More than 50 ships are now scheduled to make calls in Falmouth this year.
Standing sentinel over the rock the Irish call Carraig Aonair (lone rock), is the Fastnet lighthouse, an iconic structure built in the early 1900s.
After decades of relative inactivity Falmouth Harbour is injecting new business life into to their prime waterfront site at the Boatpark at Grove Place by creating a marine hub for all boat owners.
Work on MoD projects at A&P Falmouth was a major factor in the A&P Group increasing profits and turnover.
The three-masted Dutch barquentine Thalassa spent last weekend sheltering from bad weather in the Carrick Roads where she anchored in the lee of the land.
The Labour Party, SNP and trade unions have all the big guns trained on the Conservatives over the government’s procurement plans for three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships.
Lt Jonathan Eastburn RN has been appointed to command HMS Ranger. The elder son of Mr and Mrs David Eastburn of Flushing, Jonathan attended Flushing School before moving on to Penair School, Truro and Christ's Hospital School in Sussex. From there he studied at Exeter University from where he graduated in Physics in 2010.
WITH many ports around Europe predicting a bumper year for cruise ship visits Falmouth is back in the frame again with 28 cruise calls after more companies have scheduled in ships for a visit to the town.
A&P FALMOUTH has secured a major contract to refit Wello Oy’s Penguin wave energy device which arrived at the docks following an eight-day tow from Orkney, Scotland, where the device has been successfully tested since 2013.
