tarboat's photos with the keyword: mersey

The southernmost of the two berths at the Tranmere oil terminal on the Mersey. The tug Svitzer Amazonas is seen tied up here covering the contract to have at least one tug available on the river at all times.

Mersey Wharf at Bromborough, has two operational berths with a quay length of 230m and can handle ships up to 6,000 tonnes. Marine-won sand is landed and processed at the Eastham Sands facilities here. It is used as a source of aggregate for construction and other purposes in the local area. Dutch registered general cargo vessel Lady Harriet has been unloading steel onto the wharf.

The pier at Rock Ferry was used for discharging oil tankers but has been disused for many years. The crane on the end collapsed in 2019 and subsequently an inner section has been demolished to prevent access to the structure. This was not without problems as residual oil in the pipes found its way into the Mersey.

Crude oil tanker Kanaris 21 discharges at the Tranmere oil terminal on the Mersey. The second berth on the right is occupied by the tug Svitzer Amazonas covering the contract to have at least one tug available on the river at all times. The Malta registered Kanaris 21 was built in 2021 and has a deadweight of 156,921 tonnes,

A friendly wave from the door of the Fulmar. This is one of the Briggs Marine pilot launches and is seen here working on the Mersey returning to Liverpool with the pilot of a vessel that has just crossed the bar outbound.

Maltese registered tanker Essex Star arriving at Eastham Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal en route to Stanlow refinery where it will load oil products for Rotterdam.

The 'Rhone' is an Ultra Low Emission Vessel designed for water injection derdging. It was built at VAHALI Shipyards in Serbia and launched in 2023. Outfitted by Kooiman Marine Group in Zwijndrecht it was commissioned in spring 2024 and is seen here at work keeping the channel open on the approaches to the Mersey.

The Warrington Transporter Bridge has been out of use since 1964 and is deteriorating quite quickly even though it is listed Grade II* and is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was opened across the tidal River Mersey in 1916, at a cost of £34,000, to connect parts of the Joseph Crosfield and Son Ltd soap and chemical works. Initially it carried railway trucks up to 18 tons in weight but was converted for road vehicles in 1940 and upgraded to 30 ton weight limit in 1953. The double steel cantilevers on each tower support a central 200ft span of riveted mild steel plates and angles. The overall length of the structure is 339ft and it provides 76ft clearance at high water. It was designed by William Henry Hunter, and built by contractor Sir William Arrol. It is now owned by Warrington Borough Council, which may not augur too well for the long term security of the structure. Fortunately a 'Friends' group has been formed to try and secure the future of the bridge.

Liverpool2 is a container terminal extension adjoining the River Mersey in Seaforth, Merseyside. The extension, built by Peel Ports, officially opened on 4 November 2016 and is an expansion of the Seaforth Dock container terminal. It is able to accommodate two 13,500 TEU New-Panamax vessels simultaneously using eight Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited built Megamax ship-to-shore cranes delivered from Shanghai in to batches in 2015 and 2017. The blue cranes in the background serve the original Seaforth Dock container terminal. Transatlantic trade seems to dominate the business here but the lack of shipping at the terminal suggests that it is operating at nowhere near capacity.

Boluda Towage Liverpool Ltd tug V B Sandon attends the platform vessel Irish Sea Pioneer off Seaforth in the Mersey. The Irish Sea Pioneers was returning to Langton Dock in Liverpool after duties servicing the gas platforms in Liverpool Bay.

West bank view of Fiddler's Ferry power station hard at work one cold February night.

Seacombe floating pier on the Wallasey side of the Mersey. Ferries run from here daily to Birkenhead and Liverpool, a service that has run for many centuries.

Stanlow oil refinery seen over the Castner Kellner chemical works at Runcorn. The Mersey estuary intervenes between the two areas of chemical production.

The Board of Trade Inspection of the Irwell Viaduct over the developing Manchester Ship Canal. There are 10 locomotives of the Midland Railway and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway standing on the bridge, giving a total of 750 tons. The date is said to be 1893, but I wonder if it might be a bit earlier. The site of Irlam Locks is in the distance and the old railway bridge just after the viaduct that will replace it. The River Mersey is running in on the right side of the image. The viaduct is still in use today but has been completely rebuilt with new steelwork and extra support pillars for the outside spans.

Calamanco Lock at Flixton was one of the original eight locks constructed on the Mersey & Irwell Navigation in the 1720s. The site was already weired to provide a head for an existing mill and the rise of the lock was 3ft 3ins. The original lock 68 feet long by 16 feet 4 inches wide to accommodate Mersey Flats. It was rebuilt in 1820 and extended to 72 feet 8 inches long as seen here. All was swept away in the early 1890s with the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. This image features in Bosdin Leech's history of the Manchester Ship Canal and was found with all the other illustrations dumped in a skip having been detached from the book at some time.

Millbank Lock was the second of the original locks on the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. It had a rise of 6ft 6ins. The river course was dredged extensively to create the channel of the Manchester Ship Canal. When this photograph was taken the lock and weir had already been removed, but the paper mill in the background marks the site of the lock. Another photograph from Bosdin Leech's tome on the Ship Canal.

Somebody's former pride and joy lies sunk and abandoned in the mud at New Ferry against a backdrop of the Liverpool Waterfront and also Rock Ferry jetty to the left.

Mersey Ferry Royal Iris has just a few passengers for this trip to see the sights along the river. Seen from the mudflats below the derelict promenade at Rock Ferry. The serried ranks of terraced houses on the far shore ar at Dingle.