Williams Shipping’s Willdiscover, Willsupply and Wilcarry 504 saved the day recently when a dredger lost its drag head at sea.
The Williams Shipping ‘mini-fleet’ used specialist dive equipment to locate and recover the lost drag head.
Having located the drag head at a depth of 32m in the Nab anchorage area, the barge was moored in position enabling divers to rig recovery equipment. Utilising the Willdiscover’s 70t deck winch and Heila crane the 20t / 20m long drag head was successfully recovered to the deck.
Following the recovery, Williams Shipping provided berthing and cranage at their marine base in Southampton UK to support the ship operator repairing the drag head, allowing the ship to return to dredging operations.
From strategically located bases in Southampton and Milford Haven, Williams Shipping offers a broad range of marine and logistics services, including vessel charter, port services, transport & logistics, marine lubricants sales and distribution, and container hire and sales.
