The tri-municipal North Shore Emergency Management in Greater Vancouver is working with
Lightship Works on Research & Development (R&D) as it relates to emergency preparedness, response, and recovery work.
Owner Alan Roberts watches as the
lightship is towed away Picture: COLIN LANE
To gain a time-to-market advantage and retain its customers,
Lightship deployed ADC's CBP, and, since then, has sponsored new multiple product promotions and implemented new rating plans in days rather than months, enabling it to react swiftly to the evolving competitive landscape.
The Canal & River Trust said it had no choice but to seize the
lightship because it had not been licensed to be in the dock or trade, since February last year.
Planet's new owners, Alan Roberts, Sharon Sarsfield, Tom and Angela Surtees, all from Halewood, boarded the
lightship last Thursday to receive the keys from former owner, Gary McClarnan, a Manchester music entrepreneur.
A spokesman said: "The
lightship is being taken to a safe and secure location outside of Liverpool.
THE article on the
lightship (South Wales Echo, July 11) brought back many happy memories.
The two couples from Halewood formed a new company, LV23 Planet Bar, to operate the 1960- built
lightship as a tourist attraction in her high-profile Canning Dock berth, alongside The Strand.
A RADIO mast standing 50ft high will be erected on Planet, the former Mersey Bar
lightship tomorrow for her role in marking the 50th anniversary of pirate station Radio Caroline North.
The distinctive red
Lightship is 60 this year and has also been in service as a floating Christian centre for the past two decades.
Views of the area usually include shots of the Planet
Lightship. Strange then that the Albert Dock company managers described her as, "inappropriate for Albert Dock".
THE 200th anniversary of the Mersey Bar beacon will now be celebrated after plans for the Planet
lightship to become a floating B&B got the go-ahead.