"Kotor" and "Arklow Marsh", Belfast harbour (January 2019)
The bulk carrier “Kotor” (IMO no 9571442) (2014/179 metres/32,474 dwt) Link Stormont Wharf, discharging coal from Nikolayev/Nikolaev/Mykolaiv (Ukraine) Link (Archive Link ) and Link and the coaster “Arklow Marsh” (2010/136 metres/14,990 dwt), West Twin Wharf, discharging grain from Ipswich Link. For an earlier ship of the same name see C8432 : The "Arklow Marsh" at Coleraine.
Five minutes later the snow arrived.
Wharf at the Victoria Channel, Belfast docks.
The wharf was constructed in 1962-63 by Charles Brand & Son and has a total quayage of 212 metres. The large concrete silo, named West Twin Silo, was constructed 1962-64 for W.R Barnett and R. & H. Hall, with an extension added 1970-73. The modern metal silos to the far right are more recent additions again.
Wharf at the Victoria Channel, Belfast docks. The wharf was constructed 1956-62 by Charles Brand & Son, to provide a total lineal quayage of 580 metres; this was further extended by an additional 250 metres which was completed in 2009. Stormont Wharf is now one of the longest deep water quays in Ireland.