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44 Ocean space centre
18 Autonomous tug
45 Important messaging
23 Tidal titans
One of the world’s most advanced facilities for ocean research and education set to open
Developers have achieved an important regulatory step forward with their autonomous tug
Innovative modular floating scaffolding system at COP26 to build a sunken protest pontoon
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27 Archimedes
46 ARB Wind
Briggs Marine, a UK provider of marine and environmental services has acquired a majority stake in ARB Wind
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Collaboration agreement with the goal of delivering more UK-built tidal turbines in the water A diving support ship billed as “technically extremely complex” and unique to Europe
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Aarsleff Ground Engineering has invested in the world’s first battery-powered pile driving rig
33 Cable re-burial
Trenching vehicle modified to enable a tricky intertidal live export cable re-burial
35 Hybrid fleet
Hybrid vessel fleet to support the UK’s off shore wind market under construction
13 Claire Mack
Charging rules “restricting the development of major renewable energy projects”
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COVER SHOT Patrol 21 WP SAR is the latest addition to Baltic Workboats’ SAR vessel fleet. This capable search and rescue vessel is specifically designed to operate in rough conditions and has numerous features to make sure that shipwrecked persons are safely recovered. She has a lowered aft deck area on the vessel waterline level together with a hydraulic platform which helps to retrieve people from sea. On both sides of the wheelhouse there are rescue davits with rescue nets. The bridge of the vessel is designed with a 360° view and large windows in the wheelhouse roof above the console. There is also a lookout position behind the wheelhouse with engine and jet controls
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to guarantee that the captain will have the best overview of the situation at hand. The rescue capacity of Patrol 21 WP SAR is 20 people plus four stretcher positions. The vessel also features a helicopter winching area on the aft deck and a FiFi monitor on the foredeck. Maximum speed is 25 knots and precise manoeuvrability is guaranteed by two waterjet units and bow thruster. Margus Vanaselja, CEO, Baltic Workboats said: “Our design, engineering and construction teams are delivering workboats with proven designs around the world. These vessels fulfil the customer’s needs, providing them an even safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly product”. 8 For more information: www.bwb.ee
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Global provider of intelligent remote communication solutions, Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST) announces the appointment of Andrew Peters as Group Managing Director. Andrew has held leadership roles in several telecoms and technology organisations, including CEO of Deutsche Telekom UK and Telefonica UK, with significant experience in M&A and business integration.
Energy
RenewableUK has appointed three new energy experts to the association’s Board of Directors. The Board supports RenewableUK to set strategy and priorities for the association. Joining the Board are Graham Cooley, Chief Executive Officer at ITM Power, Kate Turner, Policy and Regulation Director at ScottishPower Renewables and Gordon MacDougall, Managing Director at BayWa r.e.
Diving
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has announced that Bill Chilton has joined the team as Technical Adviser – Diving. Bill has 25 years’ experience in the commercial diving industry. He joins IMCA having worked at the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) for 12 years as a Diving Specialist Inspector regulating the safety of divers.
Financial
ShipMoney, a global maritime provider of digital payment solutions, has won the prestigious Marine Digital Technology Award organized by Seatrade Maritime in association with Lloyd’s List. Regarded as the industry’s leading awards programme, Seatrade Awards has been championing the work of individuals and organisations for over three decades.
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to dive into the ocean space. The second building houses the Flexlab: an existing ocean pool transformed to an unparalleled combination of various pools for education and small-scale testing. Two large pools are placed in the third building. Here, one can also find the construction and machine laboratories, workshops and storage. Reaching 280 metres in length, the building contains significant volumes both above and under ground to allow for pools up to 25-metres in depth. Stein Lier-Hansen, CEO of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, said: “International competition is fierce and Norway now needs to ensure that our centres of excellence in ocean space technology stay at the leading edge. A modern infrastructure for research and next-generation laboratories will make important contributions to winning new markets, guaranteeing jobs and industrial development, and resolving environmental challenges The Ocean Space Centre’s regulation plan was approved by Trondheim’s City Council on September 2, 2021 and is scheduled to start construction summer 2022.
One of the world’s most advanced facilities for ocean research and education, the Ocean Space Centre will be built in Trondheim, Norway. It aims to contribute to the development and restructuring of the maritime industry locally, nationally and globally. The 49.000 square metre knowledge centre’s world-class laboratories and research facilities will be ‘a centre of gravity within ocean space technology’, keeping Norway at the forefront of this critical industry. It will contain both wet and dry laboratories with ocean pools,
construction and machine laboratories, educational facilities and laboratories, offices and meeting spaces. The facilities create a unique framework for research and competence within ocean space and are adapted to various functions and activities, while also being tied together by an overarching architectural expression and rhythm. tors to the Ocean Space Centre will first encounter the research and educational building. More than being an inspirational learning platform for students and researchers, the building also invites other visitors
Damen Shipyards Group is opening its latest service hub, in Hamburg, Germany. This takes the total number of hubs to fifteen, spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and Australia. The hubs ethos is to provide a local service, worldwide, and the Hamburg hub will act as the one-stop-shop for Damen customers located in the region seeking warranty service, training and service support. However, customers do not necessarily need to own Damen vessels. The group’s resources are available to all seeking advice and support as well as access to facilities and expertise. The Hamburg hub will serve not only Germany but also Denmark and Poland. Hamburg is staffed by local personnel with experience of ship building and maintenance in their
15th service hub opened
region and able to respond quickly to enquiries. The hub is also expanding its network of local suppliers to ensure that products and services are sourced locally wherever possible. “A key part of our service offering is the provision of integrated maritime solutions,” said Carsten Wiese, Service Hub Manager, Hamburg. “By being
8 L-R Carsten Wiese (Service Hub Manager Hamburg, Damen Services); Joschka Böddeling (Sales Manager, Damen); Roderick Buijs (Account Manager Services North Europe, Damen
geographically closer to our customers, we are well positioned to engage with owners throughout the lifecycle of their vessels.”
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COMMERCIAL MARINE PRACTICAL KNOW-HOW HELPS CONVEY IMPORTANT MESSAGE An innovative modular floating scaffolding system was used at COP26 to build a sunken protest pontoon for The Climate Coalition. The ScaffFloat pontoon was mobilised at short notice and installed with the help of local Approved Installer, i-Scaff, who are one of Scotland’s largest independent specialist scaffold contractors. For the press photo, an 8m x 4m scaffold platform was sunk just below the water’s surface, and supported by a set of plastic ScaffFloats on deck. This gives the impression of a ‘flooded’ floor which the charity utilised for a creative photo showing world leaders meeting on a flooded stage. Ross Brown, MD at i-Scaff said ‘’We love helping our customers find innovative solutions to their
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problems, and this has been a great example of the sort of work we can do. We worked in partnership with the ScaffFloat team who did all the design, project management, RAMS and on water safety, whilst we supplied the scaffold and an experienced scaffolder
8 For the press photo, an 8m x 4m scaffold platform was sunk just below the water’s surface
to help with the build.’’ Toby Budd, MD at ScaffFloat added ‘’This is such a great example of how we add value. Initially the client only wanted a floating pontoon with a banner.’’
Italy’s Prysmian Group, has secured the largest ever awarded submarine cable contract in the US. The contract has been awarded by Dominion Energy Virginia, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy Inc., to a consortium made up of Prysmian and the DEME Group, a leader in the offshore wind industry. Prysmian Group is the first cable company in the offshore wind industry to sign a Balance of Plant contract. The total value of the contract is approximately €1.6 billion, of which around €630 million related to Prysmian for the cable supply and the installation works.
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BRIEFS Le Havre
The port of Le Havre has recently been certified compliant with ISO 14001 by AFNOR, thus declaring that the port’s environmental management systems (EMS) meet the standard’s criteria for the following activities: port processing of seagoing vessels, river boats and watercraft, accommodation and life on port land and management of connecting rail and road networks.
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Björn Ullbro has been appointed President, Marine & Offshore business area at Evac Group, a specialist in corrosion protection and onboard waste management.
Briggs Marine, a UK provider of marine and environmental services has acquired a majority stake in ARB Wind, an inspection, testing and certification business for the global wind industry. ARB Wind has a reputation for providing a high-quality service to wind energy clients onshore and the new association with specialist marine services provider Briggs, will enable these skills to be transferred offshore. Collieson Briggs, Managing Director of Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd commented: “Briggs is keen to build on its reputation for providing marine services across all aspects of the renewables industry and this new partnership with ARB Wind allows Briggs to provide a complete package in terms of maintenance services for wind farms, both above and below the waterline.” Briggs and ARB Wind will collaborate closely to provide operations and maintenance services to the increasing
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number of Scottish windfarms, with Briggs providing the marine expertise and project management capabilities to support expansion. With both companies based on the Forth Estuary, they are ideally placed to provide support as well as allowing developers to invest in the local supply chain.
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ARB Wind will remain an autonomous company, teaming with its network of regional, national, and international partners and will continue to target growth in its established onshore wind markets.
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NEWS A centre dedicated to the renewables industry has been opened in Scotland. Offshore and maritime training provider, Clyde Training Solutions (CTS) opened the centre on the Banks of the River Clyde, close to Glasgow city centre. The centre is expected to help the UK’s workforce gain the necessary skills to realise the UK’s green energy ambitions. CTS general manager, Kris McDonald, said: “With more than 70 organisations having bid in the ScotWind leasing auction, we know the demand for this type of training will be there. “That’s why this is not only an investment in the business, but an investment in the future of the energy industry in the UK. The energy transition is in full swing, and with this new facility we will be able to help companies along their journey. “As well as being able to offer GWO (Global Wind Organisation) approved Basic Safety and
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8 Clyde Training Solutions’ new centre will be able to offer the appropriate training to fill the renewables skills gap on one site
Advanced Rescue Training for new and existing companies involved in the energy transition, we now have the platform from which to further improve our offering with even more courses. The new facilities include a multilevel structure with various types of ladders, hatches and fall arrest systems, as well as a
simulated area to escape from height and a structure to simulate the typical components found in a wind turbine, which will provide tight spaces for casualty rescue training. Since its launch in 2016, CTS has become a major provider of marine, offshore and renewables safety training, with a deepwater pool, HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training), fire training and helideck and GWO basic safety already on offer.
Navies, shipowners, shipyards, and organizations have offered the best of birthday wishes to Canada’s Thomson-Gordon Group, the parent company of water-lubricated polymer bearing pioneer Thordon Bearings, as it celebrates its 110th anniversary this autumn. Claude Tremblay, Directorate General Maritime Equipment Program Management National Defence, Royal Canadian Navy, wrote: “We are proud to rely on your top-quality products. At this very moment, Thordon’s bearings are operating on RCN vessels around the world.”
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MARINE RESEARCH (1) Spain (2) 134,994 EUR (3) Presidencia de la Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, M.P., Madrid, Spain (4) Technical service for the biological care and maintenance of marine organisms in the cultivation plant of the Oceanographic Center of the Canary Islands, destined for the Spanish National Institute of Oceanography (5) 1 (6) Asociacion Centro Tecnologico Naval y del Mar, Fuente Alamo De Murcia, Spain VESSEL R&M SERVICES (1) Germany (2) 562,690 EUR (3) Wasserstrassen und Schifffahrtsamt Ems-Nordsee, Emden, Germany (4) Annual repair and maintenance of HMS Friesland (5) 1 (6) Neue Jadewerft Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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DREDGING WORKS 1) Portugal (2) 1,495,565 EUR (3) Direcao-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Seguranca e Servicos Maritimos, Lisboa, Portugal (4) Emergency works in the port of Ericeira comprising of dredging of the port basin and recharge of the provisional head of the breakwater (5) 7 (6) EtermarEngenharia e Construcao, S.A., Setubal, Portugal; Teixeira Duarte - Engenharia e Construcoes, S.A., Porto Salvo, Portugal ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCY (1) UK (2) 235,670 GBP (3) Menter Mon Cyf, Llangefni, UK (4) Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan in line with the planning requirements. This work includes support regarding marine mammals and ornithology (5) 4 (6) MarineSpace Limited, Pembroke Dock, UK
MARITIME SECURITY STUDY (1) France (2) 40,000 EUR (3) MINDEF, Paris, France (4) Prospective and strategic study on “Maritime security in Africa: what governance for tomorrow?” (5) 4 (6) Iris, Paris, France; Ventura Associates, Paris, France PORT ICE CONTROL (1) Netherlands (2) 147,986 EUR (3) Havenbedrijf Amsterdam N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands (4) Taking care of ice control for the Port of Amsterdam in the period from November to March (5) 3 (6) Gladheidbestrijding Mainport Rotterdam, Zuidland, Netherlands
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The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has launched a new online facility as part of the Association’s digital transformation programme which will enable members to access verification services 24 hours a day. It will cover all five certificate types currently issued: Air Diving Supervisor, Bell Diving Supervisor, Life Support Technician, DP Company Authority and DP Trials & Assurance Practitioner. New initiatives such as Accredited Diving System Inspectors will also benefit from the service. A search form is now available at imca-int.com/verify for registered website users to check the status of any certificate provided to them by its holder. The existing option of contacting the IMCA certification team will remain available during London office hours.
Inter-island connectivity Global Marine has completed the initial subsea fibre-optic cable route survey scope for the Scottish Government’s Reaching 100% Programme (R100), being delivered by Openreach on behalf of BT. The project covers inter-island connections between Orkney, Shetland, and the Inner Hebrides as well as two connections back to the Scottish mainland. The Scottish Government-funded R100 project aspires to extend superfast broadband capabilities at speeds of at least 30Mbps to every premises in Scotland. Utilising the subsea knowledge of its sister company OceanIQ, also part of the Global Marine Group, and specialist service provider Fugro, the cable route surveys are now complete, ahead of the 16-route cable lay. The fibre optic cable installation is scheduled to commence early in 2022 and will be delivered by Global Marine’s multi-purpose vessel, Normand Clipper. Three survey vessels were mobilised on the project to complete specific scopes of geophysical and geotechnical survey work along the different cable routes.
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INSPECTION COMPANY OPENS NEW BUSINESS UNIT
installation, and operations and maintenance, will provide clients with a one-stop shop. The first project at the 11-turbine Aberdeen Offshore Windfarm includes underwater surveys and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) inspections, data processing and GIS based deliverables, remote and rope access inspection and maintenance. The contract covers the offshore balance of plant works including the transition pieces, foundations and inter-array and export cables up to and including the landfall at Blackdog. Terraocean will supply all project resources including personnel, survey vessel, equipment, UAV and ROV for the offshore survey. The second contract, which is currently underway, will deliver a similar scope of work for Vattenfall’s 30-turbine Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, which is 10 km off the coast of Barrow-inFurness in North West England.
The Rigmar Group incorporating operating subsidiary companies, a leading global inspection, maintenance, marine services and survey company, has launched a new business unit in 2021. Terraocean, an autonomous operating subsidiary within the Rigmar Group, will focus support in the offshore and onshore
renewable energy sector, including wind, solar, wave, tidal, and hydrogen energy industry. The operating philosophy and focus of Terraocean is to provide services from blade tip to seabed. Terraocean, with its vast experience in engineering, marine project management, surveys and positioning,
Land & Water has completed works on the largest wetland habitat creation project of its kind on the River Thames and River Thame. The wet civil engineering firm carried out works on the River of Life II scheme that aims to demonstrate landscape management of water and wetlands and clean rivers, and the importance and value of water to nature and people. Land & Water’s project manager, Tom Cartmel, said: “Having been appointed in 2019 by Earth Trust, Land & Water has been committed towards using its expertise and skillset to ensure this scheme became a reality. “Not only does this unique wetland landscape support the evolution of local wildlife, it is also plays an incredibly important role in carbon sequestration whilst acting as a natural flood management solution. “Improving the environmental landscape of the UK’s waterways is something that we are very passionate about and so we also used active low-carbon techniques
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8 Land & Water has transformed four locations along the River Thames floodplain in Oxfordshire, including at Clifton Meadow (pictured), Church Farm, Overy Mead and Little Wittenham Wood
during the construction phase to cut carbon emissions.” River of Life II is a partnership project between Earth Trust, Church Farm Partnership and The Hurst Water Meadow Trust. Land & Water’s project team has transformed four locations along the River Thames floodplain in Oxfordshire, including at Clifton Meadow, Church Farm, Overy
Mead and Little Wittenham Wood, through creating 16 ponds, seven backwater channels and 1.6 hectares of woodland covering 46,000m2. The project has a lifespan and potential legacy that will tackle a number of environmental challenges. The new ponds and backwaters will slow down and filter water by trapping sediments and removing pollutants. To further support the demonstration and reduce the use of carbon, 47,000m3 of excavated soil was also spread and ploughed on arable fields.
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MARINE CIVILS Aarsleff Ground Engineering AB in Sweden has invested in the world’s first battery-powered pile driving rig. Junttan Oy, which developed this rig develops and builds solid and reliable piling equipment, and Aarsleff specialises in ground engineering with an emphasis on geotechnically challenging projects and marine structures. The companies have combined their respective strengths and expertise to contribute to sustainability without any limitations on either capacity or performance. “It feels fantastic to finally be able to offer our customers a climate-smart alternative and a more climate-friendly construction site,” says Niclas Brogren, CEO of Aarsleff Ground Engineering AB. He continues: “It was, of course, a strategic decision at Group level that the piling rig ended up right here in Sweden, but it feels really good to be one of the first Swedish
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piling contractors to meet the growing demand and interest for climate-smart solutions for piling work in the construction industry.” The new Junttan PMx2e, is equipped with two battery packs of 396kWh and a 266kW electric motor, which generates a continuous working day of 8-10
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hours. The new piling rig is already in place in Sweden and will soon be heading for its first project. In one year, Aarsleff is estimated to be likely to save 35,000kg of CO2 and 14,000 litres of diesel. To the customers there
are no limitations on the performance of the new battery-powered Junttan PMx2e, compared to the conventional Junttan PMx22. The new piling rig does not produce local emissions and generates significantly less noise when moving across the construction site and can therefore be used in environments with strict emission requirements. According to the CEO of the Aarsleff Group, Jesper Kristian Jacobsen, it is an active choice to take responsibility, lead the way and contribute to the green transition. “This is just the beginning; we will soon see an increasing number of batterypowered machines of this kind at the construction sites. There are no excuses for choosing diesel if you have a more environmentally friendly alternative. Our sustainability work does not end here, it has just begun.”
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MARINE CIVILS In an industry first, floating scaffolding has been used to complete a specialist contract lift on the river Severn. The job further expands the capabilities of the ScaffFloat system that combines patented plastic floats with standard scaffold beams, tubes and clips to make temporary pontoons and workboats for inland and coastal projects. Working in partnerships with one of their Approved Installers Attridge Scaffolding, the partnership was able to provide a full scope of works that included both full access to the vertical concrete penstock face of the riverside water works using traditional scaffold, as well as providing two large floating scaffold pontoons for storing and lifting the new eel screens, weighing 2.2t each, into position afloat. James Attridge said “ This project was almost 12 months in the planning. After an initial site
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visit with the client, it was a case of putting together a scheme utilising past experience from other projects. The exception being the floating lift rig. This is where our professional working relationship with ScaffFloat enabled both parties to work together to develop a solution. “
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shoreside as a skeleton framework, this kept the weight for the crane lift down to 1t. Once afloat additional tubes, clips and boards were craned down and both pontoons were completed afloat bringing their weight up to around 3t each. The first pontoon was used as a storage pontoon, with a 6t payload it was used to store components afloat before they were fitted by the team from Edwards Diving. The second pontoon was fitted with a custom lifting A-frame, this was designed specifically to lift the 2.2t, 6m x 3m Eel Screens. Designed and built to Eurocode standard with a suitable dynamic application and safety factor, it was also proof tested on site to over 3t. In addition Richter provided an independent Cat 3 check to provide further safety assurances.
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Scottish Renewables Electricity transmission charging rules are “restricting the development of major renewable energy projects”, says Claire Mack, Chief Executive of industry body Scottish Renewables. The industry body has reaffirmed its calls for the UK Government and Ofgem, the energy regulator, to work together in the spirit of COP26 to achieve a solution to the Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charging regime, as government had previously committed to do in its recent energy white paper. As Claire Mack explained: “COP26 has exposed the urgency of the challenge facing our environment and the discussions which have taken place in Glasgow will be critical in shaping the future of our planet and our quality of life.” Closer to home what Scottish Renewables believes we need now is for the UK Government and Ofgem to work together in the spirit of COP26 to ensure that Scotland’s world leading renewable energy industry can play its full role in advancing
the UK towards achieving its own climate change ambitions. But the current rules which govern how the electricity network is paid for were designed 30 years ago and are critically out of date according to Mack: “TNUoS remains enormously destructive to Scotland’s offshore wind industry which has access to 25% of Europe’s offshore wind resource, and of course our climate ambitions. These charges are volatile and unpredictable and penalise Scottish renewable energy projects to the tune of tens of millions of pounds every year.” The Transmission Network Use of System charges which are levied on Scottish projects mean they are now almost 20% more expensive than equivalent projects in the south of England: “If the UK is to have any hope of meeting net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and delivering on its ambitions for COP26 we must take advantage of every tool we have.” A review and reform of TNUoS, which Scottish Renewables has consistently called for, will ensure that Scotland’s renewable
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energy industry can contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions. Scottish Renewables represents around 265 member organisations working across all renewable energy technologies including wind, solar, wave and tidal, hydro and more, which now provide the equivalent of 97.4% of the electricity consumed in Scotland. Claire Mack: “Scotland’s renewable energy sector is a vital part of the country’s economy, supporting thousands of jobs, bringing socio-economic benefits to some of our most remote regions, as well as offsetting billions of tonnes of carbon every year and it’s vital that the UK Government and Ofgem support it through reforming TNUoS.”
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SEAFLOOR MAPPING BOOST The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has announced a new partnership A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Seabed 2030 Project, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and Teledyne CARIS. The parties will work together to advance the effort associated with producing the definitive map of the seafloor by the year 2030. The MoU has been announced on the first World Hydrography Day to fall within the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Seabed 2030 project director, Jamie McMichael-Phillips, said: “As we enter the newly-launched UN Decade, but also final decade of Seabed 2030, we remain humbly aware of what we have yet to achieve - just under 80 per cent of the world’s seabed still to be mapped.”
As we enter the newlylaunched UN Decade, but also final decade of Seabed 2030, we remain humbly aware of what we have yet to achieve - just under 80 per cent of the world’s seabed still to be mapped
Source: The Nippon Foundation/ GEBCO
AI TOOL As part of the new agreement, the three organisations will use a new AI tool developed by Teledyne CARIS and the UKHO as part of their ADMIRALTY Maritime Data Solutions portfolio. The AI-Based Bathymetry Data Noise Cleaning Capability is thought to benefit Seabed 2030 by providing processing efficiency of incoming multibeam bathymetry dataset typical of the type to be received by the Project.
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Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between The Nippon Foundation and GEBCO to inspire the complete mapping of the world’s ocean by 2030, and to compile all bathymetric data into the freely available GEBCO Ocean Map.
GEBCO is a joint project of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), and is the only organisation with a mandate to map the entire ocean floor. The announcement coincides with the release of the latest GEBCO Grid figure – with 20.6% of the world’s entire seabed now mapped. When Seabed 2030 was launched in 2017, only 6% of the oceans had been mapped to modern standards. The latest figure has seen a growth of 1.6% from last year’s data – an increase equating to around half the size of the US.
8 Seabed 2030 aims to inspire the complete mapping of the world’s ocean by 2030.
Cable survey challenge 8 CSA Ocean Sciences has completed a challenging multidisciplinary telecom cable route survey in Florida
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One US-based marine environmental consulting and survey company recently completed a challenging multidisciplinary telecom cable route survey. CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) undertook the geophysical and benthic survey in East Florida as part of an ongoing marine cable route campaign for a major telecommunications company. Kevin Peterson, CSA’s CEO, said: “The east coast of Florida is a challenging environment with deep water and extreme currents, so an efficient operation is imperative to minimizing costs and exposure.” The project utilised a 150’ class Dynamic Positioning (DP)1 supply vessel equipped
with a stern A-frame. CSA installed the survey equipment, winches, control van, side pole, and auxiliary power systems. Side-scan sonar and marine magnetometer data was collected along the east Florida coastline,
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running through the heart of the Gulf Stream in water depths ranging from 10m to 1,000m. CSA’s onboard marine scientist identified specific areas of interest from the processed geophysical data and devised an in situ sample plan to conduct benthic grabs of the seabed. Following benthic sampling along the route, CSA surveyors deployed a proprietary Deep Tow Video System (DTVS) to collect high-definition video of the seafloor flora and fauna. The company is already planning for additional campaigns of a similar scope.
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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY EXTRA
MANOR RENEWABLE ENERGY ORDER Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) is continuing to invest in its survey capability with a state-of-the-art multibeam echosounder
ENGINEERING UPGRADES The Manor Brunel has undergone a series of engineering upgrades at the Manor Marine yard in Portland, Dorset in addition to the installation of a suite of hydrographic survey technology from Teledyne Marine. MRE’s RESON Seabat T51 multibeam echosounder order will enable the company to acquire high-resolution bathymetric data. The order also included an E20 singlebeam echosounder, SVP70 sound velocity probe and an upgrade to the vessel’s Applanix POS MV Wavemaster Inertial Navigation System. The installation of the T51, due to take place in December, completes the upgrade to the Manor Brunel. Alex Richards, survey manager at MRE, said: “This investment
Geophys rental expansion Swathe Services located in Hayle, Cornwall has recently expanded its equipment rental pool capability with a suite of GeoAcoustics products. James Williams, Managing Director at Swathe Services said “Traditionally we have supported our customers’ survey requirements with pure Hydrographic equipment but with the acquisition of the GeoAcoustics suite of survey systems we can now offer a wider Geophysical support capability. There are also plans underway to integrate these systems into both the ‘Inception’ and ‘Accession’ class Unmanned Survey Vessel’s (USV’s) through our sister company Unmanned Survey Solutions which will give us the ability to provide turn-key solutions of pre-calibrated survey systems on a proven USV platforms to our existing customer base.” The GeoSwath4 is claimed to offer the industry’s most efficient swath bathymetry and side scan seabed mapping system for shallow waters. The Pulsar side scan Sonar is designed for easy deployment and intuitive operation, acquiring high resolution acoustic images of
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Photo: Manor Renewable Energy
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) is continuing to invest in its survey capability. MRE has placed an order with Teledyne Marine for the RESON Seabat T51 multibeam echosounder as part of its refit of survey equipment onboard the Manor Brunel, the company’s permanently mobilised survey vessel. “We are delighted that MRE have chosen to partner with Teledyne in order to upgrade their new vessel, the Manor Brunel,” commented Ed Cheesman of Teledyne Marine. “The T51 marks a real advance in multibeam technology offering high resolution data across a wide swath using a dedicated 800kHz array.”
in the department is a bold statement for the company; the introduction of a high specification, dedicated survey platform to the market will enable MRE to further extend its range of services to the industry.”
the seabed. The GeoPulse Compact OTS is a technically advanced sub-bottom profiler with low power requirements and versatile deployment options..
Dynamic dunes study A study to help offshore wind farm development has found underwater dunes in the Dunkirk area of France are very dynamic. The collaborative R&D project DUNES, led by Shom and France Energies Marines and initiated in 2019, aims to improve knowledge on the sedimentary and biological dynamics of dune ecosystems in the area of the future offshore wind farm off Dunkirk and its electrical connection. Initial results of morphological monitoring “suggest that the underwater dunes in the Dunkirk area are very dynamic: they have moved continuously eastwards over the period studied, with variable migration speeds. Extreme events such as storms seem to influence this horizontal displacement dynamic with a variation in sediment thickness at a given point. These movements will be anticipated in order to
8 Manor Renewable Energy equipment order
optimise the installation and manage the maintenance of offshore wind farms and their electrical connections”. In order to determine the evolution of the underwater dunes with a high spatial and temporal resolution, 8 bathymetric surveys were carried out between November 2019 and July 2021, at 3 study sites, each covering an area of 1km2. In addition, a current measurement campaign lasting more than a month was carried out in the spring of 2021, enabling the hydrodynamic processes at work in the area to be monitored. In order to deepen the work initiated within the framework of DUNES, due to finish in 2022, the collaborative R&D project MODULLES will start at the end of 2021. It will focus on the modelling of longterm interactions between underwater dunes and the components of future offshore wind farms. Underwater dunes are relatively common in France off Dunkirk and Le Tréport. Formed by the combined action of marine currents and swell, these sedimentary structures, a few metres high, are highly variable in morphology and can shift.
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TUGS & TOWING
ABS APPROVAL FOR AUTONOMOUS TUG PROJECT Classification society ABS has awarded its Approval in Principle (AIP) to global technology provider ST Engineering, offshore marine specialist POSH and digital communications company M1 Limited for their Smart Maritime Autonomous Vessel (SMAV) project. The AIP follows successful sea trials and covers the project’s autonomous navigation and collision detection and collision avoidance (CDCA) technology. Autonomous vessels, in this case involving tugs are a step beyond another similarly innovative development gathering pace, remote controlled tugs. In other sectors including defence and marine surveying what are known as AUVs (autonomous unmanned vessels) are now increasingly encountered in operation and doubtless the experience gained in such will spill over into other sectors with opportunities for development in the future. Classification societies will naturally be at the forefront with the necessary regulatory involvement and ABS’s recent approval in principle for the SMAV project follows successful sea trials carried out in 2020 with the tug POSH Harvest which was retrofitted with autonomous navigation and CDCA functions which were remotely monitored from a shoreside control centre located in the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore’s Maritime Innovation Lab via cellular networks. Singapore-based POSH (PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd) is perhaps best known for its extensive global involvement in the offshore oil and gas sectors including subsea services and operates a diverse fleet of more than 80 vessels. Included here are 17 harbour tugs of between 45 and 73 tonnes bollard pull, POSH Harvest being one of these
Credit: ST Engineering
A quartet of developers have achieved an important regulatory step forward with their autonomous tug project
vessels. The 30m long, ABS-classed and Singaporeregistered tug was built in 2010 by Pacific Engineering & Trading Pte (POET) Singapore (hull built by Jiangsu Suyang Marine Co – Yangzhong) and provides 51tbp from Niigata 6L26HLX main engines each developing 1,471kW and powering Niigata ZP-31 fixed-pitch Z-drives. Congratulating all parties for reaching another milestone in the SMAV project, Cheah Aun Aun, director (shipping) at Maritime Port Authority of Singapore said: “As a supporter of innovation, digitalisation, and sustainability, we are glad that Singapore Registry of Ships is part of this project and we look forward to working with more like-minded industry partners to test-bed new technologies to bring about greater efficiency, safety, and sustainability to the maritime industry.”
8 POSH Harvest was retrofitted with autonomous navigation technology for the trials
Boluda expands into Rostock Continuing expansion of its activities in northwest Europe, Boluda Towage has commenced towage operations in the German port of Rostock. Boluda states it was asked by customers to consider extending towing services to Rostock, a port the Spanish-based towing operator describes as ‘the most important German port in the Baltic Sea.’ It adds the decision to start operations at Rostock is ‘another stepping-stone’ towards strengthening activities in the region, Boluda Towage’s executive vice president Vicente Boluda Ceballos commenting: “The Boluda flag will be a permanent presence in the Baltic Sea, which supports the expansion strategy of Boluda Towage’s towing service in northern Europe in line with various strategic acquisitions recently closed by the company.” Boluda is no stranger to the port of
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Rostock due to the numerous special towing tasks it has taken part in involving ships, barges and windfarm components and initially the company is operating two tugs in the port with the option to scale up tug capacity depending on needs and requests from customers in the port with local crew members employed on the tugs. Bugsier and Fairplay shiphandling tugs are also based in Rostock. In separate news, the next stage in Boluda’s extended towage service concession in the Port of Zeebrugge has been celebrated in a naming ceremony for no fewer than four newly-built Damen tugs. The quartet are formidable additions to the port’s towing service provision comprising two different classes of vessel, the Damen ASD Tugs 2813 VB Bolero and VB Rumba and ART80-32 Rotortugs VB Flandes and VB Samba.
The ASD Tugs 2813s were built at Damen’s Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam and provide 85tbp while the 80tbp Rotortugs were products of Damen Albwardy Sharjah Shipyard. All are certified to the highest firefighting standards and with sustainability an essential component of the concession agreement with Port of Zeebrugge, IMO Tier III standards will provide an 80% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions, enhanced by the provision of shore power when the tugs are moored alongside. Bruges Mayor, Mr Dirk De fauw said: “As the president of the port administration, I am delighted to embark upon this collaboration with Boluda Towage again. It is the continuation of a loyal, professional and sustainable relationship that will allow both MBZ and Boluda Towage to further enhance the shipping industry in Zeebrugge
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TUGS & TOWING
Lloyds has expressed its commitment to Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch (LSAB) and to oversee Lloyd’s Open Form contracts (LOF) after earlier suggesting LSAB services could be stopped. The International Salvage Union (ISU) spearheaded an industry-wide response earlier in 2021 expressing concern and being ‘stunned’ at Lloyd’s notification of consultation on the proposed closure of LSAB in the face of declining use of LOF (see MJ June 2021). ISU considered that to discontinue support and endorsement for LOF contracts would have a serious impact on safety at sea along with a potentially significant impact on the environment. Lloyds has now confirmed that following industry-wide consultation where it ‘recognised and listened to’ the high volume of representations in support of LSAB and LOF it will continue to operate LSAB and oversee Lloyd’s Open Form contracts and procedures. The industry will be further encouraged by Lloyd’s statement that it is now determined to increase the use of the form and highlight the benefits that its use can bring. ISU stated it was grateful Lloyd’s had consulted widely when reviewing the future of LSAB and LOF and in its earlier response to
CORVUS ENERGY, SANMAR AND HYBRID TUGS
and Sanmar and Corvus plan to jointly explore and establish a path for future supply and integration of energy supply systems and fuel cell technology for an ‘even wider range of innovative and cost-effective electric and hybrid tugs.’ Corvus will be responsible for battery and fuel cell technology along with dimensioning and advice on battery room design, power systems and fuel interfaces. Corvus Energy is based in Norway with offices in: Denmark; Richmond, Canada; Seattle, USA and Singapore. Its business segments cover a range of the commercial marine market including ports and its
8 Sanmar and Corvus signed the MOU at ETA’s annual meeting (Corvus)
relevance here is explained by Ronald Hansen, senior vice president ship solutions at Corvus: “The tug and workboat market is an important market for Corvus Energy and a big part of our future growth strategy. Battery and fuel cell technology is especially advantageous for workboat and tugs as their operational profile is highly variable. This MOU will help accelerate the development and increase availability of more efficient zero and low-emission tugs.”
LLOYDS COMMITS TO SUPPORT LOF CONTRACTS
Credit: Tsavliris
Corvus Energy and Sanmar Shipyards have announced a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding to develop a new range of zero-emission and hybrid tugs. Newbuild tug orders reported in this column increasingly feature propulsion systems different to the traditional mechanical arrangement of directly driven screws or thrusters. The industry is having to meet increasing demands for more sustainable operations including addressing where tugs experience periods of low power demand but able to provide full power at short notice. Many shiphandling operations take place in built-up urban areas with subsequent awareness locally of emissions. The contribution of hybrid and zero-emission (all-electric) tugs is now recognised, but at the same time requires specialist technologies that previously were perhaps not commonplace within the industry. The agreement brings together the shipbuilding experience of Sanmar with its extensive tug production activities and specialist technology skills of Corvus Energy and was signed during the European Tug Owners Association’s meeting in Turku with the full cooperation agreement signing expected to coincide with the Tug Technology 2021 conference in London. The MOU’s aims include developing a new range of hybrid and zero-emission tugs based on Robert Allan Ltd’s (RAL) tugs with bollard pulls between 30 and 70 tons, Sanmar’s production lines are dominated by RAL designs, some exclusive to the shipyard itself
8 LOF contracts protect both parties, for instance during towing operations
the review stated that its members are party to the great majority of LOFs and that it stands ready to play its part in the work to ensure better understanding of the benefits of the contract and to increase its use. In its statement Lloyd’s says that with support from Lloyd’s Market Association and representatives of the Lloyd’s market (marine) committees it would like to establish a LOF Market Working Group to support and help drive the review with support from the already
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established Lloyd’s Salvage Group. Once complete the findings with actions and recommendations will be presented to Lloyd’s Council and Lloyd’s charging structure will in the meantime be amended to better reflect the importance of the work undertaken by LSAB Jos Standerwick, CE of Maritime London, the shipping professions’ body in London, commented: “I am exceptionally pleased that Lloyd’s have made the right decision on the future of the LSAB and is committed to working with the market to increase the use of LOF and highlight the benefits that it can bring. We and our members, will do all we can to support Lloyd’s in this endeavour.”
I am exceptionally pleased that Lloyd’s have made the right decision on the future of the LSAB
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TUGS & TOWING
EUROPEAN TUG OWNERS CONSIDER THE NEXT NORMAL ETA’s 58th annual meeting held in Turku was hosted by local member and tug owner Alfons Håkans. The occasion saw a change of chairmanship whereby Kimmo Lehto (Alfons Håkans AS) handed over to Vicente Boluda Ceballos (Corporacіón Maritima SL) for the next two years. Mr Lehto reflected on the challenge of Covid-19 and how the industry adapted to the sudden changes in a resilient manner maintaining a reliable part of the maritime industry’s logistics chain. ETA’s members also continued work towards a greener more sustainable future, Mr Ceballos outlining how the association continues its dialogue with various elements of the shipping sector including new ways of communicating during the pandemic. The meeting’s focus was on the next normal and how it is being shaped by unprecedented events such as Covid-19, EU Green Deal legislation, competition within the maritime and tug sector and innovation. A range of speakers from outside the industry analysed the upcoming challenges and disruptive changes societies and industry will face in the next few years, focusing on the future of work, adoption of IT-based technologies and EU shipping and climate policies between 2030 and 2050. The speakers were followed by a panel representing the industry from Redwise Maritime Services, ACL Shipbrokers, Damen Shipyards, CAT Marine and The Shipowners Club who discussed the topic of the new normal. Incoming chairman Vicente Boluda Ceballos thanked members for their support stated: “Our industry is going through hard and challenging times due to the pandemic, but the sector also needs to adapt to all the new international
Credit: Peter Barker
The European Tugowners Association’s (ETA) annual meeting has reflected on the industry’s ability to adapt to sudden changes and how to adapt to the next normal
and European regulations that are being discussed and adopted at the moment. And we as ETA must have a strong voice in Brussels so the positions of our industry are taken into account by policy makers and stakeholders.” ETA has 85 full members in 25 countries operating over 900 tugs in European ports and its work during the next year will continue to follow the strategy set out in 2020 of strengthening the knowledge base of the association, enhancing awareness of the sector at a European and international level and augmenting the service it gives its members.
8 The towage industry is becoming adept in navigating stormy waters of late
Sea Machines equips Foss autonomous tug
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8 Rachael Allen is equipped with Sea Machines’ autonomous command and control system
Photo: Sea Machines
News that Sea Machines is supplying its autonomous command and control system for Foss Maritime’s tug Rachael Allen reveals some of the logic behind autonomous tug operations. Repetitive and tedious tasks are being streamlined by autonomous technologies across many industries. In the field of tug operations removing such tasks from the crew’s workload allows in Sea Machines’ words ‘personnel to focus on higher-level operations.’ Its SM300 system on the 90tbp Rachael Foss includes transit autonomy and remote access to the vessel’s machinery allowing support operations to be managed from onboard or ashore. The transit autonomy element includes navigational obstacle detection and avoidance capabilities. The installation and supporting hardware has been fully integrated from new
but its capabilities are being activated in stepped phases over six to nine months to ensure full visibility and acceptance from all operational stakeholders. The remote command and control capabilities will use Foss’s existing Fleet Monitoring Centre personnel to monitor the vessel’s systems and operating domain via streaming video and sensor data. It is stated this extra set of eyes and hands will allow Foss along with the tug’s crew to maximise
productive time, safety and crew welfare. Noting its previous record with such technology and highlighting the contract’s significance within its own country Michael G Johnson, founder and CEO of Sea Machines states: “We are pleased that Foss is leveraging Sea Machines’ proven autonomy systems on their newest boat for routine harbour operations. And while our space has seen a number of government innovation backed prototype initiatives for autonomous tugs in Europe, Japan and Singapore, it’s notable that Foss is launching the first commercially funded project in US waters. Our technology has been in use aboard commercial vessels around the world for nearly three years and is backed up by thousands of hours of testing and validation.”
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TUGS & TOWING
SVITZER CELEBRATES TEN YEARS IN ANGOLA Svitzer’s operations in Angola centres around the ALNG terminal at Soyo and the CABOG oil terminal offshore Cabinda where its tugs have been operating since 2018. It was in 2011 that Svitzer commenced work at Soyo and currently a team of 132 crew and onshore staff operate the two locations and while the vessel fleet and personnel composition has changed over the period Svitzer states the level of service has been consistent without any vessel delays since 2011. Shiphandling tug operations are largely of a global nature nowadays with a handful of major operators providing contracted services at individual ports and terminals worldwide. A popular aspect of establishing such tie-ups is whereby local crews can be utilised thus providing employment opportunities locally and described by Svitzer as ‘key’ in delivering the marine services. The absence of a large seafaring community in Angola presented ‘a bit of a challenge’ prior to setting up the operation in 2011. With a determination however to train as many Angolans as possible an arrangement was established whereby they had to follow a programme on the training ship Danmark where cadets undertook extensive training both afloat and onshore to learn seamanship and the value of safety and teamwork. Svitzer states it continues to benefit from the investment to this day, reflected in the fact that earlier this year the 300th LNG cargo was loaded safely at Soyo. Svitzer’s experienced crews now have the knowledge to safely navigate the small channel in Soyo where the current
Credit: Svitzer
Svitzer’s marking of ten years of operation in Angola reveals the valuable methods the Denmark-based towage company employed to train local tug crews
from the Congo River makes berthing and un-berthing ‘a rather complicated exercise’. Svitzer Angola is thus able to combine its in-depth local knowledge with its position as being part of a global company. AIS data at the time of writing suggests seven Svitzer vessels operating at Soyo in Angola. Svitzer Angola, Svitzer Soyo, Svitzer Padrao and Svitzer Zaire are consecutively yardnumbered 82tbp, 33m tugs built by Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard in 2011. These are supplemented by three smaller support vessels comprising the Damen Gorinchem-built Stan Tugs 1606 Svitzer Figo and Svitzer Pululu each providing 16tbp and the Colchester UK-based Alnmaritec built ‘Wave Pilot’ class pilot cutter Svitzer Conda
8 Svitzer tugs in action in Angola
Turkey receives its latest escort tug 8 First of the pair for Turkey Kurtarma 15
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The Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety has taken delivery of the second of its latest emergency response, escort and assistance tugs from Sanmar Shipyards. Kurtarma 16 falls into the Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) category and here the Robert Allan (RAL) Sanmar exclusive RAstar 2900SX marque has been chosen and follows the similar Kurtarma 15. It is ‘horses for courses’ for ETV designs based on specific geographical and other considerations and with provision of 90+tbp and Sanmar’s most powerful tug yet by bollard pull, enhanced for escort duties it is clear the Turkish government has an impressive addition to the expanding fleet of tugs intended to enhance maritime safety in its waters. Kurtarma 16 delivers its 90+tbp via MTU 16V 4000 M73L main engines, each developing 2,700kW at 1,850rpm driving Schottel azimuth thrusters. The RAstar
escort/offshore terminal tug designation is reserved for a distinctive class of ASD tug with the unique sponsoned hull form developed by RAL which provides ‘significantly enhanced escort towing performance’ from the effects of the sponsons as well as from the prominent foil-shaped escort skeg forward. Basic dimensions include a LOA of 29.4m and moulded breadth 13.3m with a draught of 4.37m and deck equipment includes a Palfinger 18500MC knuckleboom crane.
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Tugs of the RAstar class can be configured for specific manning requirements, shiphandling tugs of this size typically operate with a crew of three. Previous similar tugs from Sanmar have included accommodation for up to eight crew but for Kurtarma 16 this has been increased to 10 comprising two single and two four-person MLC-compliant cabins. The history of rescue stations in the Turkish Strait dates to 1869 but it was in 1926 that a British company operated a salvage service in the region for Turkey’s administration. Now under Turkish government control the series of Kurtarma prefixed tugs started in 2000 and closely related to this latest delivery are Kurtarma 13 and 14 delivered by Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard, also in 2021, both are slightly larger RAstar 3200 class vessels.
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TOWLINES 8 Boluda Towage has provided berthing services to the world’s largest container ship making the first call in Europe on its maiden voyage. For the voyage, the outboard stowages of Evergreen Marine Corp’s Ever Ace were loaded with Evergreen containers and the 399m long, 23,992teu vessel was met by Boluda’s Rotterdam- based tugs VB Cheetah, VB Tiger and Mars and after welcoming the new arrival with a traditional water cannon display assisted it to its berth at ECT’s Delta Terminal. Ever Ace is the first of 12 similarly dimensioned container ships in the series, at the time of writing vessel number two Ever Act had arrived in Rotterdam on its maiden voyage.
client has an option for a further six follow on vessels.
8 Ad Hoc Marine Designs Ltd has announced the award of a two vessel order with AMC Shipyard on the Isle of Wight for what it claims to be the world’s first catamaran tug. The 9m long Hercules tug/line runners will have a bollard pull of 6t with a twin hull form that has approximately 50% greater stability than an equivalent size monohull. The Yanmar-powered vessels will have a single propeller in a Kort nozzle and a single lift point via a lifting frame arrangement for ease of deployment. Ad Hoc Marine reports that the
8 Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has expanded its workboat fleet to two with its acquisition of the Neptune Eurocarrier 2712 Aitana B from Zumaia Offshore. The new addition to the Van Wijngaarden fleet will be renamed Waalstroom and is a typical high-spec multipurpose Neptune workboat featuring 150m2 working deck, two hydraulic cranes, four-point mooring and accommodation for up to 12 persons. Waalstroom’s first mission sees it operating in the Mediterranean.
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8 Boluda tugs assisted Ever Ace to its berth in Rotterdam
8 Damen has announced it is one of seven recipients of the inaugural IDC Future of Digital Innovation award. US-based International Data Corporation (IDC) made the award for Damen’s Triton programme, a digital platform that collects, analyses and visualises data from any type of connected vessel (including tugs) via 10,000-15,000 sensors which collect data including fuel, fresh water and oil stored on board along with engine performance indicators such as power, RPM and fuel consumption. It is another similar award for Damen’s Triton programme which in 2020 received the CIO Magazine Innovation Award 2020 from the Netherlands ICT Media.
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SCOTLAND’S TIDAL TITANS TEAM UP The focus initially is on the commitment to deliver Nova and Atlantis turbines at the MeyGen site in the Pentland Firth. The Atlantis owned, operated, and developed MeyGen site is the largest fully consented and operational tidal stream site in the world. This collaboration will see Nova and Atlantis work together to deliver their complementary technologies for the tidal industry, Scotland and the UK. Collectively, Atlantis and Nova operate the world’s first offshore tidal array (installed by Nova in Shetland in 2016) and the world’s largest tidal array (6MW Meygen array installed by Atlantis in the Pentland Firth). Between the companies, they have delivered over half of the tidal stream devices operational worldwide and are developing sites in the UK, Canada, Japan and France. Both companies deploy subsea turbines which generate predictable, renewable power with no visual impact. Meygen is the largest consented tidal stream site in the world with a potential capacity of nearly 400MW. The MeyGen site has all the necessary consents to deploy a further 80MW of tidal power and all that is needed to unlock this potential is a route to market. Nova and Atlantis look forward to working with all stakeholders to help unlock this exciting opportunity and see further Scottish-made turbines deployed at the world-leading site. Nova and Atlantis recently hosted the Leader of the SNP in Westminster, Ian Blackford MP, and his colleagues, Steven Flynn MP, Alan Brown MP, and Deirdre Brock MP, at Nova’s headquarters and manufacturing facility in Leith, Scotland. During the visit the MPs were shown the control room for Nova’s operational tidal array in Shetland, and their current manufacturing line. Over the next 12 months, Nova’s turbines
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Nova Innovation and Atlantis Energy have entered a collaboration agreement with the goal of delivering more UK-built tidal turbines in the water, turbo charging the tidal industry
will be installed in North America and mainland Europe. Ian Blackford MP said: “Tidal stream energy has the potential to be a major Scottish success story, and a key part of Scotland’s renewable energy revolution. “The collaboration between these two world-leading tidal companies will allow them to build on their successes and deliver more turbines into the water. “The UK government must now match this ambition and deliver the dedicated ring-fenced funding required to secure the future of this vital green industry.”
8 Nova Innovation’s latest tidal turbine design
Plug in vessel charging at sea Two UK companies will work in collaboration to deliver the Oasis Power Buoy – a pioneering offshore charging buoy to allow hybrid and electric vessels to recharge at sea. Wilkie Engineering Ltd of Newburgh, UK have become a shareholder in Oasis Marine Power Ltd. Oasis Marine Power was established in 2020 to drive green marine energy solutions and approached Wilkie Engineering to manufacture their design. With 45 years’ experience in marine engineering, machining and fabrication, and proven capabilities for skilled workmanship, Wilkies were the trusted choice of Oasis Marine Power. Oasis Marine Power were at Wilkies to
8 The Oasis Power Buoy is a pioneering mooring buoy complete with electrical power supply
witness the final testing of the buoy before sea trials begin later this month. George Smith, Managing Director, Oasis Marine Power said: “We are thrilled to have Wilkie Engineering as both our manufacturers and investors. It was of utmost importance to have a local company
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on board that we could fully trust to deliver the quality engineering required for the Oasis Power Buoy. Wilkies also share our aspirations for creating a new generation of products that will reduce carbon emissions and have longevity in the marine sector.” Russel Davies, Managing Director, at Wilkie Engineering said: “Wilkie Engineering are delighted to be part of a new venture with Oasis Marine Power. This is a strategically important move for Wilkie Engineering as we diversify into the renewables sector and we look forward to working hand in hand with George and his team in developing the Oasis Power Buoy and future products.”
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MARINE RENEWABLES A specialist heavy lifting company has challenged innovators to find a solution for transferring and lifting components to floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines. With floating wind farms being the new kid on the block new questions arise. For example, how are we going to maintain these novel constructions? In addition, conventional wind turbines are getting bigger and are being built in large quantities. Therefore, the intensity and complexity of maintenance is going to increase. For this reason, Mammoet and Offshore Wind Innovators, in close cooperation with TKI Wind op Zee, are launching the 5th Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge will focus on finding solutions for the safe and efficient transfer of objects from a floating vessel to offshore wind structures, to reduce the cost and the scheduled impact of maintenance. This will help to facilitate better and more cost-effective replacement of turbine components. The use of large (floating) installation vessels should be prevented and therefore the companies are looking at possible solutions to overcome this. The challenge can be split into three different sub-sections:
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8 The first four editions of the Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge led to partnerships between almost all winners and leading companies
5 How do you position the barge, ship, or vessel close to the wind turbine foundation, floater, or tower? 5 How do you transfer the components required for maintenance from a barge, ship or vessel onto the wind turbine structure, or floating foundation? 5 How do you transfer/ lift the components towards the nacelle? From November 10th, 2021, until January 7th, 2022, SME entrepreneurs can apply for this challenge. They can then present their
idea or proven (complete or partial) solution during the Pitch & Ask session in January. Thereafter, until April 2nd companies can optimize their solutions, receiving feedback and collaborating with professionals of Mammoet and TKI Wind op Zee during the Bootcamp in April. The finalists will be invited to pitch their developed concept to a broad audience during the Innovation Challenge Finals in May 2022. The participants will be able to create brand awareness and visibility of their innovations in the offshore wind community. In addition, they will get expert coaching and the chance of collaborating with Mammoet and its subsidiary company Conbit. The first four editions of the Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge led to partnerships between almost all winners and leading companies, which is the goal and strength of this challenge. For more information and to enter this challenge, please visit: https://www. offshorewindinnovators.nl/products/ 5th-innovation-challenge
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EQUINOR PULLS OUT OF IRISH OFFSHORE WIND MARKET Norwegian energy company Equinor has abandoned the Irish offshore wind market, ending a partnership with the nation’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) after just two years, according to reports
We are not reforming Ireland’s planning and regulatory framework quickly enough to develop the offshore wind we will need to meet the targets in the Climate Action Plan. This is leading to a lack of confidence in the industry and our international supply chain that government must address
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New maritime planning law Ireland’s legislature is currently finalising a new maritime spatial planning and permitting law, which is expected to pass
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In 2019, Equinor reached a deal with the ESB to turn the Moneypoint coal-fired power station in County Clare into a hub for offshore wind development with a large-scale green hydrogen production and storage facility as well. In February 2021 Equinor and ESB announced that they were applying for a foreshore licence for the site but the Irish Examiner now reports that Equinor has pulled out of both the Moneypoint project and the Irish market altogether, citing ‘dissatisfaction with the regulatory and planning regime that currently exists for offshore energy development.’ The ESB confirmed in a statement that, ‘Following a review by Equinor of its strategy to develop profitable growth in renewables they decided to stop their early phase offshore wind activities in Ireland, in part due to local regulatory uncertainty.’
in December but some are concerned that might not be fast enough to keep pace with the global offshore wind industry. “We are not reforming Ireland’s planning and regulatory framework quickly enough to develop the offshore wind we will need to meet the targets in the Climate Action Plan,” said Noel Cunniffe, the chief executive of industry association Wind Energy Ireland. “This is leading to a lack of confidence in the industry and our international supply chain that government must address.” However, RTE reports that the outlook for the sector is still positive, according to the Minister for Climate Action, Eamon Ryan. “We want as many different developers as possible and there are a huge number coming in. Some are pulling out. We note and listen to what they’re saying,” he said.
8 The proposed new development at Moneypoint
Cable termination and testing Offshore Wind High Voltage Specialists V&SH Offshore has been awarded a framework agreement by Seaway 7 for the provision of cable termination and testing services for the next four years with a possibility of further extension. Jonne Schortinghuis, Managing Director V&SH Offshore stated: “We are looking forward to the cooperation with Seaway 7 and joining forces to contribute to the energy transition by providing a wide range of high voltage activities. And we anticipate a productive and foremost a safe cooperation. V&SH Offshore have demonstrated expertise in high voltage
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connections for the past 11 years, with an exemplary track record and reliable quality assurance processes. Reducing offshore time, costs and risks for both our clients and ourselves.”
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V&SH Offshore Solutions is a Dutch offshore contractor, specialized in testing and terminations, cable repairs and outfitting of offshore high voltage assets. The company performs a wide range of offshore high voltage activities for the connection and maintenance of offshore wind assets, covering inner-array, export, or interconnector cables. Seaway 7 offers specialist foundation, offshore substation, submarine cable and wind turbine installation services and heavy transportation for the renewables sector.
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MARINE RENEWABLES As the global wind energy industry moves farther away from coastlines into deeper waters and harsher settings, new environments bring new challenges to the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. Before construction begins, project owners and operators must understand the wind’s behavior at a given site to determine whether that location is viable. With more expansive project sites and taller turbines the construction phase becomes much more complex and challenging. Additionally, the transportation, installation, maintenance and service of offshore wind turbines becomes much more demanding in these new environments because meteorological and oceanic conditions are significantly more severe offshore. Consequently, wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) operators require advanced weather insights to optimize wind farm installations and maintenance operations. In wind farm offshore operations, wind, waves and severe weather are not only a safety concern for people, but they are also a major cause of damage to vessels and equipment — costing millions in repairs and downtime. Fortunately, precautions to minimize damage, downtime and safety risk can be
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UNIQUE ARCHIMEDES IS FINALLY IN SERVICE A diving support ship billed as “technically extremely complex” and unique to Europe has gone into service in Germany, reports Tom Todd The German Waterways and Shipping Agency WSV invested €24.57 million in the 69.88m x 11.76m wide newbuild Archimedes, which is equipped with a 6m x 4m diving bell. The bell has an open bottom which rests on the seabed and can recover obstacles as deep as 10m on the panEurope Rhine shipping network. Personnel enter the pressurized sea-bed chamber via a 15m pressurised airlock from the ship itself. WSV head Prof.Hans-Heinrich Witte said Archimedes was “technically an extremely complex ship, occupying a very special place in the WSV fleet”. He added that with the new eco-friendly specialist “we are able to provide greater safety”. The newbuild’s hull was built by Europoort Construction after which it was completed by Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem. It should originally have entered service at the end of last year, Maritime Journal was told earlier. Covid delayed that and the newbuild has only now entered service out of the Rhine Ruhr port Duisburg. As well as recovery and obstacle removal, Archimedes will nor only locate but also mark and secure sea-bed obstacles such as lost anchors, containers and vehicles, inspect locks and other waterway structures, carry out sea-bed and plant life sampling and supervise and renew buoy anchoring. The diesel electric newbuild Archimedes has three 412kW Caterpillar C18 main engines conforming to EU norms and emission standards as well as two Schottel SRP 150 rudder propellers and a Schottel SPJ82 360 degree pump jet to provide maximum manoeuverabuility in often restricted waters. There are also two Caterpillar C4.4 99kW generators on board and the WSV earlier mentioned Marelli B4J 355 and
LSAM 47.2 L9C electric motors. It has also reported that the ship’s diving bell and other diving equipment are from Haux in Karlsbad while lowering and lifting plant was supplied by Technomar in Bremen. Archimedes can reportedly maintain a speed of up to 17.4 knots, meaning that, unlike its predecessor , it can reportedly operate without towing assistance on the Rhine. The existing 52m x 11.8m diving bell ship Carl Straat is more than 50 years old. It was continuing to serve until it was replaced by Archimedes.
8 Archimedes, is equipped with a 6m x 4m diving bell.
Sustainable offshore patrol vessel delivered An OCEA OPV 150, specifically designed for sustainable and responsible navigation, has just been launched by the OCEA shipyard. Ordered in December 2019, following a call for tenders, the state-of-the-art offshore patrol vessel, Gyptis is now conducting seatrials. Delivery to the French Maritime Affairs is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. The vessel will be based in Marseille. The Mediterranean patrol vessel, 46 metres long and 8.5 metres wide, is a ship dedicated to State action at sea. This new unit has two semi-rigid boats implemented by davit and can accommodate a drone aircraft to intervene at sea and carry out control, surveillance, identification and interception missions. In particular, the ship will be able to carry out the following missions:
5 Fisheries and marine environment police 5 Surveillance missions of the Exclusive Economic Zone 5 Search and rescue missions 5 Surveillance and control of ships at sea 5 Sovereignty 5 Diving operations 5 Pollution control 5 Protection of natural resources and the blue economy
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INNOVATIVE LOAD TESTING SOLUTION FOR HARBOUR WALL Dover’s development plan for the Wellington Dock marina in the UK included the design of a mobile boat hoist with a maximum future lift capacity of 75 tonnes The hoist will operate from an area that is retained by a Grade II listed harbour wall, and the task was to confirm that the structure would remain stable during the operation of the proposed hoist. A detailed structural analysis was undertaken by Atkins to assess if, as expected, the wall would support the new loads. A ground investigation was also carried out by others to provide Atkins with the necessary ground and laboratory data. This initial investigation and assessment identified highly variable ground conditions which made an analysis of the whole length of quay difficult. Standard load testing requires defined loads to be applied and a measurement of the settlement to be undertaken. However, the Northampton Quay Wall site had a number of constraints that prevented conventional testing from being deployed. Firstly, access was restricted, and SOCOTEC Monitoring was not permitted to impose any load within two metres of the harbour wall. Secondly, SOCOTEC Monitoring could not apply a pressure greater than 20kPa within six metres of that exclusion zone. The limited and variable depth of the harbour water, as well as existing marine traffic, further restricted access and test options. Normally in such situations, static loads are directly placed or hydraulically loaded via a 20tonne excavator or similar. However, on this occasion, those conventional options were not possible.
SOCOTEC’s Materials Testing team undertook each plate load test in accordance with a UKASaccredited test method. However, to ensure that their technician was not beneath the lift area, all measurements of the applied loads and ground settlement were remotely captured using WiFi-enabled equipment CHALLENGE The main challenge was that several plate load tests (the 750mm diameter plate test) had to be undertaken as close to the harbour wall as possible (i.e. within two metres). However, conventional kentledge solutions very quickly exceeded the safety criteria. Furthermore, and due to the listed status of the wall, extremely accurate and near real-time ground settlement and wall deflection monitoring was also required prior to, during and after the testing. After much discussion and collaboration between SOCOTEC Monitoring, Atkins, Port of Dover and specialist contractors, Thanet Crane Hire and Unique Group, an ingenious solution was found. The end solution incorporated
marine and civil engineering disciplines and leveraged the strengths of SOCOTEC’s combined group capabilities. Specialist open-top floor test bags that are frequently used in the marine sector were provided by Unique Group to allow uniformly distributed load (UDL) tests to be undertaken. The test bags were filled with 36,000 litres of seawater (36 tonnes) and placed in the six-metre exclusion zone to check that those loads were acceptable. A one hundred tonne crane was then brought to site and carefully loaded and positioned so as not to contravene any of the restrictions. Thanet Crane Hire had designed a bespoke configuration that ensured that three of the four crane’s outriggers would not exceed 20kPa. This enabled the remaining outrigger to safely apply incremental loads for the 750mm diameter point load test, up to a maximum pressure of 565kPa.
8 SOCOTEC’s sensors continued to monitor movement of the existing dock wall after the testing had been completed
A LAYERED APPROACH TO MONITORING SOCOTEC’s Materials Testing team undertook each plate load test in accordance with a UKAS-accredited test method. However, to ensure that their technician was not beneath the lift area, all measurements of the applied loads and ground settlement were remotely captured using WiFi-enabled equipment. SOCOTEC Monitoring’s survey team also observed survey targets and prisms on the harbour wall while the load tests were undertaken, and wireless biaxial tilt sensors were used to accurately measure rotational movement. Finally, monitoring of the applied loads and movement was provided by Thanet Crane’s on-board computers. Movement trigger limits were defined by Atkins so that in the event of any excessive movement, the testing could be immediately and safely halted. In addition to the monitoring during the load testing, SOCOTEC’s survey targets and tilt sensors enabled baseline data to be gathered prior to the loads being applied and continued to monitor movement of the existing dock wall after the testing had been completed. The wireless sensors will also assist during the construction phase and with the ongoing monitoring of the listed structure.
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FLEXIBILITY IS KEY FOR NEW SHORE TO SHIP POWER SYSTEM One automation solutions provider and systems integrator has launched a new shore to ship power solution Named iconvert, the system from iconsys is a new turnkey solution, suited to multiple vessel types including offshore vessels, passenger ferries, tugs and workboats. iconvert is a fully integrated product that claims to offer unlimited flexibility of voltage and frequency, it can also be equipped with batteries to form a microgrid, limiting demand on the grid. iconvert provides fully flexible vessel connectivity solutions. It is compliant to all relevant standards using proven mature electric or hydrogen technology platforms and includes cloud-based asset performance monitoring and energy usage alongside 24/7 smart support.
The pressure is now on the owners and operators of support vessels who play a critical role in the supply chain to reduce emissions for the environmentally sensitive wind farm operators Through this new product, which is one of many solutions aimed at ports, iconsys is serving the needs of the marine industry by helping to meet sustainability and emissions targets and the organisation calls for UK Government funding to support the roll-out of this solution. Tim Munn, Business Development Consultant, Marine and Ports at iconsys, comments: “The global maritime industry is intensifying efforts to curb its carbon footprint and we eagerly await for signs of progress on global emissions targets at COP26. The conference is addressing key strategic issues in
the maritime industry’s rapidly evolving decarbonisation journey. Importantly, today marks COP26 Transportation Day. We are thrilled to be able to offer a new solution to support decarbonisation of the marine sector to assist vessels in reducing emissions while in port.” The global offshore wind industry continues to grow, adding 6.1 GW capacity in 2019 and has continued to grow through the Covid-19 pandemic. Tim continues: “In Europe, the sector has now reached a scale and size where the operational and contractual complexities are comparable to northern European oil and gas projects. The pressure is now on the owners and operators of support vessels who play a critical role in the supply chain to reduce emissions for the environmentally sensitive wind farm operators. Our technology offers a viable solution to this. We can see that alternative shore to ship power solutions are gathering pace in parts of Europe with the help of government funding which is urgently required in the UK.
8 iconvert is a fully integrated product that claims to offer unlimited flexibility of voltage and frequency
Development plans for Rotterdam Global Energy Storage (GES), which launched in May this year, has announced its first major investment at Europoort in the Port of Rotterdam. It is buying an interest in part of the assets of the Stargate Terminal from Gunvor Group and will develop more than 20 hectares at the heart of the port. The deal has been formally approved by the Port of Rotterdam Authority. The site includes a significant waterfront with deep water access, brownfield development opportunities and potential greenfield development sites. GES’ ambitious plans include the development of a new multi-purpose seagoing jetty, as well as developing additional infrastructure.
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8 GES’ ambitious plans include the development of a new multi-purpose seagoing jetty
Peter Vucins said, “This project aims to become one of the largest low-carbon developments at a worldclass industrial hub, with the potential to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of future business in the
Port of Rotterdam. Alongside a new jetty that we aim to develop and low-carbon commodity infrastructure, we are also looking to become part of the logistics chain needed to import blue and green hydrogen. I hope this gives a glimpse of the size of our ambitions.” The Port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port, with deep-water access and worldclass connectivity to inland waterways and pipeline infrastructure. GES is backed by Bluewater, the specialist international private equity firm focused on the middle-market energy sector
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BORDER CONTROL POST PROGRESSES Work is continuing at pace at Portsmouth, UK to prepare for the most significant changes to customs and health check import requirements in a generation Construction for Portsmouth International Port’s Border Control Post is now moving into the next significant phase. Kier, a leading provider of construction and infrastructure services, was appointed to construct the new BCP. Known as the Border Operating Model, from 1 January 2022 facilities are expected to be in place to manage physical checks on imports. Following £17.1m from the government’s Ports Infrastructure Fund this signals one of the largest investment projects in the port’s history and will generate over 100 new posts required for port health, operations, customs and Border Force operations. New purpose built facilities, which meet DEFRA specification for checking plant and products of animal origin, will include refrigerated units for chilled and frozen products, inspection rooms and cross docking abilities, where cargo can be unloaded and checked easily. DEFRA will support funding for veterinary and port health staff, as they will be required to work shifts inspecting food and plant products. Portsmouth’s new facility provides importers with a convenient solution when looking for a port to clear their goods, when they become subject to new checks. Mike Sellers, Portsmouth International Port director said: “The whole team is working incredibly hard to transform port operations from next year.
We have long since made the case the port needs to be considered when it comes to government support and this funding will support job creation and provide a much needed boost for the city as we come out of this pandemic and prepare for how we manage goods in this country
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“Brand new facilities will be created, which required extra land because we were already at capacity. “This has allowed us to expand and will be able to increase our role a key port, providing critical routes for UK-EU trade serving the western channel and providing resilience against the challenges of the short crossings in Kent. “Ports are integral to the economic recovery of the country as we face the outcome of the pandemic and we are now in a position to create industry leading facilities. “Due to a shortfall in funding we regretfully have not been able to support a live animal health check facility, necessary to check the welfare of UK animals used for breeding in the EU, however If required our construction plans would be ready to go should further funds become available. “Green credentials are also at the forefront of our plans, as
any new development has to meet our target to become the UK’s first net carbon neutral port by 2030.” Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader of Portsmouth City Council said: “Our port is a huge asset and contributor to the city and the region. “We have long since made the case the port needs to be considered when it comes to government support and this funding will support job creation and provide a much needed boost for the city as we come out of this pandemic and prepare for how we manage goods in this country. “However the cost of the BCP exceeds the amount given by government, so even though this is a government decision the council will have to fund the shortfall as this infrastructure is critical to the port’s import trade.” Richard Lee, Portsmouth City Council’s regulatory services manager said: “We are undertaking the service’s most significant recruitment and process delivery challenge. This is due to the number of positions required, the fact that we need people with a specific area of expertise in port health and that because we are awaiting further operational information from the government.’’ Kier started enabling works on site on the 1 March 2021 and have been working closely with local supply chain partners on the project, to make sure it is operational by the new rule changes coming into force on 1 January 2022. The site stretches across nearly two acres and the steel structure for the facility will start being constructed shortly and the shape of the BCP will start to become visible. Mark Norris, regional director of Kier Regional Building Southern, states: “We are proud to have been appointed by Portsmouth City Council to deliver important new infrastructure at Portsmouth International Port, which is set to support the local economy for years to come. The new facilities will be built to environmental standards, all with solar PV installed. Recruitment for the additional port health and Border Force positions is currently underway.
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CABLE REBURIAL REQUIRED ‘OUT OF THE BOX’ THINKING A state-of-the-art trenching vehicle has been modified to enable a tricky intertidal live export cable re-burial Jan De Nul was requested by Eneco to rebury a section of an existing export cable for the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in The Netherlands as coastal erosion was bringing the cable closer to the surface. Since the section of decreased burial depth was located in the nearshore zone, it was not accessible with typical offshore trenching vehicles nor could it be easily accessed from the beach. Jan De Nul offered Eneco the solution by mobilizing its intertidal trencher, Sunfish, which successfully lowered the nearshore part of the cable working up to 1 kilometre offshore and a water depth of 8.5 metres. Ernest Diepstraten, Project Manager at Eneco: “Eneco greatly appreciated working together with Jan De Nul constructively in delivering this project in time and in budget. We are pleased that, thanks to the work of Jan De Nul Group, the cable to our Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm is buried deep enough again so that the wind farm can continue to supply power to our customers.”
Specifically for this project, the Sunfish was modified to a suitable post-lay jet-trenching vehicle with 2 water pumps delivering each 1250 m³/hr jet water and 3.5 m long jet swords Specifically for this project, the Sunfish was modified to a suitable post-lay jet-trenching vehicle with 2 water pumps delivering each 1250 m³/hr jet water and 3.5 m long jet swords. The Sunfish was initially designed as a ploughing machine suitable for working in tidal areas. In this configuration, it successfully buried export cables on the Race Bank project in
the UK in 2016. Jan De Nul engineers converted the machine later into an excavator with a chain cutter, a configuration which was used for the burial of the Rentel export cable in Belgium in 2017. Today, the Sunfish successfully completed the Eneco Luchterduinen export cable reburial in jetting configuration by using water under high pressure. To accurately locate the cable, the Sunfish was further equipped with 2 sets of innovative cable tracker sensors of SMD’s innovative tracking system ‘Artemis’ using the live tone of the cable. As a result, Eneco did not have to switch off the wind farm during the entire campaign.
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Falcon aids Turkish operations Saab Seaeye’s Falcon portable underwater vehicle will aid marine operations in Turkey. Turkish marine operations company, ARAS Marine will use the Falcon to support the wide range of projects it undertakes in both international and Turkish territorial waters. These projects range from marine construction and offshore supply services, to seismic research support, emergency response and salvage and wreck removal. “Equipped for the wide array of tasks ahead, ARAS’s 1000m depth-rated Falcon comes complete with a fibre optic upgrade, manipulator, soft rope cutter, cameras, Tritech
sonar and Applied Acoustics’ USBL system,” said Saab Seaeye. Modular functionality ARAS can add further systems any time as the Falcon can handle an array of cameras, sensors, tooling and complex systems typically found on much larger robotic vehicles. The ease of adding systems comes from the Falcon’s iCON intelligent distributed control architecture. Module-focused iCON provides each device with its own microprocessor for individual control - a
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concept that also makes it future-flexible for evolving technologies. The Falcon’s 20-year success comes from being a portable, metre-sized, intelligent, powerful, five-thruster, highly manoeuvrable, multi-tasking, easy to use vehicle, depth rated to 1000 metres. With a reliability record covering over a million hours underwater, including deep tunnel work, the Falcon can remain stable in turbulent waters and strong currents whilst undertaking both robust and precision tasks. The contract was negotiated through Saab Seaeye’s Turkish distributor, Aspiro.
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IMCA ACCREDITED DIVING SYSTEM INSPECTOR SCHEME The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is currently developing its IMCA Accredited Diving System Inspector (ADSI) scheme It will introduce an industry-recognised professional accreditation for this important group of skilled workers. ADSIs will be accredited to conduct IMCA Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) audits. DEVELOPMENT As one of the final stages in development of the scheme IMCA is now asking for known, respected and experienced DESIGN auditors to be put forward for early ADSI certification so they can act as field training supervisors when the scheme is launched during 2022. New IMCA information notes (Nos. 1565 and 1566) published at www.imca-int.com/information-notes/ provide an overview of how the new scheme will work, and details on the nomination of candidates. The ADSI scheme will be open to personnel either already acting as a diving system inspector or gaining experience in order to become one. It is intended to apply to personnel conducting DESIGN audits and preparing DESIGN audit inspection reports, and thus performing a critically important role in the offshore energy diving industry. As Bryan McGlinchy, IMCA’s Diving Manager explained: “In order to facilitate the launch of the IMCA ADSI certification scheme in 2022, and for a limited time, the association is introducing a route to certification as an IMCA ADSI for existing experienced DESIGN auditors. This will be known as the Experienced Practitioner Accredited Diving System Inspector (EP ADSI) scheme. IMCA is currently seeking nominations for known, respected and experienced DESIGN audit practitioners to be entered as candidates into the EP ADSI scheme. Nominations of, and from, these experienced individuals will close on 30 September 2021. (Applications from nominated candidates for routine entry into the scheme in readiness for when it is officially launched next year will close on 31 December 2021.) “When the IMCA ADSI certification scheme opens next year, Trainee Diving System Inspectors (TDSI) enrolled on the scheme will be required to complete field training and experience requirements at trainee level by conducting DESIGN audits under the supervision of existing experienced and competent DESIGN auditors. “It is therefore necessary for industry to identify a core group of experienced DESIGN audit practitioners working in every IMCA region and put them through the EP ADSI scheme leading to accreditation as an IMCA ADSI, before the IMCA ADSI scheme proper is launched next year.” He added: “Put simply, to begin running the ADSI scheme IMCA must first-of-all have a sufficient number of certified IMCA ADSIs already in place. These diving system inspectors will have followed the EP ADSI scheme route to certification as an IMCA ADSI, and it is they who will be considered by IMCA to have the competence to act as supervisors of the TDSIs during their periods of field training.” The scheme will have two categories of accreditation: 5 An inspector of surface orientated diving systems against the requirements of IMCA D 018 ’Code of practice for the
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initial and periodic examination, testing and certification of diving plant and equipment’ – and IMCA’s surface orientated diving DESIGN documents. 5 An inspector of saturation diving systems against the requirements of IMCA D 018 and IMCA’s saturation diving DESIGN documents.
8 Bryan McGlinchy, IMCA’s Diving Manager
OBJECTIVES In addition to introducing an industry-recognised professional accreditation for this important group of skilled workers, IMCA lists five other objectives of the IMCA ADSI scheme, which aims to: 5 Help the offshore energy diving industry ensure ‘objective auditing’ of diving systems by individual inspectors 5 Improve the quality, consistency, professionalism and credibility of diving system DESIGN inspections 5 Give diving contractors, client companies and other stakeholders confidence that the diving systems installed and used on diving platforms that have been subject to DESIGN inspections are fit for purpose and safe to use 5 Help reduce the frequency of diving system DESIGN inspections, especially when diving platforms and/or diving systems move to new projects and new clients, by maintaining an industry-recognised database containing records of high-quality DESIGN inspections undertaken by third-party ADSIs on specific diving systems 5 Provide assurance that diving system inspectors who conduct DESIGN inspections for diving system operators and client companies are: – trained and accredited to a recognised industry standard competent to undertake their duties – able to prepare and deliver consistently high-quality DESIGN diving system inspection reports – able to conduct their duties at all times with professionalism, objectivity, independence, courtesy, and integrity.
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SHIP & BOAT BUILDING
OFFSHORE FLEET CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY Construction is underway to build a hybrid vessel fleet designed to support the UK’s growing offshore wind market Cutting ceremonies have taken place for North Star Renewables’ first service operation vessel (SOV) and what will be the world’s first hybrid powered daughter craft for the offshore wind market. Both vessels are bound for Dogger Bank Wind Farm, off the east coast of Yorkshire, England. North Star CEO, Matthew Gordon, said: “This is just the start of our journey in renewables. Not only do we have the capital in place we also have the experience and capabilities within our organisation to deliver and operate numerous offshore wind vessel fleets simultaneously. It’s our overarching objective we have planned to secure at least 15 renewable fleet contracts within the next five years; and our business is ready to do so.”
This is just the start of our journey in renewables. Not only do we have the capital in place we also have the experience and capabilities within our organisation to deliver and operate numerous offshore wind vessel fleets simultaneously SIX WIND FARM VESSELS Comprising three of its service operation vessels (SOVs) and three associated daughter crafts, all six North Star assets are bound for the first two phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm. The SOV steel cutting ceremony was carried out by North Star’s shipbuilding partner VARD in Vietnam. The SOV is one of two sister 5,000t vessels being built to accommodate up
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to 40 technicians working on the wind farm’s offshore wind turbines at its first two phases, Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B. A third 6,000t SOV will also be delivered to the development’s partners SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Eni (20%). The trio of vessels are chartered for 10year terms with additional one-year options. An aluminium-cutting ceremony also took place at Alicat’s shipyard in Great Yarmouth (UK) for the hybrid powered daughter craft. Designed by Southampton-based naval architects Chartwell Marine in collaboration with North Star, the craft will be used to safely transfer technicians from the SOVs to work on the wind turbines benefitting from Chartwell’s unique AFS bow fender and other stability technology. The craft will also be on emergency rescue support standby.
8 Alicat director Simon Coote with North Star’s SOV daughter craft operations manager, Peter Mantripp
SAR vessels boom 8 The 16m multifunctional Patrol 16 WP SAR model is the newest addition to Baltic Workboats’ SAR vessels portfolio
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Baltic Workboats (BWB) has a wide variety of SAR (search and rescue) vessels under construction and scheduled for deliveries within the last quarter of 2021 and the beginning of 2022. Four SAR vessels ranging from 16m – 24m are currently in different stages of production with Patrol 16 WP SAR and Patrol 21 WP SAR in the sea trials phase and scheduled for delivery within October and November, respectively. These new SAR vessel models will further increase the BWB SAR vessels diverse portfolio. Patrol 19 WP SAR and Patrol 24 WP SAR are based on existing SAR vessel models and demonstrate the high trust
towards BWB SAR vessels’ design and quality solutions. The 16m multifunctional Patrol 16 WP SAR model is the newest addition to Baltic
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Workboats’ SAR vessels portfolio. It is based on a well-proven Patrol 16 WP hull design with a wave-piercing bow which enables crew to react to incidents instantly, even the most challenging weather conditions. Patrol 16 WP SAR features include a hydraulic MOB platform on a spacious 10 m2 aft deck built for SAR operations and airlifting, MOB davits with rescue nets on both sides of the wheelhouse and external FiFi with two remotely controlled monitors. It can also tow stricken vessels.
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PLANS FIRM UP FOR MORE GERMAN SPECIAL SHIPS
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Plans for another two German survey, wreck location and research ships are expected to be completed soon with tender invitations tipped for next year. Karin Kammann-Klippstein, President of Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) said her agency was keen to press ahead with modernisation of its fleet of currently five specialized ships. She was talking to maritime industry guests at a reception aboard the BSH survey, wreck and research flagship Atair in Hamburg. Confirming the remarks, a spokeswoman said the BSH President had revealed it was now hoped to complete preliminary planning for the replacement of two further BSH survey, wreck and research ships Deneb and Wega by the end of the year. Kammann-Klippstein had also said the BSH was determined to follow that up with tender invitations for the two newbuilds during 2022, the spokeswoman told Maritime Journal. Deneb and Wega, in service since 1990 and 1994, are both 52.05m x 11.40m. Their replacement has long been discussed and Berlin funding earmarked. However no technical details or propulsion and fuelling system preferences have been announced. LNG must rank high since Atair, the largest
8 Atair hosts Hamburg reception
ship in the current BSH fleet is billed as the world’s first LNG DF fuelled governmental research vessel. The 75m x 16.8m Atair entered service just last year. Built by Fassmer, it is propelled by Wärtsilä 20DF and 6L20 engines.
In 2023 however Atair wilI be joined by the first of three 95m x19.5m multi-purpose newbuilds for Germany’s governmental Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV). Those ships will be fuelled exclusively by LNG. They are being built at Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder – the yard that pioneered German SWATH technology. The first A&R newbuild is being followed by a second in 2024. They will replace emergency response ships in the North Sea and Baltic - the 56.1m Scharhörn and the 80.4m Mellum, built in 1974 and 1984. Both are being delivered complete with LNG plant and will, like Atair, boast bow helicopter pads. The third identical A&R newbuild, an option converted only last year, will be delivered in 2025, the WSV said. It will replace the currently 23 year old 78.9x18m multi-purpose pollution control ship Neuwerk and have specialised equipment which WSV said would greatly improve ship recovery capability.
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SHIP & BOATBUILDING The UK’s Wight Shipyard Co have been formally presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. The award was presented by Mrs Susie Sheldon JP, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight in a ceremony at the thriving shipyard in East Cowes. The award was in particular recognition of their outstanding short-term growth in the export market. Receiving the award, Peter Morton, Chief Executive of The Wight Shipyard Co. commented: “We are delighted to accept this prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category on behalf of everyone at the yard who are very much part of the re-birth of the British shipbuilding industry. We set out to stem the tide of orders going to overseas yards and to capitalise on the local skills that we are fortunate to have on the Isle of Wight. The Wight Shipyard Co is one of 205 organisations nationally that have been recognised in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise having been set up in 2010 after the restoration of a classic gentleman’s motor cruiser for Sir Charles Dunstone, one of the country’s leading entrepreneurs and whose family office is the main backer of the yard. Following the successful completion of that
SPECIALIST ALUMINIUM BOATBUILDER RECOGNISED We are delighted to accept this prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category on behalf of everyone at the yard
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success has been in effectively competing internationally with overseas yards. Exports to date include two 450 pax ferries for Mexico, a 40-metre vessel for Austria and four vessels for Malta with 50% of Wight Shipyard Co revenue coming from export over the last five years. Looking forward, the yard has recently signed an order for two more high speed ferries and two 24 metre aluminium explorer vessels alongside building and delivering a hybrid wind farm support vessel capable of significant speed advantages and considerable fuel savings.
8 Peter Morton, Chief Executive of The Wight Shipyard Co. receiving the Queen’s Award for Enterprise
project, discussions began with the owners of Red Funnel about the construction of the new Red Jet fleet of fast catamarans servicing the Isle of Wight and to date two have been built and continue to be serviced at the yard. Orders quickly followed for two Thames Clippers with the yard proving its capabilities in high-tech aluminium construction, but the big
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ALL-ELECTRIC CATAMARAN IS FIRST FOR ROSTOCK The introduction of its first emission-free, all-electric commuter ferry has greatly improved the public transport situation in the German Baltic port city of Rostock
A Rostock city spokesman told Maritime Journal earlier this year that the rudder propellers, solar panels and batteries in Warnowstromer had all been developed by Amereship. Officials added that on sunny days, up to half the required energy could be solar and that up to 36,000 litres of Diesel and 95 tons of CO2 a year would be saved The new ferry is part of the city’s public transport concern Rostocker Strassenbahn (RSAG) which has dovetailed the boat’s movements into its existing local bus and tram timetables. The cat’s regular river operations however across its half kilometer Warnow route between Kabutzenhof and Gehlsdorf – are in the hands of local shipping concern Reederei Antaris. Warnowstromer is steel-hulled and was built in nearby
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The new 19.9m long and 6.6m wide catamaran Warnowstromer carries 80 passengers and 15 bicycles. It has just gone into regular service across the Warnow River and officials said it will boost transport potential in the city of Rostock by some 500 passengers a day. The newbuild cost €1.7 million while investment in modernising mooring/charging points has upped that to €2.2 million. It is now in city service just upstream from the seaport of Rostock, east Germany’s biggest Baltic shipping hub handled nearly 21 million tons of cargo in 2020.
Stralsund by ship and steel construction yard Ostseestaal and designed by Ostseestaal associate Ampereship. It is the 12th such electric-solar ship built by the two firms. It is driven by two fully-redundant RP-AS, 45kW, 3600 rotating rudder propellers.They draw their power from high voltage Lithium batteries of 230kWh capacity and from 36 solar panels of total 10.8kWp mounted on the catamaran’s roof. Service speed required for normal timetable operation is listed as 7-8 kms/h but maximum 14 kms/h is reported available if needed. A Rostock city spokesman told Maritime Journal earlier this year that the rudder propellers, solar panels and batteries in Warnowstromer had all been developed by Amereship. Officials added that on sunny days, up to half the required energy could be solar and that up to 36,000 litres of Diesel and 95 tons of CO2 a year would be saved. Although no plans have been reported so far for further electric ferries in Rostock, Warnowstromer has come in for much praise. RSAG head Yvette Hartmann was quoted as saying “emission-free and climate friendly: Rostock is now on the right tyrack”. Rostock Finance Senator Chris Müller-vonWryck Rwekowski described its arrival as “a quantum leap forward”.
8 Praise for Rostock’s first all electric ferry catamaran
Solar roof for Turkish shipyard Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has installed a solar roof system with a 3.8MW power capacity generating more than 4.900.000kWh of energy per year. This provides for 30% of the company’s total energy usage. The installation took nearly a month, starting in September with completion in October. With the new solar energy system Tersan says it has taken bold climate action and aligned its energy procurement strategies with the sustainability goals set forth by initiatives.
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8 Tersan Shipyard has installed Solar Energy Panels to the roof tops of the Shipyard workshops
Tersan is one of Turkey’s largest new building shipbuilders employing almost 5,000 people in two shipyards, in Istanbul
and in Yalova and with a track record of building more than 80 ships. The company specialises in building technologically advanced offshore, fishing and other types of vessels for international customers, mostly from Northern Europe. Tersan is a diversified shipbuilder which has gained considerable experience in building LNG and battery powered vessels. The company claims to have led Turkish exports in the new shipbuilding sector for six consecutive years.
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SHIP & BOATBUILDING Inland shipping authorities in Germany are reportedly very satisfied with an unusual new €2.1 million workboat. The 36.52m loa, 6.69m wide Hilter only entered service earlier this year out of Meppen on the 270 kms Dortmund-Ems Canal. The canal links North Sea shipping and the seaport of Emden with the important inland industrial Rhine-Ruhr region and the port city of Dortmund. The newbuild is working the stretch between Geesen and the small town of Papenburg – best known as the home of frontrunning German shipbuilder Meyer Werft. But depite the short service to date, Hilter has already come in for praise from operators and crews working for the WSA Ems-Nordsee - the responsible regional office of the nationwide German Waterways and Shipping Administration WSV. Maritime Journal was told they were all very satisfied with the new workboat and its features. The newbuild had particularly impressed with its manoeuvrability and capacity potential as well as its on-board nautical equipment, MJ was told. Hilter is one of only a handful of similar workboats in the WSV specialised fleet. It is designed to transport dredged and other materials and has a special folding bottom
NEW GERMAN WORKBOAT GARNERS PRAISE Versatile new workboat Hilter is a hit with operators on Germany’s Dortmund-Ems Canal
which can be opened to allow waterbed offload. It has joined the 27.02m floating suction dredger Emsland , in service since 2006, and the 31.5m Hüntel, operating since 1972. The boat which Hilter is now replacing, the Herbrun, served between 1971 and 2016. Hilter itself was built at the Hermann Barthel Shipyard on the Elbe which worked closely with the WSV’s Mechanical Engineering Department in Coblenz. The yard is much in demand for its specialised small ships and boats – among them punchy sea rescue and police patrol boats.
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Drawing max. 1.8m, Hilter has a 70 m3 capacity hold and can carry 220 tons. IVECO supplied much of the engine room equipment, including its IVECO Diesel engine. A Schottel SRP 139 FP unit developing 220kW and providing15 kms/hour is also on board. Other suppliers involved in the construction and outfitting of the workboat included Hydraulik Ingenieurbüro Kühn in Wusterwitz which was responsible for Hilter’s folding bottom hydraulics, IEA Industrieelektronik- und automation in Rossdorf, Alphatron Marine and corrosion protection experts Toepsch in Burg.
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HOPES FADE FOR PELLA SIETAS SHIPYARD SURVIVAL Receivers were still seeking new investors for insolvent Hamburg Shipyard Pella Sietas late October but there appears little chance that Germany’s oldest shipyard will survive in its current form Pella Sietas announced insolvency in July citing Covid and liquidity bottlenecks but with hopes new investors could be found. However about 200 employees were let go in September and at last word just a skeleton work force remained. Receiver Achim Ahrendt said there had been talks with more than 150 potential investors since mid August and that some offers for the Elbe facility – Germany’s oldest shipyard dating back to 1635 – had been made. However Russia’s Pella Shipyard in St Petersburg, which owns Pella Sietas, was not willing to invest more money in the yard, Ahrendt said. He added that “none of the investors could, or was prepared to to take over existing (ship) contracts under the conditions already agreed to”. The search would however continue Ahrendt said.
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The ships referred to include the €100 million, 119.8 x 27.5m ice-breaker ordered by owners Pella Shipyard for delivery in 2023 and described as the biggest of its kind ever ordered in Germany. They also include the 133m x 23m trailing suction hopper dredge Osteriff for Germany’s governmental Waterways and Shipping Agency (WSV). Originally priced at €95 million and for delivery in 2018 that impressive newbuild was at last word berthed at the giant Blohm +Voss ( B+V) shipyard in Hamburg after being moved from Pella Sietas in a complex operation delayed for a year
by silt-buildup. Reports have said €80 million has already been spent on its construction. The WSV told Maritime Journal in August that further construction was being co-ordinated by those involved. But no further WSV comment has been received since B+V yard owners Lürssen announced in early October that B+V would no longer build or repair commercial ships. Reports elsewhere said an order with Pella Sietas for a 74.3m double-end island ferry for German operator Reederei Norden-Frisia had already been cancelled. And an order for an LNG fuelled ferryship for southern Germany also appeared stymied. Originally due for delivery in 2020, that still unfinished ship was reported still berthed on the Lake of Constance.
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First green patrol boat
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8 P.04 Osum is a diesel-electric hybrid vessel designed and built by Vittoria Shipyard
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The first green offshore patrol boat for the Italian Guardia di Finanza has been launched. P.04 Osum is a diesel-electric hybrid vessel that has been designed and built by Vittoria Shipyard in Adria, Rovigo for police functions at sea. Constructed in collaboration with Damen Shipyards Group, the vessel features diesel-electric propulsion at patrol speeds up to 9 knots, enabling it to have low emissions and reduced environmental impact. The two main diesel propulsion engines are flanked by reversible electric motors of 270kw each that can act as propulsion engines on patrol or provide electricity for operations.
The vessel is over 60m long, 9.5m wide, has a draft of 3.5m and can reach a maximum speed of more than 26 knots. It has an axe bow or Axe Bow able to guarantee excellent seakeeping even in difficult weather and sea conditions, without having to limit the speed.
Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for 2022. At the end of construction, the unit will obtain the highest class provided by the Italian Naval Register and the Efficient Ship Eedi (Energy Efficiency Design Index) notations, additional class notation dedicated to the energy efficiency of ships, Green Plus and Green Passport Plus linked to environmental impact, all issued by RINA. Vittoria Shipyard specialises in the design and construction of military, paramilitary, work, commercial and transport boats up to 100m in length.
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SHIP & BOATBUILDING Research vessels Singapore shipyard Vallianz Holdings Limited has secured a contract with the Fisheries Research Institute of Taiwan for the design and construction of three research vessels. Taiwan’s Fisheries Research Institute owns and operates a fleet of research vessels to carry out the study of marine fisheries in Taiwan waters. The FRI contract entails the design and construction of two 27-metre research vessels and one of 60-metres. The Group will build these vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, which is operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary PT. United Sindo Perkasa. The 27 metre vessels are scheduled to be delivered to FRI during the fourthquarter of 2023.
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BIO RESIN INFUSION MILESTONE A recent yacht hull build represented one of the largest structures to be infused with bio-resins to date. Sicomin’s InfuGreen 810 was used to vacuum infuse the 26-metre, 52 tonne superyacht’s hull, deck and superstructure producing a lighter, faster, more durable structure and reducing overall fuel consumption significantly. With a long history of building in composites, Couach has developed highly efficient vacuum infusion processes to build hull, deck, superstructure, and other components for their vessels. Whilst Couach traditionally used polyester resin systems, Sicomin - a key supplier of composite materials to the shipyard for more than 15 years has worked with the Couach R&D team for the past four years on a test program to explore the benefits of epoxy resin systems, culminating in the successful implementation of Infugreen 810 and other GreenPoxy® bio-based epoxies in the latest Couach model. With 38% of its carbon content from plant based sources, InfuGreen 810, is formulated to provide a more sustainable vacuum infusion resin with uncompromising performance. With the testing program complete, and the additional reassurance
of the resin’s DNV GL type approval in hand, Couach prepared to infuse the 2600 Fly hull. Sicomin also supplied release agents compatible with its epoxies and vacuum consumables that had been well proven in Couach production before this first major epoxy resin application. Then, the highly engineered E-glass laminate including sandwich core sections and a range of stitched multiaxial, woven, and unidirectional fabrics were assembled in the hull mould. For the final pre-production stage, Couach installed its in-house developed monitoring system to ensure the integrity of the vacuum and monitor the process conditions during the infusion itself.
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SAFETY, SURVIVAL & TRAINING
MORALE BOOSTING CONFIRMATION FOR SURVIVORS A new generation of Personal Locator Beacons will provide survivors with the vital reassurance that a distress alert and location has been received the other end. ACR Electronics has announced that its next-generation ResQLink™ Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) with Return Link Service (RLS) have received Cospas-Sarsat approval and are now available in Europe. Offering survivors vital reassurance in a life-threatening emergency, the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Return Link alerting technology will be available with the ACR Electronics ResQLink View RLS and the ResQLink 410 RLS. The groundbreaking ResQLink View RLS is claimed to be the world’s first PLB with the capability to provide the user with a clear confirmation message via a digital display screen, verifying that the international satellite system CospasSarsat has received their distress message and location. The ResQLink 410 RLS has a confirmation light to indicate that a signal has been received. The ACR Electronics ResQLink 410 RLS and ResQLink View RLS will be launched in specific countries, pending approval of the use of RLS in each country. The ACR ResQLink PLBs were developed by safety and survival specialist ACR to offer more user-friendly features and functionality than any beacon on the market to assist in saving lives across the world. They were specifically designed to offer users the leading personal locator beacon solution for providing the valuable reassurance of Galileo’s unique RLS and introducing two-way confirmation between a 406 MHz distress beacon owner and Search and Rescue authorities. Incorporating a multi-constellation receiver utilizing both the Galileo GNSS as well as the GPS Satellite network for faster location and improved accuracy, the ACR PLBs operate on the three Cospas-Sarsat satellite systems including the new MEOSAR. This ensures they will offer the near instantaneous signal detection and transmission enabled by the global MEOSAR satellites and upgraded ground-station components. Using the next-gen network, anyone activating a ResQLink PLB can expect their beacon to be located within 100 metres (328 feet), 95% of the time, within 5 minutes of the distress signal.
The ResQLink series does not require any subscription but are required to be registered with the country’s national authority. Optional subscriptions for testing are available via ACR’s patented 406Link.com technology.
8 The ACR Electronics ResQLink View RLS
UPDATE: 16/11/2021: ACR Electronics has won a DAME Design Award in the ‘Life Saving and Safety Equipment’ category for its ResQLink View RLS personal locator beacon at this year’s METSTRADE in Amsterdam. As the only PLB capable of displaying Galileo GNSS Return Link alerting technology via a digital display screen, the ACR Electronics beacon was selected as one of the Category Winners of the 30th anniversary DAME Awards 2021 following judgement by a panel of top naval architects, boat, interior and industrial designers, plus user experts.
Easier safety at sea Safety at sea is becoming easier to manage with the expansion of a MOB recovery range. Ocean Safety has extended its Jon Buoy Man Overboard (MOB) Recovery range with the addition of a soft case option for its Jon Buoy Inflatable Rescue Sling and its Jon Buoy Inflatable Horseshoe. Ocean Safety’s managing director, Alistair Hackett, said the soft case option for the sling and horseshoe ensure “the product is
easier to stow and use…making it more versatile for use across a wider range of user groups – both on the water and along the water’s edge”. The new soft case gives the Jon Buoy Inflatable Rescue Sling and Inflatable Horseshoe more stowage options onboard and is easier to deploy when required. Offering flexibility when it comes to positioning, the new soft case option comes with a hook & loop universal
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mounting system, enabling this vital safety equipment to be mounted anywhere, from bulkhead to guard rail, or on a land-based fixture. Enhanced internal protection provided by the new soft cases has also increased the service interval to two years for the soft case Jon Buoy Inflatable Rescue Sling and Inflatable Horseshoe, as opposed to the one-year service interval afforded by the hard case option.
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SAFETY, SURVIVAL & TRAINING A north east of England maritime training establishment has launched a newly refurbished safety and survival centre following a £60k investment. The Maersk Training UK centre has been updated to reflect the changing needs of the industry as it looks to the future and the energy transition. The investment has allowed for the training facilities to be upgraded and strengthens the centre’s offshore safety offering to the north east of England workforce. The installation of a new technical workshop means the centre can deliver courses on basic safety and technical training, as well as bespoke advanced technical training. In addition, as the first training centre in the UK to be accredited by the Global Wind Organisation, the Newcastle site is uniquely placed to offer training to those involved in the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Offering all five modules of the GWO Basic Safety Training and the GWO Basic Safety Training Refresher, MTUK has a bespoke hub rescue facility, which provides practical training for those required to access the hub and yaw sections of wind turbine generators and how to rescue a casualty from these areas. The advanced rescue, utilising Open
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Water GWO Sea Survival courses, provides a realistic as possible experience for delegates. Callum Dewar, UK operations manager at MTUK said: “Importantly, we wanted to embrace the opportunities which the energy transition creates, such as Dogger Bank, while not forgetting our historic relationship within oil and gas.”
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MTUK has also invested in e-learning courses and has increased its digital offering. This includes the upgrade of its Training Management Service, which allows MTUK to offer an effective and safer solution for delegate training. Dewar added: “Covid-19 has seen changes across working patterns and the way people respond to technology as part of their everyday. The pandemic has accelerated our move into digital training, and as a result we have invested in the technology required to allow us to provide our services to companies digitally. The use of smart technology to manage training needs allows us to maintain strong partnerships with our clients and continue to offer them the five-star service we are known for.”
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SAFETY, SURVIVAL & TRAINING
INCORRECT STABILITY CALCULATIONS COST $62.5m The Marine Accident Report details the NTSB’s investigation of the Sept. 8, 2019, capsizing of the roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier Golden Ray as it transited outbound through St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia. All 23 crewmembers and one pilot on board were rescued, including four engineering crew who were trapped in the vessel for nearly 40 hours. Two crewmembers sustained serious injuries. The Golden Ray sustained significant damage due to fire, flooding and saltwater corrosion and was declared a total loss estimated at $62.5 million. An estimated $142 million worth of cargo, including more than 4,100 vehicles, was also lost. Less than 40 minutes after leaving port, the 656-foot-long Golden Ray began to heel rapidly to port during a 68 degree turn to starboard. Despite attempts by the pilot and crew to counter the heel, the rate of turn to starboard increased, and the vessel reached a heel of 60 degrees to port in under a minute before it grounded outside of the channel. The NTSB determined the probable cause of the near capsizing of the Golden Ray was the chief officer’s error entering ballast quantities into the stability calculation program, which led to his incorrect determination of the vessel’s stability and resulted in the Golden Ray having an insufficient righting arm to counteract the forces developed during a turn while transiting outbound from the Port of Brunswick through St. Simons Sound. Contributing to the accident was G-Marine Service Co. Ltd.’s (the vessel’s operator) lack of effective procedures in their safety management system for verifying stability calculations. The NTSB concluded the Golden Ray did not meet international stability standards at departure and possessed less stability than the chief officer calculated. According to the NTSB, after the vessel capsized, open watertight doors allowed flooding into the vessel, which blocked the primary egress from the engine room, where four crewmembers were trapped. Two watertight doors had been left open for almost two hours before the accident. No one on the bridge ensured that the doors were closed before departing the port.
Photo U.S. Coast Guard
Inaccurate stability calculations caused the capsizing of vehicle carrier Golden Ray, the US National Transportation Safety Board has said
“The circumstances of this accident show that even when transiting in protected waters, watertight integrity is critical to the safety of the vessel and its crew,” the report said. “It is essential that the operator ensure that crews verify that all watertight doors are closed in accordance with safety management system procedures.” As a result of its investigation, the NTSB issued two safety recommendations to G-Marine Service Co. Ltd.: 5 Revise its safety management system to establish procedures for verifying stability calculations and implement audit procedures to ensure their vessels meet stability requirements before leaving the port; and 5 Revise its safety management system audit process to verify crew adherence to the Arrival/Departure Checklist regarding the closure of watertight doors. The public docket for the investigation contains more than 1,700 pages of factual information, including interview transcripts, photographs and other investigative materials and is available online at https://go.usa.gov/xFKfT The Marine Accident Report is available at https://go.usa. gov/xMWcn
8 The stern view of the Golden Ray six hours after the heeling event
Simple liferaft exchange Ship managers and owners can now benefit from a simple and fast liferaft exchange with no contract and no commitment. Lalizas’ Fast & Independent (F&I) Liferaft Exchange embraces the most beneficial aspects of the traditional liferaft ‘ownership’ model while also offering the operational benefits of liferaft ‘exchange’. Designed without entry or exit costs, F&I offers immediate ownership of newly serviced & fully approved liferafts of the
same capacity & type as the ones that are currently onboard, ensuring the vessel compliance with IMO standards. Lalizas has appointed Malcolm Barratt as F&I Liferaft network development manager. Barratt commented: “F&I is not about to take the place of the traditional ownership Service or Rental of rafts way of working with liferafts - if you consider that approximately two thirds of all liferafts in the world market are still owned by vessels and get a service
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when due. Likewise, the just less than one third of the global fleet that are not owned by a vessel and are in rental contracts are great for a certain type or profile of Customer. F&I is more a genuine alternative, a third way of working and it is this ‘revolution in the making’ that convinced me to join LALIZAS and to play some small part in delivering this to our industry.” F&I is available in key ports around the world.
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POLLUTION CONTROL
CATALYTIC HYDROGEN BOOST FOR SURFACE DREDGER COP26 hosts, Glasgow City Council, have made significant steps towards their ambitious goal of reducing their environmental impact and improving air quality for all by upgrading their Water Witch Surface Dredger ‘St Mungo’ with the latest hydrogen catalytic technology Normally moored outside the COP26 venue, the 14-tonne vessel has worked on the River Clyde for the past 19 years removing debris and pollution from the City’s River. The vessel has been retro fitted with a unique electrolyser system for producing catalytic hydrogen which offers immediate reductions in fossil fuel consumption and harmful air pollution. This system reduces diesel particulates, NOx, and CO2 emissions by improving the quality of the combustion process, and by extending the efficiency of the engine, reducing the amount of fuel being consumed. Emissions are reduced by up to 85%. The ‘EcoPro’ is a RINA Type Approved, patented standalone catalytic hydrogen system designed to immediately reduce the vessel’s engine pollution without any invasive modifications being required. Supplying a controlled quantity of pure hydrogen-on-demand to give a more complete fuel burn during combustion, it is neatly installed next to the vessel’s main Perkins Sabre 6-cylinder 185hp 160 kwh diesel engine. Hydrogen is produced from its own electronic system whilst the engine is running and automatically ceases when the engine is switched off. The system has worked exceptionally well since installation earlier this month and Glasgow City Council has had the perfect opportunity to showcase their cleaner, greener, pollution control vessel to Climate Change Delegates at the Summit. Developed by Ecomotus, the EcoPro technology is a vital transition between fossil fuels and a hydrogen/electric economy. Jason Munro, Director says: “We are all aware that the marine industry needs to change away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable power to progressively reduce the greenhouse gases, harmful emissions and particulates produced. This standalone system is designed to work in harmony with existing combustion engines and reduces the operator’s carbon footprint”. Ecomotus, based in South
Devon, were awarded an Innovate UK grant for R&D testing and trials, enabling them to secure both Type A Approval and Maritime and Coastguard (MCA) accreditation.
8 The 14-tonne Water Witch vessel has worked on the River Clyde for the past 19 years
Tackling underwater noise pollution Sinay is helping tackle underwater noise pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. The company uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify the noise level produced by humans which negatively affects marine life. The Sinay Hub dedicated Underwater Acoustics Module is a single digital platform where data is gathered and transformed into key indicators thanks to advanced AI technologies and Sinay’s AI experts. “We are digitalizing the oceans to better understand them and enable the various stakeholders to manage the maritime space
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optimally and make informed decisions.” Said, Yanis Souami Sinay’s founder. “Algorithms work flat out on our platform’s big servers, performing calculations
encompassing the entire Mediterranean.” Developed for ACCOBAMS (the Agreement for the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area), the Sinay Hub Module can help provide insight on air quality, water quality, aerial noise, underwater acoustics and sea life. The Module analyses complex data streams such as real-time maritime traffic, wind farm layout, seismic zones, oceanographic data, the presence of marine life, and live data from drones.
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POLLUTION CONTROL A delayed Government programme which will mean increased funding for ecofriendly propulsion and low emission systems on inland ships has finally gone into effect in Germany, reports Tom Todd. It has taken the EU more than a year to approve the German Ministry of Transport (BMVI) programme and reports said it came only after the intervention of German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer. Martin Staats, who heads the Association of German Inland Shipping (BDB), said: “Today is a very good day for inland navigation!” He revealed that funding of about €131 million had been approved and declared : “we now have the opportunity to finally modernise the German fleet on a sustainable basis”. Some €30 million in subsidies will reportedly be available this year alone. They are for approved measures to increase the profitability and competitiveness of inland ships. The BDB added that measures to reduce air pollutant emissions will be “specifically promoted” as the Government seeks to promote the strengthening of inland shipping as a safe, sustainable and effective partner in multi-modal transport chains. The programme provides for
GERMAN INLAND SHIPPING GETS ECO-UPGRADE INCENTIVE
increases in existing subsidies to encourage shipowner investment in high-value sectors like future-oriented, low-emission or zero-emission propulsion systems. It also covers investment in on-board equipment using digital technology and in auxiliary systems, as well as in conversion. One highlighted aspect of the conversion incentives is the need to up ship operational capability in low water conditions – a regular threat on Germany’s pan European ship transit routes.
A BMVI memo said that as of July 1st new engine types which are low in emissions compared to conventional diesels, as well as gas engine technology and
related gas storage and supply facilities, will draw 40% subsidy on eligible costs. Measures to reduce pollution and noise will also receive 40% subsidies while 30% of cost will be refunded for measures to improve energy efficiency, the BMVI said. The Government said grants to small EU firms were now 20% more than previously and those to larger firms 10%, while some regional development projects would draw 5% more subsidy than before. Scheuer said: “this is good news for inland navigation”. He added the subsidies would make inland navigation “more attractive, effective and competitive” declaring: “my appeal to companies is ‘seize this opportunity’”.
Tackling ship noise Ship vibration and noise will be tackled under a new collaboration agreement. BV Solutions M&O and TSI have signed a collaboration agreement to promote worldwide engineering services and solutions specialised in vibration and noise that can be applied during the design and operational phases of a ship to its delivery. The companies said they are working together on “the design of ships with low environmental impact with the aim of reducing and mitigating the underwater radiated noise generated by the shipping activity as well as the airborne noise radiated to the ports”. The partnership between BV Solutions M&O and TSI was formalised in July 2020, however, their first collaboration was 12 years ago, in the framework of
the European R&D projects SILENV and BESST, where both institutions were involved on the characterisation of acoustic signatures of cruise ships and commercial vessels. The organisations are able of characterising the acoustic behaviour of ships in transit through the quantification and analysis of underwater radiated noise generated during operation. A Non-intrusive Cavitation Detection System (NiCDS) has been developed for autonomous detection of propeller cavitation based on the measurement of vibrations transmitted to the hull. The installation of the NiCDS improves a ship’s acoustic signature due to the control of cavitation inception and the identification of undesirable operating conditions.
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INDUSTRY DATABASE AIR CONDITIONING & DEHUMIDIFIERS Webasto See under: Generators, Gen Sets & Auxiliaries
ALIGNMENT & TEST EQUIPMENT 8 Spectrum Metrology Unit 8, Ireton Avenue, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 9EU Tel: +44 1162 766262 sales@spectrum-metrology.co.uk www.spectrum-metrology.co.uk Electro optical metrology company selling alignment telescopes and precision electronics levels for alignment, flatness, angle, level, squareness and parallelism (shipbuilding and repair - propeller shaft and engine alignment).
ALUMINIUM STOCKHOLDERS 8 Aalco Metals Limited Test Lane, Nursling, Southampton, SO16 9TA Tel: +44 2380 875200 Fax: +44 2380 875275 southampton@aalco.co.uk www.aalco.co.uk Aalco, a dedicated metals supplier to the Marine Industry, is the UK’s largest independent multi-metals stockholder, with an extensive inventory of aluminium, stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze and nickel alloys in all semi-finished forms. 8 Righton Blackburns Building 38, Second Avenue, The Pensnett Estate, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 7UE Tel: +44 1384 276400 sales@rblimited.co.uk www.rightonblackburns.co.uk Universally acknowledged as market leader for the supply of raw materials to the marine industry, Righton Blackburns is your first choice for aluminium, stainless steel, copper alloys, plastics, composites and steel products.
ANCHORS 8 Schmitt Anchors and Chain Cables B.V. Post Box 5500, Rotterdam, 3008 AM Tel: +31-88-0 234 100 info@schmitt-anchors.com www.schmitt-anchors.com A 24 hour worldwide service for new anchors, chaincables and other marine supplies. All available from stock. 8 Trillo Anclas y Cadenas SLU Parque Empresarial de Coiros, Parcela 10, 15316 Coiros (La Coruna) Tel: +34 981 173478 Fax: +34 981 298705 info@rtrillo.com www.rtrillo.com Chain Cables, Shackles, Swivels, Mooring Gear and Mooring Ropes.
BARGES Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat builders
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8 Williams Shipping Manor House Avenue, Milbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 0LF Tel: +44 2380 529555 marine@williams-shipping.co.uk www.williams-shipping.co.uk Providing marine and logistics services for over 120 years. Pontoons, Tugs, Workboats, Fast Launches, Multipurpose Barges with cranes. Roadtransportable Multicats, full operational base facilities, craneage and open storage. Our group includes marine services & vessel charter, road transport & heavy haulage, container hire & sales, warehousing & storage, and marine lubricants distribution.
BLINDS & CURTAINS 8 Solarglide Ltd Unit 8 The Stottie Shed, Bakers Yard, Christon Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE3 1XD Tel: +44 1915 970543 Fax: +44 1670 898614 theteam@solarglide.com www.solarglide.com Solarglide are a UK based manufacturer and supplier of exceptional quality and innovative marine tested solar screens, curtains, blackout blinds, dimout blinds, wipers, and adhesive window films.
BOW & STERN THRUSTERS WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems
BUOYS & BEACONS 8 JFC Marine Weir Road, Tuam, Co Galway Tel: +44 7792 772447 uk@jfcmarine.com www.jfcmarine.com JFC Marine offer an extensive range of aids to navigation solutions including navigation buoys, lanterns, AIS systems, battery and solar powered solutions that are used by mariners and port authorities worldwide. 8 Sabik Marine Höylänlastu 2 A, Porvoo, FI-06150 Tel: +358-19-560 1100 sales@sabik-marine.com marine.sabik.com/ Sabik Marine design and manufacture high-quality LED marine signals and Aid to Navigation, AtoN, solutions with remote monitoring and control.
CHAINS 8 Carlier Chaines SA 37 Rue Roger Salengro, 59733 Saint-Amand cedex Tel: +33 3 27 48 12 00 Fax: +33 3 27 48 95 27 info@carlier-chain.com www.carlier-chain.com/ Carlier Chaines SAS Is producing chain for 90 years. We have many years of experience in manufacturing all kinds of chains, anchors & lifting accessories for any use. Our production facilities are based in North of France on 10 000 m², where we produce sizes from 10mm to 120 mm diameter. Our quality system is ISO 9001 since nearly 20 years. Our Forging dept can forge standard & on drawing items (shackles, swivels, fittings, hooks.) Our mecano welded dept can make any metal structure of maxi 12T (anchor, buoy, port & quay equipment.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS 8 Herbosch-Kiere Marine Contractors Ltd Power Road Studios, Studio 3.4, 114 Power Road, Chiswick, London, W4 5PY Tel: +44 2089 879995 Fax: +44 2089 879994 info.HKMC@eiffage.com www.herbosch-kiere.com Specialist marine contractor for main contracts, sub-contracts and charter works. Large selection of marine plant available incl. barges, rock-dumper, jack ups and heavy lift/salvage cranes. See our website for details.
COMPRESSORS 8 Bauer Kompressoren UK Ltd 410 Haydock Lane, Haydock Industrial Estate, St Helens, Merseyside, WA11 9TH Tel: +44 1942 724248 Fax: +44 1942 725640 sales@bauer.uk.com www.bauer-kompressoren.de/en/ Bauer Kompressoren UK Limited serves the shipping industry in the UK and Ireland and is Bauer Group's global centre of excellence for the packaging of containerised, custom-engineered packages.
CRANES 8 HS Marine Via G. Marconi, 33 Sabbioneta, Italy, MN 46018 Tel: +39 0375 254 819 info@hsmarine.net www.hsmarine.net HS.Marine is a leading ship and offshore cranes manufacturer with the world's widest range of models ranging from 5 to 1.000 tm capacity. All crane models are specifically designed, masterly built and assembled to provide our customers top quality.
DECK EQUIPMENT 8 Atlas Winch & Hoist Services Ltd Old Station Yard, Station Road, Biggar, Lanarkshire, ML12 6DQ Tel: +44 1899 221577 Mob: +44 7836 545117 Fax: +44 1899 221515 info@winchhire.com www.winchhire.co.uk Hirers and Suppliers of 2/4/6/8-point mooring sets available, single, double and triple drum winches available. Fairleads, deck sheaves, anchors, diesel or electric driven hydraulic power units. Air tugger winches, wire ropes, slings and shackles. New or reconditioned equipment available. Fluidmecanica C/Coruña 37, P.O. Box 5220, 36.208 Vigo Tel: +34 986 21 33 29 Fax: +34 986 29 85 18 fluidmecanic@fluidmecanica.com www.fluidmecanica.com From 1977 we design, manufacture and install deck equipment. Towing winches (standard or escort), anchor windlasses, cranes, davits, thrusters, towing hooks, power packs and steering gears. 8 Global Services Ltd Global House, 28 Trade City, Apple Lane, Exeter, Southampton, UK, EX2 5GL Tel: +44 7493 978533 commercial@globalservicesltd.co.uk www.globalservicesltd.co.uk/commercial Market leader in Marine Procurement. 25 years’ experience supporting Commercial vessels with ship supplies & services.
8 Ibercisa Deck Machinery Molinos 25, (Pontevedra), 36213-Vigo Tel: +34 986 213 900 Fax: +34 986 202 779 ibercisa@ibercisa.es www.ibercisa.es Ibercisa is a technological company. Founded in 1969, has been dedicated to the design and manufacture, under its own technology, a widest range of deck machinery for all kind of marine markets (fishing, tugs, oceanographic, navy, offshore, civil, merchant, research and dredging).
DESIGN Deri Jones & Associates Ltd Llwyngwyn, Forge, Machynlleth, SY20 8RR Tel: +44 1654 702001 info@djaweb.co.uk www.djaweb.co.uk We focus on the engineering and design of construction systems for complex, large structures, providing accurate parts for CNC cutting and comprehensive assembly instructions. 8 Island Computer Systems Ltd 41 Horsebridge Hill, Isle Of Wight, PO30 5TJ Tel: +44 1983 827100 info@maxsurf.net www.maxsurf.net Maxsurf provides naval architects, surveyors, offshore engineers and shipbuilders with a complete range of software tools for all phases of the vessel design, analysis and construction process. 8 Macduff Ship Design Ltd Low Shore, Macduff, Aberdeenshire, AB44 1RE Tel: +44 1261 833825 Fax: +44 1261 833835 info@macduffshipdesign.com www.macduffshipdesign.com Macduff Ship Design Ltd are proven industry leaders in the Naval Architecture and Marine Survey sectors, having worked for more than 25 years with owners, operators and shipyards globally. 8 Southerly Designs 2 Carrol St, Port Denison, 6525 Tel: +61 8 9927 2750 info@southerly.com.au www.southerly.com.au Southerly Designs is a leading designer of high speed aluminium working vessels. Specialists in high and medium speed monohull vessels. Patrol and Military vessels. Pilot Launches. Fast fishing vessels. Utility vessels and work boats. Landing craft. Offshore support and crew boats. Over 600 vessels in service. southerly.com.au
DIESEL ENGINES & SPARES 8 Beta Marine Ltd Davy Way, Waterwells, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL8 8LT Tel: +44 1453 723492 Fax: +44 1453 883742 sales@betamarine.co.uk www.betamarine.co.uk Since 1987 Beta Marine has developed an enviable reputation for providing quiet and smooth-running marine diesel engines and generating sets to suit a wide variety of applications. They are renowned for durability, longevity, reliability and deliver an excellent return on investment.
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INDUSTRY DATABASE
8 Mitchell Powersystems Unit 1 The Quadrangle, Abbey Park Ind Est, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9AQ Tel: +44 1794 518744 / +44 1623 550 550 Fax: +44 1794 518766 sales@mitchells.co.uk www.mitchells.co.uk The largest Volvo Penta Centre in the UK, supported by nationally located branches and Dealer Network. 8 Scania Power Solutions Scania (Great Britain) Limited, Delaware Drive, Tongwell, Milton Keynes, UK, MK15 8HB Tel: +44 8450 343034 engines.sgb@scania.com www.scania.co.uk/powersolutions The Scania marine solution is based on our marine engine range, and provides an array of flexible options regarding ratings, equipment, transmissions, and instrumentation. From the compact 9and 13-litre inline engines up to the powerful 16-litre V8, the comprehensive range covers a wide spectrum of applications. 8 Volspec Ltd Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 8SE Tel: +44 1621 869756 Fax: +44 1621 868859 enquiries@volspec.co.uk www.volspec.co.uk Volspec Ltd the UK’s premier Volvo Penta Centre with the UK’s largest stock of genuine spare parts, engines and accessories for the marine, commercial and industrial markets. Competent factory trained workshop based or mobile engineers ready to assist whenever required to both UK and international customers. Our online web shop available for UK and many European markets at www.volvopenta.com/volspec/en-GB WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems
DIESEL POWER & PROPULSION 8 Motorenrevisie Spaarnestad Nijverheidsweg 27G, Haarlem, 2031 CN Tel: +31 23 531 03 17 revisie@spaarnestad.nl www.spaarnestad.nl With over 30 years of experience in the field of maritime & industrial diesel engines. We are official dealer of Bosch Diesel Center | John Deere | Yanmar | Balmar | Zenoro | Delphi | Caterpillar | MTU (Service dealer)
DIVING & MARINE CONTRACTORS 8 Northern Divers (Eng) Ltd Oslo Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull, Yorkshire, HU7 0YN Tel: +44 1482 227276 Fax: +44 1482 215712 contact@northerndivers.co.uk www.northerndivers.co.uk Established in 1963 we are one of the leading diving contractors in the UK with divers and management experienced in all aspects of underwater work to a maximum depth of 50 metres. We can offer a full complement of diving equipment and a various range of marine craft to cover your requirements.
8 Quest Underwater Services Ltd Ferryman’s Way, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9YU Tel: +44 1929 405029 Fax: +44 1929 405472 info@questmarine.co.uk www.questmarine.co.uk Today Quest provides a large range of diving and marine related services and owns and operates a comprehensive fleet of marine plant and equipment from our operations base at Portland Harbour Dorset
DIVING EQUIPMENT 8 Spyderco 820 Syderco Way Golden, Colorado Tel: +1 1303 2798383 Fax: +1 1303 2782229 www.spyderco.com Spyderco pioneered the modern folding knife, introducing features like pocket clips, serrations and one-handed opening. That innovation and quality are the heart of Spyderco's distinctive folding knives, fixed-blades and sharpeners.
DREDGING BP Norse Marine (UK) Cleverley Cottage, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 1FX Tel: +44 1489 890031 Fax: +44 1489 890031 jan@bpnorsemarine.co.uk www.bpnorsemarine.co.uk Coastal towing, tug with 12 tonne BP, 160 cubic meters Hopper Barge, 16x8m Crane barge/dredger - Barge Norse 2, silt disposal, quayside maintenance & fendering, and fully crewed deliveries. Based in the Solent area, with 25 years' experience in the marine industry. 8 Jenkins Marine New Harbour Road West, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4AJ Tel: +44 1202 668558 Fax: +44 1202 669209 office@jenkinsmarine.co.uk www.jenkinsmarine.co.uk Dredging contractors, owners and operators of self-propelled dredge pontoons, split hopper barges, Workboats, tugs and flat deck barges (available with spud legs) 8 Rohde Nielsen A/S Nyhavn 20, Copenhagen K., DK-1051 Tel: +45 33 91 25 07 Fax: +45 33 91 25 14 mail@rohde-nielsen.dk www.rohde-nielsen.com. Specialising in capital and maintenance dredging, land reclamation and coast protection. As Scandinavia's largest dredging contractor, we thrive on low cost timely and efficient solutions. 8 Smals Dredging Ltd Highbridge Enterprise Centre, Isleport Business Park, Bennett Way, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4AL Tel: +44 7510 530150 pco@smals.com www.smals.com Royal Smals; inland dredging company cleaning and maintaining inland waters. With 20 very accurate, all road transportable cutter suction and deepwin dredgers in various measures we clean your harbours, navigation channels, lakes, inland waters in an ecofriendly environmental friendly way. Moreover, we are always searching for the best way to reuse the dredged up sediment nearby; for flood protection, as farmland fertiliser, by strengthening the quays, or recovering the eroding salt marshes. And much more! Please contact us via www.smals.com
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8 UK Dredging Queen Alexandra House, Cargo Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan, CF10 4LY Tel: +44 2920 835200 Fax: +44 2920 835216 ukd@abports.co.uk www.ukdredging.co.uk UK leader offers efficient solutions to dredging requirements throughout Europe. Modern vessels feature latest technology, in-dock dredging maintenance, capital works, buoy lifting and hydrographic/land surveys.
ENGINES - OUTBOARD
DREDGING EQUIPMENT
8 Halyard (M&I) Limited 86 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, UK, BH21 7PQ Tel: +44 1722 710922 technical@halyard.eu.com www.halyard.eu.com Exhaust Systems - Noise & Vibration Control - Environmental Protection specialists, Halyard, designs and manufactures high quality, technically advanced equipment. Halyard also distribute: Aquadrive, Emigreen DPF & SCR, Seatorque shaft systems, Siderise noise insulation and Wave filtration.
8 Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, 3360 AB, Sliedrecht, 3361 AV Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com/en/ Hire and Sale on a wide range of dismountable split and hopper barges. See Baars Confloat BV at Pontoons and or Modular Pontoon Systems Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS Neyland Marine Services Limited Unit 52, Honeyborough Business Park, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1SE Tel: +44 1646 600358 Fax: +44 1646 600323 neylandmarine@aol.com www.neylandmarine.co.uk Fault finding, repairs and servicing and all electrical and electronic equipment, communication and navigation systems, motor servicing, windlasses, winches, switchboard and generator specialists, circuit breaker (primary and secondary injection testing), full thermal imaging analysis and reports.
ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS 8 MJR Power & Automation 85 & 88 Willows Court, Teesside Industrial Estate, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9PP Tel: +44 1642 762 151 sales@mjrcontrols.com www.mjrcontrols.com For over 25 years, MJR has delivered turnkey marine power, electrical and automation projects to the commercial, energy and renewable marine sectors providing consultancy, engineering, construction, installation and commissioning services.
ELECTRONICS - GENERAL 8 BPX Electro Mechanical Unit 3 Rothley Lodge Commercial Park, Leicester, LE7 7NL Tel: +44 1162 999100 www.bpx.co.uk/ For over 50 years we have been proudly stocking, selling, supporting and servicing automation and control components, devices and solutions, operating as distributors for many of the world’s leading electrical, electronic and pneumatic manufacturers.
8 Suzuki GB Plc Steinbeck Crescent, Snelshall West, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 4AE Tel: +44 1243 388 940 suzuki@mindworks.co.uk www.marine.suzuki.co.uk Suzuki is a manufacturer of an automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and outboard marine engines for the global market.
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
FENDERS / FENDERING Battley Marine Ltd East End House, Billingford, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RD Tel: +44 1362 668641 Fax: +44 1362 668930 battleymarine@gmail.com www.battleymarine.com Fenders - New and second-hand: all types. Pneumatic (to ISO 17357), Foam, Rubber & Plastic. First Yokohama approved fender repair company worldwide in 1976. Inspection, refurbishment, renetting services also available (no fix, no fee). Batmar Super Sliding Fender (HDPE): the recycled plastic alternative to timber. ISO 9001:2008 certified. 8 Buoyant Works Unit 4, Little Trethew Industrial Estate, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3PZ Tel: +44 7850 778109 andrew@buoyantworks.com http://buoyantworks.com/ Buoyant Works is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance, lightweight fendering and offshore wind farm impact protection products 8 Fender Innovations Westrak 240, 1771 SV Wieringerwerf Tel: +31 22 37 64 170 info@fenderinnovations.nl www.fenderinnovations.nl Tailor designed and produced Fender Systems specifically adapted to the field of operation. Shared properties of the systems are a minimal weight and long lasting durability. Various mounting options. For almost every application such as: tenders, fast rescue, research and survey, wind farm support Vessels, heavy duty ribs, superyacht tenders, unmanned marine systems 8 Manuplas Unit 18 Estover Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7PY Tel: +44 1752 771740 sales@manuplas.co.uk www.advancedinsulation.com Manuplas design and manufacture vessel fendering, quayside fenders, navigation buoys, mooring buoys and subsea buoys. Manuplas supply to ports, harbours, navies, boat builders and operators and the offshore energy market.
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INDUSTRY DATABASE FINANCE 8 Shawbrook Bank Prospero, 73 London Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1LQ Tel: +44 7799 134682 / +44 7342 085974 Jason.crump@shawbrook.co.uk www.shawbrook.co.uk/marine Specialist marine finance provider for UK based SME companies. Marine mortgages available for workboats, WFSV’s, tugs, barges, dredgers, ferries, Thames river craft, hire fleets, coastal ships and other commercial vessels.
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT 8 Marine Fire Safety Limited Unit D1-D4, Bridge Business Centre, Brickhouse Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8JW Tel: +44 1342 844379 Fax: +44 1342 843172 info@marinefiresafety.co.uk www.marinefiresafety.co.uk Marine Fire Safety; who are well known and trusted by many for supplying, installing and maintaining firefighting equipment within the commercial marine sector, have teamed up with Lalizas UK to extend their services and support to both new and existing customers. 8 Seago Deanland Business Park, Golden Cross, East Sussex, BN27 3RP Tel: +44 1825 873567 sales@seagocommercial.co.uk www.seagocommercial.co.uk Seago Commercial specialise in sale and hire of Solas and ISO approved life rafts. With a range of products including lifejackets, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnics, industrial fibre ropes, wire ropes and chains.
FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEMS 8 Aksis Fire - Marine Fire Protection Deri O.S.B. Kazlıçeşme Cad. No: 5 Çarşı, Kompleksi Kat : 1 No : 23, Tuzla Deri Sanayi, Tuzla / Istanbul, 34956 Tel: +90 216 306 82 16 Fax: +90 216 504 06 35 aksisfire@aksisfire.com.tr www.aksisfire.com.tr/ Aksis formed by engineers who have extensive proven experience since 1994 in fixed based internal and external fire protection systems in the Marine and Offshore Industries, including Oil/Chemical Tankers, Cargo Vessels, Offshore Vessels, Fishing Vessels, Fi-Fi Tugs and Luxury Boats. We are proud to announce that we have delivered 1000 Fire Extinguishing Systems to 475 ships by 2017.
FIRE PROTECTION GENERAL Adec Marine Limited See under: Life Saving Equipment
GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES 8 Atlantis Marine Power Limited Western Wood Way, Langage Science Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon PL7 5BG Tel: +44 1752 208810 sales@atlantismarine.com www.atlantismarine.co.uk/ UK distributors for Kohler generators from 5 to 500 kw prime power. Kohler’s patented P-Gen load share system facilitates smaller generators increasing redundancy and reducing fuel consumption. 8 Kohler Power Systems 1 Kristallaan, Zevenbergen, 4761 ZC Tel: +1 800-544-2444 Muriel.Huguet@kohlereurope.com kohlerpower.com/ Kohler Power Systems, provides complete power systems, including generators (residential, industrial, mobile, portable, and marine), automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear, monitoring controls, and accessories for emergency, prime power and energy-management applications. Kohler has delivered energy solutions for markets worldwide since 1920 WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems 8 Webasto Webasto House, White Rose Way, Doncaster Carr, South Yorkshire, DN4 5JH Tel: +44 1302 322232 Fax: +44 1302 322231 info-uk@webasto.com www.webasto.co.uk Webasto offers robust heating and air conditioning solutions for retrofitting or as original equipment. they do this for any type of commercial boat, patrol craft, cargo vessel, passenger boat or naval vessel. We are also now the sole distributor of WhisperPower in the UK.
HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Webasto See under: Generators, Gen Sets & Auxiliaries
HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS
FIRE PROTECTION 8 Global Insulation (European) Ltd Unit 84, Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0EL Tel: +44 2392 462113 globalinsulate@btconnect.com www.globalinsulation.co.uk Suppliers and Installers of Thermal and Fire Insulation on Aluminium & Steel Structures. 20 years, involvement in marine projects for thermal, acoustic and passive fire protection to many prestigeous vessels.
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8 Hypro Marine Mount Pleasant Lane, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8LS Tel: +44 1590 681445 info@hypromarine.co.uk www.hypromarine.com As a leading designer and manufacturer of power-assisted steering systems, Hypro Marine has an enviable reputation in the industry for the quality and performance of its products. Specialists in finding unique solutions, we are able to offer a bespoke design and manufacturing service for Integrated Hydraulic Control of single or multifunction hydraulic operations for series-produced power craft.
INSURANCE SERVICES 8 A-Plan Insurance 2 Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 1DB Tel: +44 1905 930760 sales@aplan.co.uk www.aplan.co.uk A-Plan Commercial Marine is a long established Specialist Insurance broker providing insurance solutions to the UK Marine market. 8 Knighthood Corporate Assurance Services Ltd Knighthood House, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, Sussex, RH19 1LB Tel: +44 1342 327111 Fax: +44 1342 319575 enquiries@knighthoodcorporate.com www.knighthoodcorporate.com Leading specialist Marine Underwriting Agents & Insurance Brokers to the maritime industry, offering a range of bespoke insurance policies for commercial passenger craft, tugs, workboats and marine service operators throughout the UK and Europe
JACK-UP BARGES Fastnet Shipping Ltd See under: Workboats
LIFE JACKETS 8 Spinlock Ltd 41 Birmingham road, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7BH Tel: +44 1983 295555 Fax: +44 1983 295952 prosupport@spinlock.co.uk www.spinlock.co.uk Spinlock are a global leader in the manufacture of innovative life jackets, PFDs and accompanying equipment for the industrial maritime user. Designed and build by our team of experts based Lessons learnt in the most extreme yacht racing environments have led to the development of the DURO range and accessories for the industrial user.
LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT 8 Brimmond Group Tofthill Avenue, Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, AB51 0QP Tel: +44 1467 633805 www.brimmond-group.com At Brimmond Group we specialise in mechanical, hydraulic or electrical solutions. Our highly qualified engineers can design, manufacture, service and repair a vast range of equipment to meet any client’s needs.
Adec Marine Limited 4 Masons Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 9XS Tel: +44 2086 869717 Fax: +44 2086 809912 sales@adecmarine.co.uk www.adecmarine.co.uk Servicing and hire of liferafts, boats and lifejackets. Sales of a complete range of marine safety and fire fighting equipment to Solas and MED.
8 Jo Bird & Co Ltd Factory Lane, Basonbridge, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4RN Tel: +44 1278 785546 Fax: +44 1278 780541 info@jobird.co.uk www.jobird.co.uk Jo Bird and company have been making safety equipment cabinets from composite materials for over 30 years. Spinlock Ltd See under: Life Jackets
LIFERAFTS Adec Marine Limited See under: Life Saving Equipment
MAN OVERBOARD RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 8 I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd 15 Moor Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 8AZ Tel: +44 1202 657814 info@icbrindle.com www.icbrindle.com I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd , specialise in man overboard , lifesaving equipment and waterside safety for the commercial shipping industry as well as being one of the leading publishers of Maritime training publications
MARINE CIVILS 8 DiveCo Marine Ltd Head Office, Marine House, Upnor Road, Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4UY Tel: +44 1634 566560 info@diveco.co.uk www.diveco.co.uk DiveCo Marine are award winning, multidisciplined experts in the project management and delivery of inland and inshore marine engineering, construction and commercial diving solutions for private and public sector projects. 8 JD Marine & Sons Ltd Lock Head, Kings Dock, Swansea, SA1 1QR Tel: +44 1792 457174 enquires@jdmarineandsons.com www.jdgroupservices.com/ JD Marine and Sons is a specialist marine company based in Swansea and supporting the marine industry across the UK. We provide a range of services and equipment to for the marine sector using our own fleet that continues to grow alongside our business. These vessels are our own and are deployed from our Swansea base in the Bristol Channel – but work around the UK coastline. 8 Walcon Marine Cockerell Close, Segensworth West, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5SR Tel: +44 1489 579977 Fax: +44 1489 579988 sales@walconmarine.com www.walconmarine.com Walcon Marine is a market leader providing quality design, products, construction and installation of yacht harbours and berthing facilities worldwide together with a first class service to its customers.
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INDUSTRY DATABASE MARINE CONSTRUCTION 8 TMS (Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd) Unit 22B Dawlish Business Park, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NH Tel: +44 1626 866066 Fax: +44 1626 864288 info@tmsmaritime.co.uk www.tmsmaritime.co.uk TMS Ltd have many years of expertise in Marine and Civil Engineering. We operate throughout UK and Europe, where we utilise our unrivalled abilities and professionalism to successfully complete marine and civil engineering projects.
MODULAR PONTOON SYSTEMS 8 Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, 3360 AB, Sliedrecht, 3361 AV Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com/en/ Hire & Sales of containerised modular (spud) pontoons with a height of 4, 6 and 8 ft, modular multipontoons. See Baars Charter at Dredging Equipment for barges.
MOORING & BERTHING EQUIPMENT 8 Péguet & Cie Maillon Rapide, 12 rue des Buchillons, B.P.205, Annemasse, F-74105 Tel: +33 450 95 58 23 Fax: +33 450 92 22 06 d.durand@peguet.fr www.peguet.fr Product range fully certified: Selfcertification in permanent connections as machinery part.-EN 362 certified product range in PPE industrial safety – connectors. Over 200 items available, made in France.
NAVAIDS 8 Navmoor Ltd The Innovation Centre, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 8XA Tel: +44 2922 638222 info@navmoor.com www.navmoor.com We supply, install, maintain, and refurbish aids to navigation of any type, manufacturer, and age. We Hold stock of lanterns, buoys, mooring, sinkers, and monitoring equipment, to ensure the prompt response to any outage, anywhere in the UK or Ireland. And if you're thinking about monitoring, you've come to the right place, with an online monitoring portal coupled with our own monitoring modules that will blow your mind! 8 Trinity House The Quay, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3JW Tel: +44 1255 245121 Fax: +44 1255 245009 Commercial@trinityhouse.co.uk www.trinityhouse.co.uk Trinity House offers customers costeffective solutions for the maintenance of marine aids to navigation and the provision of marine data acquisition.
NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS 8 Incat Crowther PO Box 179, Terrey Hills, HQ Sydney, NSW 2084 Tel: +61 2 9450 0447 Fax: +61 2 8006 5783 info@incatcrowther.com www.incatcrowther.com Incat Crowther is a diversified marine design business with offices in Australia, USA and the United Kingdom.
NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION 8 Pharos Marine Ltd Automatic Power Inc Unit 14, Castle Mews, Hampton, London, TW12 2NP Tel: +44 7535 094337 jcorio@pharosmarine.com www.automaticpower.com Pharos Marine is one of the oldest and only UK Based manufacturer of Aids to Navigation in the world. With factories in the UK we have your AtoN needs covered.
OCEANOGRAPHIC / HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY 8 Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd Seaforth House, Seaforth Place, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9AX Tel: +44 1592 872939 Fax: +44 1592 873779 enquiries@briggsmarine.co.uk www.briggsmarine.com our services include; vessel charter, renewable energy services, offshore windfarm maintenance solution, submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance, marine engineering, marine salvage, pollution response, environmental consultancy, oil and gas terminal operations, aids to navigation services, and third party vessel management
OFFSHORE SUPPORT 8 Tidal Transit Limited Unit 6 North Creake Airfield Business Park, Bunkers Hill, Egmere, Walsingham, Norfolk Tel: +44 1328 854225 charter@tidal-transit.com www.tidal-transit.com Tidal Transit provides access solutions to the offshore energy industry. Via its fleet of purpose built vessels, Tidal Transit transports people and cargo to and from offshore assets. The company's fleet is focused on increasing efficiency and time on structures with the aim of reducing the LOCE
OIL POLLUTION CONTROL 8 Lamor Corporation UK Ltd 3 Medina Court, Arctic Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7XD Tel: +44 1983 280185 Fax: +44 1983 280056 uk.info@lamor.com www.lamor.com Lamor is the world leader in the manufacture of products and services for the Oil Spill Response Industry. We design and produce Booms, Skimmers, Pumps, Dispersant systems, Vessels and we also design recovery systems to be built into new and older vessels. MCA/IMO Training, Design and Consultancy on a worldwide basis.
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PR, MEDIA & ADVERTISING AGENCIES Sue Stevens Media Ltd 7 Foxhills, Ashurst, SO40 7ED Tel: +44 2380 292992 suestevens@suestevensmedia.co.uk www.suestevensmedia.co.uk 25 years’ experience specializing in Commercial Marine. Media buying, strategic PR campaign planning and implementation, press releases compilation and distribution, newsletters, company brochures and clients’ magazines and social media management.
PAINTS & COATINGS MATERIALS 8 Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd 7 Stather Road, Flixborough Industrial estate, Scunthorpe, DN15 8RR Tel: +44 1724 400000 marineenquiries@jotun.co.uk www.jotun.com/uk/en/b2b/paintsand coatings/ships/ Jotun is the global leading provider of marine coatings, with established positions in protective, decorative and powder coatings worldwide. It has 39 production facilities and representation in over 100 countries.
PILOT BOATS 8 Safehaven Marine Ashgrove, Cobh, Cork Tel: +353 86 8054582 info@safehavenmarine.com www.safehavenmarine.com Builders of the Interceptor Pilot Boat range, 11.5m, 13m, 14.5m & 16.5m. For when you demand strength and exceptional seakeeping. Also builders of GRP Crew transfer, Patrol & SAR boats, Hydrographic survey vessels, Work boats and Passenger Vessels Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build & Repair
POLLUTION CONTROL 8 Ecocoast Bolina Ltd, an Ecocoast company, Bridge End, Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EJ Tel: +44 1392 877991 www.ecocoast.com Ecocoast, founded by two Australian entrepreneurs with now offices in the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom, is a global leader in engineered products for the protection of coastlines and waterways.
PONTOONS Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders
POWER & PROPULSION 8 Hamilton Jet EMEA Unit 26, The Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XZ Tel: +44 1342 313437 Fax: +44 1342 313438 marketing@emea.hamiltonjet.com www.hamiltonjet.com HamiltonJet waterjets provide highly efficient propulsion for high speed vessels operating in the world’s most demanding marine environments.
8 Stone Marine Propulsion Ltd Dock Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH411DT Tel: +44 1516 522372 Fax: +44 1516 522377 sales@smpropulsion.com www.smpropulsion.com/ Stone Marine Propulsion design and manufacture a complete range of high quality propulsion equipment for commercial and naval vessels of all types and sizes. Our latest propeller designs significantly lower fuel consumption and emissions
PROPELLERS & STERN GEAR 8 Teignbridge Propellers International Ltd Great Western Way, Forde Road, Brunel Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4AW Tel: +44 1626 333377 Fax: +44 1626 360783 info@teignbridge.co.uk www.teignbridge.co.uk World leaders in innovation, design and manufacture of high performance, high quality propellers and sterngear for 45 years. Approved by all major classification societies. Propellers to 2.55m, shaftlines to 400mm
PROPULSION SYSTEMS 8 Marine Jet Power AB Hansellisgatan 6, Uppsala, SE-754 50 Tel: +46 10 164 10 00 sales@marinejetpower.com www.marinejetpower.com For more than 30 years, Marine Jet Power (MJP) has been redefining the waterjet market with innovation and unsurpassed quality. Engineered and built in Sweden, MJP’s proven stainless steel, mixed-flow waterjets are used in many diverse applications, from fast military craft and passenger vessels to workboats worldwide. 8 WaterMota Ltd Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ Tel: +44 1626 830910 Fax: +44 1626 830911 dm@watermota.co.uk www.watermota.co.uk WaterMota has been supplying the marine industry with engine room packages since 1911. Heat exchanger / keel cooled propulsion engines from 5.8 to 22 litres, auxiliary engines, generating sets and custom built power packs, heavy duty reversing gearboxes, hydraulic and power steering systems and power takeoff units, heavy duty sea water pumps for most makes of engines, strainers, impellers and accessories, installation and servicing. Supplying Azcue, D-I, Doosan, Hyundai SeasAll and JMP.
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS & HYDRAULICS 8 Besenzoni Via Molere, Sarnico BS, 24067 Tel: +39 035 910456 Fax: +39 035 4261633 info@besenzoni.it www.besenzoni.com/ Besenzoni offers an incomparable range of products: hydraulic gangways, cranes of every capacity for stowing tenders on deck, hydraulic platforms, sliding roof systems, pilot seats, table and seat pedestals, boarding equipment such as simple ladders or articulating stairs that deploy from the hull of the vessel by touching a button.
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INDUSTRY DATABASE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
RIBS (Rigid Inflatable Boat)
SAFETY
8 Novi marine Mosquitostraat 6, Steenbergen, 4651ST Tel: +31 167 50 00 02 info@novi-marine.com www.novi-marine.com/ Novi marine is an importer and supplier of commercial rhibs & dinghies and professional work boats. With the brands Gemini Marine Boats, Rhino Marine HDPE workboats & Essential Marine RIBs & Workboats, Novi marine provides a complete range of rib boats
8 Johnson Controls Plc The Security House, Hanworth Rd, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5DA Tel: +44 1932 743333 www.johnsoncontrols.co.uk Johnson Controls formally TYCO & ADT is a market leader in providing integrated security solutions such as Building Management Systems, Fire Detection, Fire Suppression, HVAC and Security Systems.
8 Specialised Marine Support Ltd Specialised Marine Support Ltd, Easdale, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4RF Tel: +44 1852 300341 info@specialisedmarinesupport.com www.specialisedmarinesupport.com Accredited and Achilles FPAL registered company specialising in personnel and equipment transfers, safety and guard boat duties, survey and logistical support to the emerging offshore renewables and offshore construction industries throughout Europe.
Spinlock Ltd See under: Life Jackets
8 Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST) Head Office: Satellite House, Bessemer Way, Harfreys Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LX Tel: +44 1493 440 011 Fax: +44 1493 249721 info@theastgroup.com www.theastgroup.com AST is a global supplier of satellite and end-to-end remote communications. We provide a comprehensive range of devices, voice and data connectivity and empower our customers to optimise their operations.
SAFETY HOOKS
SEATING & CHAIRS
8 H Henriksen Trleborgveien 15, Tnsberg, 3101 Tel: +47 33 37 8400 Fax: +47 33 37 8430 hooks@hhenriksen.com www.hhenriksen.com H. Henriksen AS is a technology Company with a long and proud history within the maritime and offshore sector. Henriksen has a strong position within safe MOB boat lifting operations, Launch & Recovery systems for offshore vessels, oil Spill Recovery and Entering and Boarding Systems for maritime and urban environments.
8 Allsalt Maritime 2952 Ed Nixon Terrace, Victoria, BC, V9B 0B2 Tel: +1 206 962 1986 info@allsalt.com www.allsalt.com Allsalt Maritime is a design, manufacturing, and R&D firm specializing in marine shock mitigation technology whose mission is to create products that give you more days on the water. Allsalt is the owner of the Shoxs and Kinetix product lines.
RECRUITMENT 8 Seamariner Ltd Seamariner Ltd, The Square, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1TA Tel: +44 2380 840374 admin@seamariner.com www.seamariner.com Seamariner Limited are Marine Recruitment Specialists and have been established since 1992. We hold ISO 9001:2015 accreditation by Lloyds Register and are MLC, 2006 compliant. We supply temporary and permanent seafarers to shipping companies worldwide and our expertise is the basis of our continued success. Having dedicated Recruitment Consultants for each discipline, ship owners will often be guided by our in-depth knowledge.
ROPES Cotesi UK Ltd 10 Ripponden Business Park, Oldham Road, Ripponden, UK, HX6 4DJ Tel: +44 1422 822000 Fax: +44 1422 821007 enquiries@cotesi.co.uk www.cotesi.co.uk Cotesi UK is a manufacturer / supplier of Mooring ropes in different materials from Polypropylene to HMPE Dyneema, Nylon, Polyester, Polysteel, Tow lines, winch lines. Polyform Buoys, Fenders, floats
ROPES, NETS & CORDAGE 8 English Braids Ltd Spring Lane, Malvern Link, Worcestershire, WR14 1AL Tel: +44 1684 892222 Fax: +44 1684 892111 eboffshore@englishbraids.com www.englishbraids.com English Braids is a family run business established in 1968, now a leading UK manufacturer of bespoke project-based HMPE rope solutions and mooring lines for over 50 years. Official Dyneema partner. With an extensive technical team and a longstanding trusted supply chain we manufacture dyneema winch rope slins, winch ropes and mooring lines from Dyneema HMPE. We have the ability to test and manufacture a range of products in different materials depending on your requirements.
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SAFETY SIGNAGE Adec Marine Limited See under: Life Saving Equipment
SALVAGE & WRECK REMOVAL 8 Subsalve USA PO Box 2030, North Kingstown, Ri 02852 Tel: +1 401 88408801 Fax: +1 401 884 8868 Richard@subsalve.com www.subsalve.com Subsalve is the worldwide leader and innovator in the design and manufacture of buoyancy engineered inflatables. Our underwater lift bags are specified to meet the toughest challenges in recreational, commercial, scientific, and military applications.
SANITATION & PLUMBING 8 Lee Sanitation Ltd Wharf Road, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire CV47 2FE Tel: +44 1295 770000 Fax: +44 1295 770022 sales@leesan.com www.leesan.com LeeSan, leaders in marine sanitation (now a Pump Technology Ltd Group Company) have over 25 years’ experience designing, specifying and supplying equipment for seagoing and inland waterways craft of all sizes. Extensive stocks of spares and replacement components are available for most marine toilets. Now promoting their “One Stop Pump Shop” so whether it be clean or waste water they can specify a pump for all applications including all the peripherals that you may need.
8 Capital Seating 1 Forward Park Sheene Road, Gorse Hill Industrial Estate, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 1BF Tel: +44 1162 169910 Fax: +44 1162 169920 info@capitalseating.co.uk www.capitalseating.co.uk Distributors for Grammer Nautic. Marine seating of the highest performance and quality. Full suspensions optimised for arduous marine environments, high shock mitigation performance, comfort, ergonomic design and DNV-GL Type approval.
SHIP REGISTRATION SERVICES 8 Hubel Marine B.V. P.O.Box 3219, Rotterdam, 3033 AE Tel: +31 10 458 7338 Fax: +31 10 458 7662 www.hubelmarine.com Panama- Belize- St. Kitts - TuvaluKiribati- Nevis.Auth. to perform surveys and certification of vessels of any size or type. SOLAS/ MARPOL/ ISM/ ISPS/ ILO Audits & Certification. Special Delivery Registration for 3 months. Crew STCW Endorsements within 4 hrs. Offshore Corporations for vessel ownership. Vessel re-activation and delivery service.
STABILISERS 8 Humphree Grimboasen 16, Gothenburg, 417 49 Tel: +46 31 744 3577 Fax: +46 31 744 3573 humphree@humphree.com www.humphree.com Humphree, based in Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden, is a company dedicated to providing: “Speed at sea” through innovative technology solutions for high performance vessels. Specialized in Trim and Stabilisation our Product portfolio consists of Interceptor systems and Fin stabilisation systems.
8 Naiad Dynamics Unit 3 Nelson Industrial Park, Manaton Way, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2JH Tel: +44 2392 539750 Fax: +44 2392 539764 ukspares@naiad.com www.naiad.com/ Extensive range of motion damping equipment including Stabiliser fins, Interceptors, Trim Tabs and T-Foils. Spares supplied for Vosper and PPJet Water jets. We also provide spares support for the Halmatic range of boats.
STEERING GEAR WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems
TRAINING 8 Lloyds Maritime Academy KNect House, 30-32 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 7RE Tel: +44 2070 174483 learning@knect365.com www.lloydsmaritimeacademy.com Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is the world’s largest provider of professional development courses and academic education qualifications for the maritime industry
TRANSMISSIONS WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems
TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC SERVICES 8 Rubb Buildings Ltd 246 Dukesway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Tyne and Wear, Gateshead, NE11 0QE Tel: +44 1914 822211 info@rubb.co.uk www.rubbuk.com Rubb marine and port structures can be custom designed to meet a variety of bulk handling methods. Relocating and extending is easy and cost effective in a busy environment. 8 Southampton Freight Services Ltd Units E,F&G, Griffin Industrial Park, Totton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 3SH Tel: +44 2380 860999 Fax: +44 2380 661444 sales@sotonfreight.co.uk www.sotonfreight.co.uk/ Southampton Freight Services Ltd today remains a fully independent, family run freight forwarder and logistics provider, offering global services by air, sea, road and international courier. They are dedicated to the marine industry, serving ship owners and suppliers to the industry alike, providing detailed solutions globally.
TUGS 8 Marine & Towage Services Group Ltd (MTS Group) Kings Quay, King St, Brixham, TQ5 9FW Tel: +44 1803 882214 Fax: +44 1803 882579 brixham@mtsgroupltd.com www.mtsgroupltd.com Owners and operators of a comprehensive fleet of modern tugs, workboats and crew transfer vessels specialising in marine construction support, coastal, sea and port towage etc.
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INDUSTRY DATABASE
8 NH Towage Frederiksø 8, Svendborg, 5700 Tel: +45 62 22 29 11 info@nhtowage.dk www.nhtowage.dk We perform long- and short-range towages. We have a broad experience in towages of hulls, dredgers, pipes and barges. If the need arises, we can also provide assistance in salvage operations, such as towing vessels in distress to a nearby port of safety. Our fleet is employed in marine construction projects. From offshore wind farms to bridges, piers, and jetties to harbour extensions, assisting dredgers to cable-laying operations, our experience and the flexibility of our fleet can provide a valuable source of assistance to a diverse range of construction projects. Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair 8 Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV Buitenweistraat 15, 3372 BC Hardinxveld-Giessendam Tel: +31 184 490 244 info@wijngaarden.com www.wijngaarden.com A company with over 40 years of experience in the service of: Chartering tugs / workboats / launches for Inland and Sea-going towage, Assistance- and Supply services to provide services for dredging-, construction- and offshore companies, on projects all over the world, 24/7 – 365 days a year.
TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE 8 DSB Offshore Ltd Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW6 3JD Tel: +44 2073 842882 brokers@dsboffshore.com www.dsboffshore.com Specialist shipbrokers handling the sale & purchase and chartering of Tugs, Jack-ups, barges, Split hoppers, Dredgers and various Workboats etc. Our services also include Towage, heavy lift transport and Valuations. 8 Herman Sr bv Ebweg 56, Barendrecht, 2991LT Tel: +31 78 619 25 07 info@hermansr.com www.hermansr.com Herman Senior b.v. is a family-owned company based in Barendrecht, The Netherlands. Although the company was founded in 1992, the roots of the company go back all the way to 1976. With our versatile fleet of Multicats and Shoalbusters, Herman Senior offers a wide range of marine services to our customers on a worldwide basis. 8 Med Marine Omer Avni Mah. Inebolu Sok. No:21, Setustu-Kabatas, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 34427 Tel: +90 2123111800/01 info@medmarine.com.tr www.medmarine.com.tr Thanks to its experienced maritime pilots and high quality tugboats all built in its large-capacity shipyards, Med Marine is Turkey's leading towage and pilotage operator and had been serving its clients for their newbuilding projects since 1995 Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build & Repair
UNDERWATER SERVICES 8 Oceanscan Ltd Denmore Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, AB23 8JW Tel: +44 1224 707000 Fax: +44 1224 707001 sales@oceanscan.co.uk www.oceanscan.net Oceanscan is a leading international equipment company providing the very latest and most advanced technology to the oil and gas, defence, petrochemical, renewables and nuclear industries. We supply advanced hydrographic survey equipment, ROV Sensors, non-destructive testing and inspection systems to more than 1000 customers throughout the world. 8 Propspeed 23 Akatea Road, Auckland, New Zealand, 0602 Tel: +44 7766 056911 info@propspeed.com www.propspeed.com Ensure operational readiness while reducing cost and saving fuel with Propspeed®. Superior in-field performance, technical support, and over 21 years in the marine industry.
UNDERWATER TOOLS 8 Miko Marine AS Vollsveien 4, Lysaker, 1336 Tel: +47 46 90 5000 Fax: +47 22 83 6515 info@mikomarine.com www.mikomarine.com Miko Marine AS (Miko) is an innovative solution-provider to the marine industry. Solutions based on the use of the company’s original idea - a patented magnetic patch called Miko Plaster® have been supplied to clients worldwide, including navies, governmental institutions, ship owners, diving companies, subsea contractors and oil service companies. Since 1996, Miko has developed a range of effective solutions to reduce the risk of oil spill, increase effectiveness and increase safety in the marine industry. Miko is part of Miko Group of Companies and co-located with our 50% owner, Buksér og Berging AS just outside Oslo, Norway
VALVES 8 LK Valves and Controls Ltd Unit 4 Arbour Place, Arbour Lane, Knowsley Industrial Park, Liverpool, L33 7XG Tel: +44 1515 483300 Fax: +44 1515 483311 sales@lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk www.lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk LK Valves & Controls are ISO 9001:2015 accredited marine valve & actuator stockist & distributer, representing carefully chosen, high end, market leading European principles, with many products having classification Society type approval.
8 Naval Rocha Estaleiro da Rocha Conde de Óbidos 1399, lisboa, 036 Tel: + 351 213 915 900 navalrocha@navalrocha.pt www.navalrocha.pt Navalrocha offers a complete ‘onestop-shop’ shiprepair service providing a full range of turnkey solutions. These services are delivered in cooperation with a series of longstanding and trusted partners with offices located within the yard.
Lebus International Engineers Ltd Pioneer House, Shorebury Point, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancs, FY4 2RX Tel: +44 1253 402402 Fax: +44 1253 345748 enquiries@lebusinternational.com www.lebusintengineers.com Experienced designers and manufacturers of special purpose and standard marine handling equipment inclusive of winches, windlasses, capstans, cranes, davits, reelers, fairleads, cable spooling systems etc.
8 Sealion Services 2 Brittania Way, East Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO32 6EG Tel: +44 7709 116223 info@sealionservices.co.uk www.sealionservices.co.uk/ Marine Outfitting and Interiors. Specialising in high speed lightweight vessels in the commercial and leisure market.
8 Lemans Nederland BV PO Box 527, Bergen op Zoom, NL 4600 AM Tel: +31 164 680 097 Fax: +31 164 681 971 info@lemans-nederland.eu www.lemans-nederland.nl/ Lemans Nederland bv is a company situated in the south-west of The Netherlands. We are specialised in hoist, lift, push and towing equipment. As well as deck, dock and quay equipment. Our delivery program consists of for example: Winches, windlasses and capstans (standard and custom built; manual, electric or hydraulic; planetary gear unit, worm-gear, spur-gear, etc; to handle wire, umbilical, rope, chaincable, etc; Either for anchor handling; mooring; fishing; dredging; towing; tug etc), some even from stock.
8 Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd KOSBAS Kocaeli Serbest Bolgesi, Sepetlipinar SB Mah., 102. Cad. No:14-16 Basiskele, Kocaeli, 41090 Tel: +90 (262) 341 45 10(pbx) info@uzmar.net www.uzmar.com Harbour & ship assist, terminal, escort & offshore tugs and supply vessels; shallow draft utility workboats and river push boats, tugs up to 170 meters in length, any power range whether direct diesel, diesel-electric or hybrid propulsion technology along with wide range of numerous type vessels.
VESSEL SALE & CHARTER Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair
WINCHES 8 Gemmell and Prout Marine Ltd Swann Street, Hull, Yorkshire, HU2 0PH Tel: +44 1482 329600 Fax: +44 1482 216296 enquiries@proutmarine.co.uk www.proutmarine.co.uk Designers and manufacturers of winches, windlasses and capstans. Hydraulic, electric, diesel, pneumatic and manually driven, along with ancillary equipment. Also hydraulic towing winches.
WINDOW WIPERS 8 Durowipers Unit 20, Oldends Lane Industrial Estate, Stonehouse, Glos, GL10 3RQ Tel: +44 1453 820972 Fax: +44 1453 820979 sales@durowipers.co.uk www.durowipers.co.uk Design and manufacture of high performance window wipers. Three year Warranty. DuroWiper Pantographs and Pendulums have a Patented twin drive rotary transfer box giving a remarkable smooth, powerful and reliable performance. 8 Exalto Wiper Technologys PO Box 40, 3370 AH, Hardinxveld -Giessendam Tel: +31 184 615 800 Fax: +31 184 614 045 wipers@exalto.com www.exalto.com Marine Exalto produces the world’s best professional marine wiper systems. Exalto makes wiper systems for all kind of vessels in the commercial and leisure sectors.
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VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR 8 Dixon Group Europe Ltd 350 Leach Place, Walton Summit Centre, Lancashire, PR5 8AS Tel: +44 1772 323529 sales@dixoneurope.co.uk www.dixoneurope.co.uk Dixon is a premier manufacturer and supplier of marine fluid transfer products including a range of water strainers, inlet scoops, thru hull fittings, valves, couplings, pipe fittings and hose assemblies
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INDUSTRY DATABASE WORKBOAT BUILDERS 8 Aister C/Baixada do Cocho, nº 228, A Guia – M, Meira – 3, MOAÑA, 6955 Tel: +34 986 240 294 Fax: +34 986 240 157 i.defrancisco@aister.es www.aister.com/en Safe, reliable and designed for work aluminium boats: bespoke patrols, SAR boats and passenger catamarans. 8 Cheetah Marine OceanBlue Quay, The Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, PO38 1JR Tel: +44 1983 852398 mail@cheetahmarine.co.uk www.cheetahmarine.co.uk Now in our 25th year of production, Cheetah Marine continues to lead Europe in the specialist design and construction of power commercial catamarans. (hydrographic workboat/catamaran) 8 Diverse Marine Medina Ship Yard, Pelham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 1983 300656 info@diversemarine.co.uk www.diversemarine.co.uk DM acquired the assets of equipment of South Boats IOW and trade from Cowes, IOW specialising in the design, construction, refit, repair and maintenance of workboats, military and patrol craft, lifeboats, pilot boats, fishing boats, commercial and pleasure craft
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8 Neptune Shipyards BV Rivierdijk 586, 3371 ED, Veerdam 1, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, 5308 JH Tel: +31 184 621423 Fax: +31 184 612741 info@neptunemarine.com www.neptunemarine.com We design, build, repair, convert and mobilize vessels for the maritime industry. It is our aim to offer you the best solution through innovation, creativity, cooperation and flexibility. 8 SMS Group Ltd Unit 1 Ocean Quay, Belvidere Road, Southampton, Hants, SO14 5QY Tel: +44 2380 141010 info@sms-marine.co.uk www.sms-marine.co.uk Southampton Marine Services specialise in ship building, ship repairs and steel fabrication across all aspects of the marine industry.
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8 Baltic Workboats AS Nasva Harbour, Nasva, Kaarma v, 93872 Saare mk Tel: +372 452 1140 contact@bwb.ee bwb.ee/ Baltic Workboats AS has a strong track record for the design, build and delivery of steel and aluminum workboats for professionals around the world.
8 Habbeke Schelphoek 103, 1621Mk Hoorn Tel: +31 2993 62182 Fax: +31 2993 67464 info@habbeke.nl www.habbeke.nl Habbeké Shipyard, established in 1966, has almost fifty years’ experience of quality shipbuilding. The wharf builds exclusively in aluminium, and enjoys an excellent reputation for innovation, quality and service. The shipyard builds aluminium workboats, & both open and closed vessels for rescue, pilot or general work duties.
8 Fastnet Shipping Ltd Marine Support Services Base, Bilberry, Waterford City, Waterford Tel: +353 51 832946 Fax: +353 51 851886 info@fastnetshipping.com www.fastnetshipping.com Specialists in Marine Plant Hire, Charter & Sales. Bespoke marine access solutions, CTV / Survey Vessels, Jack up Barges, Pontoons, Tugs, Crane Barges, Dredgers and various other workboats. Jenkins Marine See under: Dredging Tidal Transit Limited See under: Offshore Support
Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair
8 Stormer Marine Aambeeldstraat 32, 1021 KB, 1000CA, Amsterdam, Postbus 2017 Tel: +31 20 693 4006 info@stormermarine.nl www.stormerworkboats.com Stormer Marine is a young Dutch shipyard that builds workboats for discerning professional clients worldwide.
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