UK Diving Services
Inshore And Offshore Safety Boats
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Safety Boat Services London
Welcome to UK Diving Services offshore and inshore licensed safety boats, safety boat hire and safety boat services - London.
UK Diving Services are a leading safety boat and rescue RIB charter company providing specialist safety boat services and safety boat hire to assist personnel who work on, near or above water in London and throughout the United Kingdom.
UK Diving Services provide professional rescue boats and safety boat services to the construction, inspection, engineering, media, sporting, film and event management industries across the capital. Our work and rescue vessels are licensed for working both inshore and offshore during 24hr periods.
UK Diving Services can supply rapid lightweight MCA (Maritime And Coastguard Agency) coded safety and rescue vessels to both the inshore and offshore sectors from small 3m inflatables to powerful offshore ribs and large multi-hull work and transfer boats.
As a leading London supplier of safety boat cover we fully understand that not all locations where safety and rescue boats are required have easy access.
However inconvenient the location or shallow the water UK Diving Services will provide an appropriate vessel and a safe means of access and egress as part of any safety boat plan.
All our vessels are CAT 6 and CAT 3 MCA coded with 24 hr working and come complete with qualified experienced skippers and crew and can be deployed to any destination at short notice.
UK Diving Services have storage facilities at strategic locations across London and the UK allowing us to provide rapid safety boat cover to any UK location at competitive prices.
UK Diving Services safety boat and rescue RIB skippers are all experienced HSE commercial divers who have a sound understanding of any marine environment and operate to strict rescue boat codes of practice.
In addition all hold RYA power boat level 2 (commercial) and safety boat skipper as minimum.
UK Diving Services are probably the best and most competitive safety boat operator providing safety boat services in the UK.
UK Diving Services (London) provide the following specialist services nationwide:
Diving Services - Underwater inspection maintenance and repair
Safety Boats - Commercial safety boat hire and rescue boat services
Offshore Windfarm Services - Crew transfer boats, survey vessels, diving and confined spaces
Confined Space Entry - Confined space inspection maintenance and repair
Work Boat Hire - Commercial work boat charter and work boat services
Civil & Marine Engineering - Water environment projects scour protection and prevention
Survey Vessels - Pre-works surveys, seabed surveys, river surveys
Shipping Husbandry - Hull inspections and surveys underwater repairs and cleaning
Bridge Inspections And Underwater Surveys - Scour and abutment surveys maintenance & repair
Offshore Renewable Energy Maintenance Services - Wind wave tidal and sub sea turbines
Crew Transfer Boats - Crew transfer vessels, material transportation
Crane Hire Services - Mobile and static crane and excavator hire
Our safety boat services are available for the following activities:
Film & Broadcasting Works
UK Diving Services are fully aware of the needs of any filming crew and will manoeuvre their safety boat or RIB crew to any position to get that vital perfect shot, safely and efficiently.
Our boat teams have extensive experience within the film and broadcasting industry and can be a real advantage to any film or broadcasting company before, during and after shooting.
Flood Response
In the event of any flooding where inshore rescue boats, RIB s and personnel are required UK Diving Services can offer our rescue and safety boat services to be within a flood zone at short notice.
Our flood response teams are trained to deal with any emergency situation.
Sporting Events And Record Attempts
Where sporting events are above or on water UK Diving Services can offer rapid rescue boat support in the event of any incident. All our safety boat personnel hold valid HSE first aid qualifications and are experienced to deal with any rescue emergencies.
Working On Or Near Water - Construction And Scaffolding Projects
UK Diving Services will provide rescue and safety boat services for any construction project where personnel are working on water. In some extreme cases we can have divers standing by in or under the water.
General Public And Water Environments
UK Diving Services will assist any public event where the general public are at risk because of the close proximity to any water environment.
Our safety boats for public events can be deployed at a moments notice to any location nationwide.
UK Diving Services can have standby teams in safety boats on the water or divers standing-by on land in the event of any emergency.
Commercial Diving And Marine Projects
We offer vessels and safety crews to any diving or marine project.
Bridge Maintenance
As a leading provider of marine rescue and safety boat services UK Diving Services are well placed to provide rapid safety boat cover whilst any bridge maintenance and construction works are being undertaken. We can arrange boat teams on standby for 24 hr periods should the need arise.
UK Diving Services can provide transport boat assistance to engineers and inspectors for safe, comfortable and easy access for any water bound inspection.
Diving Marine UK provide specialist work boat hire and charters to all international locations.
Small and large work boats
Fast vessels complete with HIAB
Small jack -up barges
Flat bed barges with cranes
Marine Security Cover
Where a project is being undertaken on or near water UK Diving Services can protect your valuable assets with 24 Hr security cover. Our ex-military security personnel will advice on the level of threat and also on what decisive action should be taken if need be. We offer 24 Hr water patrols with fast light weight boats.
Please feel free to contact UK Diving Services for further details on our safety boat services. Alternatively for further information on our safety boats and rescue boats please visit our main Home page.
UK DIVING SERVICES are credited on the CIHT 2019 safety award for innovation management and implementation of safety systems during diving and inspection procedures. The award holds its merit on diving and inspection works completed on the Menai Suspension Bridge as part of a joint venture with ATKINS GLOBAL
On inspection of a complex culvert system UK Diving Services confined space team discover extensive damage to a reinforced concrete invert due to scour followed by undermining. Our inspectors measured the voids underneath each area of concern and recommended urgent remedial works to prevent further damage threatening the integrity of the structur…
UK Diving Services Ltd recently undertook a series of underwater bridge surveys for a local Scottish council and found significant scour and undercut to one of the bridge piers. All data was recorded in accordance with the Roads & Bridges Manual BD63/17 and BD 97/12 and a scope for remedial works implemented.
UKDS have provided work boats and pontoons for urgent repair and maintenance works at Prudhoe Paper Mill. The recently refurbished sludge/pulp tank required water baffles to be adjusted to allow a more even flow over the circular perimeter of the tank. UKDS provided trained commercial divers and boat skippers to assist with the project which was …
UKDS have recently been contracted by ATKINS engineering to provide underwater services on the Menai Bridge. The project included checking all submerged elements of the masonry stone piers checking for scour, structural damage or/and undermining to the structure. The region has very high tides making inspection windows very short and diving condi…
UK Diving Services Ltd have provided a complete under and above water model of Thrapston Nine Arches Bridge to determine if any structural damage or underwater scour is present. Our diving team and underwater surveyors scanned the structure over a period of 5 days. Deliverable's were laser and sonar data in .pts and .xyz files allowing viewing of a…
UK Diving Services Ltd have secured a diving survey of Lobnitz Dock on the tidal Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Our underwater surveyors are to provide detailed information on the dock walls and adjacent seabed. The wall inspection will include a 2D sonar sweep to identify targets showing areas of concern and better understand bed levels along the wal…
UK Diving Services Ltd are working with Kier WSP on behalf of Northamtonshire Highways providing diving services supported by hi resolution three dimensional sonar surveys on a nine arch masonry stone bridge. The 3D mapping data in .xyz format for point cloud will show undermining and scour holes within the structure and adjacent areas. The invert…
UKDS dive services recently provided underwater surveys of an extensive pier and jetty structure. The surveys included the inspection of culverts along the river and sea walls within the tidal estuary,. Working with strong tides and limited tidal windows UKDS diving service compiled a detailed underwater principle inspection (UPI) of the structure …
UK Diving Services Ltd have recently completed 4no x underwater principle inspections for Kier WSP on behalf of Northamtonshire Highways. The surveys from our dive service identified scouring and undermining to some of the upstream elements of the structure. Repairs included placing of underwater scour packs into voids beneath the masonry structure…
UKDS have recently undertaken a confined space entry beneath Hampton Court Palace in Surrey. The purpose of the survey was to determine the condition of the brick tudor structure and its lay. The structure was an old sewage outfall from and since demolished toilet block within the palace likely constructed around the reign of Henry 8th. Additionall…
UK Diving Services have successfully provided dive surveys to numerous bridge structures across Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Scotland. The surveys were to assess the condition of recent remedial works undertaken at each structure. Written reports were provided including detailed digital photography and video.
UK Diving Services Ltd recently undertook diving and sonar surveys on numerous underwater structures in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The purpose of the inspection was to determine the extent of any scour if present. Due to the visual limitations in water using conventional video and still photography all our diving surveys are bac…
For the third consecutive year UK Diving Services have provided underwater services on various Bridge assets throughout Scotland on behalf of Transport Scotland. UKDS provided a full underwater scour and condition surveys of many of the bridge structures and concluded that urgent repairs were required to several of the structures. Some of the brid…
UK Diving Services Ltd attended an emergency call out to a damaged ship. The vessel ran aground whilst entering Great Yarmouth causing the starboard prop to stall. On inspection from our underwater dive team in was concluded that the starboard rudder assembly was bent forward directly into the propeller blades causing extensive damage and jamming …
UK Diving Services Ltd have undertaken a full underwater sonar and diving inspection of the intake screens on behalf of Zenith for Scottish Power. The intake screens and forebay were at 12m depth and clear of debris. NDT inspection of the steel work was carried out. 2D sonar provides helpful underwater images to back any diving inspection or surve…
UK Diving Services recently assisted PGL Travel with an inspection of a blocked sewage outfall which discharges into the river Tay in central Scotland. Our diving team provided a digital video survey of the submerged elements of the sewage pipe including the open discharge end and trash screen.
UK Diving Services Ltd have undertaken an internal inspection of of a decommissioned concrete sewage effluent pipe. the purpose of the survey was to understand the condition within the pipe to determine if the structure is structurally sound to support plant crossing the adjacent access road. The pipe was in a flooded state during inspection.
UKDS are currently contracted by the Greenhatch Group to assist with surveying Southmere Lake in London. The project is part of a larger scheme which includes the demolition of a large residential estate with a view to build next generation housing.
UK Diving Services recently completed a variety of principle bridge inspections on behalf of ATKINS engineering. The works included underwater inspection and sonar surveys of two large multiple arch bridges spanning the Ladybower reservoir. The structures were built during the second world war prior to damming and flooding of the valley and villag…
UK Diving Services re-visit Persley Bridge And Bridge Of Dee in Aberdeen to undertake point cloud 3D sonar and topographic surveys of the structures. The data was compared to previous surveys of the the structures to determine the extent of any scour or undercut to the bridge. Additionally dive surveys were undertaken to examine the condition of t…
UK Diving Services have been contracted on behalf of CAPITA to provide a river wall condition survey to determine suitability prior to the construction of a new road to link to the new River Wear crossing. The new road bridge will be a two span cable stayed bridge with an A-frame pylon rising to 105m crossing the River Wear between Castletown and a…
UKDS are providing safety boat services in central London on the river Thames. Our 7.2m RIB is equipped with all the latest safety equipment required by the Port Of London Authority to operate a rescue boat on the tidal Thames. Last year UKDS operated a safety boat on behalf of Mackley at London Bridge whilst the new staircase was being fabricated …
UKDS have secured a river wall inspection in Sunderland north east England. The survey involves underwater inspection of the tidal river wall over several hundred meters. Due to likely poor visibility within the area divers will be using tactile probing methods of inspection backed by 2d sonar images.
UKDS now offer hovercraft rental and hire services for cost effective, fast and safe transport for commercial operations nationwide. Applications include flood rescue, inter-tidal and near shore works, access, surveying, archaeology, sampling, mapping, environmental monitoring, crew transfer and mud rescue.
UK Diving Services have been awarded and undertaken 30 bridge inspections on behalf of SWECO and Glasgow County Council. The bridges include most of the roadway bridges on both the tidal and non tidal river Clyde. The inspections included underwater sonar and video recorded to BCI format.
UK Diving Services are currently working on the Thames Tideway project on the tidal river Thames at Battersea and London Gateway. We are providing a 7.5m Port of London Authority coded RIB for safety and rescue boat operations on and within the waterway estuary.
The Thames Tideway Tunnel is an under-construction 25 km (16 mi) tunnel running mostl…
As an add-on to our conventional underwater diving inspections UK Diving Services Ltd now provide Hi-resolution 2D & 3D multi-beam sonar surveys to survey river beds, stone piers, concrete bag work, sheet pile walls, docks, moorings, scour holes and abutments etc. For further details please email us.
UK Diving Services Ltd recently provided bridge inspection services to Angus Council. Twelve bridges were surveyed to assess the extent of any scour/undercut to the structures and determine the bridges structural integrity
After severe flooding earlier this year UK Diving Services assisted with an urgent requirement to provide underwater surveys to several bridges on the river Dee and Don to assess their structural integrity. The surveys were completed on time successfully and written reports and video footage submitted. Other bridge inspections were also undertaken …
UK Diving Services are providing safety boat operations at London Bridge as part of the new London Bridge staircase project adjacent the tidal Thames.
During our time on site UK Diving Services have participated in several rescue operations for real persons in water in close proximity to the bridge......proving our rescue plan is effective during…
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UK Diving Services Ltd have taken delivery of a new aluminium lifting barge to assist with our day to day diving and marine operations. The vessel comes complete with spud legs for extra stability for lifting heavier loads onto the large storage deck. The vessel is road transportable so can mobilise to any UK location at short notice. Lifting capa…
UK Diving Services Ltd are currently engaged in safety and rescue boat operations at London Bridge on the tidal Thames in London. We are providing safety support to operatives working above the waters edge whilst constructing and assembling platforms. Our safety boat is a PLA licensed vessel and we operate under local knowledge endorsement LKE
UK Diving Services Ltd recently undertook an inspection of a bridge with flooded box beams.The inspection involved surveying inside the chambers of the flooded box beams including the voids and diaphragms between them. CCTV footage was taken during the inspection.
UK Diving Services Ltd recently undertook a visual/condition survey of the 126m partially flooded Six Bells culvert in Abertillery, Wales. In addition to the visual inspection our confined space engineers took laser measurements to determine the line of the culvert/tunnel.
UK Diving Services Ltd provided the diving expertise to assist Commercial Boat Services with recovering a sunken Camper & Nicholson motor cruiser on the river Trent in Nottingham. Our 5 man HSE dive team attached 6no x 5ton IBU's to the the vessel whilst she was laying on the river bed at Holme lock. Once the motor cruiser was re-floated the team f…
UK Diving Services Ltd provided diving and vessel support during a tide gauge replacement at Cromer for the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).
UK Diving Services Ltd provided safety boat services whilst operatives took core samples and screw pulls along Albert Embankment as part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel project. As part of any works on the tidal Thames where operatives are working on the foreshore the PLA (Port Of London Authority) require a safety boat to be in position in the event …
UK Diving Services recently provided a licensed rescue boat with qualified crew for safety boat operations whilst operatives were working over fast flowing water. Workmen assembled scaffold over a rail bridge spanning the river Lune at Arkholme in the Lake District. Rainfall and flow levels were monitored continuously to allow work to progress saf…
UK Diving Services Ltd deployed a commercial dive team to inspect the underside of HMS Gleaner whilst she was moored at Harwich. The ships commander was experiencing vibration at increased rpm. Our diver found and removed nylon netting from the starboard propeller and prop shaft solving the technical issue.
UK Diving Services Ltd have recently received instruction to undertake several underwater bridge inspections in West London. The WSP Group
contracted UK Diving Services to provide detailed underwater inspection services on behalf of their client. Our services included providing soundings as well as scour and structural assessments.
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UK Diving Services Ltd have provided dive support for a salvage vessel in the North Sea. UK Diving Services Ltd were contracted by Boskalis Westminster to assist with a possible slipped anchor
On the 22nd July 2013 UK Diving Services Ltd were contacted to assist with locating a missing pilot presumed lost at sea when his Cirrus aircraft crashed into the English Channel less than 24 hrs earlier. Rescue efforts were called off by the Coastguard and RNLI after wreckage was found off the Dungeness coast.
UK Diving Services Ltd liaised with …
UK Diving Services Ltd were contracted in to provide rescue and safety boat services for operatives working in shallow water underneath a rail bridge in Yorkshire. In addition our company provided floating platforms and work boats to assist with the essential bridge maintenance. The scaffold was erected and dismantled one arch at a time so not to o…
UK Diving Services Ltd were recently contracted in by Prodem Ltd for a striking of a scaffold next to the Limehouse Cut in east London. Our safety boat team provided rescue and safety boat services at the east London location whilst operatives worked near the waters edge.
UK Diving Services Ltd were contracted in today to Southampton docks by Carnival UK to remove a mooring line sucked into a bow thruster of the cruise ship Queen Victoria. On arrival at port side 5 hrs prior to the ships scheduled departure our dive team were made aware of a mooring rope snagged to the underside of the forward section of the ships h…
Due to the success of our last recovery operation at Harwich UK Diving Services were contracted in again to replace a series of underwater sensors for the survey company EGS Surveys
Our dive team removed 4 hydro-graphic sensors from beneath the vessel at the stern of the ship and replaced them with higher specification models.
UK Diving Services were contacted by EGS Surveys to find and recover a lost magnetometer off of the Harwich coast. The magnetometer was lost whilst EGS were surveying an area to map sunken vessels. Our commercial dive team deployed from the port of Harwich and anticipated diving both the high and low tidal windows to allow optimum chance of success…
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