Channel Marine

Channel Marine Limited is a UK-based operator specialising in Water Injection Dredging (WID). This advanced hydrodynamic technique, developed in the 1980s, utilises natural processes like gravity and currents to remove silt and sediment from waterways such as rivers, harbours, ports, and canals. By injecting water at low pressure and high volume into the sediment layer, WID creates a fluidised soil mixture that is then transported away by natural currents, eliminating the need for traditional excavation and transport methods.

The company highlights the significant benefits of WID, including the smaller size and quicker mobilisation of their vessels, which are often road-transportable. Their WID vessels offer superior manoeuvrability, allowing them to work in confined spaces like channels, ports, and alongside quay walls without obstructing shipping traffic or requiring relocation of infrastructure. This method is also noted for its cost-effectiveness, reduced environmental impact with a lower carbon footprint, and minimal disturbance to the water column.

The process is energy-efficient, leading to lower operational costs and potentially shorter project durations. Channel Marine's services are crucial for maintaining navigability and preventing flooding. Their applications include maintenance dredging, maintaining berthing areas and turning basins, clearing access channels, working under jetties and alongside quay walls, and dredging waterways like marinas, locks, canals, lakes, estuaries, ports, rivers, and reservoirs.

They also prepare water beds for pipelines and tunnel sections, increase the depth of pipelines and cables, and contribute to flood protection efforts.