Installation of barge mooring

26 Oct 2021 / Gravesend Reach – River Thames, United Kingdom

On or about the 1st week of November 2021, Port of London Authority will undertake the installation a new barge mooring in the vicinity of the former West Street Pier location.

The works will involve installing the moorings and buoying off using the PLA vessel LONDON TITAN and will be laid as marked by yellow & black unlit admiralty class buoys at each end with a barge or barges moored between.

All vessels involved in the works will maintain a continuous listening watch on VHF channel 68.

Requirements to proceed with caution or at slow speed will be made in accordance with the procedure set out in the Port of London Authority’s Port Information Guide, under ‘London VTS’, ‘Section 4’.

Further details will be broadcast by London VTS on VHF Channel 68.

(For information about operations in the United Kingdom, contact GAC UK at [email protected])

Source: Port of London - River Thames Notice To Mariners L20 of 2021

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