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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.

Published in Shipyards

West Coast of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA)

The West Coast of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA) objective is to promote an annual programme of yacht racing for the West Coast of Ireland.

WIORA aims to encourage and promote participation in and knowledge of racing and seamanship. It does this by developing yacht racing between yacht clubs on the west coast and hosting an annual regatta known as the West Coast Championships. The championships are rotated between west coast clubs. 

WIORA was formed in 1976. WIORA is affiliated with the Irish Cruiser Racing Association.

The association burgee is a pennant with a background of St. Patrick's Blue and overlaid with an emblem of St. Brendan's Cross, which is of saffron colour. 

WIORA is open to members of yachts clubs located on the west coast of Ireland, from Mizen Head to Malin Head and the waters of Lough Derg and Lough Ree, and sailors outside thee areas who may wish to participate at the WIORA annual regatta.

The membership association has a Commodore and committee.

Annual membership is €10.

WIORA Championships

WIORA 2024 will be held at Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary from June 12th-15th 2024

WIORA Championships

WIORA 2022 will run over three days, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th June at the Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland on the Shannon Estuary

WIORA 2023 will be held at Kilronan on the Aran Islands

WIORA 2024 will be held at Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary

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