PS TATTERSHALL CASTLE TOW
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PROJECT DETAILS
When: January 2015
Where: Throughout the River Thames; Embankment; Woolwich
The floating bar Tattershall Castle was towed from its permanent moorings at Embankment to Woolwich, where she remained before a further tow to dry dock in Hull for renovation and maintenance work to be carried out.
The project featured various challenges requiring expertise in a range of fields, from preparing the permanently moored vessel for towage to the maneuvering and controlling of what is a fairly large and unusual load safely and efficiently.
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HOW LIVETT'S MADE IT HAPPEN
Commercial Marine & Piling (CMP) carried out all work that was focused on the static areas of the project, preparing the vessel for the tow with measures such as safely detaching the brow, disconnecting the funnel (to allow a safe passage under bridges), disposing of waste and sewage and removal of necessary utilities on board.
GPS Marine was on this occasion the principle towage contractor, supplying two tugs for the journey downriver (one each side at the stern) to help stabilise the long paddle steamer.
On the morning of Monday 19 January, Livett’s tug Thames Vixen, acted as the lead tug and towed the Tattershall Castle to Woolwich. This was her first major tow since joining the fleet in December 2014. As well as providing the tug and crew for the actual passage of the Tattershall Castle, Livett’s also supplied the safety boat (Meridian) at the Embankment site while CMP carried out ground work from early January.
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