Port / Vessel Maintenance
The UK’s extensive Port network is a vital gateway for international trade and a key access point for vessels of all types. With a high volume of ocean traffic passing through daily, there is a constant demand for maintenance and engineering personnel to operate safely at height.
We work vessels and cranes on the quayside.
Cruise vessels, container ships and working craft all need hull cleaning, coatings, inspection and external repair while alongside. Port infrastructure needs the same, with dockside cranes requiring routine inspection, servicing and certification.
A working quay is a difficult place to put a machine. Space between the vessel and the stacks is tight, straddle carriers and reach stackers keep moving, quay decks carry their own loading limits, and the vessel itself rises and falls with the tide. Blade Access supplies high reach truck mounted platform hire with IPAF certified operators for planned and reactive marine maintenance at any UK port.
A working quay is a difficult place to put a machine. Space between the vessel and the stacks is tight, straddle carriers and reach stackers keep moving, quay decks carry their own loading limits, and the vessel itself rises and falls with the tide. Blade Access supplies high reach truck mounted platform hire with IPAF certified operators for planned and reactive marine maintenance at any UK port.
Cruise Vessels
Port Infrastructure
Marine Maintenance
We work to strict tailored RAMS, or Risk Assessments and Method Statements, written for the port environment, and our operators understand tidal berths, live terminal traffic and the way a quayside crane has to be approached.
Blade operates the UK’s largest rental fleet of large truck mounted platforms, reaching 104m. Lateral outreach of up to 42.5m lets a machine stand back from the edge and still reach over the rail and down the hull side, which matters where quay loading limits restrict how close a heavy vehicle can park. The work cage extends to 3.8m so two can work a full section without repositioning.
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