Fishbourne-based Rebel Marine is marking 10 years in business this month, having spent the past decade supporting construction and engineering projects across the Isle of Wight and beyond.
The Isle of Wight company specialises in providing access solutions for sites where land or water pose logistical challenges. Its work has included assisting infrastructure schemes, supporting dive and survey operations, and supplying safety boats for various marine-based projects.
A core part of the business is the use of modular pontoons, which can be transported and assembled in a variety of locations to create temporary working platforms or pedestrian walkways over water. These systems are used alongside a fleet of workboats ranging in size from 3.6 to 16 metres.
To mark their milestone anniversary, the Rebel fleet took to the Solent and generated wakes to create the image above – the number 10.
Rebel Marine also operates lifting equipment for use in tight or remote locations, including hybrid and electric tracked carriers, spider cranes, and remote-controlled machines that can be deployed on pontoons if needed.
The company’s clients range from major infrastructure providers to smaller contractors. Over the years, Rebel Marine has worked on projects both on the Isle of Wight and on the mainland, often in support of engineering works in difficult environments.
Those pontoons sound like just the thing to form a landing facility on Gaza’s coastline for the United Nations (remember them?) to land humanitarian supplies guarded by UN troops.
Otherwise, what is the UN for?