Placing New Marine Habitat at Hengistbury Head
We have been commissioned to install a range of environmental reef units that will provide new marine habitat at Hengistbury Head as part of the ambitious Hengistbury Head Long Groyne Project. This project is a part of a 17-year Beach Management Scheme, with the original 1930’s long groyne being replaced & upgraded between April – October 2024. The groyne is vital to protecting the surrounding headlands and beaches from erosion and sea level rise. Read More
Utility Vessel Buffalo Helps Uncover England’s Oldest Surviving Shipwreck
Our shallow draft utility vessel Buffalo has been chartered by Bournemouth University’s Marine Archaeology team to help recover a number of unique artifacts recently discovered on the only known surviving wreck of an English Medieval commercial vessel, which sank off Studland Bay during the reign of Henry III. We have worked with the university’s archaeology team before and were thrilled to be asked to help with this historic project. Read More
Pipe Laying on the Severn
Our powerful, shallow draft, Damen Multicat Wind Lass and self-propelled spud leg pontoon Doreen Dorward, accompanied by deck pontoon barge JML5014, have been hard at work on the River Severn in Wales where they have been assisting in the installation of a new treated waste water outfall. Read More
Handfast Assists Successful Barfleur Trial
Jenkins Marine’s powerful, twin screw tug Handfast has been in Guernsey this week assisting the Brittany Ferries 157m Barfleur successfully dock at St Peter Port. The operation was a berthing trial that Brittany Ferries hopes will boost support for its ambition to become an operator to serve the islands’ freight and passenger networks... Read More
Wind Lass and DMS Condor Make Landfall
We are thrilled to announce that our powerful 37t Bollard Pull, Damen multi-cat, utility vessel Wind lass and our twin-screw tugboat DMS Condor, together with our large pontoon fleet, are now under the commercial management of Landfall Marine Contractors BV... Read More
Dredging round the clock!
Our dredgers have been busy working at various marinas along the south coast this winter, many within the Solent and South coast areas. After completing the current contract in Chichester Harbour, we will be moving back into the Solent to work in Cowes on the Isle of Wight for several of our regular clients, before the dredger moves on to other exciting civils projects planned for the spring/summer period. Our smaller compact hopper dredger ‘C H Horn’ has also been busy working... Read More
Stormy Weather – DMS Condor Guides the Way.
Our twin screw tug boat DMS Condor has started a voyage around the UK to assist the specialist heavy cargo barge Terra Marique in its transportation works. Departure was from Portland and up to Ellesmere Port with the plan to continue on to Dundee and then on with further project operations... Read More
All At Sea in Great Yarmouth
Civil engineering contractor BAM Nuttall / Farrans JV approached Jenkins Marine and asked if we could offer any solutions to the required dredging of high spots in the river channel at Great Yarmouth around the new third river crossing. The ambitious new bridge will ease traffic congestion on the town’s roads and shorten journey times, as well as supporting wider plans to maximise economic growth opportunities in the town and wider borough. Read More
Back to the Dredge (again)!
We have a busy winter schedule once again, with our larger maintenance dredging vessels, including back hoe dredger ‘Doreen Dorward‘, and split hopper barges ,’Nab’ and ‘Needles’, working at several sites for International Marina Operators, Marina Developments Ltd. Current dredging operations include sites in Poole, Southampton, River Hamble and Chichester Harbour. Read More