Case Studies

Tracked Crane in Difficult access

A site with difficult access and an even more difficult lifting job was a recent challenge for Rebel Marine at the Barn Elms Sports Ground in Barnes for the Environment Agency.

Specialist Plant and pontoons for scour protection works

The team was mobilised to undertake essential scour remediation works at the River Tale, adjacent to a brick railway bridge. The primary task involved placing sixteen tonnes of rock into a substantial scour hole to reinforce the riverbed and protect the bridge structure.

Silt Curtain Removal - Spider Crane

When Aquatic Engineering_—the company responsible for designing and producing the silt curtains—needed help removing the curtain near the pumping station tower, they reached out to us for assistance.

Pontoons & Specialist Plant for Scour Protection Works

The 120m long brick Culvert located on the river Hayne in Wilmington had sustained significant scour in several locations throughout and at either end in the riverbanks.

Pontoon access for scaffolding

During the Network Rail upgrade works at Portcreek Junction, Rebel Marine supplied pontoon sections across Portsea Creek beneath the Portsea Creek rail bridge

Pontoon Access & Spider Crane

It was here that urgent vegetation management and brick repairs were needed to be carried out.

Specialist Plant and pontoons for scour protection works

A team was mobilized to facilitate access and deploy six bags of stone into a scour hole located on the bed of a culvert/bridge at Hammer Lane off the A3

Safety Cover - Emergency Works

Given immediate notice of a reactive works job at Cook’s Pond Viaduct, a team was mobilised within 16 hours to provide safety cover during timber repairs on the walkway.

Dredging Support

Assisting with a dredging operation in Bude on the north Cornish coast, a special pontoon design with heavy lifting capability was needed.

Nav Mark & Concrete Repairs

A bit closer to home, carrying out work for our neighbours Wightlink at their Fishbourne vehicle ferry terminal.

Temporary Access Road

Following on from another project in East Devon we were asked to provide a track mat roadway across a field to reach a nearby railway embankment that needed culvert drainage repair works completing.

Specialist Plant & Lifting on a Rail Bridge

Working with Four Tees Engineers Ltd, the task was to replace structural steel beams in a rail bridge on the Great Western Railway, a busy train line serving the south west of England

Timber Fender Works

Rebel Marine was assigned the task of removing the damaged and unusable components and replacing them with new ones.

Pontoon Access for Urgent Repairs

The Royal Estate, Windsor Castle was the backdrop for a Rebel Marine mobilisation to assist urgent steel work repairs to a nearby rail bridge spanning the River Thames.

Rail Bridge Inspection Pontoon

The survey pontoon set-up consisted of a five metres by four metres modular Versadock pontoon, with our usual personnel edge protection consisting of demountable metal panels and post and rope rails for access. Added to this were our lightweight aluminium spud legs for easy anchoring and a Rigiflex push boat.

Pontoon for Brickwork Repairs

Within 23 hours of receiving instructions our team delivered and installed 200m² of modular pontoon under a railway viaduct.

Pontoon and workboat for scour protection works

Reactive scour works at the confluence of the River Test and Southampton Water required a significant mobilisation effort from the team

Pontoon Access - Bridge Refurbishment

Initially providing a pontoon from which surveyors could inspect the underside of the rail bridge, we then provided a pontoon underneath the entire bridge.

Bridge Inspection

A bridge survey close to a canal lock and a weir meant some specialist equipment was needed for this particular project.

Dive Survey

Rebel Anchorman was the ideal vessel to support the underwater survey team on this project.

Silt Curtain Removal

The only way to reach the pumping tower by vehicle was via a narrow track along the top of the reservoir embankment, making it impossible to bring in heavy equipment. Instead, we used powerful winches together with our Jekko Spider Crane.

Bridge Inspections in a Moat

English Heritage estates team to ask Rebel Marine if we could help provide access for their survey work.

Rail Bridge Survey from Pontoons & Boats

Tasked with providing a safe working platform for survey work to take place, reaching the underside of Ford railway bridge was problematic enough. The added fact that it also has a tidal range between three and five metres, accessing the bridge structure was not going to be easy.

Pontoon and Workboat access for Rail Structure

A team was mobilized to carry out reactive inspection and repair works on steelwork brackets surrounding six columns at two locations beneath a bridge in Poole.

Pontoon Hire for Racing Yacht

Rebel Marine were asked if they could provide a temporary pontoon capable of taking Medallia and up to forty guests moored alongside the Tower Bridge Hotel and next to Tower Bridge.

Emergency Tree Removal

We were called in an emergency to help remove a large tree that had fallen against a bridge structure, restricting water flow and posing the risk of a blockage or hazard.

Pontoon for access for event

A last minute request to help out at Seawork 2025 was a departure from the usual requests at Rebel Marine.

Navigation Mark Replacement

A quick turnaround was needed to replace a lost navigation mark. Working within a short tidal window due to a low water springs.

Marine Civils

Rebel Marine used its modular crane pontoon to assist in some interesting marine civil engineering works

Contract Lift

It’s not just the pier at Ryde undergoing refurbishment but also the Wightlink Terminal at the end of the pier too.