The Hull Boatage Company Ltd can trace its history back to the early19th century although it was officially established in 1946 and is still a family business.
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ReliabilityThe job of a Boatman can involve working at different times of the day and night. The often unpredictable nature of the job means that reliability and being in the right place at the right time is paramount. This is essential to provide a successful service to vessels arriving and sailing often over a 24 hour basis in the Port of Hull. Albert Dock built in 1863 has a lock of just 83 metres meaning many vessels are only able to arrive and depart an hour before high water twice a day so punctuality and time is vital.
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ExperienceThe Company was established in 1946 and is still a family run business. We have been carrying out mooring operations in all of Hull's three working docks since that time. The Hull Boatage
Company Ltd has been responsible for the berthing of all vessels arriving at BP Chemicals Saltend Jetty for over 45 years. Since the autumn of 2016 and for the last five years we have been engaged in the mooring of all vessels arriving for Siemens Green Ports. |
Location
We are based in Hull and carry out mooring operations in all three of Hull's working docks usually on a daily basis. The company is entirely responsible for the mooring and unmooring of all vessels at Saltend Jetty BP Chemicals. At Alexandra Dock we carry out several mooring operations a week primarily for the Siemens project, but we also attend to other vessels for the MMS Dry Dock or IBL tanker berth. At King George Dock we carry out operations for a wide range of vessels from tankers to dry cargo.
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For your assistance in contacting us on a 24 hour basis please find available contacts below.
Office 01430 810724
Simon Dinsdale 07721 063098
Steve Drayton 07940 629045
David Dinsdale 01482 869532 (Fax 01482 869629)
Chris Simpson 07714 287198
Simondinsdale101@btinternet.com
Training has been constant over many years. But since 2013 until the present day Captain Steve Dowler formerly of Briggs Marine has instructed the company in mooring and berthing techniques, manual handling port safety and life jacket maintenance.
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In early 2015 the Siemens development of Alexandra Dock began. For several months we were employed by Global Shipping to assist the work being carried out by Lagans/Green Ports. This involved being in attendance for several months to moor & unmoor the Stemat piling barges which were operating 12 hours a day 6 days a week from Alexandra Dock Hull. By July 2016 Berth 1 Greenports River Terminal had been completed and we carried out the first mooring operation on the new berth when the MV "Sandness" became the first vessel to discharge from there, quickly followed by the "Beltnes". Since October 2016 and into 2022 we have been involved in mooring many different vessels arriving for Siemens at Alexandra Dock. Most notably the two regular vessels the "Rotra Vente" and Rotra Mare which arrive weekly bringing the wind turbine towers.
Hull Boatage Company Staff
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