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Marine Services & Workboats

Littlehampton Harbour Board is ideally situated to offer marine support to any organisation on the South Coast from Eastbourne to Southampton (East Sussex, West Sussex and Hampshire), upstream on the River Arun or to underway vessels in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

We have a staff of fully-qualified marine professionals, two highly flexible workboats (and access to a third), a 5 metre 80hp patrol rib / safety boat, a scrubbing dock, a quay-side yard suitable for craning, a work vehicle with trailer and an extensive workshop with an array of maintenance and fabrication equipment.

Please contact us to discuss your needs on 01903 721 215 or by email.

   

Our recent clients include the Environment Agency, Trinity House, Water Lodge, Sussex Yacht Club, ABPmer, Keynvor MorLift, Mackley, Fugro, Partrac, Natural Power, Channel Coast Observatory, Tarmac, Southern Water, Rampion Windfarm, Bam Nutall, WSP, Channel 4, WPH Marine, the Arun’s yacht clubs/marinas, local government work across Sussex and many individual vessel owners. Please note our availability is subject to pilotage, emergency and urgent conservancy duties in Littlehampton Harbour.

ERICA is a 10m twin screw, 6 tonne bollard pull, multipurpose steel vessel certificated under the MCA Workboat code of practice (with Pilot Boat endorsement) to Category 3 (up to 20 miles offshore). The vessel is equipped with a removable dredging plough and a-frame, a 1.7 tonne crane, a 3.5 tonne deck winch and 2 tonne capstan amongst other equipment. Available to hire for plough dredging, surveying, towing, pushing, lifting and winching, buoy servicing, cargo and crew transfers, TV and Film support, wind farm support, general marine duties, welding and salvage.

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WINDSONG is a 7.3m aluminium single screw bespoke multipurpose vessel certificated under the MCA Workboat code of practice to Category 4 (up to 5 miles offshore) carrying 4 persons and small deck cargoes. The vessel is also coded for Inland Waterways Category B & C waters with 10 persons on board making it also ideally suited for commercial work upstream on the River Arun. Available to hire for safety boat, light work boat duties, cargo and crew transfers, TV and Film support, general marine duties, welding and salvage. AS of 2022, also equipped for single beam bathymetric surveys and pressure washing.

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TENACITY is third party local 10m fast workboat certificated under the MCA Workboat code of practice to Category 2 (up to 60 miles offshore) for a variety of tasks including but not limited to personnel transfer, surveys, light towage, private charter, water sampling, film/TV, guard boat duties and training. Available for works anywhere along the south coast of the UK. Tenacity also holds an endorsement as an occasional Pilot Boat for Littlehampton.

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