New Name – New Future
Originally built in 2012, our swim-ended, rectangular, flat top deck cargo barge Isabella S began life working predominately working at the Forth bridge construction project. Deployed as a long term crane barge platform and complimented with 4 x 25t anchor handling winches, along with the setup of 5 tonne stockless anchors to allow for the precise positioning required for the project. Read More
Seabed Investigations at Hengistbury Head
Jenkins Marine supported Lankelma by providing movement and towage support of the Sandpiper jackup vessel for geotechnical site investigation completed at Hengistbury Head, Dorset. The long groyne at Hengistbury Head was closed to the public for safety reasons following a detailed inspection of the structure using sonar and laser equipment in 2019. The structure was revealed to be in a very poor condition. Read More
Navigation Skills on Show at Dover Docks
The Port of Dover is currently undergoing development as part of its Dover Western Docks Revival project and Jenkins Marine have been tasked with dredging roughly 20,000m3 of silts, down to harder chalk bed material at roughly +1.8m Chart Datum Read More
Up The Creek – Dredging at Ashlett
We have been hard at work dredging at Ashlett Sailing Club near Calshot, Southampton, to restore the waterways to previously maintained depths. The project parameters require up to 2m depth of material to be removed, with disposal to Nab Tower spoil ground to the East of the Isle of Wight. Read More
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
Dredging at Poole Yacht Club
Dredging has been underway at Poole Yacht Club to clear the entrance of accumulated sediment. This has built up since the last dredge operations in 2014. Founded in 1852, Poole Yacht Club is a much respected Sailing Club with a rich history and strong racing tradition... 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
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... 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