekend. To see a whole bunch of pix of her, from all angles, go to sue's blog.

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29/09/2008
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A Portuguese Visitor….

Across the bay, seen from Richmond Hill, with the old Milling Building in the foreground. waiting across the bay, before entering the harbour. note the oyster beds in the foreground.We are delighted to have the Portuguese Navy training tall ship Sagres in port this weekend! If you are in Port Elizabeth, you can board her at Quay 2 on Saturday from 2-6pm and 8-10pm, and on Sunday and Monday from 10am to 12 noon, 2-6pm and 8-10pm. One of our…

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27/09/2008
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Monthly Theme Day: Sister Cities

Port Elizabeth seems to be part of a large family, and has a few sister cities, including Tainan in Taiwan, and Jacksonville, Florida as well as Palm Desert, California,in USA!The one I have always felt was the closest relation is Gothenberg in Sweden. When Panoramio first started on Google Earth, and there was a small community of photographers who all corresponded and knew each other, a guy called Andreas Elmquist from Gothenberg used to post pix, and I was putting…

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01/09/2008
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one day i’ll grow up….

This tiny yacht is called an Optimist, which is pretty appropriate really. Maybe he is optimistic that one day he will grow up into a big boy's toy like the one behind him, which in turn looks pretty skimpy in contrast to the bulk ore carrier being loaded behind it.

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17/08/2008