Thames Lighter Barge with London mooring.

Working boats on the thames. Its primary focus was on lobbying for favourable conditions to aid their collective commercial interests although this also involved considerations about the physical environment and the smooth. Boatshed London are delighted to offer this 27m Thames lighter houseboat for sale with residential mooring at sturts. UK Diving Services Ltd are a leading provider of work rescue and safety boat charters on the River Thames.

Three black shapes in a vertical line ball diamond ball. Work And Safety Boat Hire River Thames. The trade goes back to Roman times and before but was first licensed under Henry VIII 500 years ago.

Welcome to Thames Workboats Services. Katherine Fawssett hops on board to meet some of them. Traditional methods are now combined with modern design to produce new boats.

Welcome to CPBS MARINE SERVICES. This practice continued until the 1990s when new EU legislation prevented the dumping of sewage at sea. Even though one caught FIRE.

Well help you find or build the Cobalt Boat of your dreams call us today to get started. Smaller boats available. Bawley Bay was once the heart of Gravesends fishing community with over 100 Thames Bawley shrimp boats working from this one small stretch of the river.

Regular and fairly well paid work for Thames watermen in times of economic downturn was on the so-called Bovril Boats which continued as they had done since 1887 to take Londons sewage from Crossness and Beckton to the Thames Estuary at Black Deep where the sludge was discharged. Narrow boating on the tidal Thames presents a unique set of challenges but for the experienced it can be a rewarding experience. Tales from the Thames is an oral history project focussing on the Thames Lightermen and Watermen the people who have operated the boats on the Thames with a history going back hundreds of years.