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
Tugboat Handfast Back In Jersey
Our powerful tug boat Handfast has returned to the busy maritime port of St Helier where it is once again providing support services for the ongoing operations of this famous busy Channel Island port. Handfast is a twin-screw tugboat, certificated under the MCA Workboat Code of Practice for operation up to 60 nautical miles from a safe haven for general operations. Read More
New Vessel Wind Lass
We are excited to announce the release to the market of our new multipurpose vessel “Wind Lass“, a powerful 37t Bollard Pull capability Damen MultiCat and an important addition to our fleet. We have just mobilised the vessel to its first project with a UK based marine civils contractor on the South coast. Read More
Re-Navigating Dover’s Wellington Dock
CH Horn has returned to Dover to complete work started there last Summer. The Port of Dover is currently undergoing development as part of its Western Docks Revival project and Jenkins Marine were tasked with dredging roughly 20,000m3 of silts from the existing Wellington Dock Marina, down to harder chalk bed material at roughly +1.8m Chart Datum... Read More
Tugboat DMS Condor Pulls More Than Her Weight…
Tugboat DMS Condor has been busy putting her powerful towing abilities to work this month. Her first sizeable load of the month was a large steel caisson with a massive 9m draft, that needed transporting from Rotterdam to Plymouth on behalf of Dutch construction specialists Ravestein... Read More
Special Delivery Service…for Sunseeker Mould
enkins Marine made a special delivery recently, transporting a large Sunseeker mould from Lee-on-Solent, Southampton to Sunseeker Poole. Sunseeker is the world’s leading brand for luxury performance motor yachts and from its manufacturing base in Poole produces around 150 luxury boats every year. Read More
Tugboat Handfast on Hand in St Helier
The Port of St Helier is often described as Jersey’s lifeline, providing modern commercial services to the island with 98.6% of all goods entering Jersey via the port. Our motor tugboat Handfast has been providing support services for the ongoing operations of this famous busy Channel Island port. Read More
All Chained Up with the Sandbanks Ferry
As in previous years we have been tasked with assisting the regular refit and docking work for the sandbanks chain ferry, the Bramble Bush Bay, operated by the Bournemouth Motor Road and Ferry Company. Every few years the ferry must be removed from its running chains for surveys, safety inspections and general upkeep. This year the 74m x 17m ferry has also been fitted with new prows. Read More
CH Horn Dredging Excavator Upgrade
C H Horn is a 26m long, modern, compact and efficient self-propelled hopper which was formerly equipped with a fixed grab crane. The fixed crane has now been removed to allow room on its deck for a specially modified tracked Hyundai Excavator. Read More