Barge end deck plate being turned for welding

Barge #1 side being moved to consolidation site

Hopper end bulkheads for barges 1 & 2 sitting on hopper bottom for barge #1

Barge ends for barge #2 sitting on hopper bottom

Barge ends for barge #1 being fitted with bottom plate

Barge #2 sides being assembled

Second side for barge #2

Barge side being fitted

Trial fit of fender tyres
 

Barge #1 end being fitted

Assembly of  barges #1 to #3 - 1st June 2011

Assembly of  barges #1 to #3 - 1st June 2011

One of the four barges completed inside the workshop
 

Progress painting
 

Barges finished painted before moving to slipway.
 

Moving barges to slipway
 

Launching
 

final two Barges on the day of departure to Noumea being towed by
the 'Christine Mary' (Thomson Towboats)