1-3
Pier Place, Lower Upnor, Rochester, Kent ME2 4UY
Kingsferry
Bridge
12/09/2007
Trevor
Wicken has been liasing on behalf of the MYA with the department
of British Rail that is in charge of the Kingsferry Bridge.
There
have been occasional incidents of craft being kept waiting for
no apparent good reason and he has been able to explain to the
Manager the needs of yachtsmen, mainly being accurate information
about when they will be allowed to pass.
These
are the facts:
Monday
to Saturday the bridge is able to open at 20 minutes past the
hour and 10 to the hour.
On
Sundays it is able to open on the hour.
It
cannot lift more than three times in two hours as the motors
overheat. So if you arrive for an opening and it has already
opened on the last three published opening times you will have
to wait at least an hour for the motors to cool down.
It
is therefore in your own best interests to contact the bridge
keeper well in advance and let him know your expected time of
arrival and he will do his best to give you a lift at the earliest
opportunity. Having said that, he only has a handheld VHF so
is limited by its range. Call him again when you are about ten
minutes away. Do not call on Ch16 - he works on Ch10 only.
If
you are unable to get a reply at all, call Medway VTS on Ch74
and they will endeavour to contact him by phone.
The
MYA is pressing to have illuminated panels showing the time of
the next opening fixed on either side of the bridge but we don't
know if BR can be persuaded.
If
you have any exceptional problems let me know, with all details,
and I will pass the information on.
J-P
Declémy
NOTICE TO MARINERS
(No. 9 of 2007)
THE SWALE
KINGSFERRY BRIDGE
ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE WORKS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that essential maintenance works,
as detailed below, will be carried out on the Kingsferry Bridge
during the period stated.
KINGSFERRY BRIDGE
BRIDGE CLOSURE - 13 MARCH 2007
To allow checking of the lifting span ropes Kingsferry Bridge
A 249 road link to the Isle of Sheppey will be CLOSED TO NAVIGATION
There will be NO BRIDGE LIFTS bet ween
00 : 01 hrs. and 05 : 00 hrs. Tuesday 13th March 2007
2. Advice on, and confirmation of the completion of the works
will be given by the Medway Navigation Service on VHF Channel
74, callsign 'Medway Radio', or telephone (01795) 663025.
3. Admiralty Chart No. 2572 refers.
Captain S.M. Gobbi
HARBOUR MASTER
Medway Ports
Sheerness Docks
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 1RS
8 March 2007
Issued on behalf of Port of Sheerness Ltd the Statutory
Harbour Authority for the River Medway.
Telephone calls, VHF radio traffic, CCTV and radar traffic
images may be recorded at the VTS Centre at Sheerness
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
(No. 5 of 2007)
THE SWALE
KINGSFERRY BRIDGE
ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE WORKS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that essential maintenance works,
as detailed below, will be carried out on the Kingsferry Bridge
during the period stated.
KINGSFERRY BRIDGE
BRIDGE CLOSURE - 31 JANUARY 2007
To allow checking of the lifting span ropes Kings
ferry Bridge A249 road link to the Isle of Sheppey will be
CLOSED TO NAVIGATION
There will be NO BRIDGE LIFTS between
00:01 hrs. and 05:00 hrs. Wednesday 31st January
2007
2. Advice on, and confirmation of the completion of the works
will be given by the Medway Navigation Service on VHF Channel
74, callsign 'Medway Radio', or telephone (01795) 663025.
3. Admiralty Chart No. 2572 refers.
Captain S.M. Gobbi
HARBOUR MASTER
Medway Ports
Sheerness Docks
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 1RS
22 January 2007
Issued on behalf of Port of Sheerness Ltd the Statutory
Harbour Authority for the River Medway.
Telephone calls, VHF radio traffic, CCTV and radar traffic
images may be recorded at the VTS Centre at Sheerness.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
(No. 2 of 2007)
THE SWALE
KINGSFERRY BRIDGE LEADING LIGHTS
NEW SECTOR LIGHT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that from Wednesday 10th
January 2007 the rear leading light (2F (vert) 11m) used to
transit the Kingsferry Bridge will be extinguished.
2. A new sector light has been established on the original
front leading light tower in the approximate position:
51° 23.155' N 00° 45.290' E
3. The characteristics of the sector light are as follows:
G142° - 147°(5°), W147° - 148° (1°),
R148° - 153° (5°), 9m Tr W
4. Warning - the sector lights are very bright. To avoid eye
damage do not stare directly into the beam at close range or
allow others to do so.
5. The latest information on the Leading Lights may be obtained
from the Medway Navigation Service on VHF Channel 74, callsign
'Medway Radio,' or telephone (01795) 663025.
6. Medway Ports Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 2006 refers.
Admiralty Chart Nos. 2572 & 2482 refer.
Captain S.M. Gobbi
HARBOUR MASTER
Medway Ports
Sheerness Docks
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 1RS
10th January 2007
Issued on behalf of Port of Sheerness Ltd the Statutory
Harbour Authority for the River Medway.
Telephone calls, VHF radio traffic, CCTV and radar traffic
images may be recorded at the VTS Centre at Sheerness.
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