Marine_activity Poole_Harbour

condor ferries car ferry passes through harbour

once major port, freight transport has declined, port still served regular cross-channel passenger ferries, brittany ferries offering passenger , freight service cherbourg. condor ferries operate channel islands , st malo joint high-speed service brittany ferries cherbourg.

coastal trading vessels frequent visitors, unloading various cargos on quaysides @ hamworthy, , fleet of fishing vessels operates south end of poole quay. there considerable leisure usage of harbour, combination of yachts , other private craft, cruise boats ply harbour, , ferries provide passenger link brownsea island. harbour managed poole harbour commissioners (phc), represent aspects of commercial , leisure activity in harbour. duties include maintaining shipping channels ferries , cargo vessels, enforcing harbour speed limits, improving port facilities , assisting nature conservation.

in november 2005 main shipping channels harbour , port of poole dredged accommodate modern ferries @ states of tide. project carried out van oord, , on completion depth had been increased 6 metres (20 ft) 7.5 metres (25 ft). approximately 1.8 million cubic metres of sand , silt dredged approach channels harbour , port, , 1.1 million m made available local beaches of poole, bournemouth , purbeck beach replenishment.

poole harbour commissioners define main shipping channels, in leisure craft should take care, as :

the swash channel bar buoy chain ferry
the haven channel chain ferry 16 buoy
the middle ship channel, 16 buoy stakes
the turning basin, off ferry port
the little channel stakes poole bridge.




^ commerce . poole harbour commissioners. archived original on 9 november 2007. retrieved 12 november 2007. 
^ poole cockle trail (pdf). poole tourism. 2008. 
^ dredging operation . poolebay.net. 2008. retrieved 3 june 2008. 
^ phc shipping channels