Jack-up Goes 'Walk About'

The run away jack-up is battered against the Margate sea wall earlier this month.

A jack-up work barge created considerable consternation off the coast of North Kent during bad weather on 7 July. The barge had been carrying out core sampling and survey work close to the shore, east of Margate, and broke up in heavy seas overnight.

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