Product Description
The 70ft Hiab crane & grab boat is a versatile platform built for the most heavy-duty canal works. It functions as a dredger, grab boat, pusher tug, and hopper - all in one self-sufficient vessel. Making it ideal for spot dredging, material transport, piling operations, and towpath works, even in hard-to-reach areas.
KEY FEATURES
70ft x 7ft
50ft hold length
20t carrying capacity
Fassi F40 Hiab (6.3m reach)
Hydraulic stabiliser legs
2 removable watertight skips
Powered, self-loading/unloading
Mobilised via crane & lorry
INFORMATION SHEETS
Powered and fully self-loading, the vessel is equipped with a Fassi F40 Hiab crane offering a 6.3m reach. It supports a wide range of attachments, including a clamshell bucket, hook, piling hammer, and post hole borer. It is well suited to loading, lifting, and precision placement.
Designed to handle both liquids and solids, the vessel includes two removable watertight skips for storing spoil, dredgings, or concrete, and transporting them to or from the site. With a 50ft hold and a 20-tonne carrying capacity, it can shift serious volumes of material with minimal support, essential for intensive maintenance and restoration operations.
To manage this capacity safely, hydraulic stabiliser legs anchor the vessel securely to the canal bed, allowing it to lift and store heavy material with greater stability.
Mobilised by crane and lorry, this vessel is easy to deploy across the waterway network, providing a high-impact, low-hassle solution for inland construction and maintenance.
Gallery
Transport Method
Crane and lorry
Power
Powered, self-loading and unloading
Material Handling
2 removable watertight skips
Stabilisers
Hydraulic stabiliser legs
Attachments
Hook, clamshell bucket, piling hammer, post hole borer
Crane Reach
6.3m
Crane Model
Fassi F40 Hiab crane
Carrying Capacity
20 tonnes
Hold Length
50ft
Beam
7ft
Length
70ft
LABEL
VALUE
Specifications
Frequently hired together
The Rothen Group provide a high quality, work boat rental service supplying an array of large and small work boats for narrow beam & wide beam waterways.
“The Rothen Group’s knowledge has ensured that potential issues were highlighted early, meaning projects run smoothly and on programme. They have a large fleet of plant and operators too, which reassures that the work will be completed safely and with due care.”
Martin Dean
JN Bentley
“The Rothen Group have worked with us and supplied marine, piling and fencing plant for many years. The team have excellent working knowledge of the UK canal system.”
Jim Walton
CPC Civils
“The works were completed to a high standard of quality both ahead of programme and in a safe manner. All parties were really pleased with how smooth the construction phase went.”
Andrew Smith
Mott MacDonald Bentley
“Your crew worked seamlessly to deliver both the headwall and gabion basket lifts safely and efficiently. Their approach to safety, teamwork, and communication made a real difference and helped keep everything on track.”
Adam De'Ath
Canal & River Trust
"The professionalism, communication and quality of the works delivered by The Rothen Group has been exceptional! From the project initiation phase to delivering the hard work on the ground they have been an outstanding contractor to work with."
Charles Hughes
Canal & River Trust
