Maritime Journal April 2020

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CONTENTS NEWS

FEATURES

14 Good Practice

18 Wadden Sea Dredging

The Workboat Association has launched some basic guidelines for dealing with Covid-19 aboard

Maintaining the narrow navigational channels through the shallow tidal flats of the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands

16 USV Partnership The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE winner Sea Kit International attracts Fugro backing

27 European Tidal Power

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19 Hospital boat It was destined for third world disaster relief, but could this modular solution help the whole world?

28 She’s Electric Norwegian startup Evoy has developed what is claimed to be the most powerful electric outboard

FEATURES 12 Sterling PBES Grant Brown explains the importance of battery management systems aboard vessels

European tidal stream projects generated 50% more electricity in 2019 than the year before

36 Drone survey

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Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has completed its first survey by drone

38 Elbe Deepening

15 Kiel Projects

Work on the River Elbe between Hamburg and the North Sea is making good progress

German authorities are ploughing some €2 billion into long-term improvements on the Kiel Canal

42 Cold Kit The US Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter is being built for arctic conditions

16 Test Pile Project 2019 proved to be an important year for German specialist company SAL Heavy Lift

47 Covid Threats

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COVER SHOT Argument continues across the tug boat industry as to which tug is the best. Meanwhile Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey has been steadily developing and refining its extensive ASD portfolio with its most popular type, the 24m Bogacay Class, now having 39 in operation around the world with a further 4 under construction.

Recent developments have prompted Ali Gurun, Sanmar's Vice Chairman, to suggest, following the two most recent orders, that by liaising with a leading operator, they have come close to realizing the perfect 70 tonne bollard pull tug boat.

Sanmar has been producing tugboats and providing services for numerous countries around the world for

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Coronavirus emergency will be the defining threat trend of the year

four decades. The company celebrated its 40th year anniversary in 2016. More than 200 tugboats benefiting from all this wealth of experience are presently in operation on international seas. Sanmar builds vessels at its two custom-built, state-of-the-art yards located in Turkey’s shipbuilding heartland.

Sanmar started life as a vessel operator that initially built vessels for its own fleet. Over the last few years Sanmar has been tendering for new building contracts and has been successful with many of them. The company now builds tugs, workboats and pilot boats for national and international markets on demand.

8 Further information: www.sanmar.com.tr

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NEWS

A Japanese company best known for its diesel engines is further moving away from total dependence on internal combustion engines with its partnership with and investment in an Italian stabilizer company.

Yanmar and Smartgyro S.r.l., a gyro stabilization technology company, have announced they have entered into a strategic partnership. The partnership includes close collaboration between the two companies and an equity investment by Yanmar enabling Smartgyro to accelerate its design, development and launch of a full line-up of highly advanced gyro stabilizers for recreational and commercial marine applications.

“We are pleased to partner with Smartgyro, a company with deep understanding of boat stabilization, great engineering expertise and compelling gyroscopic stabilization products under development that together are uniquely complementary to our marine systems, equipment and knowhow,” said Shiori Nagata, President Yanmar Marine International B.V. and leading Yanmar's Recreational Marine Business Unit. “The partnership provides Yanmar an entry to the growing gyro stabilizer market and perfectly matches Yanmar's vision to enhance boater enjoyment, comfort and safety with technologically-advanced marine systems.”

COVID-19 GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE ISSUED A new COVID-19 Good Practice Guide for Workboats has been issued to help minimise the spread of COVID-19, protect people's health and maximise efficiency when responding to an COVID19-related emergency situation.

The Workboat Association's guide includes a number of controls that it recommends workboat operators implement .

These include designation of a COVID-19 action plan within the organisation's management system; onboard and shoreside operational risk assessment for COVID-19; regular COVID-19 management meetings; and preparations for the event of necessary 'post COVID-19 case' cleansing of a workplace or vessel .

SANITISATION REGIME The Workboat Association has proposed an increased onboard and shoreside stock of essential cleaning supplies and gloves, to include PPE for a potentially infected person; and the amendment of daily cleaning

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schedules to involve regular cleansing and disinfecting of contact areas and objects, including sanitation facilities.

Workboat operators are also advised to ensure anybody boarding the vessel immediately washes their hands using warm water and soap, with hand sanitiser used only as a second measure; designate an area onboard to transport any potentially infected persons back to port; and implement health screening for seafarers, anyone with a new, continuous cough or a

8 Anybody boarding a vessel should immediately wash their hands using warm water and soap

high temperature should be denied embarkation.

Seating plans (if carrying passengers) should be reduced to conform with locally applicable distancing guidance. If this information is unknown, The Workboat Association suggests no closer than 1.5m minimum. Where possible, crew should remain segregated from passengers and separate walk-ways be designated when applicable.

GERMAN CONCERN RESTRUCTURES AFTER “MASSIVE DIFFICULTIES” German hydraulic engineering concern Colcrete-von Essen has won court approval for management efforts to restructure after posting insolvency.

Colcrete, international specialists in coastal protection and harbour and breakwater construction, reported “liquidity problems due to massive difficulties in the execution of a large project in Scotland”. It applied successfully to a court in Oldenburg, North Germany to selfregulate with its own management.

Colcrete did not identify the Scottish project but has been involved with the Forth Replacement Crossing Project.

Raymond Kirk at Transport Scotland

said the firm supplied marine plant and equipment, excavated caissons and carried out dredging work but was no longer involved.

Colcrete itself said “unexpected additional expenses were necessary in order to be able to provide the services offered and to compensate for process difficulties caused by subcontractors”. It also said the project had tied up internal management capacities for a long time “so that too few follow-up orders had been generated..

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Marine consultancy ABPmer has been appointed by the UK Environment Agency to provide independent Designated Person (DP) services for the Port of Rye, as described in the Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC). The commercial port is a busy recreational and yachting centre, with a larger fishing fleet.

The Environment Agency is the Statutory Harbour Authority and the Local Lighthouse Authority for the Port of Rye, as well as the Competent Harbour Authority.

Elcome has announced the launch of its new online shopping portal for Admiralty standard nautical charts. With this automated software tool, now available on Elcome’s website, customers can review, select and order charts from the most comprehensive inventory of Admiralty charts.

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8 Difficulties for Colcrete but it says it's business usual

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BRIEFS NLB Brian Archibald, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Master and Head of Marine Services, Engineering and Transport, is to join the Northern Lighthouse Board as a Commissioner (NonExecutive Director). Brian served for 36 years in the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer rising to the rank of Commodore. His Royal Navy Career included the command of three warships and the later part of his naval career was focussed on project team leadership for complex ship and weapon maintenance and procurement programmes including the design of the new Type 26 Frigate and the leasing of the Royal Navy’s ice breaker and patrol vessel.

Netherlands-headquartered Geodata specialist, Fugro, has announced a strategic partnership with SEA KIT International, winner of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Mark Heine, Chief Executive Officer at Fugro, said: “We are excited to be partnering with SEAKIT International to develop a range of USVs that will transform the marine industry. Together with other strategic alliances, this partnership represents a major acceleration to our strategy of leading the development of remote and autonomous solutions, which is key to delivering a safer and more sustainable approach to constructing and maintaining marine assets.”

Ben Simpson, Managing Director of SEA-KIT International, commented: “We're delighted to announce our partnership with Fugro, which will combine our design and build expertise with

8 SEA-KIT vessel deployed Hugin AUV for X-Prize competition

Fugro's track record in the marine inspection market. Together we can push for better sustainability in the marine industry and lead the way for others to follow.”

In addition to investing in USVs and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Fugro has built a global network of seven remote operations centres (ROCs) to deliver fast, safe and efficient inspection and positioning services, including two new ROCs

in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Leidschendam, the Netherlands, both opened in 2019. By the end of 2020, Fugro will be the first company in the world to provide offshore subsea inspections via USVs and ROVs that are operated from onshore ROCs. SEA-KIT will work with Fugro to develop a new range of agile and compact uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) which can deploy remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for marine asset inspections. The first USVs will be launched before the end of this year, and a larger USV model is being designed for delivery in 2021. These inspection-related USVs are being developed alongside Fugro's range of USVs for hydrographic data acquisition.

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Given the Covid19 outbreak, world governments are looking at how fast a pandemic can lead to a severe shortage of isolation beds. Could the answer be a quickly deployed, modular and expandable hospital vessel?

Alego Development's 36m by 19m catamaran has three enclosed decks with “around 20 operating rooms and treatment facilities� CEO Capt Sondre Sandbye told MJ. The bow has a broad access ramp and an area for a fastresponse paramedic vehicle.

Below, the twin hulls each hold a pair of diesel/biofuel gensets and as there's a focus on low emissions the boat is a hybrid, the batteries also providing emergency power for the hospital if a shore connection isn't available. Above is an upper open half-deck and optional helipad.

However, the big difference between this and other hospital vessels is that it can be modified according to need. The trick is that it is based on 40ft hi-cube

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containers: that even goes for the hull, which can be modified by unfastening and introducing a few more sections, all without drydocking - power is increased by additional propulsion modules.

Though not for offshore operation, Sandbye explained it could be moored up in ports or harbours or even on inland waterways.

While the idea might appeal to

8 The hospital boat design is based on 40ft hi-cube containers

some mature economies, its real target is the developing world because here, a crisis can turn into a catastrophe. IImportantly its 2.1m draft allows shallow depth access as a number of places don't have a fully developed highway system.

Further, when disassembled it conforms to ISO container standards.

Global safety and survival solutions leader, Survitec has announced the appointment of Ron Krisanda as Executive Chairman for its worldwide life-saving equipment business.

As Executive Chairman, Krisanda will drive a comprehensive strategic plan to focus on customer needs and profitable growth.

In this newly created role, he will lead both the Survitec Board of Directors and the Executive Management Team. Most recently, Krisanda was CEO of Quality Metalcraft - Experi-Metal, Inc., a premium provider of highly engineered, metal formed assemblies for the automotive and aerospace sectors.

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Port of Tyne Victoria Beattie has joined the Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports, as its Head of Estates. In her new role, Victoria will be responsible for the Port’s diverse land and property portfolio, working alongside both internal and external stakeholders.

UKCS The UK Chamber of Shipping has launched its new Strategic Plan for the next five years on the day John Denholm took over from Sir Michael Bibby as Chamber President. The new Strategic Plan outlines the plans and priorities for the Chamber and confirms its position as the voice of the UK shipping industry.

ENGINEERING FIRM FURTHERS APAC AMBITIONS A Netherlands-headquartered engineering company has taken an important step in executing its growth strategy in APAC. Roll Group has signed a contract with Bintan Offshore Marine Centre (BOMC) to become an exclusive partner in the BOMC yard, where it will take care of the cranes and trailers to further develop the yard.

BOMC is 70% owned and operated

by Qube Holdings, the largest port operator and logistics provider in the APAC region.

Robin Koenis, managing director of Roll Group APAC, said: “The yard will also have a jetty access, which is perfect for our company with its land/sea combination. Certainly because modules will also be built here in the future, and we can handle the transport of these modules with our fleet of adaptable vessels.''

This is an important step for Roll Group, which opened offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,

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When the development of BOMC is fully completed, the yard will cover no less than 100 ha. In addition to the jetty, it will also have open storages, covered warehouses, workshops, module fabrication yards, a decommissioning yard and client-specific plants.

Adriaan Aarts, Roll Group CEO, emphasised the importance

8 Roll Group has become an exclusive partner in the Bintan Offshore Marine Centre yard

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“It's unfortunate... but I really think that the Norled ferry battery fire is significant in that it's bringing additional scrutiny to safety systems,” Grant Brown of Sterling PBES told Maritime Journal.

While Brown underlined he “couldn't speak directly as to the cause” of the Norwegian incident last year, the effects are still reverberating across the segment.

It is a wake-up call. Initially, what mattered most was the cost of lithium energy systems per kilowatt hour he explained. Despite a downward pressure on price, marine developments appeared to be moving far more slowly than those in the automotive industry which isn't encumbered by the same kind of concerns: you can park up a car if a warning light shows. That's not quite so easy onboard a vessel in transit; unfortunately, the resulting focus hasn't helped toward a realistic evaluation of the technology.

“While the benefits of an energy storage system for a workboat are so great that an incident like this won't slow it... this does mean potential customers will no longer be considering purchasing decisions solely on cost. The question now is, how well is the

battery managed, even when it's apparently offline?” As Brown told MJ “logically, you don't want to run the cooling or monitoring systems from the battery power, or when you turn it off, these systems go off as well - and that's the last thing you want to do”.

There are other considerations: “For example, you want technology that's impervious to water,” simply because drenching with a fire hose remains a possibility whether batteries cause the primary incident or not. To this end, Sterling PBES “has made sure that its system can be submerged completely for 20 minutes,” he added.

The question now is, how well is the battery managed, even when it's apparently offline?

While he admitted that such a robust safety approach “initially put us at the higher end of the market”, prices are dropping... and Brown underscored that the calculations are more complex than they first appear.

In fact, “integral liquid cooling means we can bring down the scale of the energy storage

We can offer a lifetime performance agreement against a set schedule, so people don't have to worry about it, the ESS will just work. Plus at the end of the cell's life, we can recore it, swapping out the cells and recycling the old ones system at the outset”. He explained: “While another system might need 1MW, this way you can put in just 300kW and just work it harder on depth of discharge, cycling and so on. Because it's so much smaller, it's far lower in price.”

Further, close monitoring also means “we can reliably predict how long the battery will last”. That holds an important advantage for busy workboat operators: “We can offer a lifetime performance agreement against a set schedule, so people don't have to worry about it, the ESS will just work. Plus at the end of the cell's life, we can recore it, swapping out the cells and recycling the old ones.”

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PROJECTS GATHER PACE AS KIEL CANAL TRAFFIC DIPS Professor Hans-Heinrich Witte told a function in Kiel the €2bn had been earmarked by the Berlin Government for further longterm improvements and to increase the capacity of the canal the busiest man-made waterway in the world. Witte heads the country's Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), which is the government agency responsible for the Canal.

He added that some €500 million were being spent right now on the 98 kms waterway, which runs between Brunsbüttel on the Elbe/North Sea and Kiel on the Baltic.

One priority project, he said, was the planned Fifth Lock in Brunsbüttel. It is designed to ease congestion on the canal, used by just 28,800 ships of 83.5 million tons last year. That's 5% fewer ships and some four million tons less than in 2018. A main reasons for the decline have been disruptions caused by repairs to ageing locks and by accidents in them.

The original cost of the 360m x 45m Fifth Lock was estimated at €270m. When construction started in 2015 that had risen to €540m with completion by about 2021. Later it became at least 2024 and €800m. Just this year, the WSV acknowledged it would be “the end of 2026” before the lock would be finished at a cost of €830m.

The cost increases and delays have been blamed on unexpectedly challenging construction works in Brunsbüttel and on legal disputes involving government and contractors.

The problems have reportedly centred on fears that ramming and anchoring of the new Fifth Lock chamber so close to existing old locks in Brunsbüttel might damage walls and chamber soles. An additional problem has been the need

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German authorities are ploughing some €2 billion into long-term improvements on the Kiel Canal as the waterway records its lowest ship traffic and cargo figures for years, reports Tom Todd

for expensive and time-consuming clearance of wartime munitions in an area targeted by Allied bombers in WW2.

Other current projects on the canal include lock replacement and renovation at the Kiel Holtenau lock complex, which will cost some €315m, and the upgrading of the canal's eastern at a cost of €500m. Preparatory undergrowth clearing work worth €120m began on the first 4km section of that stretch in January.

8 Brunsbüttel lock complex with new lock construction

Cuxhaven expansion gets green light Approval has been given for more berths at the German Elbe Estuary port of Cuxhaven which will give the booming facility a total deep-water Elbe frontage of about 3.6 kms, reports Tom Todd.

The go-ahead came from the local state of Lower Saxony. It means that busy Cuxhaven which once rivalled Wilhelmshaven as a candidate for a German deep-water container port - can continue to grow.

The three new berths will fill a 1,250m gap which currently exists between the Cuxport Europakai Terminal and the Offshore Centre on the Elbe and create a 28 hectare handling area behind them. Once the new Berths 5-7 have been built and the area filled in, Cuxhaven will boast 3,580 m of quayside and nine berths for handling containers, break-bulk cargo, vehicles and offshore wind farm components.

The port upped its handling to 2.65 million tons last year - a whopping one third increase over 2018. A big increase in the handling of

building materials was reported a main impetus for the rapid growth.

Lower Saxony Ports (N-Ports), which owns and operates the port, applied early for permission to build the new berths because Berths 1-3 at the Europaka have been working at full capacity for some time. The adjoining heavy lift Berth 4 - opened as recently as September 2018 - was also reported near saturation while at the other end of the frontage 'gap', Berths 8 and 9 at the Offshore Base completed in 2012 continue to “do well”, officials said.

NPorts will now extend a European-wide invitation to tender for the construction work.

Before that work starts, tenders for the operation of terminals on the new sites would also be invited, it said.

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8 Cuxhaven now all set for more major growth

commissioned a number of feasibility surveys. They included studies of ship maneuverability, seabed conditions and studies into the ecological and wildlife effects of the new developments.

NPorts has acknowledged that the new facilities will encroach on natural resources and has acquired 65 hectares upstream to compensate. “We are actively designing the future of the ports and we care about the entire region and its economic development”, the company said.

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GREATER CHANGHUA TEST-PILE PROJECT 2019 proved to be an important year for German specialist company SAL Heavy Lift when it came to offshore installation projects. The Greater Changhua Test Pile Project stood out The Greater Changhua Test Pile Project was a project SAL Heavy Lift completed over 3 months together with main contractor Per Aarsleff A/S. It was a complex project whereby SAL could utilize its experience in offshore test piling to ensure a successful project.

Making use of MV Lone's large deck space and a newly installed Fly-Jib, the vessel served as the perfect DP installation platform.

It was SAL's track record in offshore test piling for offshore wind farms that secured the Greater Changhua Test Pile Project from the Danish engineering and construction house Per Aarsleff A/S. The Greater Changhua Offshore Windfarm is an offshore wind site in the Taiwan Strait around 50km off the coast of Taiwan, which is being developed by Ørsted A/S the Danish utility giant and the holder of the largest offshore wind portfolio in the world.

TEST PILES SAL was subcontracted for the provision of a DP2 installation vessel, the MV Lone, and to perform pile installation and testing work as part of the pre-piling phase of the project. As the soil of the seabed on the project site had to be ensured, a test foundation was installed on designated locations around the project site. In water depths of 35 - 40m, six piles with a length of up to 80m were hammered into the seabed though a special Pile Guide Frame.

To realize the project, a substantial preparation phase was set in motion which turned into the largest mobilization of a vessel in the history of SAL. To be able to lift the long piles vertically, a jib extension to one of the cranes of MV Lone had to be designed, manufactured, installed and tested. This resulted in the Fly-Jib installation on crane no. 2 on Lone which provides up to 23m extra jib length.

The vessel had to be equipped with Temporary Living Quarters (TLQs) and additional lifeboats to be able to host up to 100 people that would be onboard during the project execution.

To operate as an offshore installation vessel with so many people on board, MV Lone had to also change its certification from cargo vessel to become a Special Purpose Ship (SPS).

The mobilization took place in Singapore during Spring 2019, where no less than 3 additional SAL vessels supplied the necessary project equipment from both Rotterdam, Shanghai and Esbjerg to the MV Lone. This included, in addition to the FlyJib and TLQs, the “Pile Guide Frame” and a special “Load Beam”, both designed and manufactured by Per Aarsleff A/S as well as various purpose built testing equipment, lifting- and handling equipment, the pile driving spread, survey equipment and the ROV spread. In the project port in Taichung, Taiwan six piles were collected, before locating the vessel to the offshore site.

FULL CAMPAIGN The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed at two locations.

During the first phase between May and July 2019, two sets of three piles, with a unit weight of up to 140t each, were installed through the Pile Guide Frame at target locations to their required depths.

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After a standby period, the second phase taking place during August 2019, involved static and dynamic testing on selected piles on the seabed. These tests provided the engineers from Ørsted with the necessary data to optimize pile design for the planned wind farm.

At the end of the project phase, the installed piles had to be decommissioned from the seabed, making use of a special cutting tool and then lifted back onto the deck of MV Lone transporting them back to shore for recycling.

With a successful execution completed Project Manager, Peter Munk, Per Aarsleff A/S stated; “The crew of Lone and the SAL Project Team did an outstanding job. We are very impressed with the performance and the results we obtained.

It has been a great pleasure to work with the SAL team on this challenging project. Arguably of more importance is the HSE performance which has been excellent”.

SAL Heavy Lift, a member of the Harren & Partner Group, is one of the world's leading carriers specialized in sea transport of heavy lift and project cargo. With the Type 183 fleet, equipped with dynamic position systems and an optional mountable Fly-Jib for greater crane outreach, SAL offers offshore services to multiple sectors. With the Type 171 and 116, SAL holds a fleet of heavy lift vessels with 1A ice class, capable of trading in arctic waters and northern sea route transits.

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The construction of the Afsluitdijk, a 32km dike through the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea, has resulted in a major morphological shift in the Dutch section of the Wadden Sea, one of the world's largest tidal flats systems, which stretches from the Netherlands to Denmark.

Off the northern Dutch coast, the sea bottom is rising and the maritime navigation channels for ferries are rapidly clogging up with sediments. The navigation channel for the ferry crossing between Holwerd and the island of Ameland has to be dredged around the clock to keep it accessible. Near the village of Holwerd, sedimentation rates of up to 6m a year are frequently reached. Total dredging volumes exceeded 1.5 million m³ in 2018.

CUTTING THE CORNERS WaterProof Marine Consultancy & Services was asked by the Dutch Ministry of Public Works to monitor and assess the possible impact of dredging a shortcut in the meandering navigation channel. Due to its constant erosion and sedimentation process, the route to Ameland is becoming longer, costing time, fuel and extra CO2 emissions. Dredging the shortcut of the ferry channel would change the hydromorphological conditions and therefore needed to be monitored to assess the efficiency of the measure and any long-term impact in the area.

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8 Nortek's vessel-mounted ADCP current survey package, Signature VM

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channel transects and also showed the continuously depth-varying sediment concentrations in the water over the tidal cycle. This knowledge aids understanding of the morphological system and gives direction in the efficiency of future mitigation measures to keep the navigation channel open.

SUSPENDED SEDIMENT WaterProof's Luitze Perk reports: “Nortek advised us on suitable equipment for our extensive field campaign and delivered the right acoustic instrumentation for the job. Our bottom frames were equipped with Signature ADCP instrumentation to gain information about water flow, water level and (in combination with an optical sensor) suspended sediment concentrations over a two-month period.”

WaterProof took measurements using stationary Nortek Signature1000 ADCPs, as well as the easy-to-use vesselmounted Signature VM, which played a significant role in determining the spatial distribution of velocities, sediment concentrations and tidal prisms (the volume of water moved between low and high tide) across the navigation channels.

“The vertical beam of this vessel-mounted system provides us with a high-resolution echograph, encompassing the entire water column from the water surface to the bottom of the sea, where the highest concentration of sediments can be expected,” he added.

Sediment samples taken in the field were taken back to WaterProof's lab for additional flow flume measurements. Here, Nortek's Vectrino velocimeter was used to determine local, near-bed flow velocities.

“We're pleased how Nortek supported us throughout the campaign, making it possible to gather extensive and useful data,” Perk said.

8 Data gathered by the Signature VM provided accurate insight into the flow velocities over the water column in the ferry channels. Inset: Ferry channels going to the island of Ameland in the Netherlands

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In what can be seen as a significant announcement Abu Dhabi Ports has reported a collaboration with Robert Allan Ltd to develop “the world's first fully unmanned autonomous commercial marine tugs” that will join SAFEEN, Abu Dhabi Ports' maritime services division once completed.

One of the primary advantages stated for the design is greater capability through the shifting of the human element from onboard to onshore allowing operation in far more adverse weather conditions and in turn increasing efficiency and enhancing operational safety.

Mike Fitzpatrick, president and CEO, Robert Allan ltd said: “We are excited to cooperate with Abu Dhabi Ports in this initiative, which provides us with an optimal opportunity to develop the world's first fleet of remotely-operated tugboats for the commercial sector.”

At industry conferences, experts point out that the required technology for remote tug operation in the form of digitisation and connectivity is now well developed and in use daily. Taking the major step of actually dispensing with the human element on board will be the ultimate expression of faith, this development must bring that day a little closer.

8 Sanmar and Damen-built tugs will serve a 10-year contract in Jamaica

8 The vessel will be the world’s first LNGpowered shallowwater push boat

Credit: RAL

Sanmar Shipyards has delivered another of its Delİçay class tractor tugs to Genoa-based Rimorchiatori Riuniti. Built as Delİçay VI the RAL-designed TRAktor Z2500SX tug was renamed Italia and follows the 2014-delivered RAmparts 2400SX ASD of the same name for Riuniti now renamed Turchia.

With a LOA of 25m Italia can be considered a modern compact design but one that boasts 70tbp from Caterpillar 3516C main engines developing 4,200kW in total driving Kongsberg (formerly Rolls-Royce) US 255 FP thrusters. It has been modified to meet Italian flag rules and Riuniti's operational requirements.

An interesting comment from Alberto Dellepiane, Rimorchiatori Riuniti MD includes: “The tugboat that has just been delivered to us by Sanmar Shipyards marks the return of the group to tractor tug type boats like the ones we ordered in the 90s, before the azimuth stern drive tug took hold on the market.”

Sanmar Shipyards appears again with the blessing of two 2015-built tugs deployed by Ocean J. Towing Inc for a 10-year contract with Jamaica Port Authority. Ocean Kingston Pride is an RAL RAmparts 2400SX Sanmar-exclusive model providing 80tbp from Caterpillar 3516C main engines and equipped with fifi1 capabilities.

The second similar compact tug for the Jamaican contract comes from Damen's ways, Ocean Tallawah an ASD 2411 tug that previously carried the names Njouori and Djouori while under Damen ownership. Like its companion, Ocean Tallawah is fifi1 equipped with in this case Caterpillar C4.4 main engines delivering 4,200kW in total and a bollard pull of 73 tons.

Turning to two interesting items of news concerning design proposals, Robert Allan Ltd and Rolls-Royce have teamed up to present the world's first LNG-powered shallow-water push boat.

Whether referred to as 'push boats' or 'pusher tugs' vessels that push their charges rather than pull are still considered tugs as such, indeed many will be equipped to operate at either end, pulling or pushing. While there are examples of ocean-going pusher tug/barge combinations it is inland waterways where such techniques are most popular, the closely coupled arrangement making a more manoeuvrable single unit suited for narrow winding channels and within lock systems for example in Europe.

In areas including the river Amazon, challenges include stretches of shallow water and the growing demands for environmentally friendly operations in inland waters and the Rolls-Royce/RAL joint development aims to address both issues.

Classification society DNV-GL has granted “Approval in Principle” to the design for which Rolls-Royce will supply MTU 8V 4000 M55RN natural-gas engines. The vessel is based on RAL's RApide 2800-Z2 which is already in use on some dieselpowered vessels on the Amazon river, the design modified for LNG including Tier III emission control systems with RollsRoyce supplying the entire LNG supply system as well as gas control, safety and vessel control systems.

The hull was redesigned internally to accommodate the 70m3 gas tank to provide a “pleasant working environment” for the crew with lower deck cabins, saloon and galley raised one level and the deckhouse enlarged. Basic dimensions include: LOA 28m, beam 10.05m and draught 2.5m.

Credit: Ocean Group

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ETA ASSESSES THE EUROPEAN TOWAGE SECTOR As part of the overall tapestry of the maritime transport industry, the contribution of the towage sector and its impact on the European economy has never been examined in detail before and the study, including an infographic, determines with precise figures relevant indicators never estimated before including the sector's total turnover or cargo tons moved with tug assistance.

Other elements including the structure of the fleet are also examined in detail including where the European towage sector directly employs over 11,000 workers, 83% crew with the greater part of operators being local and 99% of employees EU nationals.

A more direct impact highlighting the sector's economic relevance is where it has an annual revenue of over €1.2bn representing 3% of the European maritime transport market turnover. Within Europe, cargo moved amounts to 1.6bn tons, 80%-90% of which is assisted by tugs with total investments within the industry per year as an average over 10 years stated as €345m.

A breakdown of the investment figure covering 2010-2018 is presented with the greatest investment being just under €500m in 2010 and the lowest in 2013 at around €170m.

Examining the €1.2bn annual turnover figure, turnover per employee is €111,000 with the GVA (gross value added, value generated by any unit engaged in production and services) per employee put at €63,500 with the total GVA €1.45bn.

The number of tugs considered by the study is put at 1,595 with an average age of 25 years. A tug fleet age structure bar graph is provided, broken down into periods of 10 years with just under 450 vessels in the peak 2000-2010 period and just

Credit: Peter Barker

The European Tugowners Association (ETA) and Dutch consultancy company ECORYS have produced a study revealing the true economic impact of the European towage sector

over 300 in the 2010-2020 bracket with around 270 in the period 1990-2000 as immediate comparisons.

Looking at vessel assistance the infographic considers 135,584 vessels in EU ports, 43% of which employed tug assistance compared to 58% without. Turning to employment (83% crew and 17% shore-based staff) employees per tug is stated as seven (5.7 per tug only crew) and an average of 86 employees per company.

The comprehensive study, including the infographic can be viewed at ETA's website www.eurotugowners.com

8 The European towage sector has an annual revenue of over €1.2bn

Outsourcing company Serco and maritime services provider Briggs Marine are teaming up to bid for the Royal Navy's next generation of marine services.

The Royal Navy's Marine Services 2022 initiative involves renewing commercial delivery of services across the fleet when current contracts expire in 2022 and 2023.

Requirements cover a range of service provisions currently involving 125 vessels completing an average of 16,000 tasks a year at Royal Navy bases along with other activities on a world-wide basis Serco took over activities including towage provision from the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service in 1996, the arrangement was enhanced in 2007 with inclusion of the complete range of services including specialist training and harbour master support.

Associated companies including SD Marine Services have over 160 group-owned and operated vessels including, as one

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notable example, the ART 80-32 Rotortug SD Tempest. Delivered in 2017 this impressive Damen Gdansk-built vessel was extensively modified to a high standard to handle military vessels including the two Queen Elizabethclass aircraft carriers.

Briggs Marine has worked with Serco since 2007 in a relationship described as “highly successful” and has delivered “outstanding performance with 99.9% of all tasks delivered to the Royal Navy's exacting requirement.”

Briggs Marine Services own or operate around 30 vessels including workboats and tugs and balancing the Serco comparison another notable Damen product is Kingdom of Fife an AHTS 6114 anchor-handling tug offering 60tbp, duties including servicing RN moorings and navigational aids.

Collieson Briggs, managing director, Briggs Marine said: “This is a very significant step which continues to build Briggs' already strong relationship with Serco. The

8 SD Tempest assists one of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers

Credit: Mark Stanford

Serco and Briggs bid for Royal Navy contract

capabilities of our companies are testament to the years of experience of our respective teams. Together, we will offer the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence a strong potential supplier for this extremely important work.”

For Serco, Kevin Craven CE UK and Europe added: “... We have kept our promises to the Royal Navy and UK taxpayer throughout the Provision of Marine Services contract, despite its challenging financial performance. I am immensely proud of the outstanding service we have delivered to the Royal Navy.

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8 Albwardy Damen has increased its presence in Western Asia with the opening of a new repair workshop in Sohar, Oman on the south east coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

The move follows agreement between Albwardy Damen and Sohar Port involving installation of workshop facilities at a service jetty in the port becoming the fourth operational location in the region for Albwardy Damen joining facilities in Sharjah, Dubai and Fujairah.

While Albwardy Damen provide repair services for a variety of ship types its connection to the Damen network itself including the construction of tugs and workboats enhances its ability to provide support for Damen-built vessels in the region.

8 After more than three years of operation in Alberta, Ocean Group is extending its services to the Canadian west coast.

The move follows the awarding of several contracts in British Columbia covering various sectors of its activities including for Ocean BC Towing Inc a related Ocean Group company. In preparation, Ocean Group has acquired two new 28m tugs from Damen Vietnam, to be supported by another Ocean Group tug Ocean Stevns, a vessel originally built in Canada for Nordane Shipping of Denmark and a regular

Credit: Damen

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8 Albwardy Damen opens repair workshop in Sohar

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8 Saam Towage is preparing for launch of a new service in El Salvador, a new venture for the company that operates in nine countries at over 70 ports throughout the Americas.

Saam will provide services for the Energía del Pacífico (EDP) project at Port of Acajutla in a long-term agreement which will see the allocation of three tugs, two of which will be newbuilds to support a 378MW LNG power plant operation including a floating storage and regasification platform.

8 PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd has completed the 100% acquisition of Tramarsa Flota S.A. and its subsidiaries in Peru from Grupo Romero.

Tramarsa Flota provides integrated port services including towing in 10 major ports along the Peruvian coastline, its 45-vessel fleet includes 17 tugs. PSA Marine state the two organisations are “united by the common business language of excellence in all that we do” and while Singapore is the flagship operation for this global operator it also operates more than 70 tugs in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Oman and Southeast Asia.

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ISU RESPONDS TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Shipping is by nature a global business, trade routes taking in virtually any combination of countries and of course crews on board ships nowadays will often consist of a wide range of nationalities. ISU members have now confirmed they will work hard to maintain full service to clients during the coronavirus outbreak.

This includes providing emergency response services to casualty vessels although it has to be appreciated that previous destinations of vessels and crew pose an additional challenge when assessing how best to respond to a vessel in distress.

Travel restrictions could affect the way salvors would normally deploy teams but as ISU points out its members are spread strategically around the world and larger members have people and equipment in multiple locations and on vessels already at sea.

Richard Janssen, ISU President said: “Salvors are nothing if not problem solvers and we have a track record of responding to incidents whatever the circumstances. Our priorities are to save life, protect the environment and save property and we will jointly work towards a situation whereby service can be maintained to our shipowner clients during the current difficult times. We are all in competition, but we also work cooperatively together in the service of our clients on many jobs whilst respecting the safety of our teams.”

In lighter news from the salvage industry concerning personnel changes, Ardent Global has announced that Byron E. Vernicos will act as exclusive agent for Ardent focusing on the Greek and Cypriot market.

Credit: ISU

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) have stated their desire to maintain a service as usual status during the current global Coronavirus outbreak

Mr Vernicos is described by Ardent as one of the leading shipbrokers specialising in the offshore and maritime market since its establishment in 1978 with the main focus on salvage, offshore vessel employment including deep sea towage and period charter, sale and purchase and other related activities.

In similar regional news, Resolve Marine Group has welcomed A.W. McAfee as the new managing director of Resolve Alaska. Mr McAfee was previously an operational manager with the Bechtel Corporation from where his global maritime experience will compliment his new responsibility for overseeing Resolve's operational response and recovery activities in the Pacific Northwest region.

8 ISU members are ready to respond during the Coronavirus outbreak

A major salvage operation is underway for a grounded and listing ore carrier off the coast of Brazil.

The vessel's grounding, first reported late in February involves the loaded ore carrier Stellar Banner. The 2016-built, 300,660dwt and 340m LOA vessel, registered in the Marshall Islands has ownership listed as Polaris Shipping, South Korea.

Port operator Vale stated it was made aware by the operator of the vessel that it had suffered damage in the bow after leaving the Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal, outside the port access channel. The 20 crew members were safely evacuated from Stellar Banner, its master intentionally grounding the vessel around 100km off the coast of São Luís. Vale immediately offered technicaloperational support including sending tugs and collaborating with maritime authorities.

The vessel was loaded with iron ore and reported to be bound for China.

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The assistance from Vale and relevant maritime and environmental authorities also included two oil spill recovery vessels, provided by Petrobras, and the hiring of salvage specialists in addition to the company contracted by the ship's owner and operator. Measures also included the procurement of containment barriers if required and provision of helicopters to transport personnel to the incident site.

Four days after the grounding, Lloyd's Salvage Arbitration Branch reported that Ardent Maritime Netherlands BV and Smit Salvage BV had secured a LOF agreement with SCOPIC both incorporated and invoked.

As standard with such casualties, protection of the environment was a priority for all involved and there were no reports of any leakage from the fuel tanks located at the stern and on the opposite side of the vessel. A slight oil sheen that was noticed at the site was believed to be residue of “dead

Credit: Brazilian Navy

Ore carrier stranded off Brazil

8 Stellar Banner aground off the coast of Brazil

oil” which was on the deck of Stellar Banner.

The parties involved, including representatives from the Brazilian Navy met to formulate a salvage plan, Ardent Global reported as having been hired by the vessel's owner Polaris Shipping. Around a week after its initial grounding, Stellar Banner remained stable, its hull well distributed on the sand bank with no specific points of stress being detected following a diver inspection. At the time of writing the Brazilian Navy and media sources stated that removal of oil from the vessel was getting underway.

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BEACHINGS, WRECK REMOVALS AND SALVAGE ROUND-UP Finland-based, ISU member Alfons Håkans has successfully refloated the 101m barge Trias following its grounding on a protected Natura 2000 area in Latvia. The barge ran aground near Ventspils after its towline to a tug parted and Alfons Håkans was contracted to salve the barge whereby salvage master Pekka Arasola along with tugs Thor and Poseidon were dispatched to the scene.

Because of temperate winter weather, conditions had been extremely windy on the Baltic Sea and with the coast area of Latvia exposed to south westerly winds the salvage was described as “demanding” and minimising environmental impact a priority. The barge was refloated successfully and towed to Riga to be handed back to its owners with no damage or environmental impact reported.

The story of the removal of the wreck of the capsized and beached vehicle carrier Golden Ray is one that will run as they say. The vessel, loaded with around 4,200 vehicles grounded and capsized while leaving Port of Brunswick and initial efforts after rescuing the crew was protection of the environment while also addressing the conundrum of how to remove the wreck.

A Unified Command was established and an operation headed by Donjon-Smit safely removed over 300,000 gallons of potential pollutants and the plan is to cut the wreck up insitu, work also involving construction of a containment barrier around the wreck.

A wreck recovery operation with a difference has taken place in Rostock after two mobile harbour cranes fell into the sea during an operation to transfer them to a heavy-lift vessel. While

Credit: Hakans

In addition to the operations mentioned in this edition other activities by the global salvage industry are also worth a mention

not 'vessels' as such the cranes contained potential pollutants and the port authority and outside contractors worked swiftly to minimise the effects. Hebo Maritime Service's floating crane Hebo Lift 9 was part of the response which subsequently completed removal of the cranes from the seabed.

Malayan Towage and Salvage Corporation (MTSC) recently joined forces with co-salvor Smit Salvage to refloat the chemical tanker Chemitech which had run aground near Bolinao in the Philippines. Another news item from MTSC has reported that its 4,000bhp tug Vigilant has been contracted by Nippon Salvage to support towage of the fire-damaged Diamond Highway from Subic Bay to Cebu.

8 The barge grounded in an environmentally sensitive area

Trondheim Norway-based BOA Offshore AS has provided details of its involvement in recent months in two complex salvage operations.

With a fleet of around 35 vessels including flat-top and semi-submersible barges, familyowned BOA operates a diverse range of services including towage; offshore and subsea support; sea transport and load-out operations with salvage being one of its activities.

Local involvement can be an important component in the success of complex salvage operations and BOA has provided such support with completion of two operations involving recovering a sunken Norwegian frigate and the wreck removal of a sunken general cargo vessel.

The collision between the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad and tanker Sola TS received wide media coverage, the heavily damaged frigate grounded in Hjeltefjorden.

BOA was contracted to salvage the vessel and a four-point plan was drawn up.

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Credit: BOA

Double salvage success for BOA Offshore AS

8 Osfjord was cut into six sections and transferred to a barge

Firstly, Helge Ingstad was secured to the shore to avoid further sinking. Next fuel was to be removed along with the placing of chains around the hull in preparation for lifting. Step three involved actual lifting and dewatering of the vessel before loading on to Boabarge 33 with the final step involving transporting and re-delivery to the owners.

Contracted partners including SubseaPartner, IMC Diving AS and Hjorteseth Shipping AS assisted with the operation with Semco Maritime AS and Kranringen AS contracted for the facilities and services at Hanøytangen dry dock. Scaldis provided two heavylift vessels Rambiz (3,300t capacity) and Gulliver (4,000t capacity) and after weather delays the frigate was successfully raised and trimmed before being moved to the dry dock.

Following further work, it was loaded on to Boabarge 33, and towed to the Norwegian navy base at Haakonsvem by the tug Boa Balder and redelivered to its owners.

The second incident for BOA involved removal of the wreck of the cargo vessel Osfjord following its grounding on the coast of Trøndelag, Norway. BOA was awarded a wreck removal contract involving three steps.

The first stage saw the vessel cut into six sections after which each was lifted onto a Boabarge using a mobile crane.

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Huge rise in wave and tidal energy production

EUROPE TIDAL POWER JUMPS 50% Europe still leads the world in tidal energy installations, and European tidal stream projects generated 50% more electricity in 2019 than the year before, according to new statistics.

Ocean Energy Europe's 'Ocean Energy key trends and statistics 2019' publication shows European tidal stream capacity continued to climb in 2019, reaching 27.7MW cumulatively almost four times as much as the rest of the world. This is despite a slowdown in deployments as developers prepare for larger projects to hit the water in the next few years.

Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, said: "Predictable ocean energy, producing at different times from wind and solar, will be a vital tool to support the transformation of Europe's energy system towards a zero-carbon future.”

During 2019, electricity produced by tidal energy added 15 gigawatt-hours to Europe's

running total - which hit 49 gigawatt-hours at the end of the year.

In the wave energy sector, installed capacity in Europe grew by 25%. Several projects hit the water along the Atlantic and North Sea coasts, taking Europe's cumulative installations to 11.8MW. Outside of Europe, the first of several European-led projects in Canada reached financial close, thanks to a dedicated Feed-In Tariff for tidal energy.

Although Europe remains at the forefront of wave energy in terms of cumulative capacity and technological excellence, the gap is narrowing.

Annual installations in other parts of the world have, for the second year running, overtaken Europe. The US and China are beginning to reap the rewards of sustained investments in RD&I, with combined installations of 1.8MW in 2019.

SECOND EMEC TEST BERTH FOR ORBITAL Scottish based tidal energy developer Orbital Marine Power has signed up to a second berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

This will pave the way for Orbital to deliver its first floating tidal turbine farm.

Orbital is currently in the process of manufacturing their first commercial O2 turbine; at 2MW and with a swept area of over 600m2 the O2 will be the world's most powerful tidal turbine and will be capable of meeting the annual electricity demand of over 1,700 UK homes.

Orbital was successful in raising £7 million in crowdfunding to deliver the first O2 turbine along with being awarded £3.4 million by the Scottish Government through the Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund. The O2 project is also being supported with European funding via the Horizon 2020 FloTEC project and Interreg NWE ITEG project.

The first O2 turbine is currently expected to be grid connected at EMEC by the end of 2020 with a view to being fully operational in early 2021.

Securing a second berth at EMEC provides a

8 The first O2 turbine is currently expected to be grid connected at EMEC by the end of 2020

route for the company to deliver a 4MW floating farm at EMEC's Fall of Warness tidal energy test site, off Orkney's northern island of Eday. Estimated installation for the second turbine is 2022.

Power exported from the turbines, via EMEC's subsea cable and onshore substation, will feed the national grid on Orkney. During the previous testing campaign of the company's SR2000 turbine in 2018, up to 25% of the Orkney electricity demand was met by the single prototype at times.

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Global wave and tidal stream energy production has risen tenfold over the last decade, reflecting global efforts to identify commercialisation pathways for ocean energy technologies, according to a new report.

Ocean Energy Systems' (OES) annual report shows cumulative energy produced from wave and tidal stream sources surged from less than 5GWh in 2009 to 45GWh in 2019. Numerous other wave and tidal stream devices have been deployed in open-sea waters for testing, while further 'push and pull' mechanisms are stimulating the ocean energy sector in various regions of the world.

OES chairman Henry Jeffrey, from the University of Edinburgh, said: “Our latest report underlines the considerable international support for the marine renewable sector as leading global powers attempt to rebalance energy usage and limit global warming," he said."The start of this new decade carries considerable promise for ocean energy."

In Europe, key developments include the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan and the Blue Growth Strategy.

Spain has drafted ocean energy targets for 2025 (25MW) and 2030 (50MW) while Scotland is actively supporting the development of ocean energy technologies through the GB£10m Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund.

Moreover, the UK has enabled the development and testing of several prototype devices including Orbital O2, Minesto's Deep Green, Magallanes Renovables' ATIR, and Marine Power Systems' WaveSub. Due to an ongoing effort in co-founding prototypes with a cumulative public budget of more than €70m in 10 years, French developers are also now testing tidal stream (Sabella, Hydroquest) and wave (GepsTecno) devices at scale and at sea.

8 Henry Jeffrey: "The start of this new decade carries considerable promise for ocean energy”

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THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTOR The polar expedition cruise industry's desire for zero emission passenger tender RIBs has driven the development of what is set to be the first electric outboard motor with usable horsepower Norwegian startup Evoy has developed what is claimed to be the most powerful electric outboard with an output equivalent to a 150hp gasoline engine.

Since the summer of 2019, the prototype Evoy1 - a Polarcirkel 860 - has been used for extensive testing and optimization of the system, and has now stepped up to serial production. Last summer Evoy1 was baptized by Norway's Prime Minister, Erna Solberg and, with just 90hp set an unofficial electric outboard driven boat world record of 55 knots.

Evoy's vision is to eliminate emissions from boats. Evoy is based in Florø, Norway, and their systems of up to 800hp are designed and tested to operate in the toughest environments in the world - the Norwegian coast.

Evoy's outboard system development is being supported financially with NOK 1.8M from Innovation Norway. The goal was to have it completed and ready for the market in first quarter of 2021.

The development of the motor has been driven by demand from the Polar Cruise segment, although it is envisaged that it will be of great interest to other commercial marine operators.

Hurtigruten were early to announce their interest and wanted to have 30 systems delivered in the spring of 2020. “We like challenges, but this inquiry was a little tight, even for us”, said an excited CEO and Founder Leif A.Stavøstrand.

COVID-DELAYED The Prototype Outboard was to be released at the Sjøen for Alle Boat Show in Lillestrøm, Norway March 18-22. Due to the cancellation of this event, the World Premiere has been shunted on to Florø later this season.

It is thought that the prototype will develop around 150hp but testing that will be performed during summer and autumn of 2020 will give the final results on performance and range.

Karin Strand, Vice President Expedition at Hurtigruten, the expedition cruise company that has been a big driver in the development of the motor said: “Hurtigruten's goal is to operate

100% emission free. We will lead the way towards a more sustainable tourist industry, and nothing will be more natural than to use electric propulsion, also with our smaller boats. The technology has not been ready, but we believe we can solve this together with Evoy and Frydenbø. We look forward to getting started and to experience how this works towards our usage patterns, the artic temperatures and of course our customers.”

8 Evoy's outboard system development is being supported financially with NOK 1.8M from Innovation Norway

EXPEDITION CRUISE The outboard motor is especially designed to fit the Zodiac Milpro MARK 5, and for this boat it will be slightly detuned to 115hp. This boat is the industry standard for the Exploration Cruises in Artic regions. The boat is produced by Frydenbø Milpro.

Frydenbø Milpro is part of Frydenbø Marine, owned by the Frydenbø Group, a family owned company based in Bergen, Norway with 550 employees and a turnover of 2,9 billion in 2018.

Frydenbø Marine distributes the brands Evinrude, Sting and Zodiac.

FPT committing to an electric future FPT Industrial, an Italian company best known to MJ readers for its marine diesel engines has acquired 100% of Potenza Technology, a UK company specialized in the design and development of electric and hybrid electric powertrain systems.

The acquisition represents another step in FPT Industrial's path towards electrification, one of the pillars of its multi-power powertrain strategy.

Based in Coventry, UK, Potenza Technology has been at the forefront of electric powertrain technology since 1999, with expertise in functional safety

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engineering, battery management systems for traction battery packs, and electric and electronic systems design and development.

“Thanks to the sustainability benefits of electrification, the powertrain industry needs to focus on this area to overcome the challenges and make it feasible for all potential applications,” said Annalisa Stupenengo, CEO of FPT Industrial. “We are doing our part to enhance our engineering capabilities, and we are pleased to welcome aboard the Potenza Technology team, to further contribute to our innovative powertrain solutions in terms of electrification.”

8 Potenza Technology has been at the forefront of electric powertrain technology since 1999

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POWER & PROPULSION Rolls revenue strong thanks to MTU

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BATTERIES CRUCIAL TO CUTTING EMISSIONS

Batteries will play a key role in enabling shipowners to cut operational emissions and adhere to new regulations, an electronics company has stressed.

The beginning of 2020 marked the introduction of the IMO's 2020 0.5% sulphur cap, but due to the scale of the power, energy and distance requirements in the shipping sector, a mix of solutions is required to meet this regulation and other emerging regulations and targets in the industry. IDTechEx said that with shortage of scrubbers and low-sulphur fuels, batteries will be essential.

"IDTechEx expects this shortage of traditional solutions to significantly drive uptake of batteries in the largest ships in order to meet the new stringent emissions regulations," said the company.

In 2019, less than 1,000 of the 50,000 fleet had

8 IDTechEx said ferries are the largest vessel capable of operating on pure electric propulsion

scrubbers installed; even without the disruption on industrial activity from the global COVID-19 outbreak this year, the scrubber industry can only supply around 1,300 in 2020, said IDTechEx. There are also concerns of a shortage of costly low-sulphur fuels, amidst a surplus of heavy fuel oil.

IDTechEx said ferries are the largest vessel capable of operating on pure electric propulsion because, with well-planned routes, they can opportunity charge.

Coastal vessels, like tug-boats, can hybridise easily with batteries comparable in size to a pure electric car (100kWh), saving a significant amount of money by reducing fuel consumption over the course of a year.

Rolls-Royce's Power Systems business unit overcame difficult market conditions in 2019 and again succeeded in growing against the trend to deliver a strong full-year result.

Underlying revenue increased by 4% to £3.55bn (€4.04bn, all € figures are based on fixed exchange rates), coming in above the 4-billion-euro mark for the first time.

Underlying operating profit grew by 15% to £357m (€407m), corresponding to an adjusted return on sales of 10.1% (up from 9.2% in 2018).

Now generating 23% of overall revenue at British technology group Rolls-Royce, Power Systems remains its second largest business unit.

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COMBINING WIND AND SOLAR POWER FOR SHIPS An innovative sail-assisted propulsion and solar power device for ships is now ready for demonstrations and further evaluation testing

The patented EnergySail can be fitted with marine-grade solar panels and therefore it is capable of providing ships with a zero emissions source of supplementary propulsive power and electrical power The flexible design of the EnergySail enables for it to be upgraded during the life-cycle of the ship so that newer technologies can be incorporated if required. It has also been designed so that it will require little maintenance and be robust enough to withstand the harsh conditions of an operational life at sea over many years. These features of the design will be evaluated during further shore-based testing. The demonstration

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Japan-headquartered Eco Marine Power (EMP) has announced that an EnergySail速 demonstration and test unit has been unveiled at the Onomichi Marine Tech Test Centre (MTTC) in Japan. This full scale version of an EnergySail is an upgrade of the pre-production unit and represents one of the smaller types of EnergySail速 that will be put into commercial service.

It was manufactured by EMP's strategic partner Teramoto Iron Works Co., Ltd. and will be used for demonstrations for potential customers and during preparations for sea trials.

The patented EnergySail can be fitted with marine-grade solar panels and therefore it is capable of providing ships with a zero emissions source of supplementary propulsive power and electrical power. Currently EMP is evaluating a number of photovoltaic (PV) panel types at the Onomichi MTTC and the type of PV panel to be used for sea trials will be determined by the middle of this year.

and test unit has an overall height of approximately 6 metres when raised and can be lowered and stored when not in use.

The EnergySail is also a core sub-system of EMP's Aquarius MRE速 (marine renewable energy) solution. Aquarius MRE combines wind, solar, energy storage and marine computer technologies into a scalable clean energy system for a wide range of ships including coastal cargo vessels, bulkers, tankers and cruise ships. The solar power sub-system of Aquarius MRE has already been installed on ships and the next step will be to combine this with the EnergySail technology. A project to plan and install a complete Aquarius MRE solution is underway and it is anticipated that the installation of equipment will commence this year.

8 The EnergySail is also a core sub-system of EMP's Aquarius MRE速

Three new lithium ion batteries Dutch battery major Mastervolt has announced the arrival of three new Lithium Ion battery models: the MLI Ultra 12/2750, 12/5500 and 24/5500.

These large capacity batteries are designed to offer a solution to handle wet environments, extreme vibrations and mechanical shocks.

They are fully equipped for punishing repetitive cycles, like running air-conditioning, pumps or electric motors for long periods of time, and can recharge within 60 minutes. The new MLI batteries have a lifespan of 3500 cycles at a depth of discharge (DOD) of 80%, more than three times the life span of traditional lead-acid batteries. All this is made possible by combining the best Lithium-Iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells with a quality

Battery Management System (BMS) inside a sturdy casing.

With the new addition of CZone compatibility it's made easy to be fully integrated in to an electrical system through a choice of the CZone platform that is new for 2020, as well as the MasterBus and NMEA 2000 protocols. All platforms ensure users stay up to date with battery monitoring, the best possible recharging and to maximise the battery lifetime.

The batteries are E-Mark certified and DNV-GL classification is pending.

The MLI series includes two integrated handles with a

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recess for the installation of the cables.

The battery poles are easily accessible and completely protected, so no extra isolation covers are needed.

8 The batteries are E-Mark certified and DNV-GL classification is pending

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POWER & PROPULSION

Schottel propulsion units will be fitted to what is believed to be the first German seagoing government agency vessel with low-emission LNG propulsion.

Ordered by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), the 75m long Atair survey, wreck-search and research vessel features a Schottel Pump Jet type SPJ 220 (1,000 kW), one Schottel Transverse Thruster type STT 1 FP (330 kW) in the bow and one Schottel Transverse Thruster type STT 170 FP (200 kW) in the stern.

The research vessel, currently under construction at Fassmer in Berne, Germany, is designed to achieve maximum manoeuvrability.

The Pump Jet can also be used as a standby unit (take-home device).

Powered by LNG, Atair has a large 130 cubicmetre tank onboard which enables the ship to run on LNG alone for ten days. When opting for diesel operation (dual fuel), high-quality diesel fuel oil with a sulphur content less than 0.1 percent is used.

Equipment onboard includes several laboratories, a station for measuring air pollution while at sea, a crane, a bridle beam for

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geological activities on the seabed, a large 200sqm work deck and extensive diving equipment - including a diving chamber.

The vessel's underwater noise has been optimised to meet the DNV SILENT Class

8 Atair can run on LNG alone for ten days

Notation (SILENT R). The Schottel propulsion units are also designed to be low noise emissions.

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GOING ELECTRIC FAST IN AMSTERDAM The authorities in the City of Amsterdam have decreed that boats with diesel engines will be banned from operating on the city's canals by 2025 writes Dag Pike Amsterdam has around 550 boats of various sizes that operate on the city's canals as tourist boats and the conversion of these boats is part of the city's efforts to combat climate change. The transition to emission free amongst the commercial vessels is well underway, with 75% of the fleet on the city's water already qualifying as emissions free, according to the city's spokesman Wouter Keuning.

“Canal boats were a natural fit to go first. They are Amsterdam's most popular tourist attraction and each is in use up to 14 hours per day, with 320 of them conveying nearly 4 million passengers through the city's waters annually.”

Typical of the conversion work is that on the century-old Amsterdam canal boat Gerarda Johanna. Inside she still has the classic look with wood panelling, but beneath its floorboards lies a high-tech electric installation with 66 lithium ion batteries supplied by SuperB all connected to an electric drive train powering its propellers.

Canal boats were a natural fit to go first.

They are Amsterdam's most popular tourist attraction and each is in use up to 14 hours per day, with 320 of them conveying nearly 4 million passengers through the city's waters annually It would cost in the region of €1 million to build a new electric tourist canal boat, but owner Rederij Kooij, which is one of the city's largest canal boat operators, is converting its existing fleet one by one as they come up for maintenance. This is adding between €50,000 to €150,000 to the normal repair bill which makes the conversion work economical. So far 13 out of 29 boats in the Rederij Kooij fleet have been converted.

The conversion work includes adding a remote monitoring system for the electrical installation and this allows the battery levels to be monitored from a dedicated control booth. The company has its own charging points and the remote monitoring allows the programme for each boat to take into account the state of the battery charge. The city is working with contractors to have 100 boat charging stations installed by the end of 2021, as well as a floating charging station launched by startup Skoon Energy, which is expected to help with grid balancing.

8 Electrification is happening apace on Amsterdam’s canals

New player in small electric outboard market Following years of research, development and testing, Barrus is adding a new range of electric outboard motors to its Marine line-up.

In this first wave, three outboard engines are available in 6hp, 10hp and 20hp variations.

These 48V outboards have a variable speed range that can be locked so they suit commercial and hire-fleet use perfectly.

The battery is a separate unit external to the motor and sold separately. Unlike other small outboards that have the motor underwater directly driving the propeller (where the oilfilled lower unit would be on a gasoline outboard), these use a belt drive system keeping the underwater drag down. Barrus also claims that this belt is lower maintenance

compared to an oil-filled lower unit.

With an adjustable leg length from short to long shaft, the Shire electric outboards are ready to pair with a range of vessels and the outboard tilt lock and adjustable transom angle position make rigging easy.

Shallow or dirty water is simply not a problem. The outboards have coolant reservoirs with a re-circulation pump housed within the leg, so no dirt or sand enters the system. The motors are compatible with Mercury Marine prop shaft spline systems making propeller selection or replacement easy.

Additional options are also available to enhance performance and ease of use

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8 With an adjustable leg length from short to long shaft, the Shire electric outboards are ready to pair with a range of vessels

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FROM ANTIFOULING PRODUCTS TO ANTIFOULING SERVICES A company that has made its name and its fortune from selling paint-on marine coatings now offers a service that includes mechanical hull cleaning Jotun's Hull Skating Solutions (HSS), is described as a breakthrough in proactive cleaning, 'offering shipowners an always clean hull in the most challenging operations'.

The offering consists of high performance antifouling, proactive condition monitoring, inspection and proactive cleaning, high end technical service, and performance and service level guarantees. HSS is claimed by Jotun to be the first solution of its kind within the maritime industry. It provides individual proactive condition monitoring services tailored for each vessel, using a proprietary algorithm and big data to accurately predict fouling development and cleaning schedules.

With a comprehensive range of guarantees and service level agreements available, HSS solves the problem of biofouling once and for all, helping shipowners steer a more profitable and sustainable path into the future. If all ships in challenging operations converted to HSS, this would result in a CO2 emissions reduction of at least 40 million tons per year.

A primary component of Jotun Hull Skating Solutions is the ground-breaking, onboard Jotun HullSkater, the first robotic technology that has been purposely designed for proactive cleaning. In combination with the premium SeaQuantum Skate antifouling and a set of services, the Jotun Hull Skating Solutions will help ship operators combat early stages of fouling, significantly reduce fuel costs, CO2 emissions and the spread of invasive species.

THE HULLSKATER The HullSkater removes individual bacteria and biofilm before macro-fouling takes hold. This not only delivers peak performance, and unlimited idle days for shipowners, but minimizes the need for reactive cleaning, cutting costs, environmental risk and optimizing fleet flexibility. The HullSkater stays on the hull by the force of its magnetic wheels, each equipped with electric motors for propulsion and steering.

The vehicle has several cameras and sensors, supporting the operator with data for navigation and documenting fouling on the ship hull. The specially designed motorized brush keeps the hull free from fouling without causing erosion or damage

to the hull coating. The vehicle is connected to the operator's control centre through an umbilical and can be operated remotely for vessels anywhere in the world with 4G coverage.

Inspection and proactive cleaning of a hull will normally take around 2 to 8 hours depending on size and condition.

8 The HullSkater removes individual bacteria and biofilm before macro-fouling takes hold

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This represents a significant change in the business model for a company like Jotun, and one that is well justified in terms of environmental concerns and legislation, both current and upcoming. It is brave indeed when your core business is selling antifoul to embrace a technology that will result in selling less of it. In taking a wider view of the market and keeping share of the overall business that is solving the problem of vessel hull fouling in an environmentally responsible way, Jotun could be sowing the seeds for continued success in what could have been a rapidly shrinking market.

Revised guidelines for Condition Based Maintenance Japanese classification Society ClassNK has released guidelines that explain the revised rules for using Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) in class surveys.

ClassNK first introduced the concept of the CBM in its class rules in 1994. Subsequent amendments to its Rules for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships stipulate that maintenance methods based on the results of condition diagnosis can be used for class surveys, but CBM has not yet become widespread on ships with diesel engines. On

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the other hand, with the development of measurement technology, informationcommunication technology, and information-processing technology in recent years, initiatives related to CBM have become very active in the industry. In addition to offering safe operation and reduced operating costs, CBM is also considered to be an indispensable technology for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS).

In light of the situation, ClassNK reviewed the structure of its requirements for planned

machinery surveys, revised its rules as needed to provide more detailed requirements for the adoption of CBM in class maintenance surveys, and released its CBM guidelines. The revision of the rules came into force in January 2020. The CBM guidelines contain not only explanations of the revised rules and how to apply to use CBM in class surveys, but also general explanations and future outlooks on CBM. The guidelines are available to download free of charge via ClassNK's website.

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VESSEL REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Remote survey centre opened

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Typical applications include lubricating sleeves, ball and roller bearings; bushings; fans; pulley bearings; sliding high-friction areas; and generator end bearings.

Classification society Bureau Veritas has just opened its first remote survey centre, located in the major maritime hub and port city of Rotterdam.

During the development process different operating modes were tested successfully in different modes of connectedness: offline, partly on-line, and fully online. These different modes reflect the need for different levels of connectedness. In the latter mode - the fastest and most comprehensive remote survey mode - the onboard client uses connected devices to show the ship's condition in real time to a remote surveyor and this means a survey in real time can be closed at the end of a call.

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BUREAU VERITAS PERFORMS FIRST SURVEY BY DRONE Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has completed its first survey by drone, carried out in the holds of a bulk carrier in an Italian port

8 Airborne drone conducting ultrasonic thickness measurements inside the hold of a bulk carrier

The scope was an intermediate survey on a bulk carrier and consisted of close-up inspections and ultrasonic thickness measurements (UTM) conducted by the drone in two cargo hold spaces. The required prior agreement from the flag authority was confirmed - all the more necessary as the ship is subject to the IMO Code for the Enhanced Survey Programme (ESP).

Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) were reflected in BV's rules in 2019. The drone operator involved in this survey is certified by Bureau Veritas for both RIT and UTM. Bureau Veritas has conducted tests and established 'proof of concept' for the most advanced inspection techniques to confirm that the technologies are providing safer and even better quality evidence to conduct and support the survey process while also offering benefits and advantages for shipowners and ship-managers.

Laurent Leblanc, Senior Vice-President, Technical & Operations said: "This is another milestone in the Bureau Veritas global strategy of Digital Classification using digital technologies to transform the operating model of classification for the benefits of its clients. We are now ready to offer operational surveys using drones anywhere in the world. We will continue to look for innovation and test new ideas but

This is another milestone in the Bureau Veritas global strategy of Digital Classification using digital technologies to transform the operating model of classification for the benefits of its clients. We are now ready to offer operational surveys using drones anywhere in the world drone surveys are now going to be part of everyday life for ship surveys. Above all drones provide a level of detail and new level of safety that will benefit both our clients and our surveyors.

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Compared to traditional survey practice immediate benefits include the obvious reduction in time and cost in needing staging, raft surveys or rope access specialists in combination with the required thickness measurement capabilities.

Refit due after busy 20 months at sea Manor Renewables' CTV Manor Venture has returned to the company's Portland site for the first time since July 2018, after 20 months at sea and the successful completion of four temporary power projects.

The Manor Venture has accommodated her 12 crew offshore for up to a week at a time. On the most recent project, MRE utilised her deck space to demobilise their temporary power sets, carrying five at a time back to shore.

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During the time the Manor Venture has been at sea MRE has seen vast changes within the company; with the acquisition of Manor Marine UK Ltd more than doubling their workforce and a quickly expanding fleet, there are exciting times ahead.

The Manor Venture will now undergo a short refit period at MRE's Portland shipyard before beginning her next offshore wind charter.

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33 DAY REFIT FOR CUTTING EDGE SEISMIC VESSEL Portugal's Navalrocha shipyard has completed a multi-million-euro repair and refit project for Dubai-based marine geophysical company Polarcus.

The drydock project which completed in January 2020 involved a broad package of work to the ultra-modern 14 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel - Polarcus Naila.

The vessel is amongst the most environmentally advanced seismic vessels in the world with diesel-electric propulsion, high specification catalytic convertors, a double hull and advanced bilge water cleaning system.

Navalrocha Commercial Director Sergio Rodrigues said the sensitive project involved wide-ranging work.

“The Polarcus Naila visited Navalrocha shipyard for a total of 33-days running through the Christmas period,” he said. “The project involved five principal partners which operate at the Navalrocha shipyard base and a series of other specialist maritime firms, delivering a variety of mechanical, hydraulic, piping, steel

8 Polarcus Naila in dry dock at Navalrocha’s Portugal shipyard

work, blasting and painting as well as oil, fuel and ballast tank cleaning, carpentry and welding.

“Around 350 engineers were involved in the project which required careful management of high-value survey equipment. Four mobile cranes, three yards cranes and six forklift trucks were used to manoeuvre on-board

infrastructure. Engineers repaired four winches, replaced a further two and installed two new winches to boost operations.

A key reason Polarcus selected the Navalrocha yard was due to the scale of its graving docks. The vessel required draft clearance of 2.5m, dock floor to bottom of the vessel, to facilitate the main body of work involving the renewal of 12 box cooler units.

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ELBE DEEPENING ON TRACK FOR 2021 FINISH

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Work on the River Elbe between Hamburg and the North Sea is making good progress with completion now expected in 2021, writes Tom Todd

Ships drawing 13.5m - previously 12.5m - will have tideindependent access to Hamburg, and the port itself is deepening its own fairway channel into major terminals to 17.3m. An increasing number of mega boxships drawing 14.5m will also soon be able to reach and leave Hamburg at full tide and find it easier to pass enroute.

The latest word is that twice as many large container ships will be able to reach Hamburg and that the port - Germany's biggest handling some 135 million tons a year - could see three million more teus on its terminals and at least dent the ongoing drift of big-name liner services to rival ports.

The WSV - the German government waterways and shipping agency responsible for the Elbe project - says widening of the river from 300 to 320m along a 36 kms stretch between Hamburg-Wedel and the River Stör has already been completed, As of the start of this year, ships with a combined breadth of 92m have been able to pass or overtake each other on that stretch.

The overall project, begun last July, is covering dredging to 14.5m worth €238 million of a 116 kms channel between the Elbe Estuary port of Cuxhaven and Wedel. It is being handled by a consortium comprising Dredging International and Nordsee Nassbagger und Tiefbau. Both are part of Belgium-based Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME).

WSV head Hans-Heinrich Witte drew attention not only to the already finished 36kms Elbe stretch but also to an important new ship berth in operation since the end of last year near Brunsbüttel at the Elbe end of the busy Kiel Canal. Big ships which might be reliant on tidal access, can use the new facility to lay up and wait.

Finally Witte noted the completion by the WSV of a five kms long section of a widened eight kms long overtaking 'box' for large container ships and bulkers on the Elbe between Wedel and Hamburg.

Since the end of January ships with a combined breadth of

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8 Elbe deepening with the DEME trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River

up to 98m have been able to pass or overtake in the 'box', deepened and widened by 65m to 385m. Witte said its completion had provided the Elbe project's “first nautical benefit for shipping and for the Port of Hamburg”.

Progress has however not been so swift on the completion of the remaining three kilometre stretch of the new overtaking 'box', which lie within the boundary of the city-state of Hamburg and for which Hamburg authorities are responsible. But there have been reasons for that, one being the need to locate and clear unexploded WW2 bombs in the river - a procedure which German ports have to contend with regularly.

Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) spokesman Kai Gerullis told Maritime Journal the clearance work was still underway late March as deepening and widening began on Hamburg's stretch in the overtaking 'box'.

HPA awarded the Hamburg dredging work to Belgium's Jan de Nul and its German subsidiary Jan de Nul Nassbaggerei und Wasserbau in January. Gerullis said the 147m hydraulic hopper dredge Pedro Alvares Cabral and the 60m backhoe dredge Gian Lorenzo Bernini were tackling the 'box' project and that work there would be finished in August.

He said ships with a combined width of 104m would then be able to use it. He also revealed that the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) was conducting simulation tests to see if greater combined ship widths could be approved. Dredging inside Hamburg port itself covers the deepening of the river as far as the giant Altenwerder Container Terminal and the central Mittlere Hafen.

Gerullis said work there was expected to be finished by the end of the year and the government's Elbe work in the first half of 2021. Hans-Heinrich Witte confirmed the WSV Elbe project was now expected to end in 2021, rather than the originally tipped 2022. Berlin is investing about €220 million in it this year.

A total cost, although never officially given, is widely expected to be well over €800 million.

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DREDGING

Belgium based dredging giant Jan De Nul's fourth Ultra-Low Emission vessel (ULEv), the trailing suction hopper dredger Sanderus, has arrived in home waters to commence maintenance dredging of Flemish ports under the authority of the Flemish government.

Sanderus was built in Singapore and left the shipyard in January following successful offshore trials. It is JDN's fourth ULEv to be launched within the past year. Another three major vessels with the same technology are under construction.

The 111.7m LOA Sanderus has a loaded draught of 7.2m and a hopper capacity of 6,000m3, which makes it an ideal vessel for maintaining the navigational depth in the marine access channels to Flemish ports over the next two years. It can dredge to depths of 35m through a single 1,000mm diameter suction pipe and sail at 12.5 knots.

With its Ultra Low Emission vessels, the Jan De Nul Group is aiming to achieve much better air quality. These vessels are equipped with a catalyst that renders nitrous oxides harmless and with a soot filter which catches the finest particulates. As several of these pollutants also affect the climate, post-treatment also ensures a reduction of greenhouse gases.

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8 Sanderus is Jan De Nul Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth ULEv to be launched within the past year

Mieke Fordeyn said: "In a business as usual scenario, air pollution would be responsible for 8.8 million deaths per year worldwide. Shipping has a partial responsibility in this area. Even if the dredging industry accounts for only 0.1% of the total emissions of global shipping traffic, we feel personally involved in this issue and regard it as one of our core missions to do something about it."

To that end, Jan De Nul is aiming to go for 100% renewable fuel for its maritime fleet. Since the end of last year a first trailing suction hopper dredger has been sailing in Zeebrugge on 100% biofuels and JDN is now considering switching

In a business as usual scenario, air pollution would be responsible for 8.8 million deaths per year worldwide. Shipping has a partial responsibility in this area. Even if the dredging industry accounts for only 0.1% of the total emissions of global shipping traffic, we feel personally involved in this issue other dredging vessels to certified sustainable substitutes for fossil fuel.

The Group's head of energy, Michel Deruyck said: "Such a renewable fuel offers the huge advantage that engines must not be adapted so that the fuel can be used immediately.

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VOX AMALIA GOES TO WORK AT DEN HELDER Netherlands based dredging and marine construction contractor Van Oord's new trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Amalia successfully started its first project last month in its home market.

The vessel is reinforcing the coastline by placing more than 3.5 million m3 of sand in a deep trench just off the Dutch coast at Den Helder. The contract was awarded by the Rijkswaterstaat, the operational arm of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

Vox Amalia was built at the LaNaval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain and is the first of two new midsize trailing suction hopper dredgers for Van Oord, with its twin Vox Alexia to follow. Measuring 158m LOA and with a hopper capacity of 18,000m3, the vessels are each equipped with two suction pipes with submerged, electrically driven dredge pumps and six bottom doors. They are suitable for land reclamation works, building or expanding port infrastructure and coastal reinforcement works such as those at Den Helder.

Vox Amalia was built at the LaNaval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain and is the first of two new midsize trailing suction hopper dredgers for Van Oord, with its twin Vox Alexia to follow

8 Vox Amalia is reinforcing the coastline by placing more than 3.5 million m3 of sand in a deep trench just off the Dutch coast at Den Helder

Vox Amalia was christened by Her Majesty Queen Maxima at the end of 2018 during celebrations of Van Oord's 150th anniversary. Systems installation took place between April and October last year ahead of recently completed final trials.

The newbuilds are part of Van Oord's new generation of trailing suction hopper dredgers with a focus on energy efficiency for the smallest possible carbon footprint. An energy efficiency campaign started by the company in 2010 aims to achieve an energy efficiency improvement of 7% this year by equipping vessels with monitoring systems, additional sensors and several kinds of overviews such s those related to electricity use and power versus speed curves.

New IADC Safety Award The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced that from this year an annual Safety Award will be given to a supply chain organisation active in the dredging industry.

The new award will be in addition to the ongoing Safety Award to a dredging organisation. Nominations for both awards can be submitted to the IADC. The Safety Award is relevant for all dredging contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of goods and services active in the dredging industry and recognises the exceptional safety performance of a particular project, product, ship, team or employees.

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COLD KIT FOR POLAR SECURITY CUTTER The US Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter is being built for arctic conditions, but that has an impact on the deck equipment, Francis Wong of MacGregor told MJ The scope of supply is comprehensive - and “mission critical” he explained: the contract, (through design and construction bid winner VT Halter Marine), has to be suitable for what the USCG calls 'heavy polar' operations as these vessels are to replacement its existing icebreaking fleet.

Therefore, the package is defined for conditions reaching 40°C. It includes two 75kW anchor windlasses, a 45kW, 35t line-pull towing winch and six mooring capstans, plus a pair of offshore cranes with a 20.4t lift at 13.7m outreach, a couple of auxiliaries and a 6t overhead unit for the hangar. There's also an oceanographic winch with room for 10,000m of cable.

It's worth adding that in these environs the roller doors for hangar, OTH boat, staging bay and stores elevator - all part of the scope of supply - could be considered just as important.

However, it’s not only about survivability; the kit also has to remain fully functional. Therefore there are also heaters for the oil, electrical motors and gearboxes. Additional features include protective covers and insulating layers around cables and piping, plus thoughtful points such as ice-scrapers on the cylinders “With the equipment located on the exposed weather deck, we have to select materials to suit this extremely lowtemperature environment,” Wong explained: for example, high-tensile steels which have cold fracture resistance.

However, it's not only about survivability; the kit also has to remain fully functional. Therefore there are also heaters for the

oil, electrical motors and gearboxes. Additional features include protective covers and insulating layers around cables and piping, plus thoughtful points such as ice-scrapers on the cylinders.

So, why would a US build choose a company with a Singapore HQ? Admittedly, Halter Marine is owned by Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering, but experience does count, said Wong: MacGregor (part of Cargotec) has previously supplied packages for extreme conditions, even those as low as -62C. There may well be more orders in the pipeline. While this initial delivery is expected for 2021, there are also two further options for a second cutter in 2025, and a third vessel in late 2027.

8 The USCG cutter will take on 'heavy polar' operations reaching -40°C

North Sea Winches (NSW) has developed a 120t electric slipway winch for a barge and a 2400kg electric mooring winch suitable for different vessels.

The model GME-800 slipway winch, designed to DNVGL rules, was produced after North Sea Winches won a contract to design and manufacture a winch suitable for handling a 650t air-cushioned barge when in dock for maintenance.

North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) developed blueprints for the barge, to operate in shallow waters of the Caspian Sea. The electric winch is supplied with a dedicated air-conditioned control cabin. The winch included automatic programmable

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spooling gear, an automatic failsafe disc brake system and an in-house design/manufacture gearing system, including an 800,000 Nm epicyclic output gear set.

NSW recently produced a 2400kg electric mooring winch for Fugro GB Marine.

The model GMES-200 unit is complete with PLC logic controls, programmable automatic spooling gear and regenerative circuitry to feed power back into the supply when the winch runs in pay-out.

The winch needed to be versatile to be suitable for service on different vessels.

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8 North Sea Winches’ electric slipway winch

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It’s an interesting piece of kit: the anode cage is sling-fastened to a lowering ring. This moveable hoop is attached to three winches seated on the main frame of the ACIA Therefore, the company developed an Anode Cage Installation Aid (ACIA). It's an interesting piece of kit: the anode cage is sling-fastened to

TIGHT TOLERANCE FOR ANODE LIFT a lowering ring. This moveable hoop is attached to three winches seated on the main frame of the ACIA. Firstly, slide pads help guide the device into the top of the monopile. At this point the winches get to work; the lowering ring and its load glide from the frame onto the tower, mounting the anode cage like a new wedding band slipping onto a finger - three sets of wheels keep the motion in parallel with (and safely away from) the monopile walls.

Then the lowering ring is retracted leaving the anode cage in place; once it's returned to the main frame, the ACIA is lifted off and back to the ship for reloading.

The hydraulics, electrics and instrumentation fitted onto the lowering ring are powered via an umbilical winch, but it should be noted that reliability also requires multiple layers of control.

Further, while pin-pushers unfasten the eye-toeye slings, in case of a jam a secondary mechanism can free the rest.

According to Vaessen, its deployment on Van Oord's Svanen has given rise to interest in alternative versions: for example, adapted designs for specific locations, with investment costs shaved for broader operational tolerances.

8 The ACIA in operation

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INCREASING DEMAND FOR BOAT LIFTING HOOKS A global increase in the use of single point boat lifting hooks over the past year has resulted in a 25 per cent boost in sales for a major manufacturer.

Sales for the past year at Norwegian manufacturer, Henriksen Hooks show that the safety and efficiency benefits of single point lifting hooks are also being recognised by naval architects eager to take advantage of the lower davit clearance needed when launching work and rescue boats. The traditional use of fourpoint lifting strops demands substantial clearance for the davit above the boat being launched and can create problems for naval architects trying to optimise deck space. A single Henriksen Hook fitted in the centre of the boat will enable it to be lifted from its cradle and swung out for launching with very little vertical movement needed. This enables new vessels to be designed with more compact boat storage and the lower costs that come with this.

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It is now available in a variety of designs that include double hook systems, electrical and mechanical release mechanisms, lightweight small boat versions and the formidable NORSOK model developed for the offshore oil industry that is capable of carrying a weight up to nine times greater than its specified load.

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THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND MARITIME SECURITY THREATS According to a prominent maritime security consultancy, the Coronavirus emergency will be the defining threat trend of the year with simultaneous impacts in a number of areas Dryad Global says the emergence of COVID-19 as a severe global public health issue has created significant ramifications, including economic disruption and the threat of a global recession, logistical complexities, geopolitical considerations, and security issues.

The shipping industry and maritime domain has not been insulated from these. It is expected that COVID-19 will be the defining threat trend of the year, which will shape commercial and security trends within shipping. During this period of instability, it is key that vessels, vessel owners and the maritime community rely on clear-headed, data-driven and reliable solutions, which will facilitate economic activity within this new reality.

EMERGING THREATS: PIRACY & MARITIME CRIME West Africa is particularly vulnerable to rises in piracy, partly driven by a lack of effective mitigation strategies, and coordinated security responses to piracy and maritime crime remain embryonic across the region. Should, as is likely, COVID-19 spread out throughout sub-Saharan Africa, overwhelming healthcare systems and becoming most states' main priority, efforts to mitigate regional maritime crime in West Africa will likely be neglected. Therefore, with the heightened risk that security responses are hampered due to widespread infection, it is unlikely there will be a decrease in piracy incidents and a partial increase is eminently possible.

Nigeria is likely to remain the epicentre of West African maritime security issues, with any downturn in vessel volume unlikely to alter the current trend.

As an industry, we should assume that the spread of COVID-19 will result in the recontextualization of the operational threat profile. As nation states focus on their own internal affairs, it is likely that current geopolitical threats will fade for the time being Dryad currently assesses the likely impact of COVID-19 on piracy in the Indian Ocean as minimal. While there has been an increase in the number of reported incidents in the Gulf of Aden in 2020, none of these incidents have been confirmed as acts of piracy. The spread of COIVID-19 throughout the key risk areas in the Indian Ocean, is unlikely to significantly alter events or the security picture in the short to medium-term.

As states increasingly restrict the movement of citizens, trade is likely to be exacerbated in areas such as the Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and the Malacca Strait, where black market activity has been observed in the past. The economic impact of COVID-19 on these areas is likely to lead to an increase in illicit maritime trading. The scale of COVID-19 infection in global maritime crime hotspots will likely determine the degree to which current social economic problems are

exacerbated by the crisis. Where there is evidence of longerterm economic impact then it is likely that there will be an increase in incidents.

EMERGING GEOPOLITICAL THREATS As an industry, we should assume that the spread of COVID19 will result in the recontextualization of the operational threat profile. As nation states focus on their own internal affairs, it is likely that current geopolitical threats will fade for the time being.

However, this is not to suggest that the overall threat to vessels and personnel will reduce or disappear. Operational security may be negatively impacted by reductions in monitoring and enforcement capabilities, as organisations struggle with maintaining deployment commitments.

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EMERGING THREATS: MIGRANTS As disorder and panic spread, it is realistic to anticipate a rise in global migration from states which cannot sufficiently quarantine and lockdown infected regions. An area of particular concern is Libya, which has in recent years seen high levels of migration.

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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 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: +31 880 234 100 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.

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.

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BARGES Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat builders Sub Marine Services Ltd See under: Diving & Marine Contractors 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.

BOW & STERN THRUSTERS WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

BUOYS & BEACONS JFC Marine See under: Navaids

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.)

This make Carlier Chaines SAS the most reliable partner for chains, fittings, recognize for the quality of the products, service.

MacSalvors Limited Agar Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3RS Tel: +44 1209 212125 Fax: +44 1209 211084 macsalvors@btconnect.com www.macsalvors.com Suppliers of new and used anchors, chains, buoys, kenters, wire rope and shackles etc.

We also purchase anchors and chain.

Full chandlery.

PPE suppliers including helmets and protective clothing.

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.

CRANES CraneKing Ingsdon Barn, Bodden, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4PU Tel: +44 1749 347093 info@craneking.com www.craneking.com Representatives for Marine Equipment Pellegrini and Iron Fist marine cranes.

Craneking, working with our partners, can deliver a comprehensive range of marine cranes for all sectors of the industry, including both standard supply or bespoke solutions.

Design, installation, service support and training can be provided by our team of highly trained engineers.

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 Mobile: +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, PO. 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.

Lemans Nederland BV See under: Winches

DESIGN 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 Southerly Designs 2 Carrol St, Port Denison, 6525 Tel: +61 8 9927 2750 info@southerly.com.au 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 Diesel Engines Online BV Augustapolder 11, 2992 SR Barendrecht Tel: +31 180 699273 Fax: +31 180 699274 www.dieselenginesonline.com Diesel Engines Online B.V. is an independent supplier for Genuine Cummins spare parts and Cummins diesel engines.

Macduff Diesels Ltd Old Gamrie Road, Macduff, Aberdeenshire, AB44 1QD Tel: +44 1261 831122 Fax: +44 1261 831133 macduffdieselsltd@hotmail.co.uk www.macduff-diesels-ltd.co.uk Macduff Diesels Ltd are authorised distributors of Mitsubishi marine diesel engines and generators throughout Scotland and we have more than 25 years' experience installing, servicing and maintaining engines and generators to the very highest of standards.

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 RK Marine Ltd Hamble River Boatyard, Bridge Road, Swanwick, Hampshire, SO31 7EB Tel: +44 1489 583572 Fax: +44 1489 583172 sales@rkmarine.co.uk www.rkmarine.co.uk RK Marine is the South Coast’s main Volvo Penta Centre. Specialists in supporting the commercial marine industry. Services include engine sales, repairs, overhauls, parts sales and boat yard services.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE

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 WKM Cornelisse Trading BV Leerbroekseweg 43, PO Box 146, Gorinchem, 4200 AC Tel: +31 345 517122 Fax: +31 345 684230 info@wkmcornelisse.com www.wkmcornelisse.com Replacement parts for Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, John Deere, Deutz, FP Diesel. Buying and selling engines, pumps, separators, fenders, winches, cranes, governors, tools, gensets second hand. Separators.

Distributors for J.A.McDermott Corp 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)

DISTRESS SIGNALS & PYROTECHNICS

DIVING & MARINE CONTRACTORS Medway Diving Contractors Ltd 215 City Way, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2TL Tel: +44 1634 829818 Fax: +44 1634 408195 meddive@aol.com www.medwaydiving.co.uk Established over 31 years 24hr service. All aspects of underwater work and inspection BS EN ISO 9001:2000 approved Bureau Veritas Classification. Approved UK and Worldwide service to 50 metres. Full range of equipment. ADC Member.

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 Diving and marine contractors. Full civils underwater package withal boats, plant and equipment in -house. Specialist in mooring work, salvage and use of explosive, welding and burning. 24-hour availability, over 30 years of experience.

8 Sub Marine Services Ltd The Docks, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4NR Tel: +44 1326 211517 Fax: +44 1326 211757 sms@submarinesevices.com www.submarineservices.com Underwater engineers and marine contractors. Full classification society approvals for in-water ship hull survey and maintenance. Range of floating plant for dredging, piling and marine civils. 30 years’ experience.

DREDGING 8 Dacon AS Gamle Ringeriksvei 6, Stabekk, Oslo, 1369 Tel: +47 21 06 35 10 rescue@dacon.no www.dacon.no/ Norway's leading supplier of lamps and portable lighting for professional use, transport boxes, portable fans, inspection equipment for visual condition control, man-overboard boarding systems etc.

Seago See under: Liferafts

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 WesCom Signal & Rescue Langstone Technology Park, Langstone Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1SA Tel: +44 2392 415700 Fax: +44 2392 415701 info@wescomsignal.com www.wescomsignal.com/ The world’s leading manufacturer of Pains Wessex & Comet SOLAS approved pyrotechnic marine distress signals.

Products are available in all major ports through our global distribution network.

8 Dredging International NV Scheldedijk 30, Haven 1025, Zwijndrecht, B-2070 Tel: +32 3 250 52 11 Fax: +32 3 250 56 50 info.dredging@deme-group.com www.deme-group.com/dredging Dredging, land reclamation, port construction, offshore construction and installation services, environmental techniques, marine aggregates, coastal civil structures, wind farms, foundations and quay wall rehabilitation.

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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 Forge Meadow, London Street, Whissonsett, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5ST Tel: +44 1328 701300 Fax: +44 1328 701590 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 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.

Wyre Marine Services PO Box 555, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 6GE Tel: +44 7712 200200 info@wyremarine.co.uk www.wyremarine.co.uk Grab hopper dredgers. Water injection dredger. Ideal for marinas. Ploughing/bed levelling etc. Road transportable workboats and safety boats for marine construction and dredge support

DREDGING EQUIPMENT 8 Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, PO Box 70, Sliedrecht, 3360 AB Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com Hire and Sale on a wide range of dismountable split and hopper barges.

See Baars Confloat BV at Pontoons and or Modular Pontoon Systems 8 Damen Dredging Equipment PO Box 1021, 3860 BA Nijkerk, Netherlands Tel: +31 33 2474040 Fax: +31 33 2474060 contact.dde@damen.com www.damendredging.com Dredger Builders, cutter suction dredgers, trailing pipe systems, DOP submersible dredge pumps and dredging components, partly deliverable from stock and all designed to withstand the harsh dredging environment.

Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders

8 Seadrec Ltd Blackhall House, Blackhall Lane, P O Box 45, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 1HH www.lobnitz.com We specialise in dredge and associated ship construction based on over 150 years of experience in designing and supplying all types of dredges, dredging systems and components to the Civil Dredging Industry, e.g. Port Authorities, Dredging Contractors & Marine Aggregate Producers.

8 Vosta LMG Dredging Technology PO Box 37194, Amsterdam, 1030 AD Tel: +31 20 493 6666 Fax: +31 20 493 6670 info@vostalmg.com www.vostalmg.com Vosta LMG is specialized in the design and delivery of a wide range of dredging-related components, which include highly innovative solutions with unmatched advantages in terms of wear, flow performance, efficiency, safety and environmental impact.

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 SYSTEMS 8 Datum Electronics Castle Street, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6EZ Tel: +44 1983 282834 web@datum-electronics.co.uk datum-electronics.co.uk Datum Electronics is a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of shaft power measurement solutions and torque measurement devices.

ELECTRONICS Neyland Marine Services Limited See under: Electrical installations & repairs

EXHAUST SYSTEMS 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.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE FENDERS / FENDERING

FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEMS

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.

Pneumatic and Foam fenders available for Hire at competitive rates – all sizes.

ISO 9001:2008 certified.

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.

8 Dunlop GRG Holdings Limited Trelleborg Applied Technologies, Eagle Way, Rochdale, Manchester Tel: +44 161 653 5964 ray.jeffries@trelleborg.com www.trelleborg.com Dunlop GRG manufactures a comprehensive range of low pressure fenders for berthing and mooring, anti-boat barrier systems specifically designed for each installation and dracone barges for the transportation of bulk liquids including fuel and crude oil.

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.manuplas.co.uk 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.

FINANCE 8 Shawbrook Bank Prospero, 73 London Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1LQ Tel: +44 7789 685 357 / +44 7799 134 682 paul.ratcliffe@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.

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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 prestigious vessels.

GALLEY AND LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT 8 Angel Marine Limited Unit 013 Solent Business Centre, Millbrook Road West, Southampton, SO15 0HW Tel: +44 2380 700246 sales@angelmarine.co.uk www.angelmarine.co.uk Source/supply catering, laundry and other spares for commercial and marine use.

GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES 8 Sulzer Rotating Equipment Services UK Southampton Service Center, Centurion Industrial Park, Bitterne Road West, Southampton, SO18 1ZA Tel: +44 2380 631611 service.uk@sulzer.com www.sulzer.com Sulzer is one of the leading independent electromechanical maintenance providers and repairers of all types of motor, generator and their auxiliary equipment. When pumps, turbines, compressors, generators, and motors are essential to operations, we offer technically advanced and innovative solutions. We support you by delivering specialized services for vessels in dock or at sea. A full range of services are available from our UK based hub in Southampton, or from any one of our global electromechanical facilities.

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.

WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems 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.

HEAT EXCHANGERS & MARINE TUBING EJ Bowman (Birmingham) Ltd Chester Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4AP Tel: +44 1213 595401 Fax: +44 1213 597495 info@ejbowman.co.uk www.ejbowman.co.uk E J Bowman is a leading manufacturer of heat exchangers for a wide range of marine cooling applications. The product range includes heat exchangers, oil coolers and charge air coolers for marine engines, gearboxes, thrusters, stabilisers, power steering, generators, hydraulic power packs, winches and other deck equipment.

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 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.

HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS 8 Advanced Component Technology Ltd Unit 4, Ryefield Way, Silsden, Yorkshire, BD20 0EF Tel: +44 1535 650010 Fax: +44 1535 657674 sales@adcomtec.co.uk www.adcomtec.co.uk ACT are the UK hub distribution centre for Kawasaki hydraulic products, a full range of Staffa motors, Kawasaki pumps, Staffa brakes, Staffa gearboxes are stocked in our new purpose built warehouse.

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.

INSURANCE SERVICES 8 Everard Insurance Brokers 21 Queen Street, Liberty Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4DA Tel: +44 1732 224680 Fax: +44 1732 873393 Gareth.evans@everardinsurance.co.uk. www.everardinsurance.com Specialists in every aspect of marine insurance for over 40 years, we pride ourselves on our professional and independent advice and in-house claims service 24/7. Brokers at Lloyds.

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 SAVING EQUIPMENT Adec Marine Limited 4 Masons Av, 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 firefighting equipment to Solas and MED. UML Limited c/o Ocean Signal Limited Unit 4, Ocivan Way, Margate, CT9 4NN Tel: +44 1843 282930 sales@oceansignal.com www.UML.co.uk The UML range of ISO:12402-7 approved Lifejacket Inflation Systems and Solas approved SeaFlash Lifejacket Lights are used extensively in the leisure, commercial and military sectors throughout Europe, Scandinavia and Asia Pacific.

LIFERAFTS 8 Marine Fire Safety Limited Hays 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 are UK distributors for CSM liferafts. Offering Hire, Supply and Maintenance throughout the UK. ISO and Solas Shipswheel marked liferafts available to suit all small commercial vessels.

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 liferafts. With a range of products including lifejackets, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnics, industrial fibre ropes, wire ropes and chains.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE LIFTING GEAR

MARINE RENEWABLES

8 DAS Hydraulic Service Ltd 20 Tennyson Street, West Yorkshire, Pudsey, LS28 9HA Tel: +44 7515 526841 dave@dashydraulics.co.uk www.dashydraulics.co.uk/ DAS Hydraulic Service Ltd offers service and repair of your hydraulic system and components plus maintenance contracts and commissioning.

8 Outreach Ltd Abbots Road, Middlefield Industrial Estate, Falkirk, FK2 9AR Tel: +44 1324 889000 Fax: +44 1324 888901 mailbox@outreach.plc.uk www.outreach.plc.uk We provide versatile hydraulic lifting equipment solutions for offshore platforms, wind energy installations, shipbuilding and marine sectors.

Offering comprehensive offshore and onshore service support, the provision of original OEM parts, global maintenance and inspection, as well as operator training.

MAN OVERBOARD RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS Energy Marine (International) Ltd 12 Clipstone Brook Ind Estate, Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TX Tel: +44 1525 851234 Fax: +44 1525 852345 info@engmar.com www.engmar.com The UK importers and distributors of the Markusnet MOB retrieval systems manufactured by Markus Lifenet in Iceland and applicable for all types of boats, ships and offshore installations.

MARINE CIVILS 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.

MARINE CONSTRUCTION 8 Land & Water Group Ltd Weston Yard, Albury, Surrey, GU5 9AF Tel: +44 844 2251958 Fax: +44 844 8751261 enquiries@land-water.co.uk www.land-water.co.uk With forty years’ experience, we bring reassurance, innovation, inspiration and future-proof results to projects in the sensitive habitats where land and water meet.

Medtow Marine Ltd Kent, DA37LS Tel: +44 7831 168996 Fax: +44 1474 833336 medtowmarine@yahoo.co.uk Piling, jetty maintenance/demolition, floating crane hire, tugs, workboats, lighter hire, pontoon hire, welding, river transportation of materials and equipment, licensed Boat masters watermen and lightermen.

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.

MARINE SURVEYORS Associated Maritime Consultants 63 Rufus Gardens, West Totton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 8TB Tel: +44 2380 873295 Fax: +44 2380 768529 surveys@amcsurvey.co.uk www.amcsurvey.co.uk Consulting Marine Surveyors and Dredging Engineers offering a full range of Hull, Machinery and on/off hire surveys, Valuations of vessels, specialists in the Towage/Stowage Certificates in both Commercial and Insurance fields of floating and land based Contractors plant.

Approved examiners for the Scms Certifying Authority for small commercial vessels under 24m length. Surveyors at Southampton, Liverpool and Rotterdam.

Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association The Glass Works, Penns Road, Petersfield, GU32 2EW Tel: +44 1730 710425 Fax: +44 1730 710423 jane@ybdsa.co.uk www.ydsa.co.uk YDSA (Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association) Members provide design and surveying services to all recreational boats and small commercial vessels.

YDSA has been setting the standard in Yacht Surveying and Design since 1912 and every member is a Qualified, Experienced Professional.

So, for Pre-purchase, Insurance, Damage, Refit, Registration, MCA Coding, or Valuation Surveys look for the YDSA logo to ensure you get professional advice from a YDSA member.

MODULAR PONTOON SYSTEMS 8 Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, PO Box 70, Sliedrecht, 3360 AB Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com 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.

MONITORING SYSTEMS Datum Electronics See under: Electrical systems

For the latest news and analysis go to www.maritimejournal.com/news101

8 GPLink 1500 Sensation Weigh, Beaufort NC, 28516 Tel: +1 252 504 5113 dwebb@gplink.com www.gplink.com GPLink is the most capable remote diagnostic tool available. Monitor high horsepower systems 24/7/365 and detect anomalies before they turn into problems. Minimize downtime and maximize vessel productivity with GPLink.

8 Radamec Control Systems Ltd Unit A1, Argents Mere, Cyril Vokins Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5XB Tel: +44 1635 40528 Fax: +44 1635 47453 sales@radamec-controls.co.uk www.radamec-controls.co.uk Radamec Control Systems Limited (RCS) has been in operation over 50 years, (previously NDC until 1985) and has an established reputation for quality approved marine control systems.

MOORING & BERTHING - GENERAL Smith Berger Marine Inc 7915 10th Avenue So, Seattle, WA 98108 Tel: +1 206 764 4650 Fax: +1 206 764 4653 sales@smithberger.com www.smithberger.com We have a long history of providing excellent customer service, quality products and superior performance.

Our engineering and manufacturing experience allows us to furnish customised equipment to suit any application and environment.

In addition to our standard products being well received, our ability to furnish specially engineered.

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: Self certification in permanent connections as machinery part.-EN 362 certified product range in PPE industrial safety – connectors. Over 200 items available, made in France.

8 Sealite United Kingdom 11 Pinbush Rd, Lowestoft, Suffolk Tel: +44 1502 588026 Fax: +44 1502 588047 uk@sealite.com www.sealite.com Sealite develops and manufactures high-tech marine Aids to Navigation, servicing customers worldwide to enhance the safety and efficiency of international waterways. Sealite’s innovative products include solarpowered LED marine lanterns, bridge, barge and area lighting, marine buoys and monitoring and control systems.

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 cost effective solutions for the maintenance of marine aids to navigation and the provision of marine data acquisition.

NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS 8 NED Project NED-Project Sp. z o.o., ul. Abrahama 1a, Gdańsk, 80-307 Tel: +48 732 406 501 office@ned-project.eu www.ned-project.eu NED-Project is a professional, independent privately-owned company offering highest quality services in ship design, salvage and plant design sector.

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 8 AMI Marine Ltd Unit 9, Crosshouse Centre, Crosshouse Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 5GZ Tel: +44 2380 480450 enquiries@amimarine.com www.amimarine.com Commercial vessel bridge safety and navigation systems with a global network of service engineers available 24/7 365 days a year. Providing turnkey solutions and continually delivering unrivalled quality and reliability 8 Navico UK Ltd (Simrad) Nyåskaiveien 2, Egersund, N-4374 Tel: +47 51 46 47 00 info.marine@c-map.com www.navico.com Navico’s Commercial Marine Division is comprised of two globally recognized brands Simrad and C-MAP is exclusively focused on the commercial marine electronics market.

NAVAIDS

NAVIGATION LIGHTS

JFC Marine Weir Road, Tuam, Co Galway Tel: +44 7792 772447 Fax: +353 93 24923 graham@jfcmarine.com www.jfcmarine.com JFC Marine offer an extensive range of Aids to Navigation, Navigation Buoys, Solar Marine Lanterns, Monitoring and Control systems to suit all marine applications.

8 Lopolight UK 9-11 Maritime street, Edinburgh, EH6 6SB Tel: +44 1312 853207 support@lopolight.co.uk www.lopolight.com Lopolight led navigation lights suitable for vessels from 7m. Compact design singe and stacked options, modular design. Lloyds and wheelmarked approved . Long life, 5 year warranty. Ice class compatible lights plus control and monitoring systems.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE OFFSHORE SUPPORT HVS Dredging Support BV Vijver 12, Harlingen, 8861 BS Tel: +31 653 663 292 info@hvsds.nl www.hvsds.nl HVS Dredging Support BV is a company specialized in supporting offshore dredging and Renewable energy projects worldwide. Throughout the years we have established a modern fleet in which we have built our over more than 40 years of experience Tidal Transit Limited Unit 2, Docking Rural Workshops, Station Road, Docking, Norfolk, PE31 8LT Tel: +44 1485 518 760 +447767 701 434 Fax: +44 1485 518 733 Leo@tidal-transit.com www.tidal-transit.com TTL offers fast, efficient, crew transfer using custom-built, stable, MCA category 1, high specification, wind farm support vessels, operated by qualified, local, knowledgeable professionals.

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL 8 Adler & Allan Ltd 80 Station Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1HQ Tel: +44 800 592827 sales@adlerandallan.co.uk www.adlerandallan.co.uk Emergency environmental spill response and planning services, accredited by the International Spill Accreditation Scheme - third-party Tier 2 Oil Spill Response Organisation for sheltered/enclosed waters, coastal & large estuary and shoreline clean-up 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.

Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd Stather Road, Flixborough Industrial estate, Scunthorpe, DN15 8RR Tel: +44 1724 400000 enquiries@jotun.co.uk www.jotun.co.uk Jotun Paints offer a full range of antifoulings, anticorrosive protective coatings and decorative paints for steel, aluminium, wood and GRP surfaces.

PILOT & PATROL CRAFT 8 Stem Marine Strada Ghiaie, 12/D, Medesano (PR) Tel: +39 0525 430102 Fax: +39 0525 421341 info@stem.it www.stemmarine.it Stem produces a large range of high technology boats for emergency and work purposes fitted for special needs since 1998.

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

PONTOONS Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders 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 Marine civil works including steel tube/ timber piling, pile extraction, sheet piling and jetty construction using selfpropelled barge. Manufacturers of high quality pontoon and associated equipment.

PR, MEDIA & ADVERTISING AGENCIES

POWER & PROPULSION

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.

8 Danfoss Vareseweg 105, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 3047 AT Tel: +31 108082222 Fax: +31 102492070 cs@danfoss.nl www.danfoss.nl Discover Danfoss Drives' conventional and innovative technologies like hybrid propulsion, electrification and energy storage to support you reducing emissions, saving costs and improving safety for passengers and crew.

PAINTS & COATINGS MATERIALS

Datum Electronics See under: Electrical Systems

8 Beegrip c/o WeWork, No 1 Spinningfields, Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3JE info@beegrip.com www.beegrip.com Engaged in UK design and manufacturing with global sales and marketing. Beegrip supplies Bimagrip® – the only high performance, anti-skid coating system with a 25-year marine industry track record.

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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 Marspec Engine Consultants 26 Carr Hill Lane, Sleights, Whitby, North Yorkshire Tel: +44 1947 810842 office@mar-spec.com www.mar-spec.com Marine propulsion and power generation large engine specialists covering all types of diesel and gas engines and exclusive official worldwide distributors of Hydro-Diesel fuel.

8 MJR Power & Automation 85 & 88 Willows Court, Teesside Industrial Estate, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9PP Tel: +44 1642 762 151 info@mjrcontrols.com www.mjrcontrols.com We provide an extremely broad range of engineering services encompassing virtually every aspect of electrical power, automation and electronic engineering. Each individual area is covered by ‘in house’ specialists in their particular field with a wealth of experience and knowledge and we don’t subcontract. This enables us to provide a true ‘end to end’ engineering solution, from simple repairs to complex turnkey design, build, installation and commissioning projects.

8 Sleipner Motor Ltd 3 Kingswood Court, South Brent, Devon, TQ10 9YS Tel: +44 1364 649 400 Fax: +44 1364 649 399 www.side-power.com Sleipner are the market leaders in SE electric and SH hydraulic bow and stern, SEP DC proportional S-link Variable Speed Controlled, SX externally mounted, SR retractable and SEip ignition protected/waterproof tunnel thrusters.

PROPELLER DESIGN & MANUFACTURE

8 WaterMota Ltd Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Est, 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, and many more articles.

RIBS (Rigid Inflatable Boat) 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.

ROVS 8 France Helices 12 Allée des Gabians, Cannes, 06150 Tel: +33 4 93 47 69 38 Fax: +33 4 93 47 08 59 export@francehelices.fr www.francehelices.fr R&D calculations, CFD, 5 axis CNC machining, manufacture, repair, commission and worldwide after sales service. Custom propulsion packages (propellers, shaft lines, nozzles, rudders, Surface Drive Systems) for commercial, workboat, defence vessels and high speed crafts. 40 years of experience.

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.

Planet Ocean Ltd Unit 16 Camberley Business Centre, Bracebridge, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3DP Tel: +44 8451 081 457 Fax: +44 8452 80 3349 sales@planet-ocean.co.uk www.planet-ocean.co.uk Deep Trekker Mini ROV’s - Affordable, Portable, Reliable. Data Buoys and systems. Position monitoring and tracking.

Port and harbour monitoring. Telemetry SystemsWater Quality sensors.

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.

For the latest news and analysis go to www.maritimejournal.com/news101

INDUSTRY DATABASE ROPES

SEATING & CHAIRS

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

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.

Seago See under: Liferafts 8 Van Beelen Group PO Box 6, 1970 AA IJmuiden Tel: +31 255 560 560 Fax: +31 255 512 964 info@vanbeelengroup.nl www.vanbeelengroup.nl Manufacturer of rope and netting.

Specialist in ropes and nets with Dyneema®. For fishing, marine, offshore and yachting applications.

SAFETY AMI Marine Ltd See under: Navigation Equipment 8 Ocean Safety Ltd Saxon Wharf, Lower York Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 5QF Tel: +44 2380 720800 Fax: +44 2380 720801 info@oceansafety.com www.oceansafety.com Ocean Safety is renowned for high quality customer care and specialises in the worldwide supply, distribution, manufacture, service and hire Marine Safety Equipment.

SAFETY HOOKS 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.

SANITATION & PLUMBING 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 wastewater they can specify a pump for all applications including all the peripherals that you may need.

8 SHOXS Seats 102-2932 Ed Nixon Terrace, Victoria, BC, V9B 0B2 Tel: +1 206 962 1986 bryanwood@shoxs.com www.shoxs.com Recently Selected by the Royal Navy following the most exhaustive evaluations in history, SHOXS ultra-light and versatile technology unequivocally beat out every other competitor on the planet. SAFETY. TRUST.

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.

8 St Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry Stolt-Nielsen House, 1-5 Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 0BQ Tel: +44 1708 380400 Fax: +44 1708 380401 mail@stkittsnevisregistry.net www.stkittsnevisregistry.net/ St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg) commenced operation in 2005. By the end of 2019 had registered over 3000 vessels. It also has also issued seafarer documents to over 25,000 seafarers of many nationalities.

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.

For the latest news and analysis go to www.maritimejournal.com/news101

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.

8 Seakeeper Inc 44425 Pecan Court, Suite 151, California, MD 20619 Tel: +1 410 326 1590 Fax: +1 410 326 1199 sales@seakeeper.com www.seakeeper.com Seakeeper, the world leader in gyro stabilization, virtually eliminates boat roll at anchor and underway. Seakeeper stability is now available to the entire world of boating with a new series that stabilizes boats 30 feet and above. Ten years of non-stop innovation, research and development has led to the most effective stabilization system ever built.

We shrank it down. We upped the performance. We dropped the price.

Feel how Seakeeper will change your experience.

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.

8 National Maritime Training Centre North Kent College, Lower Higham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JJ Tel: +44 1322 629600 Fax: +44 1322 629667 nmtc@northkent.ac.uk www.northkent.ac.uk The National Maritime Training Centre is a leading provider of maritime education and practical training, providing up to date equipment and expert training using dedicated specialist classrooms, a Fire Training Ground and Thameside Jetty.

8 Marine & Towage Services Group Ltd (MTS Group) Kings Quay, King Street, 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.

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair 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.

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC SERVICES 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, TOWING & SALVAGE

TUGS

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.

Herman Sr bv Aventurijn 202, Dordrecht, 3316LB Tel: +31 78 619 25 07 info@hermansr.com www.hermansr.com Herman Senior is a family owned tug and workboats company and is established in Dordrecht the Netherlands. It is active in the Dredging, offshore renewables, oil & gas industry. With our versatile fleet of Shoalbusters and Multicats and over 30 years of experience we are specialists in: Towing, Anchor handling, Survey, Seabed ploughing, Dredging support, Offshore renewables support.

HVS Dredging Support BV Vijver 12, Harlingen, 8861 BS Tel: +31 653 663 292 info@hvsds.nl www.hvsds.nl HVS Dredging Support BV is a company specialized in supporting offshore dredging and Renewable energy projects worldwide.

Throughout the years we have established a modern fleet in which we have built our over more than 40 years of experience

TRANSMISSIONS WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

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INDUSTRY DATABASE

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

8 Sealion Services Brambles, Red Road, Wootton Bridge, Isle Of Wight, PO33 4PH, 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 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.

8 Orkney Harbour Authority (OHA) Orkney Islands Council, Marine Services, Harbour Authority Building, Scapa, Orkney, KW15 1SD Tel: +44 1856 873636 harbours@orkney.gov.uk www.orkneyharbours.com Orkney Harbour Authority - One of the UK's Most Diverse Commercial Ports.

Scotland's longest commercial, Europe's largest natural harbour and a centre of excellence for marine activities.

VESSEL SALE & CHARTER

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build & Repair

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair

VALVES

WINCHES

8 LK Valves and Controls Ltd Unit 4 Arbour Place, Arbour Lane, Knowsley Ind Park, Liverpool, L33 7XG, Tel: +44 151 548 3300 Fax: +44 151 548 3311 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.

8 ACE Winches Cheyne House, Towie Barclay Works, Turriff, Scotland, Aberdeenshire, AB53 8EN Tel: +44 1888 511600 Fax: +44 1888 511601 info@ace-winches.com www.ace-winches.com ACE Winches, a global leader in the design, manufacture and hire of specialist marine deck machinery and the offshore hire personnel, supporting oil and gas, marine and renewable energy industries.

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 8 Medtec Design Services Ltd RNLI Offices, Clarence Road, East Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO32 6HB Tel: +44 1983 294974 dcarley@medtec.co.uk www.medtec.co.uk/ MedTec offer a CAD and engineering design service supporting clients through every stage of the design process, with the capability and knowledge to offer complete turnkey solutions.

8 Nero Pipeline Connections Ltd Unit 2, Union Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3EX Tel: +44 1216 653 900 Fax: +44 1216 653 909 info@nero.co.uk www.nero.co.uk Nero Pipeline Connections is a market leading distributor of stainless pipeline products and has been specialising in the supply of high quality pipe fittings and valves for over 25 years.

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Bezemer Dordrecht BV PO Box 154, Bunsenstraat 49, Dordrecht, 3316 GC Tel: +31 786 181000 Fax: +31 786 187019 info@bezemer.com www.bezemer.com Sales, Rentals, Services, Engineering Pipe Pulling Equipment, Mooring Systems, Winches, Storage Reels, Deck Sheaves, Anchor Fairleaders, Roller Fairleaders, Measuring Shackles, Line Tension Meters.

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.

Ibercisa Deck Machinery Molinos 25, (Pontevedra), 36213-Vigo Tel: +34 986 213900 Fax: +34 986 202779 sales@ibercisa.es www.ibercisa.es Total Integration with automatic control systems and remote monitoring.

Specialist in AC electric winches with energy regeneration for ECO-tugs, AHTS Vessels, Trawlers. Winches for AHTS Vessels with PM Electric motors.

Lebus International Engineers Ltd Pioneer House, Shorebury Point, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, 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.

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, chain-cable, etc; Either for anchor handling; mooring; fishing; dredging; towing; tug etc), some even from stock. Otherwise with quite short lead times.

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.

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 Ares Shipyard Antalya Free Zone, Antalya, Turkey, 07070 Tel: +90 242 261 61 61 ares@ares.com.tr www.ares.com.tr Ares design and build Workboat, CTV and Military vessels delivered to a variety of Operators, Navies, Coast Guard and Maritime Enforcement Agencies across the globe

8 BtB Marine 4 | 16-19 Driftwood Ct, Hervey Bay, QLD 4655 Tel: +61 7 4125 2034 info@btbmarine.com www.btbmarine.com/ For over 10 years BtB Marine has been servicing the marine industry, designing and building efficient commercial vessels, specialising in small craft up to 25m. New product: 7.5m Ultra Long Range Patrol Vessel powered by the reliable OXE Diesel outboard.

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 Damen PO Box 1, 4200 AA Gorinchem, Gorinchem Tel: +31 183 639911 Fax: +31 183 632189 info@damen.com www.damen.com Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is active in the design and construction of various types of vessels (tugs, workboats, high speed craft, etc) for different clients.

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 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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South Boats IOW Ltd Medina Shipyard, Pelham Road, Isle Of Wight, PO31 7PG, UK Tel: +44 1983 280030 bencolman@southboatsiow.com www.southboatsiow.com South Boats has a strong reputation for designing and building fast, offshore aluminium catamarans to DNV class and various flag states. It has the largest market share globally of offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels but builds for all commercial sectors. Has undertaken largest vessel hull shape research and development programme ever undertaken for commercial catamarans and utilises the findings in the development of new products.

New designs for 2015 include 22m and 28m vessels.

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair

WORKBOATS 8 Baltic Workboats AS Nasva Harbour, Nasva, Kaarma v, 93872 Saare mk www.bwb.ee Baltic Workboats AS has a strong track record for the design, build and delivery of steel and aluminium workboats for professionals around the world.

8 Fastnet Shipping Ltd Marine Support Services Base, Bilberry, Waterford City, Waterford Tel: +353 51832946 Fax: +353 51851886 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.

8 Wolfard & Wessels Postbus 200, Hoogezand, 9600 AE Tel: +31 598 36 17 77 Fax: +31 598 39 68 87 info@wolfard.nl www.wolfard.nl Wolfard & Wessels Werktuigbouw bv is an international operating company, specialized in providing turn-key piping projects. Using the organisations wide knowledge, due to the in-house engineering department, multiple fields of operation are served.

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Jenkins Marine See under: Dredging Tidal Transit Limited See under: Offshore Support 8 Unst Inshore Services (Fluggaboats) Hagdale Industrial Estate, Balta Sound, Unst, Shetland, ZE2 9TW Tel: +44 1957 711881 Fax: +44 1957 711831 sales@fluggaboats.co.uk www.fluggaboats.co.uk Fluggaboats are a brand from Unst Inshore Services Ltd. We are a small family business that is committed to building very rugged and durable workboats using commercial grade materials and components.

Williams Shipping See under: Barges

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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 Incat Crowther P O 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.

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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