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General view of the big Singapore floating dock lying in the River tyne. It has been built th Swan, Hunter and Wiogham Richardson, Ltd. in 1928
The 400 foot floating dock for the Nigerian Port Authority left Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardsons Wallsend shipyard for Apapa in 1961
Their strike over, shipyard men return to work at Wallsend Shipyard in 1957
About 63 ships remain idle on London docks because the dockers are out in an unofficial strike over the employment of part time labour in the port in 1961
The 13, 000 miles ahead the floating dock built at Wallsend for New Zealand is seen gliding down to Tyne at the start of its record journey in 1931
Tees Dock Yard in Middlesbrough in 1994
A giant Grain Unloader at Wallsend slipway in 1974
The idle cranes at eh King George V Dock in London, the first day of the National Dock Strike which has paralysed Britains ports in July 1970
The huge Singapore Dock, the first section of which will leave the River Tyne to be towed the 8, 500 miles to its base in 1928
A dry dock at Tees Dock Yard in Middlesbrough in 1994
The Carlide from Norway getting unloaded from the "Pallas"in the TyneThe Carlide from Norway getting unloaded from the " Pallas" in the Tyne. Even if the dock strike comes it looks as though this boat will be unloaded on time in 1970
A 110 ton part of a floating crane lifeted by a floating crane into a Canadian bound ship in 1977
Nissan car chiefs smashed the ports blockade by sailing a £; 20m consignment of new vehicles into the Tyne in 1989
It was business as usual at the Albert Edwar Dock, North Shields, in spite of the national dock strike. The strike was suspended to save 180 tons of fish in the holds of the freezer trawler Ranger
A ship being built in dry dock at Tees Dock Yard in Middlesbrough in 1995
The River Thames and the pool of London seen from the road deck of Tower Bridge August 1939
The ship Bamburgh Castle lies in the River Tyne
One of the super tankers take shape at Swan Hunter shipbuilders in Wallsend, towering over the nearby houses
The City of Winchester needs plenty of room at Newcastle Quay in 1954
The jungle of steel and concrete is the heart of the River Wear industry seen from the Monkwearmouth Bridge at Sunderland
The dry dock at the Austin and Pickergill Shipyard, Sunderland
For the first time in 46 years the two sections of the gate of No 2 dry dock at Swan Hunter shipbuilders in Wallsend, were romoved today for major maintenance repairs
One of the Esso super tankers take shape at Swan Hunter shipbuilders in Wallsend, towering over the nearby houses
The ship Nepture slides down the slipway at the Nepture Yard of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson
Royal Docks London January 1969 A driver with a fork lift truck moves a wooden crate on the quayside next to a cargo ship called the ALARIC
The ship Merel tied up in a London dock. Circa 1935
The motor tanker Border Fusilier sliding fown the ways in to the River Tyne after she was launched by the Duchess of Northumberland at the Hebburn shipyard of R & W Hawthorn Leslie and Co Ltd
Half day Strike at the Docks. Picture shows Idle Ships and Cranes at the Royal Group of Docks. March 1969
The construction of the new Redheugh Bridge across the River Tyne in Newcastle 12 January 1981
The Polish Steamer Jaroslaw Dabrowski seen here unloading her cargo in the Pool of London. The ship had been stopped by river police about an hour after she had left the Pool of London
Millicent Martin by the Thames during filming of Nothing but the best. 2nd May 1963
Strike bound tractors and cranes at Newcastle Quayside in 1970
This strange craft in the Tyne is a floating platform (Barca 152) which was launched at the yard of Clelands (Successors), Willington Quay in 1960
Old and new, Danny Gilchrist and Dave Potts carry thier coracles with a backdrop of cranes and ships of the river Tyne
Ship Patricia the Swedish passenger liner leaving the River Tyne
Dominating the skyline over the River Wear is this crane, built as part of the modernisation scheme being carried out at J L Thompsons North Sands shipyard, Sunderland. It is more than 100ft high
The 10, 950-ton Errington Court ship was caught by a high wind at her launch at the shipyard Austin and Pickersgill on the River Wear in Sunderland
Once the proud Cunard liner, Carmania, this is all that remains of her at the Blyth ship breaking yard of Messrs. Hughes, Bolckow in 1933
The 18, 000-ton shell tanker Helcion moves along the River Tyne
The ship Baltistan slides down the slipway at Readhead shipyard on the River Tyne, south Shields
A crane operator seen here lifting one of the Ford Prefects and Fordson tractors aboard the MV Cape Rodney which is moored along side the Ford factory in Dagenham. November 1949
Ford Prefects and Fordson tractors seen here on a Dagenham quayside, awaiting loading on to the MV Cape Rodney. November 1949
The 9, 200-ton ship Needles moves down the slipway at Austin and Pickersgill shipyard on the River Wear
The ship La Laguna at a North East shipyard
The ship Silverweir docked in the River Wear at Sunderland
The United Baltic Corporation cargo / passenger ship Baltavia tied up alongside a Pool ofThe United Baltic Corporation cargo/passenger ship Baltavia tied up alongside a Pool of London warehouse off loading her cargo 22 May 1950
The tanker Esso Exeter stands waiting to be launched in a North East shipyard
Beer, cigarettes, sweets and other necessaries for the Christmas fare of the troops in the Suez Canal Zone, are being loaded on the 6, 000-ton ship Empire Nene, scheduled to leave Newcastle Quayside
