Tug berth pontoon, River Tyne.

Tug berths, River Tyne UK

  • Tug berth pontoon, River Tyne

    The pontoons are 5 metres wide and moored via chains through the inset hawse tubes to the bases of the quay piles.

  • Tug berth pontoons, River Tyne

    The pontoons are fendered off the quay using floating steel tubes with truck tyre surrounds.

  • Tug berth pontoon, River Tyne

    A high grip compound was added to coat the decks before the icy winter.

  • Tug berth pontoon, River Tyne

 

 

Shane Carr, Director of Marine Design & Construction Ltd is the inventor and patent holder for the DockMaster concrete pontoon system. The DockMaster pontoon is sold by Marine Designs Ltd under exclusive license from Marine Design & Construction Ltd.

All of the DockMaster pontoon projects shown in our projects page were completed while Shane Carr was a Director of Marine Designs Ltd from 2003 – 2013.