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Shipyard firm, Harland and Wolff Group has announced a new contract from a London based waste management operator, worth £8.5m to build an additional 10 new barges for duties on the River Thames.

The company which also has a fleet of tugs, the Cory Group, last year announced contracts to fabricate 23 barges in total for the group of companies which delivers waste management services across the UK capital.

At H&W’s main shipyard in Belfast was delivered in April the first of the 23 barge order, which was the first vessel in two decades to be launched from the shipyard on Queens Island.

The barge-building programme continues to proceed apace but is not exclusively centred at the Belfast shipyard as the work is been fulfilled across the Group’s facilities which includes two sites in Scotland, Arnish on the Isle of Lewis and Methil on the Firth of Forth of Firth

So far eight of the barges have been delivered to Cory and H&W is expected to complete the entire programme by 2025.

More from Belfast Telegraph on this extended barge-contract.

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Bangor Town Regatta 2021

It’s expected that the fleet will number upwards of 60 with several hundred crew and supporting visitors for the 2021 Regatta.

Among the classes expected are IRC, Sigma 33, RS Elite, and day boats such as Waverleys and Fairies.

The Regatta Chairman is Gavin Watson and Royal Ulster Yacht Club is the organising club for what is Northern Ireland's biggest inshore yacht racing event.

Feeder races from Dun Laoghaire and Scotland are planned.

The Bangor Town Regatta fleet will race out of the Bangor Marina, on what is Belfast Lough’s enviable area of virtually tide and hazard free waters.

Two round-the-buoys courses within a manageable distance from the marina will provide testing but enjoyable racing and in addition, coastal races every day will give those who prefer
somewhat more leisurely competition, the opportunity to use the whole of the Lough.

Racing will be in the capable hands of International Race Officer and National Judge, local man Robin Gray.

The Race Office will be located at the Marina close to where the après sailing will be well catered for.

At A Glance - Bangor Town Regatta 2024

Belfast Lough's Bangor Town Regatta runs from 27th to 30th June and is hosted by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.

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