Barges clean up River Thames

The company has taken delivery of two new barges, Ashburn and Ashcroft, built by McTays Shipbuilders. They will be used to transfer incinerator bottom ash from Cory’s riverside resource recovery energy from waste facility, situated on the banks of the River Thames in the London Borough of Bexley. Sealed containers of ash will be loaded on to the barges, where they will be taken to a processing plant in Tilbury and turned into construction aggregate.

“We are delighted to have received the first two barges from McTays. They have been specifically designed for our Thames operations to carry heavier payloads of ash compared to the existing fleet of waste barges,” said Neil Caborn, general manager, Cory Environmental.

“The delivery into service of these first of class ‘Ash’ barges is a milestone achievement for McTays, and we take great pride in handing them over to our client, Cory Environmental,” added Lee Foster, chief operating officer, HS Ocean Group, owners of McTays.

Ashburn and Ashcroft are the first of four barges, with the remaining two to be delivered at the end of April 2015.