In a challenging marketplace, the Cemex UK Marine team recognise the importance of diversifying our offering to keep our vessels operating at maximum capacity. Congratulations, therefore, go to the team who are celebrating their first success story, having completed their first diversified offering with The Port of Tilbury.

The Port of Tilbury engaged with Cemex Marine to dredge their Tilbury 2 berth to a depth of 15 metres, using our charter vessel MV Reimerswaal. As a regular River Thames user, it was easy for the team to adapt the Reimerswaal’s usual schedule to complete these works, allowing us to complete the works successfully, on time, on budget and to exact client specification.

Over the course of five days, the vessel successfully extracted over 20,000m3 of spoil from the berth, and disposed of it at an approved site, 40 miles outside The Thames estuary. The project posed many challenges to the Marine team including precise dredging within a confined area, dredging to a uniform depth and dredging with and against current, plus avoiding other river traffic. The team worked closely with the Port of London Authority Hydrographic department who produced daily bathymetric pre and post dredge surveys, allowing them to fully understand their completed works and next steps.

Chris Grosscurth, Marine Commercial and Logistics Manager, said: “The project was a complete success and now opens up many other opportunities for Cemex Marine, complementing our normal Aggregate delivery work. Thank you to everyone involved in this challenging but successful project.”