Livett’s Launches and Bennett’s Barges teamed up in July and August to help deliver 94 office cabins to Carnwath Road, a key location of Thames Tideway Tunnel’s enormous infrastructure work.
Livett’s flat-top pontoon Dart and Bennett’s box barge Our Duncan were used to transport the cabins from a combination of locations – Northfleet and Denton, Gravesend – all the way to Carnwath Road in Fulham, a distance of 29 sea miles.
Just spotted CHRISTIAN pushing the barge DART upstream, loaded up with some heavy looking cargo
#tugspotting @ChrisLivett @TidewayLondon pic.twitter.com/ID7VllvNNO— Mazimo : MX-5 Monkey 🐵 (@2000MX5) August 7, 2017
CHRISTIAN & DART head downstream, minus the cargo that was onboard, after passing the other way earlier today.@ChrisLivett @TidewayLondon pic.twitter.com/5oBsFp2xWw
— Mazimo : MX-5 Monkey 🐵 (@2000MX5) August 7, 2017
Bennett’s nav tugs Christian and Felix were utilised for the towing process and they operated to their full potential, with their hydraulic wheelhouses helping them reach above the double-stacked cabins to allow full visibility.
#BetterbyWater as @ChrisLivett's #tug Christian heads up the #Thames with more offices for Tideway project #marineengineering #dlr_blog pic.twitter.com/T63vFBAn9e
— Andrew Christy (@AJBC_1) August 8, 2017
This operation took just over two weeks to successfully complete, taking a huge 188 lorry movements off Central London’s roads.
The next batch are on their way 👍😀@ChrisLivett @TidewayLondon @maritimejournal #dlr_blog pic.twitter.com/T4fBKDcE6s
— Andrew Christy (@AJBC_1) August 10, 2017
The cabins are being used to further establish one of Tideway’s key sites, a location Bennett’s Barges will be working at consistently for the foreseeable future.
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