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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Date: August 2008.
Truck: Volvo FH Globetrotter.
Company, homebase: Unknown. Rig is registered in Poland.
Remarks: Taken while boarding the ferry.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Date: August 2008.
Truck: Scania R420 Topline.
Company, homebase: Unknown. Rig is registered in Poland.
Remarks: Taken while boarding the ferry.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Date: August 2008.
Truck: Scania R420 Highline.
Company, homebase: Ladora. Chech Republic.
Remarks: Taken while boarding the ferry.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Date: August 2008.
Truck: DAF XF105 Spacecab.
Company, homebase: BJ Waters. Darly Dale, England.
Remarks: Taken while boarding the ferry.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Date: August 2008.
Truck: DAF XF105 SpaceCab.
Company, homebase: BJ Waters. Darley Dale, England.
Remarks: Taken while boarding the ferry.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: The 2 BJ Waters DAF's were almost the last rigs boarding the ferry. They were parked up visualy from my position. I could clearly follow the whole process of fasten the rigs on the shipsdeck.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Tying up trucks on a ferry is a serious matter. The sea is unpredictable, and a truck overturned very fast with a rough sea.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: These sailors tying up those trucks in no-time.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Truck: DAF XF105 SpaceCab.
Company, homebase: K+K. Chech Republic.
Remarks: The very last truckpicture in England. This rig was the last to board the Mearsk Dover. Time to sail.....
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: The tying up of the BJ Waters rig is completed. On both side's of the trailer there are 2 chains to hold the truck where it belongs.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: And showtime. The bridge is removing from the deck.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Impression of the ship's truckdeck with the trucks on board.
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Location: Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Impression of the waiting trucks in the Dover port. Picture taken from the promenade-deck of the Mearsk Dover.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: There we go......Bye bye England.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dover, England.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Impression of the Dover port.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. English Channel
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: When we left the Dover port we could see clearly Cap Gris Nez near Calais in France.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. On the Channel.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Here you see the Pride of Calais of P&O ferries. As Pride Of Free Enterprise it sailed together with it's sistership Herald Of Free Enterprise back in the eighties for Thownsend-Thoresen Ferries between Zeebruges ( Belgium ) and Dover. The Herald Of Free Enterprise sunk on 6 March 1987 just outside the Zeebruges port. 193 people lost their live in this disaster.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. On the Channel.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: The Channel is one of the worlds busiest seaways. Just an impression taken in Northeasterly direction.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. On the Channel.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Here you see Cap Gris Nez again. Also you see 2 ferries sailing from and to Calais.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. On the Channel.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Nice shot on more than halfway. In the distance you still can see a bit of England.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. On the Channel.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Opposite traffic: The Mearsk Dunkerque. The Mearsk Dover and the Mearsk Dunkerque are sisterships.
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Near Dunkerque, France.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: Bigggggggg......Overtaking bulkcarrier Iron Fortune. I wonder how many truckloads this one carriers?
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Location: Mearsk Dover. Dunkerque, France.
Date: August 2008.
Remarks: The last pic of this vacation was the waiting rigs in the Dunkirk port. Only 6 days of vacation were left and then everything should be back to normal........But not this time..........
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