New managers for Jenkins Marine vessels

The two latest vessels to join Landfall’s managed fleet are Damen built – the twin-screw tug DMS Condor and Multi Cat 2611 workboat Wind Lass. Both will join Jenkins Marine’s large pontoon fleet, also under Landfall management.

Jenkins Marine’s diverse fleet of around 30 vessels, including dredgers, tugs, workboats, hopper barges, flat top barges and smaller support craft, provides solutions for marine construction projects.

Landfall Marine Contractors manages a fleet of similar vessels, including 15 tugs and workboats and nearly 30 flat top and hopper barges. Its managed vessels are mainly working throughout Europe, although their activities also include regions further afield: AIS data indicates the workboat Isle of Jura is currently in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico, while the EuroCarrier 2395 workboat Aurora Venture is at Dakar in Senegal.

Jenkins says that with projects already being finalised through Landfall it is confident that this development is the start of a ‘successful relationship between two well-established and respected companies that will benefit both us and our clients’.

“I’m excited to be working with our new partners Landfall, who are very active within the workboat sector across Europe, for what I’m confident will be a long lasting and successful relationship,” said director Dan Jenkins.

Vessel details

Both vessels meet MCA Workboat Code Cat 1 requirements and UK-flagged, shallow-draught anchor-handling tug DMS Condor was built by Damen Hardinxveld (hull from Stocznia Kozle, Poland) in 2001 as Camperduin for Dutch owner Viegers en Zoon.

The tug has a length of 25.9m, beam 9m and minimum draught 2.2m. Twin Caterpillar 35088 main engines deliver 1,452kW (1,947bhp) and bollard pull 24 tons via twin fixed-pitch propellers in nozzles. Deck machinery includes a 5.3t (maximum) lift Heila deck crane and 40 ton pull, split-drum Ridderinkhof towing/anchor-handling winch.

Fender provisions include arrangements for push bow operations and current AIS data indicates it is in Poole.

The Damen Multi Cat 2611 Wind Lass is a multipurpose workboat built by Damen Hardinxveld (hull from Safe Co Ltd, Gdansk) in 2011. Originally named Whalsa Lass and later Aqua Lass for various Scottish interests, including in the fishing industry, it became part of Jenkins Marine’s fleet in mid-2023.

Basic specifications include a length of 26m and beam 11.5m with a minimum/maximum draught of 2.25m and 3.2m respectively.

Power is provided by three Caterpillar C32 ATT main engines developing 1,902kW (2,551bhp) in total and a bollard pull of 37 tons, and like DMS Condor it boasts a shallow draught, in this case partly due to its propulsion arrangement of triple fixed-pitch propellers in Optima nozzles.

Deck equipment specification is unsurprisingly extensive and includes two identical Heila deck cranes with a maximum lift of 12.3t at 15m.

A double-drum towing and anchor-handling winch with respectively 90t and 150t brake load and a tugger winch are included, along with the usual provision of towing pins, chain stopper, towing hook and bow and stern rollers.

Spud poles and an A-frame are also listed in the vessel’s specifications and Wind Lass is currently in Newport, Wales.