Well, Supersize me!

Eastbourne residents travelling past Pt Howard will have noticed the strikingly tall black pillars of the new barge tied up next to Tuapapa, which has until now been the base for the work upgrading the wharf as part of CentrePort’s Seaview Energy Resilience Project.

The refurbished Combifloat C7 Class, 400T Barge, which awaits a blessing and naming ceremony on 6 March, was bought secondhand from Dubai back in June, and only after many holdups made landfall in January at Wellington’s Centreport on Aotea Quay, where it was reassembled between cruise ship visits.

It’s taken a lot of planning to get here, but the barge’s arrival will mean safer, faster, and larger lifts for the Seaview operation, says Brian Perry Civil’s Lee Griffiths.

“A bigger barge means a bigger crane, and

Muritai School Hall

(venue change from previous years)

1st and 2nd April 9am-3pm

Donated books can be dropped off to the Lions storage room next to the Community Centre, south end of Tuatoru St, from 7-8pm Monday and Thursday during March, or ph Graham 562 8819. For pick ups of donated books, text Gavin 027 488 5602.