News - Story - Liverpool Landing Stage

The Liverpool landing stage is a series of floating pontoons that is used by people traveling on the world famous ferries across the mersey, people traveling by car ferry to the Isle of Man and Dublin, by liners, by the inshore rescue lifeboat and the liverpool pilots.

Thursday 11th May 2006
The temporary landing stage arrived. The temporary landing stage is a floating barge with 4 jacking legs. It was moved into position by 3 tugs. The big tug on the left is Oakgarth, I didn't find out the names of the others. The floating crane Mersey Mammoth which was built by the same people as the landing stage assisted in getting everything in place.

Thursday 9th March 2006
The commuter ferry service resumed using part of the landing stage used by the car ferries.

There were already plans to improve the landing stage to make it more suitable for liners. The work was scheduled to start later in the year, hopefully this can be brought forward.

Monday 6th March 2006
I drove across the Mersey using the Wallasey Tunnel. Catching the ferry would have been nice, but the ferry service is currently suspended. I saw the floating crane Mersey Mammoth arrive. I spotted the red marker buoy on its deck.

I saw the ferry Royal Daffodil sail past the sunken landing stage.

The marker buoy was quickly positioned and achored in place to warn shipping of the hazard.

There was some good news for ferry commuters. I saw the ferry berthing at the remaining (floating) section of the landing stage. Hopefully commuters and tourists will soon be able to travel on the ferry again.

Thursday 2nd March 2006
The pontoon (formerly) used by the ferries across the mersey partially sank causing the ferry service to be cancelled.

Friday 21st Jan 2005
The floating crane Mersey Mammoth started repairing the damaged pontoon of the landing stage.

Wednesday 19th January 2005
On the way to work on I saw that the central section of the landing stage had partially sunk.

The pontoon was towed to a local dock, but unfortunately it sank in the dock!

This resulted in two smaller floating landing stages. The south end was used by the ferries across the mersey and north end by the car ferries.

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