River Thames: grs Hans and Barton
A tug, Hans, sailing down Gravesend Reach on the River Thames, pushing a barge, Hanson: I'm not sure if there is anything in the barge...
Both the tug and operator are new to me. Hans was built in Poland in 1998; it's smaller than the Svitzer and Boluda tugs I regularly upload so won't be shifting things like container ship...
The operator, too, is new on me: grs (it uses lower case itself...) seems to have taken over a local operator, SWS, which had operated on the Thames as long as I've been around, with a fleet of smaller vessels and barges, the vessels in yellow livery and frequently seen. I often saw them taking material to Mucking Flats, for example, just east of Tilbury; another 'local' site being covered and restored to an more natural state. grs advsertise themselves amongst other things as providing building material including recycled aggregates and decorative landscaping products, as well as high volume material for major building projects...
Behind the tug and barge: the blue cranes of Tilbury Docks.
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River Thames: grs Hans and Barton
A tug, Hans, sailing down Gravesend Reach on the River Thames, pushing a barge, Hanson: I'm not sure if there is anything in the barge...
Both the tug and operator are new to me. Hans was built in Poland in 1998; it's smaller than the Svitzer and Boluda tugs I regularly upload so won't be shifting things like container ship...
The operator, too, is new on me: grs (it uses lower case itself...) seems to have taken over a local operator, SWS, which had operated on the Thames as long as I've been around, with a fleet of smaller vessels and barges, the vessels in yellow livery and frequently seen. I often saw them taking material to Mucking Flats, for example, just east of Tilbury; another 'local' site being covered and restored to an more natural state. grs advsertise themselves amongst other things as providing building material including recycled aggregates and decorative landscaping products, as well as high volume material for major building projects...
Behind the tug and barge: the blue cranes of Tilbury Docks.
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