Cutter dredger Artemis arrives on the Mersey 13th Jan 2016

Van Oords dredger Artemis arrived at Liverpool today to finalise the dredging at the new Livewrpool2 berth. She is referred to as a cutter dredger as she is equipped/capable of cutting thru rock and sediment and suctioning it for removal usually via a pipe system, She is seen here passing her place of work and is now berthed at the CLT, pierhead Liverpool

Mersey Mariner dredger at work + more

Watched the "hopper" dredger "Mersey Mariner" working at the lock gate entrance to birkenhead docks, pleny of other ships on the river too, the usual movements off the roro terminal at 12 quays and a few chem products carriers were inbound and going out too. All these pics are on 35mm film, now using Fuji reala 100, its excellent film with virtually no grain and is very sharp, pity the conditions today did not really do it justice. Nikon f80 and sigma 70-300mm zoom.