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Douglas Harbour is composed of the Outer Harbour and the Inner Harbour separated by the Bascule Bridge and Flapgate. There is a sea terminal building at the north-east end of the harbour, co-located with the harbour control. [2] The Outer Harbour features two jetties, four piers, eleven berths, and an area designated for lifeboats. [2] The ...
Only the ground floor space in the terminal building is used for passengers. Upstairs there are offices and the Douglas Harbour Control Unit. In the main departure lounge, there is a Costa Coffee café, WHSmith store, a Steam Packet ferry travel shop, a play area for children, toilet facilities, foot passenger check in area and a model of the Laxey Wheel.
On the evening of 1 May 2013 when arriving in Douglas Harbour from Heysham, Ben-my-Chree struck part of the King Edward Pier linkspan. In the collision part of the ship was slightly damaged, meaning the evening departure to Heysham was delayed by two hours, with the Manannan arriving from Liverpool as replacement.
The main UK port switched from Liverpool to Heysham, thus ending (albeit temporarily as it turned out) an association lasting back to the company's origins. In 1996, the Steam Packet Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sea Containers headed by James Sherwood , who had pioneered the fast-craft operation.
The first passenger sailing was a day trip to Douglas, Isle of Man by the Londonderry on the 13th of August 1904. The south jetty was built in 1909 to reduce silt build up in the harbour entrance, plans from 1907 show that two jetties where originally planned each side of the entrance, but a north jetty was never actually built.
Wharf as part of the Port Douglas waterfront, 2015. This wharf is at the entrance to Dickson's Inlet approximately opposite the western end of Warner Street. [1]The wharf, which is constructed parallel to the channel, is of timber construction about 70 metres (230 ft) long (including the decked approach ramp) by 18 metres (59 ft) wide and supporting a wooden storage shed on the eastern side.
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The third of the E-Flexer-class ferries, the ship was constructed at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China and floated on 15 November 2019. [1] The ship competed its sea trials in the Yellow Sea before the end of October 2020, [2] and was delivered to Stena at Weihai on 1 December 2020.