CEMEX transports aggregates more sustainably by river to Fulham with Thames Shipping
October 05, 2018
The CEMEX Fulham concrete batching plant is located on a safeguarded wharf close to Wandsworth Bridge. Together with another facility at Pier Wharf, also next to Wandsworth Bridge, the plant is the furthest upstream which is supplied with aggregates transported by barge.
After a lapse in river deliveries of about five years, a new service commenced in 2016, operated by Thames Shipping.
The aggregates for Fulham are loaded at one of CEMEX’s large aggregate processing and distribution wharves located at Dagenham. This is a navigation distance to Fulham of 19.5 miles; the road equivalent is 23 miles.
The annual quantity of aggregates received at the wharf is in excess of 80,000t, equivalent to more than 4,000 lorry loads, resulting in much lower CO2 emissions in London’s congested centre.
The photograph shows the “Polla Rose” moored at the Fulham plant delivering its load of around 560t of aggregates. Such deliveries take place four to five days per week, depending on the tidal conditions.