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SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal) Welcome to the December 2021/January 2022 edition of SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal). As we move into another year, which will again be affected by COVID, it is worth noting that the shiprepair and conversion industry has slowly managed to cope with the pandemic and it also appears that the pandemic is slowly easing – let’s hope so. Meanwhile, all the staff at A&A Thorpe (publishers of SORJ) would like to wish all our readers all the best for the New Year – ‘hopeful that we can return to normality’ is the best we can hope for. Personally, I am now entering my 47th year in the Marine Press following some 10 additional years in the shipping industry. Such a long time and so many changes – the majority for the better. This year (2022) is another new year to look forward to.

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Repairs Good 2021 for Astican The activity at Astilleros Canrios (Astican), Las Palmas, during this year has been quite regular with most months being busy. February ended up being a very busy month, with a diversity of customers, vessel types, sizes, and repairs.

The yard reports a total of 101 repair projects were completed during 2021, 61 on the yard’s Syncrolift shiplift system.

In the first and second quarter, Astican carried out a variety of work such as the replacement of the 35 tonne SNL crane onboard the non-self-propelled vessel Luft-1 and the first installation of a CMC on-board a drillship in the Canary Islands. It was also busy few months in the offshore market.

There were also major repairs on-board Fred Olsen’s 6,348 gt fast ferry Bentago Express and the yard was fortunate to drydock, for the first time, the world’s fastest and most modern trimaran, the 7,915 gt Bajamar Express, the longest vessel ever drydocked at Astican, with a clearance of only 80 cm on the shiplift.

During the autumn, Astican completed two important repairs, Mercy Ships’ 16,572 gt specialised hospital ship Africa Mercy and Odfjell Asia’s 9,999 dwt LPG tanker Bow Guardian. This latter ship is managed by Singapore’s Anglo Eastern.

For Astican, the Africa Mercy has been one of the most important projects this year.

Extensive work has been completed to cover the hull and bulkheads plates, the frames, all structural members, internal piping, as well as hull treatment, steel work, and tank coating (blasting and painting).

Repairs to the ship required more than 70 tonnes of steel to make it as good as new. 80 access points in the hull had to be opened to accommodate the blasting equipment and tank work to ensure safety throughout the project.

A lot of work was also carried out on the ship’s exterior, such as the deck cranes and funnel, which was structurally renovated. A total of 120 windows were replaced and up to 49 tonnes of paint was used to make the ship as good as new again.

Thanks to the 450 people involved in the project, Africa Mercy has gained 15 more years of service life to be able to continue her missionary work in Africa and provide medical and surgical care to people in need as it has been doing for more than 40 years.

After grounding the ship had several areas of steel damage from the bow to Frame 72.

The steel in the flat bottom was cropped off and

The African Vision on Astican’s Syncrolift

renewed as required by the owner and Class, this included, the two cargo holds and four water ballast tanks a total of some 97 tonnes of steel was renewed. Due to the grounding, the insulation of the cargo tank was affected, and it was renewed.

Astican also recently worked on-board Marine Platforms’ 4,845 gt OSV African Vision.

Her length overall is 93.6 m, and her width is 19.7 m. The main work carried out were removal of stern azimuths thruster, box cooler cleaning, accommodation work, moonpool treatment and renewal of frames.

Ever Given enters Qingdao Beihei shipyard The Shoei Kisen-owned 20,124 teu capacity 2018-built container vessel Ever Given, famous for blocking the Suez Canal in March last year, arrived at Qingdao Beihei Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries (BSIC) during October last year for three weeks of repair work, which included significant repairs to the vessel damaged bulbous bow.

BSIC, part of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), has more than 330 hectares of land, 9 kms of coastline, nearly 6 kms of wharf length, two shipbuilding dry docks (500,000 dwt and 300,000 dwt), two shiprepairing dry docks (300,000 dwt and 150,000 dwt), and one floating dock for ship-repairing (100,000 dwt).

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Offshore projects at Sembcorp Marine From the offshore market (FPSOs and FPUs), Sembcorp Marine currently has six projects underway. During October last year, the Tuas Boulevard Yard (TBY) carried out the load-out and tandem lift of the Vito Host mega-topside structure for the Vito FPU Project – both mark notable firsts for Sembcorp Marine’s newbuild track record.

Following the load-out, the mega-topside structure was transported via the yard’s heavylift vessel Elite Prosperity and lifted onto the FPU hull using a pair of goliath cranes with a combined 30,000-tonne lifting capacity and 100 m hook height.

Sembcorp Marine is working expediently at the request of Norway’s Equinor, to plan the remaining scope of work for the Johan Castberg FPSO to accommodate the available transportation window for the towing operations to Norway. The construction of the topside modules, module integration and final completion, which are not part of the Sembcorp Marine’s scope of work, will be performed in Norway.

Recently, Sembcorp Marine entered into an exclusive Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Siccar Point Energy E&P to deliver a FPSO design solution for the Cambo field in the UK Continental Shelf. The solution is based on Sembcorp Marine’s proprietary Sevan

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Tandem lift of the Vito Host mega-topside structure onto the FPU hull by a pair of goliath cranes, with combined 30,000-tonne lifting capacity and 100 m hook height, at TBY

geostationary circular hull, a cost-effective alternative to traditional ship-shaped and turretmoored designs. The Group is continuing with pre-FID (final investment decision) work on the Cambo FPSO in anticipation of a FID soon.

During September 2021, Sembcorp Marine secured the FEED contract for the Dorado FPSO project.

Other projects underway in the Sembcorp Marine shipyards are: • Shell Vito - Newbuild Floating Production Unit (FPU) • Shell Whale - Newbuild FPU • NOC - Gallaf Batch 2 - Wellhead Platforms • Shapoorji - FPSO Conversion Meanwhile, Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian yard, Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz, is carrying out modification and integration work on the FPSO P-71 oil and gas vessel slated for deployment at the Itapu field offshore Brazil. The vessel is expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2022.

Sembcorp Marine is also very much involved in the LNG market with three projects currently underway. On the newbuilding side, it is building a LNG bunker vessel for MOL, for TotalEnergies, the yard is currently working the Tyra West Redevelopment Project - topsides and bridges, a FPSO newbuilding is currently underway for Technip Energies’ Karish project and for Karmol LNGT Powership Asia, a FSRU conversion and upgrade is currently underway.

As well as the oil & gas and LNG markets, Sembcorp Marine is also well involved in the renewables market. Current projects underway include: • Ørsted - Hornsea 2 Offshore Wind Farm - Offshore Hook-up and Commissioning of Offshore Substation and Reactive Compensation Station Topsides • Jan De Nul - Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm - Wind Turbine Jacket Foundations

- Offshore Converter Platform Sembcorp Marine’s on-going wind farm projects are advancing well. Following the successful installation of Ørsted’s OSS and RCS topsides for the largest AC offshore substation at Hornsea 2 Offshore Wind Farm in October 2021, the Group will commence the offshore hook-up and commissioning of the topsides in November 2021, with completion scheduled in the first quarter of 2022.

It has also made steady progress on Jan De Nul’s Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm project, with the completion of four wind turbine jacket foundations. The first pair of completed jacket foundations sailed away in October 2021 while the second pair set off in early November 2021. Fabrication works are underway for the remaining 11 jacket foundations with expected completion by end 2021.

In addition, the Group marked the construction commencement of the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm’s Offshore Converter Platform with a First Steel Cutting Ceremony held in September 2021.

Sembcorp Marine has several repairs and upgrade projects currently in progress, including the LNG major reliquefaction plant installation project on-board Teekay Gas’ 173,400 m3 LNG tanker Magdala, as well as restoration work on-board Eastern Pacific Shipping’s 63,014 dwt containership MSC Messina and PRIMCO’s 76,000 dwt bulk carrier Galapagos.

The Group is also undertaking various green refit projects, including the drydocking and repair of 141,740 dwt tanker Polar Enterprise, which involve the installation of a BWM system installation.

As the cruise market slowly returns, Sembcorp Marine has secured contracts to carry out refurbishment and revitalisation work on Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s 142,714 gt Royal Princess and Windstar Cruises’ 5,307 gt Wind Spirit. Both cruiseships will arrive in December 2021 for repair work.

The PGC Alexandria in EDR Antwerp

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Recent repairs at EDR Recent repair projects in Belgium’s EDR Antwerp include three containerships from Germany’s Offen Rederei. These were the 74,477 dwt MSC Alicante, the 74,375 dwt MSC Madrid and the 74,456 dwt MSC Barcelona. These are three vessels of a six vessel agreement with Offen involving second special surveys and BWM system installation.

EDR also successfully completed another survey of the heavy lift crane Brabo, including full overhaul of her Voith Schneider propulsion system. The yard has now completed three repair containership projects for Holland’s Seatrade, Groningen involving the 24,901 gt sisterships Seatrade Blue, the Seatrade Red and Seatrade Orange. These are the final vessels of a multi vessel deal with Seatrade, all including first special surveys including extensive paint application.

During October EDR completed a third special survey of Paradise Shipping’s 74,996 product tanker PGC Alexandria.

Lauterjung Reederei’s 34,296 dwt containership MSC Samira III was in the yard for a second life project.

All repair teams have been fully occupied with various projects at lay by berth or at commercial berth in the Port of Antwerp. These have included Mercy Ship’s 37,000 gt hospital ship Global Mercy, Unibaltic Shipping’s 3,500 dwt chemical tanker Amazonith and Eisho Shipping’s 28,316 dwt bulk carrier Globe Explorer.

International owners at Astander Some new and regular customers from France, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Norway, Belgium, United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark and Greece have made Spain’s Astilleros Santander (Astander) recently reach new record occupancy rates.

Asphalt carriers, cement carriers, chemical/ product tankers, containerships, general cargo vessels, passenger and cruiseships, PSVs, ro/ ro vessels, dredgers, vehicle carriers and even a weather vessel have visited Astander’s drydocks and repair berths so far this year.

In addition to standard drydockings and maintenance jobs some more demanding special projects such as an important outfitting,

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Hull work at Astander

a life extension project of a containership, a number of BWM system retrofits, and dryscrubber retrofit on-board a ro/pax ferry, have also been completed.

Astander is firmly committed to reduce its impact on the environment and this year a new step forward has been given by eliminating gritblasting and introducing hydrojetting for all hull treatment jobs and designing new enclosed paint cabins to avoid spraying paint into the

environment and overspray - among other inhouse measures. Astander has been the first shiprepair yard in Spain to fully replace grit by water.

A spokesman for Astander said, “In connection with this commitment, it is very specially rewarding to co-operate with our customers in their projects to minimise the emissions to the atmosphere. Two such projects are presently being carried out at Astander during the last two months of the year - a rigid sail is being installed on a general cargo vessel. This will reduce the power demand from the main engine and the fuel consumption and pollutant emissions will consequently be reduced as well.

The second project is quite a unique and innovative project. It concerns the installation of a dry scrubber solution that uses a sodiumbased sorbent that removes SOx and particles.

It is being installed on a ro/pax vessel.

Activities at Damen Brest and Rotterdam The former drillship Hidden Gem (ex Vitoria 10000) recently entered drydock at Holland’s Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, Schiedam to begin the drydock phase of the 61,042 dwt 2010-built vessel’s conversion into a subsea mining vessel for her new owners’ The Metals

Co and its partner Allseas. As part of the conversion project Hidden Gem is being fitted with a 4.5 kms riser which will be used for the recovery polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor and transfer them to the service and then to the shore. Hidden Gem is scheduled to be operational for pilot nodule collection tests by mid-2022.

Cunard’s 149,215 gt 2003-built transatlantic liner/cruiser vessel Queen Mary 2 recently drydocked at Damn Shiprepair Brest for scheduled drydocking work. This is the first time this vessel has drydocked away from German yards. Also recently in this yard was the 172,600 m3 capacity 2018-built LNG tanker Vladimir Vize. She is owned jointly by China’s COSCO and Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines and operating for the Yamal LNG project in Siberia.

Fincantieri and Wärtsilä complete Windstar renovation Wärtsilä has successfully completed a major project to renovate three Windstar cruise ships carried out at the Palermo shipyard of Italy Fincantieri since 2019 with the first of the three sister vessels, the Star Breeze, being completed in 2020. This was followed by the Star Legend in mid-2020, and finally the Star Pride in

One of the vessels, Star Breeze, undergoing renovation in Palermo, with a new 25.6 m mid-section being added

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The Irenes Resolve in Remontowa

October 2021. The renovation included the ships being extended in length from 135 m to 160.6 m. The project was part of Windstar’s US$250m Star Plus initiative.

The ships were each cut in half at the shipyard and a new 25.6 m mid-ship section added, providing an extra 50 staterooms accommodating 100 more passengers.

At the same time, the ships’ engines were removed and replaced to provide greater efficiency, better environmental performance, and extended range for the vessels. The new Wärtsilä engines will run on distillate fuels for compliance with the 2020 sulphur cap regulations.

“This successful technical cooperation with Wärtsilä has enabled our two companies to achieve a successful renovation and the smooth functioning of the joint project,” says Andrew Toso, Deputy Director, Services, Fincantieri.

“As the technical partner for this very large conversion project, it is extremely satisfying to have it concluded in a way that meets all the objectives. The renovations represented the largest portfolio of products and systems that we have ever assembled for a single service project. We have worked closely with Fincantieri for a number of years, and this project will certainly strengthen our relationship,” says Ivan Catalfamo General Manager Project Sales, Wärtsilä.

“Our thanks to both Wärtsilä and Fincantieri for their completion of a complex remodel that turned out beautifully. The stretching and renovation of these three all-suite yachts not only expands our guest capacity from 212

to 312, it also upgrades our environmental sustainability and operating efficiency, all of which are important to us,” added Chris Prelog, President, Windstar Cruises.

Wärtsilä’s scope of supply for each of the three vessels included two Wärtsilä 26 main engines, two Wärtsilä 26 auxiliary engines, four Wärtsilä customised selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems for emissions control, gear boxes, power take-off solutions, and controllable pitch propeller control upgrading. Wärtsilä also re-engineered the alarm, monitoring and automation system, and the power management system, as well as retrofitting the existing on-board systems. Extensive renovation work was also carried out to the entire electrical and automation network.

World-wide attendance at Remontowa Containerships from almost all over the world regularly call at Poland’s Remontowa Ship Repair Yard, Gdansk. During this year (2021), there have already been some 12 containerships repaired. During September last year, two record-breaking vessels of this type left the yard.

The first of these was NSB Group’s 79,501 dwt Buxcliff (300 m x 40 m). She is one of the longest ships ever repaired at the yard and the largest drydocked at Remontowa. The Buxcliff entered the yard’s largest floating dock.

As always with the drydocking of any ship

in Remontowa - the stability, buoyancy and strength calculations preceded this operation.

In addition, to ensure that we handle the 300 m ship safely, we carried out a finite-element method analysis. It helps to determine the distribution of forces affecting both the hull and the floating dock precisely. The reason for the containership’s visit was a special survey.

The associated scope of work included steel replacements, maintenance of the hull and holds, and container lashing equipment.

The shipyard workers also repaired 40 hatch covers, each weighing several dozen tonnes.

But first, they dismantled and transported them ashore using a Remontowa-owned floating sheerleg, repaired quayside, transported again by the crane, and re-installed on-board the ship. The shipyard also gave the engine room a thorough face-lift. The scale of this project is best shown by the numbers involved: • 1,000 m2 of insulation and renewed 10,000 m2 of surface in the engine room. The yard also replaced around 200 tonnes of steel and exchanged 1.5 kms of a rubber channel with the seal.

• The yard grit-blasted 15,000 m2 of hull surface and painted 100,000 m2 of ship surface, coated four times!

The second box ship was Tsakos Conbulk Services (TCB)’s 51,060 dwt Irenes Resolve (257 m x 32 m). The Tsakos Group is one of the largest Greek shipowners who has previously entrusted ships to be serviced at Remontowa. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the yard efficiently repaired the 39,382 dwt containership Irenes Remedy.

Work involved on the Irenes Resolve included extensive work on her propulsion system’s components, along with standard inspections of the bottom-outboard fittings and many others. After dismantling and removing the propeller, the shipyard workers checked and verified the condition of the shaft cone. While in the dock, the ship underwent maintenance, grit-blasting and coating of the hull. In addition, steel replacement was completed in the tanks and holds. As was the case with the Buxcliff, almost all hatch covers were reconditioned on the Irenes Resolve. The hatch covers, each weighing some 32.5 tonnes, were dismantled and transported to the shipyard quay. The ship was also retrofitted with a BWM system supplied

by Greece’s Erma First. First, the yard specialists prefabricated pipelines for the BWM system, then mounted on the ship and connected to the seawater system. SORJ

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Shipyards New owner for RSR Holland’s Rotterdam Ship Repair (RSR) is a 24/7/365 service and repair company to ships and ships engines in port or under voyage - the company slogan is ‘excellence in ship and engine’.

RSR has been in operation since some 10 years ago and the original founder, Leo Baks, will retire in January 2020, his shares taken over

by Jan Kees Pilaar (JKP) who aims to advance the company further and strive for growth. JKP has long history in shiprepair - employed by Thyssen Krupp (Greece’s Hellenic Shipyards and Hamburg’s Blohm and Voss), and with Holland’s Damen Shiprepair & Conversion acting as its Managing Director. JKP was originally with Holland’s Verolms Botlek, now part of the Damen Shipyards Group.

RSR has a layby berth/repair quay in Rotterdam Waalhaven, measuring some 135 m with available draft of 6.5 m. Alongside this berth are an office, a well-equipped steel/ construction workshop and mechanical shop.

Walking distance from these facilities to the berth is 20 m hence no (walking) time lost when going on/off-board, ensuring that the vessel is back on course as soon as possible. When this berth is tied up RSR can organise an alternative berth, partner companies willing to provide such facilities.

Repairs or services are not only provided in Rotterdam - RSR has a global out-reach, for engineers it is not an issue to sail with the vessel at sea. All work is completed in a cost- effective, quick and flexible way and obviously according all relevant Class and Regulatory requirements.

Project management is available, from preparation to planning and co-ordination, up to implementation stage. Examples of this can be seen when RSR recently carried out a project in La Rochelle (France) and when sailing with a vessel from Australia to Gibraltar and overhauling all three auxiliary diesel engines.

RSR’s engineering teams are dynamic and experienced to know how the clients are the main focus, and with the passionate commitment in combination with traditional values. RSR guarantees maximum results in port or when sailing, that means on a world-wide basis.

Typical repair projects carried out by RSR include bow and stern thruster service, stevedore damage repairs, contact damages (steel repairs from bow to stern above the waterline), rudder and steering machine repairs, winch servicing

Work on a ship’s bow section alongside in Rotterdam

and hydraulic and electrical service.

Engine works is brand independent - from a Bukh 2 cylinder engine up to 90 MC MAN units. Recently a team from RSR went on-board to change unit on a 70 MC MAN unit. A team also recently overhauled and overhauled a MAN 32/40 unit on a voyage from Antwerp to Tangier. The majority of engine repair/ overhaul projects involve Wartsila, MAK and MAN engines, the majority being 4 stroke units.

However, some projects have been carried out on 2 stroke units.

Some interesting projects recently carried out, in many cases RSR has solved Port State Control issues for vessels arrested or Owners’ requirements.

• On a floating welding school – RSR prefabricated and installed an elevator shaft in the cargo holds on-board the Bore Shipping’s 18,205 gt ro/ro vessel Estraden for Finland’s NorsePower. The steel pipe column inside the rotor sail tower was built by RSR in its construction shop. Prior to installation RSR did the onshore testing and commissioning at its own quay. This system reduces consumption and emission by some 6 %. RSR has also carried out maintenance operations on this plant.

• RSR is often asked to assist in changing overboard valves for scrubber systems. With our partner diver company these overboard valves are blinded off and changed out. The piping

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system is then renewed/adjusted thus avoiding the necessity to drydock the vessel.

• Along with a partner company, RSR completes cast iron welding, e.g. cylinder heads of main engines.

These are just some non-standard projects in comparison with regular repair/overhaul work, clearly indicating RSR’s overall capability and flexibility.

According to Jan Kees Pilaar, “I made my entrepreneurial dream come true with the takeover of RSR. I have always wanted to be an entrepreneur - to own my own business - it always beckoned. And now, in my final phase of my maritime career, that dream has become a reality. As of November 1st, 2021, JKP (62) is the proud co-owner and Managing Director of RSR.” RSR focuses on shiprepair activities mainly in the ARA area. Under Pilaar’s leadership, the clientele is being expanded to include the rest of Europe and the world. This has already happened, but still to a limited extent.

The occupancy in terms of projects is good at the moment. The 135 m-long shiprepair quay is full and in fact there are constantly about 10 to 15 projects running simultaneously in various stages. The team includes 29 permanent employees and on average some 12 or so flexible workers are hired in every week. In addition to the quay, the company has

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Shipyards engines generating between 300 and 700 kW of output. Sea-going vessels equipped with the proven product are eligible for obtaining the Ultra-Low Emission Vessel classification notation. The development of the EU Stage V system began in 2017, following Damen achieving certification for its NOx reduction system to comply with IMO Tier III emissions regulations.

To achieve certification, Damen partnered with Bureau Veritas (BV). The two organisations have been partners for many years and share the ambition of making the maritime industry more sustainable. Damen is currently working on the certification of the ERS for multiple propulsion trains with outputs up to more than 4,000 kW, and all will be available soon as IMO Tier III, ULEV and EU stage V certified systems for both new build and retrofit vessels.

The Damen SCR control equipment

a mechanical and steel construction workshop.

There is also a warehouse to which customers can firmly send their equipment.

JKP said, “We are actually a kind of AA road service (broken down - we get you back on the road). So we offer roadside assistance for the shipping industry. From Citroen to Jaguar, we have to be able to offer support to every kind of ship. Ships are changing - they are becoming more sustainable, sailing on alternative fuels we have to go green as well. We are therefore going to train our technical specialists on being able to repair LNG and hydrogen engines, for example.”

RSR has now been in existence for a decade.

JKP added, “We have passed the start-up phase. The baby is starting to become a child and, together with my team, I am going to give it all a new tangible form. We are going to grow together, step by step, without losing the fine basis that we have together.”

JKP is currently setting up a representation of an agency in Japan. This collaboration will initially focus on offering Japanese equipment from RSR to its own clientele. The Japanese agency will also ensure that RSR’s strategic location is better known to shipping companies in Asia.

“There is still a lot of growth potential for our company world-wide. This is one of the steps I want to take to achieve that,” reports Pilaar.

Yet JKP initially sees growth potential primarily in Europe. “I am a European and like to work with other Europeans. European shipping companies often sail in the ARA area - we trade with the same Euro currency - we know each

other’s culture and have a good connection with each other. That provides opportunities.”

Damen achieves EU Stage V certification Holland’s Damen has become the first shipyard to achieve official EU Stage V certification for its in-house developed emissions reduction system. With many Damen vessels operating in harbours and waterways that are close to or within urban areas, the group recognised that it had an obligation to develop an emission reduction system to address the health issues present by the particulate matter emitted by diesel engines as well as the environmental impacts resulting from excess nitrogen oxides.

The Damen Emission Reduction System (ERS) is a one-system-solution that combines soot filters with a selective catalytic reduction system to remove particulate matter (measured by both mass and the number of particles, the latter to ensure that the fine particles are reduced as well) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) as they leave the engine and before they enter the atmosphere. It also delivers substantial noise reduction that averages 45 dB (A). With this achievement, Damen can now offer its clients a proven emission reduction system that meets the requirements of IMO Tier III, ULEV and EU stage V regulations.

The Damen ERS is a standard, proven product that is robust and reliable. It is designed for both primary and auxiliary

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New Directors at A&P Australia A&P Australia (Atlantic & Peninsula Australia Pty Ltd), one of Australia’s leading marine engineering businesses, has recently appointed two new Non-Executive Directors to support its next phase of growth. Rear Admiral Phil Spedding DSC, AM and Rear Admiral Mark Purcell AM have joined A&P Australia, bringing almost 70 years of naval experience to the company.

Rear Admiral Spedding’s naval service has included exchange appointments with the Canadian and British navies and command of patrol boats, a frigate and national and coalition task groups. His operational experience included domestic fisheries and border protection duties, service in Northern Ireland, the former Yugoslavia and Fiji, and multiple deployments to the Middle East.

After 33 years full time service, he transferred to the Naval Reserve in 2015. He continued to serve - leading the Australian Defence Stimulation and Training Centre, and the Programme Support and Infrastructure Branch in Navy Headquarters.

In 2020 he was promoted to Rear Admiral to provide specialist advice on Navy’s future infrastructure requirements. He also provides consultant advice to the Defence Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group on maritime sustainment infrastructure.

Rear Admiral Mark Purcell joined the Royal Australian Naval College as a midshipman in 1985 and graduated from the Australian

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Phil Spedding

Defence Force Academy with a double degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1989.

He retired from full time service in the Royal Australian Navy as a Rear Admiral, specialised in Naval Engineering and Information and Communications Technology. His last appointment in Defence was the Head of Maritime Systems in the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group.

Mark Purcell is passionate about working together with Government, Industry and Defence, as an innovative team, to provide capabilities for the nation. Commenting on his appointment, Rear Admiral Spedding said, “I have been following A&P Australia’s work on HMAS Choules for several years and have been impressed at the high standard of in-service support and availability they have delivered for the vessel, and in particular the readiness of Choules for Operation Bush Fire Assist in January 2020. A&P Australia has an ambitious growth trajectory and I am looking forward to supporting the business in its next phase.”

Rear Admiral Purcell, added, “A&P Australia has risen to become an important part of the Australian defence community and is playing a key role in growing Australian sovereign capability through the development of its team and services in Sydney and by increasing the capacity of their supply chain. Identifying opportunities for Government, industry and defence to work more collaboratively is an area I am particularly interested and where I hope to add value to the business.”

David McGinley, Chief Executive commented, “The board and I are delighted

Mark Purcell

to welcome Philip and Mark to the team. They are respected leaders within the Australian marine defence industry and their knowledge and experience will be vital as we capitalise on the success of the HMAS Choules contract and continue our growth trajectory.”

New apprentices at Cammell Laird Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird has announced that new apprentices Jae Swift and Sophie Rice join Lewis Nutall and Alexandra Saunders, who started their apprenticeship in the finance team earlier this year. The apprentices are studying

for their Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) across NVQ Levels 2 and 3.

Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders is one of the UK’s leading shipbuilders and has a proud history of training apprentices in a number of trades across the business and supporting them into full time careers. Cammell Laird has recruited 46 apprentices over the last year alone. Since 2005, the yard has put almost 300 apprentices through its multi-award-winning apprenticeship programme – making it one of the biggest in the UK maritime industry. The company is dedicated to investing in its apprenticeship scheme, benefitting not only Cammell Laird, but the wider Merseyside community and the future of shipbuilding in the UK. Brian Wright, Financial Controller at Cammell Laird is responsible for managing the apprentices in the department and will act as the apprentice’s mentor to ensure the apprentices gain hands on experience and exposure to all areas of finance. Wirral Met is a Further and Higher Education College which supports over 10,000 students every year with a range of courses from entry level to higher education.

Mike Hill, Managing Director of Cammell Laird, said, “I am delighted to welcome the latest intake of finance apprentices to Cammell Laird and look forward to seeing them establish successful careers with the company, and in addition, along with all apprentices across the business, playing their part in driving our business transformation strategy over the coming years.”

Currently at the yard undergoing its major Power Improvement Project (PIP) is the Royal

(Left to right) Lewis Nuttall, Sophie Rice, Brian Wright, Alexandra Saunders and Jae Swift

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Shipyards Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring. The work on this vessel includes taking out two MTU diesel-generators and replacing them with three new MTU 4000 series units.

H&W wins framework agreement with RNLI UK’s Harland & Wolff (H&W) has announced it has signed a framework agreement with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for the haul-out, repairs, maintenance, refurbishment and associated works for the RNLI’s fleet of lifeboats.

Under the terms of this framework agreement, Harland & Wolff (Appledore) will be responsible for the repairs, maintenance and other works programmes defined by RNLI for its fleet of lifeboats and other vessels. This agreement will span multiple years and each docking will be priced as a bespoke agreement based on the scope of works required to be performed on each vessel. As part of this agreement, Harland & Wolff will also support

One of the RNLI fleet of lifeboats

the RNLI with free bi-annual haul outs and wash down of its Appledore lifeboat.

The RNLI currently has a fleet of 431 lifeboats and 238 lifeboat stations that will require repairs and maintenance on a regular

basis in order to keep them active and ready for deployment. Its Appledore yard will be working in conjunction with RNLI’s internal team to perform defined works programmes. SORJ

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Offshore Siem order for Vard Electro Norway’s Vard Electro has secured an order with Siem Offshore to deliver its largest battery package to date for a vessel retrofit as the Norwegian shipowner proactively upgrades its fleet with hybrid power in pursuit of greener and safer operations with lower fuel costs.

The newly signed contract covers Vard Electro’s SeaQ Energy Storage System (ESS) with two battery packs and a DC link, which will be installed in the first quarter of 2022 on one of Siem Offshore’s subsea construction vessels lined up for work in the wind sector.

The system will enable the vessel to operate in fully electric mode with zero emissions while manoeuvring in harbour or other restricted areas and will deliver estimated fuel savings of up to 20%, according to Vard Electro Head of Commercial Sales, Gisle Anderssen.

The SeaQ ESS stores excess energy either generated by the vessel or derived from shore connections with renewable power sources, to replace engines running on fossil-based fuels that drive propulsion and thruster systems.

Battery storage will be used as a spinning reserve in place of generator sets, enabling the vessel to run on fewer engines with more optimal load while still maintaining the requirement for redundancy.

An added benefit with batteries is peak shaving that takes the strain off the engines during big load variations by levelling the power and delaying the need for engines to

restart. This results in significantly lower fuel consumption and reduced maintenance costs due to less wear-and-tear on engines.

“A significant benefit of battery storage is that it enhances the responsiveness of propulsion and other systems due to instant power response in line with load variations, offsetting slower ramp speeds with less responsive engines,” Anderssen says. This is particularly useful for offshore support vessels that are heavily dependent on DP systems for fast manoeuvrability in safety-critical situations, he explains.

The batteries for Siem Offshore will be supplied together with a DC grid for power distribution to consumers, with control and monitoring of the battery storage solution handled by the SeaQ Energy Management System (EMS) that interacts with existing control systems on-board.

“The flexibility of the SeaQ ESS system that enables it to be easily integrated with a vessel’s existing systems, as well as its advanced functionality, were key factors in our selection of Vard Electro for this retrofit to reduce our environmental footprint,” says Jon A. Houge, Operations Manager of Siem Offshore.

Vard Electro will act as system integrator for the turnkey project that will entail engineering, installation, integration, testing, and commissioning of the system comprising batteries, DC grid, EMS, energy storage inverter, filter and/or transformer, fire detection, and a cooling & ventilation system.

Anderssen says there is increasing demand for such hybrid retrofits both for offshore support vessels such as PSVs as well as larger ships, with

One of the Siem Offshore fleet

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The Viking free-fall lifeboat

Vard Electro’s modular system highly adaptable for ease of installation on a wide variety of vessels with minimal downtime.

“We are very pleased to have won this initial contract with Siem Offshore and look forward to collaborating with them on this project as well as possible future deliveries of battery systems. The award is further vindication of the proven efficacy of the SeaQ battery technology in optimising engine performance to deliver big fuel efficiency gains for shipowners amid increasing regulatory and market demands for low-carbon vessel operations.”

It is the latest in a string of similar deliveries of battery storage systems from the leading ship technology supplier’s SeaQ range that have demonstrated significant fuel savings for vessel operators while also reducing emissions since the first system was delivered five years ago.

BW Offshore contract for Viking Norwegian FPSO owner and operator BW Offshore has selected Denmark’s Viking Norsafe Free-fall Lifeboats, Daughter Craft and Davits for a large FPSO project which will operate off northern Australia. Primary means of evacuation will be three Viking Norsafe GES-50 Mk. III Free-fall Lifeboats - each able to carry 70 people - with secondary launch and recovery achieved by corresponding HD-50 Davits.

Also part of the package is a Viking Norsafe Munin-1000 Daughter Craft with capacity for 21 persons and a PLR-12005 Davit for launch and recovery. With a SOLAS crew of three persons, the Munin-1000 boat can recover 18 survivors from the water and is fitted with twin 300 hp engines and waterjets – giving the power and manoeuvrability to fulfil its Search and Rescue role.

The latest order continues the longestablished relationship between Viking and BW Offshore, spanning multiple projects, and

Offshore seals a deal that involved nearly two years of discussion of safety requirements. Fully compliant with SOLAS and DNVGL-ST-E406, the free-fall system is verified by ALARP process (as low as reasonably practicable) for operation in Australian waters.

Viking has delivered well over a hundred units of the Viking Norsafe GES-50 lifeboat.

The free-fall lifeboat has been installed at 22 locations in Australian waters in recent years, effectively shutting out the competition. While original design attributes play a big part in its on-going success, Dawes explained that continual product development remains pivotal.

This specific free-fall boat installation will feature a shortened launch ramp which saves space and weight. Viking’s capabilities in information exchange during the tender process had also helped in securing the order.

Viking will supply pre-tested boats and fully assembled davits for plug and play installation to reduce site activities subsequent to delivery.

After the FPSO goes onstream, the Viking team in Perth, Australia will provide complete backup and maintenance support for the boats and davits.

Wärtsilä agreements with Eidesvik and Siem Finland’s Wärtsilä and Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore ASA have signed a landmark cooperation agreement aimed at converting an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to operate with

an ammonia-fuelled combustion engine with required fuel supply and safety system. This project will be the first of its kind ever in the world and has a provisional completion target by the end of 2023.

The OSV considered for a retrofit currently has Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines operating primarily with LNG fuel. The conversion will allow the vessel to operate with a 70%

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Offshore ammonia blend. Wärtsilä has already successfully laboratory tested an engine fuelled with a 70% ammonia blend. The ultimate goal is to achieve operation with 100% ammonia and with a minimum ignition fuel requirement.

As a fuel, ammonia has the potential to drastically reduce emissions of CO2. Both Wärtsilä and Eidesvik have stated their commitment to supporting the industry’s efforts to decarbonise its operations. “Using ammonia as a fuel is seen as a key future contributor to shipping’s energy transition, and we’re excited to be the first offshore ship owner taking this step.

This project is yet another confirmation of our strong reputation as a pioneer in implementing new environmental technologies in both newbuilds and the existing fleet,” said Eidesvik CEO & President, Jan Fredrik Meling.

Eidesvik has a strong track record in supporting sustainable innovations, having used LNG fuel in its fleet from as early as 2003, and fuel cells from 2006. The company believes that to achieve the industry’s decarbonisation targets, not only newbuilds will need to have the appropriate technologies, but existing vessels must also be retrofitted accordingly.

Furthermore, prolonging the life of existing assets requires less capital and is less energyintensive than building new ones.

Wärtsilä and Eidesvik are also partners in the EU-funded ShipFC project to equip a platform supply vessel, the Viking Energy with a 2 MW fuel cell running on green ammonia. The installation is scheduled to take place in late 2023.

This ammonia conversion project also ties in with one of the on-going work streams of the Wärtsilä-led Zero Emissions Energy Distribution at Sea (ZEEDS) project, aimed at developing ammonia-powered newbuilds and converting suitable existing vessels.

Meanwhile, Wärtsilä will upgrade the Siem Pride, an 89 m-long Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) owned by Siem Offshore, for hybrid engine and battery propulsion. The upgrade will enable the vessel to reduce the number of engines in use during operations, thereby considerably lowering its energy and fuel consumption. The order with Wärtsilä was signed in the second quarter, 2021.

Central to the conversion will be the Wärtsilä HY Module, which is a containerised solution on the deck of the vessel. Its latest-generation energy management system, which acts as the overall brain for the system, creates a high level of interaction with the ship’s other on-board systems. The installation will be connected to the existing 690 volt main switchboard. The

engines in operation may run at up to 95% maximum continuous rating (MCR) without risk of overloading or black-outs.

“Decarbonising our operations is central to our strategy going forward, which is why we have taken this important step to convert the Siem Pride for hybrid propulsion. Wärtsilä has industry-leading experience and expertise in this field, and their upgrade solution will deliver considerable added value to the vessel’s performance,” says Jon August Houge, Operations Manager, Siem Offshore.

For the upgrade, Wärtsilä will supply the hybrid drive, the energy management system, the transformer, batteries, and the switchboard modification. The dynamic-positioning system will also be upgraded, while the ship design will be modified for the new arrangement. A deck house containing the equipment will also be installed. Finalisation of the project is projected for April 2022, at which time the vessel will be awarded DNV’s Battery Power notation.

The vessel currently operates with two Wärtsilä 34DF and two Wärtsilä 20DF dualfuel engines, as well as a complete Wärtsilä electrical package, including the integrated automation and power management systems, and the company’s Low Loss Concept power distribution system which features higher efficiency, lower weight and volume, and high system redundancy.

New notation for drillship The Ultra-deepwater drillship Valaris DS-12 has become the first vessel in the world to receive the ABS Enhanced Electrical System Notation EHS-E. Valaris upgraded the vessel’s electrical

The Valaris DS-12

system to secure the notation, which recognises sophisticated system design to improve reliability and enhance protection. The Valaris electrical system is specifically designed to allow the drillship to optimise powerplant performance, enabling operations on fewer generators and reducing emissions.

“It is great to see Valaris become the first to secure this notation, which recognises its commitment to sustainable operations and investment in advanced electrical systems to increase efficiency. As the world’s leading global offshore Class, ABS is well placed to help forward thinking operators such as Valaris achieve next generation operations,” said Matt Tremblay, ABS Vice President, Global Offshore.

“With this enhanced notation, Valaris DS-12 exemplifies our company’s purpose of providing responsible solutions that deliver energy to the world. I want to recognise our engineers, ABS and thank our customer, BP, for their support.

This is truly a remarkable team achievement that paves the way to more sustainable deepwater drilling,” said Gilles Luca, Valaris Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

ABS has surveyed the upgraded system and tested it to ensure it can operate on reduced generator power. The short circuit and fault ride through capability was demonstrated on-board the vessel with ABS in attendance.

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

Renewal of the LTSSP ensures KD’s continued commitment to maintaining HMC’s simulators at the leading edge of available technology, from hardware upgrades through to additional ship models, library objects and equipment models. Installed in 2015 as one of the world’s most advanced offshore heavy lift crane simulators, its usage ranges from confirming feasibility of new methods and equipment to optimising efficiency and safety performance for current execution methods.

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

HMC’s simulator platform was developed specifically

by KD to meet its requirements, as a leading marine contractor in the offshore renewables and oil and gas markets, specialising in transporting, commissioning, and decommissioning offshore facilities. The Simulation Centre is a real-time offshore environment where offshore crew and project teams examine all project aspects and associated risks. It includes two offshore crane operator domes and a bridge with K-Sim DP simulator, based on the same Kongsberg Maritime K-Pos DP systems used on HMC’s vessels. Detailed models of HMC’s SSCVs, heavy lift vessel, tugs and barges ensure realistic scenarios and enable detailed pre-mission training for heavy-lift projects.

“HMC’s renewal of this LTSSP is a clear endorsement of the capability and longevity of our maritime simulation solutions,” concludes Andreas Jagtøyen, Executive Vice President Digital Ocean, KD. “Our commitment to supporting the maritime industry is not limited to providing the best technology, but also extends to ensuring that our customers gain value from their investment for years to come, through long product lifecycles and extensive service, provided by our 24/7 support network. Our LTSSP programme elevates our relationship with our customers beyond just being a vendor to rather act a trusted partner.”

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Paints & Coatings Activities at Subsea Industries In the last few months a large number of vessels belonging to seven different owners received Ecoshield protection for their rudders, bow thruster tunnels, nozzles and Mewis Ducts.

The applications were carried out in China, Singapore, Turkey, Bulgaria, Dubai and the U.S.A. on a wide range of vessels. These included several containerships, tankers, tugs and general cargo vessels. The running gear of these ships will be protected against cavitation and corrosion damage for the rest of their

service lives.

A growing number of shipowners have Ecoshield applied on the running gear of their fleet. This coating ensures lasting protection against corrosion and erosion damage.

Rudders, thrusters, nozzles and other underwater running gear are exceptionally prone to corrosion and cavitation damage. Cavitation is caused by the spinning of propeller blades. If running gear is not given the proper protection against this the damage can be severe.

This leads to expensive and time-consuming repairs in drydock at least or malfunctioning of the running gear at worst. A rudder has been found missing in its entirety on more than a few occasions with substantial financial

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consequences for a shipowner.

Ecoshield was designed to protect all running gear for the lifetime of the vessel. This coating system is applied only once. No repaint will be needed during future drydocking. Only small touch-ups to repair mechanical damage will be required.

Applying Ecoshield is a fast and easy to learn process. As a result an application is very flexible and can easily be scheduled around the planning of the yard. Only two layers are required. The minimum overcoating time between these layers is only three hours. This means that most running gear can be coated in a single day.

Newbuild ships benefit the most from Ecoshield. Applying the coating during building means a vessel’s running gear will be protected from the moment the ship leaves the shipyard until the end of its service life. A shipowner will not have to worry about repainting during any of the scheduled dockings.

An existing ship can also be protected with Ecoshield. If for instance a rudder has already suffered corrosion damage, the coating can prevent any further damage from occurring.

In such case Ecoshield can be used in combination with another product in the Subsea Industries family - Ecofix.

Ecofix is a superior, tested and proven filler that restores the steel to its original shape with a smooth surface prior to recoating. Because it uses the same basic resin, Ecoshield can be applied just one hour after the filler. Slot welds can also be filled with Ecofix on a newbuild rudder prior to Ecoshield application.

When the icebreaking research vessel Laura Bassi drydocked in Italy earlier this year, only touch-ups were applied to the underwater hull coating. Even though the hull was originally coated with Ecospeed some 12 years ago, there was no need for a full repaint. A truly remarkable result that further reinforces Ecospeed’s ability to withstand the harshest ice conditions for years on end.

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale) acquired Ernest Shackleton in 2019. The company renamed her Laura Bassi. After her first Antarctic mission for OGS the ship is still protected by the Ecospeed coating as it has been for the last 12 years. Rosario Martino, Naval Architect & Marine Engineer for the vessel’s ship managers, Argo SRL. said, “It was impressive to see the Ecospeed paint in an excellent condition even after so many years of service. We have performed only touch-ups in the bow area affected by the impacts with the ice layer.

Paints & Coatings “When Laura Bassi returned from her first Arctic campaign, during which she encountered quite a few icy areas, it was clear that the Ecospeed paint did its job impeccably.”

The number one consideration in a hull coating for ice-going vessels and icebreakers is the ability of the coating to protect the hull in the harshest marine environment there is.

Ecospeed will hold up and will not be damaged in the ice and so will remain smooth for the life of the vessel. Even if minor repairs are needed in drydock, the original quality of the coating remains intact. The Laura Bassi is a great example of this.

Metaline’s protective coating for long service lives In terms of protection against wear caused by the destructive energy of cavitation, erosion and abrasion, there are still two physical schemes available - Energy reflection through

very hard surfaces, such as those achievable through plasma treatment, manganese steel, HardoxTM, tungsten carbide and similar alloys.

And energy absorption by elastic substrates that absorb, store and release the energy when the energetic impact ends.

Since 1960 on the market as a manufacturer of epoxy ceramic repair materials, MetaLine Surface Protection GmbH introduced in the 1990 a range of elastomeric repair and protective coatings and opted for energy absorption.

Peter Schramm, MetaLine’s Managing Director said, “Some 30 years ago we began developing a material incorporates the primary technical characteristics of completely different materials. The application process is as straightforward as with an epoxy-ceramic composite, but the compound itself functions like rubber, and finally possesses erosion qualities equal or greater than Duplex Steel (AISI316). The result is a hydrodynamic-resistant castable and sprayable protective coating that provides unparalleled erosion/cavitation resistance.”

This fundamental step was based on experience and knowledge from the epoxy

ceramics business - epoxy ceramic materials try to fight wear with a low hardness of about 90 to 95 Shore D - which is far less than ordinary mild steel! The epoxy binder is by far not hard enough to become wear resistant by energy deflection and not soft enough for energy absorption. The ceramic content in these products cannot overtake that role, as composites always fail with their weakest element - which is the epoxy binder. The most important maritime applications of epoxy ceramics are quick repairs as an emergency solution until a spare part can be used.

The market demands more wear-resistant materials for professional applications with long service lives. The ongoing development of ultrawear-resistant elastomeric protective coatings has led to today’s MetaLine Series 700 supplied in three different degrees of hardness: • MetaLine 760 (60 Shore A) serves to repair soft rubber linings and worn fenders as well as optimising the performance of hatchcover seals.

• MetaLine 785 (85 Shore A) is the first choice for the protection of components subjected to erosion, cavitation, corrosion and wear - rudder blades and horns, kort nozzles, seawater-/

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Tugs work hard. The high-revving propeller carries a huge flow of water, which leaves cavitation and erosion marks, especially on the suction-side edge and on the supports of the nozzle

scrubber pipes, strainers, BWM reactors and installations, heat exchangers, pump impellers and casings, thrusters, jet propulsion drives, ropes, fenders, floating hoses etc.

• MetaLine 795 (95 Shore A) develops nonstick properties. It offers an ultra-low coefficient of static friction improving material and fouling release. Applications - cargo gates, off-loading chutes, hopper and bunker installations.

The use of highly functional coatings requires competent surface preparation. The surfaces to be coated shall be dry, clean, free of grease and salt and need to have a rough blasted surface profile.

Metal substrates are coated with MetaLine 924. This electro-chemically active corrosion protection prevents borderline penetration on coating edges and protects damaged areas from rusting. After drying, a double coat of MetaLine 900 Universal Primer on solid surfaces or MetaLine 910 on rubber surfaces is applied. Finally, MetaLine Series 700 protective coating with required film thickness and colour is sprayed on. For the purpose of visual wear control indication, the coating can be executed with colour changes during application.

MetaLine Series 700 can be recoated and repaired at any time.

MetaLine Series 700 adheres to various substrates including steel, alloys, aluminium,

rubber, concrete, wood and different plastics.

The coating thickness ranges between 1 mm and 20 mm and can be achieved on vertical surfaces without material sagging. It can be used in many climatic conditions (as in zones with extremely high humidity).

The solvent-free, two-component elastomer can be applied by spraying, injecting or casting by a low-pressure cartridge applicator (about 5 bar). After 5 mins the coating is dry to touch and most parts can go back in service after 24 hours (at 20 °C). The temperature resistance is between -50 °C and +120 °C, depending on the relevant application.

The coating cures without any shrinkage or swelling. In addition to its chemical bonding process, a mechanical memory effect is developed. This permanently ties the coating to the substrate, thus counteracting any separation tendency that is normally associated with conventional rubber sheets. With strict adherence to all processing steps an adhesion/ bond strength of at least 15 N/mm2 is achieved. The low-pressure spray mode creates an extraordinary smooth surface improving any fluid-flow dynamic. Efficiency increases of up to 3.5 % have been proven.

The MetaLine technology allows seamless coating of the most complicated surface shapes. This is a clear advantage compared to rubber linings. While straight pipes are rubbercoated with a pulled-in hose and subsequent pigging, rubber-coating of branched pipes and pipe bends is not practical. Here, with or without vulcanisation on site, rubber would be always installed as a trimmed sheet by gluing and vulcanising. Seams and edges are a current challenge and source of functional problems. On curved parts, due to the bending of the plates, a certain surface tension builds up automatically. On the inner radius it is compressed, on the outer radius – tensile.

MetaLine Series 700 polymerises, is therefore free of any tension and applicable to geometries impossible to reach by conventional rubber lining. A kind of skin covers the part and forms at higher layer thicknesses a selfsupporting shape - for example as a pipe-inpipe. With a density of just 1.05 g/cm3, it is the most lightweight duroplastic wear protection available. The material has practically no influence on the dynamic behaviour of moving parts. The dynamic abrasion of 55 mm3 according to DIN ISO 4649 represents the lowest value among competing protective coatings. Other features listed by the manufacturer:

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• Non-toxic, safe to use and assessed by US & EU authorities as drug and food-safe according to FDA standards and relevant EEC regulations • Lloyd´s Register and ABS confirm (letters of non-objective / white paper) that No Class Approval is required for MetaLine • Certified for rudders on ultra-fast operating defence vessels • Free of any metal impurities and absolutely non-corroding • Approved up to 700 meter of diving depth in saltwater • Structural born noise / sound reduction of up to 5 dB(A) • 55% vibration damping at a coating thickness of 4 mm • Hydraulic and pneumatic pressure resistant up to 70 bars • Capable to handle up to 60% of solids in slurry applications MetaLine Series 700 has been used in civil and military shipping since 2012. A wide variety of marine equipment has been repaired or protected using MetaLine´s elastomer materials on more than 500 ships.

Peter Schramm added, “Based on our experience in application and in co-operation with customers, we can confidently claim that we have a proven product range for maritime applications. For on-board repairs, the MetaLine On-Board Surface Protection Kit is available. We offer technical support through all communication channels. And most importantly - we have staff and partners experienced in application and in drydock work, ready to contribute to the safety of the vessels in almost any place in the world.”

Hospital ship coating by I-Tech Sweden’s I-Tech, has announced the performance of its barnacle-repelling active ingredient, Selektope after an eight-month period in outfitting of the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, Global Mercy.

In May 2021, the Global Mercy completed its sea trial with good results. After extended static period during outfitting, exposed to high risk of fouling, I-Tech found that the vessel showed some signs of fouling on the propellers, however, the vessel’s hull was completely free from barnacle growth.

Built by Xingang shipyard in Tianjin, China,

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The Global Mercy in drydock

with Stena RoRo appointed by Mercy Ships as the project manager, Global Mercy’s hull was coated with two layers of Jotun’s Seaquantum Pro Ace containing Selektope – an organic, non-lethal, metal-free active agent that is added to marine anti-fouling paints to prevent

barnacles from settling on coated surfaces by temporarily activating the swimming behaviour of barnacle larvae. The bio-repellent effect makes Selektope the only type of technology of its kind available to marine paint manufacturers today.

TURN UNCERTAINTY

During construction, I-Tech worked with leading innovators of the ro/ro cargo and passenger concepts, Stena RoRo, to identify Selektope as the most suitable, innovative technology to ensure that the hull of the new hospital ship would not suffer from the negative effects of barnacle fouling – even during long periods of idling in high-risk areas.

Excess amounts of marine fouling can lead to increased drag, resulting in reduced overall engine efficiency affecting speed, power, performance, and fuel consumption, in addition to costs associated with drydocking the ship to mechanically remove hard fouling, if required.

Embarking on its first mission in early 2022 to the west coast of Africa, the nature of the voluntary aid Global Mercy will provide means that the hospital ship is expected to be stationary in warm water ports for long periods of time, up to as long as 10 months. These extended periods at anchor can put vessels at a heightened risk of barnacle colonisation, according to I-Tech’s recent idling study released earlier this year, which found that ships located in medium or warm waters were at a higher exposure to marine growth. SORJ

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The Berg Twin Fin system

Yaskawa/The Switch refits the Polarcus Naila Finland’s Yaskawa Environmental Energy/The Switch’s co-operation with the system integrator, Sweden’s Berg Propulsion, on its Twin Fin dieselelectric direct-drive solution is a great example of a win-win partnership at a time when collaboration between OEMs and suppliers is critical in providing greener power solutions to reduce emissions from shipping while ensuring long-term gains for owners.

The Twin Fin is currently being installed in a self-unloading bulker being built in China and featuring a large internal MaK-powered variable-speed plant to meet high energy demand for propulsion, cargo handling and other vessel operations. The Switch is delivering permanent magnet (PM) propulsion machines, PM generators, DC-Hubs, Electronic Bus Links (EBLs) and Electronic DC Breakers (EDCBs) for the vessel as part of the environmentally friendly concept, for which Berg has a patent pending.

Twin Fin provides both increased cargo capacity usually associated with thrusters and the reliability and safety afforded by conventional propellers. Delivering higher thrust performance but with decreased energy consumption and emissions - it’s a real gamechanger for the industry offering superior efficiency and reliability. And reliability means optimal uptime.

Jonas Nyberg, Managing Director West, Berg Propulsion said that Twin Fin is tougher, as the motor is in a safer location than podded propulsors, where motors are directly in the pod. Twin Fin is like an advanced version of the twin-skeg forming an integrated part of the hull. Putting the machinery space in the fins also allows greater flexibility in hull design.

“Electrical podded propulsors may have a

higher degree of manoeuvrability but are less efficient than our solution due to the inherently high rpms and small propeller diameter. Azipod electrical podded propulsors are also less robust. Our solution is more cost effective, while the fins are also more hydrodynamic than bulbous pods.” In addition, almost all maintenance can be performed with the ship in the water.

Nyberg notes that a key disadvantage of electrical podded propulsors is that the units can rotate 360°. This puts limitations on the maximum propeller diameter. But with Twin Fin, there’s no restriction on propeller size. Propeller size is directly linked to efficiency – the larger, the better. It gives the freedom both to optimally position the propellers and have an enormousdiameter propeller.

Berg selected The Switch’s technology to ensure peak performance. There’s also the significance of direct drive versus the traditional gearbox concept. This is where The Switch’s highly efficient PM motors – which capture electrical energy and convert it into green mechanical power – really come into their own as integrated parts of the concept.

Traditional diesel-electric drive trains have a linear motor-gearbox-propeller shaft arrangement with a lot of mechanical components but using a compact directdrive PM motor eliminates the gearbox and the need to drive the propeller shaft directly.

The PM motor stator is fixed to the hull, fully surrounding the rotor with only an air gap in between. This drastically reduces the number of components required, and that reduces the risk of mechanical issues. Along with the PM generators, the drive train contains the bare minimum of moving parts.

Twin Fin is also designed to be easily retrofitted with limited downtime. “The Twin Fin units are prefabricated, allowing rapid

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installation. It took just 45 days for us to retrofit the first installation on the seismic survey vessel Polarcus Naila,” says Nyberg. “Seismic vessels are a demanding application with full power needed 24/7 - without it, your streamers sink to the bottom. Whereas the owner had previously had reliability issues with another propulsion maker’s azimuth propellers, with our solution, we increased efficiency by over 25%.” Although Nyberg believes there will still be room in the market for electrical-pod concepts, he is confident Berg can capture the market where reliability and efficiency are paramount.

The role of emissions, legislation and financial stability is focusing industry awareness on the importance of ship design and earlystage equipment selection in lowering OpEx. Whereas before, there were practically no rules governing design for environmental efficiency, and most time and energy went into the true purpose of the vessel in terms of cargo factors, now we have EEDI/EEXI applying both to new and old ships. Shipping is rapidly embracing this change with more time, energy and CapEx being invested at the outset to ensure an efficient product.

Nyberg notes the efficiency difference of a brand-new optimised ship versus a vessel built even five or 10 years ago is in the double digits.

“Projects like our direct-drive solution are key building blocks in the drive to enable a more responsible, sustainable and profitable industry, and I certainly believe the future belongs to efficient, space-saving technologies like The Switch’s PM machines and DC-Hub, with or without Twin Fin,” he says.

Vroon contract for Berg Propulsion A recent retrofit to optimise a containership’s propeller blade design has brought performance and fuel efficiency gains that are measurable in real-world conditions. Holland’s Vroon recently approached Berg Propulsion to investigate the possibility of optimising the propulsion system on its containership Indian Express, fitted with a controllable pitch propeller originally manufactured by ZF. The aim was to secure the sustainability benefits available through greater ship efficiency, as part of Vroon’s continuing strategy to find the best practical answers to lowering CO2 emissions, ahead of IMO’s Energy Efficiency Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII). The work was carried out in Suez Shipyard, Egypt.

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The Indian Express in drydock

David Sakandelidze, Berg Propulsion Business Manager – Energy and Efficiency, explained the process which established Vroon’s requirements.

“In close co-operation with the shipowner and shipoperator, we analysed the vessel’s current and future operation needs and defined its operation profile,” he said. “Next, the performance of the original propeller blades was benchmarked against the vessel’s defined operation profile.”

From here, Berg Propulsion’s advanced simulation tools were used to develop new propeller geometry, which modelling showed would achieve remarkably superior performance the new operation profile anticipated for the ship. In line with these findings, Berg Propulsion designed blades tailored for the operation, improving efficiency significantly, according to Sakandelidze.

“Efficiency gains are made for much of the time and, at 12 knots, the new blades achieve up to 50% higher efficiency than the ones they replace,” he said.

With performance improved at the speeds most commonly required during operations, Indian Express would achieve an astonishing 22% fuel saving overall, as well as lower emissions that should go farther than the requirements of IMO’s carbon Intensity Initiative goals for 2026.

“We have recently put a new focus on CII and EEXI and supporting customers to improve and optimise vessels already in operation,” said Jonas Nyberg, Managing Director West for Berg Propulsion. “We are excited to partner our customers, and to help

them become more efficient while reducing their environmental footprint.”

Berg’s focus targets hydrodynamic upgrades such as blade optimisation, control system upgrades such as installing an engine pitch and rpm optimisation system, Dynamic Drives, and electrical upgrades to run shaft alternators with variable frequency coupled with energy storage, said Nyberg.

New mtu units for Balearia catamaran Rolls-Royce’s new mtu engines, new mtu ship automation system, and the new mtu Go! tool for remote service have well and truly futureproofed the high-speed catamaran Avemar Dos run by Spanish operator Balearia. Four newgeneration mtu 20V1163 M84 units replaced the previous 1163 units, taking the vessel to a new level of ecological soundess.

Fuel consumption – and with it CO2

emissions – are 8% lower than with the previous propulsion system. The new Series 1163 units deliver the same power output, but with a 33% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions, thereby meeting the requirements of IMO’s Tier II emissions standard.

The ferry’s automation system has also been renewed - the mtu ship automation not only controls and monitors engines and gearboxes, but numerous other crucial ship systems such as fuel tanks and on-board generator sets. That means that the crew can benefit from an all-round view of the ferry. The new ship automation system brings not only new software, but new screens and computers with interfaces to other systems on-board. The digital platform mtu Go! puts the finishing touch to the ferry’s all-round update, allowing the customer to remotely access the vessel’s operating data at any time, monitor its condition and predictively plan maintenance.

Pablo Vivancos, Sales General Manager at Rolls-Royce Solutions Iberica, said, “The Avemar Dos is now the fourth Balearia ferry to be powered by mtu. Several of these ferries are supported by mtu Value Care maintenance agreements, individually tailored to suit each vessel. We’re very proud to be Balearia’s trusted partner.”

The Avemar Dos catamaran was built in 1996 by the Austal shipyard in Australia. It went into service in 1997 and following several changes of owner was taken over by ferry operator Balearia in 2008. It originally served the Strait of Gibraltar route between Algeciras and Ceuta. Now the new repowered ferry plies between the mainland Port of Denia and the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Majorca. The 82-m ferry can accommodate 855 passengers and 174 vehicles.

Besides the Avemar Dos, the Ramon Lull high-speed ferry was recently re-powered using mtu engines – in this case Series 4000 units.

Other high-speed ferries, like Nixe and HSC Formentera Direct, have used mtu propulsion ever since going into service.

Strategic Marine and Global Marine’s contracts for Royston

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New electronic fuel management systems (EFMS) from UK’s Royston have been specified for fast crew boats being supplied to one of the largest vessel operators in South East Asia.

Machinery The work sees the supply and commissioning of enginei systems, featuring on-board HMI (human machine interface) and a specially configured remote platform, for three vessels from Singapore-based boat yard, Strategic Marine.

Offering easy-to-understand fuel data analysis and reporting options, enginei is an advanced fuel monitoring system that can be installed as part of a comprehensive suite of digital marine technologies, delivering longterm vessel efficiency and improved operational performance.

Strategic Marine continues to design-in enginei capability as part of its vessel systems to ensure compliance with customer specifications for advanced electronic fuel management capabilities, which help to improve fleet operations and overall vessel management.

The new systems are being overseen by Royston’s Singapore-based operation, which is seeing strong demand from Asia Pacific-based vessel owners and operators for easy-to-use technology with accurate measurement, control and analysis of fuel consumption data capabilities.

Strategic Marine uses Royston’s enginei EFMS in its vessels

With more than 350 vessels worldwide featuring enginei systems, including OSVs such as anchor handlers, jack ups, PSVs and crew boats, operating in West Africa, the North Sea, Asia, Egypt, Mexico and Brazil, Royston continues to targets fleet owners and operators in the South East Asia market.

At the heart of system is expanded on-board flowmeter and sensor technology. This gives the advanced system the ability to acquire

comprehensive real time engine and vessel performance measurements beyond the usual RPM, GPS and fuel inputs to take in a wide range of other engine control unit outputs.

The data is displayed live through a touch screen bridge display and transmitted remotely to the enginei web portal where the state-ofthe-art interface enables the rapid production of intuitive online reports and trending graphs, as well as providing alerts and map dashboard

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

tracking with weather overlays, showing a detailed operational profile for a vessel.

Meanwhile, Royston has completed the overhaul of two diesel power plants on-board a Global Marine Group operated multi-role subsea cable installation and repair works vessel. Drawing on its extensive capabilities and resources, a five-strong team of engineers completed the 24,000 running hours service work on a Stork-Wärtsilä 12SW280 engines and a Stork-Wärtsilä 16SW280 unit on-board the 130 m length CS Sovereign while the vessel was in dock at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, in Rotterdam.

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

Sulzer’s new service centre

Royston engineers have also recently completed the overhaul of diesel power plant systems onboard another vessel within the Global Marine Group fleet of offshore vessels, the 130 m length Global Symphony, in a tight 10-day time frame.

New UK service station for Sulzer Following the recent completion of Sulzer’s purpose-built service centre in Birmingham, the facility was officially opened on October 27th, 2021. The investment in this state-of-theart service centre represents Sulzer’s on-going commitment to delivering the next generation of service excellence and provides 24/7 support to customers around the world.

Located on the prestigious Birmingham Business Park, the latest enhancement to Sulzer’s extensive network of service centres has been specifically designed to optimise workflows. It ensures customers receive bestin-class service in terms of quality and speed of repair. Following the official opening, guests were given a guided tour of the new facilities and shown how their businesses will benefit from the latest in advanced repair technologies provided by Sulzer.

Building on the legacy of the Camp Hill site, which has provided engineering expertise for 100 years, Sulzer has relocated its wealth of engineering knowledge and craftsmanship to a purpose-built facility. The comprehensive

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range of in-house design skills and cutting-edge technology are being used to deliver precision repairs and improve equipment performance.

Chris Powles, Head of Electro-Mechanical Services - EMEA, commented, “We have created a centre of excellence, which operates on lean manufacturing principles and sets the benchmark for the maintenance and repair of all vital equipment. Our engineering expertise and experience mean we deliver the highest quality of service and we encourage customers to visit us and see for themselves.”

As part of the relocation, Sulzer has invested in new equipment including larger, 50-tonne overhead cranes and constructed an upgraded overspeed balancing pit, which is the only independent facility in the UK. The company offers optimised overhaul projects for all crucial industrial equipment including cutting-edge additive manufacturing and state-of-the-art digital technologies. Together with the ability to design, manufacture and test high-voltage coils, as well as advanced reverse engineering capabilities, Sulzer delivers best-in-class services to its customers.

50th lifecycle award for ABB Turbocharging Switzerland’s ABB Turbocharging has welcomed the 50th customer for its Turbo LifecycleCare annual service agreement as operators in the marine and power sectors seek to maximise uptime while benefitting from predictable maintenance costs and high-quality OEM service. The full-scope service agreements, suitable for main and auxiliary engine turbochargers in the marine and power plant sector, are based on a fixed price per running hour covering standard spare parts, wear and tear and labour.

Turbo LifecycleCare was launched in 2017 and since then has provided customers with

An ABB service engineer conducting maintenance work

Machinery confidence that their costs will reflect actual running hours. One early adopter was bulk carrier operator Equinox Maritime, a Turbo LifecycleCare customer since 2018. According to technical manager Leontios Pitaoulis, the service also provides assurance of high-quality maintenance at the hand of ABB Turbocharging experts.

“Reliability and uptime are of utmost priority for our operations. With ABB’s Turbo LifecycleCare service agreement, all spare parts planning and servicing are conducted on time, efficiently and within fixed budget. This agreement has given me peace of mind on turbochargers so I can focus on other important operative needs,” said Pitaoulis.

Dirk Balthasar, Head of Global Service Sales at ABB Turbocharging, added, “Our Turbo LifecycleCare agreements address customers’ needs for service plannability and financial predictability. With these agreements we make sure that our customers can focus on the essentials of their business, while we take care of their turbochargers in terms of service scheduling and execution – with fixed budget and no surprises from day one.”

To date, ABB Turbocharging has secured Turbo LifecycleCare contracts for a wide range of marine and land-based customers valued at around US$125m in total.

Wärtsilä launches EEXI solution Finland’s Wärtsilä has launched a new series of power limitation solutions that enable compliance with IMO’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) regulation. These latest Wärtsilä innovations mean that the company now has a complete range of solutions for environmental regulatory compliance, covering both newbuild and retrofit projects.

The EEXI regulation comes into effect in 2023 and stipulates the minimum energy efficiency level for existing ships already in service. Wärtsilä’s new power limitation systems allow owners to meet this requirement, despite the tight implementation schedule.

Wärtsilä’s environmental offering also includes various energy efficiency solutions that enable

compliance with IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirements, which form part of IMO’s strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping.

For meeting the EEXI requirements, three macro areas are relevant, namely Power Limitation, Energy Efficiency technologies, and Fuel upgrades. With the introduction of these latest power limitation solutions, Wärtsilä covers all three areas with proven solutions, and can thus recommend the optimal choice for meeting the specific needs of owners and operators.

“With this latest launch, Wärtsilä once again emphasises its commitment to supporting customers in their decarbonisation efforts in line with the global targets set by IMO. We can offer a complete set of opportunities for complying with the existing and upcoming regulations,” says Giulio Tirelli, Director Business Development at Wärtsilä.

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Wärtsilä has launched EEXI compliancy solutions through power limitation

and a Wärtsilä Propulsion Control System, and Power Limitation specifically dedicated to dieselelectric installations.

The upgrades effectively limit the engine or shaft power during normal operation, regardless of the power train combination and control system arrangements. The set limits of the solutions can all be overridden from the bridge.

This is a mandatory feature stipulated by IMO’s MEPC guidelines, as are the monitoring and recording functions. The system data is stored in accordance with the regulations for inspection purposes.

the suitable design for slow steaming. The retrofit propeller efficiency improvement in a certain vessel reached about 8%, up to the limitation of engine load. MHI-MME applies the design for the retrofit propeller to Mitsubishi Advanced Propellers (MAP) Mark-W, which propeller was launched in 2010 and can improve the propeller efficiency without sacrificing cavitation margin.

Many customers in Japan and overseas expect the benefits of retrofitting and have adopted our propellers for large containerships,

100 orders for MHI-MME retrofit propeller Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment (MHI-MME), has achieved order 100 units of the retrofit propeller, which began delivery since 2013. MHI-MME began producing propellers for the first time in Japan on 1904, and has a long history of more than 100 years. MHI-MME has continued producing and developing high performance propellers on the basis of a proven track record, which now the production record is over 6,000 units.

The retrofit propeller is designed for slow steaming conditions by the limitation of engine load and MHI-MME shows the large effects for the improvement of fuel efficiency with applying

The MHI-MME retrofit propeller

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LNG and conventional tankers, which are often applied in slow steaming. And orders for retrofit propellers have been increasing due to the need to comply with EEXI (Note1) regulations.

Additionally, MHI-MME carries out the evaluation of the propeller efficiency improvement after propeller retrofitting and confirmed. When retrofitting a propeller, MHI-MME also proposes to buy the propeller currently installed on the customer’s vessel, thereby offering an opportunity for customers to reduce their initial investment. SORJ

Emissions KBB and Eminox combine forces Emissions control specialist Eminox and turbocharger maker Kompressorenbau Bannewitz (KBB) have announced a major collaboration to meet increasing emissions compliance requirements for marine diesel engines. By working together, the two companies will provide marine engine manufacturers and vessel operators with a fully integrated emissions control solution, from turbo to tailpipe, to deliver clean marine diesel engines.

Aimed at medium speed engines over 1MW power, the new market-leading solution brings together KBB’s expertise in marine turbocharging and air handling with Eminox’s proven EMx exhaust after-treatment system (EATS) technology.

Customers will benefit from a complete, integrated solution, refined to their specific needs for both existing (retrofit) and new engines. The end-to-end solution includes the design, manufacture, installation, certification and, the breadth of knowledge and expertise from KBB and Eminox will ensure customers are supported with service, maintenance and aftersales.

This integrated project management and full in-house solution removes the need for engine manufacturers to assemble components from multiple suppliers or undertake their own costly testing and type/class approval certification. The KBB Eminox solution is optimised for specific engines which increases performance efficiency and the effectiveness of emissions reduction.

As part of the maritime industry’s commitment to achieving a zero carbon future, diesel engines are subject to IMO Tier I and Tier II regulations.

Additionally, every vessel entering specific emission control areas (ECAs), including the Baltic Sea, North Sea and North American ECAs must meet much stricter IMO Tier III targets, with tighter nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions requirements. For vessels to be compliant when operating on European Inland Waterways Stage V regulations apply.

Future legislation, including an update to the marine Stage V regulations and IMO IV are expected to set dramatically lower NOx emissions targets and introduce controls on particulates from the early 2030s.

“Diesel engines are the backbone of the marine industry, making it vital to optimise their

The KBB EMx-powered marine and power generation exhaust

performance to lower emissions as we move to a zero carbon future,” said David Phillips, Engineering Director, Eminox. “Working with KBB, we’re committed to helping achieve this. We’ve developed a complete, integrated solution for the maritime industry that builds on the proven strengths of diesel while reducing harmful emissions, preserving investment in existing engines. Given the need to plan for the long-term, now is the time for marine operators and engine manufacturers to accelerate their emissions reduction journey by working with partners that can provide an in-house solution for all their needs.”

Built to meet the demands of marine environments, the Eminox/KBB solution is designed for over 20 years of service, lowering operational costs, and positively supporting the resale value of engines and vessels. It is future-proofed and upgradeable as and when legislation changes. A fully serviceable solution, replacement parts are available through KBB’s global service network.

“Operators and engine manufacturers understand the need to meet more stringent marine emissions requirements, but achieving compliance has previously been complex and costly,” said Dr. Roman Drozdowski, Managing Director, KBB. “Our combined solution brings together two trusted, experienced suppliers to the industry and is built to fully address all emissions requirements, now and in the future.

Together, we look forward to helping customers around the world meet maritime standards while reducing the total cost of ownership of their diesel engines.”

KBB turbochargers are on-board many

ships owned by large and traditional owners, such as Maersk and Evergreen. Some 2,000 ST-EP single stage units are now in operations.

Roman Drozdowski re-iterated his commitment to GHG emissions reduction at an interview with SORJ at the recent Europort exhibition, “KBB turbochargers are proven technology and can be utilised on engines as the maritime world moves into non-diesel propulsion systems.

These new forms of fuel include LNG, hydrogen, methanol and ammonia.”

Emission projects at Wärtsilä Finland’s Wärtsilä has received marine sector commercial certification for compliance with the EU’s Stage V standards. The Stage V legislation, which came into force in 2020, tightens restrictions on non-road engines and equipment, and sets stricter limits on emissions, especially particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. The certification applies to the total solution, including the Wärtsilä 14 engine and exhausts after-treatment system.

Stage V certification is required for engines powering the European inland waterways vessels, which together comprise a fleet of approximately 17,500 ships. The first deliveries of the certified Wärtsilä 14 engine will be for two new passenger ferries being built for the Switzerland’s General Navigation Company (CGN) by Shiptec AG. The ferries will operate between Switzerland and France across Lake Geneva, with the first vessel expected to

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Wärtsilä will retrofit exhaust gas abatement technology on two Trasmed GLE S.L. owned passenger ferries

commence operations in December 2022.

Meanwhile, Wärtsilä, in co-operation with Silverstream Technologies, will install Silverstream’s proprietary Air Lubrication System, the Silverstream System, on a trial basis on a large containership owned by A.P. Moller - Maersk. The trial will examine possible improvements to the ship’s overall efficiency, focusing on the reduction of fuel consumption and associated emission levels. The programme will have a special emphasis on the potential application of the System for methanol-fuelled Maersk vessels. The ultimate aim of all three companies is to support efforts to decarbonise shipping operations.

Wärtsilä’s carbon neutrality target covers direct GHG emissions from the company’s own operations, including the Research & Development and factory engine testing areas as well as purchased energy.

Wärtsilä has launched its new IQ Series exhaust gas treatment system, designed by its Exhaust Treatment business unit in Moss, Norway. The IQ Series is the latest advancement in maritime exhaust gas treatment technologies, and it features several improvements that make the technology especially well-suited to container vessels, satisfying the increased demand in scrubbers as a compliance option from the containership market segment.

The IQ Series scrubber uses an innovative design that allows the same exhaust gas cleaning results to be achieved within a smaller footprint. The scrubber takes up 25% less space, is 30% lighter, and has 35% less volume, which minimises the impact on a vessel’s cargocarrying capacity, and therefore its profitability.

This makes the new scrubber particularly beneficial on containerships, where space is a key commercial priority.

Additionally, the scrubber – which can be configured to use between 20 and 70 MW of power depending on vessel requirements – features the same modular design as Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment’s other exhaust gas cleaning solutions.

This means that the IQ Series can be upgraded with further technologies that enable other pollutants to be tackled within the stack, including exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to cut NOx, a black carbon filter to cut particulate matter (PM), a depluming unit to cut visible steam from the stack, and even a carbon capture and storage (CCS) module that Wärtsilä is currently developing in its Moss test facility.

IQ Series is also a more environmentallyfriendly option for owners and operators looking at the impact of their investment decisions, with Wärtsilä manufacturing the technology using 50% recycled steel.

Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment will install its open loop exhaust gas abatement technology on two roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries owned

by Spanish company Trasmed GLE S.L., which is part of the multinational logistics company Grimaldi Group. Trasmed GLE S.L. has selected four of Wärtsilä’s I-SOx open loop scrubbers with exhaust de-plume systems for the ro/ pax vessels Volcan del Teide and Ciudad de Granada which operate in the Mediterranean Sea. Each vessel will have four scrubbers installed, one on each main engine. The scrubbers are flexible to enable MARPOL Annex VI sulphur cap compliance, by scrubbing 3.5% HFO down to the 0.5% limit. Wärtsilä’s scrubbers will also enable Trasmed GLE’s vessels to operate at a lower 0.1% sulphur limit to meet both worldwide and ECA regulations. The installations will take place in 2022 and marks the first time that Wärtsilä has conducted a ro/pax scrubber retrofit in the region. The partnership strengthens the long-standing relationship between Grimaldi and Wärtsilä to install scrubbers in many configurations across Grimaldi Group’s business units.

First methanol-fuelled towboat operational US-based Maritime Partners, in co-operation with Elliott Bay Design Group, e1 Marine, and ABB, have announced that the Hydrogen One, the world’s first methanol-fuelled towboat,

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An artist’s impression of the Hydrogen One

will join Maritime Partners’ fleet and become available for charter in 2023 to meet the pressing demand for sustainable towboat operations.

Decarbonising the towboat sector poses substantial challenges, particularly due to towboats’ inherent size, space, and weight limitations. Batteries are only suitable if you operate on fixed routes and can recharge daily, and a towboat’s limited storage capacity restricts the use of pressurised or cryogenically stored gases as fuels. There are also very few dockside facilities to load such marine fuels, which severely constrains a vessel’s range and functionality.

The Hydrogen One will be IMO 2030 compliant, and meet all requirements of the US Coast Guard’s Subchapter M regulations. The ship has been designed by Elliott Bay Design Group using proven, efficient technology throughout, from ABB’s electrical power distribution and automation to e1 Marine’s methanol-to-hydrogen fuel cell, and it will be able to perform at standard operational speeds for up to 550 miles before it needs to refuel.

Methanol is a common towboat cargo, and it is available in 88 of the world’s top 100 ports. This availability enables you to refuel safely almost anywhere without the need for costly diversions. The Hydrogen One’s use of e1 Marine’s reformer technology generates hydrogen from methanol on-demand, which also makes it considerably safer than transferring and storing hydrogen directly, and the ship’s crew will require minimal additional training to use the technology.

Government funding for Tyne ferry project UK’s Royston Marine has secured Government funding for a collaborative project to examine the potential of new technologies to reduce the

Emissions carbon footprint of river ferry services. The move will see the UK-based firm working in local partnership with Newcastle University and ferry operator Nexus to look at ways to decarbonise the operations of the cross-Tyne Shields Ferry service, which transports 500,000 passengers annually across the River Tyne between North Shields and South Shields.

Specifically, the CLEANFERRY project aims to quantify the carbon footprint of the ferries’ existing propulsion systems and assess the viability and cost benefits of retrofitting or upgrading these with advanced technology to deliver efficiency savings, lower carbon emissions and improve fuel consumption.

The project will combine the in-service Electronic Fuel Monitoring System (EFMS) capabilities of Royston with Newcastle University’s marine research expertise and the vessel operational and public service experience of ferry operator, Nexus.

CLEANFERRY is part of the Government’s wider Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, with a £20m package, designed to position the UK at the forefront of green shipbuilding and maritime technology. This is also supporting 55 projects across the UK including initiatives in Scotland, Northern Ireland as well as across England.

The scope of work will see the installation of a state-of-the-art monitoring system to provide baseline emissions’ readings in line with the

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impact of compatible technical and operational solutions to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions. This will be followed by the creation of a route map for a follow-up technology solution.

Technologies such as enginei are advanced fuel monitoring systems that can be installed as part of a suite of digital marine technologies, helping fleet owners and operators to improve the operational efficiency and energy management of their vessels. It incorporates onboard flowmeter and sensor technology, which provides the ability to acquire comprehensive real time engine and vessel performance measurements beyond the usual RPM, GPS and fuel inputs to take in a wide range of other engine control unit outputs.

The data is displayed live through a touch screen bridge display and transmitted remotely to a web portal where the interface enables the rapid production of intuitive online reports and trending graphs, as well as providing alerts and map dashboard tracking with weather overlays, showing a detailed operational profile for a vessel. SORJ

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LNG Høglund will ensure that the Horizon Reliance is adapted to meet the new requirements of the industry and to successfully overcome the new challenges in the market. Høglund’s expertise will allow Sunrise Reliance LLC to operate in a manner which assures a greener future for the Horizon Reliance, where the new systems on-board will help the ship to meet the latest regulations on carbon emissions and significantly reduce its environmental impact, as well as raise the sustainability standards and overall green profile of the vessel.

This project is another example of the increasing recognition in the industry of automation’s role in maximising safety and reliability and improving the environmental performance and the lifespan of shipping assets.

Høglund technician’s on-board the Horizon Reliance

Høglund wins COSCO award Norway’s Høglund has announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver Automation and Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS) for the 2,400 teu containership Horizon Reliance. In partnership with China’s COSCO Shipyard Group, Høglund will deliver a total integrated solution on the vessel, including the installation of FGSS, Power Management System (PMS), Ship Performance Monitor (SPM) and digital solutions for data collection, as well as the full automation of all the new systems on-board the ship. Rather than recycling this 274 m x 30 m ship built in 1979, owner Sunrise Reliance LLC’s choice to entirely retrofit and refurbish the ship signals the company’s commitment to environmentally conscious action.

Høglund will design, engineer, manufacture, supply and deliver a fully integrated automation solution to support the vessel’s transition from steam propulsion power to a dual-fuel vessel.

This includes a high-pressure FGSS - with a design supply pressure of 320 bar - and Høglund’s signature PMS and SPM to effectively drive fuel savings and ensure safer and more reliable vessel operations for Horizon Reliance.

The PMS will ensure that the generators onboard function more efficiently, while the SPM will enable and facilitate the analysis of the power usage for its optimisation.

As part of the total automation of the new systems on-board the vessel, Høglund will also incorporate digital solutions for data collection on the ship. By integrating these systems,

Høglund enables better access and quality of operational data for owners and crew, and better control over the systems. Following the systems integration, maintenance and future upgrades will become simpler, reducing total lifecycle costs.

The new digital solutions will allow the owner to access detailed performance and operational data from all the systems on-board the vessel and will facilitate informed decision making with regards to operations optimisation. The automation and digital work on the ship will effectively protect and future-proof the asset, improve its management and environmental performance, and prolong the life of the vessel.

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Wärtsilä signs agreement with Simon Møkster Finland’s Wärtsilä and Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping have signed a collaboration agreement to carry out a feasibility study on utilising ammonia as the main fuel in dualfuel engines where LNG is the alternative fuel.

The aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of converting vessels for dual ammonia – LNG operation, and that it can be carried out safely and efficiently.

“We are excited to join Wärtsilä in this project. We see this as a step towards meeting

LNG

10 GasLog LNG tankers will benefit from being covered by a tailored Wärtsilä OMA

our targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and our ambition is to cut our fleet’s CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030. By 2050 we expect to reach net-zero carbon emissions,” says Anne Jorunn Møkster, Owner and CEO Simon Møkster.

“Decarbonisation is central to the future of shipping, and Wärtsilä is totally committed to helping our customers achieve this goal. This collaboration agreement represents further evidence of this commitment. We are leading the way towards the adoption of alternative cleaner future marine fuels through extensive testing and research, and we see ammonia as an extremely promising option,” says Cato Esperø, Head of Sales Norway, Wärtsilä.

The testing will be carried out on the Stril Pioneer, an OSV currently operating with Wärtsilä 32DF dual-fuel engines using LNG as the primary fuel. Simon Møkster has been one of the pioneers in the use of LNG as a marine fuel, adding the Stril Pioneer to its fleet in 2003. By using a blend of ammonia and LNG, emissions of CO2 from the combustion process will be considerably reduced.

Simon Møkster Shipping is a supplier of modern offshore support vessels with high quality specifications, designed for operations in harsh weather conditions. The company’s head office is located in Stavanger, Norway and main operational area is the North- and the Barents Sea. Møkster has a fleet of 17 vessels and approximately 500 employees onshore and offshore. Simon Møkster Shipping is 100% owned by the Møkster family. Møkster has a

long term perspective for both ownership and chartering activities. Strong focus on health, safety, environment and quality are fundamental for all of Møkster’s activities.

OMA with GasLog Wärtsilä’s Optimised Maintenance Agreement (OMA) has been selected by Greek shipowner and operator GasLog to cover 10 of the company’s LNG tankers. The agreement is designed to ensure certainty of operations with budgeted maintenance costs. The tailored agreement covers the vessels’ twin two-stroke dual-fuel main engines, enabling them to benefit from the latest condition monitoring and asset diagnostic services.

These include Wärtsilä’s unique Expert Insight solution and remote operational support capabilities. The Expert Insight digital predictive maintenance innovation utilises artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced diagnostics to provide accurate and pro-active advice and recommendations. Together with Wärtsilä’s vast experience and deep in-house knowhow, the system is able to promptly recognise performance deviations, should they occur, thus allowing timely corrective and mitigating actions to be taken, thereby increasing uptime.

By ensuring efficient operations, emission levels are lowered.

Expert Insight is estimated to reduce unplanned maintenance by as much as 50%, and to deliver an up to 5% improvement in fuel

efficiency, with a corresponding reduction in emissions. The service is delivered via Wärtsilä’s Expertise Centres strategically located around the world.

“To achieve optimal operational efficiency, we need to take advantage of the latest and most advanced technology. Wärtsilä’s OMA provides this. We have worked closely with the Wärtsilä team to create a customised agreement that addresses our main concerns and needs while providing an efficient means for us to manage both costs and risks,” says Kostas Karathanos, General Manager, Innovation & Technology at GasLog. “This agreement represents the smart way for ensuring the efficient maintenance of complex modern marine engines and related systems.

By ensuring optimal engine efficiency, which in turn minimises emissions, it is also a valuable contributor to global efforts to decarbonise shipping,” says Rajeev Janardhan, Sales Manager, 2-stroke engine Lifecycle solutions, Wärtsilä Marine Power.

The OMA is an important element within Wärtsilä’s Lifecycle Solutions offering, which is aimed at strengthening the business performance and competitiveness of its customers. The broad range of services that enable reliable and efficient vessel operations include 24/7 remote technical support, contract management, maintenance planning, and annual engine health audits. The planning and supply of spare parts required for engine overhauls is also included.

GTT wins SHI containership order France’s GTT has been chosen by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to design the cryogenic fuel tanks of six LNGfuelled containerships. Used as a marine fuel, LNG is today the best industrial tool to preserve air quality, a major public health issue. It reduces sulphur oxide emissions by 99%, fine particles by 91% and nitrous oxide emissions by 92%. It also reduces ship emissions by up to 20% of CO2 compared to a conventional ship.

Each LNG fuel tank will be fitted with the Mark III membrane containment technology developed by GTT, demonstrating that GTT technology is as attractive for mid-size size container vessels as for very large ones. The vessels deliveries are scheduled to occur between the third quarter of 2023 and the

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LNG partners in Sustainable growth programmes and the Kingdom’s 2030 vision for environmental protection,” said Bahri Ship Management President, Abdulaziz Sabri.

ABS has introduced an ‘Alternative Fuel Ready’ approach to help shipowners prepare their fleets for the introduction of alternative fuels. Introduced through the Guide for Gas and Other Low-Flashpoint Fuel Ready Vessels, it is designed to support shipowners looking to build a new vessel or convert an existing one to use LNG, methanol, ethane, LPG, hydrogen, ammonia and other gases or low-flashpoint fuels. Download a copy of the Guide for Gas and Other Low-Flashpoint Fuel Ready Vessels here.

The ABS-classed Rayah

fourth quarter of 2024.

In addition to the engineering services and technical assistance at the shipyard, GTT will assist the operator through every step of its first LNG-fuelled projects - commissioning of the LNG tank, first LNG bunkering operations, as well as further specific LNG operations and maintenance of the vessels. Moreover, GTT will provide LNG training for the crews, supported by its proprietary G-Sim training simulator, which replicates the future LNG operations of the vessels. GTT will also offer its HEARS emergency response service with 24/7 technical assistance.

In addition, GTT will fit these six vessels with its GTT Digital platform, a ‘smart shipping’ solution to monitor and optimise the operational performance of the vessels and further reduce their energy consumption and environmental footprint.

ABS classes VLCC The ABS-classed Rayah, Bahri’s first LNG-ready very large crude carrier (VLCC), has been delivered. The 319,000 dwt double-hull tanker was built by International Maritime Industries (IMI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) at HHI’s shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel features the ABS SUSTAIN-1 notation as well as the LNG Ready notation recognising its preparations for a future retrofit for LNG-fuelled operation.

The ABS Sustain notations demonstrate adherence to certain UN Sustainable Development Goals related to vessel design, outfitting and layout that can be controlled,

measured and assessed. They establish a pathway for sustainability certification and reporting. Both the SUSTAIN-1 and LNG Ready notations reflect Bahri, IMI, and ABS’ commitment to the environmental protection elements of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision.

“ABS is a world leader in gas as a marine fuel and is committed to helping shipowners on their decarbonisation journey with a flexible approach to fleet modernisation. This is an innovative vessel that is leading the way in terms of its design and its approach to sustainability, and we are proud to have been able to use our expertise to support its development,” said ABS Chairman, President and CEO, Christopher J. Wiernicki.

IMI CEO, Fathi Al-Saleem, said, “The completion of this project is a major milestone for us and a reflection of the hard work and collaboration of everyone involved. Working with our partners, we have successfully delivered the vessel on time and to the highest international shipbuilding standards, in line with the ABS Sustain notations. We aspire to become a global leader in sustainability and environmental excellence - receiving ABS’ notations is a testament to the steady progress we are making towards that goal.”

“ABS is a long-standing business partner of Bahri Ship management and has been very supportive in Bahri’s initiatives of building the first of its kind VLCC vessel with SUSTAIN-1 and LNG Ready notations. Their knowledge in Alternative Fuels and Vessel engineering has tremendously helped Bahri in achieving this remarkable milestone. Going forward, Bahri considers ABS as one of its important business

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UECC takes delivery of Auto Advance UECC has taken delivery of the world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC that is set to provide significant gains in energy efficiency and emissions reduction as it enters service this year to boost the leading European shortsea ro/ro carrier’s bold effort to decarbonise its fleet.

The vessel, to be named Auto Advance, is the first in a series of three newbuild pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) - measuring 169 m by 28 m and with capacity for 3,600 vehicles on 10 cargo decks – that are being delivered from China’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The remaining two sisterships are scheduled for delivery in 2022.

“Having brought into operation the first-ever dual-fuel LNG PCTCs five years ago, UECC is now taking delivery of the first of three of the world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC to be built. This is another big step forward in eco-friendly ship operations that shows we walk the talk,” says UECC chief executive Glenn Edvardsen. “This is also a technological milestone as the successful performance of the vessel in sea trials has vindicated our confidence in the viability of this innovative solution.”

UECC has taken the lead in the PCTC segment by developing the pioneering design, together with DNV and Jiangnan’s in-house ship designer Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute, to incorporate proven technology in a new configuration geared to enhancing operational and environmental performance.

LNG battery hybrid technology, together with an optimised hull design for better fuel efficiency, will enable these newbuilds to exceed IMO’s requirement to cut carbon intensity by 40% from

LNG 2008 levels within 2030. Emissions of carbon dioxide will be reduced by around 25%, SOx and particulate matter by 90% and NOx by 85% from the use of LNG, while the newbuilds will also meet IMO’s Tier 3 NOx emissions limitations for the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Dual-fuel engine technology has now been combined with an energy storage system (ESS), supplied by Finland’s WE Tech, incorporating a battery package from Corvus Energy that will be charged by a permanent magnet, directly driven shaft generator or dual-fuelled generators.

The ESS, which will provide power to the main switchboard with a DC link for power distribution, will enable peak shaving for the main engine and auxiliaries to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, with a controllable pitch propeller, bulb rudder and dual-fuel boiler also part of the power system.

These vessels will require only two auxiliary dual-fuel gensets, in addition to the main engine, as the ESS and shaft generator provide a spinning reserve to eliminate the need for another genset that would normally be required.

Battery capacity is based on detailed modelling of the vessels’ expected operational

profile to economise on installation, with payback time for the ESS estimated at only five years, according to UECC’s head of ship management and newbuilding Jan Thore Foss.

The hybrid solution, which has gained DNV’s Battery Safety notation, will be steered by an intelligent energy management system, supplied

by Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime, that will serve as a control system for overall energy production and consumption – essentially the ‘energy brain’ of the vessel.

Batteries can be most efficiently charged while at sea using the shaft generator so that they are fully charged when entering port, enabling the vessel to manoeuvre in port using bow thrusters driven solely by battery power that can also supply the ship’s other energy needs while it is docked.

“This will effectively eliminate emissions while in port and these vessels are also equipped to connect to green power from shore that is becoming increasingly available in order to reduce harmful emissions of NOx, SOx and particulate matter,” Foss says.

Operational flexibility can deliver significant fuel efficiency gains and Foss believes this, combined with a low-emissions profile, will

give the vessels an advantage in the European market as EU plans to include shipping in the Emissions Trading System are set to hike costs for pollutive vessels.

UECC’s energy and sustainability manager Daniel Gent says, “LNG is presently the most environment-friendly and widely available low-carbon fuel, with an estimated emissions reduction of around 25% compared with other fossil fuels.

“We are therefore taking advantage of the best available fuel solution now and combining this with hybrid technology to further cut emissions. But we are not locked into LNG and these dual-fuel engines are also ready to use alternative low-emission fuels such as biofuel, bio-LNG and synthetic LNG as these become commercially and technically viable.”

Edvardsen claims that UECC, jointly owned by green-focused players NYK and Wallenius Lines, is presently the only shipping company in its regional market segment that is investing in sustainable newbuilds. UECC has already achieved a substantial reduction in the carbon intensity of its fleet, but we aspire to do much more.” SORJ

UECC’s first newbuild dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC Auto Advance

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Ballast Water Management

Optimarin’s fast-track delivery model enables it to tackle the industry bottleneck for ship installations of BWM systems

Optimarin bullish about the refit market “There is definitely a commercial rationale for carrying out retrofits in the near term rather than waiting due to the huge backlog of vessels that need to be retrofitted over the next few years to gain IMO compliance, which will be a licence to trade in the future,” says Optimarin’s chief executive Leiv Kallestad.

The Norwegian company is benefiting from a current wave of demand for BWM systems but Kallestad says the peak period for installation is moving out in time towards 2023 as owners seek to keep their ships operating as long as possible - and this may worsen a capacity bottleneck that could push up prices for equipment and retrofit work.

“No one wants to take their ship out of trading while markets are booming. At the same time, the continued presence of COVID-19, congestion in the supply chain and logistical challenges, crew changes and other operational disruption have resulted in various permit extensions of up to six months or longer,” he explains.

While this will extend the retrofit wave as it will allow more time for installation, Kallestad points out shipowners are still hopefully taking a calculated risk by deferring installations as

the drydocking window tightens. An estimated 35,000 vessels still need to have BWM systems installed ahead of the September 2024 deadline for implementation of IMO’s BWMC. “The space to walk through the door will become increasingly narrow and this could result in hasty, ill-informed decisions by shipowners to select a system purely based on cheapest price and the need to get it installed as quickly as possible,” he says.

Optimarin has though honed a fast-track delivery model with competitive pricing but without any compromise on quality for its proven BWM technology, enabling it to tackle the supply bottleneck. A BWM retrofit is a protracted process that requires detailed planning - typically with an engineering lead time of six months before installation - and drydock capacity being secured ahead of time.

The first stage is to determine the right BWM system based on several selection criteria including the size and type of vessel, classification, flag state and port authority requirements. Then procurement of the system is carried out by selecting a supplier followed by the planning stage that entails inspection and site engineering to look at structural, pipe, electrical and other elements, as well as carry out a 3D scan.

This stage also includes design engineering to transfer site data to a digital platform, arrangement of structural plans for piping and

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outfitting, a bill of material and pre-fabrication drawings, with class approval required for the design. The final stage is installation and commissioning of the BWM system with operational verification and class approval to ensure regulatory compliance.

“This is an extensive process that needs to be entrusted to a reliable supplier with a proven track record of supplying such systems to all types of vessels and is able to carry out fasttrack delivery given the capacity challenge for the industry,” Kallestad says.

Lifecycle cost is also a key factor as selecting a BWM system solely according to price can lead to an inferior system being installed with a lack of aftersales support, resulting in higher maintenance costs and increased downtime at ports that cuts revenue and raises fuel consumption, he explains.

Optimarin, which has so far installed close to 1,000 BWT systems with a substantial orderbook, is still able to deliver a system within 30 days due to a streamlined documentation process and the modular flexibility of its proven high-quality technology. But component shortages and logistical challenges that have hit many industries may make it difficult to give delivery guarantees.

The Optimarin BWT system is continuously evolving and improving, which has resulted in its components being scaled down and simplified through a rigorous product improvement programme. This has given more competitive pricing and a more compact system with a smaller footprint that makes it easier to install on larger vessels, while the company provides lifecycle support through its global aftersales network.

Optimarin has also formed an alliance with UK-based Newport Shipping that enables it to offer a turnkey BWM solution with drydock availability at one of Newport’s 15 partner yards worldwide and favourable deferred payment terms.

Kallestad believes, aside from regulatory compliance, there are clear long-term commercial benefits from installing a reliable BWT system in terms of higher vessel uptime, faster turnaround times, and fuel and power savings.

This is supported by Optimarin’s innovative cloud-based digital solution OptiLink that provides real-time access to BWT system performance data, 24/7 support and remote troubleshooting, and data transfer to shore for more efficient fleet-wide BWM. A key advantage of this solution is ease of reporting

Ballast Water Management to third parties such as class societies and port authorities to obtain compliance certification without the need for timely lab tests and inspections at port.

“This is part of a trend towards greener operations driven both by regulatory and market pressure. Shipowners that are ahead of this trend will undoubtedly have a competitive advantage in the longer term,” Kallestad says.

Northern European service for ERMA First systems MAN Energy Solutions Benelux via MAN PrimeServ Omnicare strategy will be providing after-sales technical support to vessels equipped with ERMA FIRST BWM systems calling at ports and repair yards in Northern Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, ERMA FIRST customers will be able to utilise the skills of MAN Energy Solutions’ (Benelux) 20-strong team of expert

marine engineers based in Rotterdam and Antwerp for on-board equipment services.

These include troubleshooting, installation, maintenance, calibration and testing related issues.

ERMA FIRST is a leading manufacturer of BWM equipment and has installed over 2,000 systems on more than 1,500 ships worldwide. Its global after-sales network already encompasses locations in the US, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Panama, UAE, India, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Poland, Latvia and Ukraine. The addition of MAN Energy Solutions’ Benelux team to ERMA FIRST’s network further widens its reach.

“We have always taken great pride in our ability to offer customers the best after-sales network in the market,” said ERMA FIRST Managing Director Konstantinos Stampedakis.

“This partnership with MAN Energy Solutions further strengthens our global capability as we look to assist our clients with ever more local support in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

ERMA FIRST’s recently introduced smallest and easiest to install BWM system

Dirk Willems, Managing Director at MAN Energy Solutions Benelux added, “MAN Energy Solutions Benelux is delighted to have agreed this partnership. We have a highly trained group of engineers in Rotterdam and Antwerp, who are ready to assist ERMA FIRST customers from Northern France to North Germany as well as the Netherlands and Belgium. The technical capability of our engineers is wellknown and we have unrivalled expertise when it comes to responsive and industry-leading technical support.”

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Ballast Water Management

The DESMI ream at the awards in Copenhagen

DESMI wins Børsen Gazelle award At an award ceremony in Copenhagen during early December, Denmark’s DESMI Ocean Guard was awarded the prestigious Børsen Gazelle 2021 award as the fastest growing manufacturing company in Denmark.

“For more than a decade, we have done our utmost to develop, manufacture, and sell BWM systems, world-wide, and our focused efforts and persistence are now rewarded with the Børsen Gazelle award for being the fastest growing manufacturing company in Denmark, as we have grown with a staggering 3,245% since 2017,” says Rasmus Folsø, CEO in DESMI Ocean Guard A/S. “We are very happy and thankful for this acknowledgement of our achievement so far, and we want to thank Børsen for this recognition. We will continue to develop and market cost-effective, reliable, and high-quality BWM systems for ships, worldwide, which enables reliable and smooth ballast operations on-board the fleet of our customers.”

Each year, Børsen analyses Danish companies and nominates those who meet strict growth criteria for being nominated a Gazelle company. In 2021, Børsen nominated 1,958 Danish companies, but only one company won the prize for being the fastest growing manufacturing company - DESMI Ocean Guard.

DESMI Ocean Guard A/S develops and markets BWM systems for the removal of living organisms from ships’ ballast water. DESMI

Ocean Guard is wholly owned by DESMI A/S, and its head office is located in Noerresundby, Denmark. DESMI has more than 185 years of history, and today the DESMI Group is operating within the Flow Technology segment with production, distribution centres, and sales companies around the world, and a product portfolio that includes pumps, oil spill response solutions, envirocare solutions, pumping solutions for defence applications, energy saving systems, automation, and BWM systems, all supported by a global aftersales service setup.

New CEO at Ecochlor US-based Ecochlor has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (BOD) has appointed Andrew Marshall as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will assume day-today leadership of the Company as of now.

Steve Candito will continue to support the company as a senior advisor to the Ecochlor BOD and leadership team.

Mr. Candito expressed his confidence in the appointment of Andrew Marshall in a released statement, “When Andrew joined Ecochlor in 2019 as Vice President of Business Development he started the process of reshaping our international sales team as well as assisting in transforming the core of our business and growth strategy into the success that it is today!

He was instrumental in expanding our product line into both tank cleaning via a novel gasfreeing technology, and small capacity BWM systems using UV technology whilst also leading the EcoOne Type Approval Task Force. His track

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record and depth of experience in the maritime business make him an ideal leader for Ecochlor at this time and into the future as we continue to leverage and build the Company to next level.”

Mr. Marshall has more than 30 years of experience in developing and launching emerging technologies. He is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in international business development. Prior to Ecochlor, Mr. Marshall served as the owner of Marshall Global Consulting, Ltd., the CEO of Coldharbour Marine and the COO of Spectral Fusion Technologies.

As CEO, Mr. Marshall will be the primary intermediary between the company and the BOD. He will be responsible for communicating on behalf of the Company, with shareholders and potential investors in addition to implementing a high-level corporate strategy in line with the organisation’s vision and mission.

“I am honoured for the opportunity to lead this exceptional organisation of highlydedicated and talented professionals,” said Mr. Marshall. “Under Steve’s guidance, the Company has grown from a start-up to a leading BWM company and we have made meaningful progress toward realising our top company priorities and goals. During his tenure, we have made significant advancement in the improvement of our operating efficiencies strengthen our market penetration and brand, as well as increasing our service and chemical resupply locations across the globe. I am fortunate to be able to continue to build on the foundation that he has built along with the rest of the Ecochlor team.” SORJ

Andrew Marshall, CEO Ecochlor

Underwater Repairs HullWiper expands into Sri Lanka and Guinea Dubai’s HullWiper has formed a partnership with World Subsea Services to bring sustainable and affordable hull cleaning solutions to vessels calling at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka.

Strategically located in the Indian Ocean, Colombo Port is one of the country’s largest and busiest ports, particularly for container vessels.

“The shipping industry has moved into an era of performing eco-conscious operations, and with this comes the responsibility of ship owners and operators to use green solutions,” says Lalindu Jayawickrama, World Subsea Services CEO. “We are preparing now for the inevitable possibility that the option to clean hulls using traditional methods may become extremely limited by offering a service that will not disrupt business continuity for vessels.”

World Subsea Services joins HullWiper’s expanding family of partners around the world operating under their lease agreement introduced in 2017. The global network of hubs provides cost-effective, safe underwater hull cleaning solutions that protect both vessel’s expensive anti-fouling coatings and the marine ecosystem. HullWiper’s ROV is 100% environmentally friendly and uses adjustable seawater jets as the cleaning medium instead of brushes or abrasives, to minimise the risk of damage to coatings. Removing fouling from vessels’ hulls results in optimal performance, energy efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions, and avoids the expense of re-coating in case of damage. No divers are used, so there is no risk to human life.

“With our industry focusing more and more on efficient, sustainable operations, HullWiper’s cleaning solution is an effective tool to improve a vessel’s fuel economy and carbon footprint,” says Simon Doran, HullWiper MD. “Colombo’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean makes it a key hub, with vessels sailing to and from Europe, East Africa, the Persian Gulf, East Asia and elsewhere in South Asia. Having access to advanced hull cleaning technology services at this key port will be beneficial both for ship owners’ and operators’ bottom lines, and the marine environment.”

Meanwhile, HullWiper and Guinea’s Agemar have signed a lease agreement to meet the growing demand for hull cleaning solutions for vessels calling in Guinea. Agemar Guinea is part of global maritime consultancy and maritime logistics solutions provider, the Agemar

Group. It is the latest addition to HullWiper’s growing family of partners around the world operating under their leasing programme introduced in 2017. The partnership supports the Guinean government’s goal to bring environmentally friendly solutions and

operations into Guinean waters and to shipping in general.

Alessandro Di Battista, Agemar Guinea’s General Manager, says, “Guinea’s close proximity to major shipping lines makes this operational hub in West Africa an ideal strategic

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Underwater Repairs location for vessels to minimise on downtime deviations within the busy waterways as cleaning can be done day or night, in most weather conditions and whilst cargo or bunker fuel operations are underway or on a laden voyage.

We have partnered with the industry leader in innovative eco hull cleaning solutions, with the environmental aspect being a core focus.”

HullWiper’s cutting-edge Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) technology carries the approval of several local port authorities including Merchant Shipping, Guinean Naval Society, Maritime Prefect, Autonomous Port of Conakry, Minister of Transport, Direction of Maritime Navigation, National Direction of Customs Department and the Harbour Master / Port Captain.

The ROV provides an eco-friendly, costefficient, brush- and diver-free alternative to traditional hull cleaning methods currently performed in Guinea, protecting lives and the marine environment while cleaning efficiently without compromising anti-fouling hull painting protection. The system uses adjustable seawater jets as the cleaning medium, instead of brushes or abrasives, to minimise the risk of damage to coatings. Removed fouling from vessels’ hulls significantly improves a vessel’s performance especially when vessels steam under full power rather than slow steaming. It also increases energy efficiency and ultimately reduces CO2 emissions.

HullWiper does not discharge removed residues and harmful materials into the sea.

Instead, it collects them with a unique on-board filter for safe disposal onshore, thereby reducing the risk of cross-pollination of waters with alien species.

Simon Doran, HullWiper MD, added, “World-wide regulations are becoming increasingly stringent in the management of biofouling with milestones that need to be reached for the reduction of carbon emissions by 2030. By bringing our trusted, safe and reliable hull cleaning solution to Northwest Africa, Guinea is at the forefront of an environmental wave of change to this region’s maritime landscape.”

HullWiper is one of four founding members of IMO’s Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety. GIA works with IMO’s GloFouling Partnerships Project to help accelerate the development of technology solutions that help prevent hull fouling. The company is also actively involved within BIMCO and AMPP and are on technical steering committees, with input in the writing of active

legislation for hull cleaning and inspection standards globally. HullWiper is compliant with IMCA and IMO guidelines and all operations are conducted in line with local and international regulations.

Since its launch in late 2013, HullWiper has expanded from its first base in Dubai to key locations across the Middle East, as well as ports in Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Gibraltar, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Panama, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Singapore, and Sweden.

HullWiper has performed more than 1,400 hull cleans for vessels world-wide.

European activities of Hydrex Belgium’s Hydrex’s teams recently carried out several rudder repairs on ships in Belgium and France. In all cases cracks were found that needed to be repaired to prevent them from spreading and causing further damage to the rudders.

A 230 m ro/ro ship in Zeebrugge had suffered cracks on both sides of the rudder flap.

On the starboard side a branching crack was found while a single crack was present on the port side. Hydrex’s divers first drilled arrests on all extremities of the cracks to prevent them from spreading. They then positioned C-shaped plates over the crack arrests and secured these with wet welding. This allowed the owner to sail his ship without having to worry about the condition of the rudder - a permanent repair carried out during the ship’s next scheduled drydock visit at a more convenient time and location.

On two 229 m sisterships (bulk carriers) in Le Havre and Dunkerque respectively, cracks were found on the upper pintle corner of the hinge that connects the rudder flap to the main rudder blade. Fortunately these cracks could be repaired by grinding them out after a crack arrest had been drilled. The affected area was then filled with clad welding.

The cracks on these rudders were spotted during an underwater inspection before they caused problems for the ship. This once again shows the benefits of having regular inspections carried out by competent divers, followed by comprehensive and accurate reports. Our teams can detect any problem so that they can be corrected early and prevent the more costly repair which neglect and further damage would

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A Hydrex technician works inside a mobdock

bring about. The affected area was then filled with clad welding.

Hydrex diver/technicians replaced the seals of both stern tube assemblies of a pipe-laying vessel berthed in Rotterdam. Using a Hydrex flexible mobdock the team was able to carry out the entire operation on-site and underwater, saving the owner an expensive and timeconsuming trip to drydock.

The team travelled to the vessel’s location on one of company’s workboats. These workboats are fully equipped as dive support stations with hydraulic cranes, winches, nautical and communication equipment, and a dive control room. They are stationed in Rotterdam and Antwerp which allows for a fast mobilisation throughout both ports.

Once the operation was confirmed all preparations were handled swiftly and the lightweight equipment was mobilised. The operation then started with the removal of the rope guard and a thorough underwater inspection of the first stern tube seal assembly.

After the inspection the divers cleaned the assembly and installed the flexible mobdock.

By doing this they created a dry underwater environment so that they could work in drydocklike conditions.

The split ring was then removed and brought to the surface to be cleaned. After cleaning the entire assembly, the divers removed the first seal and replaced it with a new one which was bonded. They then did the same for the other seals.

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Underwater Repairs A successful operation was concluded with leakage tests, the removal of the flexible mobdock and the reinstallation of the rope guard. The procedure was repeated to remove the seals of the second stern tube assembly.

Working together with the OEM allowed Hydrex to provide the customer with original spare parts which guarantees the best quality material. A technician of the seal manufacturer was also present during the operation.

By organising everything from start to finish the owner did not have to worry about making any arrangements for the repair. After the seals had been successfully replaced he could sail his vessel to its next stop free of oil leaks.

Recently Hydrex diver/technicians carried out scrubber overboard pipe repairs in ports in Belgium, France, Malta and Spain. On a 397 m containership two pipes were replaced while one pipe was replaced on an oil tanker. In all cases the pipes were protected with a corrosion resistant coating produced by Subsea Industries.

Exhaust scrubbers are systems that filter out all harmful toxins from exhaust gasses of marine diesel engines. These can severely corrode the pipes of the scrubber which can result in water ingress if not handled quickly enough.

One of Hydrex’s teams removed a bow thruster from a 170 m containership in

Rotterdam. The unit needed to be overhauled and the operation had to be carried out within a very short window that would fit the schedule available to the vessel’s owner.

The team mobilised to the ship’s location using one of our workboats loaded with all the needed equipment. These workboats are stationed in Antwerp and Rotterdam and can be used for a wide range of operations, which enables rapid deployment and increases flexibility, which was essential during an operation like this.

Hydrex carried out the removal following the specific procedures required by the involved OEM. This allowed the removal the thruster unit with the blades still attached, speeding up the operation. Simultaneously the team sealed off the tunnel from the bow thruster room. Once the unit was lifted onto the quay it was prepared for transport to the workshop.

By performing the operation on-site and underwater our divers made it possible for the owner to keep the vessel out of drydock. The team worked in shifts around the clock. They finished the job well within the available time frame. This allowed the ship to sail on schedule, which was a key benefit for the owner.

Hydrex also removed a bow thruster from a 229 m bulk carrier. Two weeks later the

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overhauled unit was reinstalled. Both operations were completed during stops in Algeciras, Spain and had to be carried out within the tight schedule available to the charterer.

To keep the impact on the ship’s schedule to the absolute minimum divers performed an inspection of the bow thruster unit and tunnel, followed by some preliminary work while the vessel was berthed at a lay-by. The ship could then shift and start cargo operations while the team performed the rest of the operation without any hindrance to the loading schedule.

First Miko blanking set leaves for China The first magnetic blanking set destined for the Brazilian offshore sector has left the Miko Marine’s fabrication plant in Haugesund, Norway. After six weeks of manufacture, the set is now en route to China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industrial Co (DSIC). It will then be installed on-board a new FPSO being completed for Japanese platform builder MODEC. On leaving Dalian the new FPSO will be moved to the Bacalhau field offshore Brazil where it will be operated by Equinor.

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Underwater Repairs The new blanking set comprises four cofferdams that can be used for covering sea chests and three inlet pipe covers. Featuring Miko’s distinctive yellow trade mark colour scheme, their unique magnetic attachment system enables them to be quickly fitted over a hull opening by divers or ROV. They create an immediate water-tight seal without the need for any welding or hull attachments and can be quickly removed for recovery and storage until needed again. The ability to enable repairs and maintenance to be conducted without dry docking is seen as a major cost benefit and necessity for rigs and platforms which can remain on-station throughout.

Cato Stoll, managing director of Miko Marine, believes the delivery operation marks the completion of an important contract for Miko. “This is the culmination of a great deal of hard work and the application of detailed expertise by the Miko design team,” he said. “The team’s specialised knowledge and experience ensures that the magnetic blanking set will function safely and reliably for many years to come. When the new FPSO is on station offshore Brazil it will possess an operational cost benefit that is unique among FPSOs in the region. By designing and manufacturing the blanking set while the FPSO was under construction provided us with many benefits in terms of convenience and ease of work. Nevertheless, we frequently provide the same service as a retro-fit for ships and platforms whose operators want to avoid the cost and complications of ad hoc blanking contracts,” he said.

Miko has developed considerable experience in the design and manufacture of hull closures and cofferdams and has particular expertise in the use of magnetic technology. Each cofferdam or pipe blank is kept in place by a configuration of powerful Miko MAM permanent magnets.

With each magnet being capable of holding up to 2,000 kg it is possible to achieve an immediate watertight seal for the closures without the need for any other fastening devices being fitted to the hull. Flotation material is integrated within the blanking plates and this makes them neutrally buoyant and easily handled under water by ROV. Each magnet is attached to its closure by a flexible joint which enables the plate to be manoeuvred and positioned precisely against the hull before it is tightened into place. When the repair work is finished the magnets are simply freed by having their release lever rotated by a diver or ROV, enabling the blank to be quickly retrieved by crane and stored on-board.

SGS has acquired SRN

SGS acquires SRN Group US-based Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has announced that it has acquired SRN Group Diving & ROV Underwater Services (Belgium), a leading underwater services and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) hull cleaning firm based in Belgium. With this acquisition, SGS expands its global footprint to Europe, acquires industry leading ROV hull cleaning technology and increases the number of its home ports world-wide to 14. ​ Commenting on the acquisition, Paul Peters, CEO of SGS said, “This is a much awaited, critical milestone for SGS. We are absolutely delighted to expand our global footprint to North Europe, a strategic commercial and cruise shipping hub where most of our ship owner clients visit regularly. In addition to adding a key location to our network, we are excited to add a new ROV technology to our existing suite of environmentally friendly propeller and hull maintenance services. This acquisition will allow SGS to immediately deliver the much sought after environmentally friendly, ROV based hull cleaning services in the highly regulated ports like Rotterdam, Amsterdam as well as Portland, UK. We welcome our new colleagues on-board and look forward to working together.”

Manuella Maes and Pierre Klein, co-founders of SRN Group, added, “We are proud of what we have built with SRN in North Europe and West Africa (i.e., Tema, Lome, Takoradi, Abidjan etc.), having delivered a consistent and reliable service to our clients since our inception. Our Hull Cleaning ROV (CROV) technology has

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earned a well-deserved reputation in our key regions, and we look forward to seeing this technology being applied globally. It was time to join forces with a larger and more diverse underwater service provider like SGS in order to add further scale and depth to our operations and continue to innovate at a faster pace. We are excited to become part of the SGS family”.

Subsea Global Solutions is the globally formed corporation with wholly owned assets and personnel in USA (Miami, Tampa, Long Beach, Houston, and Port Angeles), the Caribbean (Curacao, Trinidad), Canada (Vancouver, Halifax, and Saint John), South Korea (Busan), Singapore, Australia (Sydney) and Brazil. With dedicated staff situated globally, Subsea Global Solutions has revolutionised the methods of repair and maintenance for ships and advanced procedures used in underwater marine construction. The name serves to accentuate the shared values of the SGS’ companies, and our commitment to be “The One Source for Global Underwater Solutions.” All offices are approved by the major classification societies. ​​​​​The Ship Repair Network (SRN Group) was founded in January 2013 by co-founders Manuella Maes and Pierre Klein. The headquarters of the company is located in Stabroek- Antwerp (Belgium), close to the heart of the shipping industry and the port of entry into Europe. SRN has successfully transformed the ROV hull cleaning market in North Europe and WAF with its proprietary technology and approvals in key commercial ports such as Rotterdam and established a well-deserved reputation internationally. SORJ

Always on time

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ydrex offers turnkey underwater repair solutions to shipowners wherever and whenever they are needed.

Hydrex’s multidisciplinary team will help you find the best solution for any problem encountered with your ship below the water line. We will immediately mobilize our diver/technicians

to carry out necessary repair work without the need to drydock.

Hydrex performs complex permanent underwater repairs to thrusters, propellers, rudders, stern tube seals and damaged or corroded hulls. By creating drydock-like conditions around the affected

area we can carry out these operations in port or at anchor.

All the projects we undertake are engineered and carried out in close cooperation with the customer and any third party suppliers, relieving the customer of all the hassle of coordination, planning and supervision.

Phone: + 32 3 213 5300 (24/7) E-mail: hydrex@hydrex.be

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Fuels / Lubricants Shell adds to its LubeMonitor service Shell Marine has deployed a suite of enhancements to its LubeMonitor service, to go beyond all other traditional ‘cylinder condition monitoring’ programmes and position itself as the go-to place for all your engine monitoring needs. By surfacing a wider range of technical and operational insights, Shell LubeMonitor lets users better understand their ship’s engine performance, ensure it is operating in line with OEM recommendations and ultimately, help reduce maintenance costs.

While its features have become more sophisticated, Shell LubeMonitor’s user interface and reports are now simpler and aimed to deliver what users need most. Amongst its new features: • Enhanced fleet and vessel insights that go beyond traditional reporting - allowing users to compare vessels from fleet level all the way down to its cylinders – all organised in an easy-to-read manner (benefitting both onand offshore users) • A step-by-step guide for on-board engineers who can help standardise the inspection process • A comprehensive engine inspection feature which allows inclusion of recorded measurements of piston ring clearance, piston ring coating, and liner wear. All data can be stored and organised with the photos captured, so users can come back to them at any point in time • Integration with the Shell LubeAnalyst oil condition monitoring, hence becoming a one-stop platform to easily compare all oil analysis results for the engine • Available via the internet, iOS and Android operating systems, as well as an offline logbook regardless of connectivity at sea Gareth Lowe, Technical Product Manager for LubeMonitor at Shell Marine said, “Our goal goes beyond just making the programme an easy-to-use central data repository. By surfacing relevant information from on-board data, running parameters, lab data and inspection photos all from within LubeMonitor, we can start to deliver vital insights. This provides customers with a comprehensive picture of their engine’s health, and they can then use this information to make informed decisions on feed rates and maintenance schedules, which can help maintain optimal engine performance and lower operating costs.”

Marcus Schaerer, General Manager Services and Technical at Shell Marine said, “We always strive to do more for our customers and are pleased to bring about pioneering features in vessel monitoring solutions.”

The enhanced Shell LubeMonitor has since been rolled out to over 300 ships and has received positive feedback. According to Jong Hyun, Superintendent of Sinokor Ship Management, “In the past, we spent a great deal of time reading and comparing reports. Ever since adopting Shell LubeMonitor, it’s a welcomed change to having all our two-stroke engine monitoring needs on an intuitive, single platform. This allows us less time fussing over maintenance needs and more time to concentrate on other areas of the vessel.”

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Shell Marine has deployed a suite of enhancements to its LubeMonitor service

new strategic partnership. This partnership will see VPS bring to market BunkerTrace’s ground-breaking, innovative forensic technology – starting with the launch of its Sample Assurance product.

The agreement represents a significant step for the improvement in traceability and transparency across the global marine fuel sector. As such, VPS will now provide a variety of new services to its customers – powered by BunkerTrace’s ground-breaking blockchain and synthetic DNA technology.

As these new services are rolled out, they will allow for greater efficiency across the bunkering supply chain, peace of mind in ensuring customer compliance, drastically reduce the risk of delays and disputes, support ESG objectives, and protect customers’ reputation. BunkerTrace’s Sample Assurance product is a tamper-proof embedded seal which is added to the sample cubitainer during a VPS Bunker Quantity Survey. Using the BunkerTrace mobile app, VPS surveyors digitally record the event to prove sample provenance and integrity. In the event of a dispute, the seals carry a unique code, only detectable with a BunkerTrace detection unit in a VPS lab where the sample will be checked for integrity.

Physically tagging and digitally tracing the collected samples prevents contamination and tampering, assuring the quality of the samples as evidence. This enables a clear chain of custody and conclusive evidence to authenticate representative fuel samples.

Steve Bee, Group Commercial & Business Development Director VPS, commented, “The shipping industry, like every other sector, is in the midst of a digital transformation. On top of that, there are also increasing demands for improved governance and greater transparency. In partnering with BunkerTrace, VPS is able to meet both those demands head on leading the transition on the global marine fuel market into an age of more assurance, trust and transparency.”

Deanna MacDonald, Co-founder & CEO of BunkerTrace, commented, “BunkerTrace’s technology is genuinely ground-breaking in terms of its ability to physically tag and digitally trace marine fuel samples – underpinned by innovative blockchain and synthetic DNA technologies.

What we needed was a partner that understands the growing need and demand for digital tracing and tracking services, but also has global reach, and shared ideals. In VPS we have found that, and we’re excited to see where we can take this partnership.”

Fuels / Lubricants Savings possible from FuelTrust Research from FuelTrust, the technology company dedicated to creating a trusted and sustainable fuel ecosystem for the marine industry, shows how different batches of the same grade of marine fuel (such as VLSFO or HFO) can have radically different degrees of energy intensity, offering knowledgeable fuel buyers an opportunity to pick up 3% BTU of extra energy by bunkering with a different batch of fuel and saving shipowners thousands of dollars in fuel costs.

This analysis of different fuel batches was carried out using FuelTrust’s AI-powered Digital Chemist, which simulates combustion on a molecular level to identify differences in fuel properties such as fuel quality, energy, and emissions profiles. Digital Chemist combines the known characteristics of a fuel batch, with class data on the vessel engine, and data from the day logs to accurately establish what happens when fuel is burned.

Based on analysis of 14m barrels of VLSFO fuel across 28 batches, FuelTrust found that different batches of fuels could essentially provide higher energy, without the supplier or buyer realising – for a fully laden Panamax container ship, this would equate to a 50MT saving of fuel on a voyage from Vancouver, Canada to Portsmouth, UK, or the equivalent of up to 469 NM of additional sailing distance on a typical bunker.

“This isn’t like saying there’s a difference between gas stations – it’s more like there being a huge difference in the fuel you could buy at different pumps,” explained Jonathan Arneault, CEO of FuelTrust.

This energy intensity delta could be operationally challenging as regulations on fuels tighten, and particularly if, as expected, zero carbon fuels such as methanol become widely used. Because zero-carbon fuels are less energy-dense than currently used fuels, vessels will need to carry more fuel to continue to operate in the same way. Energy intensity matters. We’re about to see fuels come through with a much lower energy density than we’re used to.”

Dr. Ram Vis, founder and director at the Viswa Group and advisor to FuelTrust, emphasised how energy density will become a major concern for fuel purchasers, “If, as expected, you need twice the amount of methanol to do the same work as a tonne of HFO, buyers are going to have to pay a lot more attention to the BTUs that they are buying, as they’ll have to squeeze every drop of energy out of their fuel. If we see the same batch-to-batch variation in zero carbon fuels as we do today with conventional fuels, this will be a real issue. Fuel buyers will need to start

VPS and BunkerTrace have announced a new strategic partnership

Jonathan Arneault, CEO of FuelTrust

thinking more in terms of energy, and less in terms of volume.”

FuelTrust’s research indicates that differences in energy intensity will be matched by differences in emissions. With the proposed introduction of carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes, this could add up to thousands of dollars in taxes saved or lost, purely based on which batch of a fuel ends up in a vessel.

Launched in September this year, FuelTrust’s Bunker Insights platform uses a combination of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies to establish an unalterable record of fuel transactions and to analyse and identify chemical risks and changes in fuel. In doing so, Bunker Insights makes it simple for ship owners and charterers to monitor and manage fuel risk, allowing the industry to adopt more sustainable practices backed by meaningful insights into the fuel lifecycle.

WinGD engines to run on alternative fuels Swiss engine designer WinGD has announced that its engines will be able to run on methanol and ammonia from 2024 and 2025 respectively. WinGD’s multi-fuel solutions will be based on their wellestablished diesel-fuelled X engines and dual-fuel X-DF engines. The ability to use zero-carbon or carbon-neutral fuels such as ammonia and methanol in both of its core engine types will give ship operators unprecedented flexibility in how they reduce emissions.

Dominik Schneiter, Vice President Research & Development, WinGD said, “Our commitment to deliver engine technologies to enable the use of clean fuels by 2025 means that ship owners and operators can already invest in ships that are ready to use ammonia and methanol today, safe in the knowledge that WinGD will have the technologies

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Volkmar Galke, WinGD’s Director of Global Sales

available to power their vessels reliably, efficiently and cleanly.”

Both X and X-DF engine series are already compatible with low-carbon fuels - liquid biofuel or biogas respectively - which can provide significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. As one example, the tanker operator Terntank bunkered and operated its X-DF engines on liquefied biogas as long ago as 2018. The full, long-term use of carbon-neutral or zero-carbon fuels is the next step on this pathway.

Emissions from WinGD engines can already be optimised in line with IMO’s incoming Carbon Intensity Index (CII) and Energy Efficient Design Index for Existing Ships (EEXI). Hybridisation of the power arrangement is one option. WinGD offers system integration services that maximise fuel efficiency by selecting and sizing hybrid components and the electrical system in parallel with the main engine.

The timeframe for ammonia and methanol capability is part of a wider ambition to grow sales of multi-fuelled engines capable of operating on carbon-neutral fuels to 50% of the company’s orderbook by 2030. This is in line with the industry predictions of when these fuels will be available at scale and a viable fuel choice for deep-sea vessels.

“By 2030, many of the ships that will be sailing in 2050 – the date of IMO’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target - will already have been ordered,” said Volkmar Galke, Director of Global Sales, WinGD. “Our clean fuel engine technologies will be available well before then and will be based largely on our current technologies, allowing us to support ship owners and operators in their decarbonisation choices whenever they make them.”

joined forces in an effort to deliver a solution with hydrogen as fuel. The aim is to have a scalable and sustainable solution that will exceed IMO’s 2050 target for a 70% reduction in carbon intensity without the need for an extensive infrastructure investment. This offers the shipping industry a pathway to low-carbon operations within a reasonable time frame.

Current difficulties and cost considerations regarding the production, distribution, and on-board storage of hydrogen have so far limited the sector’s interest in its direct use as a marine fuel. However, by producing hydrogen on-board, and using readily available LNG, the solution becomes far more viable and in a much faster time than would otherwise be possible.

“Our gas engines are already able to use mixtures of hydrogen and LNG, and our future efforts will be to reach 100% hydrogen fuel. We are totally committed to supporting in every way possible the decarbonisation of shipping operations. This project is one more example of this commitment, and we are very pleased to be partnering with other stakeholders to make IMO’s 2050 target achievable. This project will give owners a real chance to stay ahead of the competition in terms of efficiency and sustainability,” says Lars Anderson, Director, Product Management & Sales Support, Wärtsilä Marine Power.

The concept is based on combining LNG with steam to produce hydrogen and CO2. The hydrogen produced will be used directly in a mix with natural gas in internal combustion engines or in fuel cells, thus eliminating the need for hydrogen to be stored on-board. The CO2 will be liquefied using the cryogenic stream of LNG that would be used as fuel anyway, and later disposed ashore for carbon storage. Tankers can use the stored CO2 as inert gas during discharge.

The necessary equipment can easily be fitted on the deck of a commercial vessel. This innovative concept will support the marine sector’s gradual transition from LNG to hydrogen, without any major adjustments to a vessel’s on-board technologies.

Only LNG bunkering will be required and, by progressively increasing the production of hydrogen, the consumption of fossil methane and associated methane slip will be reduced at the same rate.

Wärtsilä and ABB will support the application of hydrogen in powering internal combustion engines and fuel cells respectively, while Helbio will provide the technology and manufacturing of gas reformers. RINA and the Liberian Registry will provide advice and guidance on the application of rules and regulations for novel concept alternative designs, based on Hazid/Hazop analyses, as well as specific rules for this kind of arrangement. SORJ

Using hydrogen as a fuel Finland’s Wärtsilä, together with class society RINA, ABB, Helbio - a subsidiary of Metacon AB, the Liberian Registry, and an energy major have

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The gas reformer produces hydrogen from natural gas for use as engine fuel, while the CO2 produced is captured and stored on-board.

Wind Power MOL and Vale sign agreement Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines has announced an agreement with Brazil’s Vale International to conduct a joint study on installation of Anemoi’s Rotor Sail wind propulsion system on a 200,000 dwt in-service bulk carrier, which mainly transports iron ore for steel production. The goal is to reduce GHG emissions from the vessel while underway.

Rotor Sails are unique, tall cylindrical sails that can be installed on the deck of commercial vessels. The Rotor Sails make use of the aerodynamic phenomenon known as the ‘Magnus Effect’. As the cylinder rotates within an airflow, a forward thrust force perpendicular to the apparent wind direction is created, which delivers additional thrust to the vessel. The thrust generated can either provide additional vessel speed or maintain vessel speed by reducing power from the main engine.

The joint study team will examine and verify the number of Rotor Sails to be installed and the effect of GHG reduction, working closely with Anemoi Marine Technologies, the manufacturer of the Rotor Sails. Anemoi, based in the UK, installed the world’s first Rotor Sail on a newbuilding ultramax bulk carrier in 2018.

The MOL Group is implementing five initiatives to realise the mid-tolong-term targets set out in the ‘MOL Group Environmental Vision 2.1’.

Including this opportunity, it will pursue one of the initiatives ‘Enhancement of Energy-Saving Technologies’ and continually strive to reduce GHG emissions in co-operation with leading companies in various industries, with the goals of ‘Achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2050.’

Neptune Shipyard completes wing sails installation Holland’s Tharsis Sea-River Shipping has concluded the installation of two retractable wing sails on its 88 m, 2,364 dwt diesel-electric general cargo vessel Tharsis at the Neptune Shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam (formerly IHC’s Merwede Shipyard, near Rotterdam). The work was undertaken at the same time as the vessel was having its air lubrication system upgraded.

The 3 m x 9 m TwinFoil units are supplied by Netherlands-based eConowind and the units are both integrated in a specially designed aluminium Flatrack from which the folding TwinFoil’s can be deployed.

The TwinFoil is a further innovation for eConowind next to their previously designed VentiFoils. The TwinFoil is a wing with a flap principle similar to those used by aircraft during landing and take-off.

“With this installation operating in both river and North Sea routing with varying winds we are eager to see how the rigs perform, especially with the unique combination of this self-adjusting technology in combination with a modern diesel-electric drive,” says Frank Nieuwenhuis, CEO of eConowind.

Designed and built at the Dutch Shipyard De Kaap in 2012, the Tharsis is a unique vessel of this type. Her innovative diesel-electric propulsion system along with the air lubrication system already reduces the vessels carbon footprint while with a ballast air draft of 6 m and a minimal sailing draft of 1.65 m she can go where most other sea-going ships can’t go.

“Tharsis Sea-River Shipping was one of the first companies to install a diesel-electric propulsion train on its general cargo vessel with the aim of fuel and emission reduction back in 2012. After installation of a hull

An artist’s impression of the Rotor Sails on-board a Vale Ultramax bulk carrier

air lubrication system in 2020 the installation of the Econowind Twinfoil system is a logical next step towards the companies aim of becoming zero emission,” states Jan Albert Bosma, co-owner of Tharsis Sea-River Shipping.

The wind-assist equipment will be carefully monitored and evaluated as part of the WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project, which is funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and brings together universities and wind-assist technology providers with ship owners to research, trial and validate the operational performance of a selection of wind propulsion solutions.

“As Tharsis Sea-River Shipping joined the WASP project as the last participant we are happy that the Twinfoil system is now installed on-board the Tharsis,” adds Bosma. “We are looking forward to playing our part within the WASP project and providing valuable information that will undoubtedly accelerate the adoption of wind assist systems in shipping.”

MoU between KM and Norsepower Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the leading global provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, Finland’s Norsepower Oy. The collaboration between these industry leaders will facilitate the addition of wind propulsion to KM’s integrated power and propulsion systems.

Under the MoU, ship owners and shipyards will be able to choose between fully integrated systems, or solutions incorporating stand-alone products. Firmly focused on sustainability and efficiency, KM already

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The Norsepower wind sails in operation

delivers comprehensive integrated equipment packages comprising advanced propellers, power management, energy optimisation, propulsion drive train products, power take off and take in (PTO/PTI) systems, and energy storage. By teaming up with Norsepower, KM adds wind propulsion to its portfolio of strategies to facilitate greener operations, aided by its innovative controllable pitch propeller (CPP) solutions, which can easily manage the variable power delivered by Rotor Sail systems.

“This co-operation with Norsepower is an additional step towards KM’s ambition to become the leading integrator of green shipping technology, such as auxiliary wind power, alternative fuels/energy sources and energysaving devices,” comments Oskar Levander, SVP Business Concepts, Kongsberg Maritime. “There is an increasing demand for the use of modern wind propulsion in shipping, and we are excited to work with Norsepower to deliver this. Together we will offer support to shipowners and shipyards looking for the most efficient and effective ways of applying Rotor Sail technology, and collaborate on new ship designs to integrate these technologies and improve energy efficiency overall.”

The Norsepower Rotor Sail solution is the first third-party verified and commercially operational auxiliary wind propulsion technology for the global maritime industry. The solution is fully automated and detects whenever the wind is strong enough to deliver fuel and emission savings, at which point the Rotor Sails start automatically. Norsepower has completed six installations to date, including the latest installation of five tilting Rotor Sails on a bulker.

“The shipping industry is under intensifying pressure to decarbonise,” comments Tuomas Riski, CEO, Norsepower. “As the industry combines clean technology solutions to accelerate progress towards reaching net zero, it is important that the optimal design points are considered on installation for all systems. This partnership will help fast-track optimising operations for shipowners and yards developing complete solutions.

“We are very pleased to be collaborating with Kongsberg Maritime, as we can accelerate more access to the benefits of the Rotor Sail in supporting shipping’s decarbonisation pathway and further improve performance of the Rotor Sails, alone and alongside other energy transition technologies. Current savings of between 5-25% could be further improved with KM’s advanced automation systems, efficient propulsion and other novel design solutions.”

Levander concludes, “This MoU is a great way to strengthen KM’s capability to consult customers when planning their future fleet additions and reflects our innovative approach to providing integrated solutions and upgrades to enable operators to achieve optimum environmental and economic performance. Norsepower Rotor Sails are a great fit with our strategy as they are a proven and economical solution. We look forward to working with Norsepower and making a difference.”

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During late November, Alfa Laval and Wallenius finalised the 50/50 joint venture that will take Oceanbird wind power solutions from cutting-edge marine concept to commercial reality. With Niclas Dahl as Managing Director, the partnership will make good on the promise of sustainable wind-assisted and wind propulsion.

Through the joint venture, formally named AlfaWall Oceanbird, the two companies will intensify the development of Oceanbird wind power technology. Conceived by Wallenius, this innovative system for vessel propulsion uses wing sails that have more in common with modern planes than traditional sailing ships. Fully applied it can reduce emissions by 90% on the largest ocean-going vessels.

“COP26 put the need for accessible technology in the spotlight,” says Niclas Dahl, Managing Director, Oceanbird, who assumed his position on December 1st. “Decarbonising shipping is imperative, and wind is a free source of power with a substantial role to play, and minimum need of infrastructure.”

Niclas Dahl comes from the role of Vice President of Marine Separation & Heat Transfer Equipment at Alfa Laval. Overseeing Oceanbird’s development continues a sustainability journey for Dahl, whose long career includes several years of development and launch of Alfa Laval PureBallast, a market-leading ballast water treatment solution that was also created in partnership with Wallenius.

Already, the Oceanbird team has considerable momentum. Oceanbird was among the winners of the Wind Propulsion Innovation Awards 2021, which was organised by the International Windship Association (IWSA) to promote wind-powered shipping during COP26. Selected by jury as a finalist, Oceanbird carried the Wind Propulsion Products Award category in open voting with 40,000 participants.

“We’re proud of the recognition from our marine industry colleagues, which confirms that Oceanbird is on the right path,” says Niclas Dahl.

“As the enthusiasm for wind power grows, we’re moving rapidly to build on what we’ve achieved. Our next wing sail prototype is on the horizon, and we’re on target to have a transatlantic car carrier fully propelled by Oceanbird technology in 2025.”

Niclas Dahl expects further vessel designs and retrofit applications to follow, sooner rather than later. “Wind is an opportunity we must seize now,” he concludes. “There’s simply no time to waste in phasing out fossil fuels.” SORJ

Oceanbird will take wind power solutions from a cutting-edge marine concept to reality

By Paul Bartlett & Alan Thorpe

Cruise sector’s worst nightmare not over yet There have been several false dawns for cruise lines, reeling from the impact of the pandemic and burning billions each month during the worst of the crisis. And just when things started to look better, the sector was struck down by more bad news – court rulings, regulatory restrictions, more forced delays and new variants of the virus. Now, as the industry prepares for the start of its third COVID year, the omicrom variant is forcing governments to reintroduce unpopular restrictions ashore that are likely to find their way on to cruiseships in the early months of 2022, according to some sector experts.

However, it is difficult to get an accurate reading on the relative health of the sector because opinions range so widely. On the one hand, there are the glass-half-full marketeers who insist that the sector’s self-imposed safety anti-COVID measures are entirely safe. On the other, the regulators urge caution with recent memories of ships plagued by COVID and the suffering of sick passengers forced to self-isolate in small cabins on-board for long periods.

The Managing Director of the Cruise Lines International Association Australasia, Joel Katz, recently stressed that “close to 5m people have already sailed successfully under the cruise industry’s extensive new health protocols”. He was bemoaning the fact that Australia is the only major cruise market in the world without a plan to resume cruising. His comments came after the country’s Health Minister, Greg Hunt, extended the human biosecurity emergency period, in place since March 2020, for another two months – until February 17, 2022.

The Australian Government’s move was only a repeat of similar

Cruise & Ferry postponements in many countries, forcing repeated cancellations of cruises planned and organised by lines. None could afford to extend the period of inactivity any longer, but were nevertheless forced to do so.

However, the scale of the global cruise crisis will last for many more months yet, particularly amongst the industry’s service providers and suppliers, including specialist cruise designers and builders, and the expert repair yards that specialise in complex overhauls, upgrades and refurbishments, taking many days, sometimes weeks, and timed to the hour.

Although cruise lines have been able to negotiate ‘go-slows’ on the construction of some of their future newbuilding contracts, ships due for relatively short-dated delivery have not been delayed by much. So a number of new ships have been commissioned this year. The 10,500 gt SH Minerva, built by Helsinki Shipyard for Swan Hellenic, was commissioned early in December. The vessel was heading for Argentina through the month in preparation for her maiden cruise to Antarctica on December 29.

Other recent deliveries include the 185,500 gt Costa Toscana, originally due to be commissioned in 2020 and built at Meyer Turku in Finland. The 5,322-passenger vessel, a sistership to Costa Smeralda, is due to make her maiden cruise from Savona, Italy, in March. Meanwhile, China State Shipbuilding Corporation continues building of the country’s first large domestic cruiseships, with consultancy services from Fincantieri and a joint venture operation with Carnival Corporation. The vessel was expected to float out late in 2021.

Meanwhile, the pandemic has led to a dramatic ship disposal programme and the demise of some smaller cruise operators. Research indicates that about 20 vessels have been sold for recycling over the last two years, mostly in Turkey and India (see Table). Cruise companies have pursued cautious recycling strategies, with Turkish yards the number

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Cruise & Ferry one choice. There are a number of facilities there which meet EU Ship Recycling Regulations, with which many cruise companies must comply.

Although there are no Indian recycling yards validated by the EU so far, there are a range of Hong Kong Convention-compliant facilities to choose from.

Cruiseships have long operating lives and usually undergo several major refits and upgrades during their operating lives. However, nine of

the ships that have been disposed of recently were built during the 1990s and, in a cruise context - these are relatively ‘young’ ships. The disposals reflect several key aspects of the pandemic – (1) its financial impact and an incentive for owners of older vessels to cut their losses, (2) the cost of demobilising, layup and recommissioning - and (3) uncertainty about the duration of the crisis and what the resulting impact on future demand for cruise holidays.

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Astor

1987 Cruise & Maritime Voyages

Aliaga, Turkey

Black Watch

1971 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Sold for accommodation

Boudicca

1973 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Aliaga, Turkey

Carnival Fantasy

1990 Carnival Cruise Lines

Aliaga, Turkey

Carnival Fascination

1994 Carnival Cruise Lines

Alang, India

Carnival Imagination

1995 Carnival Cruise Lines

Aliaga, Turkey

Carnival Inspiration

1996 Carnival Cruise Lines

Aliaga, Turkey

Celestial Experience

1993 Celestyal Cruises

Probably Pakistan

Columbus

1988 Cruise & Maritime Voyages

Probably India

Costa Victoria

1996 Costa Cruises

Aliaga, Turkey

Grand Celebration

1987 Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line

Alang, India

Horizon

1990 Pullmantur

Aliaga, Turkey

Kannika

1990 Jalesh Cruises

Alang, India

Magellan

1985 Cruise & Maritime Voyages

Alang, India

Marco Polo

1965 Cruise & Maritime Voyages

Alang, India

Marella Celebration

1984 TUI

Unknown recycling

Marella Dream

1986 Thomson/Marella

Unknown recycling

Monarch of the Seas

1991 Pullmantur

Aliaga, Turkey

Ocean Dream

1982 Pullmantur

Aliaga, Turkey

Sovereign of the Seas

1988 Pullmantur

Aliaga, Turkey

Superstar Libra

1988 Star Cruises

Aliaga, Turkey

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Ocean Victory delivered The Ocean Victory is one of six cruiseships being constructed for SunStone Ships, all of which have been based on the CX103 design by Ulstein Design & Solutions. The Ocean Victory will be operated by Victory Cruise Lines for the summer season and Albatros Expeditions for the winter season. After the sea trials, Albatros Expeditions announced record-low emissions per passenger.

The President at Albatros Expeditions, Hans Lagerweij, has followed the construction progress closely, and he is looking forward to the Antarctica season, “Our first sailing was on during November, a fully sold-out one looking at a sun-eclipse between Antarctica and South Georgia. I expect our guests to be thrilled by the comfort and facilities, while at the same time still having the cosiness and compactness of the small expedition cruiseships that started our industry. The ship is easy to find your way around, and it will be an excellent place to make new international friends. Finally, I am expecting our guests to be extremely happy about the performance and stability of the X-BOW on the Drake passage, a challenge we have to cross on the way to Antarctica!”

The designers, Ulstein Design & Solutions appreciate the feedback, “We have developed a vessel where the hull has been optimised for low fuel consumption with CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis.

In addition, we have implemented the Ulstein X-Bow hull line design, a solution firstly introduced to the offshore segment and only recently to the cruise industry. In addition to fuel savings, the X-Bow softens the movements in head seas, reducing slamming and vibrations, and increases the comfort and rest for passengers and crews,” comments Lead Naval Architect Torill Muren, who has been first-hand in experiencing the movements across the Drake Passage. Muren was an invitee on the ‘Greg Mortimer’s Antarctica inaugural trip, the first of the SunStone Ships vessels to be delivered.

“All the vessels in the SunStone INFINITY series have Tier III engines with SCR catalysts to reduce emissions. They run on low sulphur Marine Gas Oil (MGO), have heat recovery systems and LED lights. In addition, comes the waste water treatment and management system that cleans the waste water before discharging it.

“These ships have zero-speed stabilizers and dynamic positioning, and are built to Polar Code Category B, with Polar Class 6 (Ice Class 1A on machinery). All the vessels are customised versions of the ULSTEIN CX103 designs.”

The Ocean Victory on a cruise to the Antarctic

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The National Geographic Resolution

“We decided to partner up with Ulstein due to its hull and the technical design, as well as their site team in China to supervise the production,” said Niels-Erik Lund, President/CEO SunStone Ships when announcing the first vessel in 2017. He stated, “It was of utmost importance that we developed an expedition cruiseship of high quality and with proven design and technology. Ulstein has designed more than 105 vessels with the X-BOW design. These hulls have been developed for rough weather, high comfort and great fuel efficiency.”

Three of the vessels in the Iinfinity series have now been delivered. The remaining are in various phases of the construction - one is under harbour acceptance test, one is scheduled for launch and one is in the erection workshop.

Next Lindblad polar cruise newbuild delivered from Ulstein During September last year (2021) Lindblad Expeditions Holdings took delivery of the National Geographic Resolution from Ulstein Verft, marking the official completion of the line’s next polar new build. The state-of-theart, 126-guest expedition cruiseship has been designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions as the ultimate expedition vessel with a focus on safety and comfort. She has a distinctive X-Bow, which provides fuel efficiency and gives a smoother ride with softer motions in head seas.

Being on a ship with a traditional bow, the guests will have to lean over the side of the ship and look backwards down towards the waterline.

On this vessel, they will be able to look straight down into the water. The bow area is therefore often a gathering place in the early morning. This is where you can stand to look at the whales, penguins and dolphins when the vessel is sailing. The ship also has plenty of places in the forward part where the passengers can look right down to the waterline in front and observe the ship plough through the water. The huge, open bridge is a very welcoming place for the guests who can come there to watch the navigation and see where the vessel is going. From here, they can go right out on deck and take photographs.

With the PC5 ice class, the vessel can access deep into polar regions.

The ship’s expanded fuel and water tanks provide for extended operations in remote areas - while the zero-speed stabilizers contribute to increased comfort at zero speed when stopped for wildlife observation or embarking/

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The ship has been designed to connect guests to the outside environment from anywhere on the ship. The cabin measurements range from 13 m2 solo cabins to the 40 m2 suites. Some 77% of the cabins feature balconies with floor-to-ceiling sliding doors to let in the spectacular surroundings and Arctic light.

The world’s first zero-emission cruiseship concept Norway’s Northern Xplorer (NX) has announced the launch of its zeroemission, luxury cruise concept that aims to open the door to unique communities, natural attractions and experiences in the Nordic countries using advanced eco-friendly vessels. NX brings ‘experience tourism’ to the cruise forefront under the slogan ‘Destination Discovery’ – a new type of cruising providing immersive, enriching experiences for those interested in responsible travel with a minimal footprint.

As well as enjoying stunning scenery, authentic experiences will include interacting with local communities through cultural (arts and craft, architecture, music and lifestyle) activities and social dining in small groups. “Northern Xplorer will provide opportunities to travel ‘off the

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beaten track’, connecting passengers with unique locations in the Nordic countries in a personal way,” says company founder and CEO Rolf André Sandvik.

The concept is exclusive yet accessible, intimate yet open, and firmly focused on delivering value for all stakeholders. “NX sets a new course for sustainable cruising for thinking travellers, with future expansion providing a gateway to other European destinations both coastal and on navigable waterways inland,” says Sandvik.

In Norway specifically, new government regulation coming into force from 2026 will make zero emissions mandatory in the world-heritage sites of Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord. “This will mean the end of polluting cruiseships sailing in what will be the world’s first zero-emission marine zones. Northern Xplorer provides the perfect zero-emission solution with a strong focus on local value creation and empowerment,” says Sandvik.

The current plan is for a series of 14 ships accommodating up to 300 passengers in 150 cabins supported by approximately 100 crew. The first are intended to be operational from 2024/2025, well in advance of the 2026 zero-emission regulations affecting Norway’s world-heritage fjords.

The ships will feature clean technologies including fully electric propulsion, battery energy storage, hydrogen fuel cells and auxiliary renewable energy supply (wind and solar power). Sophisticated HVAC systems will safeguard against pathogen spread while extensive use of recyclable materials will promote circularity. They will also feature advanced LADAR technology to detect marine plastic debris and raise awareness of maritime pollution. Built to the highest classification notations, all the vessels will be performance-optimised for superior energy efficiency and reduced fuel consumption.

“Low-impact discovery travel in smaller vessels is infinitely preferable to overcrowded ships and marquee destinations teeming with tourists.

Somewhere between ocean and river cruising, it’s for those who want a more intimate on-board experience, to get insights into a new culture up close, and leave with the feeling their holidays have contributed positively to local communities and the planet,” says Sandvik.

NX’s offering is disruptive to the mass tourism mainstream by visiting harbours that large ships cannot access, with attention to detail in service and bespoke excursions that will make every journey special. “As a company we will be part of the local fabric offering compelling activities that support local employment and innovation. We will perform strict due diligence of sub-suppliers to ensure our green philosophy spans the value chain, while also facilitating scientific research and marine conservation,” says Sandvik.

Sandvik is a master mariner with extensive experience with cruise lines NCL and Crystal Cruises. For several years he was also VP Destination Development. Latterly he founded travel company The Fjords, based in Flåm in western Norway, where as CEO he ushered in a new era of environmentally friendly sightseeing, commissioning the hybrid electric vessels Vision of the Fjords (built 2016) and Future of the Fjords (built 2018). Each vessel can accommodate up to 400 passengers on noiseless, pollution-free journeys in the UNESCO-listed Nærøyfjord.

“NX represents the next step of my own journey to green the waterborne tourist industry. We want to ‘walk the talk’ on green maritime innovation. Scaling up what we seeded at The Fjords to sustainable cruising on brand-new vessels compliant with the strictest global regulations is, I believe, the best way to show discerning visitors the amazing nature and breadth of culture we have up here in Northern Europe,” Sandvik says.

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The silent future of tourism Sweden’s Volvo Penta has announced an advanced, hybrid solution for Hurtigruten Svalbard’s new sightseeing vessel, which will begin a pilot test in Svalbard in May 2022. The near-silent vessel has the potential to transform the sustainable tourism industry, allowing guests to experience the wonders of Svalbard without disturbing the nature and habitat around them.

Every year tourists flock to a remote archipelago in Norway to see its unique wildlife – walrus, puffins, seals and a variety of whales. Now, Volvo Penta is running a pilot project with Svalbard’s oldest tourist operator, Hurtigruten Svalbard, to test a state-of-the-art hybrid Marell M15 vessel – Kvitbjør, which will change how tourists experience this natural wonder, delivering near-silent operation and creating a more enjoyable experience for tourists and wildlife alike.

Powered by a Volvo Penta twin D4-320 DPI Aquamatic hybrid solution, the boat has a top speed of 32 knots and a cruising speed of 25 knots.

This vessel, designed and built by Marell Boats Sweden AB, will be tailored to the customer’s needs and robust enough to operate safely in the demanding Arctic environment – running in sub-zero temperatures with an extensive range of 500 Nm. This will be Hurtigruten Svalbard’s first hybrid day tour vessel powered

by Volvo Penta and the companies are also trialling a potentially ground-breaking new business model, based on a ‘power-by-the-hour’ payment program. This pioneering ‘e-mobility-as-a-service’ model is still at the concept stage, but could see future development down the line.

Hurtigruten Svalbard will trial paying by the kilowatt-hour for its operation, with the boat set to run for more than 1,000 hours during the tourist season (May – October). While still only a test, the concept is expected to attract significant industry attention and could revolutionise how customers buy marine e-mobility solutions, particularly as upfront costs are often a barrier.

impact of the global pandemic did not prevent Navantia from completing on-going projects, although the rapid escalation of the crisis caused the immediate postponement of a number of projects scheduled for early/ mid 2020, including some major conversion and reactivation projects, which had a significant impact on the yard’s short and medium term repair programme.

Some of those initially postponed drydocking and repair projects were rescheduled to be undertaken at Navantia’s yards later in the year, but most of them got postponed to 2021. The real impact of the COVID-19 crisis on this business performance was not only reflected on the number of vessels repaired but on the substantial reduction of their initially programmed extensive workscope - in many cases limited to essential works. A total of five cruiseships were finally repaired in Navantia, Cadiz in 2020.

During 2021, Navantia has worked in 18 cruiseships, from the main cruises companies such as Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruises, and has reached the record number of cruiseships repaired in one year. This number has increased with six projects involving ro/pax ferries. Finally, intensive commercial action is still being carried out to achieve the closing of more repair contracts for cruiseships for 2022.

The Bay of Cadiz’s facilities include over 3,000 m of fully equipped repair berths plus the biggest drydock in Europe in Puerto Real shipyard, nearby the city of Cadiz. Facilities in the Ferrol Estuary have recently been adapted for the cruise repair market, providing an additional 3,000 m.

This brings Navantia’s facilities for cruiseship projects to a total of seven drydocks in Bay of Cadiz and four in Ferrol Estuary.

The largest drydock in the Bay of Cadiz can accommodate vessels up to 376 m x 62 m (400,000 dwt), with the capacity of the biggest drydock in Ferrol Estuary being for vessels up to 320 m x 49 m (230,000 dwt).

In addition, all Navantia’s repair facilities have wide areas and ample spaces to provide open and covered storage for large numbers of containers, equipment and all types of spare parts required for large revitalisation projects and major refits, including the necessary craneage and heavy lift mobile units to handle them.

The last day of November (2021) saw three cruiseships undergoing repair at this Spanish repairer.

• Radiance of the Seas – 90,090 gt 2001-built, owned by Royal Caribbean International (RCI)

Cruiseships at Navantia Spain’s Navantia has gone through a successful evolution over the past 10 years in providing drydocking and marine repair services to cruiseships, a business line where the facilities in the Bay of Cadiz are specialised. As an example Navantia highlights that eight cruiseships were repaired in 2018 and then increased to a total of 13 repaired in 2019, including six major revitalisation projects, in addition to several more traditional cruiseship repair projects.

In 2020, this sector was very much affected by COVID-19. The initial

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Navantia’s Cadiz shipyard

Cruise & Ferry • Carnival Sunshine – 103,881 gt 1996-built, owned by Carnival Cruise Line • Coral Princess – 91,627 gt 2002-built, owned by Princess Cruises Meanwhile, across the bay in drydock at Navantia’s Puerto Real shipyard was the UK-owned 76,998 gt 1996-built cruiseship Marella Explorer, operated by Marella Cruises.

Palumbo Malta successful in the refit market The Palumbo Group, headquartered in Monte Carlo, has shipyards in Malta, Messina, Naples and Rijeka (Viktor Lenac). Palumbo Malta Shipyard has been very successful in the cruiseship refit/refurbishment market over recent months, including two ships from Italy’s MSC Cruises.

The 65,591 gt MSC Lirica suffered fire-damage during last year (2021) and entered the shipyard in October for necessary repairs, which were completed in November. Substantial steel repairs were carried out in way of some seven decks. Part of the accommodation decks were also affected in the damage. Cleaning and paintwork was also part of the workscope as was also all the pipework together with the renewal of the thermal insulation and the installation of electrical cables and installation.

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Repair and maintenance of the lifeboat davits and respective equipment was also carried out.

Also in Malta, mobilisation and demobilisation of generators and other drydocking work on-board the 92,627 gt MSC Poesia was carried out between November and December 2021. She was drydocked during mid-November 2021 in Dock No. 6 to undergo an overhaul and replacement of four generators, which were to be taken out through technical openings in the hull’s shipside and to allow disembarking of existing units and embarking of new alternators and reclose on completion.

This was possible by skidding the generators, each weighing approximately 60 tonnes towards the starboard forward side of the vessel and one through an aft technical opening by using an innovative jacking system on rail systems. Two steel structures were fabricated to sustain the weight of the generators and make it possible to complete the sliding/shifting of the units and then the eventual lifting ashore and were placed on the drydock bottom of a height of around 4 m. As soon as the alternators were placed on the structures - rigging and lifting on the 200 tonnes multi-wheeler heavy lift and transported to the dedicated area in the workshop for the relative repairs.

Apart from the above mentioned works, the shipyard also carried out steel repairs in way of the port bow flared area, in way of Deck No. 13 work was carried out on the Jacuzzi and pool area, funnel casing, on 10 fire door bulkheads and the installation of the ship-to-shore new cabinet

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Hull treatment was also the responsibility of the yard, which involved repairs on shipside windows, mechanical cleaning of part of the topside area, followed by three touch-ups and one full coat white – repainting of all logos and names. The underwater work involved the hydro-blasting of the bulbous bow, mechanical clean in way of part of the area involved and painting by conventional and silicon painting and cleaning and treatment of the cross-over tunnels. Other work involved mechanical work on a long list of underwater valves, removal of the washing robots, cleaning of a list of tanks, testing of the lifeboat davits and other maintenance jobs.

Meanwhile, Croatia’s Palumbo Viktor Lenac Shipyard, Rijeka, recently carried out a major refit on-board GCCL Malta Fleet’s 1,206 gt passenger vessel Arethusa. She was built in 2008 by Croatia’s Split Shipyard and is sailing under the flag of Malta. She is managed by Grand Circle Dubrovnik doo, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

She arrived at the shipyard during late October and will stay for about two more months. She will undergo various refit jobs, including a new facility arrangement on sun deck. There will also be the fabrication and welding of the doubler plate on the aft cabin deck corridor and renewal of the wooden lining of the steel door on main starboard deck.

Other work involves inspection/service of safety equipment, penetrant testing of blade tips and roots of bow thruster propeller blades, penetrant testing of blade tips and roots of main propeller blades and applying anti-fouling coating and silicone painting to the top side and underwater area. Inspection and testing of ship’s Photoluminiscent LLL system in accordance with SOLAS reg.II-2/13.3.2.5, IMO Res. A.752(18) will also be completed.

The Arethusa will be ready to receive guests at the beginning of next summer, so that they can enjoy their vacation on a safe and beautiful boat, whose interior is made of all the highest quality wood.

The MSC Poesia in Palumbo Malta

Cruiseship refits at GIN Holdings’yards

The Carnival Magic in France’s Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM)

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The two large shipyards which are part of Italy’s GIN Holdings are Italy’s San Giorgio del Porto, Genoa, and France’s Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM). The yard in Marseille has a number of graving docks, the largest three operated by CNdM. These include the No. 10 Drydock, which measures 465 m x 85 m capacity, the largest drydock in the Mediterranean. This yard is highly suitable for cruiseships and LNG tankers.

Recently in the yard were two cruiseships from Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) – the 93,530 gt sisterships NCL Pearl and the NCL Jewel. Both ships underwent general repairs and interior work on the passenger spaces. The outfitting work was carried out by Gerolamo Scorza, Genoa, also part of GIN Holdings. Another recent visitor was Seabourn Cruise Lines’ 41,865 gt Seabourn Encore, for normal drydocking work.

At the end of January 2022, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’236,857 gt Oasis Plus cruiseship Wonder of the Seas will arrive in Marseille for her delivery docking. She is currently in the final stages of construction at France’s Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire.

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to April, CNdM having won contracts from such names as Carnival Cruise Lines, RCCL and Princess Cruises. It is expected that at least five cruiseships from Carnival Cruise Lines will be drydocked during 2022.

Meanwhile, the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa is also involved in the cruiseship refit market, although on a smaller scale than the Marseille shipyard. Two such projects recently in the yard were from Regent Seven Seas Cruises – the 48,075 gt Seven Sea Mariner and the 42,363 gt Seven Seas Voyager. During the past summer, two cruiseships from Seabourn Cruise Lines were also drydocked in Genoa.

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One of shipping’s most formidable challenges in its increasingly urgent decarbonisation process is to have the necessary global supply infrastructure for the range of fuels that are likely to be required by the ships of tomorrow. The scale of the capital investment required for supply infrastructure is eye-watering, and inevitably, the question of who will pay keeps popping up.

However, some sectors are better suited than others to testing out new fuels and hybrid energy systems. Major cruise lines have already established themselves as pioneers of energy efficiency initiatives, including LNG propulsion, hybrid power arrangements, energy storage systems, waste heat recovery and LED lighting. But in some respects, the ferry sector is even better-placed than the cruise business, because its ships are usually deployed on fixed routes and scheduled services between a small number of ports, often only two, in the same part of the world.

Engine and energy system retrofits are essential for many ferries, as emission regulations in ports and coastal regions tighten. Many upgrades have already taken place but the global ferry fleet still holds major retrofit potential. One recent example is the €9m engine replacement on the 1996-built Baleària-owned Avemar Dos, an 82 m Austal-built catamaran

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operating between Algeciras and Ceuta. In an earlier life, between 1998 and 2005, the vessel – then Superstar Express – was owned and operated

by P&O Ferries and deployed on several routes out of the UK. She has capacity for 174 vehicles and 850 people.

During the second quarter of 2021, the vessel had her MTU 1163 engines replaced at Navantia Cadiz with the latest versions of the same engine, cutting emissions and saving fuel. Both sides of the ship’s hull were opened to remove the old engines and install their replacements. At the same time, a new MTU Go! control system was installed to monitor key components including engines, gearboxes, fuel supply systems and generators. The upgrade included new computer installations with software and screens to assist shipboard personnel and the ship can now be monitored remotely.

Meanwhile, the Spanish ferry operator is undertaking a sixth engine conversion of the 2010-built Hedy Lamarr at West Sea Shipyard in Viano do Castelo, Portugal. The ferry has a capacity of 600 passengers and 2,860 lane metres. The project, due for completion in March, is replacing the ship’s existing MAN 9L48/60B engine with a dual-fuel MAN 9L51/60DF installation. The Spanish company has now invested close to $450m on new LNG-fuelled engines for six existing ferries and three new ones.

Shore power constraints hold back progress With relatively short voyages and frequent port calls, ferries are wellsuited to hybrid energy systems incorporating electrical power and energy storage systems. However, the interface between ship and shore – and specifically, access to power – is essential for the operation of such vessels.

Many cruise and ferry ports have therefore invested heavily in shore power systems based on renewable energy where possible.

However, in other locations, key ferry ports are trailing in the technology field. A lack of shore power effectively prevents ferry operators from investing in and deploying latest ship propulsion technologies, with favourable outcomes both for ship performance and the environment.

The UK’s Port of Dover is one example. The port is a key hub in the UK’s logistics setup, accounting for about 17% of the UK’s trade in goods.

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There are more than 100 ferry movements a day, and the port handles 11m passengers, two million cars and more than two million trucks each year.

A seven-month, £450,000 research project is now under way to assess the scope for P&O Ferries to electrify parts of its cross-Channel ferry operation. The Dover Clean Ferry Power project is part of a UK Government-funded programme focusing on air quality and has partners Port of Dover, P&O Ferries, Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, Schneider Electric, and the University of Kent.

There are many challenges, however. Dr Ramin Raeesi is Director of the Centre for Logistics and Heuristic Optimisation at Kent Business School and Principal Investigator for the project. He has previously outlined some of the issues. These include the supply of sufficient electricity at the ferry port - who will pay, co-ordination with power authorities in France, complicated by Brexit, and space constraints in Dover.

The need for action is clear, however, with some ferries potentially impacted by new IMO regulations on ships’ energy efficiency. P&O Ferries’ diesel-powered Pride of Burgundy, for example, was built in 1993 and has capacity for 600 cars, 120 freight units and about 1,400 passengers. She has a service speed of around 18 knots and burns about 70 tonnes of fuel a day.

However, P&O Ferries has two hybrid vessels under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International in China, with options for two more vessels. The 230 m-long double-ended ro/ro’s, due to be commissioned in 2023, will be largest ferries yet to be deployed on the cross-Channel route. They will be powered by 16-cylinder, four-stroke Wärtsilä diesels and each vessel will have four 7.5MW ABB Azipod propulsion units.

Batteries will provide sufficient power for manoeuvring in port and could enable carbon-free operation when sufficient shore power becomes available. The ships are expected to reduce fuel consumption on the route by 40%.

Meanwhile, Sweden’s Stena Line, Frederikshavn Municipality, and the Port of Frederikshavn have signed an agreement in which the parties commit to take their share of the responsibility for making GothenburgFrederikshavn the world’s first fossil fuel free ferry line of its kind, with two battery-powered Stena Elektra vessels launched by 2030.

With almost 90% of the global trade being ocean shipping, efficient and environmentally friendly passenger and freight transport by sea is crucial to achieving the climate goals. The ferry operator Stena Line, Frederikshavn Municipality, and the Port of Frederikshavn today signed an agreement aiming to accelerate the transformation of the transport sector by deploying two battery powered Stena Elektra ferries on the GothenburgFrederikshavn route by 2030 and making the necessary investments on shore.

The Stena Elektra

Cruise & Ferry Stena Line has earlier launched the Tranzero Initiative together with the Volvo Group, Scania and the Port of Gothenburg. The aim is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions linked to the Port of Gothenburg - the largest port in the Nordic region - by 70% by 2030. Today’s agreement with the municipality and port of Frederikshavn completes the chain.

Stena Line aims to reduce its total carbon emissions with 30% by 2030 and the new Stena Elektra ferries play an important role in getting there.

However, it will take more than just battery powered vessels. Onshore infrastructure, such as sustainable charging facilities, must be developed in parallel. In the agreement signed today, the Port of Frederikshavn commits to securing the necessary infrastructure in the port and its surroundings on the Danish side.

The ferries will be the world’s first fossil fuel free ro/pax vessels their size, measuring approximately 200 m, with a capacity of 3,000 lane meters and 1,000 passengers.

Interferry study reveals ferry industry’s huge economic impact A study commissioned by trade association Interferry has revealed startling statistics on the far-reaching extent of the global ferry industry’s value to the world economy. Research into the latest pre-COVID fullyear figures found that, in 2019, ferries carried 4.27bn passengers – on

a par with aviation – and 373m vehicles across a world-wide fleet of 15,400 vessels. Among other findings, the industry provided 1.1m jobs, contributed US$60bn to the world GDP and represented approximately 20% of shipping’s economic value to the EU. The study was carried out by UK-based consultancy Oxford Economics, a world leader in economic impact assessment. It quantified three core channels through which the ferry industry drives economic activity and employment - direct support generated by the industry, indirect support generated within its supply chain, and induced support from ferry and supply-side personnel spending their pay on goods and services. Data was collected from a range of third-party sources and among Interferry’s membership of 260 operators and suppliers in 40 countries.

Interferry CEO Mike Corrigan commented, “We already knew that the ferry segment punches well above its weight – it comprises only 3-5% of the total shipping industry – but the scale of the findings surprised even seasoned insiders.

“Now perhaps we’ll get the political consideration that all too often is more focused on airlines, rail operators and road transport. It’s long overdue for governments and the general public to appreciate the huge part that ferries play in passenger and freight transport – and this study confirms our sector’s vital importance in the process.”

Corrigan announced the findings last week at Interferry’s 45th annual conference in Santander, Spain, hosted by Brittany Ferries. At the event - themed The Future is Ferries – more than 300 participants debated

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positive solutions and prospects in response to challenges such as COVID and climate change.

In a keynote address, research by London-based L.E.K Consulting into the post-pandemic outlook for Europe’s passenger ferry market was reviewed by Becrom Basu, a partner in the company’s transport and logistics practice. He noted that successful vaccination roll-outs had given governments the confidence to gradually ease stringent travel restrictions.

This in turn was releasing pent-up demand that pointed to a significant uplift in European travel towards 2019 levels by next year.

Stressing that the ferry market looked best placed to capture this potential, Corrigan added, “Online searches for ferries have largely returned to pre-COVID levels, while searches for flights remain significantly lower. Ferries ranked highly as a safe form of travel. Sentiment towards them has improved while aviation has suffered. “The pandemic has created a much more positive view of ferries and a large proportion of previous non-users are likely to consider this option for their next trip.

Ferries have emerged as a clear winner in the battle of the modes.”

Kongsberg tests hydrogen-powered drivetrain for ro/pax ship A full-scale, zero-emissions drivetrain, based on hydrogen fuel cell technology designed for ships, has been tested by Kongsberg Group on shore in Norway. It will now undergo four months of trials in preparation for validating the final design of a hydrogen-powered ro/pax. The tests are designed to identify the challenges of integrating hydrogen fuel cells with a marine hybrid electric drive system.

The programme is the third and final stage of the eight-year-old HySeas project. With EU funding, the Kongsberg-led project has focused on the development and testing of a scalable hydrogen-based fuel system for ships. Participants have included companies from Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, and UK. In the final phase of the project, Kongsberg built a full-scale electric propulsion system using hydrogen-powered fuel

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cells at its plant in Ågotnes, outside Bergen.

The four months of tests are designed to reflect the operational loads of a ro/pax vessel operating on the route between Kirkwall and Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands. Parameters including vessel power, fuel capacity and overall safety will be analysed, together with other variables. Data will be provided for the ship design team at Caledonian Maritime Assets which plans to complete a vessel design early in 2022. Green hydrogen for the project will be generated from wind power at the ferry port.

Kongsberg Maritime CEO, Egil Haugsdal, said, “If we are to succeed with hydrogen investment in Norway, both to reduce national emissions and create new, green and sustainable jobs, we are dependent on being able to show complete pilots on a full scale. This means that the next step will be to show the technology in operation, and then quickly put in place the surrounding infrastructure. Orkney will be the first practical usage of this technology while the Norwegian maritime cluster has the opportunity to develop our own pilots and projects here in Norway.”

Kongsberg President, Geir Håøy, added, “With a verified and tested hydrogen-based propulsion system, we take the next step in zeroemission solutions at sea. This project is another example of our worldleading Norwegian maritime cluster succeeding when we face the most demanding technological challenges.”

Meanwhile, the country’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Jan Christian Vestre, painted a big picture. “The world looks to Norway for green and sustainable solutions at sea. What Kongsberg and its partners have succeeded in achieving with this project is yet another proof of the internationally leading competence in the Norwegian maritime cluster.

Now we have both taken the next step for solutions in Norway, and the next step for the Norwegian maritime industry to succeed in exporting hydrogen-based technology and solutions internationally,” he said.

Griffon wins Japanese order Southampton-UK based hovercraft manufacturer Griffon Hoverwork has won one of its biggest ever deals, worth more than £25m, to supply three of its latest 12000TD craft to Japan. The deal with the Oita Prefecture government will see the hovercraft providing a vital passenger service connecting Oita Airport in Kunisaki with Oita City, improving access and reintroducing a ferry route last used about 10 years ago.

Work on the first hovercraft will start at the end of January 2022, with the final craft set to be delivered to the customer before January 2024. The Griffon Hoverwork design team is working with the Japanese Government and Japanese suppliers to adapt the 12000TD’s design to local requirements. The 23.7 m long craft will carry approximately 80 people with a payload of 12 tonnes and top speed of 45 knots. It has proved to be a versatile and efficient passenger hovercraft, with the ability to transport high passenger numbers quickly and comfortably and has also been adapted to support critical NHS ambulance transfers.

Adrian Went, Managing Director at Griffon Hoverwork, said, “Overseas customers continue to come to Griffon for the quality that we deliver.

Our team are all very much looking forward to working with this latest esteemed customer and providing them with the latest British developed technology. Our work will also allow the restart of a dependable hovercraft passenger route serving the people and visitors of Oita. The project will provide opportunities across the range of roles in our business, from graduate engineers, through supply chain activity to the complete range of

Cruise & Ferry marine workshop skills.”

The deal is the latest in a series of export wins secured by Griffon Hoverwork, which has a history of designing and building hovercraft in and around the Solent area that spans more than 60 years. Earlier this year the company delivered two of its new 995ED craft to clients in Hong Kong and Estonia.

Nedcon supplies the passengership industry Romania’s Nedcon Maritime has signed a contract with a reputable company offering repair services for passenger vessels, to supply personnel for their projects - pipe fitters, coded welders, steel workers, fitters, and any other trade required to fulfil the tasks on-board timely and efficiently.

Narcis Bacaintan, Managing Director of Nedcon Maritime says, “The strength of our riding teams can undoubtedly be attributed to their qualifications and experience, as well as to their specialised training and strong motivation. These projects have been great examples of how our teams of professionals can turn around large-scale refits in very short time frames. Projects have been carried out in both drydocking and onboard, during vessel operation, and have been completed on schedule, to the client’s satisfaction. We were proud to be the best solution for our

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customer’s needs and to provide the workforce for their rolling projects.

As the number of our projects increases, we look forward to the new challenges for our manpower supply services.

“Even though the pandemic has generally caused world-wide business and manufacturing to slow down, we have seen an increase in projects during the last period. We pride ourselves on our capacity to understand the dynamics of the maritime industry and to react and adapt swiftly, while providing the best manpower solutions and resources.

“Vessel operators are moving forward and preparing the vessels for welcoming back the passengers who have been longing for a cruise holiday. They are taking all the necessary measures to secure the vessels and bring back that delightful experience on-board. SORJ

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Outfitting New TAPP system from Trimline During 2021, Southampton-based Trimline developed a new, allencompassing business application named TAPP. TAPP (Trimline App) runs any refit project, from initial enquiry through to project delivery – including material purchasing and resource booking, drawing management, onsite time recording and health & safety. It provides a way for Trimline, and its customers and suppliers, to work collaboratively towards the end-goal of a project executed on time and on budget.

TAPP has been developed by Trimline as industry-leading software, which allows the outfitting team and customer personnel to view live project progress (regardless of location). Snags can be photographed and managed within the software in real-time, by customers as well as the Trimline team. TAPP equipment is handled by the Trimline Project Manager, Foremen and team leaders to enable a quick and efficient method by which all the team on-board and the customer knows exactly the progress of the refit, along with any challenges arising, this being in a position to solve such problems with the minimum of delay.

The TAPP system is unique – it is designed to assist both Trimline personnel and Trimline’s customers to affect the best possible outcome of any refit. It pulls all the systems together to give an accurate sight in real time during the outfit process, and allows all to view what is the exact position of the refit at any time. It can also assist in pre-planning with an archive of every refit on-board previous refits, thus saving precious time for the customer when planning and getting quotes for a refit/drydock.

For Trimline, the TAPP system allows the project management team to accurately know the progress of all items of equipment – purchasing, delivery and installation. One of the main assets is the immediate knowledge of any challenges, which may happen during the refit and the method by which such challenges can be solved quickly and efficiently.

The first time TAPP was used on a project involved Marella Cruises’69,472 gt Marella Discovery 2, during a refit alongside in Zadar, Croatia in April 2021. Matthew Easton, Hotel Refurbishment, Marella Cruises said, “I found using TAPP hugely valuable. The ability to view live transparent data at any time, and in any location, certainly makes my life easier. Since using TAPP, Trimline has listened to my feed-back and been able to build in addition features, which has been fantastic. I first trialled TAPP during our last project, even though I was unable to get on-board the ship – I could still see, in real time, what was happening on-board the ship. The TAPP system is designed to ‘look after’ both customer and workers.

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“We are now at pre-planning stage for our next refit and I have access to all the live data from procurement to resource levels. At the touch of a button I can access, review and approve all drawings and FF&E. It’s great that I’ll also have access to historic data for future reference. I can’t wait to get on-board and see how TAPP helps us during drydock.”

Work is expected to begin in January 2022 on-board two of the DFDS ferry fleet in Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu), both projects involving the new Trimline TAPP system of monitoring and reporting the progress of the outfitting part of the refit projects. The two ships involved are the 60,500 gt Côte Des Flandres and the 33,796 gt Côte Des Dunes. The ships will follow each other into the shipyard with some 70/80 Trimline workers attending the refits. These comprise joiners, electricians, plumbers etc.

Earlier in 2021 Trimline worked across a programme of refits for P&O Ferries, which included the installation of COVID-safe catering areas onboard three of its ro/pax ferries. The Spirit of Britain refit was carried out by the team in Rotterdam, the Spirit of France in Tilbury, and the Pride of Kent in Newcastle, UK. On all three projects, the TAPP system was successfully utilised.

During the recent Cruise Ship Interiors Expo, held at London’s ExCel, the Trimline team was recognised for its TAPP system, by being awarded The CSI Technology Award. Voted for by the cruise industry and judged by leaders in the cruise industry, the award ‘recognises the company who has introduced technology to improve the way they work and therefore improve their product offering to clients’.

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The inaugural Bolidt Design Challenge has been awarded to Meyer Werft concept designer Thorben Stubbe for a versatile, carbon-negative cruise decking solution that combines science and nature to stunning effect.

Named ‘Algae Lifecycle Floor’ (ALF), the innovative concept will now be turned into a physical sample and displayed at the Bolidt Innovation Centre outside Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Applicable to both indoor and outdoor spaces in the form of flooring, partitioning, wind protection or wall decoration, ALF comprises lightweight, hardwearing and sustainable materials including soya resin, hemp fibre and bamboo. At its core is a bioplastic water tank containing live algae, which convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, and Pavegen tiles, which turn kinetic energy from footsteps into electricity. As well as powering the pumps needed for cultivating the algae, this electricity provides energy

Outfitting for cylinders that raise built-in furniture in the day – for lounging and sunbathing – and retract it in the evening to make way for a dance floor, itself a key part of the ALF system.

As envisioned by Stubbe, any excess kinetic energy can be used to power RGB LED lights for an interactive game in which participants take to the dance floor to charge spare batteries. With the colour of the glowing floor indicating charge, the winners are the first group to change their section from red to green. The power generated during the competition can be reverted into the system to feed the hotel load, minimising the vessel’s reliance on conventional energy sources. To facilitate dancing and other activities, the flooring material is inherently flexible and gentle on the joints.

Another environmental benefit of ALF is that the algae cultivated on the ship can be used in a biogas plant for additional energy or as fertiliser for the plants on-board. Yet the system’s green credentials extend beyond the vessel. For example, the algae-based fertiliser can also be used in farming the soya, hemp and bamboo from which the decking solution is made, thereby completing the lifecycle. Meanwhile, since these crops absorb CO2 as they grow, only releasing it again when the end product is scrapped, their cultivation is entirely carbon neutral.

YSA Design’s HAL contract The distinctive look and feel of a cruise ship delivered in 2021 has been turning heads during the inaugural season of Rotterdam, but Holland America Line’s (HAL) new flagship also includes some familiar features.

The 2,668-guest Pinnacle-class cruise vessel left Amsterdam on a 14day passage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before entering a schedule of Caribbean cruising during November. For Oslo-based architecture and design firm YSA Design, which developed several public areas on-board Rotterdam, the 297 m passenger ship brought a mix of familiar territory and new ground.

In addition to lift lobbies and cabin corridors, YSA was responsible for the same leisure venues it had designed on the vessel’s sisterships, Koningsdam and Nieuw Statendam. For example, the World Stage theatre, with its two-storey, 270o wraparound LED screen – an industry first when it debuted on Koningsdam – remains a prominent attraction, as does the innovative Observation Deck with interactive tables, first introduced on Nieuw Statendam.

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Outfitting However, YSA Design senior architect and project lead, Trond Sigurdsen explains that HAL has expectations which involve continuous evolution.

“With its Pinnacle fleet, Holland America Line wanted a fresh and contemporary aesthetic and Rotterdam is its latest inspiring example,” he says. “The ship is designed at the ‘human scale’, with smaller private spaces being central to the relaxing atmosphere on-board. Although the basic layout of the ship is the same, Rotterdam is very much reflective of modern times.”

To achieve the desired ambience, YSA opted to divide open areas into more compact and intimate spaces, allowing cruise guests to spend time in smaller groups. This extends to outdoor decks, where guests experience personalised service and the feeling of specialness associated with smaller ships.

Equally conducive to Rotterdam’s relaxing atmosphere is YSA’s expertly curated art collection, which features depictions of animals and nature in the public spaces as well as restful aquatic-themed artwork in the spa area to help guests disconnect from the hustle and bustle of city life.

Art is the key to Rotterdam’s modern aesthetic, with music-inspired pieces adorning walls, halls and corridors throughout the ship to reflect the main musical themes of Pinnacle-class ships. These include handcarved vinyl records and unwound cassette tapes portraying the faces of iconic musicians - a world map spray-painted onto a set of speakers and sculptures in the shape of musical instruments.

Meanwhile, the YSA-designed, deck-10 Pan-Asian restaurant, Tamarind, features stunning East Asian-influenced artwork including a traditional Japanese dress crafted of satin ribbon and two fibreglass sculptures depicting China’s famous terracotta warriors.

YSA Design’s relationship with HAL dates back to a refurbishment and conversion project on a previous iteration of the cruise line’s Nieuw Amsterdam in 2001. Since that time, the two parties have collaborated to refurbish 10 cruise vessels in line with HAL’s Signature of Excellence initiative, design half of the public spaces on-board 2007’s Eurodam and develop the Observation Deck fleet concept featured on Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam.

The devices can be integrated into existing spaces, plug and play, without imposing on the aesthetics of the interior.

Environmental Efficiency Consultants were contacted by Ulster University in conjunction with Ilimex to conduct an Air Quality Assessment at a test location to test air purification efficiency of an Ilimex sterilisation unit, the UV-C Air Steriliser.

The test location selected was the crew canteen on-board Irish Ferries’ Ulysses. The test area included a food service area, a self-service area, a seating area with tables for the consumption of food and drink and a lounge area. During the three-week assessment period in this heavy use area, various chemical, physical and microbiological parameters were measured under different scenarios. The test results proving the removal of pathogens were extremely favourable. SORJ

MJM partners with Ilimex Northern Ireland’s MJM Marine has partnered with another NI based company Ilimex to look at complementary measures to assist in the wellbeing of passengers and crew with the introduction of a new piece of technology proven to uniquely kill viruses and bacteria, as well as improving air quality in the environment in which it is installed.

The Illimex UV-C Air Sterilisers, which come in various sizes depending on proposed use, use a combination of sterilisation technologies to continuously eliminate 99.9999% of airborne pathogens, including Coronavirus, on the first pass through the unit. The Illimex units also remove dangerous pollutants from its immediate environment including VOCs, formaldehydes, benzene, nitrogen dioxide, mould spores, smoke, particulate matter and much more. This is done by employing wide band extra long-life UV sources including a high efficiency power source to reduce operating costs, titanium dioxide photocatalytic filtration, silver-ion doped HEPA 13 filtering to PM1 (antibacterial filter) and activated carbon.

There are six products developed by Ilimex which come in various sizes - from the Ilimex 400 to a smaller piece of technology labelled the Ilimex 70 which is suitable for positioning over tables in cafes and other hospitality environments. This means that all areas of a cruise ship can be covered by multiple devices from cabin areas to crew areas and more.

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Dockgate

By Michael Grey OBE

Meat in the sandwich On the one side we have consignees around the world screaming for the goods they have ordered, some of them having been waiting so long they have forgotten exactly what it was they needed. On the other side, we have umpteen containerships, with the aforesaid goods onboard them, anchored, dawdling or drifting aimlessly awaiting a berth at their destination. And in the middle of this sandwich are the ports and terminals, their cranes and ground handling equipment running red-hot, but to limited avail, as they are stumped by the dearth of truck drivers or warehouse workers far from the port, while containers choke their yards, with great stacks of empties stuck in farmer’s fields.

There is no shortage of people to blame for this extraordinary situation, whether it is former HGV drivers deciding that driving a delivery van is a far less challenging job, or the frequent and often illogical quarantine and health regulations imposed by authorities reacting to the pandemic. None of this is helped by half the governments of the world hoping to vaccinate their way out of trouble, the other half furiously locking down and trying vainly to prevent the virus entering their domains. And there is no getting away from the fact that the supposed ‘rebound’, after the worst of the lockdowns, has encouraged an unprecedented spending spree that has filled those fleets of immobile ships and cluttered the container yards.

For the stevedoring companies which are trying to unblock the arteries and keep the goods moving through their ports it has been, to put it mildly, a challenging time, and one that is far from a return to ‘normal’ (if anyone can remember what that was). Trying to keep a handle on it all is the General Stevedoring Council, which has been ‘celebrating’ its first half-century in a somewhat muted fashion, on account of the endless lockdowns and quarantine quirks. The GSC, with members from all over the world, is an organisation that brings people who handle cargo together, promotes innovation, high standards and helps stevedores learn from each other.

The organisation runs management courses, which might best be described as a ‘staff college’ for stevedores, at which people who spend their working days in one type of terminal are taken out of their familiar environment for some two or three weeks and see how others cope with their cargo-handling challenges. They will meet fellow stevedores from different countries and cultures, some operating in highly unionised environments, others where trade unions are barely noticed. They will be exposed to a broad range of cargo handling systems and practices, visit all sorts of terminals that they would not have set foot in before and participate in hands-on projects, offering some useful free ‘consultancy’ to the ports and terminals who kindly host them.

They also make a lot of friends amid an ever-growing cargo-handling ‘alumni’ and many maintain these friendships over the years. It is a worthwhile way of keeping attuned to what is going on in the cargo handling world, when you are back in your home terminal and busy with day-to-day matters. If you want to get some expert opinion on whether a type of crane is any good or whether there is any interest in some secondhand reach-stackers you probably can find somebody who you first met on a GSC management course to answer your question.

The other day was the occasion of the annual GSC Working Christmas Lunch, traditionally held in London, but which was sadly rather underpopulated by the malevolent Covid quarantine regulations, which seemed

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Ships anchored awaiting berth age are a problem, especially in large ports

to have been imposed precisely to prevent the attendance of overseas friends. But it was interesting to hear that the organisation has been as busy as ever, facilitated by on-line meetings which have kept people together in spirit. We heard that a complete on-line management course had been run with great success, although it would have been lacking somewhat in the conviviality for which the off-duty stevedore is celebrated.

We can only hope for normal service to be resumed as soon as possible.

A big hole in the ground If you are a ship repairer of a certain age, you might just remember the tremendous celebrations in Scotland when the Firth of Clyde Drydock – an alliance of Clyde shipbuilders - commissioned its huge new repair dock at Inch Green, in 1964. It was supposed to herald a new era for ship repair on that famous river, but sadly, nobody foresaw the arrival of ships of VLCC dimensions and it became something of a damp squib. It was lived in for many months in 1966 for the old Cunard trans-Atlantic liner Queen Elizabeth, which returned to her birth river for John Brown to refit her for cruising – another sadly doomed enterprise.

Invariably under-used, the facility was occasionally leased for offshore conversion work and the odd ferry repair, but most of the time, if you

The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth in Inch Green drydock during the mid-sixties

Dockgate looked out of the Gourock bound train hoping to see a ship in the dock, its emptiness would invariably disappoint.

Now it appears that the dock, which was dimensioned for a 100,000 dwt vessel, is to be given a new life as a recycling yard, anticipating some business when the great logistics log-jam eventually ends and surplus containerships require to be demolished. As it does not involve running ships ashore, but taking them to bits in an enclosed basin, one can imagine that it will not have the anti-beaching activists screaming, or involve breaches to the rules forbidding recycling in unapproved places.

It would be nice to think that all the various components will be re-used in the UK, as raw materials for the new ‘green’ steel industry, for instance, but you wouldn’t put money on it. Fortunately, there is an adjacent deepwater quay close at hand, from where bulk carriers can carry the scrap to places where they can actually use it.

But at least, as we welcome the new iteration of the Inch Green drydock story, we must be grateful that they are not going to fill the dock in. So many of these famous artefacts from our industrial past, excavated at tremendous effort and expense by our energetic forebears, have been obliterated in by our less imaginative contemporaries, looking for either spare land, or a handy location in which to tip their rubbish.

Accidents waiting to happen It could just be my nasty mind, but it doesn’t take a very fertile imagination to imagine some of the curious ship designs we are seeing at sea coming to grief for the simple matter of inadequate visibility. For years I have wondered about the wisdom of blocking up the watchkeeper’s line of vision by a row of enormous deck cranes, with their cabs invariably at the eye level. If you comment on it the naval architect’s swift response is either “what have you got radar for?” or the less helpful suggestion

that the watchkeeper should be walking up and down, rather than sitting down.

Now we have some very dramatic developments on the wind-assisted propulsion front, with foredecks cluttered with whirring rotors, wingsails, aerofoil devices on dirty great stalks (there is probably a more technical explanation) or enormous square sails that wouldn’t have been out of place on a clipper. Quite what the watchkeeper is supposed to see forward of the beam it is difficult to establish. Maybe there will be a lookout on the forecastle with a bell to ring, as they had in the old days.

Now imagine one of these wind assisted ships creaming along under a full press of canvas, neoprene, carbon-fibre or whatever, when it finds itself overtaking one of these ships that has had a gigantic scrubber assembled abaft the bridge, to such an extent that there is no longer any visibility from the wheelhouse, looking aft. The Officer on Watch (OOW) is sitting comfortably in his posture-perfect chair, in the warm wheelhouse looking forward past the cranes on the foredeck. You might suggest that this is yet another example of columnar exaggeration, but I can assure you that I have seen photographs of such ships in recent months. Perhaps the owners, when the scrubber has been fitted, went out and bought their OOWs an aft-facing TV camera, but, if they thought of the problem, the solution to the average owner would have been a wing mirror, stuck out on a long pole, to port and starboard.

When you think about it, the odds of the wind-assisted speedster, running into the stern of the scrubber-cluttered slower ship might not be enormous, but not, surely without foundation. History informs us that in the days of sail, with the officer of the watch looking up at the set of the canvas, and the helmsman right aft, mostly considering the wake, collisions in crowded waters were by no means rare. The stern injunction of accident investigators to ‘look out of the window’ and not to neglect the ‘Mk I Eyeball’ is a bit pointless if you can’t see anything. SORJ

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

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

ACD START ORCA MARINE UAB

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

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

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

Benelux

ESMA MARINE AGENCIES B.V.

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

Kuiperbergweg 35, 1101 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 3121350 Email: shiprepair@esma.nl Web: www.esma.nl Contact: Marcus Weggeman Direct: +31 20 3121353 Mobile: +31 6 51408082 Contact: Atie Witte Direct: +31 20 3121366 Companies Exclusively Represented: EUROPE Lisnave – Setubal – Portugal Gemak Group – Istanbul -Turkey Netaman-Riga-Latvia Netaman-Tallinn-Estonia West Sea Viana Shipyard – Viana do Castelo – Portugal MIDDLE EAST Drydocks World – Dubai – UAE Drydocks World Global Offshore Services DMC Dubai Maritime City, Shiplift FAR EAST PaxOcean Asia • PaxOcean Singapore • PaxOcean Pertama – Batam – Indonesia • PaxOcean Graha – Batam – Indonesia • PaxOcean Nanindah – Batam – Indonesia CHINA Cosco Shipyard Group • Cosco Dalian Shipyard • Cosco Nantong Shipyard • Cosco Qidong Shipyard • Cosco Shanghai Shipyard • Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard • Cosco Guangdong Shipyard PaxOcean Asia • PaxOcean Zhoushan WEST AFRICA Dakarnave – Dakar- Senegal CNIC – Douala – Cameroon SOUTH AMERICA S.P.I. – Mar del Plata – Argentina

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AIMSS V.O.F

WSR SERVICES LTD

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

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

China

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

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

Denmark / Finland

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

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

Germany

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

Caffamacherreihe 7, 20355 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 80 80 110 600 Fax: +49 40 80 80 110 699 Email: combitrade@combitrade.de Contact:

Andreas Schou (+49 172 453 5135) Timo Schultze (+49 172 453 9610) Frederico Dreves (+49 151 742 30000) Shipyards Represented: EUROPE A&P Tyne (UK) A&P Tees (UK) A&P Falmouth (UK) Aviles Shipyard (North of Spain) Desan Shipyard (Turkey) Eiffel Industries Marine (France Atlantic Side) Gibdock (Gibraltar) La Nuova Meccanica Navale Srl (Italy) MTG Dolphin (Bulgaria) Nauta Shipyard (Poland) MIDDLE EAST Heisco (Kuwait) AFRICA NAMDOCK, Walvis Bay (Namibia) Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. (Elgin Brown & Hamer Group) – (Durban – Capetown – East London) (South Africa) SINGAPORE ST Engineering Marine (Singapore) INDIAN OCEAN Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka) FAR EAST CHI Dalian (China) CHI Nantong (China) CHI Shanghai (Changxing + Huajing) (China) CHI Zhoushan (China) CHI Guangdong (China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard, Zhoushan (China) Jinhai Shipyard, Zhoushan (China) Fujian Huadong Shipyard, Fuzhou (China) Beihai Shipyard, Qingdao (China) CUD, Weihai (China) CSSV Guangxi Shipbuilding, Qingdao (China) ZTHI (China) Nasco (China) Huangpu Wenchong (China) CSBC Koahsiung (Taiwan) CSBC Keelung (Taiwan) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (Korea) ORIENT SHIPYARD CO. LTD (HQ) Busan & Gwangyang Shipyard (Korea) Sam Kang Shipbuilding & Conversion (Korea) CENTRAL AMERICA Caribbean Drydock (Cuba) Caribbean Dockyard (Trinidad & Tobago) SOUTH AMERICA SIMA, Callao (PERU) Cotecmar, Mamonal (Colombia) Tsakos Industrias Navales (Uruguay) Special Services: Edilcom Ou – worldwide (Thickness Measurement, Flying Squad), Entirely Shipping & Trading - Romania (afloat voyage repair/main engine overhaul), Marcontrel – worldwide (Port Repair, Voyage Repair and Electric Cargo Crane Automation), Marship (afloat repair with own berth/voyage repair in European ports/yards), STEP Consolidated – workshops in Brazil, Portugal and South Africa(Port Repair, Voyage Repair incl Flying Squads) M.M. Shipping - Whole Indian Coast (port/voyage repair/spares supply) Seagull Marine – SE Asia (Port Repair, Voyage Repair, specialised in PBCT propeller), Kwang-Youn-Gi Engineering Co. Ltd – Taiwan (Repair workshop with flying squad), Alnmaritec (Aluminium-Workboats), Port Marine Contractors (PTY) LTD – South Africa (Port Repair, Voyage Repair), Pasras - Balboa (port repair, specialised in ship’s automation / main engine remote & safety) Bacviet, Haiphong (Taiwan) (port and voyage repair incl spare parts) Shanghai Marine Technology (China) (specialized in port repair, voyage repair) Hatchtec Marine Service, Shanghai (China) (specialized in hatch cover/deck crane/windless/winch/roro/grab)

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Agents RepairsContact Directory Kingfisher Marine Service, Shanghai (China) (supply & general service, supervision & engineering) Dai Hwa Engineering (port repair, voyage repair).

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

Greece

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Italy

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

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

Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (China)

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

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

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

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

Italy / Monaco / Switzerland

Monaco

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

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

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Agents RepairsContact Directory The Netherlands

ESMA MARINE AGENCIES B.V. Kuiperbergweg 35, 1101 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 3121350 Email: shiprepair@esma.nl Web: www.esma.nl Contact: Marcus Weggeman Direct: +31 20 3121353 Mobile: +31 6 51408082 Contact: Atie Witte Direct: +31 20 3121366 Companies Exclusively Represented EUROPE Lisnave – Setubal – Portugal Gemak Group – Istanbul -Turkey Netaman-Riga-Latvia Netaman-Tallinn-Estonia West Sea Viana Shipyard – Viana do Castelo – Portugal MIDDLE EAST Drydocks World – Dubai – UAE Drydocks World Global Offshore Services DMC Dubai Maritime City, Shiplift FAR EAST PaxOcean Asia • PaxOcean Singapore • PaxOcean Pertama – Batam – Indonesia • PaxOcean Graha – Batam – Indonesia • PaxOcean Nanindah – Batam – Indonesia CHINA Cosco Shipyard Group • Cosco Dalian Shipyard • Cosco Nantong Shipyard • Cosco Qidong Shipyard • Cosco Shanghai Shipyard • Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard • Cosco Guangdong Shipyard PaxOcean Asia • PaxOcean Zhoushan WEST AFRICA Dakarnave – Dakar- Senegal CNIC – Douala – Cameroon SOUTH AMERICA S.P.I. – Mar del Plata – Argentina

AYS SHIPREPAIR / PC MARITIME Oranjekanaal ZZ 14, 7853TC Wezuperbrug, The Netherlands Mobile: +31 6 47 952 452 Telephone: +31 85 0160 635 Email: hilka@aysshiprepair.nl hilka@pcmaritime.nl Web: www.aysshiprepair.nl SHIPYARDS: EUROPE:

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

AIMSS V.O.F

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

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• PMS (Panama) - Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Riding Team (Romania & Bulgaria) - Supply of Qualified Welders, Fitters, Technicians, Electricians etc.

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

Norway

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

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

Chantier Davie, Quebec, Canada Caribbean Dockyard, Trinidad & Tobago Afloat Repair: Global Offshore Service, Dubai UAE Offshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

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

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

Poland

A. P & A. POLAND LTD ul Jaskowa Dolina 112, 80-286 Gdansk, Poland

Contact Directory SORJ (ShipAgents and Offshore Repair Journal) Tel: +48 58 341 7988 Fax: +48 58 345 4801 Email: apapol@apaltd.com.pl Contact: Kostas Milionis Companies Represented: COSCO Shipyard Group (China) • Dalian • Guandong • Lianyungang • Nantong • Shanghai • Zhoushan Chengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) (China) Pallion Shipyard (UK) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China)

LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, POLAND, RUSSIA, UKRAINE

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

SYM - afloat repairs & marine services.

Russia

ORCA MARINE UAB

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

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

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

Singapore

JML SHIPYARD AGENCY

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

Sweden

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

Switzerland

BSA SHIPPING AGENCIES ANS

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED

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

26 Flour Square, Grimsby NE Lincs, DN31 3LP United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1472 245500 Fax: +44 (0) 1472 245511 Email: services@encompassmarine.com Web: www.encompassmarine.com Contacts: David Maitland, Jon Thompson Diving & Marine: Alan Jagger, Danielle Roberts Shipyards Represented ART (Tuzla, Turkey) Asaba Shipyard (Malabo, Equitorial Guinea) Cammell Laird Shiprepairers (Merseyside, UK) Chengxi Shipyard (Jaingyin & Xinrong, China) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport, Bahamas) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Hidramar Shipyards (Canary Isles, Spain) Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) Keppel Philippines Marine (Philippines) • Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Batangas) • Subic Shipyard (Subic) Navantia (Spain) • Cadiz Shipyard (Cadiz) • Cartagena Shipyard (Cartagena) • Ferrol-Fene Shipyard (Ferrol) • San Fernando Shipyard (San Fernando)

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Agents Contact Directory Repairs Orient Shipyards (Busan/ Gwanyang, Korea) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdoo, China) Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Diving & Marine Service Companies Represented Atlantis Marine Services (Fujairah, UAE) Blay Marine Tech (Spain) Hellenika (Bulgaria) Irwin Marine Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands) Lagersmit Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore) Marine Technical Services (Poland) Maritime Shipcleaning Rotterdam NARP Ship Repair (Turkey) Rentong Marine (China) Rotterdam Ship Repair South Bank Marine Charts (Grimsby, UK) Underwater Shipcare (Singapore) Underwater Contractors Spain (Spain) Zener Maritime (Rotterdam, Mumbai, Singapore) Over 200 diving stations worldwide

Turkey

TURMAR Marine Survey Consultancy and Shipping Inc. IInonu Cad. Turaboglu sok. Hamdiye Yazgan Is Merkezi No.4 Kat.3 Kozyatagı 34742 Istanbul, Turkey Phone: +90 216 411 45 75 Fax: +90 216 302 50 87 Email: turmar@turmarmarine.com Web: www.turmarmarine.com Contact: Burc Canga +90 533 266 31 00 Igor Sumchenko +90 532 212 74 81 Companies Represented: Goltens DMI Optimarin Norwater AMI Heat Exchangers Dalian Cosco Rikky Ocean Engineering Zhejiang Energy Marine Environmental Technology Shipyards Represented: ART Shipyard – Turkey Astander Shipyard – Spain Astican Shipyard – Canary Islands Besiktas Shipyard – Turkey Chantier Naval De Marseille – France Cosco Shipyard Repair Group – China Heisco Shipyard - Kuwait Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. – South Korea Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard – Vietnam MYO Shipyard – Turkey San Giorgio Del Porto – Italy Sefine Shipyard – Turkey Tersan Shipyard – Turkey Yardgem Shipyard – Turkey Shipyards Represented (China): COSCO Dalian Shipyard DSIC Marine Services Shanhaiguan Shipyard Xixiakou Shipyard Qingdao Beihai Shipyard COSCO Shanghai Shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard SUD Shipyard CHI Nantong Shipyard Nantong Ruitai Shipyard Chengxi shipyard (Jiangyin) Changhong International shipyard Longshan shipyard Zhejiang Eastern Shipyard (ZESCO) COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard Fujian Huadong shipyard You Lian Dockyards Shekou,

Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard COSCO Guangdong Shipyard CSSC Guangxi

U.A.E

WSR SERVICES LTD Churchill Tower 1, Business Bay, Office 1403, Dubai, U.A.E. T:+971 4338 8918 Email: mail.ae@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented - Shipyards: Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Ciramar - Dominican Republic Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka Detyens Shipyards - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Dormac Marine & Engineering - Capetown/Durban, South Africa EDR Antwerp - Belgium Fayard A/S - Munkebo, Denmark Guangzhou Wenchong - South China HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China Hutchison Ports TNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , Mexico InternaYonal Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Onex Syros Shipyard - Syros Island Greece IMC Shipyard (Zhoushan) - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Underwater and Afloat Argus Marine Services - Columbia Boilerman - China, Singapore, Kobe

United Kingdom

Alignment • PBM (Croatia) Governors & ME Services, Woodward Parts & Services • PMS (Panama) Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • RIMS (The Netherlands) Inspection with Drones • ROG (The Netherlands) Afloat & Voyage Repairs • Riding Team (Romania & Bulgaria) Supply of Qualified Welders, Fitters, Technicians, Electricians etc.

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

A. P. & A. Ltd International House, 7 High St, London, W5 5DB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 8840 8845 Fax: +44 20 8840 8843 Email: ship@apanda.com Web: www.apanda.com Contact: Andreas Papadakis, George Papadakis Companies Represented (Exclusive): Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland) Chantier Naval de Marseille San Giorgio del Porto, Genoa COSCO Heavy Industries Group (China) • Dalian • Guangdong • Nantong • Shanghai • Zhoushan Oman Dry Dock Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Coimbra Shiprepair (Brazil) Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Unithai Shipyard ( Thailand)

AIMSS GROUP LTD 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9FD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 3488 5528 Email: sales@aimss.co.uk Web: aimss.co.uk Shipyards: • ASL (Indonesia) • Cernaval (Spain) • Kuzey Star (Turkey) • NASCO Group (China) • Reimerswaal (The Netherlands) • SAS (South Africa) • SNC (Romania) • TNG (Mexico) • Unithai Thailand) Marine Services: • DSMS (The Netherlands) Supply & Overhaul of Engine Parts, T/C, Pumps, Pneumatics & Hydraulics • Diamond Ship (Taiwan) Ship Stores Supply • Hai Ha M&S (Vietnam) Afloat, Underwater & Voyage Repairs • Index-Cool (Singapore) A/C & Refrigeration Plants & HVAC Turnkey Solutions • MME (The Netherlands) NTD, Advanced NDT, Marine Surveys & Rope Access • On Site Alignment (The Netherlands)

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CALVEY MARINE LIMITED Broomers Barn, Merrywood Lane, Storrington, West Sussex RH20 3HD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1903 748860 Fax: +44 (0) 1903 743390 Email: calvey@calveymarine.co.uk Web: www.calveymarine.co.uk Contact: Steven Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7885 217869 Contact: Suzanne Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7867 785957 Contact: Jessica Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 726274 Companies Represented: AMI Exchangers (Hartlepool) Beihai Shipyard (Qingdao) Beihai Lifeboats (Qingdao) Brightsun Group (Singapore) ` Cassar Ship Repair (Malta) Chengxi Shipyard (Jiangyin) Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Changxing Shipyard (Shanghai)

CHI Shipyards (China) Ciramar Shipyard (Dominican Republic) Diesel Marine International (Worldwide) Drydocks World Dubai (UAE) Drydocks World Dubai Global Offshore Services (UAE) Fujian Shipyard – Huadong Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard Greens Power (UK) JinHai Shipyard (Zhoushan) Co.,Ltd.China King-Marine (Global based in China) Lisnave Shipyard (Portugal) Nauta Shiprepair (Gdynia, Poland) North East Ship Repair, (Boston) North East Ship Repair (Philadelphia) Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services (Alabama, USA) Pan Asia Company Ltd, South Korea PaxOcean Graha (Indonesia) PaxOcean Nanindah (Indonesia) PaxOcean Offshore Zhuhai PaxOcean Pertama (Indonesia) PaxOcean Shipyard Zhoushan PaxOcean Singapore Professional Manpower Supply (Panama) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (North China) Seatec Repair Services – (Worldwide) Tersan Shipyard – (Tuzla, Yalova) UMC International - (Worldwide) Vancouver Shipyard - (Vancouver) Victoria Shipyard - (Victoria) Viktor Lenac Shipyard (Croatia) Worldwide Underwater Services Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Yiu Lian Dockyards, Zhoushan, China Young & Cunningham Valves (North Shield)

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED Square, Grimsby, NE Lincs, DN31 3LP, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1472 245500 Email: services@encompassmarine.com Web: www.encompassmarine.com Contacts: David Maitland, Jon Thompson Diving & Marine: Alan Jagger, Danielle Roberts Shipyards Represented: ART (Tuzla, Turkey) Asaba Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea) Besiktas Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) BLRT Group • Tallinn Shipyard (Tallinn, Estonia) • Turku Repair Yard (Turku, Finland • Western Shipyard (Klaipeda, Lithuania) Cammell Laird Shiprepairers (Merseyside, UK) Chengxi Shipyard (Jaingyin & Xinrong, China) ENA Shipyard (Martinique) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Hidramar Shipyards (Canary Isles, Spain) Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey) ISR Repair & Marine Service (Tampa, USA) Keppel Shipyard (Singapore) Keppel Philippines Marine (Philippines) • Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Batangas) • Subic Shipyard (Subic) Orient Shipyards (Busan/ Gwanyang, Korea) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdao, China) West Sea Viana Shipyard (Viana de Castelo, Portugal) Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Diving & Marine Service Companies Represented Atlantis Marine Services (Fujairah, UAE) Blay Marine Tech (Spain)

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Agents Contact Directory SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal) Hellenika (Bulgaria) Irwin Marine Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands) Keyser Technologies (Singapore) Lagersmit Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore) Marine Technical Services (Poland) Maritime Shipcleaning Rotterdam Malin International Ship Repair (Texas, USA) Metalock Brasil (Brasil) Metalock Engineering DE (Germany) NARP Ship Repair (Tuzla, Turkey) Rotterdam Ship Repair South Bank Marine Charts (Grimsby, UK) Talleras Industriales (Panama) Techcross BWMS (Korea) Underwater Contractors Spain (Algeciras, Spain) Underwater Shipcare (Singapore) Zener Maritime (Rotterdam, Mumbai, Singapore) Over 200 diving stations worldwide

Web: www.lrmidland.co.uk Contact: Jon Holloway Shipyards Represented: Shipyards Represented: Sembcorp Marine (Singapore) - Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard - Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Asmar (Chile) - Punta Arenas - Talcahuano - Valparaiso ASRY (Bahrain) Dakarnave – Dakar (Senegal) Dormac (South Africa) - Cape Town - Durban - Walvis Bay Estaleriro Jurong Aracruz – Aracruz (Brazil) Gemak – Tuzla (Turkey) Gibdock (Gibraltar) Grand Bahama Shipyard – Freeport (Bahamas) Mare Island Dry Dock – Vallejo, Ca (USA) NICO International (UAE) - Abu Dhabi - Dubai - Fujairah Oresund Drydocks – Landskrona (Sweden)

EMCS INTERNATIONAL LTD (MLC2006 Approved/ISO9001:2015 Accredited)

Marion House 9 Station Road Port Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6AE United Kingdom Tel: +44 1624 833955 Group email: enquiries@emcs.co.im Web: www.emcs.co.im Contact: Steve George/Richard George Mobile: +44 7624 492 716 Contact: Amanda Green (North East UK Representative) Tel: 0191 5160010 Mobile: +44 77363 18126 Services Provided: Labour Supply for afloat (“riding teams”)/shipyard/offshore repairs and maintenance All trades provided including welders, platers, mechanical/ engine fitters, pipefitters, scaffolders, riggers, blaster/painters, tank cleaners, electricians plus chargehands and foremen.

Consultancy Services/Vessel Inspections Diving Services Worldwide (For diving enquiries contact Jamie Skillen +44 7624 232916) Companies Represented: Electro Partners NV - Electrical/Electro Mechanical Workshop and Vessel Based Repairs (Antwerp/NW Europe) Navicom Marine Limited – Radio/Navigation Equipment Repairs and Spares (Malta) Marine Marketing Int (agent for IOM only) Polyflake Europe - Products and applications for extending the lifestyle of a vessel. www.polyflake.eu Course Managed: Ship Superintendents’ Training Course. (For all enquiries and reservations contact Cheryl Reeday) Sister Company: Ramsey Shipping Services: Above and below waterline repairs at Ramsey Shipyard, Isle of Man and ship’s agency services

L&R MIDLAND (UK) LTD. 27 Milton Road Hampton TW122LL Tel: +44 (0) 20 3856 6520 D: +44 (0) 20 3856 6521 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 1214 8881 Email: jholloway@lrmidland.com

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

Sinco Automation (Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia) Sunrui Balchlor Ballast Water Treatment (Qingdao, China) Shanghai Willing (Shanghai, China) Zhoushan Haitong Tank Cleaning (Shanghai, China) TruMarine Group (Rotterdam, Singapore, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Dubai) PMax One Services (Singapore)

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L&R MIDLAND INC.

SEADOCK MARINE AGENCIES LTD 123 Minories, London EC3N 1NT, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 20 7680 4000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7553 0001 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 10 327 004 Email: sales@seadockmarine.com Web: www.seadockmarine.com Contact: George D. Skinitis Companies Represented: Emden Dockyard (Emden, Germany) Chalkis Shipyards (Chalkis, Greece) Metalships & Docks (Vigo, Spain) Ozata Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Tuzla - Yalova, Turkey) Navalink Srl, (Constanta, Romania) Ruitai Shipyard (Nantong, China) IMC YY Shipyard (Zhoushan, China) Stonestar Shipyard (Weihai, China) Hankook Made (Mokpo, Korea) TurboTechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) Dynamic Co. (Piraeus, Greece) Bulyard (Varna, Bulgaria) Astilleros Cernaval (Algeciras, Spain) N-KOM (Qatar)

SHIP REPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LTD The Manor Grain Store, Eastleach, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 3NQ Tel: +44 (0) 1367 860 050 Mobile: +44 (0) 7767 690 704 Email: ship@shiprepairers.co.uk Web: www.shiprepairers.co.uk Contact: Roderick Wordie Tel: +44 (0) 7767 690704 Companies Represented Asmar (Punta Arenas, Chile) Asmar (Talcahuano,Chile) Asmar (Valparaiso, Chile) ASRY (Bahrain) Barkmeijer Shipyards (Netherlands) Dakarnave (Senegal) Dormac Cape Town (South Africa) Dormac Durban (South Africa) Dormac Walvis Bay (Namibia) FAYARD (Denmark) Gemak (Turkey) Gibdock (Gibraltar) Hong Kong United Dockyard (HK) Huarun Dadong (Shanghai) NICO International (Fujairah, Dubai & Abu Dhabi) ST Engineering Marine (Singapore) Tsakos (Uruguay) Agencies Cleanship Solutions EMCS & SES marine

788 W Sam Houston Pkwy North Suite 200 Houston, TX 77024 USA Tel: + 001 713 680 0909 Fax: +001 713 680 9704 Email: shipyard@lrmidland.com Web: www.lrmidland.com Contact: Tom McQuilling, Ryan Smith, James McQuilling Shipyards Represented: Sembcorp Marine (Singapore) - Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard - Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (Netherlands) - Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Vlissingen Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (France) - Dunkerque - Brest Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (Curacao) - Willemstad Dormac (South Africa) - Cape Town - Durban - Walvis Bay Fincantieri (Italy)

United States

VOGLER MARINE AGENCIES LLC 20 Bartles Corner Road, Flemington New Jersey 08822, USA Tel: +1-908-237-9500 Fax: + 1-908-237-9503 Email: shiprepair@vogler.net Contact: Donald W Vogler Shipyards Exclusively Represented: ASRY Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (Bahrain) DORMAC Pty. Ltd. (Durban, Cape Town, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay, Walvis Bay South Africa) SOCIBER (Chile) ASMAR Shipyards CHILE (Talcahuano, Punta Arenas and Valparaiso) Shiprepair Companies Exclusively Represented Metalo ck do Brasil Ltda. (Brazil)

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SIMPLEX AMERICAS LLC 20 Bartles Corner Road, Flemington, New Jersey 08822, USA Tel: +1-908-237-9099 Fax: +1-908-237-9503 Mobile: 24/7/365 +1-908-581-0900 Email: info@simplexamericas.com Web: www.simplexamericas.com Contact: Donald W Vogler – President

Factory Service, Spares and Sales Jastram GmbH: Rudder Propellers and Thrusters Nakashima Propeller Co. Ltd. CPP, Thrusters and CPP Thrusters Niigata Power Systems Co. Ltd. Z-Pellers and Marine Diesel Engines RiverTrace Engineering Ltd. Oil Content Monitors, Bilge Alarm Monitors Simplex Compact Stern Tube Seals Service performed in dry dock, afloat, as well as underwater SKF Coupling Systems AB: OKC and OKCS Shaft Couplings, OKF Flange Couplings, Supergrip Bolts Turbulo Oily Water Separators Service, Spares and Sales Controllable and Fixed Pitch Pitch Propellers, Thrusters, Couplings, Gearbox, Z Drives Full Propulsion Packages Total Shafting Solutions

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Sales and Service of Diesel Engines,CPP, Thrusters, Gearboxes, & Couplings Shaft Alignment, In-Situ Machining, Chocking and Mounting Service Underwater Repairs and Service Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services (DSIC) - North China Argus Marine Services - Columbia ShipyardBVDalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services (DSIC) - North China Underwater and Afloat Avalontec Engineering - Singapore Zener Maritime - India, Singapore Subsea Global Solutions - Brazil, Curacao, Los Angeles, Miami, Panama, Trinidad Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy ROG Ship Repair - Rotterdam Atlantis Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE

Underwater Contractors PTE-Singapore Underwater Contractors -Spain RIMS BV Argus Marine Services - Columbia BVDalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services (DSIC) - North China Underwater and Afloat Avalontec Engineering - Singapore Atlantis Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE Zener Maritime - India, Singapore Subsea Global Solutions - Brazil, Curacao, Los Angeles, Miami, Panama, Trinidad Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy ROG Ship Repair - Rotterdam Underwater Contractors PTE-Singapore Underwater Contractors -Spain RIMS BV Argus Marine Services - Columbia

SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal)

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