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Cowes Harbour Commission
Harbour Authority & Marine Services
Newsletter 5th March 2019
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Prize giving celebrates Landmark Design Competition winners
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Last Friday, we had the pleasure of hosting an awards ceremony at the fascinating Sir Max Aitken Museum with the participants and winners of the Cowes Harbour Landmark Design Competition. Do see our article on the prize giving below. Going forward, Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) will be consulting with stakeholders and looking into the feasibility of potentially placing a sculpture on the Cowes Breakwater at some point in the future, to act as a ‘welcome’ landmark at the entrance to the harbour.
Meanwhile, recruitment for two new Commissioners is proceeding well with an extremely good response to our advertisement from high calibre applicants. The difficult task of producing a shortlist of five for interview has been completed and interviews will take place later this month. The interview panel will consist of CHC’s Chairman David Riley, along with independent interviewers Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive of the British Ports Association and Ian Bayliss, Managing Director of Seacat Services, offshore energy support vessel operators, based on the Isle of Wight.
Capt. Stuart McIntosh
- Cowes Harbour Master
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Cowes announces 2019 cruise season
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Seven cruise ships to visit Cowes Harbour and four maiden calls
Cowes Harbour Commission is extremely pleased to announce that Cowes, Isle of Wight, has seven cruise ship calls booked for 2019, including four inaugural calls from some of the world’s premium luxury cruise lines.
The Cowes cruise season starts just ahead of Easter with a maiden call on 17th April from
Hanseatic Nature, one of Hapag Lloyd’s new expedition class ships. Then from May to July, another six cruise ships are scheduled to come to the Island, including
Europa, a regular visitor to Cowes. July will mark an exciting point in the development of the harbour’s cruise business; the inaugural visits to Cowes of ultra-luxury cruise ships
The World,
Seabourn Quest, and
Silver Wind.
Harbour Master at Cowes, Capt. Stuart McIntosh said: “Working with local partners, the Commission aims to deliver annual growth in cruise visits to Cowes. We believe that the Isle of Wight offers an ideal destination for luxury cruise operators looking to cater to current demand for experiential and personalised travel. By bringing additional international attention to the Island, we hope to see a continual development in cruise tourism.”
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CHC holds awards ceremony at Sir Max Aitken Museum
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A prize giving ceremony was held at the Sir Max Aitken Museum, Cowes on 1st March to recognise, celebrate and reward the creativity of Island secondary school students who took part in Cowes Harbour Commission’s Landmark Design Competition. The event was attended by teachers and students from four Island schools, their families and friends, and joined by representatives of the Board of Cowes Harbour Commissioners and the Harbour Advisory Committee. Special guests included Alan Titchmarsh MBE and sculptor Louise Giblin who had judged the competition entries.
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Eastern Channel dredge update
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The dredging works to construct a new Eastern Channel for Cowes have been completed by CHC’s contractor Jenkins Marine. Bed levelling has been carried out to flatten the base of the trench, and the Channel is now due to be surveyed, although the exact timing of this is weather dependent. Following the survey, the new navigation buoys will be laid. Once all the buoys have been installed, the new Eastern Channel will be declared open for harbour users and a Local Notice to Mariners issued.
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New “Harbour Assist” software
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Cowes Harbour Commission is launching a new customer accounts system in the next few days. The new Cloud based harbour and marina management software,
Harbour Assist
, will bring substantial benefits to both customers and staff by streamlining the running of our business. In switching to a new system, we do anticipate there may be a few initial problems, but please be patient, we hope to have it running smoothly very quickly.
One of the biggest changes for customers is the introduction of a new online payment system. This means that you will have the facility to make payments for our invoices online with your debit or credit card. We appreciate your cooperation in the early stages of rolling out the new system.
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Waterfront storage land to let
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Commercial land at Kingston Wharf in East Cowes, Isle of Wight is available for rent at the Cowes Harbour Commission owned waterfront site. The area for rental measures 1.5 acres and benefits from all-tide deep-water access and wharfage.
Key features:
• 1.5 acre waterfront site
• Level, fenced compound
• Suitable for a variety of marine uses, with development potential
• 60m wharf with a minimum water depth of 2m
• Direct access to a 40 tonne travel hoist
• Located within the sheltered Cowes Harbour
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Harbour water taxi services
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From Saturday, 30th March Cowes Water Taxis will again be operating a 7-days-a-week harbour water taxi service, following the granting of a stakeholder subsidy contribution from Cowes Harbour Commission towards the operation of a daily service for the 2019 season.
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The Minutes from the Advisory Committee’s January meeting
are now available for harbour users to read
on the CHC website
. The meeting was attended by 15 stakeholder representatives with topics of discussion including harbour safety, the Chain Ferry, Venture Quays, dredging, Red Funnel, and the Isle of Wight Council ‘Island Planning Strategy’.
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Northwood Park is holding a Boat Jumble
on Sunday 7th April, alongside their regular Car Boot sale on the lawn off Ward Avenue in Cowes. For more information and to book a space visit
northwoodhouse.org
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