The official completion of the first vessel to be constructed at Harland & Wolff Group's Belfast shipyard in 20 years took place on Monday, as the famous firm unveiled a barge that is to serve in the UK capital.
The barge is the first of 23 such vessels to be built for London-based Cory Group which is one of the UK's leading waste management and recycling companies.
As Afloat previously reported the barge will be used to transport London’s recyclable and non-recyclable waste on the River Thames.
The barge became the the first vessel to be built at the iconic site on Queen’s Island since the ro-ro /cargoship Anvil Point was launched in 2003.
Last month H&W announced that Cory approved the hull of the barge and that it would then proceed to the painting hall.
The newbuild is due to be delivered in several months’ time to the English barge operator which provides a unique river-based infrastructure on the Thames for delivering waste.
Completion of a second barge is soon to finish while work on another two has progressed.
Harland & Wolff said: “Fabrication is now being conducted simultaneously on all barges throughout the production hall with numerous work stations set up and the project team tracking progress on a daily basis with new enterprise resource planning technology.”
The Belfast Telegraph has more and on overall shipbuilding developments.
