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Title: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025 Post by: grahame on December 20, 2024, 21:05:26 https://www.facebook.com/BrittanyFerries/posts/pfbid02ZCY31e7vJXeB9oEo5wsCNiNVk62XUbsL1v7iTsYK1CLbi5CW21XoCHNaCRehPrdil
Quote Big changes are happening at Plymouth Port! This winter, major upgrades are underway, including a brand-new passenger boarding bridge, shore power preparations, and upgraded terminal facilities. The state-of-the-art bridge, which will improve foot passenger access to our ships, was transported all the way from Bilbao to Plymouth via Santander aboard Pont-Aven Unusual and excellent news. I would suspect Lisa and I may meake use of that next year Title: Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 20, 2024, 21:11:31 Blimey ! What was the carbon footprint of that ?? :o
Title: Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025 Post by: JayMac on December 20, 2024, 21:46:53 Shore power does mean the vessels can turn off, or turn down, their diesel engines or LNG turbines while berthed. That reduces the carbon footprint while in the port. It also reduces noise pollution.
As for the carbon footprint of transporting the parts for the new footbridge - better to put them on a scheduled ferry service aboard Brittany Ferries' MV Pont Aven than charter an alternative. Although, of course, best would've been local manufacture. Title: Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025 Post by: Mark A on December 21, 2024, 08:32:57 Shore power does mean the vessels can turn off, or turn down, their diesel engines or LNG turbines while berthed. That reduces the carbon footprint while in the port. It also reduces noise pollution. As for the carbon footprint of transporting the parts for the new footbridge - better to put them on a scheduled ferry service aboard Brittany Ferries' MV Pont Aven than charter an alternative. Although, of course, best would've been local manufacture. Away from Plymouth, I didn't find the reason for it at the time - finding out the hard way that the Stromness Scrabster ferry, docked at Stromness overnight and running a bed and breakfast operation for passengers for the 06:30 morning departure, alongside the vessel (and indeed the cabins) on the quayside, a large and enthusiastic portable diesel generator (that hadn't been there for previous departures). But that's probably an Orkney thing... Mark Title: Re: New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025 Post by: TaplowGreen on December 21, 2024, 09:18:17 Although, of course, best would've been local manufacture. Agreed, especially with Devonport Dockyard just next door! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |