The first vessel completed at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast for 20 years has been launched.
It is the first of 23 barges that had been ordered from waste company Cory and was launched in Belfast before being taken by sea to the new owner's site on the banks of the River Thames.
It and remaining 22 vessels to be delivered by Harland and Wolff will be used to transport recyclable and non-recyclable waste along the Thames from London in a move which is estimate to prevent 100,000 truck journeys each year.
