Tugboat DMS Condor’s Grand Tour
Our tugboat DMS Condor has been hard at work all over the UK and parts of Europe this year. DMS Condor is a powerful and highly manoeuvrable twin screw, Damen built tug boat that is ideally suited to provide support operations, and is now under the commercial management of Landfall Marine. Read More
Keeping Busy – Winter Dredging
Autumn is here and, as the seasons change, we shift into top gear with our dredging fleet to get some serious amounts of mud moved! Our busy dredging program is expected to keep us working hard all winter until Easter 2025 at a variety of sites in locations including; Southampton, Cowes, Chichester Harbour, River Hamble and Poole Harbour. Read More
Royal Voyage – Transporting a Princess Superyacht Mould
We were thrilled to be commissioned to transport a large Super Yacht mould from Lee-on-Solent, Southampton to the Princess Yacht facility in Plymouth. This was a highly complex operation but one we have accomplished before. The many different parties involved worked together to achieve a smooth and successful operation... Read More
Making Light Work of it.
We’ve been on charter with our versatile ‘multi-category’ vessel STOUR in Dover now for several months for Civil engineering company Dyer & Butler. They have been working with Dover Harbour Authority on a project involving the refurbishment of their historic lighthouses, located on the Harbour breakwaters. Read More
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
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
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