Bond was at the dock

the better part of saturday, lots of palettes of goods of all sorts coming off, little bit of chaos in the lay down area but not as bad as last years trip of the Bond.

Rumor has it there are two more scheduled trips for the Bond. If in fact that is true it is more evidence of the shear inadequacy of the m/v Astron's ability to handle the present loads being shipped to the coast.

And lets not hear any more talk about using the Bond on the North coast run shall we. No more bullshit about studies and what not, we need to get moving on a replacement NOW.

The barge at the public dock had to 'reconfigure' it's load to allow the bow line of the Bond to be secured to the bollard.
The panorama at the bottom was taken form the height of land of the new water line road, and you can make out the rial tracks of the top picture, shows how old the Bond really is.