Maintenance & capital dredging — Kent rivers & marinas

Depth restored.
Channels kept open.

Ebbsfleet Marine plans, permits and delivers dredging works for marinas, moorings and tidal rivers across Kent — from routine siltation clearance to full capital dredging campaigns.

MMO licensed · Fully insured marine plant · Kent-based crews
18yrs
Working Kent's tidal rivers & marinas
40,000m³ / season
Typical material managed on maintenance contracts
6waterways
Regular coverage: Medway, Swale, Stour & Thames Estuary
What we do

Dredging & marine works

From a single silted berth to a multi-season maintenance contract, scoped and delivered by a Kent-based crew.

01 · Routine

Maintenance dredging

Scheduled removal of accumulated silt to hold charted depths in marinas, moorings and approach channels.

02 · One-off

Capital dredging

Deepening and widening works for new berths, pontoons or navigation channels, engineered to a specified design depth.

03 · Precision

Marina & berth dredging

Targeted work around pontoons, piling and slipways, sequenced to keep disruption to berth holders to a minimum.

04 · Data

Hydrographic survey

Pre- and post-dredge bathymetric surveys used to confirm volumes, plan the works and sign them off.

05 · Disposal

Spoil management

Licensed disposal or beneficial reuse of dredged material, arranged as part of the permit and works plan.

06 · Reactive

Siltation response

Rapid clearance following storm surge or flood silting, where a berth or channel has closed without warning.

How a project runs

From survey to sign-off

The same sequence for a single berth or a full-season contract — only the scale changes.

01

Survey & assessment

Bathymetric survey against chart datum to establish current depths and the volume to be removed.

02

Permits & consents

Marine licence and disposal consents arranged before any plant is mobilised.

03

Mobilisation

Plant and crew brought on site, sequenced around tides and berth-holder access.

04

Dredging operations

Material removed to design depth, tracked against the survey as work progresses.

05

Sign-off

Post-dredge survey confirms depth achieved and closes out the works.

Where we work

Kent's tidal rivers & marinas

  • River MedwayRochester · Chatham · Gillingham
  • The SwaleQueenborough · Faversham
  • River StourSandwich & environs
  • Thames Estuary mooringsNorth Kent coast

Other UK coastal and estuarine locations considered by arrangement.

Medway Swale Stour Thames Estuary
Get in touch

Request a survey

Tell us about the berth, mooring or channel and we'll come back with survey availability.

Contact
Steve Hoadley
Phone
07957 566033
Email
enquiries@ebbsfleetmarine.co.uk
Office
Unit 1 Owens Way
Gads Hill
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 2RT
Licensing
MMO Marine Licence No. [xxxxxx]
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