Pondskater Limited has dropped a floater! But they’ve nothing to be ashamed of. Far from it in fact, as the floater they’ve dropped is a revolutionary floating platform system which means SKIPS CAN NOW FLOAT!
The great new invention enables many types of cargo to be transported in skips and containers - on the water rather than on roads. The system is built to exacting engineering standards, and is a combination of rotary moulded flotation units and clip-lock frames, enabling multiple skip loads to be transported in the one shipment. The platforms are unique as the build cost is 85% cheaper and weigh 90% less than conventional barges.
The units are quite literally floating skips and each skip can carry approx. 22 tonnes or 22 yards of materials (they lock together in groups of up to 32 units).
This enables large amounts of waste or building materials etc to be transported without the need to block the nation’s highways. It would also be an ideal solution to the waste transportation problems an event like the Olympics in London would cause.
There has already been substantial interest shown in the prototype system which has been widely demonstrated over the last two years, and the first production unit will be launched in London in late October. The initial emphasis will be on developing the U.K. market, on the basis that most major towns in the United Kingdom have long established but under utilised waterway networks. Pondskater Ltd will then be looking towards International markets such as the introduction of the system into Dubai to service the increasing number of water based resorts there, such as Palm Island and The World.
Speaking to The Skip recently, Les Balmer of Pondskater Limited told us:
"We firmly believe that this invention will bring substantial environmental benefits and will make the transition to multi modal transportation methods, with the focus on reducing road traffic, that much easier to achieve".
