A busy day at the Port of Wisbech

View of Corporation Quay with 'SEG' just visible in the background

Dean Rocker

'SEG' laden with timber docked at Corporation Quay

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A view of 'SEG' seen from the flood defence wall on West Parade

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'SANDAL' viewed from Crab Marsh through piles of imported timber

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A view of 'SANDAL' being unloaded seen from the flood defence wall on West Parade

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A stevedore gives instruction to the crane driver as 'SANDAL' is unloaded seen from the river bank

Dean Rocker

Corporation Quay viewed from the flood defence wall on West Parade

Dean Rocker

Looking down the River Nene at 'SEG'

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'SEG' waiting for the cranes to come and unload its cargo of timber

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The stacks of timber build up as the cranes work busily unloading 'SANDAL'

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'SAG' laden with timber docked at Corporation Quay

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'SANDAL' just visible behind stacks of imported timber

Dean Rocker

This week there have been high tides of over 7m deep on the River Nene which allow general cargo ships to reach the Port of Wisbech. I took a look on the Marine Traffic website yesterday morning and saw that two Russian flagged timber ships had arrived: SANDAL (IMO : 9083201) & SEG (IMO: 9066045)

Now that I’m involved with the Wisbech Photography Project I’ve taken a very keen interest into the work of the late great Geoff Hastings, so for this gallery of photographs I decided to eschew colour photography and just convert shots to monochrome with minimal processing. I shot these photographs at ISO 100 f10 & 1/100 to 1/250secs with a 12.5-62.5mm lens.