New crane at Rhyl Harbour increases capacity
A new crane has been installed at Rhyl Harbour increasing the size of vessels that can use the facility.
The Council has purchased the slipway hoist, built by Wise Handling, which has a lifting capacity of 20 tonnes and can lift both pleasure and commercial vessels, increasing the previous capacity from 12 tonnes.
The four-legged hoist, which is 5.5metres tall, is set on wheels and is able to move vessels from the storage area to the slipway to allow access to the water.
Cllr Julian Thompson-Hill the Council’s Lead Member for Finance, Performance and Strategic Assets, said: “There has already been significant investment in the harbour area of Rhyl and this new slipway hoist is a fantastic addition which has increased the capacity significantly. The harbour can now cater for the demand we have been getting from larger vessels and we hope to attract a wide variety of new customers to the storage facility at Rhyl Harbour.”
Promoting social media accounts
Did you know that we have Facebook and Twitter accounts that bring you the latest news in Welsh?
If the answer is "no", then this is exactly our intention with a campaign that we're running to promote our Welsh-language social media accounts.
In order to encourage the public to follow our Welsh language accounts we have been working on a scheme to make it easier for the public to discover them.
On a weekly basis we post a message on our English corporate Facebook and Twitter accounts that informs the public that we have a Welsh equivalent page, as well as a link to that page. We are doing something similar to also promote our website. A message is also included on our Customer Contact Centre telephone line informing our customers about the Welsh medium website. We have seen an increase in the number of people following our Welsh-language social accounts as well as the Welsh language website as a result of the regular messages.
To receive our latest news through the medium of Welsh follow:- @CyngorSirDdinbych on Facebook and Twitter and www.sirddinbych.gov.uk to access our website in Welsh.