| Spring On The Waterfront Photographs © Dave Crolley & John H. Luxton 2011 |
| Friday April 29 saw the start of the Liverpool "Spring on the Waterfront" Festival at Liverpool which had been hastily arranged by Liverpool City Council to replace the Liverpool Boat Show which was cancelled suddenly in February when the organisers pulled out claiming a lack of trade interest. |
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 |  |  |  | ASTRID, KERNE and PLANET are seen at CANNING Dock on April 29. (above) STAVROS S NIARCHOS and PELICAN of LONDON are seen at the Liverpool Cruise Terminal on Saturday April 30. (left) |
 |  |  | Photographs left and below from Dave Crolley (Merseyside WSS) showing the scenes around the Canning, Albert and Salthouse Docks on the afternoon of Saturday April 30, 2011. |
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| BROCKLEBANK | ZEBU | KERNE | Narrowboats in Salthouse Dock |
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| | OSSTERSCHELDE from the Netherlands | LOACH | ZEBU |
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