Split Barge Corksand - Discharging at sea

8th June 2011. Split Barge Corksand, IMO No. 8818958 - Discharging at sea. This ship literally splits in two to allow the dredge material to drop out of the ship's hold. This ship is being used together with sister ship Longsand and dredger Maricavor to complete the dredging operation on the river Tyne.

[@eifionjones559]

I was on one of these , though we carried rock , building the breakwater at Rhos on Sea , N Wales coast

[@Kallis_Shipworld]

Interesting video. I had seen the Corksand in May at Cuxhaven (Germany).

[@smlamgaboh7269]

Where I can rent like this vessel...??somebody can give me information for this company..?

[@ezmatheng]

By 'eck! Pitty the poor bastard who's out on the dredge material when a misinformed
crew member pouches the lever to open the bottom hatches!

[@balacau]

The Maricavor barge was good to watch during operations on the Tyne. I spent a couple of days just watching it from under the red lighthouse on the Groyne, no videos though. I'd love to see a drivers eye view on the Komatsu backhoe! How do they know what's been dredged already and what hasn't? Amazing stuff.

[@mrfingers4737]

GPS and depth sounders

[@arnoldn2017]

The project survey department does a daily multibeam survey that is used in the backhoe to show the progress of the dreding

[@coldwarrior23]

Awesome

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

How do they empty the resultant water after they close the bottom of the barge.? Or do they just leave it in there until it goes out when the next load is dumped?

[@sunking2001]

I've dumped this type of "dump scow" several times. After the dump the two "halves" of the scow close up. There is "resultant water" in the bottom of the scow...not much...it is left there and the next load of sand/mud pushes it up to the top...and is dumped with the next load. It's a continuous cycle.

[@dehempen]

no video of the Maricavor

[@johnretsillac6246]

I bet the crew shat themselves the first time they did that!

[@tundramanq]

I remember NYC using these to dump municipal trash at sea years ago.

[@hamlettelmah441]

at first i thought it was accidental

[@craigrichardson-smith2534]

My Dad used to be the Chief Engineer on this barge.

[@emmanuelalbert3813]

I worked this barge on 2006

[@metaljacket64]

Hi allan can you help me ... i want to charter this kind of vessel for our reclamation project in the Philippines... can you recommend the company... thanks

[@hernanprado268]

No español loco

[@christjulipds13]

If you want you can learn from WoodPrix scripts how to make it yourself.

[@hernanprado268]

Que mierda es eso

[@jimmyallapina580]

How many DemocRATS can that thing hold?