International Copyright Laws International Copyright law's prohibit the copying, re-distribution, re-transmission of any material featured on this website without the express consent of myself the site owner or my site contributors. I as webmaster will not give permission for third party contributor articles or photographs to be reproduced elsewhere and will always direct any enquiries concerning such articles to the contributor concerned. All photographs, graphics and trademarks featured on this website are copyrighted/registered to there relevant owners. Photographs published on behalf of a contributor are done so in good faith. If you have found an image on our site that you believe to be infringing on your copyright please contact us immediately so the images can be removed from our servers and site backups. The use of images from this website for your own personal collection is perfectly acceptable but they must not be reused for publication in any form of media without the express written consent (this can be email) of the copyright owners. Failure to adhere to these laws may result in legal action being taken by us or against us. All the images on this site taken by myself are of a reduced quality to improve download times. If you require high quality versions of the pictures featured on this website for publication or your own personal collection please do not hesitate to contact me. I am afraid I can only provide my own high resolution photographs, those of my contributors are not available directly from me but I can provide them with your requests but I make no guarantee that the images will be provided.
Disclaimer Material contained within this site is produced in good faith, though no responsibility whatsoever is accepted for the accuracy or legality of the material contained herein and responsibility cannot be accepted for any loss or legal proceedings arising from its usage. This site is run as a non profit earning website. It is intended to illustrate the various vessels, past/present/future, which have a connection (however obscure) with Dover. This site is owned and operated by myself Ray Goodfellow with contributions from a number of sources. We do endeavour to make the information on this site as accurate as possible, however no responsibility is accepted for errors and omissions made on the site. If you spot something on the site that you believe to be incorrect please contact us. This site is run by enthusiasts for people interested in the varied maritime scene here in the Port of Dover. All trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. As an independent non profit earning website we have no affiliation with any ferry, port or cruise operators. We do not accept any responsibility of any external hyperlinks from this site to other sites, you visit these sites at your own risk. If you believe any of the links on this website to be inappropriate or broken please contact us.
Forum Rules
Launched in October 2006 the Dover Ferry Photos Forums were conceived to be an addition to the main website at
www.doverferryphotos.co.uk
The forums are primarily here to discuss the local maritime scene (for example local port, ferry and cruise news) and to discuss the website and its contents.
The scope of coverage for the forums is primarily the Ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Calais, Dunkerque, Boulogne Ostend and Zeebrugge.
The forums consist of 15 message boards, each one being there for a specific subject.
Important Information - The rules and regulations of the forums
Announcements - It does exactly what it says on the tin!
Website Updates - A list of all the recent site updates over on
www.doverferryphotos.co.uk
Website/Forum Issues - If you are having a technical issue with either the forum or website it can be reported to admin here.
Introduce Yourselves - Why not introduce yourselves to the other members?
The Dover Patrol - There are those of us based in the local area that capture the daily comings and goings of the port, hence the name the Dover Patrol. Think of this as a snapshot of Dover port life.
Past and Present - A place to comment and request on the main websites Past and Present features.
Ferry News, Cruise Ship News, Cargo Ship News and Port News - A place to post and discuss all the news within our sphere of coverage
Useful Web links - Got a useful web link which you may think others may be interested in?
Maritime News - Other news and discussion of maritime related items outside the sphere of Dover and it's associated ports maybe discussed here.
Voyage Reports - Been on a ferry or cruise ship recently? Do you want to comment on your trip?
The Free Talk Forum - This is the open forum where you can talk about anything that is off topic. Please remember to be nice to your fellow posters though (registered members only)
We want the forums to be a friendly and useful place to be for the people who wish to use them. If the forums are not successful in there aims they will be closed down.
These forums are administered by myself, Ray Goodfellow and your moderator team, DoverT, John, Seanymph, Dartlynx, Aqui_fan and Burnard.
Accounts Setup
All visitors are free to view the contents of our forums but to post a comment we kindly ask that you register an account with us. This is to monitor who and what is being posted on our forums. We endeavour to maintain some form of quality control.
I am afraid we can't accept registrations from email accounts ending in .org, .info, .ru, .biz and .ua. This is due to the influx of spam registrations we have been receiving recently from these domains.
All requests for membership need to be authorised by the site admin*. Site admin reserves the right to refuse an application without discussion.
* Please note that account activation can take up to 24 hours, so please be patient.
Please do not use any inappropriate user names when registering for an account. If a name is deemed to be inappropriate it will not be authorised and will be deleted and barred from the forum system.
Overall Community Attitude/ Forum Etiquette
This is primarily an English language forum, however, we do except postings in French. For those who do not speak English as a first language you are still welcome to post - provided the meaning of a message is clear the quality of English will not be criticised and indeed any member criticising such messages will be subject to a warning.
Please ensure that your posting is placed in the right message board and remains `ON TOPIC'. Any threads that are deemed to be `OFF TOPIC' will be locked to prevent further digression. If you require a thread to be unlocked please contact Admin or a forum moderator.
Before posting please ensure the topic has not already been covered. The forums offer a search facility which can be very beneficial when sourcing information.
Please ensure that your posting is to the benefit of the overall community. We do not mind people asking questions but please use some common sense before posing a question. For instance is the information freely accessible via an Internet search engine such as Goggle, Live.com or Yahoo?
Posting here will not become an 'English exam', however please take the time to preview your message before posting. I myself use a spell checker before posting to try and eradicate some of my blunders.
We also kindly ask that you do not use `Text Language' in your postings here, plain English only please.
DO NOT use excessively large font sizes, or type in CAPITAL letters, as it is considered to be "shouting" and will be edited back down to the default size by the moderators
If you are posting a news story please, if possible, provide the source of the information. For example if you use a news story from the BBC website please provide the Internet address of the article.
Polls / Surveys are allowed in threads but please make sure they are relevant to the subject. Any polls found to be irrelevant will be deleted.
DO NOT deliberately start arguments. Debates are great, as long as they remain respectful! Please be respectful of other peoples opinions as they not necessarily be the same as yours.
DO NOT post the same question multiple times in multiple threads in the same forum. If no one responds to your question or request, just post a reply to the same message thread again to bring the message to the top of the list so folks notice it, We are not all at our computers 24/7!
Our moderators reserve the right to edit or delete any posts they consider to be 'inappropriate'. Please do not question an admin/moderators decision on the forum. If you have an issue with a decision, either contact Admin or the Moderator in question via email or Private Message.
DO NOT make threats or implied threats toward's other members - even if you think it's fun. Any such attack will lead to the account being deleted and your IP addressed banned on the forums system.
DO NOT make inappropriate or offencive posts - including threats, harassment, swearing (this includes disguising letters in swear words), prejudice, slander, racism or deliberate insults/name-calling, or other negative remarks about any person or group or company, its moderators and administrators, or your fellow members. Even if this is just your own personal opinion, RESPECT YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS
DO NOT post adult content. Any inappropriate or offencive posts will be deleted and the offending member will be deleted and blocked from the forums.
TROLLING is prohibited. Trolling is whenever someone is clearly, deliberately posting in a manner for the purpose of angering and/or insulting the other participants of the board. Trolling DOES NOT encourage further discussion in the long run, it only encourages personal attacks. Anybody carrying out this act will be issued a warning followed by a possible ban.
If your post uses images obtained from the Internet please make sure that you make it clear where the image has come from so that it does not appear that you are claiming the image to be your own. Please provide the name of the copyright holder and website address of where the picture was sourced. DO NOT link directly to the image file on the other web sites server. This can be classed as `Bandwidth Theft' and can increase a websites data traffic which could in turn increase the cost of providing you, the community, with the sites that are of interest.
This forum offers an attachment facility allowing a member to post images/files which are relevant to there message. Any abuse of this feature will result in an immediate deletion of the offending file and a public warning and/or a ban. The site admin and moderation team are not responsible for any of the files hosted on the forums. You download any attachments at your own risk.
Private Messages received on these Forums are to be considered private and are not to be posted publicly unless the sender of the private message agrees.
Forum Abuse, Private Message and Email Abuse Policies:
1st Offence - Public warning on the message board and via personal message. Plus deletion and/or moderation of your post (Yellow card)
2nd Offence - Final public warning on the message board and via personal message. Plus deletion and/or moderation of your post (2nd Yellow Card)
3rd Offence - Delete and then ban the users IP address and all there previous postings on this forum. If you attempt to register again under another name you Internet Service Provider will be contacted and reported to for spam abuse. (Red Card)
We take PM/email abuse very seriously, and it will result in the immediate removal of your membership and ban of your IP address, without warning.
The email address provided to us during registration will not be used for any other purpose than that of forum administration and website updates.
By joining the Dover Ferry Photos forum you agree to abide by the forum rules, and you understand that violations will not be tolerated.
As a user, please report any member whom you feel to be in violation of these rules to Site Admin immediately via PM or email to
webmaster@doverferryphotos.co.uk
If all users abide by these rules, the forum will be a much better place for all…
All the best
Ray Goodfellow and the forum moderation team
DISCLAIMER - ANY VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE DOVER FERRY PHOTOS FORUMS REMAIN THAT OF THE POSTER AND NOT THAT OF THE SITE ADMIN OR MODERATION TEAM.
For a complete copy of the rules of the Dover Ferry Photos Forum please go here
Photographic Submissions If you have any photographs you would like to submit for possible use in the website please send them to images@doverferryphotos.co.uk .
All we ask is that you own the copyright or have permission to use the photographs you are submitting.
Any pictures used will be credited to you and if you own your own website we can even link back to your site.
This page was last updated on the 25 June, 2008 16:04 Ray Goodfellow, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. | 
