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It is a horrifying situation, which is plain to see from the reports coming out of Ukraine, but what could be more horrifying is what are the long-term plans of Putin – will he also possibly invade other former Soviet Block countries, which are now independent and the majority of which are members of NATO. It is unthinkable what would happen if this is his next move. For those of us who remember the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis, bad memories are once more gripping the world.

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Repairs Greek drydockings* The end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 is a crucial point for the shiprepair market.

Throughout 2021, it was thought generally that the problems with COVID-19 would be over by 2022 and the shiprepair market will face much better days.

This report will look into the shipyards where Greek vessels have been repaired during 2021.

By Greek vessels, we mean not only vessels under the Greek flag, but also vessels under the management of Greek shipping companies.

For the last years, China has been the main shiprepair base for Greek owners. However, the main problem for shiprepair during 2021 and especially for shiprepair in China was the COVID-19 restrictions posed by local authorities. Due to these restrictions, the vessels were obliged to stay quarantined for many days prior to entering the yard. The superintendent engineers or other necessary technicians required special permissions to travel to China and had to stay quarantined at dedicated hotels for 14 days, which was increased to 21 days in the second half of 2021.

This problem caused a lot of Greek owners to get drydocking/repairs postponements from vessel classification societies, hoping that the restrictions will be eased later and taking advantage of the good freight markets. The postponement was initially for three months but there were many cases where drydockings were postponed for six or even nine months.

Greek owners started to search for other countries in which to repair their vessels. The problem was that shiprepair yards in other Far East countries are not ready to replace Chinese shiprepair yards. A few Greek vessels have been repaired at yards in Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand, but the shiprepair facilities there are small or with poor quality or higher prices than China. These shiprepair facilities were also,

Carras Hellas’ bulk carrier Aquapisces during her drydocking in China.

most of the time, occupied by local vessels.

The shipyards in Singapore, which had the chance to get a big part of Greek vessel repairs, also faced problems with manpower due to COVID-19 and they were obliged to reduce the number of the vessels that they repaired during 2021. Only the yards at the Persian Gulf have increased the number of Greek vessel repairs.

In this respect, most Greek vessel repairs (around 52% of the total Greek vessel repairs) were carried out in China. In South China, the most Greek vessel repairs were carried out at Fujian Huangdong, followed very closely by Yiu Lian, Wenchong and Cosco Guangdong.

In the Zhoushan area, the most repairs were carried out at Cosco Zhoushan, Changhong, Huafeng, Jinhao and Xinya. In the Shanghai area, the most repairs were carried out at Chengxi, Cosco Nantong, Chanxing and Huarun Dadong. Finally in North China, the most repairs were carried out at Shanhaiguan Shipyard, which was also the most successful shipyard for Greek vessels in all of China (more than 11% of all Greek vessel repairs in China), followed by CUD Weihai and Cosco Dalian.

In the Far East outside of China, the most Greek vessel repairs were carried out in Singapore and especially at Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Shipyards.

The number of Greek vessels which have been repaired at the Persian Gulf within 2021 has increased as COVID-19 restrictions were not as strict. Most repairs were carried out at Dubai and Oman, with the yards at Bahrain and Qatar to follow in third and fourth place respectively.

In Europe, 2021 like 2020 was very successful for the shipyards in Greece and it seems they are fully booked until the first quarter of 2022. Almost 10% of the Greek vessel repairs were carried out in Greece, mainly at Onex Syros, Chalkis and OLP shipyards. The question for 2022 is when the shipyards of Elefsis and Skaramangas will open again in order to attract more Greek vessels to Greece for repairs. Turkey remained as the first choice in 2021 for repairs of Greek vessels in Europe with the majority repairs carried out at Kuzey, Besiktas, Desan, Tuzla, Gemak and Sefine.

However, a lot of Greek owners have started to worry about the political and financial stability in Turkey during 2022.

Regarding the Black Sea area, the most repairs were carried out at Constanta and Mydia in Romania, followed by the Odessos Shipyard in Bulgaria. The number of Greek vessel repairs in other European countries has increased slightly with the majority carried out at

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The lack of shiprepair facilities in Africa and America has persisted into 2022 and very few Greek vessels were repaired there. The most Greek vessel repairs at Africa were carried out at Nigerdock – Nigeria.

Regarding Greek vessel modifications during 2021, the era of scrubber retrofitting is over, with very few scrubbers retrofitting modifications to be carried out. However, many vessels have proceeded to install BWM systems within 2021 and many others are predicted to be carried out within 2022.

Central China – Zhoushan area – 15.43% Central China – Shanghai area – 14.60% North China – 13.68% Arabian Gulf (including Oman) – 11.46% Turkey – 11.00% Greece – 9.98% South China – 8.60% Black Sea – 6.10% South East Asia (including Singapore) – 5.63% Europe – 2.40% Others 1.20% *This report has been compiled for SORJ by Antonis Kalofonos, a shiprepair broker based in Greece for the past 20 years.

FPSO work at Navantia Spain’s Navantia Shiprepairs’ Ferrol Estuary undertook a total of 28 repair projects of merchant vessels in 2021, featuring the repair of 14 LNG tankers and one LPG tanker, which positions the facility once more as the key Atlantic reference for gas tanker repairs.

These 14 LNG projects represent 50% of the commercial vessels repaired during 2021, and approximately 70% of the total turnover of this shiprepair centre.

The facility is involved in the life extension project on-board the FPSO Terra Nova, the first phase of which started with the contract signature in mid-October, and which has subsequently been focused in the organisation, co-ordination, planning, management and logistic preparation works required for the second phase of the project, with an estimated duration of around seven months as from the arrival of the vessel at the yard in early 2022.

The magnitude of this project is the largest ever contracted by Navantia Shiprepairs Ferrol Estuary, therefore representing an unprecedented challenge.

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Repairs 126,750 m3 LNG tanker Bering Energy continue alongside a repair berth in Fene awaiting a second drydocking. Once its reactivation process has been resumed, which is foreseen for 2022, she will move into drydock.

During December, Navantia Shiprepairs Ferrol Estuary started the repair projects of Jan de Nul’s 7,531 gt pipe-burying vessel Adhemar de Saint Venaqnt, which was drydocked in Drydock No 5 in Fene, with delivery carried out in January 2022 and started the repair of Prestige Ray’s 11,196 dwt ro/ro vessel RCC Prestige, drydocked after each other in Drydock No 5 in Fene, and delivery in February.

After the departure from Navantia Shiprepairs’ Cadiz Bay facility of Carnival Corp’s 102,853 gt Carnival Sunshine, RCCL’s 90,090 gt cruiseship Radiance of the Sea arrived in drydock, previously berthed at Armamento Pier, for the repair of her bow thrusters.

Columbia Cruises’ 69,472 gt cruiseship Marella Discovery 2 has been drydocked in Puerto Real since early January, where she has been undergoing complete overhaul of the starboard stabiliser and two bow thrusters, steel renewal of the bulb, complete blasting and painting of underwater area, sweeping, patching and the complete coating of verticals and superstructure, and removal of the aft macrodome structure.

Holland America’s 91,627 gt cruiseship Island Princess docked alongside the Cadiz South pier on January 17th where Navantia assisted technicians in the repair of her davits and carried out logistical work, during a short drydock period of five days.

V Ships’ 30,277 gt Azamara Pursuit, which recently left Navantia’s facilities after a general drydocking, returned during December to be berthed at Armament Dock due to the need to install a new anchor.

During January, two research vessels from US-based Ocean Shipholdings arrived in the Cadiz shipyard - USNS Maury and Ocean Intervention II. USNS Maury remained berthed at Arena Pier in Cadiz since late November. During January she underwent pipe replacement work detected during her last days of drydocking. Meanwhile, the Ocean Intervention II, docked at the Armament Pier since early December, remains alongside undergoing maintenance works.

Holland America’s 91,627 gt cruiseship Coral Princess arrived in Cadiz during late November and berthed until early January, when she entered our Dock 4, where she remained approximately 20 days. The main work carried out during her stay in dock have

The FPSO Terra Nova arrives in Ferrol

included hull treatment, complete preparation of the underwater area by hydro-blast. Complete renewal of the paint scheme in the underwater area. Regular drydocking works, bottom valves, anodes and inspections of components on the hull, major mechanical overhaul, work on bow thrusters and stabilisers and maintenance work on the lifeboat davits. Navantia has also assisted in logistics, as well as other assistance in various works. This is Princess Cruises’ first contract with Navantia.

Ferry and cruiseship work at Palumbo A total of five vessels, two cruise vessels and three ro/pax ferries were undergoing repair at Palumbo Malta Shipyard during February. These were Tirrenia’s 31,041 gt Raffaele Rubattino, and two from Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci’s – the 26,904 gt GNV Sealand ex Scottish Viking and

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the 31,785 gt GNV Aries ex Pride of York.

There have also been a number of cruiseships from MSC in the yard over recent weeks - MSC Armonia (58,174 gt), MSC Lirica (58,625 gt), MSC Poesia (92,627 gt), MSC Orchestra (92,409 gt) and MSC Sinfonia (58,174 gt), and one containership - MSC Pina (117,236 dwt) Other ships recently in the yard included Tsakos Columbia’s 68,439 dwt product tanker Andes (docking, blasting painting, mechanical and electrical works), DEME’s 44,180kW cutter suction dredger Spartacus (full blasting and painting works, docking, steel repairs and pipe works) and Tsakos Energy’s 113,611 dwt tanker Leontios H (standard class renewal work).

In Palumbo Viktor Lenac, Rijeka, there has been a number of interesting projects including Ambassador Cruise Line’s 70,285 gt cruiseship Satoshi (major upgrade work), SMT Shipping’s 5,661 dwt cement carrier Danavik (installation of a 334 m3/hr Optimarin BWM system and alongside, installation and welding of boom foundation and associated components, various LSA testing, and CO2 cylinders inspection), Amoretti Armatori’s 12,094 dwt product tanker Dante ( AC treatment of hull, mechanical works on overboard and safety valves, scrubber outlet pipe renewal, dismounting and complete overhaul of PS windlass with renewal of chockfast, welding on windlass by build-up, light steel repairs, PV valves inspection, main engine vibration damper dismounting and inspection in workshop, Portside Reduction Gearbox complete overhaul, Diathermic Oil System renewal of heating coils inserts, stainless steel),

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Repairs and two cutter suction dredgers from Belgium’s Jan de Nul – the 40,975 kW cutter suction dredger Willem von Rubroeck (work on the spud carrier, cutter ladder, sea water line, steel renewal and piping works) and then 23,520 kW IBN Battuta (standard docking, piping and steel works, installation of BWM system).

There have been two ships recently in Palumbo Naples – Tschudi Lines’ 3,250 dwt cement carrier Capo Cinto (standard drydocking and BWM system installation) and Fugro’s 1,340 gt research/survey vessel Kobi Ruegg (emergency repairs and mechanical works).

In Palumbo Messina, a total of five vessels have recently been repaired, all standard class renewal or drydocking operations – Ponte Ferries’ high-speed ferry HSC Artemis (also aluminium repairs), Augusta Due’s 40,083 dwt chemical tanker Alicudi M, Synergas’ 4,026 dwt LPG tanker Syn Zania and the Italian-registered 2,377 gt ro/pax ferry Riace (also steel renewal)

Good start to the year at A&P A&P North East’s Tyne facility has reported a busy start to the New Year with its drydock and quays operating at full capacity. Boasting the largest commercial drydock on the East coast of England, A&P Tyne facility provides world-class shiprepair, conversion and fabrication services across the marine and energy sectors.

A range of vessels from the offshore sector are currently undergoing extensive programmes of works at the facility, with vessels Ulisse, Deepsea Worker and Cable Enterprise all

benefitting from A&P Tyne’s expertise.

Prysmian Group’s 17,160 dwt cable laying barge, Ulisse, has arrived again at the facility for significant modifications, with work to include the fabrication and installation of a new mezzanine deck, two new thrusters, including compartments, and Lifeboat platforms. Meanwhile, another ship from the Prysmian fleet, the 13,671 dwt Cable Enterprise has returned to the facility and is currently alongside A&P Tyne’s West Quay for minor maintenance prior to deployment for cable operations, DOK (UK)’s 3,345 gt Deepsea Worker is alongside on A&P’s Bede Quay following her drydocking. The offshore support vessel’s scope of work included a full hull paint programme, the range and calibration of anchors and cables and the emptying and cleaning of the sewage tank.

Accompanying Ulisse in drydock is Prysmian’s newly acquired shallow water cable installation barge Barbarossa. She will undergo some maintenance and cable lay equipment mobilisation prior to her first project.

Speaking about the buoyant start, Chris Davies, Business Development Manager at A&P Marine, said, “The simultaneous drydockings of Ulisse and Barbarossa demonstrates the flexibility of A&P’s facilities, which enables us to deliver multiple programmes of works at any one time. The successes of the last few months reflect the hard work and dedication of our team throughout the pandemic and our long-standing relationships with clients and their returning vessels.”

Meanwhile, A&P Group UK and A&P Australia has simultaneously carried out refits of two Bay Class vessels - RFA Cardigan Bay in

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the UK and HMAS Choules in Australia. RFA Cardigan Bay has recently completed her refit at A&P Falmouth and resumed her MoD ‘Fleet Time’ schedule, whilst HMAS Choules continues a significant refit period at A&P Australia’s facility in Sydney.

The Bay Class are amphibious landing ships built for the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) during the 2000s. UK based A&P Group supports RFA Cardigan Bay, RFA Lyme’s Bay and RFA Mounts Bay as part of its Through Life Support (TLS) contract with the MoD. HMAS Choules, formerly RFA Largs Bay, was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 2011. A&P Australia was incorporated in 2012 and has been supporting HMAS Choules since her arrival in Australia. In 2015, A&P Australia was awarded the In-Service Sustainment and Support Contract for HMAS Choules which was extended in 2019.

RFA Cardigan Bay has completed a significant mid-life refit at A&P Falmouth.

The work included critical equipment and obsolescence upgrades and accommodation updates. The vessel underwent a substantial docking period at the start of the refit carried out over 90 days including painting, hull access, stern/side ramp removal and significant work to the propulsion system. The remainder of the period was spent alongside A&P’s Falmouth facility and ensured the continued performance and availability of this RFA Bay Class vessel.

The vessel’s refit was the second of three planned refits being delivered at A&P Falmouth for the Bay Class vessels with RFA Mounts Bay completed prior and RFA Lyme Bay scheduled for 2022.

Since 2019, A&P Australia has been tasked as the principal systems integrator for the HMAS Choules Capability Assurance Project (CAP).

The project involves the design and installation of over 80 engineering changes across 44 capability enhancement areas to assure the capability and supportability of the vessel until her planned withdrawal date early next decade.

The CAP has been integrated with sustainment and has been delivered progressively through a number of maintenance periods - however, this current refit is the major upgrade window and is acting as a mid-life upgrade for the platform. Refit Period 21 is spanning over 300 days at an estimated production cost of $90m and is being delivered by a 500-strong daily workforce from over 50 suppliers.

The Refit Period includes a major system renewals programme which includes the Dry Exhaust, HVAC, BWM system, numerous

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auxiliary and mission system upgrades and enhancements, as well as a major sustainment package for hull and tank preservation, structural and machinery repairs and planned maintenance across all fitted equipment, including main engines, power generation, propulsion and auxiliary systems.

2021 results from Lisnave During last year (2021) Portugal’s Lisnave, Setubal, successfully concluded repairs to some 80 vessels, which is an increase of four compared with the previous year. A total of 58

shipowners/managers from 20 countries used the shipyard, with Greece (15), Norway (12), United Kingdom (11) and Germany (7) having the highest involvement.

Lisnave has always had a first-class reputation in the general repair market, especially in the various tanker trades. Tankers (including product/chemical) were the largest category repaired last year with 31 projects completed, followed by gas tankers (21 LPG tankers and one LNG tanker), containerships (9), and bulk carriers (5).

This is reflected by the number of traditional owners sending multiple ships to the yard for schedule repairs - UK’s Navigator Gas, Northern Marine and Zodiac Maritime, Denmark’s Maersk, Norway ‘s Knutsen OAS and Solvang, and Greece’s Latsco Marine, Among the repair projects carried out last year, the largest and most complicated were the extensive steel renewals on-board Knutsen OAS’ 90,814 m3 LNG tanker Bilbao Knutsen (130 tonnes), and Scorpio Shipmanagement’s 38,734 dwt chemical tanker STI Pimlico (188

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Meanwhile, for those passengers that enjoy the wide selection of on-board facilities, the vessels two popular Barista Bars have received a new stylish Scandinavian look and feel.

Allowing customers to enjoy their journeys eating, drinking, and relaxing in luxury and comfort. Each of the vessels top of the range Captain’s Suites have also been refurbished to maintain the high standards that Stena Line’s premium customers demand and expect.

The Stena Hollandica and Stena Britannica are 240 m in length and at 32 m width, each vessel has over 5 kms of vehicle lanes. This allows each ship to carry 300 trucks, 230 cars and 1,200 passengers looked after by 85 crew.

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One of the largest projects carried out by Lisnave during 2021, was the modifications on-board of 55,451 gt cruise vessel Vasco da Gama built in Italy during 1991 and now owned by Mystic Cruises.

She entered the yard during July 2021, for an extensive upgrade project, including interior refurbishment to new higher standards and a major upgrade to adhere to the most stringent international rules, including environmental and energy increased performance and digitalisation, making this project a fantastic ‘Circular Economy’ example applied to the Maritime Industry.

Two Stena vessels in EDR Recent weeks have seen Swedish ferry company Stena Line’s two largest ferries, the 63,000

gt Stena Hollandica and Stena Britannica, complete a €1m refit to provide brand new on-board facilities. The North Sea vessels, which sail between Harwich (UK) and Hoek van Holland (Netherlands), were in drydock in Belgium’s EDR Shipyard, Antwerp to undergo their regular annual maintenance to keep them up to the company’s high standards. While there they also received some new additions to the on-board services on offer for passengers.

To cater for a huge demand since Brexit, Stena Line has added a new additional Duty Free shop to each vessel, extending the retail floorspace on both ships by a whopping 40%.

Allowing the company to greatly increase not only the capacity of goods on sale, but also extend the range of products on sale by almost a third. Meaning more Duty Free bargains on sale for its North Sea customers, who can save up to 50% off UK high street prices. The interior work was carried out by Northern Ireland’s

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ART Shipyard to expand Since its establishment in 2019, Turkey’s Art Shipyard has gained the appreciation of leading shipowners and exponentially widening its customer range with the continuous improvements of the yard’s facilities.

Art Shipyard is part of the Besiktas Group in Tuzla Bay and has a passionate and young team working hard to make the yard one of the key players in the industry. Last year Art Shipyard completed 82 repair and maintenance projects, an increase of 15% of turnover and reached 207 shiprepair projects since its inauguration.

Besides its work quality, engineering power and short delivery schedules, the improvements in yard facilities played an important role in this success. The yard strengthens its position with a continuous development strategy. Due to increasing demand of BWM system projects, the 1,500 m2 pipe manufacturing and equipment workshop has been modernised.

The Heat Exchanger Ultrasonic cleaning workshop has started operation inside the shipyard. A new shaft and mechanical workshop and the other workshops areas are being enlarged in order to meet the industry’s increasing demand.

During the first quarter of this year (2022), steel work has totalled some 435 tonnes for some three repair projects. Ship types in the yard in this period includes repairs to five chemical tankers, 10 bulk carriers, one general cargo vessel, and two containerships. Within these projects a total of 13 BWM systems have been installed, the equipment supplied by various manufacturers including DESMI, Techcross, Panasia, Ocean Guard and Alfa Laval. SORJ

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Shipyards Atlantic Peninsular sign contract with Red Funnel UK’s A&P Group and Cammell Laird, both part of Atlantic Peninsular, and Red Funnel have announced a new Apprenticeship Partnership Agreement, which will result in apprentices from all three companies being offered the chance to train across some of the largest businesses in the maritime sector. The new programme will go live in September this year.

A&P Group, which is based in the Northeast, operates shipyards at A&P Tyne in Hebburn, A&P Tees in Middlesbrough and A&P Falmouth in Cornwall. The Group operates the UK’s largest commercial ship repair facilities along with Cammell Laird in Birkenhead.

Both businesses have recruited hundreds of apprentices in recent years, offering training in marine engineering, fabrication, electrical, project management, health and safety, finance and procurement.

Red Funnel operates a fleet of ro/pax vehicles and Red Jet hi-speed passenger catamarans between Southampton and the Isle of Wight, which carries 3.4m passengers and 900,000 vehicles each year. Red Funnel’s apprenticeship programme enables young people to earn as they learn, whilst strengthening the team onboard. It is the pathway to a rewarding career within the maritime industry.

Under the A&P and Red Funnel Commercial Partnership Agreement, Red Funnel’s Raptor Class, Red Falcon, Red Eagle and Red Osprey have been visiting A&P Group’s Falmouth facility for drydockings and repairs for the past five years. In 2019 Cammell Laird successfully completed the build of the Red Kestrel, the latest edition of the Raptor Class.

The new Agreement will further cement Cammell Laird, A&P and Red Funnel’s relationship, as apprentices from all three

organisations will now be given the chance to visit each other’s operations, undergo a bespoke training programme, which will equip them with a greater understanding of the life cycle of the Red Funnel fleet.

David McGinley, CEO of Cammell Laird and A&P Group said, “Red Funnel is a long-standing customer of both A&P and Cammell Laird and as such, is a key stakeholder of both A&P and Cammell Laird. We are committed to providing our apprentices with the most comprehensive training, to equip them with the skills needed for a bright future. It makes sense that we offer our apprentices, the next generation of workers who will build and maintain the Red Funnel vessels, the chance to see the vessels in day-to-day operation so they can further their understanding of the demands placed on the fleet.”

Fran Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Red Funnel added, “A&P and Cammell Laird engineers play a fundamental role in maintaining and supporting the Raptor Class, boosting efficiency, reducing downtime and enhancing the availability of the fleet for Red Funnel customers.

This new collaborative Apprenticeship Agreement will offer Red Funnel, A&P and Cammell Laird apprentices an insight in ship repair, ship building and life at sea, which will give them a greater insight into the importance of their training and future career.”

Meanwhile, ferry repairs to the fore at A&P Falmouth in mid-February. Condor Ferries Incat 98 m wave-piercing catamaran Condor Voyager, owned by Condor Ferries, sailed from the yard on February 8th after completing a 24 day drydocking. The scope of work on this vessel included removal of the fast ferry’s four waterjets for inspection and overhaul, servicing of the T-foil and ram, vehicle ramp inspection, installation of new bow thruster, and application of a new silicone-based underwater anti-fouling.

Good year for SMS

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The SMS Group, based within the UK port of Southampton, has announced the busiest year in the company’s history. The company, traditionally a shiprepairer, has invested in a team of industry professionals to establish, develop and deliver in the challenging interior outfit and marine refurbishment sector within the cruise industry – and 2021 was the defining year.

Dan Lockyer, who heads up the team, said,

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SMS team working on a cruise vessel project

“Last year (2021) was our year. It’s the fourth year on this journey, and ironically the 22nd year that I’ve been in this industry. On the back of COVID, and the industry restarting, we’ve achieved some phenomenal milestones.

Concurrent working, on multiple vessels, simultaneously, is now the norm.

“We’ve recruited new project management and estimating resource. We’ve worked globally. We’ve attracted new customers and supported old with their vessel reactivations. We’ve invested in new storage facilities, and we’ve expanded our supply chain.

We’re halfway through our financial year and we will exceed all of our expectations.”

The company has completed cruise refit projects across Europe, currently has a further three superyacht projects ‘live’ and four cruise projects under contract and in the planning/ pre-deployment stages. With a pipeline in excess of £5m Darren Smith, Head of Business Development, said, “By staying true to our core values of ‘turnkey project management’, ‘value engineering’ and the ‘lifetime value of customer relationships’ we’ve genuinely benefitted as the industry has restarted.

“This year 2022 is going to be so exciting for both the industry and our business. We’re still recruiting. We’re looking for new people to fulfil new roles. We’ve a serious pipeline, much of which is under contract and we’re really going to push for continued growth in 2022. You’ll see a real step change in our business as we continue to support industry events such

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Damen open’s its Panama service station

as Cruise Ship Interiors Expo in London and Miami, Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami, and Shippax in Stockholm.”

The SMS Group, with a history stretching back to 1958, employs more than 150 people and is based at Western Docks in Southampton.

It also has sites in Glasgow, Lowestoft, Dover, Portsmouth, Poole, Bristol and Plymouth.

Darren added, “Our wins, our efforts and endeavours all focus on the customer. We will maintain our focus on the individuals. It’s a very small industry and our success is definitely down to having the time and desire to personally interact and talk to the customer. It’s personal to us, and the mantra we’ve created of ‘trust in delivery and pride in ownership’ runs through the entire team. We focused on the here and now - superior project management and clear communication.”

New Panamanian service station for Damen Holland’s Damen Shipyards Group has added a new Service Hub in the Americas. With two already up and running in Canada and Brazil, a third has now opened its doors in Panama City to serve Central America and the Caribbean.

Damen Service Hubs provide first rate customer support for both Damen-built and third-party vessels - throughout their lifecycles should that be required. This involves delivering a full range of services including warranty support, parts sales, technical assistance, drydocking assistance and services acquisition.

The core team in each hub is headed up by an account manager, with a project engineer handling warranty and technical assistance, and a parts sales engineer who ensures that customers have everything they need to keep their vessels working smoothly.

Staffed primarily by Damen employees recruited from within the region with in-depth

knowledge of local requirements and practises, the hubs provide faster response times and lower costs, and work closely with trusted local suppliers of relevant products and services. As with all Damen’s Service Hubs, the Panama location will be supported by the Damen organisation in the Netherlands, which ensures a consistently high standard of service around the world.

Positioned at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, one of the world’s busiest and most important waterways with over 1,000 transits each month, Damen’s new service hub is ideally positioned and well equipped to support a network of field service engineers delivering maintenance and warranty services to Damen customers across the Caribbean and Central America quickly and efficiently.

New fittings centre for MB92 Spain’s MB92 Barcelona has announced the start of operations at its new Fittings Centre, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the painting, service and storage of superyacht fittings.

Located close to the MB92 facilities, in the Port of Barcelona, the installation covers a total over 1,600 m2 and contains: • Two paint cabins (270 m2 and 290 m2) equipped with the latest technology to deliver maximum paint performance • A drying/curing room • (Dis)assembly line

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• Paint mixing, spray gun cleaning and paint storage areas • Comprehensive fitting storage options and versatile office space

Jordi Ariet, MB92 Chief Operating Officer, explained, “This service is something we have long-wanted to offer our clients. We have undertaken extensive research to develop the optimum environment to deliver the highest quality, efficiency, safety and sustainability. This facility really is a game-changer, providing numerous advantages to clients not just in terms of increased productivity and quality but also safety and control, with ATEX certification, comprehensive security throughout, and tracking registry of each fitting.”

The cabins have the capacity to control important variables such as humidity, air flow and temperature thanks to the latest in aero thermic climate control and scrubber technology. Not only does this facilitate better results in painting and curing but, alongside the residue treatment system, supports the company’s drive towards more sustainable solutions.

Mr Ariet added, “We are already seeing the benefits in just a short period of operation. With fittings now centrally managed at the centre, we can monitor, and reduce emissions and VOCs more effectively. Furthermore, we can liberate space in the shipyard traditionally occupied by tents for other services. I am looking forward to seeing how we maximise the potential this facility offers.” SORJ

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HMC has renewed its LTSSP with Kongsberg Digital for an additional five years, ensuring on-going support teamed with state-of-the-art simulation for their training and digital twin operations

Heerema renews contract with Kongsberg Digital Norway’s Kongsberg Digital has confirmed that Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has renewed its Long-Term System Support Program (LTSSP) contract with the company for another five years. The LTSSP is in support of a K-Sim Offshore Crane simulation system, which features digital twins of HMC’s semisubmersible construction vessels, ships and barges. HMC’s simulation centre is located at the HMC headquarters in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Renewal of the LTSSP ensures Kongsberg Digital’s continued commitment to maintaining Heerema’s simulators at the leading edge of available technology, from hardware upgrades through to additional ship models, library objects and equipment models. Installed in 2015 as one of the world’s most advanced offshore heavy lift crane simulators, its usage ranges from confirming feasibility of new

methods and equipment to optimising efficiency and safety performance for current execution methods.

“By renewing this LTSSP we are ensuring that our clients, offshore crew and project teams continue to benefit from the most advanced simulation-based training and project preparation on the market, simulating real-world scenarios,” comments Jan Pieter de Vries, Manager Simulations and Visual Products, HMC Academy. “Kongsberg Digital has proved a competent partner, working in close collaboration with the team here at HMC to ensure that training and simulation needs are met. We are pleased to confirm our on-going relationship.”

Heerema’s simulator platform was developed specifically by Kongsberg Digital to meet Heerema’s requirements. The Simulation Centre is a real-time offshore environment where offshore crew and project teams examine all project aspects and associated risks. It includes two offshore crane operator domes and a bridge with K-Sim DP simulator, based on the same Kongsberg Maritime K-Pos DP systems used on HMC’s vessels. Detailed models of Heerema’s SSCVs, heavy lift vessel, tugs and barges ensure realistic scenarios and enable detailed pre-mission training for heavy-lift projects.

design and operation is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).

To earn the notation, the Harvey Blue-Sea and Harvey Sub-Sea were among 12 of the Harvey Gulf fleet evaluated by ABS for their performance against six of the UNSDG’s criteria. The remaining 10 vessels are also being considered for Sustain notations.

The ABS Sustain notations demonstrate adherence to certain UNSDGs related to vessel design, outfitting and layout that can be controlled, measured and assessed. They establish a pathway for sustainability certification and reporting.

“The notations recognise forward-looking operators’ commitment to supporting the UNSDGs and to maintaining a sustainable fleet. It reflects the operators’ commitment to a holistic as opposed to an incremental approach toward Sustainability. I am delighted that we are able to support Harvey Gulf on its sustainability journey and to help them demonstrate to the industry their environmentally sound approach,” said Georgios Plevrakis, ABS Director, Global Sustainability.

Huisman contract with DSME Rotterdam’s Huisman has announced the signing of a contract with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for delivery of another 2,600 tonnes Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). This follows a previous order, in July last year (2021), for a similar crane. This crane will be installed on the second Wind Turbine Installation Vessel ordered

by Eneti and constructed by DSME. The LEC will be outfitted with a 155 m boom, which, similar to the first crane, was extended to reach an unparalleled lifting height of 174 m above deck. This brings the hook height to approximately 215 m above LAT. This, combined with its 2,600 tonnes lifting capacity, gives the crane a degree of futureproofing,

ABS awarded ABS notation The Harvey Blue-Sea

A pair of Harvey Gulf International Marineowned OSVs has been awarded the ABS SUSTAIN 1 notation recognising how their

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An artist’s impression of Huisman’s LEC

Offshore preparing it for handling the next generation of wind turbine, with up to 20 MW capacity.

Huisman has designed its LECs to meet the requirements of the continually developing offshore renewables sector. The cranes are lightweight, have high positioning accuracy and are highly energy efficient, contributing to a reduced emissions footprint during operations.

The crane features a small tail swing, offering optimal deck space. The theme of efficiency is continued in the design of the slew bearing.

Its construction in multiple segments ensures ease of inspection and maintenance. The entire construction and the majority of the main equipment are securely housed, offering protection from the harsh marine environment for utmost reliability and low maintenance.

Huisman will carry out the design, engineering and construction of the LEC, including its pedestal adapter.

LEC Features: • A fully electrically driven system, resulting in high positioning accuracy, efficient energy use, reduced maintenance and high reliability

• In-house developed slew bearing system, providing highly reliable and accurate positioning of the crane • A unique Lambda boom design ensuring a lightweight and stiff design, limiting motions at the crane tip • Small tail swing allowing for optimised utilisation of free deck space

Wärtsilä introduces CFD modelling as a dp solution Finland’s Wärtsilä has introduced its latest development based on the applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling to enable the accurate and speedy configuration of thrusters and other propulsion systems, to deliver the optimal dynamic positioning (dp) solution. The new Wärtsilä OPTI-DP Engagement Tool, which has been verified by DNV has been developed in response to the increasing need for efficient

high-performance station keeping and manoeuvrability as offshore operations become more complex.

Conventional methods for assessing accurate DP capability calculations have become increasingly challenging as offshore operations move further from shore, and the vessels serving them become larger and more complex. OPTIDP allows the simulation of environmental operating conditions, with independent wind, wave and current directions, if desired, plus the ability to simulate multiple failures. The Wärtsilä solution considers all details of a vessel’s thruster and propulsion performance, including the benefits of the 8-degree tilted thruster solutions, and utilises CFD results to deliver an accurate analysis.

Any negative impact from interaction between the thrusters, other propulsion systems and, for example, jack-up legs can be minimised. The system can prescribe any number of forbidden zones to indicate unwanted interaction between thrusters.

The results of performance evaluations are presented in clear, thrust-utilisation polar plots for given environmental conditions or maximum

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Wärtsilä OPTI-DP Engagement Tool - High performance propulsion configuration

acceptable wind speed plots.

“The independent DNV verification found that the Wärtsilä OPTI-DP Engagement Tool meets the requirements of the DNV standard ST-0111 Level 1, Level 2, and Level 2-site without thrust ventilation loss impact. These set requirements for analysing the station-keeping capability of a vessel in DP operations based on the static balance of environmental forces and the vessel’s actuator forces,” says Luca Pivano, Principal Specialist DP Simulations, Control Systems and Cybernetics Advisory at DNV. “The OPTI-DP Engagement Tool is a valuable breakthrough that will improve the safety and efficiency of vessels that require efficient and safe DP capability. By allowing an optimised propulsion configuration based on thrust performance, we can now accurately predict the station keeping capability of a vessel, which allows for maximum utilisation of the vessel operating in challenging weather conditions,” says Lauri Tiainen, Director, Thrusters & Propulsion Control Systems, Wärtsilä Marine Power.

The solution allows the implementation of azimuth thrusters, tunnel thrusters, and propellerrudder combinations, with results available in hours rather than weeks. The delivered accuracy and efficiency gains are complemented with reduced investment and operational costs.

Viking Neptun. Representing a substantial investment, this move highlights DEME’s commitment to its customers, and supports the continued growth of the offshore wind industry. This latest addition to its vessel fleet also confirms DEME’s mission to build futureproof, sustainable and environmentally friendly operations.

Built to the highest Norwegian quality standards, Viking Neptun currently has a turntable capable of handling 4,500 tonnes of cables below deck, but DEME will further boost its capacity by adding a second, 7,000 tonne cable turntable on deck. The addition of the vessel is in line with DEME’s strategy to deploy the most versatile and high-tech fleet in the industry. DEME already operates the pioneering, DP3 cable installation vessel Living Stone, renowned as one of the fastest and most efficient vessels in the cable installation sector.

Continuing DEME’s efforts to provide a future-proof, sustainable fleet, the vessel is fully compliant with the latest emission standards and features the latest environmental technology, including a battery pack for ‘best in-class’ fuel

DEME acquires installation vessel Belgium’s DEME has entered into an agreement with Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik to acquire the DP3 offshore installation vessel

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efficiency and more sustainable operations. The 145 m long vessel is also equipped with a large, unobstructed deck and a 400 tonne Active Heave Compensated Knuckle Boom crane, which also makes Viking Neptun ideal for the construction of floating wind farms.

Hugo Bouvy, Managing Director DEME Offshore, comments, “DEME is always keen to anticipate the future demands of our clients and to support them in their growth. Acquiring a second, large cable-laying vessel ensures that we are ready to serve their needs now and, in the future, and that we take a proactive role in helping to facilitate the energy transition. Since its introduction, our DP3 offshore installation vessel Living Stone has made its mark on the industry, with unrivalled capabilities. We are sure that Viking Neptun will have an equally impressive career in the DEME fleet and it underlines our efforts to meet and exceed our customers’ requirements. At DEME, we also share Eidesvik’s team focus on pushing for more environmentally friendly operations and we will also investigate opportunities for further co-operation between our two companies.” The Viking Neptun is set to join the DEME fleet in the last quarter of 2022.

Norwind to use KM equipment on-board CSOVs The new ship-owning company – Norway’s Norwind Offshore will fit Kongsberg Maritime (KM) equipment to its two new Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs), to be built

by Norway’s VARD. KM’s scope of delivery encompasses a combination of systems which will enable the operator to maximise operational windows whilst minimising overall energy consumption.

Key to this is the propulsion technology, which for the CSOVs will include new permanent magnet (PM) PMAZ 2600PM azimuth thrusters, PM tunnel thrusters and a retractable azimuth thruster. The return of investment is greater propulsion efficiency and manoeuvrability with reduced operational noise, lower emissions and compact dimensions.

These units are part of an environmentallyfocused range of propulsion units developed by KONGSBERG over the last decade, all based on the company’s in-house PM technology. With only one rotating component in the underwater unit, low oil volume and no requirement for

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KM is to supply a combination of systems to Norwind Offshore for installation on its two new CSOVs, due for construction at the VARD shipyard in Norway

lubrication pumps or inboard cooling systems, PM thrusters experience reduced wear and tear and consequently deliver substantial savings in lifecycle cost. They also benefit from significant reductions in energy consumption, emissions and oil spill risk when compared with conventional azimuth thrusters and are designed to meet stringent noise and vibration requirements, both on-board the vessel and regarding emissions to sea (URN).

“We are investing in this state-of-the-art technology from KM in full confidence that it will pay off in the long term,” says Svein Leon Aure, CEO of Norwind Offshore.

“Our operational expenditures will be considerably reduced in comparison to using conventional thrusters, and the same goes for our environmental footprint. This provides us with purpose-built vessels, designed for the future of advanced maritime operations in the offshore wind market.”

The first of the new CSOVs of VARD 4 19 design will be delivered from VARD in 2Q 2023. The second vessel is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2024.

DLM to supply technology for cable testing tank Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), of Southampton, UK, has provided a custom data logger and subsea measuring technology for use in a new tank where cable protection systems are tested. Darlington, UK-based Subsea Innovation Limited, a designer of innovative subsea and offshore equipment, will primarily use the equipment for testing and verifying their in-house designed subsea equipment such as pipeline repair systems (clamps and connectors), hang-off systems, and other bespoke subsea and offshore equipment.

It will also be used for internal testing for Subsea Innovation’s purpose-designed and built submerged wear test rig. The company also maintains and manufactures deck equipment for cable lay vessels.

This is the second major order that DLM has delivered to the company recently, having provided two bespoke SORJ monitoring systems that were installed on subsea bend

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Offshore capacity of a standard range than reaches up to 20 tonne capacity and boasts welded covers, stainless steel construction, sealing to IP68, and high accuracy. It is suitable for use on test stands, to take measurements during certification, and in vessel and tank weighing applications, in addition to retrofit in original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technologies and machinery.

Other standard equipment in this order includes proximity and other sensors, and thermocouples, used for measuring temperature.

The DLM logger and subsea measuring technology

stiffeners at an offshore wind farm. However, DLM is increasingly responding to demand for bespoke and standard solutions from similar maritime technology and marine electronics companies.

Martin Halford, managing director at DLM, said, “We’re putting together systems like this with increasing regularity—incorporating load cells with other instrumentation and sensors.

However, no two such jobs are the same. We start with the client’s problem, review what off-the-shelf instrumentation and sensors are available, and then customise the final package accordingly based on the environment, subsea or otherwise, and demands of the application.”

In this instance, a custom data logger takes inputs from several sensors, initially feeding back information on load, rotation, and temperature. More sensors can be added to an expandable system should the need arise in the future. A stainless steel enclosure is mounted in Subsea Innovation’s workshop next to the test tank, which remains in construction. Within the enclosure, the logged data is collated and logged again as a package in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) on a memory card.

An Ethernet port, meanwhile, enables the user to plug in a PC to download the data periodically. Halford explained, “You can get a remote view on a web browser of the HMI [human-machine interface] screen to see both live values from the sensors and also download the data logs.”

Integral to the system will be an S-cell load cell from DLM’s standard range, which will be submerged in the tank at a depth of approximately 1m. The load cell is 250 kg capacity and will measure in tension and compression. This is the lowest available

BW Offshore sells FPSO to Indonesia BW Offshore has signed an agreement for the sale of the FPSO BW Joko Tole to PT Bahari Inti Tanker and PT Cahaya Haluan Pasifik, both of which are Indonesian companies, in consortium with PT Buana Lintas Lautan Tbk, a company publicly listed in Indonesia. The consortium will continue to operate the FPSO under the lease contract with Kangean Energy Indonesia. The transaction is part of BW Offshore’s strategy to transition to floating energy infrastructure investments.

The sale will free up over US$50m of liquidity, comprising of net sale proceeds of $42.5m and the release of $9m of working capital upon closing. There is no debt attached to the FPSO. The Company expects to book a loss from the transaction of around $23m and a tax expense of approximately $12m from the write-down of a related deferred tax asset. These non-cash items will be recorded in the accounts for the fourth quarter of 2021.

BW Offshore will provide transition services for a period of up to four months after closing to ensure safe and uninterrupted transfer of operations including the local organisation operating the FPSO to the new buyer. The BW Joko Tole is a gas producing FPSO operating on the TSB field offshore Indonesia.

Offshore electrical power from MSS Denmark’s Maersk Supply Service’s (MSS) is pioneering a new company will deliver offshore electric charging solutions to vessels at ports, hubs and offshore energy operations. Stillstrom, meaning ‘quiet power’ in Danish, is an earlystage technology spin-out, whose full-scale

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The FPSO BW Joko Tole

product launch will be the first-to-market in offshore charging, enabling idle vessels to power from clean electricity.

Offshore charging for idle vessels is critical to facilitating the decarbonisation of the maritime industry, since it allows vessel owners to replace fossil fuels with electricity while being safely moored to the charging buoy.

The first full-scale charging buoy will, as previously announced, be demonstrated with offshore wind leader Ørsted in the third quarter of 2022. The power buoy will supply overnight power to one of Ørsted’s Service Operations Vessels (SOV), thereby supporting Ørsted’s target of climate-neutral operations in 2025. Ørsted will be responsible for the grid integration of the charging buoy. Ørsted intends to make publicly available any intellectual property generated during the design of the buoy’s integration into the offshore wind asset, to maximise the potential uptake of this carbon-reducing innovation across the offshore wind sector.

The charging buoy itself is large enough to charge an SOV-sized battery- or hybrid-electric vessel. The same solution will be scaled and adapted to supply power to larger vessels, enabling vessels of all sizes to turn off their engines when lying idle. By substituting fossilbased fuels with green electricity, virtually all emissions and noise pollution are eliminated while the buoy is in use.

“Stillstrom is part of our commitment to solving the energy challenges of tomorrow.

By investing in this ocean cleantech space at an early stage, we can help lead the green transition of the maritime industry. Stillstrom has been developed within MSS and the timing is right to create a venture that will be focused on delivering offshore charging solutions,” says Steen S. Karstensen, CEO of MSS. “Our vision at Stillstrom is to enable maritime decarbonisation, by providing the infrastructure that will allow vessels to charge from clean

Offshore energy when idle offshore. The mission is to remove 5.5m tonnes of CO2 within five years of commercial rollout, additionally eliminating particulate matter, NOx, and SOx,” says Sebastian Klasterer Toft, Venture Programme Manager at MSS. Stillstrom is fully owned by MSS and has

received funding support from the Danish Maritime Fund and EUDP. Meanwhile, MSS has been awarded an integrated solutions contract by Shell Brasil, for a station-keeping assignment during the removal of the emergency Gas Lift Riser on the FPSO Fluminense. The scope

includes responsibility for the station keeping, including vessels, heading control procedures, towmasters, survey equipment and deck crew for the FPSO to manage turret operations.

Two MSS anchor-handlers, Maersk Launcher and Maersk Lancer, are assisting with the offshore element of the contract, commencing their charter from Rio de Janeiro.

With this contract, Maersk Supply Service is consolidating its position in the Brazilian market where it won the large Mero2 project last year, which will be executed during the course of 2022. It comes as MSS continues to establish its portfolio as an integrated solutions provider, combining in-house project management and technical expertise with the flexibility of a versatile fleet.

FPSO work for Royston

The Stillstrom system

UK’s Royston Marine has completed the overhaul of a diesel power plant system on-board an Altera Infrastructure operated cylindrical FPSO platform. Drawing on its extensive capabilities and resources, engineers

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The FPSO Hummingbird Spirit

completed the 24,000 running hours service work on a Mitsubishi S12U engine installed onboard the 60 m diameter length Hummingbird Spirit, currently operating in the Chestnut Field in the Central North Sea. The work was carried out in several phases and involved engine disassembly with key components shipped to Royston’s Northeast workshop where they were overhauled as part of the second phase of the job.

Main engine work included repairs to the crankshaft, installation of new turbochargers and air and oil coolers alongside checks and repairs to cylinder heads, liners, bearings, connecting rods and pistons. The final phase saw the completion of the work, reinstallation, commissioning and comprehensive engine load testing.

Shaun Cairns, Royston’s operations manager, said, “This latest Hummingbird Spirit contract shows our experience, expertise and capabilities in comprehensive engine health check, diagnostics and repair work. Regardless of the service requirements and condition of a vessel’s power plants, we continue to deliver a fast, efficient service together with added value expertise.”

Owned by Teekay but operated by Altera Infrastructure, Hummingbird Spirit is a cylindrical SSP300 vessel with offshore tanker offloading facilities and has an oil export

capacity of 270,000 bbls on FPSO or 220,000 bbls on an offload tanker.

HOS completes Osbit project Sunderland based, Hydraulic & Offshore Supplies (HOS) has successfully completed a project with subsea engineering and technology company, Osbit. The project included completing the manufacture, installation and pressure testing of over 350 flexible hose assemblies to a globally innovative piece of

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technology developed by FTAI Ocean and Osbit. This will be used to support energy transition through extending the life of existing subsea oil & gas wells.

HOS managing director Don Fenwick, commented, “We were delighted to work with Osbit and FTAI Ocean on the project which showcases our team’s ability to meet the very highest quality and engineering standards. Our experienced and highly trained technicians and engineers completed the project on time and within budget and look forward to working on further related projects in the future.”

Three employees from HOS have successfully gained their hydraulic passports

Offshore following training from the British Fluid Power Association’s training academy. Hose technicians, Emily Stronge-Taylor, Laura Fenwick and Joe Joyce all completed the Hose Assembly Skills Training two-day programme which was held at the company’s workshop on Sunderland’s riverside.

The course, which is carried out in both a classroom and shop floor environment brings delegates up to a sound level of hydraulic appreciation to enable them to develop into a quality hydraulic hose technician. Delivered by industry professionals, the course gives both the attendee and employer confidence that the correct methods and culture are being adopted and used, topics covered include understanding hose assemblies, contamination, installation and hose management.

Laura Fenwick, who has recently celebrated her first year with the company, commented, “It was great to take part in the training and further develop my hydraulic knowledge. I’m looking forward to putting this into practice and hopefully taking part in future training too. I’ve really enjoyed my first year with the company and really appreciate the emphasis they put on

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staff training and also making sure that we are always kept up to date with health, safety and sector knowledge.”

HOS has manufactured and supplied hose assemblies and fluid power products from their workshop in Sunderland for over 30 years therefore have many years’ experience within the industry with their customer base including national and international clients.

HOS Managing director, Don Fenwick, was delighted the three employees successfully passed the training, “In the fluid power, hydraulic and pneumatic industry, safety and quality is paramount which is why we are always keen to further develop our employee’s knowledge of our products and services.

There are dangers when working with hydraulics which is why work should only be carried out by qualified professionals. We’re delighted Emily, Laura and Joe enjoyed the training whilst also gaining valuable knowledge.”

It’s been a busy start to 2022 already for the HOS team as we took delivery of our new updated and enhanced hydraulics catalogue.

The catalogue has been a staple of our product

range for over 20 years - however, the new edition has been brought more into line with our specific hydraulic range. New features include increased product ranges, enhanced item descriptions, a specific focus on hydraulics and updated product specification pages.

Customers can also be assured the catalogue still consists of product favourites, easy to navigate sections, next day delivery on stock items and cost-effective pricing.

HOS director, Paul Taylor, was delighted the team could start the year by introducing the new catalogue, commenting, “We know many of our customers still rely on our hard copy catalogue and find this invaluable when purchasing for ship managers, vessels and marine procurement.

“With the enhanced features in this edition, we feel we’ve kept to our hydraulic roots while also assisting clients with more custom-made products. Along with the comprehensive catalogue, we also aid with hydraulic installations, repairs and servicing requirements and having over 30 years’ experience within the fluid power sector are here to provide support and advice where necessary.” SORJ

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Paints & Coatings

A Rudder in excellent condition 10 years after Ecoshield was applied, with no repainting over that period.

Ecoshield solves pitting failures Rudders, kort nozzles, thruster tunnels and other running gear on-board a ship are particularly susceptible to the devastating damage that can be caused by cavitation and corrosion. This can result in deep pitting and sometimes complete failure, needing very expensive repairs or replacement. The problem has remained unsolved until now.

When a ship comes into drydock, maintenance of its rudder and running gear can be expensive and time-consuming. Cavitation and corrosion damage repair often involves hot work, grinding and recoating. Thus a poorly protected and damaged rudder or other running gear can extend drydocking time and costs considerably.

The costs involved go far beyond simply repairing and recoating the damaged rudder.

Drydock expenses and off-hire time add up quickly. And if underwater repairs are needed for these parts in between drydocking, further expense is incurred.

However, a recent breakthrough has changed all of this – Ecoshield. Ecoshield is glass-platelet reinforced protection for rudders, kort nozzles, thruster tunnels, bulbous bows, azimuth thrusters, stabilizer fins and other parts of the ship, whether steel, aluminium or GRP. It lasts the service life of the vessel without need for recoating or major repair – at most, quick and easy touch-ups amounting to less than

1% of the surface area will be required during routine drydocking. Ecoshield comes with an unheard-of 10-year guarantee.

Ecoshield is a reinforced version of the wellknown Ecospeed non-toxic underwater ship hull coating. Small but significant variations of the Ecospeed formula have been tested on rudders since 2002 with extraordinary results. Ships that were experiencing heavy cavitation damage to their rudders, once the glass-flake coating was applied, have seen no further cavitation damage erosion for as long as 15 years after application, with no sign that the coating will need replacement during the life of the ship.

The perfect time to apply Ecoshield is at newbuild. However, the coating can also be used to protect vessels that have been in service for some time using traditional coatings and are already facing cavitation and corrosion damage. There is even a filler of the same composition, Ecofix, which can be used to repair pitting and corrosion damage and restore the surface prior to the application of Ecoshield.

Ecoshield’s flexibility makes it easy to adapt the application schedule to the rest of the activities at the shipyard or drydock in a way which does not interfere with them. Overcoating time can be as short as three hours, which means that for smaller surfaces, such as rudders or bow thrusters, the two coats required can usually be applied in one single day. Even if three or four coats are being applied, the time is short compared to other coating systems, which are far less effective.

The costs of the temporary underwater repairs and the regular inspections required by a condition of class until the next drydocking can be high. So can the costs for rudder repairs in drydock. Thus, it becomes clear that the investment in a coating system that offers extra protection from day one is very easily won back.

For this reason more and more owners have Ecoshield applied on the rudders and other running gear of a large part of their fleet or have it included in the rudder, nozzle, etc. specs of their newbuild vessels. These owners invest in the right coating system for protection because they know the savings that will result.

New anti-fouling from CMP Japan’s Chugoku Marine Paints (CMP) has announced the release of the ultra-low friction, hydrolysis anti-fouling Seaflo Neo SL M with the latest silyl methacrylate anti-fouling technology from January 2022.

In 1995 CMP launched the original silyl acrylate anti-fouling under the brand Sea Grandprix to replace TBT anti-fouling coatings without sacrificing anti-fouling performance.

Sea Grandprix quickly became the first product of its kind widely applied for shipbuilding and dry-dockings for maintenance.

In 2011 CMP introduced Seaflo Neo SL providing a low friction technology. Then in 2014, CMP further introduced the new generation of silyl methacrylate anti-fouling, Seaflo Neo SL Z, a premium grade addition to CMP’s anti-fouling portfolio which utilises a binder of tri-isopropyl silyl methacrylate, Tipsma, a polymer formulated to further control the leach rate of the active ingredients and enhance ultra-low friction performance. To date, Seaflo Neo SL Z has been applied to more than 800 ships for newbuildings and repair projects.

The anti-fouling surface built by Tipsma technology provides for a minimal average leach layer under all operation conditions including high seawater temperatures and low activity, continuously renewing itself by a

CMP has introduced the newest addition to its Tipsma anti-fouling range, for which less than 2.5% average speed loss can be expected to achieve 7.5% reduction of CO2 emission over a 60-month operational

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Paints & Coatings controlled self-polishing mechanism allowing for ultra-low friction and anti-fouling protection over a longer period of time.

A spokesman for CMP said, “Today, with more than 25-year’s experience of silyl antifouling technology, we are proud to introduce the newest addition to our Tipsma anti-fouling range, for which less than 2.5% average speed loss can be expected to achieve 7.5% reduction of CO2 emission over a 60-month operational period (utilising ISO 19030).

Available at the end of 2021, Seaflo Neo SL M is designed for use on a wide variety of ships and features: • Tipsma based anti-fouling • Ultra-low friction Technology, low Friction Increase Ratio (FIR) of 1.5% • Expected maximum average speed loss of 2.5% for 60 months • Excellent static performance up to a 30-day single idle period • Capable of up to 90-months service Seaflo Neo SL M is available for both newbuildings and repair projects. It is designed to maintain anti-fouling performance for a long

period of time regardless of the type of ship, and can be expected to reduce CO2 emitted from ships.

CMP will continue to develop products that can meet the demands of our customers and contribute to improving the performance of ships and reducing their impact on the environment.

NPM wins COSCO contract China’s COSCO Shipping has indicated it will coat its entire fleet of VLCCs with Nippon Paint Marine’s (NPM) new anti-fouling system FASTAR once initial applications have been evaluated.

The hulls of the passenger ferry COSCO Star and the 56,000 dwt bulk carrier Xin Liu Lin Hai will each be coated with the game-changing anti-fouling at drydockings during this year.

The 26,847 gt COSCO Star drydocked at COSCO Shanghai Dockyard during February for a FASTAR XI application, with the bulker currently scheduled to take the FASTAR I version

in May, at the COSCO Guangzhou Dockyard.

The shipowner selected the novel nano resin containing paint – introduced to the market early last year – to help vessels meet EEXI requirements. The amendment to MARPOL Annex VI, which requires all vessels above 400 gt to measure their energy efficiency, enters into force in January 2023.

Jun Ye, M & R Sales Director, NPM (China), said, “COSCO Shipping has a long history of applying NPM anti-fouling to the hulls of its vessels as a way of improving propulsion efficiency and reducing emissions. Once the shipowner has verified the precise, predictable performance of FASTAR on these two vessels, more vessels are expected to take advantage of this revolutionary coating system.”

COSCO Shipping, added, “We were keen to evaluate and assess the feasibility of NPM’s next generation anti-fouling for possible VLCC application. The coating’s potential to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by up to 8% is attractive and seen as a viable way towards meeting EEXI requirements. We also anticipate reduced paint volumes and quick drying time will result in cost savings.”

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Jun Ye added, “With the current high freight rates, shipowners want to keep their vessels trading for as long as possible. FASTAR antifouling not only provides next level performance but improves drydock efficiency, reducing significantly the time required in drydock for paint work.

“FASTAR will be hugely beneficial to repair yards. As there is not enough capacity to meet current demand, yards are limiting the number of days for each drydocking as a way of increasing the number of projects they can take on. Drydock locations are no longer set in stone due to the delays at some Chinese yards, especially in Zhoushan and Ningbo. Rather than wait for a slot shipowners are moving their ships elsewhere. It’s a real headache for coatings suppliers.”

According to NPM, despite some market retraction last year, orders for the new coating increased steadily with the 135,000 litres of the coating having been applied to hulls totalling 4.2m dwt.

FASTAR is a self-polishing anti-fouling paint that incorporates a unique nano-domain resin

APC’s President David Keehan

structure designed to minimise the effect that seawater temperatures, vessel speeds and other external factors have on coating performance.

NPM’s fourth generation anti-fouling system is available in two main versions – FASTAR I and FASTAR XI – of which the latter incorporates the company’s patented hydrogel technology.

Successful year for APC US-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), the owner of the MarineLINE cargo tank coating brand, is announcing its most successful year of trading with maritime sales growing by 40% in 2021. The Ohio-headquartered family firm, led by President David Keehan, now says it accounts for more than 12% of the global cargo tank coating market and is specified on more than 700 ships, with 56 ships coated equating to over 750,000 m2 of MarineLINE applied in 2021.

Mr Keehan said growth is being driven by a rapidly changing shipping landscape.

He said decarbonisation is exerting huge pressure on operators, notably charterers, who are now searching out products like MarineLINE to help achieve emission targets.

He noted MarineLINE’s ability to cut average tank cleaning times by two days per voyage, compared to standard coatings, led to a three per cent annual fuel reduction cutting carbon emissions by 4500 MT per annum per tanker as well as significant fuel savings.

Mr Keehan said exports are underpinning APC’s growth with key markets including China, the Gulf, Croatia, and Turkey. “We are seeing more changes in the tank coating market than any point in the last ten years,” he said.

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“MarineLINE has always been positioned as a premium product, as we specialise solely on tank coatings. We are not a generalist paint company attempting to coat the entire ship.

That model is becoming less appealing as operators are now much more aware that when tank coatings go wrong it can cost millions of dollars per ship to repair plus disruption and lack of availability. Another trend we are observing is that charterers are influencing the selection of tank coatings, and they are hungry for cost and emissions savings. The charterers want to secure long-term deals with ship owners.

“They want to know the coating can perform and cope with a wide variety of chemicals over a sustained period without risk of cross contamination. When you consider that a ship can be expected to carry 85 different chemicals a year across 16 cargo tanks this is one of the biggest issues and costs an operator can face. In addition, decarbonisation is becoming more and more of an issue and is a growing advantage for MarineLINE. MarineLINE’s ability to reduce tank cleaning times slashes fuel use and emissions (see notes to editors) and that combined by our ability to carry a versatile range of products is giving us an edge and we back that up with a five-year warranty.”

Mr Keehan said APC’s growth is further being helped by new senior appointments to the team. New faces joining in 2021 include Captain Tore Svensen, a chemical tanker specialist and former head of fleet at UACC in the Gulf, and Kenneth Rogers a former head of Aurora Tankers in Singapore who has also held senior positions with Carnival, SEACOR and Seabulk. Mr Keehan said both Tore and Kenneth are bringing deep market knowledge and contacts.

“Building on the success of 2021 and our growing maritime customer base this year will see APC further embrace digitisation,” he said. “We are developing an in-house digital portal to give operators more time information and data about ship performance. We aim to launch that this year to support our drive to grow particularly in Asia and Europe.”

Elsewhere Mr. Keehan said he is particularly proud that APC is committed to philanthropy with donations to a range of charities exceeding US$1m. APC’s nominated charities include St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, the Toys for Tots Foundation, The St Augustine Hunger Centre, Prayers for Maria Children’s Glioma Cancer Research Foundation in Ohio, and St Edward High School in Ohio where Mr. Keehan formerly taught entrepreneurship. SORJ

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Services OneOcean expands platform OneOcean Group has expanded its platform capability to include a new and unique Environmental Planner, which uses a dynamic timeline to provide a real-time look ahead at the environmental rules and restrictions in force during a voyage. For the first time, navigational and environmental planning can be done in a simple integrated workflow. With the addition of the advanced environmental timeline, the software platform enhances its offering for a unique Total Voyage approach that integrates and visually presents data, to both minimise risk and support effective decision-making.

The timeline displays a comprehensive list of environmental events that can safely and legally take place aboard a vessel during a rolling 12hr window, based on the ship’s departure time, its current position, and speed.

The Active Environmental Timeline can be generated as part of the ship’s official passage plan, as a section in the pdf document.

Access to the environmental planner in the passage plan and the active timeline enables a co-ordinated approach for better decisionmaking in both the planning and monitoring stages of a voyage. Should the departure be delayed, both the timeline and document can be dynamically adjusted to reflect an accurate representation of the ship’s position in relation to the environmental regulations in place along the route. If the vessel speed is increased, the timeline will adjust to accurately reflect that, as is refreshes every three minutes.

Star International launched quayside loader UK’s Star International has launched a new quayside lorry loader service, developed specifically to support the operational requirements of shipping, ferry and cruise operators. The capability provides a turnkey solution to vessels, with Star International (Star) able to provide everything from product supply and delivery, to on-boarding, installation and commissioning of equipment including liferafts, rescue boats and fire

An artist’s impression of the new ALM containerships

suppression systems, at any UK port.

Star’s service negates the need for operators to rely on the availability of port infrastructure at the quayside. The lorry loader and crew provide everything a vessel requires to on and off-board cargo, including crane, technical expertise, and labour to complete all works required. Unlike port infrastructure, Star’s service is dedicated to the commissioning vessel, and provides a flexibility that means support will be on hand, even if a vessel’s schedule changes.

Matthew Ball, director for Star International said the investment was part of a long-term strategy to strengthen the service capability on offer to vessel operators. “Our new lorry loader capability is having a significant impact on how we operate as a business. The nature of working with customers at ports across the UK and Europe means we must remain flexible.

The service is made possible by the company’s investment in a bespoke Volvo truck and HIAB crane. The vehicle features HIAB’s advanced ‘HiConnect’ real time condition monitoring system that is used to actively optimise performance and safety and avoid unnecessary downtime.

The platform boasts a reach of more than 30 m, with a lift capacity of 590 kg at full extension and has been custom built to service the commercial shipping, ferry and cruise sectors.

KDI in contract with ALM Norway’s Kongsberg Digital (KDI) has signed a contract with Asiatic Lloyd Maritime (ALM), based in Singapore and Hamburg, to integrate KDI’s Vessel Insight into ALM’s new containerships vessels to reduce emissions and increase efficiency.

As the shipping industry needs to become more sustainable within this decade, Vessel Insight will be an important tool to make transshipment more effective and to reduce cost. As part of the Vessel Insight subscription, ALM are given a KDI customer success manager who will support and guide ALM through the possibilities of Vessel Insight and the Kognifai Marketplace.

The four vessels will run on Kongsberg Maritime Automation systems, supplied by the Kongsberg Maritime Integrated Solution Team.

The integrated package consists of a K-Chief Alarm Monitoring & Control System and an AutoChief Propulsion Control System on-board this 7,100 teu containership - and with the extended Vessel Insight application system as the foundation of the Kognifai Maritime Ecosystem, it can provide the vessel-to-cloud data infrastructure which ensures that the client can capture quality sensor data from vessel(s) and securely transport the data from the vessel(s) to the Kognifai cloud storage. In the cloud, the client will have the opportunity to access, analyse and visualise the data through various proprietary and third-party systems.

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BG Freight Line has committed to reducing carbon emissions by installing Value Maritime’s Filtree and carbon capture system on-board two of its containerships BG Onyx and BG Ruby

Services chartered from Germany’s HS Schiffahrt.

The decision highlights the advantages of bringing the strengths of both shipowner and charterer/co-owner together to solve the issue of shipping emissions. Both companies understand the value of investing together in a sustainable solution for these vessels. A solution that sees them immediately reducing their carbon footprint, prepares them for future environmental regulations and gives an edge over competing vessels along similar trade routes.

Both BG Onyx and BG Ruby are expected to be retrofitted this summer with the installation of Value Maritime’s Filtree, including the unique Clean-Loop system and Carbon Capture feature. Once the installation is complete, the vessels will continue to trade in North-West Europe emitting considerably less carbon and will utilise Value Maritime outlets across this region to reuse the carbon on land.

This is the first of many contracts Value Maritime intends to sign with German shipowners and charterers. Maarten Lodewijks, Director and Co-Founder - Value Maritime highlights the benefits of their in-house developed technology for customers, “A green

and financial dividend is the best of both worlds.

Not only can our clients reduce their carbon emissions with a system that’s cleaner than MGO and capture carbon on-board their smalllarge sized vessels, but they can also generate substantial fuel savings, and earn back their investment in 1-2.5 years.”

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Accelleron - new name for ABB Turbocharging Switzerland’s ABB has announced that its Turbocharging division has unveiled its new brand name ‘Accelleron’, a compound word of - Access – Accelerate – Excel – on and on. The new brand is centred around the company’s purpose - together to inspire, innovate and exceed expectations – setting industry benchmarks for the benefit of all. It also builds on the company’s legacy of over 100 years in turbocharging, embodying the ambition to continue its development as a global marketleader in its sectors, helping the world succeed and move further in a more sustainable way.

The new brand is part of ABB’s portfolio management strategy to operationally separate the Turbocharging division before a final decision is made between a sale or a spin-off of the business towards the end of the first quarter.

Whichever path is chosen by ABB to separate the business, this process should be completed

in the first half of 2022.

“Unveiling the Accelleron brand is a seminal moment for our business. We are proud about our heritage but are also excited about our next chapter of growth, providing cutting-edge technology and service solutions for our clients,” said CEO Oliver Riemenschneider, who was succeeded by Daniel Bischofberger on March 1st, 2022, rejoining ABB from Sulzer. In the case of a spin-off, Oliver is expected to become Chairman of Accelleron.

Accelleron is a global leader in turbocharging technologies and optimisation solutions for 0.5 to 80+ MW engines, helping to provide sustainable and reliable power to the marine, energy, rail, and off-highway sectors. With an installed base of approximately 180,000 turbochargers and a network of more than 100 service stations worldwide, its innovative technologies and digital solutions give its customers the power to move further.

In 2021, it achieved revenues of approximately US$750m and has over 2,300 employees worldwide, of which roughly 800 are located at its headquarter and global R&D

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centre in Baden, Switzerland. It is a leading company in its industry and preferred partner to an estimated 6,000 customers through its global service network in more than 50 countries.

One key market driver - in Accelleron’s industry is the trend towards decarbonisation against the background of international and national regulations. For example, IMO’s goal of halving GHG emissions from ships by 2050 is driving demand for efficient and sustainable technologies. Upgrades and new net-zero carbon fuel technologies are expected to support the strategic direction of the business in the next years. Accelleron is leading in technology and commercial prototype projects with alternative fuels such as hydrogen, methanol, and ammonia.

ABB’s turbochargers reduce fuel consumption and hence CO2 emissions by an average of 405,000 tonnes/annum for the shipping industry alone, while also playing a crucial role in balancing power for national grids, power extensions in emerging economies and microgrids as well as back-up power for critical infrastructure, e.g. data centres.

In one of the new company’s first moves, Accelleron has entered into a partnership with Swiss-based engineering and technology specialists, Sauber Group. The partnership will focus on technical collaboration, a first in the field of turbocharging and will see the continued exchange of ideas, technicians and innovations across both teams. Within the partnership, Accelleron and Sauber Technologies will work on five joint projects in areas including computational fluid dynamics, where aerodynamic expertise developed by Sauber can be used to optimise turbine blade design to improve airflow and separation, further enhancing the efficiency of future turbine designs for Accelleron. Other areas of collaboration include additive manufacturing techniques, and advanced material technology used in F1 which may be adapted for use in turbocharging applications.

Now as a standard feature on all two-stroke engine A100-L and A200-L turbochargers, this exciting new capability is an industry first.

It provides simple visual indicators of the turbochargers’ performance levels, both for individual vessels and entire fleets.

Available for data connected vessels, Turbo Insights offers remote 24/7 access to turbocharger operations, in a numeric and visualised way via an online customer portal.

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Machinery Repairs With this, shipowners and operators will have access to turbocharger performance at their fingertips. In addition, they will be able to see at a glance their engine health status, total optimisation, fuel saving and CO2 emissions reduction potential.

These insights will allow the recording and analysis of operating performance from running hour zero. This enables an important ‘benchmark’ to be established for assessing the turbocharger’s performance as running hours accumulate throughout its entire lifecycle.

The compact and containerised Wärtsilä HY Module for Bulkers installed on-board the Paolo

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Activities at Wärtsilä Finland’s Wärtsilä has signed an Optimised Maintenance Agreement (OMA) with the Canada’s Societé des Traversiers du Quebec (STQ). The five-year long-term agreement covers two ferries, Jos Deschenes II and Armand Imbeau II, each of which operates with Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engines. A similar agreement was signed earlier covering another STQ ferry, F.A. Gauthier. The latest contract was signed in October 2021 and carries an option to extend the agreement for an additional five years.

Wärtsilä’s ability to provide truly customised agreements that improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and ensure better availability for these vessels was cited as a prime consideration in the award of this contract. Included in the scope of services provided are Wärtsilä’s unique Expert Insight digital solution, and Data-Driven Dynamic Maintenance Planning. Expert Insight uses artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced diagnostics to achieve an unprecedented level of predictive maintenance that can reduce unplanned maintenance by up to 50%. Dynamic Maintenance Planning is enabled with data and advanced analytics and remote monitoring, thus providing accurate insight into the vessel’s performance.

In addition to the engines, the agreement

The two Canadian ferries now supplied with an OMA system from Wärtsilä

also covers the LNGPac fuel storage, supply and control system, the Gas Valve Unit, and the ships’ electrical and automation systems.

The 92 m long passenger ferries are part of the Canadian Province of Quebec’s transportation system.

Meanwhile, Wärtsilä will supply the seven thrusters required for a new Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) being built at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for Eneti Inc. By providing outstanding thrust, robust station-keeping capability and efficient transit operation, the Wärtsilä thrusters will enable optimal propulsion performance for the vessel. There is an option for a second vessel.

The next-generation vessel features a Gusto 16000X design and will have advanced lifting capabilities and high energy efficiency. Wärtsilä’s advanced lightweight thruster configuration meets the design parameters’ performance standards.

In particular, Wärtsilä’s proven retraction system, combined with an energy efficient 8o tilt is a key factor in the thrusters’ enablement of effective and reliable station-keeping performance. The tilt delivers up to 23% higher effective thrust than non-tilted thrusters, while reducing the power requirement and fuel consumption. The retractable thrusters have a combined electric steering and retraction system which saves space and weight, and which has fewer components for greater reliability.

This is the fourth WTIV with Wärtsilä thrusters contracted during 2021, thus emphasising Wärtsilä’s leading position in this field.

Wärtsilä has also completed the installation and commissioning of a unique hybrid power system combined with a PV solar energy system in collaboration with Marfin Management and Solbian, on-board a bulk carrier, making it one of the most technologically advanced vessels of its type in the global fleet. The installation was

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carried out on the 59,914 dwt Paolo Topic, a bulk carrier built in 2016 at the Onomichi Dockyard in Japan and managed by Marfin Management.

The innovative, fully integrated Wärtsilä HY Module solution includes an energy management system and batteries that delivers auxiliary power to the grid. When coupled with other sources of energy such as PV panels the benefits are enhanced. It will address the marine sector’s major challenges to lower operating costs while simultaneously reducing environmental impact. The solution achieves this through significant reductions in fuel consumption and maintenance needs, while offering cleaner, safer, and more efficient operations. It also contributes to placing the vessel in a positive position regarding the industry’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) indexes.

The Wärtsilä HY Module for Bulkers is a compact containerised solution that cuts a vessel’s emissions by optimising the onboard power production, consumption, and management. The HY module gives the possibility to combine and integrate an energy storage system and additional energy sources, such as solar power, with Wärtsilä’s highly sophisticated Energy Management System (EMS) to deliver auxiliary power. The EMS has overall control of the engines, batteries, power distribution, and with the installation of solar panels on the weather deck it’s a maritime industry first. The containerised solution has been placed on the ship’s deck to save space and has been installed without the need for drydocking.

Wärtsilä will also supply the main and harbour engines for a series of seven new Arctic Shuttle Tanker vessels being built at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in a deal worth some €100m.

The vessels will each feature six highly efficient Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel main engines operating primarily on LNG fuel, and two Wärtsilä 20 harbour engines. All will be fitted with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems for emissions abatement. By selecting Wärtsilä as the sole supplier for this large scope package, system compatibility and procurement interfacing is simplified, which, in turn, eases installation work and reduces project risk.

The 120,000 dwt tankers are Arc 7 classified and have icebreaking capability. The Wärtsilä engines are designed to operate reliably at temperatures as low as -45oC. The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard

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Advantages of Tekomar XPERT for STX units Following a new reseller agreement, STX Engine’s customers selecting Tekomar XPERT will benefit from optimised engine performance and reduced OPEX through fuel savings. Accelleron’s digital performance optimisation platform Tekomar XPERT is applicable to any engine, transforming high quality, reliable engine operating data, into actionable insights helping optimise engine performance and maintenance.

ABB Ability Tekomar XPERT can be used to optimise the performance of any marine engine, regardless of the brand or maker, and is currently installed on more than 8,000 engines on-board over 2,000 vessels.

Meanwhile, ABB and Ballard are progressing with their industry-leading partnership to decarbonise marine transport and have received an AiP from DNV for its high-power fuel cell concept, the development of which was launched in 2018. An AiP is a major milestone in developing new technology as an independent assessment of the concept, confirming that the design is feasible, and no significant obstacles exist to prevent the concept from being realised. With the AiP in place, the jointly developed solution can be completed within the next couple of years for application on-board a wide range of vessels.

The high-power fuel cell unit is a flexible solution that will support the energy needs of a diverse range of vessels requiring multiple 3

MW blocks of power. A cruise vessel operating in coastal areas could either run entirely on fuel cell power or switch to it when operating in environmentally sensitive areas or emission control zones, while a ferry with a regular schedule and frequent bunkering opportunities could operate solely on fuel cell power. For ocean going vessels, fuel cell power could support auxiliary needs. The concept of the solution also envisions the integration with an energy storage system.

The successful development of a highpower fuel cell system concept builds on a collaboration between ABB and Ballard, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions, initiated in June 2018. As part of its strategy to develop alternative emission-free technologies, ABB is already well advanced in collaborative development of fuel cell systems for ships.

Considered among the most promising technologies available in terms of greenhouse gas reduction, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells are already powering smaller vessels over short distances and the technology is on the verge of being ready for installation on larger ships.

Fuel cells turn the chemical energy from hydrogen into electricity through an electrochemical reaction. When renewables are used to produce the hydrogen, the entire energy chain can be clean. Having a larger, megawattscale power unit makes it feasible to combine units to reach much higher total power than is practically possible with smaller power units.

Demand for hydrogen, which has grown more than threefold since 1975, continues to rise. Scaling up technologies and bringing down costs of production is vital to enable hydrogen to become widely used. ABB is collaborating with customers and partners to develop and

The ABB high-power fuel cell concept

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integrate technology that will make hydrogen an accessible, affordable component of the world’s low carbon energy mix. In Italy, ABB is partnering with Swiss utility company Axpo to develop modular green hydrogen plants that aim to create an optimum operating model to produce affordable, green hydrogen.

In France, ABB is supplying its Freelance distributed control system and ABB Ability Manufacturing Operations Management digital platform to the first production site for Lhyfe, a producer and supplier of 100% green hydrogen.

ABB is also working with Hydrogen Optimised, a sustainable energy conversion company in Canada, to jointly explore the development of large-scale green hydrogen production systems connected to the electrical grid to offer a clean, sustainable, and affordable energy carrier.

Licence agreement for MHI-MME Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment (MHI-MME), a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Nagasaki, has concluded a licencing agreement giving Mitsui E&S Machinery, a Mitsui E&S Holdings company rights to manufacture and sell its MET turbochargers. The MET line-up are exhaust gas type turbochargers engineered for use with diesel engines.

The newly concluded licencing agreement allows Mitsui E&S Machinery to manufacture in-house all models in the MET-MB and METMBII series of turbochargers used in two-stroke engines. Production will get underway with three models - MET-66MBII, MET-42MBII and MET-42MB. Plans call for the first unit to be completed early in 2023, with production to be expanded to other models when deemed appropriate.

Mitsui E&S Machinery has been manufacturing a single brand of large marine diesel engines ever since concluding a technical tie-up with B&W of Denmark (now MAN Energy Solutions SE) in 1926. In 2021 the company reached cumulative production of 110m hp, with more than 7,000 units manufactured to date. These statistics make Mitsui E&S Machinery Japan’s foremost engine manufacturer and a world leader in the industry.

MHI-MME began marketing water-cooled turbochargers in the 1950s, and in 1965 the company developed the world’s first non-

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A MET turbocharger installed in an engine manufactured by Mitsui E&S Machinery

water-cooled turbocharger, precursor of the MET series. Since then, the line-up has been expanded to include numerous high-efficiency large-capacity models. Today, MHI-MME has a track record in MET turbochargers of more than 39,000 units in total, and the company accounts for a near 40% share of the global market for turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines.

After concluding the new licencing agreement, going forward MHI-MME aims to strengthen its ties with Mitsui E&S Machinery in a quest to further develop business in marine engines and turbochargers for the needs of tomorrow taking into account global warming issues.

Meanwhile, MHI-MME is sequentially distributing a pre-inspection check sheet for the MAC-B Series to clients owning the roughly 900+ vessels installed with the marine auxiliary boiler. By filling out the check sheet and submitting it to MHI-MME, a diagnosis of the state of the auxiliary boiler will be sent back together with information on the appropriate maintenance part(s) to be used, along with a servicing proposal.

MHI-MME is distributing a list of maintenance parts and an after-sales services menu and is recommending preventive maintenance. Through such activities, MHIMME will be proactively promoting the provision of services for the secure, long-term operation of its auxiliary boilers.

A spokesman said, “We recommend that

clients with MAC-B Series auxiliary boilers installed on their vessels actively utilise the pre-inspection check sheet so that they can understand the state of their boilers and receive the proposal of services that will enable the even more secure use of the auxiliary boilers.

Cable-layer project for Royston UK’s Royston has completed the overhaul of two diesel power plants on-board a Global Marine Group operated multi-role subsea cable installation and repair works vessel.

Drawing on its extensive capabilities and resources, a five-strong team of Royston engineers completed the 24,000 running hrs service work on a Stork-Wärtsilä 12SW280 engine and a Stork-Wärtsilä 16SW280 unit on-board the 11,242 gt CS Sovereign while the vessel was in Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam at Schiedam, in Rotterdam.

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Machinery Repairs This involved the overhaul of the crankshaft vibration damper on the main engine generator DG.1 before refitting with new gaskets. Main engine works on the two other generators (DG.2 and DG.3) saw the similar overhaul of crankshaft vibration dampers alongside checks and repairs to cylinder heads, liners, bearings, connecting rods and pistons. On completion of engine work, full sea trials were successfully undertaken.

Oliver Stock, drydocking superintendent at Global Marine Group, said, “As a global operator, we not only require efficiency gains but also rapid and effective engine service solutions.

Royston’s experience, expertise and streamlined operation are a huge advantage for a customer like us looking for notable improvements and fast turnaround times.”

Shaun Cairns, Royston’s operations manager, added, “Our experience with the engines saw the work completed efficiently and to the customer’s requirements, allowing the vessel to return to sea-going operations as quickly as possible. Fleet operators such as Global Marine Group can achieve significant cost savings using service providers like Royston without compromising engineering quality and standards.”

Royston engineers have also recently completed the overhaul of diesel power plant systems on-board another vessel within the Global Marine Group fleet, the 11,324 gt Global Symphony, in a tight 10-day time frame.

The Global Symphony is a multi-purpose vessel designed to meet the demands of power cable projects and has recently been working on multiple offshore wind farms sites across Europe, including floating turbines, to install and protect both export and inter array cables. The purposebuilt CS Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea fibre optic cable installation and repair works which is currently involved in projects off Britain’s south coast.

Royston has completed the overhaul of two diesel power plants on-board CS Sovereign

providing insights into the propulsion system.

This information can then be used to plan operational and strategic deployments better.”

SCHOTTEL MariHub is the modern hub for data collection, processing and evaluation directly on-board the vessel - the system records and analyses signals from sensors, machines and other components. In addition, MariHub functions as a fault monitoring system - the signals are continuously recorded and stored, and warnings and alarms are generated if a limit value is exceeded.

MariHub performs a large part of the analyses independently on-board and generates messages based on common process and measurement values. These values can be viewed by means of an integrated control panel on the MariHub system or are sent automatically to the IoT platform MariNet via an encrypted connection. If there is no stable internet connection, the cached data can be transferred automatically or manually at a later time.

Digitalisation opens up numerous possibilities Digital products and services open up numerous possibilities for optimising ship operations.

Germany’s SCHOTTEL is presenting new solutions, helping operators to demand the full potential of their vessels.

Alexander Neideck, Product Manager Automation & Digital Products at SCHOTTEL said, “Basically, we are creating a virtual image of the propulsion system on land, thus

The created condition reports are the basis for planning drydock maintenance better

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Operators benefit from further applications when using SCHOTTEL’s own MariNet platform.

ProData, the integrated IoT service, allows the data collected by MariHub to be viewed online from anywhere. It provides information on the operation conditions and equipment status and helps to identify optimisation potential.

The processed data can be used for planning the strategic deployment and development of the entire fleet, which helps to maximise the potential of the vessels.

ProCMS, the condition monitoring service for SCHOTTEL propulsion systems, ensures that downtimes are as short as possible and can be planned. An algorithm monitors the latest measured values regularly and notifies at an early stage if there are any acute signs of wear or damage to specific components. This minimises the risk of consequential damage.

The created condition reports are the basis for planning dry-dock maintenance better.

Besides the permanently installed MariHub monitoring system, the SCHOTTEL range also includes VibCheck, a mobile system for evaluating the condition of the propulsion system. SCHOTTEL service engineers carry out vibration measurements on the vessel’s installed units using a portable measuring device. This measurement data is transferred manually and analysed by experts. The results enable more targeted maintenance planning and spare parts logistics, especially for older vessels.

Regardless of whether it is a new vessel or has been in operation for years - SCHOTTEL digital services offer a wide range of benefits that can improve troubleshooting, strategic maintenance planning or optimise fleet management. SORJ

Electrical Repairs

Royston has opened a new Marine Electrical Department as it expands ship maintenance operations and boosts customer services

New electrical repair department at Royston UK’s Royston has invested in a new Marine Electrical Department as it expands ship maintenance operations and boosts customer services. Headed by electrical service manager Ben Jones, the move will see a wide range of dedicated electrical, electronic, digital repair and overhaul services available to global marine fleet owners and operators.

Specialist engineers working in the new department will cover breakdowns and provide fault-finding capabilities as well as undertaking routine and scheduled repairs and service work regardless of a vessel’s global location.

Including marine electrical repairs and maintenance of motors, generators and associated ancillary equipment and systems, the department’s services will also include function testing of alarms, engine automation, control and monitoring equipment alongside repair and fault diagnosis of marine equipment and the installation and commissioning of machinery and digital technologies.

Service and repair of navigation and communications equipment will also be available as part of a broad-based package of support that also sees the provision of thermographic surveys.

Royston’s technical director Neil Graham said there is huge demand for skilled and independent marine engineering and propulsion services as sector operators continue to recover from the pandemic and invest in their vessel maintenance and service operations.

He said, “The new Marine Electrical

Department positions us strongly for further expansion and success as we look to provide customers with the competitive, highly responsive engineering services and skilled expertise they need to support their own frontline services and vessel capabilities.

“As a global marine engineering specialist, expansion of our ship maintenance services will significantly enhance our response times, operational performance and productivity ensuring the highest standards of service and support is provided to customers.”

Damen acquires Skoonbox Holland’s Damen Shipyards Group has taken over the Skoonbox from Skoon Energy.

The world’s first maritime-certified, multi-

purpose battery container will be used to deliver renewable power at Damen yards for applications where diesel generators or ships’ engines are primarily used at present. This standard container is the first step towards Damen’s sustainable battery network for mobile and temporary applications. In time, it can potentially also be deployed for customers world-wide.

The Skoonbox contains 314 lithium batteries, good for 638 kW/hr of renewable energy. In recent years, the Skoonbox has been used for numerous applications in the Amsterdam Port Area. Putting the Skoonbox in a barge, for example, gave Damen a floating battery that has supplied green power to a range of ships.

“The Skoonbox, and the clean energy systems coming in its wake, are opening up tremendous opportunities for us to reduce our ecological footprint and those of our customers,” explains Vincent de Maat of Damen Shipyards Group.

“This is a sustainable replacement for diesel generators, but it can also be used as a green form of shore power, allowing ships berthed at our repair yards to turn off their on-board engines. That saves a lot of emissions.”

“Our focus is on developing Skoon Sharing, the software platform that brings together both local and international supply and demand for mobile, sustainable energy solutions,” says Peter Paul van Voorst tot Voorst, the CEO and founder of Skoon Energy. “The Skoonbox experience has provided us with a tremendous amount of indispensable data and insights. As part of our long-term vision, our aim is not to be hardware owners. Our strength is the development of customer-friendly and commercially scalable software and AI. That is how we realise easy access to clean energy, wherever it may be.”

The handover of Skoonbox (teams from Skoon and Damen)

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Electrical Repairs New electrical system from Bakker/RH Marine Holland’s Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine, both based near Rotterdam, are going to develop a new electrical system that will enable vessels to sail on methanol and other zero-emission fuels. The aim is that in the future vessels will not only be able to sail more sustainably, but also more efficiently, safely and reliably.

Together with 20 other partners, the two sister companies are part of a maritime consortium that has received €24m in government subsidy for research within the MENENS (Methanol as Energy Step Towards Zero-Emission Dutch Shipping) programme. This will be conducted in the next four years. Various research institutes, shipowners, dredging and offshore companies, yacht builders, shipyards and suppliers are participating in the consortium. “The idea behind the MENENS project is that the industry itself is in the lead,” says Despoina Mitropoulou of RH Marine and Arend van der Velde of Bakker Sliedrecht.

The MENENS programme is intended to accelerate the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the Dutch shipping industry. This will result in a major reduction in CO2 emissions compared to the current use of diesel. Methanol is internationally regarded as one of the most feasible clean fuels for large-scale application

in shipping. It allows ships to sail with netzero emissions. The consortium will retrofit two different vessel types to test the viability of methanol fuel systems and will study six different future use cases with different operational profiles. By 2030, there should already be 30 zero-emission ships in operation.

For the use of a different fuel, a new electrical system for ships needs to be designed and developed. Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine want to design this new system for dredging and offshore vessels, yachts and naval vessels.

In these sectors, the companies have the most clients. Co-ordinator of the MENENS programme is Fugro, which aims to have its survey vessel Fugro Pioneer sailing on methanol by 2023. That ship will be used as a test ship in the coming years. Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine, together with research institute MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) and TNO, are also setting up a virtual field lab where new technologies can be tested and validated.

Conventional electrical installations and equipment of ships run on AC-power. DC-power systems are also used on-board but are less common. With methanol, it cannot achieve the same dynamic response in the engines as with diesel. The use of batteries or super capacitors has to compensate for this. The same is valid when fuel cells running on methanol will be used as the main source of power. They run on DCpower and therefore the entire power plant onboard will be designed as a DC network. “The

Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine are going to develop a new electrical system that will enable vessels to sail on methanol and other zero-emission fuels

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The replacement module from P&S

power plant reacts differently to methanol than to diesel or LNG. In order to guarantee a good performance, we must design a power plant to which you can connect both a fuel cell, a battery and a methanol ICE generator,” explains Van der Velde.

The main benefit of a DC network is that less power losses can be achieved. Now, converters or frequency drives convert AC to DC and DC back to AC. In a DC network, the inverter only needs to convert the electricity to AC once for the machines and devices. “In the new design, fewer conversions are needed. The fewer the converters, the less the power losses. A DC network also offers opportunities to save space and to make the power plant lighter,” say Mitropoulou and Van der Velde.

The new system is designed in a modular forward-compatible way, so that new components can be added in the future and must be independent of the fuel generation.

Mitropoulou added, “We want to design a system that is as independent as possible of the future fuel source. For example, besides on methanol engines or fuel cells, it must also be able to run on hydrogen engines or fuel cells as well.” According to her, in the new system digitalisation will play an important role and Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) components will be deployed and installed. This allows more data to be collected and analysed to see how the new systems operate. “Thus, we can design a system that is smarter, safer, more efficient and more reliable,” she says.

Electrical Repairs P&S Automation carries out in-port repairs UK’s P&S Automation recently completed repairs to the SCADA system fitted to a ferry at a UK port. The repairs required were not straight forward; what started out as a request from the vessel’s manager to see if the repair could be completed in P&S’ Essex workshops, a faulty eight way binary input module (the OEM for the SCADA hardware had already informed the vessel’s managers that a large number of modules installed in the SCADA had ceased to be supported by them at the end of 2020) escalated into trying to find spare parts. However, despite best efforts and even assistance from one or more authorised agents for the hardware OEM, no replacement parts were available at any location.

The solution to overcome the issue ended with P&S Automation having to improvise and sourcing an alternative module since the original input module was beyond repair.

As an alternative module was to be used it was required to attend the vessel during midDecember, ahead of the alternative module being available to be installed, to upload the SCADA software, reconfigure the software for the replacement alternative module and reinstall the software when the alternative module would be installed.

During this visit, a second faulty module was discovered, requiring an extra alternative module to be procured. As the vessel had a ‘condition of class’ imposed on it by her Class, it was imperative to complete the repairs and demonstrate that the SCADA system was now restored to normal working order before the expiry date.

On a second visit on December 22nd, both the replacement alternative modules were installed and tested. The SCADA system was now seen to be working correctly. The vessel’s manager, who was on-board during this second visit, looking at other issues with the vessel, was very pleased to learn that the SCADA system was now fully operational and that the ‘condition of class’ could be removed.

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installation of an Alewijnse virtualisation and visualisation (AlViVi) platform on-board a trailing

Dredger work for Alewijnse Holland’s Alewijnse and Belgium’s DEME

One of the DEME TSHD fleet

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Electrical Repairs suction hopper dredger (TSHD) from the fleet of DEME Group.

The successfully delivered project reaffirms the successful co-operation between DEME and Alewijnse in the field of automation and digitalisation. Together, the two companies have to date successfully completed over twenty such projects over the past five years.

DEME’s dredger has arrived in Abu Qir in Egypt, to work on the largest dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history. The vast project in Abu Qir includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land, the deepening of the port’s approach channel to -23 m and the dredging of a turning basin to -22 m.

AlViVi is an innovative control system jointly developed by Alewijnse and DEME to enable the faster and more efficient development and maintenance of IT systems on-board vessels and offshore installations. The solution is based on a central, redundant server system that virtualises all dredging process-related data. The result is that the data generated by the systems centralised within AIViVi can be visualised and manipulated from any connected screen on-board the ship. This means that the innovative platform replaces around 75% of the computers, keyboards, video and mouse (KVM) hardware and significantly reduces the cabling requirements. The AIViVi digitalisation solution is now up and running on seven trailing suction hopper dredgers in the fleet of the DEME Group, one of the largest dredging companies in the world.

Alewijnse and DEME Group have been working together intensively since 2015 on automation and electrical installation solutions for DEME’s dredging fleet. Van Rikxoort added, “DEME has again demonstrated the confidence it has in us to deliver a digitalisation solution in the form of an innovative and successful platform for hosting their dredging software together with that relating to equipment supplied by third parties.

Alewijnse has played a significant role in the development and implementation of dredge automation systems, process solutions and control systems, and electrical installations on-board the dredging and offshore vessels operated by DEME. Previously projects included the PLC refit and development of dredge application solutions on-board of several hoppers - as well as a new alarm and monitoring system and an upgrade of the ADLS and ASTS dredging systems.

Meanwhile, Alewijnse has successfully completed its electrical installation works on two innovative MADs in the Marine Aggregate

Roy Storeng

Dredger-class for Damen Shipyards Group.

The handover of the second of two Damen Shipyard’s Marine Aggregate Dredgers (MAD) 3500 class to its owner marks the completion of a three-year project.

The two vessels, ordered by CEMEX UK and Hanson UK respectively, are now operating from the south coast of England, dredging sand and aggregates in the English Channel for use in the UK construction sector. Together they mark a new generation of marine aggregate dredgers that deliver substantial advances in efficiency, productivity and sustainability.

The Alewijnse scope of the project comprised the engineering, delivery and commissioning of the vessels’ complete e-packages, including electrical panels, switchboards, cabling, and the alarm and monitoring system (AMS) and power management systems. Other activities included undertaking steel and general installation works and the installing of the electrical systems that drive the dredging equipment as well as those managing the general vessel operations.

Echandia opens Norwegian base Sweden’s Echandia has expanded in the Norwegian market through the appointment of industry veteran Roy Storeng to lead the business development for Echandia in Norway.

Roy has an extensive background from the maritime and transport industry in Norway and abroad. Echandia is a leading developer of zero-emission energy solutions for heavy-duty maritime electrification. Echandia has customers

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in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, including Cochin Shipyards, building the world’s largest fleet of electric ferries in Kochi, India, and the major global shipyard Damen Shipyard in the Netherlands. The appointment of Roy Storeng to lead business development for Echandia in Norway marks an important milestone for Echandia on its continued growth journey.

Norway is a front-runner in maritime electrification. Of the total number of fully electrified vessels globally, as much as 36% is operating Norwegian waterways with no other countries coming close. As such, Norway is an important market and will continue to lead the way on the path to a zero-emission global fleet.

Roy brings extensive experience from the maritime industry, with leading business development positions at Wärtsilä, GE Transportation and Bertel O. Steen. “We are pleased to welcome Roy to the Echandia team.

Entering Norway is an important milestone for Echandia. Norway is an important shipping country with a rapidly growing market for electrification in the maritime sector. With Roy in charge of our expansion, we are in a great position to establish our presence and meet the demands on this market,” says Magnus Eriksson, CEO and founder of Echandia.

“Cutting emissions in the maritime sector is one of the transport industry’s greatest challenges. Echandia is lowering the environmental footprint within the sector by providing world class technology in battery and fuel cell systems for maritime applications. I look forward to joining the Echandia team, and to contribute with my experience and expertise to develop Echandia’s solutions for a sustainable transport industry,” says Roy Storeng. SORJ

LNG/LBG Activities at Wärtsilä Finland’s Wärtsilä will supply a new 103 m long LNG Bunker Barge with a complete LNG cargo storage and handling system. The ship will be built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Wisconsin, US for Polaris New Energy (PNE).

This is the second of two such barges built at the yard for PNE, the same Wärtsilä solution having been ordered for both. The first barge is scheduled for delivery from FBS in December 2021.

In addition to the equipment scope, Wärtsilä will also provide the detailed design for the system as well as all necessary integration requirements. The second barge will be able to load LNG from the major terminals thanks to an elevated manifold feature. Wärtsilä’s leading position as a provider of LNG systems for the marine sector enables the company to offer solid support for owners and operators as the acceptance of LNG fuel continues to grow.

The Wärtsilä delivery scope includes four 1,350 m3 insulated LNG cargo tanks, the cargo control system, deepwell pumps, a shipto-shore transfer system, a nitrogen generator, all necessary safety equipment and systems, a custody transfer measurement system, and the gas combustion unit. Deliveries to the yard will commence in November 2022. The two barges will be capable of delivering fuel to both oceangoing and inland waterway vessels operating on LNG. Meanwhile, Wärtsilä has signed a long-term OMA with Singapore’s NYK Shipmanagement.

The 13-year contract is designed to ensure maximum uptime and equipment reliability, with

The Salamanca

NYK Shipmanagement will benefit from remote support and dynamic, data-driven maintenance planning under a new Optimised Maintenance Agreement with Wärtsilä

assured maintenance costs, for an LNG tanker featuring three Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines.

The agreement was signed in November 2021.

The agreement covers maintenance and planning support. It includes Expert Insight, which enables dynamic, data-driven maintenance planning, optimising maintenance needs and monitoring equipment and systems in real-time through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced diagnostics.

Wärtsilä has again been selected to supply a broad scope of solutions for new LNG-fuelled containerships ordered by France’s CMA CGM. This latest series comprises 12 container vessels to be built in China. Six 13,000 teu containerships are being built at the HudongZhonghua Shipbuilding (Group), with the other six 15,000 teu containerships under construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard (Group).

Wärtsilä has also been contracted by Poland’s Remontowa Shipyard, Gdansk to supply engines, fuel storage and supply systems for three new ro/pax vessels, the first LNGfuelled vessels to be built for the Polish maritime

sector. The ships will be operated by ferry companies Unity Line and Polferries.

The vessels will each operate with four highly efficient Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel engines.

The LNG-fuelled engines can use bio-LNG, or blended with conventional LNG, to further reduce their carbon footprint. The operators intend to run the vessels entirely on bio-LNG by 2025. The efficiency of the Wärtsilä 31DF engine was a key consideration in the award of this contract. Wärtsilä will also deliver its LNGPac fuel storage, supply, and control system.

New LNG cruise ferry classed by BV France’s Bureau Veritas (BV) has taken delivery into class of the brand-new cruise ferry Salamanca, built at China Merchants Jinling in Weihai, China. Powered by LNG, the 1,015-passenger ferry will be operated by Brittany Ferries on its route between Portsmouth, in the UK, and Bilbao and Santander, in Northern Spain.

The Salamanca is the second ‘E-Flexer’ to enter service with Brittany Ferries as part of its commitment to introduce cleaner and more efficient ships to its fleet in the next five years.

After her sistership, Galicia, joined the fleet in December 2020, Salamanca will enter service in March 2022 and will be the first to be fuelled

by LNG. With a length of 214.5 m, Salamanca has been designed with efficiency and the environment in mind. The vessel is equipped with twin Wärtsilä 12V46DF (dual-fuelled) engines, each generating 13,740 kW. Using LNG as a fuel will significantly improve air quality, by virtually eliminating NOx and particulate matter and reducing CO2 emissions.

Furthermore, particular attention has been given to its fuel-efficient design, with its long, slender hull and bow, and fine lines delivering excellent seakeeping in all weathers. The ferry will be supplied with LNG in the ports of Bilbao and Santander, enabling round trips between Spain and Portsmouth.

Brittany Ferries plans to deploy three more LNG-fuelled vessels in the coming years Santoña will join the fleet in 2023 on the Portsmouth-Santander-Bilbao route, and two hybrid LNG-electric ships will enter service between France and the UK in time for the 2025 season.

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LNG/LBG maritime industry including the involvement of local port authorities to enable the vessels’ safe operatorship, and the commitments of all the parties to support the growing role of LNG in the shipping’s energy transition.

Chinese agreement for Deltamarin The Gas Vitality alongside the CMA CGM Bali

LNG bunkering in Marseilles France’s TotalEnergies, and its partner CMA CGM, have launched Marseilles’ inaugural ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation in the Port of Marseille Fos, Southern France.

The CMA CGM Bali, a 15,000 teu LNGpowered containership is deployed on the MEX 1 service, connecting Asia and South Europe.

She has been refuelled by TotalEnergies’ Gas Vitality, the first LNG bunker vessel based in France, with a capacity of some 6,000 m3 of LNG, by means of a ship-to-ship transfer alongside the Eurofos container terminal, while the containership carried out cargo operations simultaneously. The Gas Vitality is TotalEnergies’ second chartered LNG bunker vessel and owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

This entire operation underlines a solid collaborative teamwork across the French

Finland’s Deltamarin has signed an agreement with China Merchants Industry (Jiangsu) for the design and engineering of the new series of Höegh Autoliners Aurora Class PCTCs. Deltamarin has recently completed the conceptual design of the ships for Höegh Autoliners. The engineering contract signed with the builder, CMI Jiangsu shipyard, is a direct continuation of the work and includes complete basic and detail design of the vessels. The Aurora class ships will be the world’s largest and most environmentally friendly car carriers ever built.

The ships will be powered by MGO and LNG and prepared with readiness for operation on zero carbon fuels such as ammonia or methanol once these become more widely available.

Several other features are also included in the design to minimise the environmental footprint of the ships. The design combines economy of scale with optimised and future-proofed ship concept results in the lowest GHG footprint/ transported car in the industry, and a clear path to zero-emission operation.

The new vessels will be built by China

A schematic of the new Höegh Autoliners’ ships

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Merchants Industry (Jiangsu) in Haimen. China Merchants Group has been expanding its shipbuilding business over the past years and is now within the three largest shipbuilding groups in China.

The work will be carried out at Deltamarin’s offices in Finland, Poland and China and will have a significant impact on Deltamarin Group’s workload. The project will start immediately and continue until the delivery of the first vessel in the second half of 2024.

Terntank welcomes new environmental ship Sweden’s Terntank and the Port of Gothenburg made maritime and environmental history on Friday, 11th February when they welcomed Tern Island, a tanker that emits no greenhouse gases or carbon particulates during port operations.

Tern Island, a pioneering new vessel, designed with Terntank’s Hybrid Solution arrived at Gothenburg Port mid-February 2022 successfully performing zero emissions port operations. Tern Island is equipped with new electric power supply hybrid system, including a battery pack, on-shore power supply and a DC-Link system which is reported to be able to reduce its auxiliary energy consumption during port operations by -99%. The shore power connection has been developed together with the Port of Gothenburg, which is said to be the first port in the world that can connect tankers to electricity.

The Tern Island is 100% biofuel compatible.

Her main engine, boiler and auxiliary engine are designed to reduce the environmental impact and perform safe operations running on biofuels. By combining the optimised hull and rudder design with dual fuel capability, when utilising 30% biogas, in comparison to a same sized conventional vessel, Tern Island reduces emission by -70% of CO2 and almost eliminated the emissions of sulphur oxide (-99%), of particle emission, (-99%) and nitrogen oxide (-97%).

Designed by Terntank and Kongsberg Maritime CM AS and built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, Yangzhou, Dingheng, the vessel is the first of a series of two 15,000 dwt chemical and product tankers in the Terntank Hybrid Solution series. The vessel combines a dual-fuel powered engine that uses LBG (liquefied biogas) or LNG, which means that it is able to operate on completely fossil-free fuel.

The vessel is part of Terntank’s most significant

LNG/LBG expansion order throughout the company’s history, for delivery of a next generation fleet, aimed at sustainable performance.

The Hybrid Solution of Tern Island does not only enable performance on fossil free port operations, but also enables peak shaving to reduce the emissions even further. The battery packs also provide an energy reserve for power generation, limiting unnecessary parallel running of generators and provides a blackout prevention function that keeps the electrical network alive.

Tern Island has a cargo capacity of 16,500 m3 in 14 epoxy coated tanks, will be commercially-operated by the Finnish North European Oil Trade (NEOT) in the Baltic Sea area and will be included in a pool along with other vessels from Terntank.

The shore power supply is part of Gothenburg’s Energy Port initiative, which is the first of its kind in the world. When complete it will enable a reduction in carbon emissions from vessels in the port by 1,800 tonnes/year.

Gothenburg is not the only port that is investing in shore power supply, Gävle is finalising their

The Tern Island

shore power connection in June 2022 and Port of Porvoo is in the planning stage. Making the

potential of shore power related CO2 emission savings even greater. SORJ

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Ballast Water Management Good year for Optimarin Norway’s Optimarin notched up record revenue last year on sales of its industry-leading BWM system as it overcame market challenges to accelerate deliveries in response to rising demand and tight installation schedules.

The supplier’s annual turnover exceeded NOK300m (US$34m) for the first time ever following a 20% increase in the number of systems sold versus 2020, while Optimarin also boosted its customer base by 20% as the company expanded its market footprint.

A further 20% rise in service revenue contributed to the strong performance that was achieved despite logistical issues due to supply chain challenges and price inflation for electrical components.

A key factor behind the increase in sales has been Optimarin’s ability to juggle order deliveries according to clients’ constantly changing drydocking schedules as shipowners have kept their vessels operating to cash in on high charter rates in the container and other market segments, he explains.

The company has a fast-track delivery model that means it can cater to tight installation windows for retrofits of its flexible modular BWM system to minimise vessel downtime.

Optimarin’s tie-up with UK-based Newport Shipping also ensures drydocking capacity at yards worldwide as industry demand increases for such retrofits ahead of a looming September 2024 deadline for implementation of IMO’s BWMC. In addition, the supplier has secured several fleet agreements with a number of shipowners, mainly for smaller vessels that are well-suited to Optimarin’s compact system.

The streamlined nature of the Optimarin system with simplified modular components will also be a key factor in securing orders in the newbuild market for larger vessels as space for installation becomes limited due to the need for other equipment to cut emissions.

The company’s investments in continuous product development are evidently paying off, having seen increasing sales of its OptiLink digital system - an innovative cloud-based software solution for ballast water management launched last year.

Meanwhile, Optimarin has bolstered its global sales force with new appointments in Turkey, Hong Kong and Singapore to serve customers better in response to increasing demand. New sales managers have been

Optimarin is on course for higher BWM system sales this year after achieving record revenue in 2021

operational from the start of this year at the three strategic shipping locations to handle an increase in activity both for ship retrofits ahead of the 2024 deadline for IMO’s BWMC and in the newbuild segment.

Having boots on the ground at these locations will enable the company to interact directly with clients and respond more effectively to order requests amid travel restrictions, as well as improve sales follow-up, according to Optimarin executive vice president sales & marketing Tore Andersen. “It is important for us to have a local presence in areas where there remains a strong retrofit market and significant shipbuilding industry by having people in place with maritime sales expertise and an extensive network - and this is already bearing fruit.

We have been sharp in competition, fast on delivery and very focused on meeting the right customers.”

The company has also increased the capacity and capability at its head office in Stavanger with the appointment of new sales and technical staff to handle the higher workload from new orders and strengthen its service capacity for future growth.

The BWM specialist has extended its strong position in the Chinese and North American markets, as well as European countries including Greece, Spain and Belgium, and the new appointments will enable it to further

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expand its geographical reach.

Optimarin has been adding new clients at a rate of five to seven per month and has seen particularly strong sales growth in Turkey where it secured more than 25 orders only in the last few months of 2021, as well as in the Mediterranean region and Northern Europe, with deliveries to a range of vessels including bulk carriers, tankers and containerships.

Smaller system from DESMI Denmark’s DESMI Ocean Guard has announced a new line of new and smaller BWM systems that completes a full range of systems with max flowrates starting from just 35 m3/hr going all the way to 2,500 m3/hr, with just a single UV unit. “The demand has been huge – and we are now happy to say, that we have sizes that fits any ship, large or small,” says Rasmus Folsø, CEO of DESMI Ocean Guard.

Since 2010 DESMI Ocean Guard has been manufacturing ballast water management systems for ships around the world and in a close co-operation with shipowners and shipyards DESMI has provided the market with systems that treats any water in accordance with IMO and USCG requirements.

Ballast Water Management

The smaller DESMI BWM system

“We have supplied thousands of systems for ships world-wide, but the demand from vessels carrying very little ballast water on-board, like mega yachts, OSV’s, tugs, fishing vessels and navy ships, has grown, and even though they have to comply with all regulations, an

over-sized and over-dimensioned system was not their preferred solution,” says Rasmus, and continues, “With the smaller systems we are launching, these vessels can install BWM systems optimised for their needs and complying with all regulations even though

required max flowrate is as little as 35 m3/hr.

The advantages of having systems optimised to the required flowrates are numerous, and includes smaller footprint, easier installation, lower power consumption, less spare parts consumption, and reduced CAPEX.” Especially for navy ships, the small flowrate BWM systems are in high demand. DESMI Ocean Guard already supplies BWM systems to many navy ships in NATO countries, and as a reference, both Danish frigates Niels Juel and Peter Willemoes have the CompactClean BWM system installed. With the new smaller systems, it is expected that more Navies will be added.

DESMI Ocean Guard now delivers BWM systems ranging from 35m3/hr to 2,500 m3/hr with a single UV unit. Combination of more UV units can boost the max flowrate to - as much as 5,000 m3/h. All systems, no matter size, can be delivered with IMO and USCG type approval.

“We are happy to say that we have BWM systems for any vessel size – and systems that actually fits any need for ballast water treatment,” concludes Rasmus Folsø.

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Ballast Water Management

The Damen portable BWM system

Damen combines with Erma First Damen has signed its first contact with BWM systems producer Erma First. Greece’s Erma First will be supplying its oneTANK, which is the world’s smallest BWM system. oneTANK uses chemical injection methods to clean ships’ ballast water and therefore represents an important expansion of Damen’s BWM system portfolio. The contract also marks a key milestone in the co-operation between Damen and the Greek maritime supply sector.

Damen Green Solutions has a broad selection of BWM systems in its range. These offer ship-owners various capacities and techniques in treating their ballast water. With the addition of the Erma First oneTANK, Damen can provide clients with a solution that is not only small, but also modular.

This modularity will be particularly important in Damen’s first project with Erma First, where the client was looking for a plug-and-play ballast water treatment product that could be placed on the deck of its vessel.

“Our client needed a temporary BWM solution for quite an old vessel,” explains Damen sales manager Rutger van Dam. “Erma First’s oneTANK is small enough to be housed in a twenty-foot container. This means that

installation will be quite straightforward and, more importantly, at the end of the vessel’s operational life, the whole system can be removed and installed on another vessel.”

The contract is important to Damen because it broadens the scope of ballast water treatment products that it can offer its clients. “We have different systems available from various manufacturers. We know the pros and cons of all these systems - they have varying capacities and use different techniques - UV, filtration, electrolysis, and now chemical injection.

Whatever the client requires, we have the knowledge and experience in-house to offer exactly what they are looking for.”

To treat a vessel’s ballast water, the fullycertified Erma First oneTANK uses an 8.25% or 12.5% sodium hypochlorite and 30% sodium thiosulfate solution, with both chemicals being neutralised after use. “For owners working with workboats, superyachts and pontoons (smaller vessels) that are not dependent on frequent ballast operations, oneTANK is a great solution,” continues Van Dam. “We are very happy to be working with Damen on this project. We will support their client with our extensive knowledge of BWM systems wherever we can,” says Erma First Business Development Manager and president of HEMEXPO Eleni Polychronopoulou. “I applaud Damen on their enthusiasm in building relationships with the Greek maritime industry.

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Such industrial participation is a key part of the modern shipbuilding industry. May this cooperation be a sign of things to come.”

The fact that Erma First is a Greek company is another significant aspect about the contract.

Throughout the world, Damen has been involved in ‘national ship building’ projects that have combined Damen’s own shipbuilding expertise with the capabilities of local industries and workforce.

“We don’t just build ships in our own yards – we can also help our clients build their vessels in the yard of their choice in collaboration with its local industry,” says Damen’s Industrial Participation Manager, Marijke Winiarski.

“Contracts like this with Erma First are exemplary of Damen’s approach towards the involvement of local industries in our projects, paving the way for local companies to benefit from Damen’s international opportunities, whilst simultaneously helping Damen to develop new partnerships, such as this one with Erma First.”

Good results for Techcross Despite the prolonged COVID-19, South Korea’s Techcross kicked off the New Year with a new record in earnings and a continuous sales growth. As of the third week of January, Techcross sold BWM systems for some 81 ships, equivalent to US$23m. This is the largest

Ballast Water Management

The Techcross production facility in South Korea

January amount of order, but there is still one week left till the month end, and it is expected to exceed $26m, the largest monthly order record in 2021.

In addition, Techcross finished FATs (Factory Acceptance Test), conducted to check if pre-

shipped products have been properly produced and if they function well, for 93 ships and set a new monthly record. Moreover, 83 ships are already reserved FAT in February, so that monthly FATs are expected to be conducted for more than 100 ships in the near future, which is

an unprecedented record in the industry.

Finally, in terms of the delivery of postinspected products, Techcross also set a new record. As of the third week of January, shipping products for 72 ships were confirmed.

This is the largest figure in the company history, but there is still one week to go until the month end and more sales revenue is expected. A department in charge is currently co-ordinating a shipment schedule before the Lunar New Year Holidays.

As the mandatory installation date stipulated in the BWMC is approaching, those ship owners who postponed installation are changing their stance. Thus, BWM system market is expected to experience a bottle neck phenomenon over the next 1 or 2 years. Under these circumstances, the most important thing is a maker’s production capacity and product installation capability.

A sales representative at Techcross confidently stated, “Techcross has the largest production factory in the world and is capable of producing more than 3,300 sets of BWM systems. Also, since we have installed more than 4,200 systems, we can handle any customer needs.” SORJ

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Emissions Reduced fees for green technology The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) is set to become the first flag state in the world to incentivise ship owners by offering reduced registration fees for ships deploying green technology.

The green discount will give ship owners a 15% reduction on their annual registration fee.

The reduced fee is available to operators of cargo ships, commercial yachts or passenger ships which are investing in biofuel, alternative fuels, wind, or shore-side energy technology.

The new green registration fee forms part of the Isle of Man Government’s Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2022, which will be submitted to Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man, for approval at its sitting in March 2022. The regulations set out the IOMSR fees from April 1st 2022.

Cameron Mitchell, Director of the IOMSR, said, “The IOMSR is a progressive flag state, and we are looking at ambitious ways to take action on the decarbonisation agenda that make a difference. There is so much debate in the sector regarding which alternative fuels will be best in the future which conversely can create confusion and delay innovation. We want to jump start work in this area with this new green registration fee and state clearly that if you are a shipping line making steps towards hitting IMO Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions targets, the

Isle of Man Ship Registry Director Cameron Mitchell

Isle of Man flag will reward you. We want to welcome more new, greener ships to our fleet.”

The Isle of Man Minister for Enterprise, Dr Alex Allinson MHK, added, “The Isle of Man Government has made a clear commitment to sustainability as outlined across our strategic objectives within in the Island Plan. Initiatives like these contribute to our wider decarbonisation agenda, as well as demonstrating our commitment to innovation and building a world class Ship Registry. I am proud that we are the first flag to introduce this incentive and look forward to seeing more initiatives like these in the future.”

The move to offer immediate financial incentives for green technology ships follows on from the IOMSR becoming the first flag state to join the ‘Getting to Zero Coalition’ in 2020. The Coalition’s core aim is to hit IMO’s 2050 target to develop commercially viable, deep-sea zeroemission vessels by 2030.

Agreements with Grimaldi and Solstad for Wärtsilä Finland’s Wärtsilä, together with Italy’s Grimaldi Group, have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to tackle the amount of microplastics in the world’s oceans - a critical and growing global environmental challenge.

According to the association Plastic Europe, 368m tonnes of plastic were produced in 2019 world-wide, and around 3%, or 11.4m tonnes, of this plastic ultimately ends up in the ocean. To tackle the growing amount of microplastics in the world’s seas, Grimaldi has developed and patented a system that filters out microplastics from open loop scrubber washwater.

Wärtsilä and Grimaldi will take the microplastics filtration system, which traps plastic particles before the washwater is returned to the ocean - to market. The capability to filter microplastics will be an integrated feature of Wärtsilä’s future wash-water treatment system.

The new system requires very little changes to on-board procedure and uses the natural capabilities of an open loop scrubber to contribute to cleaning the oceans during each voyage. Currently, a 10 MW engine will require scrubbers to process approximately 450 m3 of water per hour, potentially resulting in a

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large amount of microplastics being captured from seawater. According to early test results, the microplastics filtration system is efficient in capturing particles smaller than 10µm and the captured concentration by volume equals around 76 particles/m3.

Adding an abatement solution for microplastics to Wärtsilä’s portfolio further strengthens its commitment to use exhaust gas cleaning systems as a part of a modular platform that can enable further environmental technology innovations.

Meanwhile, in its efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its 90 vessel fleet, Norway’s Solstad Offshore has turned to Wärtsilä to achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030.

The agreement aims to identify, evaluate, and implement solutions that will increase fuel efficiency and significantly reduce GHG emissions from Solstad’s offshore vessels. Each vessel will be assessed for appropriate solutions, possible operational improvements and life extension considerations. The company hopes to reach full carbon neutrality by 2050.

Solstad has worked systematically to reduce emissions since 2009, both through operational measures (Solstad Green Operations), and technical upgrades. These have so far resulted in average fuel consumption/vessel being reduced by more than 20%. The further reduction to 50% is expected to be reached by optimising energy efficiencies, and by retrofitting the vessels to operate with alternative fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol. Additionally, new ship designs must be capable of offering low or zero emissions from the outset.

Wärtsilä has industry-leading experience in developing and introducing new, environmentally friendly energy solutions for the maritime sector. Some 30 years ago, the company pioneered the use of LNG as a viable marine fuel, which has since been widely adopted.

The company has established itself as a pioneer in the testing of ammonia as a fuel for both marine engines and fuel cells. Wärtsilä has created a world first by successfully operating a combustion engine on a fuel mix with 70% ammonia content. It is currently developing capabilities to use even higher proportions of the fuel.

As a major participant in the EU’s ShipFC project, Wärtsilä is contributing to the development of the world’s first emissions-free offshore vessel operating with an ammoniapowered fuel cell. Furthermore, in 2021

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Wärtsilä and Solstad Offshore will collaborate to identify opportunities to decarbonise the operators’ fleet Wärtsilä and Solstad Offshore will collaborate to identify opportunities to decarbonise the operators’ fleet

Wärtsilä was awarded ‘Best of What’s New’ recognition in the engineering category by Popular Science magazine for its work within the MS Green Ammonia project. This new vessel concept will both transport and be fuelled by green ammonia. Wärtsilä will initially be an advisor and technical expert to Solstad. The agreement also allows the company to act as a possible supplier for the decarbonisation solutions selected.

METIS launches tools METIS Cyberspace Technology SA has launched a new set of tools to help shipping companies manage their environmental impact and achieve their decarbonisation goals while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

Comprising three distinct but related applications – AER Monitoring & Analysis, CII Monitoring & Analysis and MRV & DCS Compliance Documentation and Reporting – the new functionality helps shipowners to keep pace with an evolving maritime regulatory landscape for which environmental concerns are a primary driver.

The tools allow owners to monitor and analyse their fleets’ greenhouse gas emissions against industry metrics including the AER (annual efficiency ratio) and IMO’s forthcoming CII (carbon intensity indicator) regulation. They also facilitate the reporting of GHG emissions and the preparation of documentation in line with the EU’s MRV (monitoring, reporting and valuation) and IMO’s DCS (Documentation Collection System) requirements.

In addition to helping shipowners demonstrate regulatory compliance, the solutions support efforts to improve

environmental performance in the long term, says Andreas Symeonidis, Marketing Manager, METIS Cyberspace Technology. “The new layers of functionality will assist shipowners not only in proving their compliance with regulations but also in achieving compliance in the first place and, crucially, maintaining it. Users will be able to visualise emissions over time based on accurate trend lines, determine what they need to change to reduce those emissions and evaluate the efficacy of the actions they are taking to achieve the necessary reductions.”

With METIS’s automated data-acquisition system ensuring data quality, frequency and availability, the new applications further enrich a digital platform that already offers functionality for route-cost optimisation, weather forecasting, electric power profiling, port operations analysis

and more.

METIS’s commitment to maritime decarbonisation is emphasised by its involvement in the EU-backed ENGIMMONIA project, for which the Athens-based company is providing digital data-acquisition services to support the testing of clean energy solutions on-board three vessel types. Shortly after announcing its contribution to ENGIMMONIA in July 2021, METIS signed a memorandum of understanding with Carl Baguhn GmbH & Co. KG, establishing a long-term strategic partnership to improve the environmental performance of existing ships and land-based power plants.

RightShip launches expanded toolset RightShip has launched an expanded and enhanced toolset for monitoring, measuring, and benchmarking shipping-related GHG emissions. RightShip’s Carbon Accounting Reporting Tool builds on its existing expertise in Carbon Accounting, supplied to charterers as well as freight forwarders for the last five years, by providing companies with a bespoke reporting tool that measures, monitors and benchmarks a company’s GHG emissions over defined periods.

This development in reporting technology comes at a time when bulk commodity producers throughout mining and oil and gas, freight forwarders, traders and investors

METIS has launched a new set of decarbonisation tools

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Emissions are under growing pressure to demonstrate reductions in their Scope 3 emissions – of which shipping constitutes a major part. In fact, Scope 3 emissions constitute as much as 88% of oil and gas sector emissions, rising to 95% for the mining sector. This pressure comes from multiple directions, including regulators and governments, consumers via the supply-chain, and investors via more stringent environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and performance requirements.

For those industries reliant on ocean-trade, the enhanced reporting capabilities from RightShip means that once the calculations have been made, carbon outputs and key emissions hotspots can be identified and used to establish attainable paths to emissions reduction.

Users also benefit from vessel, cargo and route type filters, supplier comparisons and vessel performance metrics to make informed sustainability decisions and set intelligent ESG strategies. This provides ocean-reliant industries with a technology-rich, best-in-class method for emissions tracking and reporting, while also demystifying the logistics selection process.

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The Carbon Accounting Reporting Tool has been integrated into the existing RightShip platform, so that customers can access GHG insights, vessel vetting and inspections data in one location, in-line with the company’s commitment to a zero-harm maritime industry.

Design emphasis has been placed on specificity and accessibility - data is filterable by bespoke

customer requirements to ensure maximal relevance for each company, and is presented accessibly so as to be as useful as possible.

The user is provided with GHG summary data visualisations and automatically generated insights, plus easy-to-read graphs which profile selected vessel performances, aligning with the Sea Cargo Charter methodology. SORJ

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Underwater Repairs HullWiper at the forefront Marine biofouling on vessel hulls is believed to add approximately 110m tonnes of excess CO2 emissions annually across the shipping industry.

With around 90,000 ships sailing ocean waters and transporting nearly 90% of world trade, vessels not only emit a significant amount of GHG emissions but also carry and release other ecologically harmful pollutants along its voyage.

Biofouling has been pinpointed as a weighty challenge for the maritime world as commercial trade has a direct impact on the health of marine life and the environment. With ships sailing from port to port, vessel hulls collect a variety of barnacles, algae and other aquatic organisms. This results in cross-pollination, where foreign marine species are released into waters that is not their natural habitat, thereby threatening local oceanic fauna and flora.

According to research conducted by the international environmental organisation The Clean Shipping Coalition, biofouling can add up to $30bn to shipping’s annual bunker fuel bill as the heavy drag of IAS (invasive aquatic species) on vessel hulls increases fuel consumption. Biofouling can also cause significant maintenance issues for vessels and reduce overall performance.

While the substantial increase in fuel consumption has a negative impact on a vessel’s bottom line, it’s the introduction of these invasive species into new environments through a ship’s hull that has been identified as the biggest threat to the ecological well-being of the planet.

The industry may contribute toward a significant portion of the global climate change problem, but it continues to work hard to mitigate its impact through a range of solutions.

One such solution is regular hull cleaning which offers ship owners and operators the opportunity to improve the energy efficiency, speed and longevity of vessels.

To compensate for the frictional resistance caused by biofouling, and to keep to schedule, ships are forced to increase power resulting in increased fuel consumption and carbon emissions. An effective way for vessel operators to increase energy efficiency and reduce fuel and carbon emissions is through regular vessel hull cleaning. Frequent hull cleaning removes biofouling growth and lowers the risk of invasive species polluting local port waters and outnumbering native species.

Marine biofouling on vessel hulls is believed to add approximately 110m tonnes of excess CO2 emissions annually across the shipping industry

An anti-fouling coating that is applied to vessel hulls to help prevent the growth of marine organisms on vessel structures. These paints contain specific chemicals that prevent organisms from settling on surfaces and continues to play a vital role in decreasing the commercial and operational costs of the maritime industry.

The coating also serves as a corrosion barrier for the hull. This inhibits the deterioration of the metal and helps prevent costly steel repairs.

While this may be an effective method to keep a ship’s hull clean, a coat of fresh anti-fouling paint is not enough to prevent biofouling build up.

This cleaning method involves the direct removal of marine fouling by divers through the use of cloths, brushes or scraping devices.

However, this common cleaning practice can have a negative effect on oceanic ecosystems as it is often impossible for divers to remove and collect all of the invasive aquatic species that accumulate. Nearly 40% of the species remain attached to a ship hull, even after cleaning and some removed debris is released into the ocean.

This along with the plastics from the cleaning brushes that get introduced to the water column.

The safety of divers is also put at risk as they can be disorientated under the vessel leading to panic and the primary cause of diver deaths during hull cleaning is the use of SCUBA (best saved for holidays not professional divers).

Traditional underwater hull cleaning is a method known as the brush-kart system.

Qualified divers utilise high-powered brushes that clamp down on the hull and dislodge the thick sludge of biofilm that has collected along a vessel’s journey. This process offers no form

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of filtration as removed marine organisms contaminate local port waters and abrasive bristles damage expensive anti-fouling paint and of course more plastics from the cleaning brushes that get introduced to the water column.

Green and innovative hull cleaning technology has proven to be the most effective method to align with the shipping industry’s environmental goals. There are a number of companies taking hull cleaning into the 22nd Century, and HullWiper is just one of that number.

HullWiper is at the forefront of this sustainable move toward eco-friendly solutions with its Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). The diver and brush-free ROV does not require divers, harsh chemicals or abrasive methods and cleaning can be performed day or night, in most weather conditions and whilst cargo or bunker fuels operations are underway. Fouling is removed by utilising high-pressure seawater jets and all removed fouling is collected on-board the unit’s filter system for safe disposal onshore.

HullWiper cleans 96-97% of submerged areas faster than traditional cleaning methods with a cleaning impact that lasts 2 - 3 times longer.

Choosing the right hull cleaning solution can help ship operators save money, time and, most importantly, the environment.

Activities at Hydrex When damage to propellers occurs due to impact with ice and other debris Hydrex can help shipowners, even if the damage is quite extensive. By taking advantage of the Hydrex in-house developed cold straightening

Underwater Repairs technique, damaged blades can be straightened underwater, allowing the ship to return to commercial operations without the need to drydock.

If straightening is not an option, the affected area of the blade will be cropped. This is done to achieve the greatest possible efficiency.

Cropping is carried out using propeller blade cutting equipment.

One of the propeller blades of a 180 m bulk carrier was severely bent. A fast, on-site solution to restore the propeller’s balance and efficiency was needed. Hydrex therefore sent a team to the ship’s location in Rotterdam with one of company’s workboats. After the equipment arrived the team started the operation with a detailed survey of the ship’s propeller. This revealed that one of the other three propeller blades was also bent slightly. It was decided to straighten this blade as well.

With the survey completed and in close communication with the team leader in the monitoring station onshore, the divers returned the bent blade to its original state. When the straightening was complete, the Hydrex technicians polished the blade to make sure that any remaining loss of efficiency would be minimal. The same procedure was then repeated on the other damaged blade.

The conditions for a similar repair in Tornio, Finland were a lot less warm. All four blades of a 144 m general cargo vessel were bent.

Hydrex mobilised a team to straighten the blades using the same procedure as on the vessel in Rotterdam. They travelled through the snowy landscapes with two vans and the needed equipment to the ship’s location.

During the operation the divers had to work in water filled with chunks of ice, but these conditions offered no problem for them. They are used to adapt to different circumstances and carried out the repair without any loss of quality.

The four blades of a 229 m bulk carrier’s

Icy winter conditions do not affect the quality Hydrex teams deliver

propeller were severely bent. An on-site solution was needed to restore the propeller’s balance and efficiency. A team was therefore mobilised to the ship’s location in Dunkerque, France, to modify the damaged blades.

After the equipment arrived at the vessel’s location the team started the operation with a detailed survey of the affected propeller blades.

The inspection revealed that the four blades were bent over angles of up to 90o.

The team then used the information acquired during the inspection to calculate and determine the correct measurements needed to modify the trailing edges of the propeller blades. Next the divers cropped the blades and ground their edges to give them the correct radius. When the cropping was complete, the Hydrex technicians polished the blades to make sure that any remaining loss of efficiency would be minimal.

The bulk carrier could continue its schedule without going off-hire to drydock and with the performance of its propellers restored.

Hydrex teams have also carried out underwater insert repairs on ships in Zeebrugge and Antwerp. Both vessels had suffered cracks

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Underwater Repairs in the shell plating. In Zeebrugge a 600 mm x 300 mm plate was installed in the flat bottom of a 203 m ro/ro vessel. A similar operation was carried out with a 300 mm x 300 mm plate on a 144 m tanker in Antwerp. Despite the relatively small scale of both operations, they were vital for the shipowners. It allowed them to keep their vessels out of drydock and avoid having to go off hire.

Hydrex’s on-site hull repair services include the renewal of both small and large areas of damaged hull plating. These repairs can be carried out above or below water, according to the circumstances, with external mobdocks.

Normal commercial activities can therefore continue without disruption. These operations follow the Hydrex procedure for welding cracks and inserts in the vessel’s shell plating and they are approved by the major classification societies.

The team started the operation with a detailed inspection of both the on-board as well as the water side of the affected plating of the ro/ro vessel in Zeebrugge. This revealed a 500 mm crack that needed to be repaired. Next the divers installed a cofferdam over the area. This allowed the team to remove the longitudinal frame covering the damage. The diver/ technicians could then cut away the damage and the surrounding area. Next, they positioned a new insert plate, measuring 600 mm x 300 mm. The insert was then welded following a class-approved procedure for insert plates, using a full penetration weld.

An independent inspector carried out ultrasonic testing and the repair was approved by the classification surveyor who was present during the operation. The diver/technicians then refitted the frame and removed the cofferdam, concluding the repair.

The same procedure was followed during the operation in Antwerp. The only differences being that the gas tank adjacent to the damage needed to be declared gas free before the team could begin the operation and that, besides the framework, a pipe needed to be removed and reinstalled afterwards.

Because the crack was slightly smaller, a 300 mm x 300 mm plate was enough to replace the damaged area. The affected area was situated right next to the sea chest in the turn of bilge. It was therefore essential that the cofferdam was modified to fit perfectly over the rounded shape of the hull.

All operations were performed to the highest quality standards by in-house trained diver/

Leadership from Thomas Edison State University.

Commenting on this appointment, Patrick Keenan, Phoenix President stated, “Michael Sonnenberg brings to Phoenix significant programme management and leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with government agencies and commercial businesses. His deck plate experience and technological expertise make him an excellent fit for the position of General Manager, Norfolk.

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welders. Hydrex has a wide range of cofferdams at its disposal as well as certified plating which can be mobilised immediately.

New appointments at Phoenix US-based Phoenix International has announced that Area Manager for Bayou Vista, Louisiana, Troy Turner, has been elected to the executive board of the US Gulf of Mexico Diving Safety Workgroup (DSWG).

The DSWG is a Gulf of Mexico focused, non-competitive and non-commercial group of oil and gas operators, transmission companies, commercial diving companies, supporting subcontractors, organisations, and industry stake holders that provide a unified voice to promote and improve diving safety.

Throughout his 30+ years in the Oil and Gas industry, Troy has garnered a vast amount of knowledge and experience in the commercial diving industry. As a professional commercial diver for over half his career, he possesses an unwavering commitment to safe diving practices and procedures and has long been an industry advocate for diver safety.

Meanwhile, Phoenix has announced that Michael Sonnenberg has joined the company as General Manager (GM) of the company’s Norfolk, VA office. As a U.S. Navy Master Diver, Master Chief, and Master Training Specialist-Instructor, Michael brings to Phoenix his extensive 29 years of experience in air and mixed gas diving, salvage and underwater ship husbandry. A proven leader, Michael holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organisational

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Removal, repair and refitting a laden container ship’s rudder by SGS Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has over five decades of experience pioneering underwater repair solutions. There are many ship equipment problems that do not at first appear solvable whilst the vessel remains afloat (especially when laden), requiring drydock facilities to be properly addressed. SGS’ experience has taught us when ‘thinking in the water’ that many of these problems can be resolved in a safe and very cost-effective manner, whilst fully meeting class approval and manufacturer installation requirements.

Rudder removals are not usually planned ‘elective’ events, and knock-on delays arise. The lack of suitable drydock availability at a place of need, charges associated with preparing the vessel for dry docking and the associated costs of incurring days off-hire to charterers and cargo interests make these events costly. With the current shipping market volatility, even more services have a cost-benefit to being completed as in-water solutions – provided you have the right experienced partner.

In recent years, numerous cruise and commercial operators have employed SGS to perform ‘drydock’ like services afloat, allowing their vessels to maintain their schedules and arrange the work around their port calls.

The current backlog of vessels scheduled to discharge cargo in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach produces a highly congested anchorage. When a vessel loses its ability to steer, these conditions bring a difficult situation to an already challenging environment. The client reached out to us to assist with exactly that kind of problem.

A main line container vessel had working steering gear actuators; however, the vessel’s

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The rudder taken off the containership

rudder was not responding. The vessel’s technical department speculated that either the rudder stock had dropped off the hydraulic tapper, or the stock had broken in the neck bushing. On examination the mystery of why the rudder was not responding became clear - the rudder stock had failed, sheared off at the stock’s taper. This caused the rudder to drop approximately half a meter, perched on the lower pintail gudgeon, tilting aft some 15 degrees. Drydock options were considered but these would have involved a tow with the risk of possibly losing the rudder at sea. In addition, there was the issue of where to unload the cargo.

Presenting a credible alternative, SGS was able to reassure the vessel owners and underwriters that SGS had the experience necessary to plan and project-manage a costeffective and safe operation as a permanent DNV class repair, having performed many rudder removals afloat. This particular situation combined the in-water removal, repair ashore, and rudder reinstallation.

SGS’ specialist rigging plans were defined, utilizing rated rigging shackles on specific points of the 110 tonne rudder blade so that the rudder could be swung outboard, with the divers connecting the lower rigging points.

Once in ready position, with divers clear, the rudder blade was slowly raised above the water high enough to position a transport barge underneath. Now lowered on pre-positioned dunnage, the blade was transported to the SGS

pier-side yard in Long Beach and hoisted ashore for repair.

The repairs to the rudder blade and its associated equipment onboard were carried out simultaneously, so the work was able to be completed in quick succession. At the same time some of SGS’ coded welders fabricated a properly sized cofferdam on-site, tapered to fit around the rudder horn. Weighing 19 tonnes, the cofferdam was hoisted and tripped under the

The rudder and cofferdam on the quayside

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vessel’s stern to mate to the hull. The cofferdam was installed and de-watered; this gave us full access to the rudder horn allowing us to make repairs to the neck and pintle bushings.

Internally both sets of bushings needed to be reworked along with the rudder stock. A new rudder stock was ordered, and as it was suspected the pintle had been damaged also a new pintle, along with rudder nuts, new neck and pintle bushings. The tiller arm was removed and shipped to a workshop overseas for perfect blue fitment with the new stock in accordance with a class approved process. The bushings were laser-aligned and line bored on-site to ensure perfect fit.

Whilst the rudder was on the dock the coded welders also attended to some minor seagoing damage, leaving the rudder itself better than was first found. A crane was arranged to lower the rudder back into position for the final alignment with the stock and bushing. A condition of class was that the rudder’s upper tapper and all mechanical components must stay dry during the operation and SGS achieved this with a careful rigging plan and good communications between the team.

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Middle East The newly branded Asyad Drydock expands Oman Drydock Company (ODC), one of the largest ship repair facilities in the Middle East, has rebranded to take the name of Asyad Drydock. Under its former name, Asyad Drydock opened its drydocks for international operations in 2011 and has been a subsidiary of Asyad Group for the past few years. Its new name reflects the ownership by Oman’s largest logistic and maritime groups.

Apart from Asyad Drydock, Asyad Group includes a number of subsidiaries such as Asyad Shipping, previously Oman Shipping Company (OSC), which operates a fleet of some 64 vessels including VLCCs, product tankers, chemical tankers, LNG tankers, VLOCs, bulk carriers, multi-purpose vessels and containerships, as well as companies in the ports, free zones, and logistics markets.

Asyad Drydock is based at the port of Duqm where it currently operates with two massive graving docks, with a capacity of up to 600,000 dwt, 2,800 m of quayside and a water depth of 9 – 10 m. This facility is likely to be expanded this year with the addition of a panamax-size floating dock. Apart from ship repair and conversions, the yard is also active in the shipbuilding, offshore oil & gas and onshore petrochemical markets.

Duqm is also home to a growing new port with advanced freezone facilities.

Dr Ibrahim Al-Nadhairi, Chief Executive Officer of both Asyad Shipping and Asyad Drydock, talked to SORJ about the rebranding, “The shipyard has been rebranded as Asyad Drydock to allow the Asyad Group [in total] to be seen as the one group it truly is offering a diverse range of logistic services, including services to the various maritime industries. This brings

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together, under one group name, the assets of the Maritime (Drydock, Shipping), Ports & Freezones, Last mile delivery, Logistics and the public Services. We are all now operating under the Asyad brand, which will unlock unlimited potentials and benefits to all companies which can access and leverage the group’s various facilities. Clients will look at the name Asyad and will therefore know that the level of expertise and co-operation will be consistent across the brand. This is also how we want all our employees to look at the various markets. Our business function is officially known as Asyad Drydock Services.

“Later this year, we will be expanding Asyad Drydock with an additional panamax-size floating dock. We are currently finalising negotiations for this unit, and we expect the floating dock to arrive in Duqm by, hopefully, the second quarter of this year. We are currently undertaking the dredging operations process, which will allow the unit to become operational by the end of 2022/first quarter of 2023. The unit is approximately 218 m x 35 m and has been purchased second-hand from an Asian shipyard. We will release the unit’s full details once the negotiations have been completed.

“Pricing at Asyad Drydock has been affected by the recent pandemic, which has created challenges regarding the arrival of technical teams from shipowners, the availability and logistics of getting spare parts, and the shipyard’s workforce. Challenges also included a 30% rise in steel price levels. We managed to cope with all these challenges without increasing our prices apart from a usual inflation rate. The rise in steel prices did not affect our overall prices as we had a vast steel stock already in the shipyard.

“A future price increase may occur, as our steel stock runs out, but as of today we remain very competitive against other Middle East shipyards and those in Southeast Asia. In early 2021, we were able to stock up on steel to hedge against such challenges and that provided us with a considerable competitive advantage. Today our services are significantly cheaper than the Southeast Asia yards and slightly cheaper than other yards in the region.”

Commenting on the pandemic’s staffing challenges, Dr Al-Nadhairi explained, “We consider the welfare of our workforce as our top priority, and we take any safety risk very seriously. We have adopted a strict testing and hospitalisation regime, for both yard and ships’ crew. If any person tested positive, we carry out a full sanitisation protocol on the ship and areas where that person worked. This protocol proved to be extremely effective and kept the yard operational at maximum availability throughout the pandemic. During 2020 and 2021, the shipyard never closed, not even for a single day, due to COVID cases. We managed to maintain a small number of active cases throughout the pandemic. Additionally, our shipyard staff, including myself, are double dose vaccinated and at present (February 2022) 87% received their booster jabs as part of our on-going vaccination programme.

“At present all shipyards, including Asyad Drydock, in the region are operating at full capacity but under stringent government restrictions.

However, shipyards face tighter restrictions in the Southeast Asia area, and even tighter restriction in mainland China, bringing down their operational capacity. Consequently, many repair projects are now moving west from Southeast Asia and China to this part of the world. We currently have an average of 21-23 ships in the yard at any one time. I am talking about the large size ships – bulk carriers and VLCCs. Other shipyards in the region are also reporting a similar situation. I think we should be focusing on the availability of manpower – that is the main challenge – to get the manpower in the yard to deal with this growing saturated market.

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The two main drydocks at Oman’s Asyad Shipyard

“In terms of restrictions on superintendents visiting the yard, they can enter the country without isolating as long as they are double-dose vaccinated and have a 72-hour negative PCR test result. Asyad Drydock takes care of visiting superintendents in transit to Duqm, and they are regularly tested while there. There are no restrictions for them to work on-board their ships.

“We currently have some 2,900 directly employed blue-collar workers and we have approximately 1,200 sub-contractors operating in the yard.

It is likely that we will increase this number as we will be increasing our facility with the new floating dock, we will need to increase the workforce by some 20%.”

Dr Al-Nadhairi highlighted Asyad’s efforts to diversify its business activities, “We are keen to re-enter the small end of the newbuilding and prefabrication markets. Presently, we are carrying out maintenance activities at a petrochemical plant nearby, so, we will need an additional 400/500 workers to join us. We have recently (February) won a contract to build a multi-deck landing craft/ferry for the National Ferries Company, due for delivery in 18 months. This vessel will be utilised in the northern part of Oman and will offer the owner a transport capability of some 40 vehicles and 90 passengers.

“Another major development is the move towards sustainability - we are currently looking into the use of solar power for the shipyard. We have already begun negotiating to install a 20-MW solar panel system in two locations in the shipyard. We expect that the installation will start this July and the system will be commissioned by the end of the year and completed by early 2023. This will supply some 20% of the shipyard’s power requirement”.

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The yard is reporting that a total of 210 repair projects were completed during last year (2021). The ships involved included tugs, bulk carriers, VLCCs, LNG tankers, ro/ro vessels, Navy vessels, dredgers, containerships, product tankers, offshore barges and fishing vessels.

Asyad Drydock completed repair operation on nine LNG tankers during 2021 with work including cleaning, painting, machinery work and electrical work. The yard also carried out its first LNG cargo tank repair project.

The two largest repair projects involved a 46,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger and an 84,626 dwt major containership owned by a Singapore-based owner. Work on the hopper dredger included some 400 tonnes of steel renewal and 2,500 m of pipe renewal. The project also included a full hull silicone coating. Meanwhile, work on the container ship, which had suffered grounding damage, involved some 300 tonnes of steel renewal.

Activities at DDW Drydocks World Dubai (DWD), part of DP World, began work on converting the Greek-owned aframax tanker Minerva Nike, capable of storing 700,000 bbls of oil to a Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO) during October last year (2021). It is expected that the FSU, which will be renamed Pargo, will be delivered during summer this year (2022).

The Minerva Nike was built in South Korea during 2004.

The extensive modification and life extension work will include

Middle East the provision of a new hull coating, designed to make the FSO’s performance reliable for uninterrupted service for next 20 years of offshore operation. Other work includes fabrication and installation of an external turret for weather waning, helideck fabrication and integration, metering skid, modification to cargo system, Installation of Hose Reel & Crane.

COO of Drydocks World, Neil Millar commented at the time the contract was signed, “Today is an important milestone for Drydocks World as we begin work on a 10-month project for our customer, Dixstone, contractor of Oil Company Perenco Petroleo e Gas do Brasil.

With our extensive industry knowledge, world class facilities and talented team of engineering experts Drydocks World is a trusted partner to the shipping and offshore oil & gas industry, delivering projects safely, on time and to the highest standards.”

Dixstone commented, “After several months of engineering, and procurement works for Dixstone team, it is a great achievement to see today the first steel cut in Drydocks World Dubai as part of FSO Pargo conversion project. Together with Dubai Drydocks World we are now entering several months of intense and challenging construction activities, and we are focusing on safety and quality of works.”

Perenco has been operating the Pargo, Carapeba, and Vermelho concessions some 70 kms offshore Rio de Janeiro in water 100.6 m feet deep. The production from the three fields started in 1988. The fields are located in shallow water with reservoir depths between 2,713 m to 3,750 m. The Pargo cluster currently produces 5,000 bbls of oil/day from six production platforms. All the crude oil is currently exported from the Garoupa platform to the onshore terminal at Cabiunas.

Just prior to the end of 2021, DDW completed the complex conversion of the former 2000-built 47,079 gt drillship Yan into the offshore wind farm installation vessel Bokalift 2 for Holland’s Boskalis.

The DP2 Bokalift 2 has been fitted with four Wärtsilä retractable, steerable thrusters, while major modifications to the vessel’s hull and deck have been carried out to enable the vessel to carry and install the latest generation of offshore wind farm turbine foundations and piles. 9,000 tonnes of steel blocks have been fitted on both sides of the vessel to significantly improve stability and a new work deck installed. She will be fitted with a new 4,000 tonne capacity Heisman offshore mast crane at a shipyard in China in early 2022.

The vessel’s first job will be the transportation and installation of 62 three-legged jacket foundations and the accompanying 186 pin piles for the Changfang and Xidao offshore windfarm project in Taiwan, owned

The completed Bokalift 2

by Copenhagen-based Infrastructure Partners and two Taiwanese life insurance companies.

Also last year, DDW completed the fabrication of the Alpha topside, which successfully sailed away from the fabrication yard in Dubai to the Netherlands. The 700 MW Alpha topside is one of two topsides that will form part of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) grid connection, that will connect the HKZ offshore wind farm zone with the Dutch mainland.

With its installed capacity of 1,500 MW the wind farm zone will have a renewable electricity output equivalent to the annual consumption of over two million households, when fully operational in 2023.

Covering an area of 235.8 kms2, the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm zone is a designated renewable energy wind farm located about 20 kms off the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland. The HKZ wind farm zone comprises four 350 MW offshore wind farms, which will be connected to two 700 MW offshore substations: the HKZ Alpha and HKZ Beta platforms.

DDW spent over a year working on the production of the HVAC transformer station topside. The fabrication of the topside has been completed with a safety record of 2.57m hrs without any lost time injury (LTI).

The HKZ project was a collaboration between DDW, Petrofac and TenneT. Petrofac awarded the contract to DDW to complete fabrication, commissioning and load out for the topside, including the Engineering, Procurement and Construction scope of HVAC system. Petrofac is responsible for the complete Engineering, Procurement, Construction and offshore installation of the Alpha and next in line, Beta platforms, for client TenneT, a European grid operator. Mammoet, a heavy lift and

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The FSO Rawabi Integrity in ASRY

transport specialist was commissioned to perform the weighing, transport and the load-out of the 3,830 tonnes topside onto a specialised transport vessel.

Also, during 2021, DDW announced the development of ‘South Yard’ facility, its latest project aimed at increasing its fabrication capacity equipped with new technologies to offer improved services to its clients.

This project involves a dedicated facility for new building projects comprising 70,000 m2.

The South Yard will be a world-class yard featuring cutting-edge equipment, a much leaner execution process and a completely new loadout facility for heavy structures which is expected to appeal to O&G and renewable energy clients.

DDW is focused on efficiency improvements whilst maintaining the highest levels of safety and quality standards. The “South Yard” facility will support that strategy by developing specific infrastructure to realise the future project pipeline thereby enabling competitive advantages in the region and globally.

Meanwhile, MAN Energy Solutions has signed a co-operation agreement with DP World which targets common progress in the field of decarbonisation and is scheduled to run for five years with an option to extend thereafter.

Wayne Jones OBE – Chief Sales Officer, and Gaby Hanna – Senior Vice President and Head of Region – Middle East & Africa, acted as signatories for MAN Energy Solutions - while Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem – Group Chairman & CEO, signed on behalf of DP World. The signing ceremony was attended by Mohammed Al Muallem, Executive Vice President, DP World, and Captain Rado Antolovic, PhD, CEO, DDW. Mutual areas of interest for the two companies include green-fuels infrastructure, future-proof conversions (LNG, methanol, ammonia, etc.), hybrid drives, electric engines R&D and training, and investigation of their respective, global footprints to further reduce the environmental impact of shipping traffic in terms of fuel consumption and emissions.

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from COVID accelerated the shiprepair market, although the rig market instability kept rig repair revenues modest.

Interestingly the increase in revenues came largely from the international market rather than the regional Mideast market. The share of international revenues share was up to 70% due to growth in the US market, and a slowdown from domestic repairs. However, both international and regional customers increased their average spend/project to record highs, with international clients spending almost US$1m/project on average. Greece and Saudi Arabia remain the number one and two markets respectively for shiprepair.

There has been an increase in the number of major projects at ASRY with the completion of several scopes over $5m. ASRY has recently completed the life-extension project on-board Van Oord’s 21,665 m3 TSHD Rotterdam, in addition to the conversion project (tanker to FSO) of Sahara Mina’s 38,695 dwt Rawabi Integrity, both during 2021, and the cargo-carrying capacity increase on-board Maersk Line’s (US) 84,705 dwt containership Maersk Atlanta during November. This trend of attracting major projects looks set to continue throughout 2022 as well, with the floating dock Mishrif recently arriving at ASRY for major repair works for the regional partner HEISCO. Regarding recent Management changes, the Chairman of the Oil and Gas Holding Company (which is ASRY’s 97% Bahraini shareholder), Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, appointed Youssef Isa Bubshait as the new ASRY Chairman, while Mazen Matar continues to serve as Board Member and Managing Director.

High number of ships repaired during 2021 by Albwardy Damen Sharjah’s Albwardy Damen has reported that the numbers of ships repaired during last year (2021) totalled some 250+. The types of ships repaired were mainly from the Oil & Gas industry, including workboats, dredgers and bunker tankers.

These came from a wide range of owners and countries, the yard having some 800 customers from throughout the world. The main type of work mainly included shave/haircut projects.

During 2021 the Sharjah yard was extended with an additional 120 m of alongside berthage which resulted in a 15% expansion of the area.

During the second half of 2021, the Sharjah yard undertook its most significant repair project for the year. Norway’s BW Epic Kosan awarded its LPG tanker repair project involving the 6,625 dwt Epic Bermuda to Albwardy Damen. The company’s experience with drydocking and afloat works on LPG tankers in recent years was a big part in the decision to award the docking to Albwardy Damen. The vessel was docked at the Sharjah facility and with a total length of 120 m she was close to maximum capacity of the shiplift system. The docking was for a three-week period and was completed within agreed scope and time.

The workscope was comprehensive, ranging from sections of the cargo pipes and vapour lines using special grade low temperature material and class approved procedures. Albwardy Damen’s in-house pipe fabrication team has recently been moved to a dedicated workshop centrally located in the yard and is producing all piping in many materials for both newbuilding and repair departments. There is also the experience and procedures in place to carry out pipe renewals on LPG cargo systems,

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which was very supportive to this project.

Work also included standard drydocking items - hull treatment works to mechanical repairs. An extensive paint system and a silicon paint antifouling coating system has been applied on completion of routine side shell repairs and hull preservation works. The complete cargo system was fully inspected, tested and recertified.

Consolidated Marine Management’s 51,246 dwt tanker Hellas Enterprise had steel damage on sideshell during her Sudan anchorage stay. Her owners approached the yard’s Greece agent DMI (Hellas) for repairs. As the vessel was still in operation but had a scheduled stop in Khorfakkan a team from Albwardy Damen in Fujairah submitted a repair proposal based on a report with pictures from the crew. Eventually, she arrived at the Khorfakkan anchorage for steel renewal. A repair team of 12 technicians with all the necessary materials and equipment were mobilised on the same day to start the repairs.

The entire job was expected to complete in one week. After a joint inspection on-board, additional steel renewal was required. Due to vessel’s very tight schedule, it was not possible to get extra days for the additional repairs. After mutual discussions between the repair supervisor and vessel’s technical fleet manager, it was agreed to complete the additional jobs within same agreed time frame of one week. Additional resources were arranged, and the entire job was completed within the

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same agreed time frame. The shipmanager was very satisfied with the repair team and commented, “The work was completed on time with excellent results and HSE compliance was more than excellent.”

As 2021 ended, Lars Selstrup, Managing Director of Albwardy Damen commented, “Our newbuilding department is in the final stage with both the LST 100 for the Nigerian Navy and the Damen Multi Buster 8020.

These are the two biggest vessels ever built by Albwardy Damen. The LST 100 is the first vessel we have built fully to Naval specification. The Damen Multibuster 8020 is a shallow draft, multipurpose offshore vessel which has been built on speculation. The steel cutting for new vessels now taking place is for smaller vessels, but we will for sure be back on the larger types as well.

“Albwardy Damen repair has had a busy 2021, except for a period during the late summer. We see primarily repeat customers in both Dubai and Hamriyah, but we are also enjoying new customers visiting the yard.

Unfortunately, this also means that it’s difficult to drydock vessels on short notice - we have had to ask for our customers understanding for the time being. We have expanded our capacity in the Hamriyah facility with an extra alongside berth, to be named DB9. The first vessels were able to use the new DB9 in January 2022.

“In Albwardy Damen we are very pleased that people in general decide to stay with us for many years. During 2021 we could congratulate 15

Middle East people for 25 years in Albwardy Damen. In Fujairah we are moving ahead steadily with our workshop and an expanding diving division.

Activities at Zamil Offshore Services Saudi Arabia’s Zamil Offshore Services Company comprises three business units – Zamil Marine, Zamil Shipyards and Zamil Offshore Construction, all part of Zamil Group Holdings, one of the largest private-sector groups based in Saudi Arabia. From its headquarters in the Eastern Province, Zamil Offshore Services Company operates two shipyards in Jeddah and Dammam, offering turnkey solutions across the offshore sector. Combined, the two yards offer facilities including three floating docks – the largest being 215 m x 33 m with a lifting capacity of 19,000 tonnes, and two shiplift systems with dimensions of 102 m x 32 m (7,500 tonnes lifting capacity) and 85 m x 16 m (1,500 tonnes).

During November last year (2021), Zamil Offshore signed an agreement with International Maritime Industries (IMI), Ras Al Khair, which is currently building the largest maritime yard in the MENA region, signed a Joint Venture Agreement to deliver world-class Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) building and maintenance, repair and overhaul services (MRO) in Saudi Arabia. The long-term agreement signed with Zamil Offshore, will enhance localisation efforts in Saudi Arabia and boost its lifecycle support services.

It is expected the Joint Venture will contribute considerably to the Saudi economy and lays the foundation for the establishment of a local, cost-efficient operation where all OSV shipbuilding activities occur in the country, while supporting the development of an advanced and sustainable Saudi maritime industry, in line with the goals of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. The partnership will combine IMI’s state-of-theart facilities with Zamil Offshores knowledge and expertise. OSV’s will first be built at Zamil Offshore’s facility in Dammam, with construction activities moving to Zone B of IMI’s full-service yard in Ras Al Khair once it becomes operational.

During February this year (2022) Zamil’s Dammam facility, which is the company’s largest facility, carried out work on-board eight OSV MRO, two jack-up Rig MRO projects, and several warm stacked vessels on standby, which are ready to work.

Meanwhile, Zamil’s aluminium shipbuilding programme for local defence forces is progressing better than planned. In addition to the usual shipbuilding activities, the yard’s preparations are on-going for the provision of fabrication services to support Aberdeen’s Subsea 7 offshore construction projects in Saudi Arabia. In its Jeddah facility, several vessels

The Zamil Shipyard in Dammam

of various dimensions are currently on in the yard and four vessels alongside for on-going repairs. Onshore, several vessels are under demolition.

The above resonates the demand for Zamil’s dedicated teams on both coasts who have been extremely busy in 2021 by docking over 250+ OSV’s, jack-up rigs and commercial vessels for medium to large sized MRO projects. All projects were completed on budget, on schedule and handed back to Clients with world class safety statics for the assets to continue operations. This ethos of adding value to the Clients’ operations continue in 2022 as dedication never stops. The objective is to provide a practical and reliable service 24/7 to our valuable Clients to which, we are delivering on our promises through our passionate project teams.

During recent months, several strategic partnerships were concluded which further expands Zamil’s marine services portfolio to both commercial and defence sectors. Notable agreements were signed with Maersk Training (Denmark), Navantia (Spain), Kongsberg and Vest Davit (both Norway). These strategic agreements bolster already installed alliances with mtu, ZF and Sepflutech (all from Germany) all with a view to driving and providing strategic alliances in Saudi Arabia. Further alliances are planned in 2022 to enforce the company’s position as the most reliable and trusted shipyard in the region in full support of Vision 2030.

The outlook for the next 12 months is strong with many Clients already booking space for ship and rig repairs reflecting the steady improvement in the Oil & Gas market in the region.

Another deal between IMI and CSM Saudi Arabia’s International Maritime Industries (IMI), the largest shipyard in the MENA region, and Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) have expanded their partnership by signing a MOA that will boost Saudi Arabia’s capabilities in shipbuilding, ship repair and engineering excellence. The MOA comes only six months after both companies agreed to a MOA to explore opportunities in various areas within the maritime sector.

IMI will work closely with CSM to support its vision of becoming a fully integrated global maritime facility. CSM’s maritime service portfolio, engineering expertise and worldwide network of clients and partners will help support IMI’s on-going development. The partnership will be further enhanced by CSM acting as an official consultant for IMI in the areas of ‘sensorisation technology’ for vessel performance optimisation, engineering solutions, vessel design, and newbuild planning and supervision. Moreover, CSM will actively promote IMI’s modern set-up and technical capabilities to both existing clients of CSM as well as any market potentials the CSM Group gets aware of through its extensive global network.

Dr. Abdullah Al Ahmari, CEO of IMI, said, “We are pleased to have signed this agreement with CSM, a company that is committed to supporting our efforts of building a world-class, technologically advanced shipyard that will drive the development of the maritime industry in Saudi Arabia. The partnership enables us to leverage CSM’s unique capabilities and expertise, therefore enhancing our offering to both partners and customers. We look forward to collaborating further with CSM and achieving more important milestones in the near future.”

Mark O’Neil, CEO of CSM, added, “We are delighted to be able

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(Back row standing) Ahmed Al Saadi, (IMI Chairman and Saudi Aramco Senior Vice President – Technical Services). Front row left to right - Mark O’Neil (Columbia CEO) Dr. Abdullah Al Ahmari (IMI CEO)

to underline our commitment to the important Middle East and Saudi markets by further developing our excellent relationship with IMI through this new MOA. IMI is a Saudi Arabian shipyard providing the most advanced and sustainable newbuilding, maintenance, repair and overhaul services for commercial vessels including VLCCs, chemical tankers, bulk carriers, offshore support vessels and offshore jack-up rigs. Together with IMI, we have a mutual interest in strengthening our collaboration in order to meet the ambitious targets set out by IMI in the MENA region. CSM remains fully committed to the Middle East and Saudi Arabia, where our recently created ship management office offers the full Columbia Group service catalogue.”

New workshop to be built at Nordmarin Dubai’s Nordmarin was originally established in 1989 under the operating name of GMMOSTECH Marine & Technical Services and changed its name to Nordmarin during 2017 when new owner Paul Friedberg took over the company. Nordmarin is one of many shiprepair and maintenance companies operating in Dubai Maritime City (DMC), where there are two shiplifts of 3,000 tonnes and 6,000 tonnes lifting capacity and some 31 dry dock slots for repair available through a ship transfer system.

In a recent interview with Paul Friedberg, he told SORJ, “We are building a large new workshop at DMC. We have a 25-year lease on the plot of land, and we will start to build this workshop during the latter part of this year - we see DMC as a long-term project. It will take approximately two years to build this facility so it will be operational by end of 2023/ beginning of 2024. The workshop will include fabrication and overhauling facilities for repair and drydockings and eventually newbuildings. One of the main attractions of this new workshop is that it is located right next to shiplift area.

“We had an extraordinary last year (2021). I have owned this company for some four years and during the early days it is fair to say that we went through a few difficult years with poor returns. During the four years of ownership, we have changed a lot of the systems and processes in the company, improved both the top and mid management and not least improved the outward image of the company. A pointed and at the same

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time aggressive marketing and sales effort has yielded steadily improving returns both to the top line and the bottom line. We are proud to say that we have increased our market share quite considerably through new and returning customers. Although the ship repair industry is facing a stiff competition, we all know that in the UAE and the Arabian Sea there are thousands of merchant marine and offshore companies operating which means that getting work is not that hard providing you have a good skillset, are competitive and have a good reputation in the market.”

“In 2021, we increased sales by some 50% compared with the before.

This is a result of a better and more strategic market penetration coupled with the fact that we had built up a good trach record in the market and a very good reputation for on time delivery. The lion part of our customers are local Middle East and UAE customers. Thanks to our in-house very sophisticated CRM system we are able to track our customer relationship and keep score on our success rates.”

“During 2021, we completed four very large projects (large in our terms) – a very large drydocking project is for us a dry docking in the region of AED 2.0 mill+. The reason for the sudden influx of large projects may be a result of many drydockings being put off in 2020 because of the Pandemic, and this situation benefitted us in 2021 and still does in 2022.

The number of quotations we issued increased year-on-year during 2021 and is carrying on in 2022. Many owners gained Class-extensions during 2020 and 2021 and this has led to this increase in quotations, high hit rate on our quotations and completed projects for Nordmarin.

Also, last year, the supply and demand for the types of ships we repair increased as the fleet normalised. The oil companies wanted new tonnage (5 – 10 years) to charter rather than old tonnage, ie tonnage older than 15 years. Therefore the ‘old ladies’ remain stacked - many were scrapped or converted to other markets. Those ships coming out of lay-up needed to be drydocked, which was beneficial for us. As the market normalised the charter rates began to increase, not tremendously, but enough for the owners to feel it more commercially viable to put the vessels into charter.

We also see the newbuilding market “waking up” as a result of a more balanced supply and demand for offshore vessels.

“This has led to DMC being very congested – during the second half of 2021 and certainly this year. It is now very difficult to get a suitable dock space in DMC, especially the larger vessels, which require the large ship lift and the large docking slots. Depending on the size of the vessel, these days we may have to book a month ahead – even, in some cases, twothree months.

“Last year we drydocked four vessels, built in China, which were some 10 years old. These four ships had been lying idle for some time, so we had to overhaul all the machinery, thrusters etc. This project values of these vessels were considerably larger than what we normally would experience due to the scope of work that needed to be carried out. These ships were the OSVs COD Griffin, COD Phoenix, COD Kestrel and COD Falcon.

The vast majority of the overhaul work was mechanical, and the vessels became completely refurbished as a result of the dry docking carried out

by Nordmarin. The customers were very happy about the work we carried out and the vessels went into charter shortly thereafter. Some of these projects have triggered repeat jobs for other ships in their fleets.

“We also had some fairly large projects involving the US Navy vessels.

We are one of the very few companies in the area which are certified / authorised as a main contractor for US Navy ships in the Arabian Gulf.

Although we are the smallest of those companies authorised, we believe were awarded the most work during 2021. These were high-value

Middle East

Work on an OSV on the shiplift at DMC by Nordmarin

contracts for us and strategically important for us as the US Navy is a very prestigious customer. All these large projects contributed to last year becoming a very healthy year for us and triggered hiring of additional workers and sub-contractors.”

“The sales statistics from last year tells us that we had a 20% increase in customers sending us enquiries comparing 2020 with 2021 and we had a 35% increase in customers awarding us projects. Our success rate increased by 44%, ie almost five projects won as a result of sending 10 quotations which is a very healthy number. We carried out 45 drydockings in 2021 compared with 35 the year before.”

“Looking to the future, the political situation may change dramatically in a very short time with the current war between Russia and Ukraine. This may give rise to a change in climate between the West and Iran. Such a change will no doubt result in a boost in the marine offshore activity in the Arabian / Persian Gulf going forward as the world changes it reliance of Russian oil. If the Iranians can get their act together, this may boost Dubai as a whole.”

Busiest year since 2008 at Link Marine Dubai’s Link Marine, which has its headquarters at Dubai Maritime City (DMC), is reporting that last year (2021) was its busiest year since 2008 with all areas of activity occupied. The team from Link’s from our Nabtesco (main engine remoter control), Brannstrom (15 ppm and

ODME) and Evoqua (ICCP) were especially busy all year round, but the biggest activity was in the supply and overhaul of the main engine pneumatic remote-control systems. Link has a MoU with MAN Energy Solutions, Dubai which added a great deal of work to an already busy calendar.

An example of this co-operation with MAN was seen on-board E Marine’s 7,750 gt cable-layer Umm Al Amber, where Link carried out an overhaul of the main engine pneumatic system including modification and spares supply. The contractor of this project was MAN Energy Solutions. MAN also contracted Link to carry out similar work onboard Hapag-Lloyd’s two 100,006 dwt containerships Dalian Express and Yantian Express and Marlow Shipmanagement’s 50,595 dwt containership Wadi Bani Khalid, all during November/December last year. Work on both Hapag-Lloyd ships was carried out in Drydocks World (DDW), Dubai and the Marlow vessel in Asyad Drydock, Oman Link also carried out work on-board two tankers from Greece’s Eurotankers – the 159,342 dwt Eurovoyager and the 166,447 dwt Euroglory the work involving a varied list of automation repairs/overhauls throughout the engine room and CCR. The work on the Euroglory, which included various on-board calibration and boiler service, was completed in Fujairah. This type of work has been Link’s regular type for many years.

Smaller jobs were also completed on 306,506 dwt Eurohope and the 159,062 dwt Euroleader. Link also has a similar programme of projects for NEDA Maritime currently underway.

A great deal of work which Link undertakes is when the ship is

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Middle East undergoing a schedule drydocking. Last year, Link carried out main engine pneumatic system overhauls on-board four ULCCs from KOTC, all in DDW. The ships involved were the 317,250 dwt Kazimah 111, the 319,634 dwt Umm Al Aish, the 319,704 dwt Al Riqqa and the 319,660 dwt Al Salmi. Two VLCCs from Mideast Shipmanagement were also in DDW when Link carried out the supply and installation of Evoqua ICCP anodes and reference electrodes. The ships were the 303,115 dwt Harad and the 302,977 dwt Marjan.

Five LPG tankers in DDW, the 59,138 dwt Ethane Emerald, the Ethane Crystal, the 59,110 dwt Ethane Opal, the 58,959 dwt Ethane Sapphire and the 59,083 dwt Ethane Pearl, all managed by MOL Tankships, underwent main engine pneumatic overhaul by Link.

Two ships from AMPTC were in Bahrain’s ASRY where Link carried out main engine pneumatic service maintenance. The ships were the 54,495 dwt LPG tanker Gas Alkhaleej, and the 112,521 dwt tanker Alburaq. Also, in ASRY, two chemical tankers from Norway’s Odfjell underwent main engine pneumatic system overhaul. The ships were the 46,098 dwt Bow Elm and the 46,047 dwt Bow Lind.

Asyad Drydock, formerly Oman Drydock, in Duqm used the services of Link Marine through its principal, Japan’s Nabtesco, on many occasions during last year, the ships involved included Technomar’s 53,800 dwt bulk carrier Denali (main engine pneumatic system overhaul), and two ships owned by Oman Shipping – the 145,173 m3 LNG tanker Ibri LNG (main turbine remote control system) and the 299,999 dwt VLCC Saiq (PMS, BMS & governor system service) As well as working in the region’s shipyards, Link Marine also completes a great deal of work alongside and in many cases overseas. ADNOC’s three 544 gt OSVs ADNOC 810, ADNOC 811 and ADNOC 812 (retrofitted Noris alarm monitoring PC units), all carried out in Abu Dhabi, AMPTC’s tanker 112,600 dwt Sea Legend (main engine pneumatic system overhaul), the work carried out on Batam Island, Indonesia, and three bulk carrier projects for National Navigation – the 57,320 dwt Wadi Albostan (main engine pneumatic overhaul), completed in Alexandria Egypt, and the 80,533 dwt Wadi Alkram and 64,214 dwt Wadi Al Karnak (main engine pneumatic overhaul), both projects completed in Constanta, Romania

Solid year for N-KOM Qatar’s N-KOM is reporting that a total of 151 ships were repaired at the Ras Laffan yard during last year (2021). Of these, 20 were LNG tankers, 12 conventional tankers, one FSRU, three containerships and 115 small vessels including OSVs, PSVs, Tugs etc. Shipowners/managers came from Greece, UK, Japan and Qatar.

The major highlight was the drydocking of a 150,900 m3 Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) vessel, which underwent drydocking repairs, a BWM system retrofit and commissioning, equipment and systems overhaul, modification and upgrading work.

Other major repairs along with routine drydocking, N-KOM installed a total of 11 BWM systems for LNG tankers and containerships. In addition, three major cargo tank repair projects were carried out on-board LNG tankers and two stern tube replacement projects were executed at the yard.

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Commercial & Business Development Officer.

Mr. Ipe is an experienced Chief Engineer who has accumulated more than 15 years of sailing experience with various international shipping companies such as Gearbulk, Wallem Ship Management and Essar Sisco Ship Management Company Limited. Meanwhile, Mr. Moutzourogeorgos is an experienced Marine Engineer who has served in senior positions at several established companies such as Maran Gas and various Greek Shipping companies prior to his appointment at N-KOM. Commenting on the yard’s prospects for this year (2022), Damir Glavan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of N-KOM told SORJ, “The world is coming to normalcy amidst the COVID restrictions, the shipping industry is regaining momentum with trading activities continuing strongly in the Gulf Region. Ship owners are keen to explore solutions that would allow them to comply with the latest environmental regulations.

“This is a positive sign for shipyards around the world and N-KOM, being located along one of the busiest global trade routes, is in a prime position to provide extensive marine and offshore solutions with its track record for safe, quality, and timely repairs. N-KOM has been able to secure bookings for a considerable number of LNG tankers for routine drydocking, BWM system installations and upgrade works for the year 2022.”

GTT ties up with Nakilat France’s GTT has announced the signature of a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with the Qatar’s Nakilat. GTT will support Nakilat with the maintenance and operation of its fleet of 26 vessels, all equipped with Mark III or NO96 technologies, developed by GTT. This agreement includes GTT on-site technical assistance for inspection, maintenance, repairs, operations and engineering services. Nakilat will also benefit from access to the HEARS emergency hotline, which enables ship-owners and their crews to contact GTT’s experts 24/7 to respond to operational issues.

Philippe Berterottière said, “We welcome the signature of this agreement with our partner Nakilat, which owns and operates a large fleet of vessels equipped with our Membrane technology. Our tailor-made support services, adapted to our customers’ requirements, allow us to guarantee maximum efficiency and safety for vessels in operation.” SORJ

A conventional tanker in N-KOM for general repairs

By Paul Bartlett

Recent world events have caused many bulk carriers to go into lay-up

Dry bulk owners to benefit from war boost Although analysts are still poring over the possible repercussions of Putin’s war on dry bulk business, they are expected to be far-reaching. Sea trade in both the second and third most important major bulk commodities – coal and grain – is likely to be seriously disrupted in what, some experts say, could become a long-running conflict. However, demand for bulk carriers is likely to rise as a result of hikes in tonne-mile demand, although analysts caution that no firm conclusions should be drawn in the early days of the war.

With a relatively modest orderbook of about 7% of the fleet, dry bulk shipping supply has limited elasticity over the next two-to-three years.

Many large builders in Asia have notched up a string of new contracts lately for sectors where demand had already been running high, notably large series of containerships ordered by cash-rich carriers, and large LNG tankers for the half dozen or so yards that are capable of building them.

The implications are positive for repair yards. The outlook suggests that owners will opt to hold on to older vessels which, in a weaker market, might not have looked worthwhile. But in order to comply with IMO’s carbon intensity indicator (CII) in the years ahead, many older ships will require attention. Engine power limitation (EPL) is the first option, but experts warn that this, on its own, may not be sufficient. Other energysaving steps may be required on older vessels, as well as additional fourth or even fifth specials that would not otherwise have been necessary.

Oslo-based Cleaves Asset Management, a shipping-related hedge fund, had previously sounded positive notes on the outlook for dry bulk shipping, even before Putin invaded Ukraine. Now, it has cautiously reiterated some of the reasons for its optimism, which is broadly based on rising bulk carrier demand from longer voyages and more tonne-miles. In a recent circular, the firm noted that Russian coal is subject to sanctions, a factor which could drive longer voyages for European importers as well as Russian exporters.

According to figures from Clarkson Research, seaborne trade in coal was thought to have increased by close to 6% last year compared with 2020, although the final volumes for 2021 have not been confirmed.

Bulk Carriers However, this increase reversed a significant reduction in coal movements between 2019 and 2020 – a fall of more than 9%. Figures compiled by the analysts before the war gave estimates for 2022 and 2023 suggesting modest increases of under 2% and less than 1% respectively.

The war has transformed the backdrop for global energy markets and so also in the coal trades. It is likely to have derailed COP26 decarbonisation aims at the same time. Jason Feer, Head of Business Intelligence at New York-based broker Poten & Partners, told attendees at an early-March webinar that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had ‘blown a hole’ in decarbonisation. This is because the medium- to long-term environmental benefits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions pale into insignificance beside procuring enough affordable energy today.

At the time of writing, Russian oil is still being exported and is not subject directly to sanctions, but coal exports are. However, as some have noted, sentiment is running ahead of sanctions and some European importers wish to distance themselves as much as possible from Russian commodities. In oil, gas and coal, therefore, imports to Europe have been dramatically affected.

Pipeline supplies have been hit hardest, with the German Government deciding not to grant any more approvals on the Nordstream 2 pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea and would have doubled Russian exports to the country pumped via Nordstream 1. Meanwhile, the 4,100 kms pipeline from the Yamal Peninsular and Western Siberia to Poland and Germany runs through pro-Russian Belarus. Both the Brotherhood and Soyuz pipelines – from Russia and Kazakhstan respectively – run across Ukraine.

However, at this stage, it is not first and foremost the issue of energy security that is focusing the minds of western energy company executives - it is the sheer scale of dramatic increases in energy prices, with more expected. For many nations that had already been struggling with the substantial increase in energy imports over 2021, the latest price rises come as a hammer blow. Long-sighted aims to cut carbon emissions are quickly assigned to the ‘future policy’ strategists while those on the front line try to figure out how to keep the lights on today and tomorrow.

And the obvious fallback is coal, of which the world has vast reserves, and which is already easily available in large quantities. More global shipments of coal would likely benefit larger bulk carriers in the capesize and panamax categories. According to the most recent edition of BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy, the world has 139 years of proven coal reserves at the current reserves-to-production ratio. Between them, Australia, China, India and the US have almost 61% of reserves, but Russia has more than 15%, second only to the US, with 23.2%. Coal prices will not stay flat – significant quantities of energy are expended in its production and transport – but they are unlikely to rise at anything like the same pace as oil and gas.

Meanwhile, disruption to the shipments of dry bulk’s third most important major commodity – grain – is likely to cause major upheaval in many long-established trades, many involving Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of Europe, and Russia. However, one outcome could be the underpinning of demand growth for bulk carriers in the handy, supramax and panamax categories. Between them, Ukraine and Russia supply about a third of the world’s grain and corn supplies.

However, there are serious implications for nations that rely on imports of wheat, for example, from Russia and Ukraine. After only a week of war, Ukrainian exports had all but ground to a halt, ports were not operating properly, and customers of Russian grain producers were seeking to distance themselves and break their long-established supply chains. The

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Bulk Carriers using the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits. Early in the conflict, Ukraine asked Turkey to close the waterways, placing the country in a difficult position since it is a major consumer of grain from both Ukraine and Russia.

Grain exports from the region are shipped mostly to markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with Turkey, China, Egypt and Indonesia amongst the top customers. Both countries also export grain to Europe.

Chicago wheat futures prices shot up by more than 40% in the days following the invasion and food experts warn of a rapid increase in food price inflation, already rising on the back of supply chain issues and other Covid-related factors. While rich countries may be able to soften the blow to consumers to some extent, import-reliant poor countries in Africa, for example, have very little flexibility. Food experts have warned of potential famines as a result of the war.

The Russian invasion has disrupted grain trades

implications for many import-reliant countries are dire. They include some of the most vulnerable countries in the Middle East and North Africa where food production is barely possible. Food security, together with secure energy supplies, are likely to become overarching priorities in many parts of the world.

Grain in focus Ukraine was the world’s fourth largest grain exporter in 2021, sending 49.5m tonnes of grain abroad, equivalent to more than 9% of the global total, according to estimated figures from Clarkson Research. The country’s grain is a high-quality product widely used in the milling of flour.

The only other countries exporting more grain were the US, Brazil and Argentina.

Ukraine’s exports comprised about 20m tonnes of wheat and around 28m tonnes of coarse grains (corn, barley, sorghum, oats and rye) and were channelled through the ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv in the west of the country. These ports are now closed. Russia, meanwhile, exported about 36m tonnes of grain last year, according to Clarkson estimates, 7% of the world’s total. Its exports are shipped mostly from Black Sea ports

A new bulk carrier design for Himalaya Shipping

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Dry bulk orderbook shrinks to lowest this century Bulk carriers on order are equivalent to just 7% of the existing fleet, representing the lowest figure this century. There are about 480 bulkers on order, with a total value in excess of $16bn. To put this figure in context, the bulk carrier orderbook represented at least 20% of ships on the water over the ten years between 2005 and 2015. It hit a peak of 80% in 2008.

Today’s ships on order are almost exclusively being built in Asia. This is no new trend – most bulk carriers have been built at Asian shipyards for well over a decade. However, the focus has become even more concentrated recently. Just two countries – China and Japan between them – hold 95% of bulk carrier orders today. South Korean yards, in the picture until three or so years ago, have opted to concentrate on the design and construction of more sophisticated ship types.

Experts believe that several factors contribute to the low volume of bulkers on order today. Many Asian shipyards are full, and newbuilding prices have risen sharply over recent months. There is also the issue of investment uncertainty. A new ship ordered today might deliver in 18-24 months and, assuming a 20-year life, would operate until 2044.

Regulatory changes, advances in propulsion technology, the

Bulk Carriers construction capacity, however, a significant drive to raise the efficiency of existing bulk carriers is likely, some experts predict. Rates are likely to reflect the relatively tight market conditions, helping to underpin investment decisions. Meanwhile, some owners may welcome the opportunity to wait a little longer before contracting new tonnage, perhaps gaining more insight into bulk carrier efficiency and fuel technologies of tomorrow.

A bulbous bow optimised for a ship’s actual operating profile

development of low-carbon and zero-carbon fuels, and the digital transformation that is reframing ship design and operation, all generate uncertainties which investors shy away from. The cost of ‘future-proofing’ ships ordered today to avoid the risk of stranded assets in the future is also a very real one.

However, experts suggest that new ships with optimised designs, digital connectivity, and much-improved fuel performance are definitely required. Ageing dry bulk workhorses of the sea are widely seen as one of the industry’s oldest and least efficient sectors. And it is the largest shipping sector by number of vessels and lifting capacity. As of January, this year, the world’s dry bulk fleet consisted of just over 12,000 bulk carriers of more than 10,000 dwt, with a total deadweight of almost 950m, according to figures compiled by Clarkson Research.

Over half the 10,000dwt+ fleet is more than ten years old, with these ships built before IMO’s Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) was introduced in 2013. A fifth of the fleet is more than 15 years old and 11% is over 20 years. In numbers, these sectors of the dry bulk fleet consist of 2,730 ships over 15 years of which 1,423 are more than 20.

Many of these vessels are likely to fall into categories ‘D’ and ‘E’ when their carbon intensity indicators (CII) are assessed following the new regulations entry into force in January 2023. The CII is measured on the basis of carbon dioxide emitted divided by deadweight and distance in nautical miles.

Ships falling into category ‘D’ for three consecutive years, and all ships rated ‘E’, will have to adopt corrective action plans as part of their Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP). Experts suggest that a first move could well involve adopting an engine power limitation (EPL) strategy by which ships sail at lower speeds to reduce engine load.

However, the attitude of charterers could also have a bearing on owner strategy. Ships in ‘D’ and ‘E’ are likely to be found at the back of the queue so far as many charterers are concerned. With a greater focus on supply chain sustainability, many of shipping’s customers are thought likely to focus on vessels in categories ‘A’ and ‘B’.

However, they also warn that although this could be sufficient to meet initial compliance requirements – category ‘C’ or above – CII requirements will tighten steadily over the second half of the decade, although the quantum has not yet been decided. Bulk carriers rated ‘C’ at the outset could therefore fall into ‘D’ or ‘E’ during the second half of the decade. Significant efficiency upgrades could well be required and the challenge facing many dry bulk owners is which efficiency improvements are most effective and whether the related investment will prove worthwhile.

In light of today’s buoyant market, small orderbook and lack of

Retrofit options require detailed assessment Today’s dry bulk supply constraints indicate that a significant number of older vessels will need to be upgraded to meet IMO carbon compliance requirements. For owners looking beyond engine power limitation as a means of raising ships’ carbon efficiency, there are a number of ways to improve vessel performance. For older ships, particularly those built to designs preceding the introduction of IMO’s Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), the gains are potentially substantial. But meticulous investment appraisal will be necessary to ensure that satisfactory paybacks can be guaranteed.

Vessels with high block coefficients – including bulk carriers and tankers – can usually benefit from retrofits that improve water flow around the hull, particularly at bow and stern. Analysis by classification society, DNV, suggests that the retrofit of propulsion improving devices (PID), combined with fitting an optimised propeller, can yield efficiency gains of 5% or more. The classification society said that depending on ship type, size and speed, a number of retrofit steps can be considered. These include:

• a bulbous bow optimised for a ship’s actual operating profile • an optimised propeller • PIDs such as stern ducts, wake-equalising ducts, pre-swirl ducts, preswirl stators, vortex generator fins, propeller boss cap fins, rudder bulbs in combination with propeller caps, twisted rudders • air lubrication systems • wind-assisted propulsion DNV stressed the need for careful analysis of the likely impact of such upgrades. Although they are designed to improve hydrodynamic performance, retrofits should be undertaken only in combination with engine measures to enable a suitable light running margin after conversion. The ship’s engine still needs to operate at the minimum point of the specific fuel oil consumption curve, the classification society said.

Meanwhile, Lloyd’s Register, which has invested in two digital technology providers – Hanseaticsoft and i4 Insight – has stressed the substantial potential that digital optimisation technologies offer. Proactive dry bulk companies have already established demonstrable track records using digital systems to support decision-making by navigators.

Weather routeing is certainly not new, but the technology and degree of ship-shore connectivity has improved dramatically to the point where real-time systems are now available which can recommend possible efficiency-improving actions to bridge personnel. There are also technologies available to support just-in-time arrival, thereby minimising a ship’s fuel burn and avoiding downtime outside a destination port on arrival. SORJ

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Dockgate Fingerprints in the bunkers When marine fuel emerges from a refinery, what on earth happens to it? How can the ultimate and hapless buyer of the stuff ever know that it hasn’t been adulterated with all sorts of fines that will strip out the insides of an engine, or noxious chemicals that some blighters wanted to shift off their premises? It’s bad enough that the poor old Chief has to worry about whether the heroes aboard the bunkering barge will be frothing up the fuel to fool the meters, or that endless mixing of residues has been taking place prior to loading, in a sort of carboniferous cocktail, which will have to be carefully segregated from the stuff already aboard.

It’s also a potential problem that the charterers may well not care two hoots about the quality of the fuel they have bought, or its possible illeffects upon the machinery, which of course isn’t theirs. They aren’t going to pay for the fuel testing, which is now strongly advised, and will probably try and blame the ship, if the stuff is found to be off-spec or contaminated.

And it is not getting any easier, as ships have to load different grades of fuel, while it is becoming infinitely more complicated with what we are learning to term “future fuels”, such as biofuels, blends of various greener alternatives and stuff like LNG, methanol, ammonia or hydrogen, of both “green” and “blue” varieties, some of which have already arrived. You sort of wonder whether every ship needs to carry its own fuel technologist, with this all happening as shipping grapples with its “sustainability” and how to pay for all this more expensive stuff.

A GoodFuels bunkering operation

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By Michael Grey OBE “It’s like the wild west out there” – suggests Stuart Hall of Forecast Technology, which, with its sister company BunkerTrace offers some serious solutions to these very real problems surrounding the business of bunkering. Employing DNA to effectively fingerprint oil, this “tag” enables the source of fuel to be confirmed and tracked through the custody chain.

With the origin, grade, specification, fuel transactions and sustainability metrics recorded and linked to identifier tags - molecular labels that are added upstream at the refinery or downstream as fuel, it provides “an immutable audit trail that can prove the authenticity and origin of the fuel”.

It provides the ultimate user of the fuel with a new and powerful tool to ensure quality, to manage the transactions and verify compliance. And the tags and trace system, effectively follows the consignment through the supply chain, offering a degree of certainty that has never been possible before.

Fundamentally the ability to track and trace oil means that the customer can be sure of getting what was ordered, and prevent bunker suppliers feeling free to mix consignments, add residues and any thing else they want to get rid of into the waiting tanks of a ship. There are no doubts about the process, with a full digital and physical chain of custody that follows the fuel through the supply chain, employing the molecular tag, a mobile app for in-field data collection and smart data that facilitates the traceability of operations along with sustainability metrics. The DNA itself is non-invasive, with only typically 3 ppm providing adequate traceability in a consignment.

The ability to access the chain of custody from the refinery, where

Dockgate March of the modernisers

A pilot’s life is not always good

DNA tags can be added, offers a whole range of opportunities, with records accessible in the procurement office via web application, to the records and delivery data on mobile apps in the bunkering operation with the vessel offtaker able to quickly verify authenticity, origin and blend composition. Here, the local surveyor uses a small portable field detection unit to test the samples within minutes of their being taken.

The customer will also have full visibility of the green chain of custody for the increasingly important environmental reporting which regulation increasingly requires. Thus, for every parcel of oil, there will be digital records of operations, transactions and delivery linked to the physical supply - a blockchain that will link the fuel to its origin.

BunkerTrace was launched in 2019, but has attracted the attention of significant industry leaders, following a pilot project with GoodFuels in Rotterdam and a pilot in Gibraltar involving PAS and Boskalis. There have been trials in Singapore with Maersk and VPS (Veritas Petroleum Services). Maersk Tankers and Cargill are now running trials with a sample assurance product, which will demonstrate that by marking the oil as it boards the vessel, they are using their oil properly.

Stuart Hall suggests that since COP 26 and shipping emissions being firmly put under the spotlight, “the conversation has markedly changed” and the emergence of green ‘future’ fuels will encourage a far greater focus on reporting, to provide proof of ‘decarbonising’. A good example may be found in Sweden, where there is a need to distinguish between ‘grey’ methanol produced from hydrocarbon sources and the ‘green’ product or ‘liquid wind’ from the power generated by windfarms. Here DNA can be used in the existing methanol infrastructure to provide a safe and sure identification.

Stuart Hall, who admits that there has been some ‘resistance from bunker people’, suggests that the ability through DNA tagging and flagging can also be useful in providing evidence against pollution charges, or indeed, discovering the source. He points out that the widespread fuel contamination now remembered as the ‘Houston Fuel Crisis’ could have been nipped in the bud early on, had such a system then been available. And if you think it is unacceptable to be loading bunkers that you don’t trust not to wreck the engine, this seems to offer a whole range of good solutions.

Isn’t it about time that we took a closer look at the huge number of regulations that burden shipping, with the object of chucking out those which are well past their ‘sell-by date’? It’s not a new idea, I would suggest that every generation says much the same thing. In my day, I couldn’t understand why we were being examined on the steering and sailing rules in case we met a four-masted barque, or what to do if the lift to a telescopic topmast broke (you bore a hole in the lower mast and fill it up with water, to float the topmast up, in case you want to know).

The Head of Autonomy Solutions at Wärtsilä, who you might expect will be impatient of tradition, wants to know why on earth ships need bells and foghorns when they are stuffed with electronics and have the doors and windows hermetically sealed. He is also pretty scathing about magnetic compasses, logbooks and noon reports, while he thinks that amazing sensors in the machinery spaces really do away with the need for engineers to be prowling around using their sense of touch and smell. And complaining about the numbers of bits of paper ships need to facilitate their passage and the plethora of pilots, he anticipates a time when ships will be monitored remotely from some single point on a convenient coast by a pilot in a control room ashore.

I’m sure there will be plenty of people who will applaud this progressive attitude, but I would offer a few cautions. Not everyone on the briny is careering along in a massive ship stuffed full of electronic wizardry. He might be surprised by the number of yachtsmen and inshore fisherfolk who still appreciate sound signals in poor visibility and, what’s more, can hear them. If he doubts this, I will refer him to that noble lighthouse organisation Trinity House, which when modernising their lighthouses and sound signals a few years ago, confirmed the need for both light and sound from actual users, effectively silencing the owners of big ships who objected to paying light dues and said such aids were redundant.

Similarly, while magnetic compasses may be a bit of a nuisance, it really is difficult to hack one, unlike the ship’s electronic outfit which seems to offer an increasingly tempting target to various forms of cyber-criminal. And although remote pilotage might have enthusiastic supporters, there is nothing like a pilot on the spot to cope with all the things that happen to ships in confined waters. I always recall a German pilot telling me of a ship berthing in his port, where the Master, the only other person on the bridge, had rushed forward to beat up the Mate as the ship approached the berth. Difficult to sort that out with automation.

The blame game Repairers might stand by for some business after an Australian court has moved to confirm unseaworthiness charges against the Master of the APL England which lost 50 containers off the NSW coast in heavy weather in 2020. Accident investigators found wasted container fittings, lashing eyes and rusted guides along with missing twistlocks, when they boarded the ship after she reached port.

Quite how you pin the responsibility to inspect the thousands of container fittings on the poor old master, I cannot imagine, but if the Australians succeed in the subsequent trial, I would suggest that there will be action throughout the container world as people move to check up on their equipment. SORJ

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MARINE MARKETING INTERNATIONAL LTD Unit G15 Challenge House Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6DP, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1908 378822 Mobile: +44 (0) 7720 074113 Email: : repair@marine.marketing Web: : www.marine.marketing Contact: Mike McMahon, Katie Grummett, Jen Buckley, Alex Cesca Companies Represented: Shipyards: Abu Dhabi Ship Building (Adu Dhabi, UAE) Carell SA (Piraeus, Greece) CARENA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) CARIDOC (Chagueramas, Trinidad) ChengXi Shipyard (Jiangyin, China) CSBC Corporation (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) CIC Shipyards Group (China) CMR Tunisia (Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia) Cotecmar, (Cartagena, Colombia) Colombo Dockyard (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Detyens Shipyard (Charleston, USA) EBH South Africa (Capetown & Durban, South Africa) Namdock (Walvis Bay, Namibia) EDR Antwerp Shipyard (Belgium) Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Pasir Gudang, Malaysia) MTG Dolphin (Varna, Bulgaria) Navalrocha SA (Lisbon, Portugal) Oman Drydock Company, (Duqm, Oman) PGZ SW (Gdynia, Poland) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, (Qingdao, China) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinghuangdao, China) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Marine Services BIO-UV Ballast Water Treatment (Lunel, France) Boilerman Ltd (Shanghai, China) Kwang Youn Gi Engineering (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Laser Cladding Technologies (Worksop, UK) Marine Services and Shipping MSS (Farnham, UK) PB Asher (Southampton, UK) Singatac Engineering (Singapore and Bintan, Indonesia) Sinco Automation (Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia) Sunrui Balchlor Ballast Water Treatment (Qingdao, China) Shanghai Willing (Shanghai, China) Zhoushan Haitong Tank Cleaning (Shanghai, China) TruMarine Group (Rotterdam, Singapore, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Dubai) PMax One Services (Singapore)

Australia

HEMPSTEAD MARINE SERVICES 31 Mitchell Street,Putney, Sydney, NSW 2112, Australia Mobile: +61 419880099 Email: semagent@iprimus.com.au

LLITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, POLAND, RUSSIA, UKRAINE

• HICRI ERCILI Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey); •GISAN Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey); OMAN DRYDOCK (Oman); SIMA (Peru); SAN GIORGIO del PORTO (Genova, Italy); TANDANOR (Buenos Aires, Argentina); TSAKOS Industrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay); ZAMAKONA Yards: • Zamakona Pasaia (Spain); • Zamakona Las Palmas (Canary Isl., Spain); Marine Service Companies: ARGO NAVIS (Greece) - Marine consulting & engineering (BWTS, SOxNOx); CHINAPORT CLEANSEAS - de-slopping, cleaning (China); DGS Industrial & Naval (Brazil) - afloat repairs; ELSSI - Drug & Alcohol Testing; MECHADINAMIK - mechanical services, Turkey ONE NET - satelite communications, bridge equipment service; ONE TECH - technical service; RANDOX - Drug & Alcohol Testing; SYM - afloat repairs & marine services.

ACD START ORCA MARINE UAB

Silutes plentas 95D, LT-95112 Klaipeda, Lithuania Tel: +370 46 246430 Mobile: +370 650 40900 Email: info@orca-marine.eu Web: www.orca-marine.eu Contact: Viktoras Cernusevicius Shipyards: ASABA Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea); ASMAR Shipyard (Chile); BRODOTROGIR D.D. Shipyard Trogir (Croatia); CARENA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast); CHANTIER NAVAL de MARSEILLE (France); COLOMBO Dockyards (Sri, Lanka); COSCO Shipyards Group: • COSCO Dalian (China); • COSCO Nantong (China); • COSCO Shanghai (China); • COSCO Zhoushan (China); • COSCO Guangdong (China); • COSCO Lyanungang (China); DAVIE (Quebec, Canada); DETYENS Shipyard (N. Charleston, USA); DONG SUNG Engineering & Shiprepair (S.Korea); DAMEN Shiprepair Group: • DAMEN Shiprepair Dunkerque (France); • DAMEN Shiprepair Oranjewerf Amsterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Brest (France); • DAMEN Shiprepair Den Helder (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Vlissingen (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Amsterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Harlingen (Netherlands); • DAMEN Oskarshamnsvarvet (Sweden); • DAMEN Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Curacao (Curacao, Dutch Antilles).

ENAVI Reparos Navais (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); FAMA Group (Cyprus); GIBDOCK (Gibraltar); HARLAND & WOLFF (Belfast, UK); MMHE Shipyard (Malaysia); MEC Shipyards (Panama); NAMDOCK (Walvis Bay, Namibia) NARP Shiprepair: • Kiran/Erkal Tuzla (Tuzla, Turkey); • HAT-SAN Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey); •TERSAN Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey); •SEFINE Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey);

Thales (NS Wales) CHINA: DSIC Changxingdao Shipyard (Dalian) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Yiu Lian Dockyards(Shekou) Yiu Lian Dockyards( Zhoushan) Qingdao Beihai (Qingdao) Intermarine Engineering (Shanghai) SHIP REPAIR SERVICES: BMT (Spain) Rotterdam Ship Repair (Netherlands) German Ship Repair (Germany) Offshore Inland (US /GoM) Bludworth Marine (Houston) Unity Marine Services (Panama) Mapamar (Brasil) Brightsun(Singapore) Trident divers (Worldwide)

Benelux

ESMA MARINE AGENCIES B.V.

AYS SHIPREPAIR / PC MARITIME Mobile: +31 6 47 952 452 Telephone: +31 85 0160 635 Email: hilka@aysshiprepair.nl hilka@pcmaritime.nl Web: www.aysshiprepair.nl Oranjekanaal ZZ 14, 7853 TC Wezuperbrug, The Netherlands SHIPYARDS: EUROPE: Bulyard (Bulgaria) Bredo Drydocks (Germany) Gibdock (Gibraltar) Sefine Shipyard(Turkey) NORTH AMERICA – CARIBIC: Canada East - Davie (Quebec) Canada West - Seaspan (Vancouver) Seaspan (Victoria) US EASTCOAST Detyens Grand Bahama Shipyards(Bahamas) PERSIAN GULF: NKOM - Nakilat Keppel Offshore Marine (Oman) AFRICA: Namibia NAMDOCK (Walvis bay) SOUTH AFRICA: Dormac (Capetown) Dormac (Durban) Dormac(Saldanha) ASIA: Korea:Orient Shipyard (Busan) Indonesia: ASL Marine( Batam) AUSTRALIA:

Kuiperbergweg 35, 1101 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +31 2 03 121 350 Email: shiprepair@esma.nl Mob: +31 6 51 408 082 Web: www.esma.nl Contact: Cees Onink (Commercial Manager) Mobile: +31 6 22 790 463 Contact: Jeroen Goedvree (Technical Manager) Mobile: +31 6 29 409 141 Companies Exclusively Represented: EUROPE Kuzeystar (Tuzla/Istanbul, Turkey) Lisnave (Setubal, Portugal) Soby Vaerft (Soby Denmark) West Sea Viana Shipyard (Viana do Castelo, Portugal) MIDDLE EAST Drydocks World (Dubai, UAE) Drydocks World Global Offshore Services (DMC Dubai Maritime City, Shiplift) FAR EAST – Colombo Dockyards (Colombo, Sri Lanka) PaxOcean (Asia) PaxOcean (Singapore) PaxOcean Pertama (Batam, Indonesia) PaxOcean Graha (Batam, Indonesia) PaxOcean Nanindah (Batam, Indonesia) CHINA Cosco Shipyard Group Cosco Dalian Shipyard (Dalian) Cosco Nantong Shipyard (Nantong) Cosco Qidong Shipyard (Qidong) Cosco Shanghai Shipyard (Shanghai) Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard (Zhoushan) Cosco Guangdong Shipyard (Guangdong) PaxOcean (Asia) PaxOcean (Zhoushan) WEST AFRICA Dakarnave (Dakar, Senegal)

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Contact Directory SORJ (ShipAgents and Offshore Repair Journal) Cyprus

AIMSS V.O.F Jan van Polanenkade 3, 4811 KM, Breda, The Netherlands Tel: +31 76 737 0002 Email: sales@aimss.nl Web: aimss.nl Contacts: Sami Golestanian E: sg@aimss.nl | Mobile: +31 6 28 96 38 48 Onno Kramer E: ok@aimss.nl | Mobile: +31 6 27 28 90 98 Shipyards: • ASL Batam (Indonesia) • Asmar - Punta Arenas, Talcahuano & Valparaiso (Chile) • Cammell Laird Birkenhead (UK) • NASCO Group Zhoushan- ZTHI on Changbai Island & NASCO on Ce’zi Island (China) • Oman Drydock Duqm (Oman) • SAS Durban (South Africa) • Tersan Yalova (Turkey) • TNG Veracruz (Mexico) • Unithai Chonburi (Thailand) Marine Services: • Diamond Ship (Taiwan) - Shop Stores Supply • General Shipping (Greece) - Tank Coating, Docking Services & Turnkey Projects • Index-Cool (Singapore) - A/C & Refrigeration Plants & HVAC Turnkey Solutions • Nico International (UAE) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • PBM (Croatia) - Governors & ME Services, Woodward Parts & Services • PMS (Panama) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Riding Team (Romania & Bulgaria) - Supply of Qualified Welders, Fitters, Technicians, Electricians etc.

• WAROM (China) - Marine & Offshore Lighting Products • Winkong (China) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Zebec Marine (India) - Design, Engineering & Consulting Solution

China

A. P. & A. LTD (CHINA) No. 9 Block1, Feng Quan Yuan, Guang Yuan East Road Xing Tang, Zheng Cheng, Guangdong 511340, P.R. China Tel: +86 20 8280 7680 Email: china@apanda.com Contact: Haojun Liao Companies Represented (in China and Hong Kong): Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland)

WSR SERVICES LTD 234 Ayias Fylaxeos, CY 3082 Limassol, Cyprus Tel: +357 25344418 Email: mail.cy@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented – Shipyards: ASRY - Bahrain Bredo Dry Docks - Germany Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka CUD ( Weihai) Shipyard - North China Dakarnave - Dakar, Senegal Detyens Shipyards - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Dormac Marine & Engineering - Capetown/Durban, South Africa EDR Antwerp - Belgium Fayard A/S - Munkebo, Denmark Gemak Shipyard - Turkey Guangzhou Wenchong - South China Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. Ireland HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China Hutchison Ports TNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - VeraCruz , Mexico InternaYonal Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Lisnave Estaleiros Navais - Setubal, Portugal Loyd WerZ - Bremerhaven, Germany MTG Dolphin - Varna, Bulgaria Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Onex Syros Shipyard - Syros Island Greece Papua New Guinea Dockyard - Papua New Guinea Sembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades - Singapore Sociber - Valparaiso, Chile IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Orient Shipyard - Korea Underwater and Afloat: Argus Marine Services - Columbia Avalontec Engineering - Singapore NICO InternaYonal ( Dubai,Fujairah) Boilerman - China, Singapore, Kobe Zener MariYme - India, Singapore,Ro_erdam,Houston,Dubai LongKong Marine Eng. Co, Ltd - China Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy ROG Ship Repair - Ro_erdam AtlanYs Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE ORCA Dive Services - Singapore Underwater Contractors -Spain Resolve Marine Services - Gibraltar Reprosub - Las Palmas RIMS BV

Denmark / Finland

Mobile: +4792012755 Email: peter@bsaship.com Web: www.bsaship.com Emden Dockyard (Germany) Dutch Offshore (The Netherlands) ROG Ship Repair (The Netherlands) Brodogradiliste d.o.o Shipyard LP (Croatia) Cernaval Group Algeciras/Malaga (Spain) Hidramar S.L (Canary Islands) General Shipping S. A (Greece) TK Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Sandock Austral Shipyards, (South Africa) Nakilat – Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd N-KOM (Qatar) Unithai Shipyard & Engineering Ltd (Thailand) Fujian Huadong Shipyard Ltd (China) HuaRunDadong Dockyard Ltd HRDD (China) Caribbean Drydock Company S.A CDC (Cuba)

JML SHIPYARD AGENCY Norra Hamngatan 38, 457 40 Fjällbacka, Sweden Tel: +46 525 310 83 Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing Director Mobile: +46 702 20 37 41 Email: jens@jmlshipyardagency.com Contact: Markus Larsson, Partner Mobile: +46 702 20 37 43 Email: markus@jmlshipyardagency.com Contact: Tomas Järund, Business Development Manager Mobile: +46 704 45 50 87 Email: tomas.jarund@jmlshipyardagency.com Web: www.jmlshipyardagency.com Shipyards Represented: Europe Astander, Santander, Spain Astican, Las Palmas, Spain Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany MSR Gryfia Shipyard, Szczecin, Polen Sefine Shipyard, Tuzla, Turkey San Giorgio del Porto, Genoa, Italy Chantier Naval de Marseille, France Middle East Drydocks World, Dubai Far East PaxOcean, Singapore & Batam Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin, China Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard, China PaxOcean, Zhoushan, China DSIC Marine Services, Dalian, China Changhong International Shipyard, Zhoushan, China US, Canada & Caribbean Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruz, Mexico Ciramar Shipyard, Dominican Republic Chantier Davie, Quebec, Canada Caribbean Dockyard, Trinidad & Tobago Afloat Repair: Global Offshore Service, Dubai UAE Offshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

Germany

COMBITRADE GMBH

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BSA SHIPPING AGENCIES ANS Akershusstranda 15, skur 35 0150 Oslo, Norway Contact: Thord Peter Mossberg Tel: +4723085000

Caffamacherreihe 7, 20355 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 80 80 110 600 Fax: +49 40 80 80 110 699 Email: combitrade@combitrade.de Contact: Andreas Schou (+49 172 453 5135)

Timo Schultze (+49 172 453 9610) Frederico Dreves (+49 151 742 30000) Shipyards Represented: EUROPE A&P Tyne (UK) A&P Tees (UK) A&P Falmouth (UK) Aviles Shipyard (North of Spain) Desan Shipyard (Turkey) Eiffel Industries Marine (France Atlantic Side) Gibdock (Gibraltar) La Nuova Meccanica Navale Srl (Italy) MTG Dolphin (Bulgaria) Nauta Shipyard (Poland) MIDDLE EAST Heisco (Kuwait) AFRICA NAMDOCK, Walvis Bay (Namibia) Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. (Elgin Brown & Hamer Group) – (Durban – Capetown – East London) (South Africa) SINGAPORE ST Engineering Marine (Singapore) INDIAN OCEAN Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka) FAR EAST CHI Dalian (China) CHI Nantong (China) CHI Shanghai (Changxing + Huajing) (China) CHI Zhoushan (China) CHI Guangdong (China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard, Zhoushan (China) Jinhai Shipyard, Zhoushan (China) Fujian Huadong Shipyard, Fuzhou (China) Beihai Shipyard, Qingdao (China) CUD, Weihai (China) CSSV Guangxi Shipbuilding, Qingdao (China) ZTHI (China) Nasco (China) Huangpu Wenchong (China) CSBC Koahsiung (Taiwan) CSBC Keelung (Taiwan) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (Korea) ORIENT SHIPYARD CO. LTD (HQ) Busan & Gwangyang Shipyard (Korea) Sam Kang Shipbuilding & Conversion (Korea) CENTRAL AMERICA Caribbean Drydock (Cuba) Caribbean Dockyard (Trinidad & Tobago) SOUTH AMERICA SIMA, Callao (PERU) Cotecmar, Mamonal (Colombia) Tsakos Industrias Navales (Uruguay) Special Services: Edilcom Ou – worldwide (Thickness Measurement, Flying Squad), Entirely Shipping & Trading - Romania (afloat voyage repair/main engine overhaul), Marcontrel – worldwide (Port Repair, Voyage Repair and Electric Cargo Crane Automation), Marship (afloat repair with own berth/voyage repair in European ports/yards), STEP Consolidated – workshops in Brazil, Portugal and South Africa(Port Repair, Voyage Repair incl Flying Squads) M.M. Shipping - Whole Indian Coast (port/voyage repair/spares supply) Seagull Marine – SE Asia (Port Repair, Voyage Repair, specialised in PBCT propeller), Kwang-Youn-Gi Engineering Co. Ltd – Taiwan (Repair workshop with flying squad), Alnmaritec (Aluminium-Workboats), Port Marine Contractors (PTY) LTD – South Africa (Port Repair, Voyage Repair), Pasras - Balboa (port repair, specialised in ship’s automation / main engine remote & safety) Bacviet, Haiphong (Taiwan) (port and voyage repair incl spare parts) Shanghai Marine Technology (China) (specialized in port repair, voyage repair) Hatchtec Marine Service, Shanghai (China) (specialized in hatch cover/deck crane/windless/winch/roro/grab) Kingfisher Marine Service, Shanghai (China)

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Agents RepairsContact Directory (supply & general service, supervision & engineering) Dai Hwa Engineering (port repair, voyage repair).

GERMANIA SHIPYARD AGENCY GMBH Schauenburgerstr. 35, 20095 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 300 877 99 Fax: +49 40 303 826 07 Email: germania@shipyard-agency.de Web: www.shipyard-agency.com Contacts: Christof Gross, Eliane Tietz, Oliver Kirmse Shipyards: North America/Central America/Shipyards: North America/Central America/Caribbean: * Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Canada) * Seaspan Vancouver Drydock (Canada) * Seaspan Victoria Shipyards Company Ltd. (Canada) * TNG Talleres Navales del Golfo (Mexico) South America: * SPI Astilleros S.A. (Argentina) Far East: * DSIC Changxingdao Shipyard Co., Ltd. (Dalian) * Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co., Ltd. (China) * IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd. * PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co. Ltd. (China) * PaxOcean Shipyard Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) * PaxOcean Asia (Pertama, Indonesia) * Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. * Unithai Shipyard and Engineering Ltd (Thailand) * Yiu Lian Dockyards Limited (Hongkong) * Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited, China * Yiu Lian Dockyards (Weihai) Limited, China * Yiu Lian Dockyards (Zhoushan) Limited, China Persian Gulf: * Drydocks World Dubai LLC (UAE) Med/Black Sea: * Bulyard Shipbuilding Industry AD (Bulgaria) * Carell S.A. (Greece) * Chantier Naval de Marseille (France) * San Giorgio del Porto Genoa (Italy) * Sefine Shipyard (Turkey) Europe Atlantic/Baltic: * Astander (Spain) * Astican (Gran Canaria, Spain) * Balt Yard (Gdynia) * BREDO Dry Docks GmbH (Germany) * Blohm+Voss B.V. & Co. KG (Germany) * Harland&Wolff (Belfast, UK) * Navikon SRY Ltd (Poland) * Oresund Drydocks (Sweden) * Pregol Shipyard (Kaliningrad) Afloat Companies: * Bludworth Marine (USA) * BMT Repairs (Spain) * Drydocks World Global Offshore Services (UAE) * DSK Co., Ltd (Korea) * HON Marine (Malaysia) * Longkong Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (China) * Oceantrans Marine Services Co. Ltd (China) * Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield, LLC (USA) * On Site Alignment (Netherlands, UK, USA, Singapore) * MarineService Hirthals A.S. (Denmark) * Metalock (Brasil) * ROG Rotterdam Offshore Group (Netherlands) * Trident B.V. (Netherlands) * Trident (Italia) * Trident (Malta) * Trident (Spain) * Trident (UAE) * UMA Marine Group (India) Spares and Equipment: * Brightsun Marine Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) * Greentec Marine Engineering Co. Ltd * IHB ShipDesign AD * LAB S.A. * SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company (China) * Senda Shipping Engineering & Service Ltd (China) * VICUS Desarrollos Tecnologicos S.L. (Spain)

Greece

A. P. & A. LTD (GREECE) Bona Vista Plaza, 3 Xanthou Street, 166 74 Glyfada, Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 8983 463 Fax: +30 210 8983 434 Email: repairs@apaltd.gr Contact: Andreas Papadakis, Ingrid Papadakis China Cosco Group Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry DSIC Changxingdao ex DSIC Marine Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding Industry CUD Weihai Huarun Dadong Dockyard Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard Paxocean Zhoushan Zhoushan Huafeng Shipyard Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding ex Nasco Yiu Lian Dockyards - Zhoushan Yiu Lian Dockyards - Shekou Yiu Lian Dockyards - Hong Kong Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard Fujian Huadong Shipyard South East Asia Sembcorp Marine Repairs - Singapore (case by case) Paxocean Singapore Paxocean Indonesia - Batam Island ASL Shipyard - Batam Island Turkey - Black Sea Sefine Shipyard TK Tuzla Shipyard Besiktas Shipyard Odessos Shiprepair Yard - Bulgaria Bulyard Shipbuilding - Bulgaria Africa Namibia Drydock - Namibia Dormac Marine & Engineering - South Africa Caribbean Area Caribbean Dockyard & Engineering Services

T J GIAVRIDIS MARINE SERVICES CO LTD 1 Kanari Str. & 79 Akti Miaouli 18537, Piraeus, Tel: (0030) 210-4516 195, (0030) 210-4180 593 Fax: (0030) 210-4182 432 Email: info@giavridisgroup.gr Web: www.giavridisgroup.gr Contact: Mr John Giavridis Mobile: +00306936201988 Contact: Mr Nikolaos Giavridis Mobile: +00306936766165 Shipyards and Ship Repairers Represented AFRICA Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd - Durban (South Africa) Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. - Capetown (South Africa) Namibia Drydock & Ship Repair (Pty.) Ltd. - Walvis Bay (Namibia) AMERICAS Breakwater International (U.S.A.) Detyens Shipyard (U.S.A) Offshore Inland (U.S.A.)

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Marine Hydraulics International (U.S.A.) Talleres Industriales S.A. (Panama) Proios S.A. (Argentina) Tandanor Shipyard (Argentina) Vancouver Drydock Co. - SEASPAN GROUP (Canada) Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. - SEASPAN GROUP (Canada) Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd. - SEASPAN GROUP (Canada) ASIA Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Group (China) Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Zhoushan Shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Shanghai Shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Nantong Shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Guangdong Shipyard Cosco Total Automation Co. Ltd. Keppel Offshore & Marine Group (Singapore) Keppel Shipyard Ltd. - Benoi (Singapore) Keppel Shipyard Ltd. - Gul (Singapore) Keppel Shipyard Ltd. - Tuas (Singapore) Keppel Philippines Marine Inc. Keppel Subic Shipyard & Engineering (Philippines) Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Philippines) Nakilat Keppel Offshore & Marine Shipyard - Keppel Group (Qatar) Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (Japan) Orient Shipyard Co. Ltd. ( South Korea) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China) Yiulian Dockyards Shekou, Weihai & Zhoushan (China) Huarun Dadong Shipyard (China) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China) Fujian Huadong Shipyard (China) Chengxi Shipyard (China) CUD Weihai Shipyard (China) Zhoushan IMC Shipyard (China) Zhoushan Changhong Shipyard (China) Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (China) Zhoushan Paxocean Shipyard (China) Ruitai Nantong Shipyard (China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (China) Zhoushan Huafeng Shipyard (China) Guangzhou Wechong Shipyard (China) Long Kong Marine Engineering (China) Kwang Youn Gi Engineering (Taiwan) Tru - Marine Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) Tru - Marine Dubai (U.A.E.) Tru - Marine Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Zhoushan (China) Pmax One Technologies Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) Dong Sung Marine Engineering (South Korea) EUROPE Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican Shipyard ) (Spain) Astilleros De Santandr S.A. (Astander Shipyard) (Spain) Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.P.A. Group (Italy) Fincantieri Palermo Shipyard (Italy) Fincantieri Trieste Shipyard (Italy) Fincantieri Muggiano Shipyard (Italy) Gryfia Shipyard (Poland) T.K. Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Riga Shipyard (Latvia) Bulyard Shipyard (Bulgaria) Tru - Marine Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Rotterdam Shiprepair RSR(The Netherlands) German Shiprepair GSR ( Germany) OCEANIA Babcock Fitzroy Ltd. (New Zealand) Thales Ship Repair (Australia)

RESOLUTE MARITIME SERVICES INC. 233, Syngrou Avenue, 171 21 N. Smyrni, Athens - Greece Tel: +30 211 182 9000 +30 211 182 8991 Fax: +30 211 182 9002 Email: main@resolute.gr Web: www.resolute.gr Contact: Alex Scaramangas & Nikos Pappas

Principals Asry (Bahrain) Dakarnave (Senegal) Lisnave (Portugal) Gemak/TGE Shipyards (Turkey) CAPPS International UK Co-operation with Ciramar (Dominican Republic) CL Marine - Caribbean Dockyard (Trinidad and Tobago) Dalian Daeyang Shipyard (China) Daishan Haizhou Shipyard (China) Fujian Huadong Shipyard (China) Signal Ship Repair (Mobile, Alabama, US Gulf)

WSR SERVICES LTD 4, Kifisias Avenue, 1st Floor, 15125, Marousi Tel: +3021 0428 2552 Email: mail.gr@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented – Shipyards: Bredo Dry Docks - Germany Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka Detyens Shipyards - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Dormac Marine & Engineering - Capetown/Durban, South Africa Fayard A/S - Munkebo, Denmark Gemak - Turkey Guangzhou Wenchong - South China Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. Ireland HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China InternaYonal Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Loyd WerZ - Bremerhaven, Germany MTG Dolphin - Varna, Bulgaria Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Papua New Guinea Dockyard - Papua New Guinea IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Underwater and Afloat: Argus Marine Services - Columbia Avalontec Engineering - Singapore NICO InternaYonal ( Dubai,Fujairah) Boilerman - China, Singapore, Kobe Zener MariYme - India, Singapore,Ro_erdam,Houston,Dubai LongKong Marine Eng. Co, Ltd - China Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy ROG Ship Repair - Ro_erdam AtlanYs Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE ORCA Dive Services - Singapore Underwater Contractors -Spain Resolve Marine Services - Gibraltar Reprosub - Las Palmas RIMS

SEADOCK MARINE AGENCIES LTD Akti Miaouli & Skouze 1, Piraeus 185 35, Greece Tel: +30 21 0429 2251 Mobile: +30 6947 56 46 36 Email: piraeus@seadockmarine.com Web: www.seadockmarine.com Contact: George Lyras Companies Represented:

Contact Directory SORJ (ShipAgents and Offshore Repair Journal) Emden Dockyard (Emden, Germany) Desan Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) Ozata Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Tuzla - Yalova, Turkey) Ruitai Shipyard (Nantong, China) IMC YY (Zhoushan, China) Stonestar Shipyard (Weihai, China) CUD Shipyard (Weihai, China) Weihai Huadong (Weihai, China) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (Qingdao, China) HRDD Shipyard (Shanghai, China) Zhoushan Huafeng Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Longshan Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) (Mazhou Islands, China) Fujian Huadong Shipyard (Fuzhou, China) Hankook Made (Mokpo, Korea) TurboTechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) Dynamic Co (Piraeus, Greece) Bulyard, Varna (Bulgaria) Astilleros Cernaval (Algeciras, Spain)

Italy

BANCHERO COSTA & C. Agenzia Marittima S.p.A., 2 Via Pammatone, 16121 Genoa, Italy Tel: +39 010 5631 626/629/634 Fax: +39 010 5631 602 Email: shipyard@bcagy.it Web: www.bancosta.it Contact: Fabio Bertolini Mobile: +39 335 8078217 Contact: Daniele Perotti Mobile: +39 335 7366801 Contact: Giovanna Ximone Mobile: +39 335 7366802 Companies Represented: Asaba shipyard (Equatorial Guinea) Astilleros Cernaval, Algeciras (Spain) Astilleros Mario Lopez, Malaga (Spain) Chengxi Shipyard (China) CM Korea Ltd CMR Tunisie (Tunisia) Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka) Cromwell & C. (Argentina) Damen Shiprepair & Conversion •Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (The Netherlands) •Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) •Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) •Damen Shipyards Den Helder (The Netherlands) •Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (France) •Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (The Netherlands) •Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet (Sweden) •Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam (The Netherlands) •Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (The Netherlands) •Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (The Netherlands) •Damen Shipyards Sharjah-Albwardy Marine Engineering (UAE) • Damen Curacao shipyard • Damen Mangalia (former Daewoo Mangalia) • Damen Verolme (former Keppel Verolme) DIANCA Astilleros (Venezuela) EST Engineering Ship Technology (Singapore) Gemak Shipyard (Turkey) General Naval Control (Italy) General Shipping S.A (Greece) Guangzhou Dengtai Shipyard (China) Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (South Korea) Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (Vietnam) Ibercisa (Spanish winches and deck machinery producer) Komas-Korean Maritime Repairs Service (South Korea) Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Malaysia)

MSR Gryfia Shiprepair Yard (Poland) Paxocean Batam Paxocean Singapore Pregol Shiprepair Yard - Kaliningrad (Russian Federation) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China) Riga Shipyard (Latvia) Sasebo Heavy Industries (Japan) Shanghai Shipyard (China) Sociber (Chile) SYM (Barcelona, Spain - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) ST Marine Underwater Shipcare, Singapore.

Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (China)

CAMBIASO RISSO SERVICES SAM Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco Switchboard: + 377 98801360 Fax: + 377 97987848 Email: tech@cariservice.com Web: www.cambiasorissoservice.com Contact: Massimiliano (Max) Iguera Direct Line: +377 98 801361 Mobile: +33 640 623327 Private email: max@cariservice.com Contact: Giovanni Palumbo Direct Line: + 377 98801362 Mobile: +33 640616602 Contact: : Stefano Goffi Direct Line: +37798801363 Mobile: +33640623184 Companies Represented: Alabama Shipyard – Mobile (USA) ASMAR, Chile China Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan) • Kaohsiung Shipyard • Keelung Shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry • Cosco Dalian Shipyard • Cosco Guangdong Shipyard • Cosco Nantong Shipyard • Cosco Shanghai Shipyard • Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard • Cosco Qidong Offshore • Cosco Shipping Ppa, Greece • Cic Changxing Shipyard • Cic Boluomiao Shipyard • Nacks • Dacks • Cic Jiangsu CUD Weihai (China) Dakarnave (Senegal) Drydock World Dubai Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa) Fincantieri Group (Italy) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (China) Gulf Copper (Port Arthur / Galveston / Corpus Christi – USA) IMC – Yy Zhoushan (Zhoushan, China), Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA (Portugal) Namibia Drydock Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Orient Shipyard (South Korea) PaxOcean Batam PaxOcean Singapore Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China) Remontowa Shiprepair Yard (Poland) Renave (Brasil) Santierul Naval Costanta (Romania) Scamp Network Ltd (Gibraltar) Smit International (Rotterdam) Sefine Shipyard (Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Turkey)

Tsakos Indusrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay) Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Unithai Shipyard & Engineering (Thailand) Western India Shipyard (India)

STUDIO TECNICO LONOCE Le Montagne7, Av. De Grande Bretagne, MONACO - 98000 Contact: Mr. Lorenzo Lonoce Tel: +377 93258673 Mobile: +33 640 615643 Email: info@gme.mc Companies Represented: Keppel Shipyard Keppel Philippines • Batangas Yard • Subic Shipyard N-Kom Paxocean Engineering Zhoushan

Orient Shipyard (South Korea) PaxOcean Batam PaxOcean Singapore Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China) Remontowa Shiprepair Yard (Poland) Renave (Brasil) Santierul Naval Costanta (Romania) Scamp Network Ltd (Gibraltar) Smit International (Rotterdam) Sefine Shipyard (Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Turkey) Tsakos Indusrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay) Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Unithai Shipyard & Engineering (Thailand) Western India Shipyard (India)

Italy / Monaco / Switzerland

Monaco

VICTORIA MARITIME SERVICES CAMBIASO RISSO SERVICES SAM Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco Switchboard: + 377 98801360 Fax: + 377 97987848 Email: tech@cariservice.com Web: www.cambiasorissoservice.com Contact: Massimiliano (Max) Iguera Direct Line: +377 98 801361 Mobile: +33 640 623327 Private email: max@cariservice.com Contact: Giovanni Palumbo Direct Line: + 377 98801362 Mobile: +33 640616602 Contact: Stefano Goffi Direct Line: +37798801363 Mobile: +33640623184 Companies Represented: Alabama Shipyard – Mobile (USA) ASMAR, Chile China Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan) • Kaohsiung Shipyard • Keelung Shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry • Cosco Dalian Shipyard • Cosco Guangdong Shipyard • Cosco Nantong Shipyard • Cosco Shanghai Shipyard • Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard • Cosco Qidong Offshore • Cosco Shipping Ppa, Greece • Cic Changxing Shipyard • Cic Boluomiao Shipyard • Nacks • Dacks • Cic Jiangsu CUD Weihai (China) Dakarnave (Senegal) Drydocks World Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa) Fincantieri Group (Italy) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (China) Gulf Copper (Port Arthur / Galveston / Corpus Christi – USA) IMC – Yy Zhoushan (Zhoushan, China), Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA (Portugal) Namibia Drydock Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria)

7 Avenue des Papalins, MC 98000, Monaco Tel: +377 99995160 Email: shiprepair@victoriamaritime.com Web: www.victoriamaritime.com Contact: Luca Spinelli-Donati, Julia Sandmann, Carlo Spinelli-Donati, Maurizio Taviani Shipyards Represented: Art Shipyard (Turkey) ASRY (Bahrain) ASTANDER (Spain) ASTICAN (Spain) Besiktas Shipyard (Turkey) BLRT Group: • Tallinn Shipyard (Estonia) • Turku Repair Yard (Finland) • Western Shipyard (Lithuania) Cammell Laird (UK) Carell (Greece) Chantier Naval de Marseille (France) Dormac (South Africa and Namibia) DS Ship / Yeosu Ocean (Korea) EDR Antwerp Shipyard (Belgium) Fujian Huadong Shipyard (China) Gulf Marine Repair (USA) Huarun Dadong Dockyard (China) International Ship Repair & Marine Services (USA) Multimarine Services (Cyprus) Oresund Drydocks (Sweden) Rosetti Marino YSV (Italy) San Giorgio del Porto (Italy) SEMBCORP MARINE REPAIRS & UPGRADES (Singapore): • Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard • Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard • Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (Brazil) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China) Talleres Navales del Golfo (Mexico) TANDANOR (Argentina) Yu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (China) Marine Service Companies Represented CRUG (Cyprus) Elettrotek Kabel (Italy) FTTM (Italy) Harris Pye Group (UK) PBM (Croatia) Polyflake (USA) SES Marine Services (Singapore) Turbo-Technick Repair Yard (Germany)

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Agents RepairsContact Directory The Netherlands

ESMA MARINE AGENCIES B.V. Kuiperbergweg 35, 1101 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 3121350 Email: shiprepair@esma.nl Mobile: +31 6 51 408 082 Web: www.esma.nl Contact: Cees Onink (commercial manager) Direct: +31 6 22 790 463 Mobile: +31 6 22 790 463 Contact: Jeroen Goedvree (technical manager) Direct: +31 6 29 409 141 Companies Exclusively Represented EUROPE Kuzeystar (Tuzla/Istanbul, Turkey) Lisnave (Setubal, Portugal) Soby Vaerft (Soby Denmark) West Sea Viana Shipyard (Viana do Castelo, Portugal) MIDDLE EAST Drydocks World (Dubai, UAE) Drydocks World Global Offshore Services (DMC Dubai Maritime City, Shiplift) FAR EAST Colombo Dockyards (Colombo, Sri Lanka) PaxOcean (Asia) PaxOcean (Singapore) PaxOcean Pertama (Batam, Indonesia) PaxOcean Graha (Batam, Indonesia) PaxOcean Nanindah (Batam, Indonesia) CHINA Cosco Shipyard Group Cosco Dalian Shipyard (Dalian) Cosco Nantong Shipyard (Nantong) Cosco Qidong Shipyard (Qidong) Cosco Shanghai Shipyard (Qidong) Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard (Zhoushan) Cosco Guangdong Shipyard (Guangdong) PaxOcean (Asia) PaxOcean (Zhoushan) WEST AFRICA Dakarnave (Dakar, Senegal)

AYS SHIPREPAIR / PC MARITIME Oranjekanaal ZZ 14, 7853TC Wezuperbrug, The Netherlands Mobile: +31 6 47 952 452 Telephone: +31 85 0160 635 Email: hilka@aysshiprepair.nl hilka@pcmaritime.nl Web: www.aysshiprepair.nl SHIPYARDS: EUROPE: Bulyard (Bulgaria) Bredo Drydocks (Germany) Gibdock (Gibraltar) Sefine Shipyard(Turkey)

NORTH AMERICA – CARIBIC: Canada East - Davie (Quebec) Canada West - Seaspan (Vancouver) Seaspan (Victoria) US EASTCOAST Detyens Grand Bahama Shipyards(Bahamas) PERSIAN GULF: NKOM - Nakilat Keppel Offshore Marine (Oman) AFRICA: Namibia NAMDOCK (Walvis bay) SOUTH AFRICA: Dormac (Capetown) Dormac (Durban) Dormac(Saldanha) ASIA: Korea:Orient Shipyard (Busan) Indonesia: ASL Marine( Batam) AUSTRALIA: Thales (NS Wales) CHINA: DSIC Changxingdao Shipyard (Dalian) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Yiu Lian Dockyards(Shekou) Yiu Lian Dockyards( Zhoushan) Qingdao Beihai (Qingdao) Intermarine Engineering (Shanghai) SHIP REPAIR SERVICES: BMT (Spain) Rotterdam Ship Repair (Netherlands) German Ship Repair (Germany) Offshore Inland (US /GoM) Bludworth Marine (Houston) Unity Marine Services (Panama) Mapamar (Brasil) Brightsun(Singapore) Trident divers (Worldwide)

AIMSS V.O.F Jan van Polanenkade 3, 4811 KM, Breda, The Netherlands Tel: +31 76 737 0002 Email: sales@aimss.nl Web: aimss.nl Contacts: Sami Golestanian E: sg@aimss.nl | Mobile: +31 6 28 96 38 48 Onno Kramer E: ok@aimss.nl | Mobile: +31 6 27 28 90 98 Shipyards: • ASL Batam (Indonesia) • Asmar - Punta Arenas, Talcahuano & Valparaiso (Chile) • Cammell Laird Birkenhead (UK) • NASCO Group Zhoushan- ZTHI on Changbai Island & NASCO on Ce’zi Island (China) • Oman Drydock Duqm (Oman) • SAS Durban (South Africa) • Tersan Yalova (Turkey) • TNG Veracruz (Mexico) • Unithai Chonburi (Thailand) Marine Services • Diamond Ship (Taiwan) - Shop Stores Supply • General Shipping (Greece) - Tank Coating, Docking Services & Turnkey Projects • Index-Cool (Singapore) - A/C & Refrigeration Plants & HVAC Turnkey Solutions • Nico International (UAE) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • PBM (Croatia) - Governors & ME Services, Woodward Parts & Services • PMS (Panama) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Riding Team (Romania & Bulgaria) - Supply of Qualified

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Welders, Fitters, Technicians, Electricians etc.

• WAROM (China) - Marine & Offshore Lighting Products • Winkong (China) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Zebec Marine (India) - Design, Engineering & Consulting Solution

Norway

BSA SHIPPING AGENCIES ANS Akershusstranda 15, skur 35 0150 Oslo, Norway Contact: Thord Peter Mossberg Tel: +4723085000 Mobile: +4792012755 Email: peter@bsaship.com Web: www.bsaship.com Søby Værft (Denmark) Emden Dockyard (Germany) Dutch Offshore (The Netherlands) ROG Ship Repair (The Netherlands) Brodogradiliste d.o.o Shipyard LP (Croatia) Cernaval Group Algeciras/Malaga (Spain) Hidramar S.L (Canary Islands) General Shipping S. A (Greece) TK Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Sandock Austral Shipyards, (South Africa) Nakilat – Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd N-KOM (Qatar) Unithai Shipyard & Engineering Ltd (Thailand) Fujian Huadong Shipyard Ltd (China) HuaRunDadong Dockyard Ltd HRDD (China) Caribbean Drydock Company S.A CDC (Cuba)

JML SHIPYARD AGENCY Norra Hamngatan 38, 457 40 Fjällbacka, Sweden Tel: +46 525 310 83 Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing Director Mobile: +46 702 20 37 41 Email: jens@jmlshipyardagency.com Contact: Markus Larsson, Partner Mobile: +46 702 20 37 43 Email: markus@jmlshipyardagency.com Contact: Tomas Järund, Business Development Manager Mobile: +46 704 45 50 87 Email: tomas.jarund@jmlshipyardagency.com Web: www.jmlshipyardagency.com Shipyards Represented: Europe Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany Sefine Shipyard, Tuzla, Turkey San Giorgio del Porto, Genoa, Italy Chantier Naval de Marseille, France Middle East Drydocks World, Dubai Far East PaxOcean, Singapore & Batam Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin, China Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard, China PaxOcean, Zhoushan, China DSIC Marine Services, Dalian, China Changhong International Shipyard, Zhoushan, China US, Canada & Caribbean Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruz, Mexico Ciramar Shipyard, Dominican Republic Chantier Davie, Quebec, Canada Caribbean Dockyard, Trinidad & Tobago

Afloat Repair: Global Offshore Service, Dubai UAE Offshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

LINDSTRØM MARINE AGENCIES AS

Thorøyaveien 32, 3209 Sandefjord, Norway Tel: +47 3344 6567 Fax: + 47 3345 4371 Mobile: +47 9188 5803 Email: tom.lindstrom@lmagency.no Contact: Tom E. Lindstrøm Shipyards Represented: Sembcorp Marine Ltd Repairs & Upgrade, Singapore Admiralty Yard Tuas Boulevard Yard Benoi Yard Tuas Road Yard Sembcorp Marine Kakinada, India Fincantieri, Italy Oceanus Marine, Malta

ULRIK QVALE & PARTNERS AS Hoffsveien 13, 0275 Oslo Tel: +47 22511616 Email: post@uqp.no Web: www.uqp.no Contact: Oivind Qvale or Anders Lindheim Shipyards Represented: Europe: Bredo Drydocks (Germany) Gemak (Turkey) Lisnave (Portugal) Nauta Shipyard (Poland) Africa: Dakarnave (Senegal) Dormac Marine & Engineering (South Africa) Americas: Asmar (Chile) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas) Renave Industrial Group (Brazil) Seaspan Vancouver Shipyard (Canada) Asia: ARAB Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) CHI Dalian Shipyard (China) CHI Guangzhou Shipyard (China) COSCO Shipping Shipyard (NANTONG) CO Ltd (China) CHI Shanghai Shipyard (China) CHI Xidong (China) CHI Zhoushan Shipyard (China) HSD Marine (Singapore) Japan Marine United Corp (Japan)

Poland

A. P & A. POLAND LTD ul Jaskowa Dolina 112, 80-286 Gdansk, Poland Tel: +48 58 341 7988

Contact Directory SORJ (ShipAgents and Offshore Repair Journal) Fax: +48 58 345 4801 Email: apapol@apaltd.com.pl Contact: Kostas Milionis Companies Represented: COSCO Shipyard Group (China) • Dalian • Guandong • Lianyungang • Nantong • Shanghai • Zhoushan Chengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) (China) Pallion Shipyard (UK) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China)

LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, POLAND, RUSSIA, UKRAINE

Marine Service Companies: ARGO NAVIS (Greece) - Marine consulting & engineering (BWTS, SOxNOx); CHINAPORT CLEANSEAS - de-slopping, cleaning (China); DGS Industrial & Naval (Brazil) - afloat repairs; ELSSI - Drug & Alcohol Testing; ONE NET - satelite communications, bridge equipment service; ONE TECH - technical service; RANDOX - Drug & Alcohol Testing; SHANGHAI WILLING - repair & conversion management in China.

SYM - afloat repairs & marine services.

Russia

ORCA MARINE UAB

Silutes plentas 95A, LT-95112, Klaipeda, Lithuania Tel: +370 46 246430 Mobile: +370 650 40900 Email: info@orca-marine.eu Web: www.orca-marine.eu Contact: Viktoras Cernusevicius Shipyards: ASABA Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea); ASMAR Shipyard (Chile); BRODOTROGIR D.D. Shipyard Trogir (Croatia); CARENA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast); CHANTIER NAVAL de MARSEILLE (France); COLOMBO Dockyards (Sri, Lanka); COSCO Shipyards Group: • COSCO Dalian (China); • COSCO Nantong (China); • COSCO Shanghai (China); • COSCO Zhoushan (China); • COSCO Guangdong (China); • COSCO Lyanungang (China); DAVIE (Quebec, Canada); DETYENS Shipyard (N. Charleston, USA); DONG SUNG Engineering & Shiprepair (S.Korea); DAMEN Shiprepair Group: • DAMEN Shiprepair Dunkerque (France); • DAMEN Shiprepair Oranjewerf Amsterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Brest (France); • DAMEN Shiprepair Den Helder (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Vlissingen (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Amsterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Harlingen (Netherlands); • DAMEN Oskarshamnsvarvet (Sweden); • DAMEN Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam (Netherlands); • DAMEN Shiprepair Curacao (Curacao, Dutch Antilles).

ENAVI Reparos Navais (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); EBH NAMIBIA (Walvis Bay, Namibia); FAMA Group (Cyprus); GIBDOCK (Gibraltar); HARLAND & WOLFF (Belfast, UK); SEMBCORP (Singapore); MEC Shipyards (Panama); NARP Shiprepair: • Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) • Kiran/Erkal Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) • Hat-San Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) • Tersan Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) • Sefine Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey)OMAN DRYDOCK (Oman); SIMA (Peru); SAN GIORGIO del PORTO (Genova, Italy); TANDANOR (Buenos Aires, Argentina); TSAKOS Industrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay); ZAMAKONA Yards: • Zamakona Pasaia (Spain); • Zamakona Las Palmas (Canary Isl., Spain);

WSR SERVICES LTD 17, Serova street, prem. X Novorossiysk, Russia Tel: +749 9918 4307 Email: mail.ru@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented - Shipyards: ASRY - Bahrain Bredo Dry Docks - Germany Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka CUD ( Weihai) Shipyard - North China Dakarnave - Dakar, Senegal Detyens Shipyards - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Dormac Marine & Engineering - Capetown/Durban, South Africa EDR Antwerp - Belgium Fayard A/S - Munkebo, Denmark Gemak Shipyard - Turkey Guangzhou Wenchong - South China Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. Ireland HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China Hutchison Ports TNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , Mexico InternaYonal Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Lisnave Estaleiros Navais - Setubal, Portugal Loyd WerZ - Bremerhaven, Germany MTG Dolphin - Varna, Bulgaria Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Onex Syros Shipyard - Syros Island Greece Papua New Guinea Dockyard - Papua New Guinea Sembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades - Singapore Sociber - Valparaiso, Chile IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Orient Shipyard - Korea Underwater and Afloat Argus Marine Services - Columbia Avalontec Engineering - Singapore NICO InternaYonal ( Dubai,Fujairah) Boilerman - China, Singapore, Kobe Zener MariYme - India, Singapore,Ro_erdam,Houston,Dubai LongKong Marine Eng. Co, Ltd - China Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy ROG Ship Repair - Ro_erdam AtlanYs Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE ORCA Dive Services - Singapore Underwater Contractors -Spain Resolve Marine Services - Gibraltar Reprosub - Las Palmas RIMS

Singapore

JML SHIPYARD AGENCY

WSR SERVICES LTD 10 Eunos Road 8, #13-06, Singapore Post Centre, S408600 Tel: +65 315 81050 Email: mail.sg@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented - Shipyards: Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Ciramar - Dominican Republic Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka CUD ( Weihai) Shipyard - North China Detyens Shipyards - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Dormac Marine & Engineering - Capetown/Durban, South Africa EDR Antwerp - Belgium Fayard A/S - Munkebo, Denmark Guangzhou Wenchong - South China HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China Hutchison Ports TNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , Mexico InternaYonal Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Onex Syros Shipyard - Syros Island Greece IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Underwater and Afloat Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy AtlanYs Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE Underwater Contractors -Spain Argus Marine Services - Columbia

Sweden

Norra Hamngatan 38, 457 40 Fjällbacka, Sweden Tel: +46 525 310 83 Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing Director Mobile: +46 702 20 37 41 Email: jens@jmlshipyardagency.com Contact: Markus Larsson, Partner Mobile: +46 702 20 37 43 Email: markus@jmlshipyardagency.com Contact: Tomas Järund, Business Development Manager Mobile: +46 704 45 50 87 Email: tomas.jarund@jmlshipyardagency.com Web: www.jmlshipyardagency.com Shipyards Represented Europe Astander, Santander, Spain Astican, Las Palmas, Spain Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany MSR Gryfia Shipyard, Szczecin, Polen Sefine Shipyard, Tuzla, Turkey San Giorgio del Porto, Genoa, Italy Chantier Naval de Marseille, France Middle East Drydocks World, Dubai Far East PaxOcean, Singapore & Batam Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin, China Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard, China PaxOcean, Zhoushan, China DSIC Marine Services, Dalian, China Changhong International Shipyard, Zhoushan, China US, Canada & Caribbean Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruz, Mexico Ciramar Shipyard, Dominican Republic Chantier Davie, Quebec, Canada Caribbean Dockyard, Trinidad & Tobago Afloat Repair Global Offshore Service, Dubai UAE Offshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

Switzerland

BSA SHIPPING AGENCIES ANS

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED

Akershusstranda 15, skur 35 0150 Oslo, Norway Contact: Thord Peter Mossberg Tel: +4723085000 Mobile: +4792012755 Email: peter@bsaship.com Web: www.bsaship.com Emden Dockyard (Germany) Dutch Offshore (The Netherlands) ROG Ship Repair (The Netherlands) Brodogradiliste d.o.o Shipyard LP (Croatia) Cernaval Group Algeciras/Malaga (Spain) Hidramar S.L (Canary Islands) General Shipping S. A (Greece) TK Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Sandock Austral Shipyards, (South Africa) Nakilat – Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd N-KOM (Qatar) Unithai Shipyard & Engineering Ltd (Thailand) Fujian Huadong Shipyard Ltd (China) HuaRunDadong Dockyard Ltd HRDD (China) Caribbean Drydock Company S.A CDC (Cuba)

26 Flour Square, Grimsby NE Lincs, DN31 3LP United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1472 245500 Fax: +44 (0) 1472 245511 Email: services@encompassmarine.com Web: www.encompassmarine.com Contacts: David Maitland, Jon Thompson Diving & Marine: Alan Jagger, Danielle Roberts Shipyards Represented ART (Tuzla, Turkey) Asaba Shipyard (Malabo, Equitorial Guinea) Cammell Laird Shiprepairers (Merseyside, UK) Chengxi Shipyard (Jaingyin & Xinrong, China) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport, Bahamas) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Hidramar Shipyards (Canary Isles, Spain) Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) Keppel Philippines Marine (Philippines) • Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Batangas) • Subic Shipyard (Subic) Navantia (Spain) • Cadiz Shipyard (Cadiz) • Cartagena Shipyard (Cartagena) • Ferrol-Fene Shipyard (Ferrol) • San Fernando Shipyard (San Fernando)

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ADV E R T IS E WI TH US www.shipandoffshorerepair.com

Orient Shipyards (Busan/ Gwanyang, Korea) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdoo, China) Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Diving & Marine Service Companies Represented Atlantis Marine Services (Fujairah, UAE) Blay Marine Tech (Spain) Hellenika (Bulgaria) Irwin Marine Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands) Lagersmit Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore) Marine Technical Services (Poland) Maritime Shipcleaning Rotterdam NARP Ship Repair (Turkey) Rentong Marine (China) Rotterdam Ship Repair South Bank Marine Charts (Grimsby, UK) Underwater Shipcare (Singapore) Underwater Contractors Spain (Spain) Zener Maritime (Rotterdam, Mumbai, Singapore) Over 200 diving stations worldwide

U.A.E

WSR SERVICES LTD

Churchill Tower 1, Business Bay, Office 1403, Dubai, U.A.E. T:+971 4338 8918 Email: mail.ae@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com

Companies Represented - Shipyards: Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Ciramar - Dominican Republic Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka Detyens Shipyards - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Dormac Marine & Engineering - Capetown/Durban, South Africa EDR Antwerp - Belgium Fayard A/S - Munkebo, Denmark Guangzhou Wenchong - South China HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China Hutchison Ports TNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , Mexico InternaYonal Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Onex Syros Shipyard - Syros Island Greece IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Underwater and Afloat Argus Marine Services - Columbia Boilerman - China, Singapore, Kobe

United Kingdom

Alignment • PBM (Croatia) Governors & ME Services, Woodward Parts & Services • PMS (Panama) Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • RIMS (The Netherlands) Inspection with Drones • ROG (The Netherlands) Afloat & Voyage Repairs • Riding Team (Romania & Bulgaria) Supply of Qualified Welders, Fitters, Technicians, Electricians etc.

• WAROM (China) Marine & Offshore Lighting Products • Winkong (China Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Zebec Marine (India) Design, Engineering & Consulting Solutions

A. P. & A. Ltd

International House, 7 High St, London, W5 5DB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 8840 8845 Fax: +44 20 8840 8843 Email: ship@apanda.com Web: www.apanda.com Contact: Andreas Papadakis, George Papadakis Companies Represented (Exclusive): Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland) Chantier Naval de Marseille San Giorgio del Porto, Genoa COSCO Heavy Industries Group (China) • Dalian • Guangdong • Nantong • Shanghai • Zhoushan Oman Dry Dock Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Coimbra Shiprepair (Brazil) Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Unithai Shipyard ( Thailand)

AIMSS GROUP LTD 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9FD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 3488 5528 Email: sales@aimss.co.uk Web: aimss.co.uk Shipyards: • ASL (Indonesia) • Cernaval (Spain) • Kuzey Star (Turkey) • NASCO Group (China) • Reimerswaal (The Netherlands) • SAS (South Africa) • SNC (Romania) • TNG (Mexico) • Unithai Thailand) Marine Services: • DSMS (The Netherlands) Supply & Overhaul of Engine Parts, T/C, Pumps, Pneumatics & Hydraulics • Diamond Ship (Taiwan) Ship Stores Supply • Hai Ha M&S (Vietnam) Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Index-Cool (Singapore) A/C & Refrigeration Plants & HVAC Turnkey Solutions • MME (The Netherlands) NTD, Advanced NDT, Marine Surveys & Rope Access • On Site Alignment (The Netherlands)

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CALVEY MARINE LIMITED Broomers Barn, Merrywood Lane, Storrington, West Sussex RH20 3HD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1903 748860 Fax: +44 (0) 1903 743390 Email: calvey@calveymarine.co.uk Web: www.calveymarine.co.uk Contact: Steven Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7885 217869 Contact: Suzanne Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7867 785957 Contact: Jessica Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 726274 Companies Represented: AMI Exchangers (Hartlepool) Beihai Shipyard (Qingdao) Beihai Lifeboats (Qingdao) Brightsun Group (Singapore) ` Cassar Ship Repair (Malta) Chengxi Shipyard (Jiangyin) Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Changxing Shipyard (Shanghai)

CHI Shipyards (China) Ciramar Shipyard (Dominican Republic) Diesel Marine International (Worldwide) Drydocks World Dubai (UAE) Drydocks World Dubai Global Offshore Services (UAE) Fujian Shipyard – Huadong Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard Greens Power (UK) JinHai Shipyard (Zhoushan) Co.,Ltd.China King-Marine (Global based in China) Lisnave Shipyard (Portugal) Nauta Shiprepair (Gdynia, Poland) North East Ship Repair, (Boston) North East Ship Repair (Philadelphia) Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services (Alabama, USA) Pan Asia Company Ltd, South Korea PaxOcean Graha (Indonesia) PaxOcean Nanindah (Indonesia) PaxOcean Offshore Zhuhai PaxOcean Pertama (Indonesia) PaxOcean Shipyard Zhoushan PaxOcean Singapore Professional Manpower Supply (Panama) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (North China) Seatec Repair Services – (Worldwide) Tersan Shipyard – (Tuzla, Yalova) UMC International - (Worldwide) Vancouver Shipyard - (Vancouver) Victoria Shipyard - (Victoria) Viktor Lenac Shipyard (Croatia) Worldwide Underwater Services Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Yiu Lian Dockyards, Zhoushan, China Young & Cunningham Valves (North Shield)

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED 26 Flour Square, Grimsby, NE Lincs, DN31 3LP, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1472 245500 Email: services@encompassmarine.com Web: www.encompassmarine.com Contacts: David Maitland, Jon Thompson Diving & Marine: Alan Jagger, Danielle Roberts Shipyards Represented: ART (Tuzla, Turkey) Asaba Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea) Besiktas Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) BLRT Group • Tallinn Shipyard (Tallinn, Estonia) • Turku Repair Yard (Turku, Finland • Western Shipyard (Klaipeda, Lithuania) Cammell Laird Shiprepairers (Merseyside, UK) Chengxi Shipyard (Jaingyin & Xinrong, China) ENA Shipyard (Martinique) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Hidramar Shipyards (Canary Isles, Spain) Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) ISR Repair & Marine Service (Tampa, USA) Keppel Shipyard (Singapore) Keppel Philippines Marine (Philippines) • Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Batangas) • Subic Shipyard (Subic) Orient Shipyards (Busan/ Gwanyang, Korea) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdao, China) West Sea Viana Shipyard (Viana de Castelo, Portugal) Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Diving & Marine Service Companies Represented Atlantis Marine Services (Fujairah, UAE) Blay Marine Tech (Spain)

Agents Contact Directory SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal) Hellenika (Bulgaria) Irwin Marine Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands) Keyser Technologies (Singapore) Lagersmit Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore) Marine Technical Services (Poland) Maritime Shipcleaning Rotterdam Malin International Ship Repair (Texas, USA) Metalock Brasil (Brasil) Metalock Engineering DE (Germany) NARP Ship Repair (Tuzla, Turkey) Rotterdam Ship Repair South Bank Marine Charts (Grimsby, UK) Talleras Industriales (Panama) Techcross BWMS (Korea) Underwater Contractors Spain (Algeciras, Spain) Underwater Shipcare (Singapore) Zener Maritime (Rotterdam, Mumbai, Singapore) Over 200 diving stations worldwide

Web: www.lrmidland.co.uk Contact: Jon Holloway Shipyards Represented: Shipyards Represented: Sembcorp Marine (Singapore) - Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard - Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Asmar (Chile) - Punta Arenas - Talcahuano - Valparaiso ASRY (Bahrain) Dakarnave – Dakar (Senegal) Dormac (South Africa) - Cape Town - Durban - Walvis Bay Estaleriro Jurong Aracruz – Aracruz (Brazil) Gemak – Tuzla (Turkey) Gibdock (Gibraltar) Grand Bahama Shipyard – Freeport (Bahamas) Mare Island Dry Dock – Vallejo, Ca (USA) NICO International (UAE) - Abu Dhabi - Dubai - Fujairah Oresund Drydocks – Landskrona (Sweden)

EMCS INTERNATIONAL LTD (MLC2006 Approved/ISO9001:2015 Accredited)

Marion House 9 Station Road Port Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6AE United Kingdom Tel: +44 1624 833955 Group email: enquiries@emcs.co.im Web: www.emcs.co.im Contact: Steve George/Richard George Mobile: +44 7624 492 716 Contact: Amanda Green (North East UK Representative) Tel: 0191 5160010 Mobile: +44 77363 18126 Services Provided: Labour Supply for afloat (“riding teams”)/shipyard/offshore repairs and maintenance All trades provided including welders, platers, mechanical/ engine fitters, pipefitters, scaffolders, riggers, blaster/painters, tank cleaners, electricians plus chargehands and foremen.

Consultancy Services/Vessel Inspections Diving Services Worldwide (For diving enquiries contact Jamie Skillen +44 7624 232916) Companies Represented: Electro Partners NV - Electrical/Electro Mechanical Workshop and Vessel Based Repairs (Antwerp/NW Europe) Navicom Marine Limited – Radio/Navigation Equipment Repairs and Spares (Malta) Marine Marketing Int (agent for IOM only) Polyflake Europe - Products and applications for extending the lifestyle of a vessel. www.polyflake.eu Course Managed: Ship Superintendents’ Training Course. (For all enquiries and reservations contact Cheryl Reeday) Sister Company: Ramsey Shipping Services: Above and below waterline repairs at Ramsey Shipyard, Isle of Man and ship’s agency services

L&R MIDLAND (UK) LTD. 27 Milton Road Hampton TW122LL Tel: +44 (0) 20 3856 6520 D: +44 (0) 20 3856 6521 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 1214 8881 Email: jholloway@lrmidland.com

MARINE MARKETING INTERNATIONAL LTD Unit G15 Challenge House Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6DP, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1908 378822 Mobile: +44 (0) 7720 074113 Email: repair@marine.marketing Web: www.marine.marketing Contact: Mike McMahon, Katie Grummett, Jen Buckley, Alex Cesca Companies Represented: Shipyards: Abu Dhabi Ship Building (Adu Dhabi, UAE) Carell SA (Piraeus, Greece) CARENA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) CARIDOC (Chagueramas, Trinidad) ChengXi Shipyard (Jiangyin, China) CSBC Corporation (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) CIC Shipyards Group (China) CMR Tunisia (Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia) Cotecmar, (Cartagena, Colombia) Colombo Dockyard (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Detyens Shipyard (Charleston, USA) EBH South Africa (Capetown & Durban, South Africa) Namdock (Walvis Bay, Namibia) EDR Antwerp Shipyard (Belgium) Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Pasir Gudang, Malaysia) MTG Dolphin (Varna, Bulgaria) Navalrocha SA (Lisbon, Portugal) Oman Drydock Company, (Duqm, Oman) PGZ SW (Gdynia, Poland) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, (Qingdao, China) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinghuangdao, China) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Marine Services BIO-UV Ballast Water Treatment (Lunel, France) Boilerman Ltd (Shanghai, China) Kwang Youn Gi Engineering (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Laser Cladding Technologies (Worksop, UK) Marine Services and Shipping MSS (Farnham, UK) PB Asher (Southampton, UK) Singatac Engineering (Singapore and Bintan, Indonesia)

Sinco Automation (Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia) Sunrui Balchlor Ballast Water Treatment (Qingdao, China) Shanghai Willing (Shanghai, China) Zhoushan Haitong Tank Cleaning (Shanghai, China) TruMarine Group (Rotterdam, Singapore, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Dubai) PMax One Services (Singapore)

EMCS & SES marine Lagersmit SPS Technology

L&R MIDLAND INC.

SEADOCK MARINE AGENCIES LTD 123 Minories, London EC3N 1NT, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 20 7680 4000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7553 0001 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 10 327 004 Email: sales@seadockmarine.com Web: www.seadockmarine.com Contact: George D. Skinitis Companies Represented: Emden Dockyard (Emden, Germany) Chalkis Shipyards (Chalkis, Greece) Metalships & Docks (Vigo, Spain) Ozata Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Tuzla - Yalova, Turkey) Navalink Srl, (Constanta, Romania) Ruitai Shipyard (Nantong, China) IMC YY Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Stonestar Shipyard (Weihai, China) Hankook Made (Mokpo, Korea) TurboTechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) Dynamic Co. (Piraeus, Greece) Bulyard (Varna, Bulgaria) Astilleros Cernaval (Algeciras, Spain) N-KOM (Qatar)

788 W Sam Houston Pkwy North Suite 200 Houston, TX 77024 USA Tel: + 001 713 680 0909 Fax: +001 713 680 9704 Email: shipyard@lrmidland.com Web: www.lrmidland.com Contact: Tom McQuilling, Ryan Smith, James McQuilling Shipyards Represented: Sembcorp Marine (Singapore) - Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard - Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (Netherlands) - Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Vlissingen Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (France) - Dunkerque - Brest Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (Curacao) - Willemstad Dormac (South Africa) - Cape Town - Durban - Walvis Bay Fincantieri (Italy)

United States

SHIP REPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LTD The Manor Grain Store, Eastleach, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 3NQ Tel: +44 (0) 1367 860 050 Mobile: +44 (0) 7767 690 704 Email: ship@shiprepairers.co.uk Web: www.shiprepairers.co.uk Contact: Roderick Wordie Tel: +44 (0) 7767 690704 Companies Represented Asmar (Punta Arenas, Chile) Asmar (Talcahuano,Chile) Asmar (Valparaiso, Chile) ASRY (Bahrain) Barkmeijer Shipyards (Netherlands) Dakarnave (Senegal) Dormac Cape Town (South Africa) Dormac Durban (South Africa) Dormac Walvis Bay (Namibia) FAYARD (Denmark) Gemak (Turkey) Gibdock (Gibraltar) Hong Kong United Dockyard (HK) Huarun Dadong (Shanghai) NICO International (Fujairah, Dubai & Abu Dhabi) ST Engineering Marine (Singapore) Tsakos (Uruguay) Agencies Cleanship Solutions

VOGLER MARINE

AGENCIES LLC

20 Bartles Corner Road, Flemington New Jersey 08822, USA Tel: +1-908-237-9500 Fax: + 1-908-237-9503 Email: shiprepair@vogler.net Contact: Donald W Vogler Shipyards Exclusively Represented: ASRY Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (Bahrain) DORMAC Pty. Ltd. (Durban, Cape Town, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay, Walvis Bay South Africa) SOCIBER (Chile) ASMAR Shipyards CHILE (Talcahuano, Punta Arenas and Valparaiso) Shiprepair Companies Exclusively Represented Metalo ck do Brasil Ltda. (Brazil)

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Agents Contact Directory SIMPLEX AMERICAS LLC

20 Bartles Corner Road, Flemington, New Jersey 08822, USA Tel: +1-908-237-9099 Fax: +1-908-237-9503 Mobile: 24/7/365 +1-908-581-0900 Email: info@simplexamericas.com Web: www.simplexamericas.com Contact: Donald W Vogler – President Factory Service, Spares and Sales

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Jastram GmbH: Rudder Propellers and Thrusters Nakashima Propeller Co. Ltd. CPP, Thrusters and CPP Thrusters Niigata Power Systems Co. Ltd. Z-Pellers and Marine Diesel Engines RiverTrace Engineering Ltd. Oil Content Monitors, Bilge Alarm Monitors Simplex Compact Stern Tube Seals Service performed in dry dock, afloat, as well as underwater SKF Coupling Systems AB: OKC and OKCS Shaft Couplings, OKF Flange Couplings, Supergrip Bolts

Turbulo Oily Water Separators Service, Spares and Sales Controllable and Fixed Pitch Pitch Propellers, Thrusters, Couplings, Gearbox, Z Drives Full Propulsion Packages Total Shafting Solutions Sales and Service of Diesel Engines,CPP, Thrusters, Gearboxes, & Couplings Shaft Alignment, In-Situ Machining, Chocking and Mounting Service Underwater Repairs and Service

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