Jenkins Marine is currently working towards helping Britain achieving it’s Olympic dream. Work is now underway in Portland, Dorset, in preparation for the sailing events associated with the Games. In recent years the prestigious National Sailing Academy was completed, and now Jenkins Marine are involved in the next major marine construction project which will be part of the venue for the sailing events of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games; a 500 berth marine facility for marina owners Dean & Reddyhoff. The marina is intended for use during the Olympics for the mooring of many of the larger vessels participating in the Games. READ MORE...
Winter 2007/2008
Jenkins Marine are continuing work in Poole, Dorset at the Royal Motor Yacht Club with maintenance and repair to steelwork within the marina. 170 linear metres of steel beams which help to support the marina’s timber wavescreen must be replaced. In addition, much of the supporting steel framework of tubular piles, sheet piles and beams must be blasted clean of any corrosion and protected against further corrosion by coating with a two component epoxy based paint system. Jenkins Marine’s Multicat workboat‘Buffalo’ is being used as a working platform within the confines of the marina’s berths. With it’s hydraulically operated deck crane proving an invaluable tool to assist in the replacement of the large steel beams of the wavescreen. Buffalo recently underwent a full overhaul during her dry dock in Southampton, October 2007. Works commenced in November 2007, and are expected to complete in early 2008.
October 2007
Jenkins Marine recently undertook and successfully completed marine piling works for North Haven Yacht Club in Poole, Dorset. The works involved the installation of 406mmŘ steel tubular piles on the intertidal foreshore in close proximity to neighbouring properties. The tidal conditions of the site proved to be the most challenging aspect of this project. The average depth of water was only approximately 250mm over the whole site! In addition, a 50t crawler crane was required to pitch the piles and handle the piling hammer.
The solution was to bring in Jenkins Marine’s 36m x 10m spudded deck cargo barge ‘JM 6101’ on one of the highest spring tides of the year. With the 50t crane secured on the deck, together with other piling equipment, the barge only drew 800mm of water and was carefully towed into position adjacent the site and spudded down. The barge was then able to dry out as the tides dropped back, but remain as a stable dry working platform throughout the duration of the works. The piles were driven some 10m into the bed material, then excavated internally and filled with re-inforced concrete. Piles were then topped off with 25mm thick steel plates bedded into the wet concrete and later fully welded to the piles. The piles will be used as the foundations for a new club house for the yacht club. Thanks to the hard work and determination of Jenkins Marine’s staff, works proceeded ahead of schedule and resulted in substantial savings to the client. The works took four weeks to complete and the barge was removed from site on the next set of large spring tides.
Spring/Summer 2007
Jenkins Marine are keen to continue their success in the future, with long term contracts recently secured for civil engineering and construction companies; Carillion and Edmund Nuttall, as well as luxury motor yacht manufacturers Sunseeker International.
Carillion are currently involved in the refurbishment of Boscombe Pier, near Bournemouth. They have two jack-up platforms which require regular attendance from Jenkins Marine’s support vessels. Carillion are also optimistic in future involvement with the Boscombe surf reef, due to start construction this summer.
Edmund Nuttall are currently working on the refurbishment of two rail bridges in Poole harbour. Jenkins Marine have supplied two 100m˛ deck area shallow draft pontoons, equipped with spud legs to hold their position. Each pontoon also has 24hr attendance available from two Aluminium workboats, providing; safety support, crew changes, material deliveries, working platform.
Sunseeker International are constantly expanding their operations, with UK manufacturing bases spread across the south coast. Jenkins Marine are their preferred supplier for providing a sea delivery service for large components, otherwise too big to be economically transported via road. Jenkins Marine specialise in providing novel solutions to marine logistical requirements using our diverse range of vessels and wealth of experience.
For details of the the recent sea transportation of Sunseeker's 34M hull mould from Lee-on-Solent to Portland, click here
May 2007
Needles, 300mł self propelled split hopper barge, is currently on charter to Land & Water and working towards completion of a major maintenance dredging operation for Island Harbour Marina on the river Medina, Isle of Wight. Work is tidally restricted, with loading only possible on the high water thanks to Needles’s shallow draft (approx. 1.0m). Spoil must then be disposed of at the spoil ground which gave Needles her name. Works are hoped to be completed by early summer this year.
April 2007
Nab, sistership to Needles, has just returned (late April) from being on charter to French marine construction company EMCC. Nab has successfully completed two maintenance dredging operations; the first in L’Aber Wrac’h, near Brest, North West France. The second was on the River Loire, Near Nantes, where she was disposing of spoil dredged from the seaward entrance to Arcelor’s steel yard.
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