Skye’s The Limit!
Our new tug ‘DMS Condor’ has commenced a 9 month charter this month in the beautiful Isle of Skye, off the West coast of Scotland. As part of this project she has double towed two of our spud legged deck pontoons: JML 50 (50m x 14m x 3m) and JML 30 (30m x 11m x 2.5m) to Uig where the harbour is being redeveloped. Read More
Rock’in The Castle – Pontoon Piling on Brownsea Island
We have been pleased to work with marina pontoon suppliers, Intermarine. End clients, John Lewis, operate a small passenger ferry to their stunning historic Hotel (a former defensive castle built by Henry VIII) located on Brownsea Island within Poole Harbour. To facilitate passenger ferry operations a new floating landing pontoon was commissioned and Jenkins Marine have been awarded the contract to install the pontoon on the historic site. Read More
Rock’in the Boat
We are currently working with clients and main contractors to provide marine support on a project to place scour protection rock under the historic Rockley Point Rail Viaduct. To maintain the safety and security of this viaduct, railway engineers decided to install scour protection using heavy rock infill placed against the retaining walls either side of the bridge to reduce scour and provide a gravity base. Read More
Piling on the History at Swanage Pier
Jenkins Marine are currently back at the historic pier at Swanage, Dorset where some of the original timber piles and associated structures need replacing to allow continued safe use. We have successfully completed piling works for the pier over several years, including emergency work to the pier in 2013 following strong winds and rough seas that year which damaged the mid-section so badly it was near collapse... Read More
Carrying the load – An Overview of Our Deck Barges
Jenkins Marine has a variety of versatile pontoons and deck cargo barges available, ranging from 70 – 4000 DWT capacity. Often overlooked or underappreciated, these multi-purpose, flat bottom pontoon barges are often the key component in many marine projects. They can be supplied and equipped for a wide range of tasks including crane barge operations, rock carrying, cargo transportation, civil engineering projects, dredge support, pipeline and cable work, and much more. Read More
Nab & Needles Back to the Dredge
Winter dredging is well underway again with the new look split hopper barges Nab and Needles both back hard at work in the Solent area. Working together with our 30m x 9m backhoe dredger ‘Doreen Dorward’ and her onboard 50t long reach excavator, they enable dredging to continue around the clock to support marinas on the South Coast. They will be kept busy until Easter 2022 dredging Marinas! Read More
Giant Whale Sculpture Towed to Dundee
Jenkins Marine are thrilled to be helping Dundee recieve a giant whale-themed canopy to grace the waterfront and commemorate the city’s historical links with the whaling industry. When installed the work will appear suspended as if in flight and swooping towards the Tay Estuary. Read More
New Look NAB Returns for Haslar Dredge
The winter dredging season got under way this month at Haslar Marina with our Multi-role dredging veteran Doreen Dorward and a new look split hopper barge NAB on site to carry out the work. The 300m³ capacity self-propelled, split hopper barge returns to work after a few months of refit work to install a new wheelhouse and bowthruster! Read More
Saving Our Seahorses
We have been involved with marina operators Boatfolk, and The Seahorse Trust, to support them in their BBC interview visit on the 28th July 2021. We provided the use of the tugboat Polmear as the BBC’s interview platform for the news piece raising awareness of the new eco-anchor solution being deployed within Studland Bay in Dorset. Read More