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SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal) Welcome to the October/November edition of SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal), which includes the LNG Supplement. This Supplement is published alongside the main issue due to the current worldwide pandemic. The LNG market continues to grow in term of the number of shipyards now involved in the repair of such tankers and the number of newbuildings hitting the market. The number of ships using LNG as a fuel is growing slow3ly, not as much as many believed a few years ago. It is significant that Hapag Lloyd has come out with information that the conversion of its containership to dual fuel is far more costly than will be gained back during the ship’s lifetime.

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Front Cover (Main Issue): The Front Cover of the main issue show a MAN Energy technician working on a diesel engine. MAN Energy is one of the two world leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of propulsion systems to the marine industry, including new forms of propulsion such as dual fuel.

Front Cover (LNG Supplement): The Front Cover of the LNG Supplement shows Sembcorp Marine’s Admiralty shipyard in Singapore, most probably the world’s leading repairer of LNG tankers throughout the world. During the past 12 months, Sembcorp Marine has repaired 14 such vessels and have four LNG tanker – FSRU/FSO conversions underway.

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Repairs P&O Ferries’vessel in A&P Tyne P&O’s ro/pax ferry Norbay has recently undergone a drydocking and repair at A&P Tyne which included the removal and overhaul of the vessel’s stabilisers. During the vessel’s 12 days in dock, A&P’s team removed, dismantled and cleaned the stabilisers as well as worked closely with P&O’s ship contractor to replace the seals, before the units were re-assembled, filled with oil, tested and refitted.

Despite the short time in dock, A&P was also required to carry out a comprehensive array of other checks, repairs and renewals. Work included replacing 80 hull anodes and the port side belting, measuring the propeller shaft wear down, overhauling the lower hold operating cylinders and forecastle aft mooring winch and testing the rudder pressure, as well as replacing the lower hold lid hinge pins and the exhaust gas pipe above the funnel deck with new steel.

Mike Wappet, Marine Director for A&P North East said, “Due to a change of schedule we had only six days’ notice of the intent to dock so our team had to ready themselves quickly. Some additional steel work was also required as part of the class survey which made the schedule tight, however we moved to 24 hour working to ensure we met the undocking deadline and maintained the highest standards of marine engineering and fabrication.”

Meanwhile, A&P Falmouth welcomed a record number of vessels during October as the facility repairs, refits and maintains some nine vessels and all three drydocks.

A total of five vessels will use A&P Falmouth’s drydock facilities, two of which will be double dockings. Kahrs Bereederung’s 9,313 dwt containership Samskip Express entered Dock No. 2 for a series of hull repairs from grounding damage, followed by Tarmac’s City of Chichester dredger, which undergoes standard

The Commodore Goodwill in A&P Falmouth

maintenance and repairs each year.

Dock No. 3 will welcome Serco tugs SD Careful and SD Deborah simultaneously for their standard drydockings, while Dock No. 4 will play host to Condor Ferries’ 11,166 gt ro/pax ferry Commodore Goodwill as part of its Commercial Partnership Agreement with A&P. Three RFA vessels - RFA Mounts Bay, HMS Tamar, HMS Trent and P&O Ferries’ ro/pax ferry 28,138 gt Pride of Burgundy - will undergo refit work, general maintenance and mobile repairs while alongside in Falmouth.

Andrea Sabbion, Business Development Director at A&P Falmouth said, “October will be a very busy month for A&P Falmouth as we have a full house of ships and all aspects of our facility will be in constant operation.

“The arrival of ro/pax vessels, containerships, dredgers, military vessels and tugs shows the diversity of our expertise and facilities. This also reflects the strength of our order book and a degree of pent up demand caused by COVID-19. Careful pre-planning and schedule management has enabled us to counter some of the challenges of the last few months, particularly in relation to the supply of critical spare parts.

“The team has also adapted quickly to our new stringent HSEQ measures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 and keep our clients safe. It’s thanks to them that we’ve been able to remain operational for our clients during this time.”

Strong 2020 at Cammell Laird Merseyside’s Cammell Laird has reported a strong 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19 – with its construction hall, workshops and drydocks in continuous use since the start of the year.

Speaking about operating during a global pandemic, the CEO of Cammell Laird, David McGinley said, “Despite the restrictions and challenges of the last few months, the needs of our clients have not changed, and we have seen consistent demand for our engineering expertise and on-site facilities. The team has shown fortitude, commitment and agility throughout, which has been instrumental in keeping clients’ vessels operational and maintaining our reputation for engineering excellence.”

Notable projects include the on-going transformation of the unique 6,767 gt cargo-

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passenger ship RMS St Helena, as she becomes a mobile hub for the Extreme Electric SUV racing series. Cammell Laird is also preparing for the start of the next ferry season, which will see the return of all four Calmac-owned ro/pax ferries for their annual maintenance periods.

Focusing on Cammell Laird’s roster of defence work, the yard has welcomed the first of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 class of destroyer to Birkenhead. HMS Dauntless is undergoing her Power Improvement Programme (PIP), which will improve the resilience of the power and propulsion systems by replacing two diesel generators with three new systems and modifying the high voltage system.

Cammell Laird is also in the final stages of a 10-month programme of equipment upgrades and general repairs and maintenance for RFA’s replenishment Tidesurge, the third of the RFA Tideclass tankers, as part of a Through Life Support (TLS) contract to maintain nine RFA vessels over the next 10 years.

Upgrades to this vessel included the installation of four new 40m long exhaust systems, complete with new structural steel. A series of precision lifts were required to transfer the new exhaust system, including its 3.5 tonne silencers, into the engine room via the vessel’s funnel. The team is also upgrading the fire main (HPSW) and making improvements to the ballast water treatment system.

Parts of the vessel’s Azimuth bow thruster will also be replaced, the preparation for which involved digging a 5 m pit to accommodate the 4 m diameter thruster tunnel as it is removed prior to changing out the 5 m main support tube. While in the drydock, the sea valves, rudders and propellers will also be inspected and serviced.

The former Project Director for the RFA Tideclass tankers at Cammell Laird (now with Type 45 PIP), Tony Scaife said, “Working to the vessel’s design intent and using our experience from the previous Tideclass vessels, we are delivering a complex programme of work to a very high standard. It’s testament to the depth of our experience and project management skills, as well as our relationship with the Ministry of Defence, that we are able to do that.”

RFA Tidesurge is expected to depart Cammell Laird in December before her sistership, RFA Tideforce arrives in early 2021. Other ongoing defence projects include wave-class fast fleet tanker RFA Wave Knight, which is nearing the end of a £14m refit programme of upgrades, servicing and refits.

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The St Helena arrives on Merseyside

RFA Wave Knight arrived at Cammell Laird in March, following a six-month deployment in the Middle East and spent eight weeks in Cammell Laird’s Dock No. 5, before being moved to the South Berth West Basin. The programme includes hull and tank surveys, service, inspection and repair of the mooring winches, renewal of the cargo tank PV valve pipework, refurbishment of the ABEAM RAS rig equipment, a repaint of the vessel’s hull and super structure and renewal of the flight deck coating.

Newbuilding projects of note during 2020 have included achieving a series of important milestones in the construction of RRS Sir David Attenborough – the research ship that will transform how ship-borne science is carried out in the Polar Regions.

Cammell Laird has tested and commissioned the vessel’s lifeboats and power systems and most recently, the water mist fire protection system. Work is now focused on readying the vessel for sea trials in October, which includes commissioning and testing the marine propulsion systems as well as checking the vessel’s scientific underwater sensors and deployment mechanisms.

During the past six months Cammell Laird has also bolstered its senior management team, with new appointments spanning operational, health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ), procurement and commercial roles.

Linton Roberts, Cammell Laird’s former Group Technical Director of Sales has been appointed as Director of Operations, while Kevin Peart, formerly Group HSEQ Director of A&P Group, has been appointed as Director of HSEQ for both Cammell Laird and Atlantic and Peninsular Marine Services. Former Head

of Procurement, Jane Bryan assumes the role of Director of Procurement, Steve Gibney acts as Interim Director of HSEQ and Neil Harden joins as Director in the commercial team from engineering consultants, M J Quinn.

Busy times at Remontowa The successful drydocking of four Germanmanaged containerships on the X-Press Feeders service, - Hamburger Lloyd’s 15,952 dwt Baltic Fulmar Baltic Petrel, and Baltic Shearwater and Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement’s 13,031 dwt X-Press Elbe have recently been completed

by Poland’s Remontowa, Gdansk. The Baltic Petrel and Baltic Shearwater left the shipyard with changed names – SCA Tunadal and SCA Munksund respectively. The scope of repairs for the X-Press Feeders vessels was similar and comprised traditional class renewal repairs.

Vessels from the Wilson shipmanagement fleet are a common sight in Remontowa. In the last three years, the yard has repaired over 20 ships from this Norwegian shipowner, of which nine were completed during this year (2020). In recent months, these have included the general cargo vessels Wilson Alster, Wilson Mass and Wilson Weser. The last of the fleet that left Remontowa quite recently was the 8,301 dwt Wilson Nice. Work on this vessel included hull and cargo hold maintenance, including painting, and main engine overhaul.

Verder Rederij’s 8,669 dwt LPG tanker Coral Parensis was recently in the yard for her fourth Special Survey, including drydock work and steel

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and pipe renewal.

At the end of August, Exmar’s 26,616 dwt LPG tanker Bastogne left the shipyard after completion of standard class renewal, installation of an Alfa Laval BWM system and the gas detection system, and main engine overhaul.

In the colours of Unity Line, the 15,950 gt ro/pax ferry Copernicus, ex Puglia has been in operation since 2018. She is the sistership of the Galileusz, also belonging to Euroafrica Shipping Lines. Copernicus called at Remontowa for a class renewal along with maintenance works, the major part of which was the steel and pipe works including modification of the BWM system. She operates on the Świnoujście (Poland) – Trelleborg (Sweden) route.

The 61,204 dwt tanker Tavropos, owned

by Greece’s Pleiades Shipping Agents recently called at Remontowa for the installation of an Erma First BWM system, steel and pipe work, anchor-mooring and mooring lifts repairs, and main engine and cargo pump overhaul.

The hull maintenance will include 100% sandblasting and new paint system.

During the last visit of Exmar’s 9,965 dwt LPG carrier Temse during 2018, the key point of the repair works was the BWM system installation. This year, she underwent a class renewal, extended by several other important items in the work schedule, including overhaul to the booster pump assembly, main engine overhaul and hull painting.

Atlanship SA’s 34,426 dwt containership Chiquita Express was in Remontowa for the installation of an Alfa Laval BWM system. The additional task was the repair of 28 hatch covers.

Another chemical tanker of the Norwegian shipowner Odfjell, the 16,121 dwt Bow Condor has undergone repairs in Remontowa. In addition to the class renewal, steel work in the ballast tanks and hull maintenance and painting had been carried out. In addition an Alfa Laval BWM system was installed. Chemical tankers from this shipowner systematically visit the shipyard.

Two chemical tankers from Norway’s Stenersen AS, Bergen, the 16,607 dwt Sten Baltic and her sistership Sten Nordic called at Remontowaa for the installation Alfa Laval BWM systems. Out of this Norwegian shipowner’s 18ship fleet, we had repaired seven vessels with an orange hull in the last three years.

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Sarah Wonsild once again use the facilities at Remontowa. The main scope of work included class renewal and the overhaul of the main engines.

OSM Ship Management’s 20,209 gt car carrier Höegh Caribia called Remontowa for drydocking and general repairs. This is the fourth car carrier from this owner repaired in the yard over recent months. The scope of work on-board this vessel included drydocking and alongside work, including steel work and hull maintenance, which included full sandblasting.

At the end of September, Van Oord’s 18,900 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Amalia was drydocked in Remontowa.

River cruiser repair at SMS Lowestoft UK’s SMS Group has refitted Woods Silver Fleet’s river cruiser Silver Sturgeon in Lowestoft and fabricating its new Central London facility, Woods Quay, in Lowestoft. Work on both the Silver Sturgeon and Woods Quay were safety undertaken during lockdown. Both projects are now complete with Woods Quay recently hosting the launch of the newly rebranded Uber Boat by Thames Clippers.

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The Silver Sturgeon undergoing refit in SMS Lowestoft

DMC delivers nozzles to super trawler modification project SMS Group’s sister company - The Wight Shipyard in Cowes – another example of buying and building British. Referencing the Woods Quay project Nicholas Warren, Commercial Director commented, “The support of Woods, and their faith in buying and building British during these challenging times really is fantastic.

“As is its new facility - it’s COVID-secure, offers customers the combined and truly unique proposition of tailored events spaces, boating and bespoke lunches. Geared up for both ‘family bubbles’ and more formal/corporate events, the facility is a genuine game changer for the Thames. We truly appreciate their custom and wish them the very best of luck with what remains of the summer season. Each and every business is enduring difficult times at the moment.

“That said the way that both Woods and Thames Clippers have ‘future-proofed’ its respective businesses by making the right investments and the right time gives both the industry and Londoners a sense of security. The Thames is becoming an increasingly special, first class, part of London and we’re both pleased and proud to be part of that everexpanding community.”

Tom Woods, the Managing Director of Woods Sliver Fleet, added, “We have made significant investments in the last 24 months - the annual Silver Sturgeon refit in Lowestoft, and our new Woods Quay, being two examples. Woods Quay is a wonderful space. We’re determined to offer the best,

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high-end, experience on the Thames whilst at the same time ensure economic pricing, and a ‘family bubble’ model focusing on food, fun, and boating. Our intent is also to offer our corporate customers a totally bespoke, customisable, entertaining and event space. It’s the best London has to offer, and its right on the waterfront”

DMC delivers large nozzles for DSAm modification Holland’s Damen Marine Components (DMC) has delivered two large 19A nozzles to Parlevliet & Van der Plas for its fishing trawler, the Margiris. The vessel is one of the largest of its type in the world. She has recently undergone a modification project at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm).

At Damen’s Amsterdam repair yard, the Margiris underwent work which included bow thruster overhaul and fabrication of new bow thruster grids, piping renewal, steel tank repairs, hull cleaning and painting and fabrication and installation of a new sea chest as well as nozzle renewal.

DMC produced the nozzles at its production facility in Gdansk, Poland. From there, the nozzles were loaded onto a special transport for delivery to Amsterdam in January. On arrival,

Repairs DSAm lifted the new nozzles with chain clocks before welding them in place. The Marin/ Wageningen 19A profile can be delivered in various L/D lengths. This nozzle type is often used for vessels where reverse thrust is less important. Each of the nozzles for this project has a diameter (Ø) of 3,636 mm.

DMC produced the nozzles using its Single Weld Spinning Method – based on a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle. The spinning machine can produce nozzles with an inside diameter ranging from 1,000 mm to 5.3 m on the outside. Using a completely automated system, the spinning machine can handle stainless steel, duplex steel and special steel materials.

The reduction in CO2 emissions associated with nozzle use already improves vessel sustainability significantly. With the Single Weld Spinning Method this goes even further.

Reduced grinding and welding, results in less energy use and less emissions. Additionally, the method saves production, which enhances DMC’s stable price/quality ratio for increased cost-efficiency.

“We are very pleased to supply the nozzles for this notable vessel. Back in 2015, we delivered our 10,000th nozzle. At the time of writing this has risen to approximately 12,500 – a testament to the quality and popularity of our product range,” said Kees Oevermans, Damen Marine Components Sales Manager.

Ro/pax repairs in DSHI Holland’s Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (DSHl) has completed a repair project on-board Rederij Doeksen’s 3,990 gt passenger/car ferry Vlieland. The vessel operates a ferry service across the Wadden Sea between Harlingen in the north of the Netherlands and the island of Vlieland.

The Vlieland required repair following a recent incident that took place as she was departing the harbour in Harlingen. As a result of the accident, the vessel’s SB engine room flooded. DSHL carried out an emergency operation, sealing the hole in the hull, before moving the vessel on to the yard for full repairs.

At the yard, DSHL carried out a series of work on-board the vessel, including the removal of the main and auxiliary engines, the gearboxes and all electrical equipment and wiring – of which there is over 4 kms. Following this, the yard undertook the rebuilding of the engine room. This included re-installing the CAT 3508 main engines and Cat 3406 and 3408 auxiliary engines cpl/w generator sets that had been overhauled by PON (Caterpiller’s Holland agent).

Klaas Krook account manager product support at PON explained, “We value our relationships, most of which are long-term.

When Doeksen was faced with the damage on the Vlieland, we went the extra mile. Together with our valued partner Damen, we overhauled the engines in the SB engine room, and used REMAN parts to get it done cost efficiently.”

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Damen Shiprepair Harlingen completes repair project on-board Rederij Doeksen’s ferry Vlieland was in drydock.

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion sales manager Klaas Kuper says, “Rederij Doeksen is a long-standing client of DSHI, visiting the yard on a regular basis for the scheduled maintenance of its fleet. We enjoy an excellent relationship and are pleased to be able to assist them in getting the Vlieland safely operational again.”

Richard de Vries, manager operations at Rederij Doeksen added, “We are pleased to be able to take Vlieland back into active ferry service. We are very satisfied with the cooperation between the various parties, who have made every effort to get this job done as quickly and professionally as possible.”

Dales Marine drydocks the Glen Sannox The first LNG ferry to be built in the UK, the Glen Sannox, completed an extended drydocking at Greenock’s Garvel Clyde Drydock on September 8th and returned to her builders at nearby Ferguson Marine at Port

Glasgow for completion. The ferry is now due in service with Caledonian MacBrayne on its Ardrossan-Brodick service between April and June 2022.

While in drydock, Glen Sannox underwent hull blasting and cleaning, which saw a total of 42 tons of mussels taken, inspection of the hull coating (which was fine), as well as the replacement of the vessel’s defective bulbous bow.

the ferry will undergo modernisation of her airconditioning system, fuel oil treatment plant, upgrade of all shipboard lighting, as well as the upgrade of main engines and diesel generators and steam boiler. While in drydock the hull of Povl Anker will be repainted pebble grey, as she first appeared after delivery from Aalborg Verft 42 years ago.

Second phase of Povl Anker upgrading completed at Orskov’s Molslinjen’s classic 1978-built ferry Povl Anker arrived at Denmark’s Orskov Shipyard in Frederikshavn on September 13th to begin the second phase of her major upgrading project.

The first phase, cantered around the vessel’s passenger areas and public spaces, started in 2017.

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Shipyards Appledore Shipyard to re-open UK’s Appledore Shipyard, Barnstable, closed in March 2019 after owners Babcock said its future was not ‘secure’, despite the offer of a £60m Ministry of Defence contract, has been purchased for some £7m by the InfraStrata Group. A spokesman for InfraStrata said, “The yard’s ability to cater for smaller vessels was a market segment that cannot be ignored.”

Trade Unions have welcomed the deal and urged the government to give the yard orders.

The yard will now be operated under the name Harland and Wolff (Appledore), after the much larger Belfast site the same owner bought in December last year.

The last full ship built at Appledore Shipbuilders was a fourth 90 m offshore support vessel for the Irish Naval Service, delivered in 2018. However, the yard did build sections for the HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 aircraft carrier project after Babcock won the contract to build two such ships in 2012.

The yard’s capability is building ships up to a length of 130 m (about) 12,000 dwt. The yard has delivered around 200 vessels, the largest being HMS Scott (Length 131.0 m, Beam 21.5 m and weight 9,498 tonnes). The yard comprises a covered facility incorporating an effective site area of 18,437 m2 with a building area of 9,260 m2. This includes a building dock (118 m x 33.5 m wide). The yard can accommodate a vessel up to 10,500 dwt, max draught of 4.5 m, max air draught of 14.5 m and max lifting capacity over dock of 120 tonnes.

The yard has no repair facilities such as graving or floating docks, however, alongside berths can be utilised for such work.

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RFP process underway in Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Port Authority (PRPA) is looking for an operator of the drydock facility located at Pier 15, Isla Grandi, and San Juan. A Request for Proposal (RFP) process has been initiated for the operation, maintenance and repair of the shiprepair facility. The winning bidder is expected to be announced by the end of December this year.

The Puerto Rico graving dock, measuring 182.88 m x 31.1 m x 7.9 m, was built in the early 1940s for use by the US Navy and bought by the PRPA in the late 1990’s for US$11m, but hasn’t been used since 2000. It is estimated that $20m is needed to be spent on the facility to bring it back into operation.

The PRPA is looking for an operator to establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul service centre for all types of commercial vessels, as well as the fast growing number of super/ mega yachts calling in San Juan.

SMS Group moves headquarters UK’s SMS Group, which has an enviable reputation as specialists in shiprepair, marine engineering and major fabrication projects in the commercial marine, defence, cruise and superyachts sectors, is moving its business to Western Avenue, within ABP Southampton’s footprint adjacent the King George V drydock.

The move represents a strategic decision to move the business closer to its core customer base, and at the same time improve its geographical location. SMS Southampton is

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headed up by Ben Rowe and Dave Chaffers.

Ben Rowe, General Manager, said, “Since the acquisition of 2017 we deliberately, and decisively, made the decision to retain the Western Avenue site within our Estates Portfolio to ensure that when the time came we were best placed to capitalise on the benefits of this historically proven footprint.

Dave Chaffers, General Manager, added, “We’ve taken this decision now due to three very credible reasons. (One) the time is right, as a Group, and as a Business Unit, we’re trading profitably and ahead of budget. (Two) the site is perfect - it’s within the port, adjacent to a main transit route, easily accessed from the M271 - it’s close to all the ports agents, and, as Ben mentioned, the site is historically proven to be a good home for ship repairers. The actual drydock was decommissioned some years ago and is now used by ABP as a ro/ro berth.

“It makes up part of our Estates Portfolio and the location is second-to-none - it really is ideal.

And (three) it coincides nicely with the planned ‘change of purpose’ at Ocean Quay - they’ll be undertaking further works of non-marine restoration which is contrary to the modern profile of SMS and that of our customers’ requirements.”

The SMS Group will be investing in both the fabrication workshop and the new mechanical workshop. The site will benefit from new signage and further investment in the offices. The location will also improve the company’s quayside presence, and its mobility with the city’s port infrastructure.

New SE Asia agent for ASRY Bahrain’s ASRY (Arab Shipbuilding & Repair

Shipyards international agent’s network after following the takeover of the National Oil and Gas Authority in the Kingdom of Bahrain (NOGA) of Bahrain’s shares in the company last year.

Ahmed Aljanaid, ASRY Commercial and Business Development General Manager said of the new signing, “We are upgrading our agent network to remind our key markets, historically and going forward, of ASRY’s leading position in the regional shipyard scene.

Singapore has over the years been a strong supporter of ASRY’s and we are optimistic that partnering with AMS will see the support continue and flourish in the coming years.”

AMS’ Clayton Yu Yard) has signed a representation agreement with Clayton Yu’s AMS to exclusively market ASRY’s products, services and facilities to the Singapore and Hong Kong shipping market.

The move comes as part of ASRY’s new management’s strategic re-alignment of its

Floating dock contract for Bollinger US-based Bollinger Shipyards has announced that it will construct a state-of-the-art, floating dock for General Dynamics Electric Boat to support the construction and maintenance of the United States’ new Columbia Class of Ballistic Missile Submarines.

The detail design engineering will be performed at the Bollinger facility in Lockport, Louisiana.

The concept and contract design for the 18.6 m by 42.7 m drydock was performed by the Bristol Harbour Group in Rhode Island. The drydock is scheduled to be delivered to Electric Boat’s Groton Connecticut shipyard in 2024. Electric Boat is the prime contractor on the design and build of the of the Columbia Class submarine, which will replace the ageing Ohio-Class of Ballistic-Missile Submarines.

This is Bollinger Shipyards second contract awarded with General Dynamics Electric Boat.

In late 2019, Bollinger Shipyards was selected to construct the 120.4 m x 30.5 m Ocean Transport Barge for Electric Boat scheduled to be delivered in 2021.

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Offshore Repairs Two North Sea contracts completed by Allseas Allseas’ 403,342 gt heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed a successful processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign as part of the Tyra Redevelopment Project for Total E&P Denmark.

Over the last two weeks, Pioneering Spirit removed more than 27,000 tonnes of platform facilities from the North Sea’s Tyra gas field, transporting the structures to specialist yards in Denmark and the Netherlands for recycling.

The final two structures, flare jackets, will be transferred from Pioneering Spirit to a cargo barge for load-in to the Sagro yard in Vlissingen, Netherlands. The two processing and accommodation topsides and connected facilities were delivered in two earlier trips to the M.A.R.S. recycling yard in Frederikshavn, Denmark.

Structures were removed one-by-one in a time-critical sequence of lifts that required Pioneering Spirit to cover hundreds of miles between Denmark, the North Sea and the Netherlands during the two-week execution window.

The 14,000 tonne TEA topsides and 7,800 tonne TWA topsides were removed with the vessel’s motion compensated topsides lift system. For the smaller, lighter structures, the vessel’s new aft-mounted 5,000 tonne crane was deployed.

After transfer of the flare jackets to a cargo barge in Vlissingen, Pioneering Spirit sailed to Kristiansand, Norway, to prepare for its final removal job of 2020, the Ninian Northern topsides for Canadian Natural Resources International.

Allseas’ role in the redevelopment project covers engineering, preparation, removal, transportation, load-in to shore and recycling of the Tyra East Alpha (TEA) and Tyra West Alpha (TWA) topsides and jackets, integrated production facilities (IPF) module, two flare jackets and monopile. The Pioneering Spirit will return to the Tyra field to remove the TWA jacket in 2021 and the TEA jacket in 2022.

Meanwhile, Pioneering Spirit has successfully completed her third and final decommissioning job of 2020, a single-lift removal of the North Sea’s 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern topsides for CNR International (CNRI). Completed during the end part of August, the operation took approximately 2 hrs, from connecting the vessel’s lifting beams to the platform to the lift,

The single-lift removal of the 14,000 tonnes TEA topsides by Pioneering Spirit ensuring environmental emissions from the removal activities were kept to a minimum with the efficient vessel systems.

The actual ‘fast lift’ of the topsides took only 7 seconds. Pioneering Spirit will now deliver the topsides to the Peterson-Veolia yard in Dales Voe, Shetland, for disposal. The facility will target over a 97% reuse/recycle ratio and create a number of jobs over the period the topsides are dismantled.

The eight steel legs were cut during a second phase of preparations in 2019. Pioneering Spirit will return to the Ninian field in summer 2022 to remove the supporting jacket structure. After transfer and load-in of the Ninian Northern topsides at Dales Voe, the vessel will sail to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for jacket lift system installation works and to prepare for upcoming projects.

FPSO contract for Sulzer Delivering routine maintenance services requires a concerted team effort, such as that demonstrated by Sulzer when replacing a large motor from FPSO in the North Sea. It is quite an effort to remove a component as large as a 10.7 MW motor so that it can be taken onshore for planned maintenance. This task alone requires some expert precision, while the refurbishment needs to be completed by a properly qualified service centre that is approved to work on components that are ex-rated and operate in potentially explosive atmospheres.

In this case, Sulzer was contracted to complete a motor change-out due to deterioration of the installed equipment, which had been in service for 10 years. The motor, which was originally manufactured by Laurence Scott in 2007, powers a high-pressure export compressor. Sulzer is currently the authorised repairer for ATB Laurence Scott motors and offers its technical expertise and rapid response to all customers, especially those operating in the North Sea.

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WA complex lift plan needed to be put in place before the motor was loaded onto a waiting vessel and transported to Sulzer’s service centre in Falkirk. A team of Sulzer’s engineers are specially trained for working in offshore environments and assist in disconnecting, removing and packaging the motor ready for transport.

Although much of the refurbishment process was routine, special attention was required with all of the electrical connections and their enclosures to ensure continued compliance with ex-regulations. Any equipment that is designed for operation in potentially explosive atmospheres, must be repaired and installed by suitably qualified engineers.

The facilities within the Sulzer network, such as the in-house copper mill and high voltage (HV) coil manufacturing centre, combined with expertise in the offshore sector, were some of the many reasons that the company was selected.

In this case, Sulzer was holding a spare motor in stock, and this would be installed to minimise downtime on the FPSO. Due to the complex crane lift required to transfer the motor onto the vessel, the operation had to be carefully timed to coincide with a calm sea state, which is something of a rarity in the North Sea. Once all of the work was complete, the rebuilt motor was comprehensively tested before a full factory acceptance test (FAT) was carried out by ATB LS. The test ensures that the correct procedures have been carried out and that the rebuilt motor meets OEM standards and can be reinstalled.

Reinstalling the rotor as the project draws to a close

KM wins Island Offshore contract Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has been contracted by Norway’s Island Offshore to supply turnkey hybrid battery solutions for three

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Offshore Repairs of the firm’s UT 776 CD-design PSVs. Two of the ships, Island Crusader and Island Contender, previously operated with a combination of Bergen LNG engines and Bergen Diesel engines, while the Island Commander deploys four diesels. The conversion of all three into hybrid craft not only represents a firm commitment on the part of Island Offshore to the principles of environmental responsibility, but also unlocks a wealth of potential for increased operational efficiency and a marked reduction in maintenance requirements. This in turn translates to significant cost savings for the company.

In the past, PSVs have typically run multiple engines to achieve redundancy, with consequent impacts on fuel performance, equipment health and emissions. However, combining conventional LNG or diesel engines with KM’s SAVe Energy battery system – which has been validated by DNV-GL – produces instant benefits. The batteries allow for fewer engines to be running, thus improving efficiency by increasing the load on the remaining engines while also instantly delivering power on demand: ideal in the context of low-load operations such as Dynamic Positioning. Fuel consumption and running costs will also be reduced through conversion of the vessels to closed bus-tie operation.

The solution opted for by Island Offshore will operate via a single feed from the ESS (Energy Storage System) to the main switchboard – with manual changeover that will enable the operators to balance out running hours on generators – and a 600 kW dual shore connection. KM’s 8 m ESS 896 kW/hr deckhouse will encompass a standard, typeapproved, liquid-cooled container solution with air-cooled SAVe Energy batteries. The extensive

Island Offshore has contracted KM to convert three of its PSVs to use hybrid power technology

scope of supply will also involve modifications to each vessel’s main switchboard and K-Power EMS energy management system, as well as an upgrade of the Acon automation and alarm system.

Modec contract for SRO Solutions UK’s SRO Solutions has completed a major digitalisation project for offshore giant MODEC at its operations in Ghana. The project, part of a series of high value digitisation upgrades SRO has completed for the business since 2018, has resulted in a more efficient and accurate inventory for MODEC in Ghana streamlining its onshore headquarters in Accra with its vessels the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah in the Jubilee Oil Field, and FPSO Professor John Evans Atta Mills (JAM) in the Tano Ennyera Ntomme (TEN) Oil Field.

The latest piece of work saw SRO improve MODEC’s current system, which was prone to ordering errors resulting in stock lying in storerooms for longer than necessary and purchasing orders being raised to order materials which were already held in stock.

SRO originally improved IBM’s Maximo asset management software by redeveloping all of the workflows in the system, including service requests, work orders, purchase requisitions, requests for quotations, purchase orders and deferrals. It also built in a feature to record shipping manifests to track outbound and inbound deliveries and a label printing function so that all items received are automatically given a barcode. The projects for MODEC took more than 1,300 hours to implement and saw SRO delivering staff training on the new system.

SRO senior consultant Jonathan Ritchie, who led the projects, said, “The business processes MODEC was working under were not fit for purpose, with various records being workflowed to the wrong people for approval and then having to be moved around, resulting in delays. After improving these areas using IBM’s Maximo, we implemented some additional features and functionalities to help with the inventory movements between the vessels and onshore storerooms feeding offshore storerooms, resulting in increased speed and accurate inventory usage and volumes.

“As an example, before implementing these changes in Maximo, if MODEC needed 10 of a

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The FPSO Kwame Nkrumah particular item and there were five in stock, the old system would just reorder 10 and the five would remain in stock instead of being used.

The new system would just order five.”

The latest piece of work is just one of a package of improvements SRO has made for MODEC, which employs more than 5,000 people world-wide. The client, recognised as a leader in floating production vessels for the oil and gas industry, was already using IBM’s Maximo, but an audit carried out by SRO revealed the software was not being used to its full potential. SRO’s first job was to optimise the Maximo system as well as installing its own SDR data replication software, which synchronises data across the business. Since then, the Manchester IT expert has carried out a number of projects and developed a close relationship with MODEC.

BV’s work on ROSS Bureau Veritas (BV) has been working with the French flag to support and enable SeaOwl’s innovative remote-operated vessel project.

The Remotely Operated Services at Sea (ROSS concept and capability were recently successfully demonstrated by SeaOwl. The ROSS retrofitted, BV-classed, supply ship VN Rebel was operated by a SeaOwl captain based in Paris. The Paris captain was able to take and maintain command of the VN Rebel navigating off the French Mediterranean port of Toulon with full remote control of the ship.

The VN Rebel was sailing with the required authorisations from the French flag ensuring compliance with IMO’s resolution for the trial of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS).

This is the very first time that this resolution has been applied in France to a ship of this size.

BV provided a reference framework, and risk analysis - based on its own guidance for

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Maritime Manpower SeaOwl’s demonstration in action

autonomous shipping (NI 641), to develop a means for the French maritime administration to approve the ROSS concept - IMO MSC.1/Circ. 1455 for alternative designs.

BV’s detailed risk analysis and marine experts assessed the systems’ critical functions to help demonstrate equivalence with traditional maritime convention requirements for safe navigation and operations as required under SOLAS. The analysis addressed the resilience of the communications link provided by Marlink (also a partner in the project), the remote operation of watch-keeping, and communications functions. The analysis also included the corresponding remote operations of the machinery including engine, dynamic positioning (DP) provided by Sirehna (also a partner in the project) and the cybersecurity of the system.

During the test, in addition to proving the availability of remote navigation functions (steering, visual watch, VHF, anti-collision manoeuvres, etc.), the SeaOwl crew also demonstrated responses to several scenarios including a weather incident, resulting in the loss of communications connectivity, and a cybersecurity attack with the detection of a GPS blurring.

Following this successful demonstration, the next step for SeaOwl is to validate the concept of ROSS on-board a newbuilding designed to provide services to offshore platforms. The French Department of Maritime Affairs (DAM – the French Ministry for the Sea) has supported this project from inception, and has assisted the stakeholders in the development of a methodology that ensures a high level of safety and allows the certification of the first remotely operated vessel in France.

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Offshore Repairs Energy Park is ready to become a ‘a vital part of the brave new world’ of offshore wind as one of the world’s leading pipe manufacturers confirmed its intention to establish a monopile production facility on the South Bank of the Humber, potentially creating around 400 jobs.

Monopiles, which are driven into the seabed, provide the foundations for offshore wind turbines and currently there are no production facilities in the UK. The South Korean manufacturer SeAH has signed an exclusive MoU with Able UK to use the Able Marine Energy Park development.

Able UK’s Executive Chairman Peter Stephenson said, “The offshore wind sector is potentially on the cusp of something very special. We have a clear and unambiguous policy from the UK Government through the Sector Deal in the Industrial Strategy, and the increasingly demanding targets for both power generation and the extent of UK content.

Combine this with the sector’s extraordinary efforts in terms of developing new products and significantly reducing costs and the sector is set to become a dominant factor in a post COVID-19 UK economy.

“However, to make the most of this ‘brave new world’, and to deliver 60% UK content we must act now to capitalise on this singular, but time-limited opportunity. The Able Marine Energy Park can and will play a vital role in this process to, first and foremost, provide purposebuilt heavy-duty deep-water quays and, just as crucially, a large expanse of adjacent supporting hinterland (353 acres).

“Unless we can put in place these key building blocks the status quo will prevail and the aspirations to maximise UK activity will be

further diminished. SeAH is one of a number of manufacturers with who we are at similar stages of negotiation. SeAH have fully embraced the concept of establishing a new ‘world-scale’ industrial cluster for offshore wind on the Humber and with it the overarching strength of the UK’s offshore wind sector. Subject to our receiving the necessary support the first quays will be available towards the end of 2022, to coincide with the needs of both manufacturers and the developers of the offshore wind farms.”

Two offshore contracts underway at DDW UAE’s Drydocks World – Dubai (DDW) held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of production on Jotun FPSO Fabrication of Turntable Project for Bluewater Energy Services for end client, Vår Energi. This Turntable is part of a Turret Mooring System (TMS) for the Jotun A FPSO unit to be permanently moored and operated at the Balder field in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea. The Turntable is 24 m in diameter and 10 m high, weighing around 925 tonnes. The work on the project will require around 275,000 man hours to complete the fabrication and testing works.

The scope of this fabrication project by DDW includes bulk procurement, fabrication engineering, assembly, inspection, mechanical completion, testing and load-out of the Turret Turntable. The project is scheduled to be delivered by the middle of 2021. The Turntable will be designed, fabricated and tested in

The steel cutting ceremony for the Jotun FPSO project at DDW accordance with stringent Norwegian & International Standards.

Meanwhile, DDW also held a steel-cutting ceremony to commence production on single point mooring buoy for the Lekki SPM project planned to be installed in the petroleum product handling facility at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Orwell successfully secured the contract for the fabrication, which includes the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis and installation of the Buoy by Pinnacle Oil & Gas - aiming to develop the petroleum product handling facility in Nigeria.

The Buoy is 16.5 m diameter and 10.6 m high, weighing around 290 tonnes. The work on the project will require around 110,000 man hours to complete the fabrication and testing works.

DDW’s scope of fabrication includes bulk procurement, fabrication engineering, assembly, machining, inspection, mechanical completion, testing and load-out of the SPM Buoy. The project is scheduled to be delivered by the end of the first quarter of 2021.

When completed, the proposed mooring facilities will transfer petroleum products through pipelines between the offshore mooring facilities and the onshore storage terminal. The Lekki SPM project will be certified in line with the requirements of the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Single Point Moorings, 2014.

FPSO contract for PSM Instruments An artist’s impression of the Able Marine Energy Park

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PSM Instrumentation continue to deliver global projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offshore Repairs Working closely with their Spanish Agents, Aries Industrial Y Naval Servicios, it has recently delivered a complete instrumentation package for the FPSO Blue Eagle, a newbuild, which is under construction in Spain’s Armon Shipyards, Vigo. The completed vessel will measure 106 m long, 25 m wide and 12 m deep, and have a capacity of 7,300 m3 of crude oil and be capable of treating 20,000 bbls/day.

As part of Scanjet, PSM are able to offer a full range of intelligent maritime tank instrumentation and so for the cargo tanks they supplied Scanrad level transmitters, Multipoint averaging temperature transmitters, Inert gas pressure transmitters and High/ Overfill alarm switches. PSM also delivered PSM APT1000 Series transmitters for all ballast and service tanks. Zener Safety barrier panels were included for all instrument signals. Representatives from Scanjet PSM will be on-board the vessel to commission the instrumentation, with the delivery of the completed vessel scheduled for 2021.

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Services Fire-fighting training essential UK’s Survitec is advising the maritime industry to ensure fixed fire-fighting systems are commissioned by their original equipment manufacturers and that crews undergo basic system configuration training, following a spate of incidents where ship fires have been exacerbated through incorrect use or installation of CO2-based extinguishing systems.

While IMO’s FSS Code provides engineering and design standards for all types of fire extinguishing systems, there are no mandatory regulations governing their installation and commissioning, only recommendations.

Standards on operation and maintenance have improved over the last years but in many cases, they are still seen as guidelines. Survitec said that although these guidelines should be followed, there have been several incidents in recent times where fixed fire extinguishing systems have failed.

“While it is difficult to put a number on all the fire related incidents where incorrect installation, operation or maintenance of a fixed fire-fighting system has resulted in system failure, injury or death, the subsequent accident investigations offer a different perspective on the effectiveness of the current regulations and guidelines,” said Mats Hestmann, Survitec Group QHSE Manager.

“Fire safety systems are inherently designed to protect and save lives. However, if these systems are incorrectly used, installed or insufficiently inspected and maintained, the consequences can be severe,” said Hestmann.

Hestmann believes that it would be beneficial for MSC.1/CIRC 1318 to become even more structured as is the case with MSC 1432, clearly defining what should be inspected. Once the majority of flag states have adopted an MSC circular, it then becomes a resolution making it mandatory.

As the market leader and a champion of maritime safety initiatives, Survitec is fostering greater fire safety and systems awareness across the industry. It has already issued advice notices and is raising wider awareness of the need to ensure fire-fighting systems are correctly installed, regularly maintained, serviced and that crew operating the systems are trained and understand how to use the specific system.

“We want to ensure that operators and crews

have a much better understanding of how fixed fire-fighting systems operate and the importance of regular, properly carried-out maintenance.

With greater knowledge, they will be able to overcome many of the operational challenges they face and prevent system failure when it is required in an emergency,” said Hestmann Meanwhile, Survitec has introduced a new service aimed at ensuring CO2 low pressure (LP) fire-fighting systems are correctly deactivated when ships enter lay-up. The turn-key CO2 LP lay-up service, developed in collaboration with a leading European-based shipowner, was introduced two-months-ago following market demand for a solution capable of simplifying decommissioning and recommissioning procedures.

Survitec has already seen an upswing in demand for the service following a surge in the number of ships temporarily suspending services and deactivating ships due to the lack of trade.

A CO2 LP system, typically used in a vessel’s fixed-fire extinguishing arrangement, can only be decommissioned and recommissioned by a specially trained service provider once the Classification Society has granted approval for the system to be deactivated and the tank emptied. Survitec has Z17 approvals as service suppliers – from various classification societies allowing the company to service maintain a vessel’s multi-branded fire-extinguishing systems, including CO2 LP systems.

With shipowners unprepared for the rapid

and extended economic crisis the on-going pandemic has created, the shortfall in trade volumes is resulting in a need to protect revenues and scale back operations. For many, a cold lay-up is the best way of reducing overheads. Survitec is currently creating CO2 LP cold lay-up and re-activation procedures for some 10 vessels in a prominent ro/ro and PCTC fleet.

Seaspan’s experience with Ecoshield Over the past 10 years the rudders of 55 containerships owned by Canada’s Seaspan have been coated with Ecoshield. A number of vessels also had their thruster tunnels and twisted fins given the same treatment. One of these ships recently docked in Indonesia ten years after application. Only small touch-ups were needed on its rudder, much to the satisfaction of the owner.

After the recent drydocking of the Seaspan New York its superintendent Chandrashekhar Singh commented, “In my 10 years of experience as superintendent I have never seen a rudder in such a good condition as when Ecoshield paint is applied. With this good experience, we have applied Ecoshield paint on the draft and load line marks and bow thruster tunnel as well.”

A low-pressure CO2 system can only be decommissioned/recommissioned by a specially trained service provider

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Services director at Amat Engineering, Subsea Industries’ agent in Turkey said, “These are super ice-class vessels that require extensive hull protection for the operations they (will) undertake. The positive experience with the Antarctic made the choice for the next two vessels much easier for the owner.”

Ecospeed being applied A great deal of effort goes into the design and manufacture of rudders because they are such an important part of a vessel. If a rudder is not given the proper protection against cavitation and the resulting erosion and corrosion damage, the financial and operational consequences can be substantial for the owner.

Mithun Vasudevan superintendent of Seaspan’s CSCL Sydney said that “Ecoshield has definitely been a success and most of our ships have and are in the process of using it.

This in itself is a testimonial to the quality of the product.”

Three years ago, Ecospeed was applied on-board the shallow draught anchor-handler Antarctic, owned by Ark Shipping Company.

The success of this application led the owner of the boat to order the same protection for his next two shallow draught anchor-handlers - Polar and Polus. Building of these vessels will start in 2021 and will again take place at the Atlas Shipyard in Kocaeli, Turkey.

Ark Shipping Company is a large Russian business structure performing river and sea transportation. The organisation has been successfully operating in the transport and logistics market since 1992. The key cargo transportation routes run through the basins of the Neva, Volga, Oka, Don rivers, the Caspian, Black, and Azov seas, as well as the Gulf of Finland and the seas of the Arctic Ocean.

Orkun Çomuoğlu who is the managing

Synergy Group in JV with Norden UK’s Synergy Group and Denmark’s D.S. Norden have formed a new joint venture (JV) to handle the technical management of Norden’s owned tanker vessels. Norden Synergy Ship Management (NSSM) is a 50/50 joint venture between Norden and Synergy and will be headed by Henrik Christensen who previously managed Norden’s Technical Department.

The formation of NSSM further cements the partnership between Synergy Group, one of the world’s leading ship managers with a fleet of over 300 vessels, and Norden, the globally renowned independent shipping company founded in 1871 and listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen exchange.

Last year, Norden appointed Synergy Group to manage its fleet of owned bulk carriers, with management services provided from Synergy’s head office in Singapore and its technical office in Chennai, India.

NSSM will manage Norden’s current fleet of Medium Range (MR) and handysize product carriers from its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, with additional technical support provided by a 100%-owned subsidiary based in India.

Seafarers currently employed directly by Norden will be transferred to the joint venture where they will continue their employment on Norden-owned vessels under the same terms and conditions as before. All other seafarers will be offered new contracts through Synergy.

New welding unit from ESAB

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For those who need enhanced multi-process welding capabilities and portability in harsh industrial environments, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has introduced its Aristo 500ix inverter-based welding power source and

ESAB design the Aristo 500ix inverter and Robust Feed Pulse/U6 wire feeders for advanced performance and reliability in extreme environments

Robust Feed Pulse and Robust Feed U6 wire feed systems.

The Aristo 500ix provides outputs for MIG/ MAG, flux cored, MMA and TIG welding, offering maximum output of 500A/39V at 60% duty cycle and a 100% duty cycle rating at 400A/39V. When paired with Robust Feed Pulse or U6, users can weld with solid wire up to 2.0 mm and cored wire up to 2.4 mm. These feeders offer a 50 mm dinse terminal on the back for connecting an MMA electrode holder, while the Robust Feed U6 also enables gouging from the wire feeder.

Housed in a weather-protected IP23-rated case, the Aristo 500ix has a cooling design that isolates electronics from dust, oil, metal shavings and other airborne contaminants.

Thick, double bent metal side panels provide impact protection, yet the design enables easy access for service and maintenance.

Its ergonomic handles are crane rated. The optional trolley also features dedicated crane lifting points, as well as a torch holder and large cable holders for better organisation.

Robust Feed Pulse and Robust Feed U6 feature the industry’s only IP44 rating to protect the unit against dirt, mud, splashes and even heavy rain. The primary power cable secures to the rear of the unit with a twist lock connection that eliminates stress on the positive power terminal and gas connections inside the case.

There is no strain or risk from shearing off a cable or hose connection if an operator drags the feeder by the cables between the feeder and power source.

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Services A heat kit inside Robust Feed wards off condensation and keeps the wire dry, while a cooling fan manages heat in operating conditions up to 55o C without the need for cooling vents. Robust Feed also offers best-inclass ergonomics, crane-rated lifting options and an optional wheel that affixes to either the bottom or side of the unit to provide a very stable wheeled solution. The digital display can be rotated 90o for a vertical or horizontal orientation so operators can read parameters without straining.

Robust Feed Pulse/U6 accept wire spools up to 300 mm, measure 595 mm x 250 mm x 430 mm and weigh 18.3 kg. The precisely crafted 4-roll drive stand accommodates 38 mm drive rolls and feeds wire at speeds of 0.8– 25.0 m/min. The design improves accuracy at lower speeds, has the power to feed cored wires and the high speeds necessary for smaller diameter hard wires. These feeders offer all the benefits of a premium workshop wire feeder for controlling MIG/MAG functions, including synergic pulse, amperage target setting, 2/4-stroke trigger control, creep start, hot start, crater filling, adjustable burn-back time, gas pre- and post-flow time, gas purge/wire inching and more.

Robust Feed Pulse control functions are easy to find, set and fine-tune, while the Robust Feed U6 offers the ultimate combination durability and advanced functionality, including parameter limits and parameter lock for better repeatability. Both panels feature QSet, which automatically optimises the short circuit arc for the gas/wire combination installed and then adapts welding parameters to match an operator’s individual welding style.

Icons, push buttons and digital displays simplify use and eliminate language barriers.

To begin pulsed welding, operators simply

The 4BZFM brakes are specialised for marine and offshore applications and are seawater-proof thanks to an IP67 ingress protection rating

select the synergic line. The system then provides optimum dynamic arc control to maintain consistent penetration and weld bead appearance, automatically adjusting for variations in arc length and wire feed speed.

Robust Feed Pulse offers 93 synergic lines and Robust Feed U6 offers 92 synergic lines to address a wide variety of steel, aluminium, stainless steel and high alloy solid and cored wires.

Shiplift system winches from Stromberg Since the dawn of large-scale shipbuilding and repair, a principle challenge has been moving ships from sea to land and vice versa - making shiplifts a crucial part of any modern shipyard.

Working under huge loads, it’s important that key assemblies such as brakes are up to the task.

An Italian winch and gearbox manufacturer providing assemblies for a shiplift system approached Stromag to provide 4BZFM brakes that could deliver reliable stopping power for the system’s hoists.

As of 2018, the global shipbuilding market was worth a staggering US$114.3bn with 281 active shipyards operating world-wide. Over 50,000 merchant ships form the spine of the international trade network while the world’s 10 largest navies have an estimated 4,185 vessels in active service. What both merchant and naval fleets share in common is the need for expansion and repairs. Consequently, shipyards are important facilities.

Most modern shipyards utilise immensely powerful shiplifts, which can raise and lower huge vessels in a controlled manner. A shiplift works by positioning a platform underneath the ship, which is then raised or lowered by multiple hoists in synchronicity. This allows horizontal or angled (if ballast is a factor) lifting of the ship, ideal for launching or drydocking vessels.

Consequently, the vessel can be released out to sea or moved to an onshore transfer system for maintenance work in a highly streamlined manner. This contributes to a reduced time for repair, which benefits the shipyard in terms of efficiency and reputation.

Lifting a load as large as a ship requires a mix of precision, power and reliability. Any loss of synchronicity risks the ship tipping, so power transmission equipment must move

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the huge load in a highly controlled manner.

Furthermore, in conditions such as a loss of power, the hoists must be able to brake effectively to hold the vessel in place. Added to this, are the inherent corrosion risks of a salty application environment, which can damage poorly specified equipment.

Considering this balance between power, precision and reliability, a leading Italian winch and gearbox manufacturer approached Stromag, a leading brand of Altra Industrial Motion Corp., to provide a reliable and robust braking solution to be incorporated into shiplift hoists. The shiplift systems were destined for a shipyard which was aiming to improve its launch and dry-docking efficiency.

The 4BZFM Series electromagnetic, springapplied, double-face brakes were specified, which are specialised for marine and offshore applications. Supplied in size 16/13, each provided a static braking torque of 130 Nm. Installed on the winch’s gearbox, the brakes provide stopping and parking functionality in the case of power loss. Each unit was modified to incorporate a special mounting flange and radial cable.

The 4BZFM is seawater-proof thanks to an IP67 ingress protection rating. Furthermore, all steel components feature special nitrocarburated and postoxidated surfaces to provide a high level of durability and corrosion protection.

Chevron agreement for ABS ABS and Chevron Shipping Company have taken the first step in a pioneering digital fleet management journey with ABS Smart notations for vessels. The 155,374 dwt Suezmax lightering vessel Pegasus Voyager is the first vessel in Chevron’s fleet to receive the ABS maintenance optimisation notation SMARTMHM (Machinery Health Monitoring), with the Polaris Voyager on course to receive the notation soon with more vessels expected to follow.

The Pegasus Voyager is the first ABS-classed vessel to qualify for the SMART-MHM notation.

It is just the beginning of ABS and Chevron’s journey to condition-based maintenance for the company’s fleet of 28 vessels. Chevron’s Asset Integrity team and the ABS Digital Solutions team are working closely on digital

Services strategies to drive enhanced risk management, streamline the class interface and increase asset availability.

“Together, ABS and Chevron are shaping the next generation of maintenance methodologies, delivering future class services and driving the evolution of maritime safety in a digital world. As a leader in maritime digital technologies, ABS is proud to be working with industry leaders such as Chevron to challenge traditional approaches and develop advanced services for the benefit of our clients and members,” said Kash Mahmood, ABS Senior Vice President, Digital Solutions.

“We value the opportunity to partner with ABS and further utilise the investment Chevron Shipping has made with predictive maintenance tools. The ABS Smart Function approved technology provided by the DEI Group is installed on twenty of Chevron’s vessels and clearly demonstrating value. The system provides visibility into equipment health that is unavailable with any other monitoring systems allowing us to quickly identify and act

on degrading conditions. Not only do these tools make our vessels more reliable, but they also reduce our costs by avoiding expensive equipment failures,” said Steve Brady, Asset Integrity Manager, Chevron Shipping.

Chevron has long been a leader in proactive maintenance, acquiring the PMP (Preventative Maintenance) notations for its fleet and utilising a range of ABS remote survey services. The ABS

SMART-MHM notation leverages Chevron’s investment in fleet sensor technologies to support remote analytics, utilising machinery data for Class crediting. The notation allows ABS and Chevron to align maintenance strategies for the Pegasus Voyager and Polaris Voyager to specific condition-based survey approaches.

Chevron’s Pegasus Voyager

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Underwater Repairs MODEC contract for Miko marine Norway’s Miko Marine has won a significant contract to supply Japan’s MODEC with four cofferdams and water inlet covers for its latest FPSO, which it is building for Norway’s Equinor. Construction of the new FPSO’s hull is being carried-out at China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), Dalian and on completion the vessel will be operated on the Bacalhau field offshore Brazil.

The new sea chest inlet covers are scheduled for delivery in March 2021 when they will form part of the new FPSO’s equipment inventory making them available for use whenever required. They feature Miko’s magnetic attachment techniques and will be available to be fitted and used repeatedly without the need for welding or permanent hull attachments.

They provide the benefit of enabling repairs and maintenance to be carried-out inside seachests whenever necessary and without the need for dry-docking, thereby enabling the FPSO to remain on station.

Miko has developed considerable expertise in

A different type of Miko Marine sea chest closure that uses non-magnetic fastenings being fitted to Equinor’s Njord Bravo FSO at the Aibel Yard at Haugesund, on the west coast of Norway in 2019. This is the first layer in a double barrier system ordered for the Njord Bravo FSO.

An animation of the Shipshave system being deployed from the aft deck

the design and manufacture of hull closures and cofferdams. Their designs will vary according to the requirements of the individual vessel but the Bacalhau project will feature Miko’s successful and unique use of high-power permanent magnets to position and hold the closure in place.

Depending on the size of the closure, four to 10 powerful Miko MAM permanent magnets are used to hold the cofferdam in place. 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.

Miko Marine’s most recent innovation has been the Moskito oil recovery tool that was recently introduced as the first device that can enable bunker fuels and other hydrocarbon cargoes to be quickly and easily extracted from the tanks of sunken vessels.

Shipping’s first hull cleaning solution while the vessel is transiting “As far as we know Shipshave is the only supplier capable of providing the industry with a solution

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for hull cleaning in transit. It is also the first solution where it is the vessel’s own crew that will do the work and not expensive specialists,” said Eirik Eide, Sales and Marketing Manager at Norway’s Shipshave. “This solution is hasslefree and cost-efficient compared to established techniques requiring the vessel to be idle.”

Shipshave ITCH version 1 is a semiautonomous hull cleaning robot. A winch on the foredeck of the vessel tethers the robot. The robot is equipped with soft brushes, harvests propulsion energy to clean the vertical sides of the underwater hull and sweeps up and down.

It travels with a defined pattern with controlled brush forces.

Specifically, the system is intended to be proactively applied before fouling becomes a real problem. What sometimes is referred to as ‘slime’ only demands soft brushes to remove.

However, testing also shows removal of settled fouling by repetitive operations, Shipshave claims. The Shipshave plug & play system may be installed by the vessel’s crew. It requires a power supply and less than 1 m2 on the foredeck for the winch.

“The only preparation is really to unpack the shipment from Shipshave and secure a small winch on the foredeck. Then you are practically ready to commence operation,” Eide said.

A crew member operates the winch on the forecastle deck. Another crew member walks the towing line attached to the ITCH aft and stops clear of the propeller area. Prior to the deployment, the ITCH will be programmed to swipe vertically between two water depths.

Once the ITCH is deployed, the winch is set to spool in automatically creating the horizontal motion along the hull. The crew members maintain watch to ensure that the process proceeds without disruptions until the ITCH breaks the waterline by the foreship.

When it comes to monitoring the cleaning

Underwater Repairs process, Eide said that after the cleaning, the crew can upload video footage taken by the camera fitted to the tail. This is used for inspection of the hull and the cleaning performed.

“Fuel efficiency is the most obvious target for potential buyers. With more frequent and gentle cleaning we believe our proactive solution reduces wear on anti-fouling as opposed to retroactive and brute solutions. It may avoid thousands of tonnes of microplastics and heavy metals released to the oceans and permit use of harder and less expensive anti-fouling,” Eide continued.

The ITCH system is said to have very few limitations on what vessels it may be applied.

The cost benefit is very positive for most ships, according to Eide. “We believe that we can clean most vessels, and in the coming months, we will work with shipowners to put our solution to work. The swiping motion is quick, and our goal is to be able to clean any size of ship within a working shift,” Eide said.

So far, the system has been tested on multiple different vessels varying from 80-200 m length and at speeds between 9-17 knots.

One test was performed on a 63,500 dwt, 200 m long bulk carrier at 12 knots that had undergone traditional hull cleaning just weeks prior to testing.

Overboard scrubber pipe repairs During September diver/technician teams from Belgium’s Hydrex carried out several scrubber overboard pipe repairs in Rotterdam.

On both a 140 m ro/ro vessel and a 200 m containership, the corroded areas of the scrubber pipes were grinded out and rewelded.

In both cases the pipes were protected with Ecospeed, a chemically resistant coating produced by Subsea Industries. The same protection was given to the three new pipes that were installed on another 400 m containership.

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

This was the case for one of the three overboard pipes of the 400 m containership.

The owner asked Hydrex to replace the leaking pipe and to perform an inspection of the other two pipes. This revealed that they were also

heavily corroded. In communication with the owner it was decided to replace these scrubber pipes during the same operation to prevent new leaks in the near future.

Three cofferdams were constructed based on the drawings sent by the customer. The team installed these over the outlets of the pipes. This allowed them to perform work inside the engine room without water ingress. Next the team cut away the old pipes. The shell plating was then prepared for the installation of the replacement part. The new pipes had also been constructed at the Hydrex warehouse in Antwerp with a diffuser and flange already in place. The pipes were then positioned and secured with a full penetration weld. Next an independent inspector carried out NDT testing of the welding work.

To prevent the new pipe from corroding, the inside was coated with Ecospeed. This product is produced by Hydrex sister company Subsea Industries. Ecospeed is highly chemically resistant. Taking into account the nature of the process taking place inside a scrubber, this is essential for a lasting protection of the pipe.

Ecospeed can also be used to protect a newly installed scrubber system from day one.

The corrosion on the scrubber overboard pipes on-board the other two ships was less severe.

It was situated on the flange weld seams. A full replacement of the pipes was not needed. In both cases Hydrex diver/welders grinded away the affected area before rebuilding it back to its original thickness with clad welding. When the welding was complete the surface was polished and a MPI was carried out by an independent inspector. The inside of the pipes was then coated with Ecospeed to keep them safe from further corrosion.

Meanwhile, a tanker suffered leakage in the starboard side seachest of its engine room.

Belgium’s team was asked by the owner to provide an on-site solution. For this reason Hydrex sent a team to the ship’s location in Rotterdam to carry out a seachest insert repair.

A spokesman for Hydrex said, “We have our own workboats stationed in Rotterdam ready for immediate deployment throughout the port.

After the workboat arrived next to the tanker, the team leader went on-board and met with the captain and chief engineer.

“The required on-board safety procedures were performed and divers started sealing off all 10 starboard side seachest grids using

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Underwater Repairs prefabricated steel plates. These were secured with the proper technique.

“On request of the class surveyor, an NDT specialist was arranged to take thickness measurements of the starboard seachest within the engine room. These measurements showed that the damage inside the seachest was wider spread than expected.

“With the result of this inspection, a complete repair plan was devised in co-operation between our team leader, the ship’s crew and the classification society. Our team would carry out a seachest insert repair.

“While we finished the blanking of the grids, all preparations were made for the repair work in the engine room. This part of the operation would consist of the installation of two inserts in the seachest plating.

“Our men finalised the blanking work soon after. The affected seachest could then be emptied of water and opened. All objects, including the water coolers and piping work, were removed from inside the seachest by the crew.

“The affected seachest plating was then cut away. Our team also took measurements of the port side seachest grids and openings to save time in case a similar repair would be required on that side in the future. Our diver/welders worked in shifts to fit and weld the two insert plates. This was done with class approved full penetration weld.

“When the installation was complete, a successful MPI test was carried out by an independent surveyor. As a result, the class representative gave his green light for the repair.

The ship’s crew could then re-install everything in the seachest. Our team flooded the seachest and final tests were performed to make sure everything was watertight. The operation then ended with the removal of the blanks by our divers.”

Teams from Hydrex are ready to mobilise to locations across Europe on an immediate basis.

In recent weeks they have carried out a wide range of underwater repairs in this area.

These operations include a ropeguard installation, a rudder repair and transducer replacement in Antwerp, an insert repair, several scrubber overboard pipe replacements, a seal repair and a thruster operation in Rotterdam, a rudder crack repair in Zeebrugge, a scrubber repair in Flushing, an insert repair in Dunkerque, two echosounder replacements in Eemshaven, a blanking in Saint Nazaire, a stern tube gasket repair and a bow thruster

A Hydrex team works on a scrubber overboard pipe installation in Algeciras and a bilge keel removal in Frederikshavn.

Hydrex was contacted by the owner of a 300 m containership to carry out two operations simultaneously. Both repairs would be performed during the ship’s stay in Algeciras, Spain. The bow thruster unit of the ship was reinstalled by Hydrex divers. It had been removed during a visit to a shipyard. Instead of having to wait for the thruster to be overhauled, the vessel could already leave the yard and sail to Spain. The repaired unit was then sent to Algeciras directly where our team installed it underwater using the flexible Mobdock habitat.

The reverse procedure is also possible.

Hydrex can remove the unit while the ship is still afloat so it can already be brought to the manufacturer for the overhaul. When the vessel enters drydock the overhauled unit is ready for reinstallation without any delay. During the same stop, the diver/technicians also removed the leaking stern tube gasket of the vessel and replaced it with a new one.

Both repairs were performed underwater without any unnecessary delay for the owner.

Not only did the thruster installation allow him to leave drydock earlier, but the gasket replacement saved him the hassle of scheduling in a new visit right after leaving.

Both the port side and starboard side bilgekeels of a 249 m oil tanker had become severely deformed. The owner of the ship asked Hydrex to remove the affected parts while the vessel was at anchorage in Frederikshavn, Denmark.

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One of the company’s teams travelled to its location with one of the vans loaded with all the needed material. Hydrex has a fast-response centre stocked with a wide range of state-ofthe-art equipment and a large fleet consisting of trucks, vans and dive support vessels.

This allows them to mobilise immediately to operations like this. Both bilge keels comprised six sections that needed to be removed. This was done very quickly by the divers to make sure that the ship suffered no unnecessary delay.

During an inspection of the stern tube seal assembly earlier this year, Hydrex divers discovered that the ropeguard of a 214 m ro/ ro vessel was missing. The owner asked the company to install a new one during the ship’s next stop in Antwerp. After arriving on-site the team performed a preliminary underwater inspection of the stern tube seal assembly. At the same time, the new ropeguard was prepared by one of the Hydrex technicians for installation. It was then lowered into the water, positioned and secured by Hydrex diver/welders.

Meanwhile, Hydrex divers installed blanks on the five scrubber overboard discharges of a containership while the vessel was in Rotterdam.

This allowed the crew to have internal repair work carried out while the vessel was sailing.

When the ship returned to Rotterdam the company once again mobilised a team to its location. The team removed the blanks. This operation prevented a costly trip to drydock for the owner.

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Underwater Repairs JFD’s COBRA wins award JFD, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced that its Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) has won the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Innovation category at the Offshore Achievement Awards 2020. The award celebrates an outstanding HSE technology, process or system, developed for the offshore oil and gas or renewables industry, and underlines JFD’s commitment to providing safe and effective capabilities for divers working in the world’s most challenging underwater environments.

The Offshore Achievement Awards, held virtually for the first time on August 14th 2020, encourages innovation and collaboration in the oil and gas and renewables industry in the North Sea. COBRA was judged on several factors, including its contribution to individual, plant and operational safety.

Previously the industry standard for the provision of emergency breathing gas had been limited to just a few minutes, depending on the method employed and the diver’s operating conditions. This poses a significant risk, particularly when working in extreme conditions.

Indeed, there have been incidents which have resulted in near-misses and could easily have become a fatality purely as a consequence of inadequate emergency breathing gas supply.

It is a critical industry challenge that cannot go unanswered.

In line with this, and as a direct response to the urgent need to drive significant improvements in safety standards, JFD developed the COBRA rebreather set which provides an advanced emergency bailout provision that greatly extends the supply of emergency breathing gas, providing a supply of up to 33 mins at a depth of 120 m. COBRA is entirely mechanical with no complex electronic systems that could potentially compromise its safety and reliability. Compared to conventional bailout methods such as the 7 litre 300 bar twin scuba set, which at 120 m provides seven and half minutes of breathing gas (based on a consumption rate of 40 litres/min), the development of the advanced technology of COBRA is a significant step forward in improving subsea safety.

Danny Gray, Managing Director, JFD, said, “We are extremely proud to win the HSE Innovation Award as part of the Offshore

Bottom surveys carried out by DNV GL

JFD’s Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) has won the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Innovation category at the Offshore Achievement Awards 2020 Achievement Awards 2020. The development of COBRA required an enormous team effort from design concept to production and we would like to thank the entire team for their hard work, passion and commitment. Winning this award is a testament to the dedication and expertise of our team in designing the COBRA set with the capability to ensure the highest levels of safety and subsequently give divers confidence that they can conduct their operations in the safest conditions possible.

“We remain unrelenting in our pursuit to drive up safety standards across the offshore industry, even in the face of significant economic pressure resulting from the drop in oil price and onset of COVID-19. With the 100th COBRA set delivered this month, and the recent news that COBRA’s Buoyancy Jacket has received CE Certification, we continue to push the boundaries of subsea diving innovation, aspiring to drive efficiencies as well as potentially saving lives in emergency situations.”

JFD operates at the forefront of innovation in subsea operations and, with its pedigree, market knowledge and understanding. JFD invests in the development of comprehensive technologies and services that continually break new ground in ensuring the highest standards in safety and quality in protecting life at sea.

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In-water bottom surveys using ROVs have now been carried out on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels with the first having been completed on the general cargo vessel Wilson Fedje in December 2019 by a surveyor from Høvik.

The latest in-water survey of this kind was performed earlier in July on another ASA Wilson-managed vessel in Bergen, Norway.

Elias Triantafyllidis, the remote surveyor, attended the survey from the DNV GL Direct Access To Experts (DATE) hub in Piraeus, Greece.

As with the two previous surveys, it was conducted in collaboration with VUVI AS, a Norwegian inspection company certified by DNV GL to perform underwater inspections for ships and offshore platforms using ROVs. “We are delighted to have collaborated with VUVI and Wilson ASA to deliver this exciting new approach to remote surveys,” said Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL - Maritime.

“DNV GL has been carrying out remote surveys since 2018, so this service is an extension of a broad suite of remote services that are already available.” Ørbeck-Nilssen added, “Naturally, the pandemic has pushed us to scale up the intensity of remote service delivery and we are fortunate that our longstanding commitment to digital advancement has meant we are well positioned to respond to the needs of our customers during this difficult time.”

Survey planning and review of hull drawings were completed the day prior to the survey, thereby optimising the degree of survey assurance. During the inspection, the surveyor used VUVI’s sonar technology to scan the vessel’s bottom in order to locate the hull equipment, such as echo sounder sensors - speed log sensors and sea chests, while simultaneously assessing the general condition of the hull.

Seamless connectivity was ensured throughout the survey thanks to the use of a powerful router. The in-water survey was concluded in a similar timeframe to traditional surveys, i.e. two-and-a-half hours, achieving the same level of assurance as an in-person survey.

DNV GL’s digital industry platform Veracity was used by VUVI AS, DNV GL and Wilson ASA

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hip hulls should be protected with a system that lends itself to fast, effective cleaning without risk of damage to the coating and without posing any kind of hazard to the environment. Ecospeed is this system.

There is currently no hull coating available which will not foul. The only way to remove this fouling is to clean it off. The Ecospeed coating has a glassy surface that was designed to be washed without being damaged. This enables

fast and efficient fouling control throughout a ship’s entire service life, either by fast and easy underwater maintenance or high-pressure cleaning in drydock.

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Underwater Repairs to ensure secure data transfer when saving and sharing the video stream from the remote survey.

“Working in a modern world, with technologies allowing us carry out a bottomsurvey without deviation or off-hire, we are really enabling a huge potential for efficiency and environmentally friendly solutions,” said Thorbjørn Dalsøren, General Director of Wilson Ship Management. “We trust this will be adapted to several more of our operations, taking advantage of digital solutions.”

“VUVI AS has since the company was founded in 2013 focused on in-water survey of vessels as one of the company’s core services,” said VUVI CEO, Frode Rødølen. “We became DNV GL certified to perform in-water inspections in 2017, and re-audited earlier this year. We are proud to have become a trusted partner by DNV GL to perform inspections with our ROV teams, and we are inspired by the fact that we contribute in the shaping of the inspection-services for the future,” continued Mr. Rødølen.

Statutory and class regulations require two bottom surveys of a vessel within a fiveyear period, with an interval of less than 36 months in between. The certification of VUVI AS was conducted in accordance with Class Programme DNV GL-CP0484 for in-water inspections. DNV GL has recorded a 33% uplift in the weekly number of remote surveys conducted compared to pre-pandemic levels. In total, DNV GL has now conducted an estimated 17,400 remote surveys world-wide since 2018 with on average 300 remote surveys being carried out every week.

Hempel launches a remote underwater Hull Inspection service Denmark’s Hempel has launched an underwater Hull Inspection service using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), to provide complete

One of VUVI AS’s ROVs

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hull coating inspections while a vessel is at port or anchorage. The service is being rolled out at key ports across the Asia Pacific region and will be extended to key maritime hubs world-wide in the near future.

Under Hempel’s Hull Inspection Service, inspections are conducted by an expert Coatings Advisor operating an ROV which is navigated around the vessel’s hull using remotecontrolled thrusters. The ROV captures highresolution video footage and still images of the hull for assessment in real-time.

Klaus Moeller, Group VP, Head of Services, comments, “The ability to utilise remote hull inspections through the deployment of highly sophisticated and purpose-built ROV’s is a significant step-change in the ability to create advanced hull maintenance plans. The inspection is conducted by highly trained ROV experts who combine their unique expertise with information on the vessel’s trading activity to compile the final report which includes recommendations to optimise hull performance.

This provides operators with tangible, accurate and consistent evidence upon which to base their operational decisions, while also providing proof of hull condition for relevant industry authorities.”

According to Hempel, using ROVs for hull inspections simplifies the process and allows for more frequent and less costly hull inspections.

As no divers are required, inspections can be conducted without the need to shut down vessel systems. This makes it possible to complete hull inspections in two hours or less even alongside cargo loading or discharge.

Christian Ottosen, Group VP, Head of Marine Business, comments, “All prudent owners and operators are moving toward evidence-based performance monitoring across all their systems and assets and are utilising a growing range of tools and applications that enable them to understand all of the influencing factors which have the potential to impact vessel performance.

“Hull fouling is a significant contributor to speed loss and at its worst, has the potential to increase engine power requirements by close to 20% over five years. Being able to routinely and consistently monitor hull condition between routine drydockings with ROVs enables shipowners and operators to implement an appropriate maintenance schedule which optimises vessel performance.”

ROV inspections in combination with SHAPE, Hempel’s System for Hull and Propeller

Underwater Repairs Efficiency, can deliver unparalleled results for better hull performance by aligning underwater visuals with existing data collection systems.

Hempel’s Hull Inspection Service is available in selected ports in China and Korea.

Meanwhile, Hempel has celebrated a significant milestone in China when it held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new factory in Zhangjiagang. With an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons, Hempel’s new factory in Yangtze International Chemical Industrial Park in Zhangjiagang will be the company’s largest production site in the region.

It will be inaugurated in 2022, replacing Hempel’s existing production facilities in Kunshan.

Hempel also opened a new R&D facility in Zhangjiagang. The company has a network of 15 R&D centres across the globe. The new facility replaces its existing R&D centre in Kunshan and will be a hub for the development of sustainable coating solutions aimed at customers in China.

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Machinery Repairs New service centre for Sulzer Work on Sulzer’s new state-of-the-art service centre in Birmingham, UK, is continuing to schedule. As planned, the building is now watertight, and attention is turning to the internal construction of the workshop area and the offices. Customers can expect the new facility to be open towards the end of autumn 2020, and in the meantime, the existing service centre will continue to work at full capacity.

Located in the prestigious Birmingham Business Park, Sulzer’s new service centre is rapidly taking shape with the main building shell in place and sealed. While the construction continues, plans for moving all the staff and their tools and equipment are being finalised so as to avoid any interruption in service to customers.

Warren Bell, Project Manager for Sulzer, commented, “Now that it is watertight, we can really make some progress inside this fantastic building. The office floors are in and soon we will have a massive concrete pour for the workshop floor. Once this is complete, we will really start to see the various business areas take shape.”

A great deal of planning has gone into developing the most efficient work flows for each area of the service centre. Together, they will deliver a wide range of capabilities, all using lean manufacturing techniques, to ensure all maintenance and repair projects are optimised.

A specialist logistics company will be relocating all of the machinery and equipment over a two-month period with a seamless move that will ensure that every customer has a smooth transition to the new site. In addition to the

The new Sulzer service centre in Birmingham, UK

existing equipment such as the copper rolling mill, winding machines and the high voltage test-bed, Sulzer is also investing in additional equipment, such as new ovens and paint booths.

Chris Powles, Head of Electro Mechanical Services – EMEA, added, “This new facility will be an engineering centre of excellence using lean manufacturing principles to ensure an enhanced customer experience. The improved working environment and more efficient processes will benefit our employees as well as our customers, who will have uninterrupted, high-level service throughout the transition to the new site.”

Dredger repair by Thordon Bearings The 7,800 kW cutter suction dredger (CSD) Umm Al Anber, operated by Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), has completed the refurbishment of its cutterhead shaft bearings as part of an extensive refit at Dubai Maritime City (DMC).

Thordon Bearings’ Dubai-based distributor for the Middle East, Ocean Power International (OPI), replaced the cutterhead and intermediate line shaft bearings like-for-like with Thordon’s water-lubricated Composite system. The turnkey project included shaft dismantlement, laser alignment, in-situ line boring, calibration, installation and commissioning.

Mohammed Fawzy Khalifa, Fleet Manager, NMDC, said, “We have been using Thordon’s grease-free elastomeric polymer bearings since the 1990s. Compared to traditional rubber cutterhead bearings, we find that Thordon Composite reduces vessel operating costs substantially. The bearing requires no lubricating grease and extends bearing wear life fourfold, which is very impressive given the type of environments in which these dredgers operate.”

The 1995-built Umm Al Anber has an 800 mm diameter suction pipe and can dredge to depths of 16 m. Rafid Qureshi and Ayman Saad, Managing Partners, Ocean Power International LLC, added, “Together, OPI and Thordon Bearings have been optimising the performance of NMDC’s cutterhead dredgers for more than two decades. Thordon Composite bearings are the preferred choice for NMDC dredgers.”

NMDC has converted all of its dredgers except two to the Thordon system. However,

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The composite cutterhead bearing installed on the Umm Al Anber Qureshi revealed OPI is in discussions to convert the rubber bearings on-board these final two vessels.

“We are also in talks to convert the intermediate line shaft bearing to Composite.

Replacing worn out rubber bearings with Thordon’s ever-lasting material offers NDMC excellent wear rates, high performance in harsh, abrasive environments, and reduced OPEX,” he said.

George Morrison, Thordon Bearings’ Regional Manager, commented, NMDC has established a strong reputation for delivering high quality projects and services. It is nice to think that Thordon’s water lubricated Composite cutterhead shaft and intermediate bearings have played an important role in that success.”

Late last year, OPI and Thordon replaced the rubber cutterhead shaft bearings on the CSD Al Khatem and the IHC beaver dredgers Embarka 2, Embarka 5 and Embarka 6. The projects followed the success of similar conversions to the Al Sadr, Al Mirfa, Al Hamra, Umm Al Zemoul and the IHC beaver Dredge 2.

After 100,000 operating hours dredging up silt, sand, rocks and stones in some of the toughest marine environments the Thordon Composite bearing installed on the Al Mirfa’s dredge cutterhead shaft “did not need replacing and was still in perfect working condition,” said Morrison.

“This is due to the bearing’s black homogeneous material, GM2401, which is fused to a stiff, high strength (yellow) polymer sleeve to provide unprecedented performance and environmental safety. Thordon Composite bearings are available for a wide range of shaft diameters in both tube and stave configuration.”

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Machinery Repairs Norwegian hybrid ferries equipped by SCHOTTEL The first of a total of four SCHOTTEL-equipped hybrid ferries for Norwegian ferry operator Norled – the Festøya, has recently entered operation. Each of the four double-ended ro/ pax ferries built at Remontowa Shipyard in Poland features two SCHOTTEL EcoPellers type SRE 340. These are powered by an innovative diesel-electric hybrid system, and operated by green battery power during transit.

This move further strengthens SCHOTTEL’s position in the Norwegian ferry market. The main propulsion for the LMG 120-DEH design vessels consists of electrically driven SCHOTTEL EcoPellers type SRE 340 with 2.1 m diameter fixed-pitch propellers. These thrusters allow economical operation of the newly built vessels at a service speed of 10 knots and a free running speed of 12.5 knots.

The propulsion units are designed to provide full thrust in the required direction, even with strong side winds. Thanks to the SRE’s outstanding overall propulsion efficiency and course-keeping stability, it is characterised by low operating costs and low fuel consumption, resulting in low emissions.

In operating mode, the required power is supplied by two rechargeable battery packs installed on-board. A shore charging system, which also includes an automatic mooring system, recharges these batteries from the mains when the vessels are docked. The vessels only use generators, run on 100% biodiesel, in an emergency.

Two of the 114.4 m long and 17.7 m wide Norled ferries will service the Festøya-Solavågen route and are capable of taking on-board up to 120 cars and 296 passengers. The other two vessels will operate the Mannheller-Fodnes route and are certified to carry more, with a maximum of 395 passengers. The series is set to be completed during this year.

Meanwhile, according to its Latin American service strategy, Schottel do Brasil will soon be able to offer more services for existing and new marine customers in a new service centre located in Itajaí, Santa Catarina. After German propulsion specialist Schottel enabled its Brazilian subsidiary to acquire land in 2019, the construction work has been making progress.

The 10,500 m² sized plot will be home to a spacious administration, repair and warehouse

The Russian market is important to Schottel location. It is expected to be opened in 2021.

The future facility’s services will correspond to local content requirements and will serve customers across Latin America that are building and operating their fleets with the state-of-art Schottel thrusters. According to generations of thrusters which represent a large installed base, with the new location Schottel do Brasil will be prepared for an increased future demand to repair, assemble and maintain Schottel thrusters of all kinds and sizes. Plus, it will ensure an even more extensive customer support.

Schottel do Brasil will merge the administrative offices and the warehouse facilities, which are currently spread out regionally, to the new location, which will offer more logistical advantages, as well as quicker in-house communication.

In Russia, a new service centre is planned for Saint Petersburg to further strengthen OOO SCHOTTEL’s sound market position in this country. In fact, the Board of Management of the German propulsion specialist has already approved the acquisition of a 3,000 m2 plot of land. An administration building with repair workshop and warehouse site is to be planned and constructed on the purchased property within the next two years.

OOO SCHOTTEL has established a strong market position by equipping a large number of inland waterways vessels with propulsion systems, especially in the cargo and passenger transport segments. The decision for a new service centre addresses the customer’s requirements in terms of thruster maintenance.

of a new Norsepower Rotor Sail on the Copenhagen, operating on the Rostock-Gedser route between Germany and Denmark. The installation was undertaken as part of the EU funded Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) project that was launched in late 2019` with the aim to install five wind assisted propulsion units on to a series of different vessels operating in the North Sea and Baltic Sea to test, validate and help facilitate the uptake off wind-assisted propulsion technologies. These systems are expected to deliver between 4 – 5% fuel savings - corresponding to the same amount of CO2 – in average, and more than 20% in optimal wind conditions.

A couple of months of daily operations on the Copenhagen have been completed since this wind-assisted system was installed and initial impressions of the technology from the crew, the captain and the passengers are already in. The necessary steel foundation (21 tonnes) for the Rotor Sail (42 tonnes) was put in place during an ordinary yard stay back in November 2019.

The installation of the Norsepower supplied Rotor Sail itself, the 30 m rotor was installed on the vessel during an overnight stay in the port of Rostock.

This is key as the senior captain of the Copenhagen Alan Bach explains, “We were able to complete almost everything within the limited time of just a few hours. This was key as we are operating on a 24/7 basis, every loss of service or revenue is naturally critical for ferry operations.”

Another key part of the WASP project is the monitoring and validation of the equipment and performance itself. The German environmental association NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union), has a long-term partnership with Scandlines focussing on the improvement of the company’s environmental footprint, and is very satisfied with the steps taken.

Scandlines’ferry fitted with wind sails The end of May saw the key installation

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The Copenhagen with a Norsepower rotor sail

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Machinery Repairs What makes this installation particularly interesting and important for the region is that it is installed on a ferry, one of the few places that shipping connects or interfaces with the wider public, and it is at this nexus point that a whole different conversation takes place: What is this cylinder used for? How does it work? Why is it here?

NCL award for Brookes Bell UK’s Brookes Bell has been contracted by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) to deliver its innovative software solution SRtP Onboard across its Breakaway Plus class of vessels.

Brookes Bell was engaged directly by the Meyer Werft shipyard for these tasks whose close collaboration greatly enhanced the final output to NCL Holdings.

The software was installed on the newly launched NCL ship, Norwegian Encore in December 2019 including the delivery of training to all crew involved. The software will be rolled out across other vessels including Norwegian Escape, Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Joy by 2020.

The SRtP Onboard software assists with the management of the response to casualties by providing crew with relevant guidance to support each situation and restore system functionality. The software monitors the response in real time and simplifies a complex logistics process by assigning tasks to groups, either through Wi-Fi connected devices or in paper format, with the required details needed to complete the actions.

Following the introduction of the Safe Return to Port regulations in July 2010, the responsibility to show continuous compliance across a vessel’s lifetime, post build, lies with the operator. SRtP Onboard supports demonstration of compliance to Flag by recording all SRtP drills and also complies with the specific requirements of the Bahamas Authority Marine Notice 03.

The system is designed to provide an on-board knowledge base which can be improved after every drill, continuously increasing the efficiency of the SRtP casualty response process.

Giovanni Canu, Vice President Special Projects and Operational Support at Norwegian Cruise Line, added, “In order to ensure our fleet is ready for the operational requirements of Safe Return to Port regulations, we selected

The Norwegian Encore in Meyer Werft Brookes Bell’s SRtP Onboard software. This offers an efficient and informative solution that has already successfully been installed on Norwegian Encore and will be installed on the rest of our Breakaway Plus class vessels. We also expect to extend this solution to Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway.”

Engine diagnostic system from ABB Turbocharger ABB Turbochargers is to install its state-of-the-

One of the Ming Wah fleet

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art engine diagnostics software ABB Ability Tekomar XPERT on 12 bulk carriers operated by Shanghai Ming Wah Shipping. The fleet-wide deployment follows a trial on two ships which started in February 2019 and an initial order covering four vessels in June 2019. The order for the remaining eight vessels was received in July this year.

Under the initial order, ABB Ability Tekomar XPERT helped Shang Ming Wah save 0.62 tons of fuel/day on each of the four ships.

One vessel, with a MAN B&W 6S42MC main engine, recorded a fuel saving of 4.3 g/kWhr, highlighting the significant fuel consumption

Machinery Repairs advantages the software can bring to highpowered engines in particular. The lower fuel use will lead to a dramatic improvement in environmental performance, reducing fleetwide CO2 emissions by an anticipated 5,800 tonnes a year.

Chen Qiuhua, General Manager, Shanghai Ming Wah Ship Management Centre, said, “With changing market conditions, Shanghai Ming Wah is embracing digital technologies while improving management efficiency, which will enable us to retain our full strength and market competitiveness. ABB is our trusted partner and the Tekomar XPERT digital solution helps our fleet optimise operations while creating a better experience for our customers.”

Tekomar XPERT analyses turbocharger and engine performance to provide pre-emptive warnings and recommendations which can prevent engine failures. In one notable example, Tekomar XPERT helped Shanghai Ming Wah detect high cylinder pressure in one engine. High pressures increase the mechanical load on cylinder components and can lead to

operational hazards.

Tekomar XPERT empowers ship owners and operators with key engine indicators provided via intuitive dashboards, allowing them to monitor, optimise and benchmark engine performance while preventing engine problems.

It runs on any engine, regardless of type or age and is built on ABB’s Ability platform with the highest standards of cyber security.

PSV installation for NES The PSV Sjoborg, currently on a five-year charter with Equinor, operates in the North Sea with base in Florø on the North-West coast of Norway. The vessel is equipped with a diesel electric propulsion system, in addition to automation system and Bridge design from Norwegian Electric Systems (NES).

During 2018 the vessel was retrofitted with a Quest Energy Storage system with a 565 kw/ hr battery pack and a 1,500 kW micro-grid connection to the existing AC MSB, in order to

meet requirements from the Tender issued by Equinor - obtaining Battery Power notation from Class.

NES was responsible for system integration and delivery off the Battery container in addition to other necessary integration and software update on IAS/PMS and switchboards. The PSV operates as much as 30% in DP mode supporting the offshore platforms with goods and other support. In this mode the vessel has most advantages with the use of the battery system, with approximately 20% reduction in fuel consumption.

Operating the switchboard with a close bus tie, and reducing the number of engines running the battery system ensures reduced emissions but also reduced cost for the charterer. The size of the battery system is dimensioned with a safety aspect ensuring that the vessel can abort a DP-operation and move into a safe zone outside the platform within 15 minutes. During calm weather conditions, while the vessel is in standby mode, the use of the battery-system also reduces the fuel

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The PSV Sjoborg consumption, due to only one required diesel generator running. In addition the Battery system can be used when the vessel is in harbour, either self-supplied or in combination with shore power if available.

As an example Sjoborg used 2.2 – 2.4 m3/ day in fuel before the retrofit. After the retrofit with batteries, the consumption is 1.6 – 1.8 m3/ day, says the Johan Sigurd Fjallsá the technical Manager at Skansi Offshore An important aspect for the Owner is the reduced maintenance cost for rotating machinery. It is anticipated that the Owner will save as much as €15,000 – 20,000 a year, and the regular yearly maintenance work can be postponed due to decreased running hours.

Skansi Offshore anticipates about 15,000 – 20,000 reduced running hours over a 10 year period.

Making the system optimal for the vessel, through feedback from Owner, understanding the operational profiles and optimising the software has been important for NES. The dialogue between Owner and NES during the past two years has been excellent and both partners enjoy to see the new technology implemented, “contributing to the reduced emission and increased knowledge about hybrid solutions,” says General Manager Sales at NES, Svein Ove Farstad.

98 m long Arctic Class 3 Medium Icebreaker, the only vessel in its class to be fitted with Retractable Thrusters and DP. The new Thrusters will be integrated with the existing Bow Thruster, which is also a Wärtsilä product.

“The Platinum DP system will exceed the functionality desired by the CCG, and will enhance the DP capacity of the vessel to perform sailing and manoeuvring operations. By offering the most intuitive user interface on the market, Platinum DP also reduces the training requirements for successful system operation.

The user interface plays a critical role in helping operators make the most of the system in the trying conditions found in Canada’s Arctic waters,” states Mike Ford, Sales Manager for Americas & DP at Wärtsilä Voyage.

“We continue to work closely with the CCG to ensure that we fully understand and successfully meet their requirements for specification writing, documentation and project management. Supplying the products is only part of the picture, since they need to be engineered for complete integration with the CCGS Amundsen’s existing machinery, and for this we have outstanding capabilities,” says Ian Brouwer, Senior Sales Manager, Wärtsilä Marine Power.

Höegh Autoliners contract for KD/MAN Norway’s Kongsberg Digital (KD) and leading engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions

are entering into a strategic digitalisation partnership, formalising the MoU signed by the two companies in October 2019. The first project undertaken by the partnership will be to deliver joint digital infrastructure to Norway’s Höegh Autoliners, marking the first step in their stated aim to work together in accelerating the rate of digitalisation in the maritime industry and securing greater value for customers on both sides.

The agreement to collaborate in developing digitalisation solutions for the maritime sector came about as the two companies realised that their separate efforts in this space were complementary. KD’s recently launched Vessel Insight – a new, cost efficient data infrastructure solution for the maritime market – is a natural match with MAN Energy Solutions’ PrimeServ Assist digital solution for optimisation of engine use and maintenance.

Vessel Insight captures contextualised data from vessels and fleets for use in value generating applications for ship owners and operators, so by integrating the data from PrimeServ Assist will be able to provide a more holistic picture for the majority of vessels with MAN Energy Solutions’ two-stroke engines on-board. With two major maritime vendors collaborating on a common data infrastructure, customers will benefit from interfacing with one system instead of many, automated data integration, and a larger selection of digital solutions. This will make the digital transformation faster and more cost efficient for customers in the maritime sector.

“The engine is the most critical component

CCG order for Wärtsilä Finland’s Wärtsilä has won a contract for the delivery and integration engineering of two Retractable Thrusters and a Dynamic Positioning (DP) system for the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Icebreaker. The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery in September 2021.

Wärtsilä was able to meet the CCG’s challenging requirements for build quality and fitting the equipment in the existing space of the

The CCGS Amundsen will be the only vessel in its class to be fitted with retractable thrusters and a DP system

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Machinery Repairs on-board a vessel, and this strategic collaboration will ensure optimal operation and maintenance of the engine,” says Hege Skryseth, President, KD. “This will generate significant value for our customers. We look forward to working together with MAN Energy Solutions and our customers to ensure that they get the digital solutions that fit their capabilities and needs.”

The maritime industry is in a transformational phase and is still learning new ways to extract additional value from digitalisation, and with two major vendors now working together to further develop a powerful, safe and open infrastructure, this transformation will accelerate.

For vendors of digital solutions and services, developing value adding applications and software for customers will be easier and more cost efficient, which in turn leads to a broader selection of available solutions. This will speed up the ability to digitalise and gives ship owners and operators a quicker return on their digital investment.

The inaugural project with Höegh Autoliners

One of the Höegh Autoliners’ fleet is currently in a testing and validation phase, with a goal to enable real time engine monitoring and digital assistance for optimisation, while reducing digital equipment on-board. Kongsberg Digital will provide its data infrastructure solution, Vessel Insight, for real time data transfer while MAN Energy Solutions will deploy PrimeServ Assist for engine

data analysis.

Geir Frode Abelsen, Head of Technical Operations in Höegh Autoliners said, “For us at Höegh Autoliners, this collaboration is an important step towards the utilisation of digital solutions in optimising the running and maintenance of our engines in a safe and effective way.”

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Chemical Tankers

By Paul Bartlett

Chemicals sector shows resilience in face of COVID challenges “I think we’re going to leave the champagne in the cooler a little while yet because there is great uncertainty,” said, Kristin Mørch, CEO of Odfjell, the world’s second-largest chemical tanker operator recently. “You can paint a very positive picture, but you can also paint the opposite.” Mørch was speaking during a webinar to discuss the company’s second quarter and first half 2020 results late in August.

Despite the pandemic and resulting economic disruption, the global chemicals business had demonstrated significant resilience, he said. And, although cautiously optimistic about the future, his comments revealed an uncertainty that extends across many sectors of shipping and, of course, industry more generally.

The Bergen-based company posted positive second-quarter figures based on improved earnings from shipping rather than terminals. EBITDA rose to US$82m, from $66m in the first quarter, with a net result up to $17m from $1m in the earlier three months. Despite slower growth in tonne miles, a contributory factor stemmed from reduced contract of affreightment (COA) business, Mørch said, as chemicals companies sought to manage global inventories and adjust their short-term requirements amid the deepening crisis.

This, in turn, led to a stronger spot market with higher day rates. For Odfjell, that meant that its usual ‘sweet spot’ of COA coverage in the 45-55% range fell to about 35% during the period, although it has risen again since then. With more open tonnage, the company made a deliberate choice to schedule ships out of parcel business into various higher-paying spot trades.

Mørch said that clean petroleum products and vegetable oils business helped to underpin higher spot rates. Odell’s own index outperformed industry benchmarks by a sizeable margin over the period, he revealed.

Clarkson’s index fell by 3.4% over the quarter while the company’s rose by 9%. Lower bunker prices were also a positive feature, he said, while crew changes were still presenting one of the biggest operational challenges, with many of the company’s seafarers working for extended periods.

Mørch indicated that the second quarter was seen by many as a likely nadir in the chemicals sector although, as he stressed, there is continuing uncertainty. The fact that Odfjell had performed well throughout this period reflected the strength of its business platform, he said, and although it was too soon to say, could mean that the company will post positive fullyear figures when the time comes. He remarked on the IMF’s forecast that global GDP growth could recover to 5.4% in 2021 but again stressed the inherent uncertainty in forecasts, noting that “we are cautious in terms of how the rest of the year can play out”.

Looking to the future, he remarked on two sectors – automotive and construction – which, in normal times, are important generators of chemicals demand. These had been hard-hit during the lockdown but were now beginning to pick up again, he said. The impact of usual seasonal factors would be evident in the company’s third quarter figures, Mørch said, but the period had started well and he expected figures still to be positive.

On the supply side, the small orderbook-to-fleet ratio of just 4.1% was encouraging. Contracting had remained consistently below historical

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The 36,000 dwt, 28 tanks stainless steel chemical tanker Bow Prosper built by Japan’s Fukuoka Shipbuilding trends for the last four years, but it is now at an all-time low, Mørch said, with no new orders during the second quarter. Clarkson figures reveal that there were only 28 chemical tankers in the 10-54,999 dwt range ordered during 2019, with only another nine new contracts placed this year, up to the end of July.

Odfjell operates a fleet of 81 chemical tankers and has one 38,000 dwt chemical tanker on order at Hudong-Zhonghua in China, due for delivery this year.

Chinese yard claims size record for VLEC design CSBC subsidiary, Jiangnan Shipyard, has claimed that the 99,000 m3 very large ethane carriers (VLEC), which it is now building, will be the largest

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Chemical Tankers vessels yet in this specialised segment. Built to the shipyard’s own design, the two pairs of ships are under construction at the shipyard in Shanghai for Pacific Gas, the gas division of Shandong Shipping, and Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM). According to press reports, TSM has ordered another two VLECs at Jiangnan, but this could not be confirmed at press time.

Jiangnan’s VLEC design has been given the name Bluebonnet because the vessels will be the largest units capable of navigating the Houston Ship Canal. The ships will have Jiangnan’s own ‘BrilliancE’ Type B tanks.

The first TSM vessels, due for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2022, are fixed for 15 years from delivery to Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical, China’s largest acrylic acid and acrylates manufacturer and one of the world’s largest companies in this sector. Zhejiang also has six VLECs on order in South Korea, three each at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Haevy Industries (HHI), with the first vessel due for delivery between now and the end of March. One of the 98,000 m3 vessels is understood to have been damaged recently by Typhoon Maysak.

Meanwhile, although SORJ has not been able to confirm this, it is believed that the chemicals company may have sold these six vessels to Malaysia’s MISC Berhad whilst under construction, taking them back on long-term charters upon delivery.

Tomorrow’s bunkers to generate new chemical tanker demand Bunkering experts have widely differing views on the likely marine fuels of the future. On one issue, however, opinion is unanimous - there is no silver bullet to meet the decarbonisation goals set out by IMO in 2030 and 2050. The marine fuels of the future are likely to comprise a portfolio of bunkering products, rather than the various forms of marine fuel derived from crude oil today – heavy and intermediate fuel oils, marine diesels and distillates.

What is also clear is that today’s global bunkering infrastructure will have to undergo a fundamental transformation. A diversification process that has already begun started with the uptake of LNG as a marine fuel will have to be extended to take in other fuel options if ship operators with vessels trading globally are to be expected to adopt new fuels on a broad scale. Experts are still weighing up the pros and cost of possible marine fuels for the future, but it is already clear that global bunkering infrastructure requirements will generate a major requirement for chemical tankers.

So far, and besides LNG which is widely seen as an interim fuel providing a pathway to biogas, fuel possibilities include LPG, methanol and ethanol, biofuels, and various ‘synthetic’ fuels which can be carbonneutral. Further into the future, ammonia and hydrogen are possibilities, but the cost of developing these as widescale marine fuels appears daunting so far.

None is straightforward, hence the formidable challenge facing global shipping as it prepares to meet IMO’s goals. Today’s global bunkering infrastructure has developed over many years based on the small number of marine fuels in use today. Whatever happens in the future, a vast distribution, storage and supply network will be required across the world, whichever and however many fuel options are actually taken up.

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LNG and is already in use on a small number of vessels. As the world’s most important chemical shipped by sea, methanol already has a mature global terminal network although bunkering facilities are still limited. It is easier to handle than LNG but is both toxic and flammable. Methanolfuelled ships are more expensive, however, and the cost of the fuel today does not compare favourably with LNG. In a joint study released earlier this year, Bunkering Technical Reference on Methanol, Lloyd’s Register (LR) and the Methanol Institute examined the feasibility of adopting methanol as fuel on a wider scale, both as a sulphur-free option in the short-run and with lower greenhouse gas emissions as the industry prepares for IMO 2030. Although the chemical has been shipped and handled safely for decades, the study noted that methanol’s use as a fuel requires careful consideration of shoreside and barge delivery, as well as shipboard tank configuration.

The Methanol Institute’s COO, Chris Chatterton, observed that methanol is increasingly seen as a possible fuel in shipping’s decarbonisation. “It is already in use as marine fuel on tankers, bulkers, ferries and harbour craft,” he said. “It’s lower pollution and greenhouse gas emissions profile offers owners the opportunity to meet IMO 2020 regulations and move towards IMO 2030 compliance, whilst also gaining valuable knowledge towards IMO 2050 ambitions.”

Speaking for the classification society, LR’s Regional Advisory Services Manager, Douglas Raitt, said, “The maritime industry is sizing up many decarbonisation options on its journey from low carbon to net zero.

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Southern Europe Large vessels in for repair at Navantia Spain’s Navantia Shiprepairs operates shiprepair facilities in Ferrol (two shipyards) on Spain’s Atlantic coast, two yards in Cadiz and a shiplift in Cartagena.

So far this year the Ferrol yard has repaired some six LNG tankers, including Sinokor Tanker’s 126,400 m3 Bering Energy, which underwent an initial drydocking, and alongside repairs, and then undergoing another drydocking before her final delivery upon completion of its reactivation.

The Bering Energy is the former Pronav Shipmanagement’s LNG Leo, which was built in 1978 by US-based General Dynamics (home to a series of the El Paso LNG tankers). She has been laid up in Ferrol harbour since May this year.

Other LNG tankers recently in the yard were Global LNG’s 135,344 m3 2003-built Portovyy and BW LNG’s 154,880 m3 BW Pavillion Leeara, which was drydocked in Ferrol before its return to service. She was built

by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) during 2015. During September Excelerate Energy’s 150,900 m3 LNG tanker Exemplar in Ferrol entered the yard. Navantia also repaired SCF’s 70,033 dwt shuttle tanker Kirill Lavrov and MOL Tankships’ 30,940 dwt chemical tanker Mayaro.

At Navantia Cadiz, Carnival Cruise Lines’ 70,367 gt cruiseship Carnival Fascination remained in the yard for alongside and logistical work. The work on-board Allseas Marine’s 127,435 dwt pipe-layer Solitaire included extensive traditional drydocking work, such as structural steel modifications, and surface treatment repairs. The yard has also carried out standard drydockings on-board Harren & Partners’ 17,341 gt heavy load carrier Combi Dock 1, Jens & Waller’s 13,766 dwt containership Jette, and Remolcadores’ 645 gt fire-fighting vessel VB Titan, which underwent the overhaul of the two thrusters (Voith) and a small amount of steel work such as manufacture and placement of aft fenders and renovation of steel in the aft bow. Ibaizabal’s 4,335 dwt chemical tanker Monte Anaga underwent an extensive drydock work list, which included the installation of a BWM system. Tokyo Senpaku’s 1,176 gt fish carrier The Reina Cristina finished its lay-up period and entered drydock during the beginning of September.

Repair work on-board Reina Cristina included her regular drydock, which included main engine, piston disassembly, clearance and

The LNG tanker Exemplar in Navantia Ferrol

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reassembly works. The work also included work on the diesel generators Nos. 1 and 2 - disassembly of cylinder heads, cleaning and checking and reassembling of air intercooler, boiler and economiser. Pipeline renovation work in the engine room was also carried out and the cleaning of the main panel and calibration of instrumentation, as well as testing of electrical circuit and work on the Gyro compass and magnetic compass adjustment. Steel renewal in starboard bow forepeak tank and No.6 fuel oil tank was also carried out.

Armas-Transmediterrenea’s 10,333 gt ro/pax ferry Volcán de Tijarafe was in this yard for her planned drydocking, treatment of the hull and ramps, disassembly of the rudder and starboard shaft line, repair of the starboard rudder, change of seals, disassembly of a bow thruster and workshop overhaul, checking of the other bow thruster, overhaul of a stabiliser and steel repairs in way of hull damage, car decks and void spaces.

Navantia Shiprepairs Cartagena focused its activity on the drydocking and repair works of one commercial vessel, as well as of seven naval units. The month of September saw the arrival of the yacht Yasmine of the Seas for the execution of an extension project of her swim platform which will involve several months of work, including steel works as well as paint works, tanks, etc.

Work being carried out on the minehunter Tambre continued while on the yard’s Synchrolift, work including hull treatment, valves overhauling, etc. Several routine maintenance projects were performed at the submarine base and the quay on minehunter Sella, the research vessel Hesperides and on the submarine S-74.

Warranty work on different areas of bimetallic zones are on-going onboard the vessels Audaz and Furor. The submarine S-73 is undergoing the disassembly and overhauling of equipment as well as commissioning in order to be used on the submarine Tramontana y Galerna.

LNG tanker for Lisnave Portugal’s Lisnave, Setubal has successful drydocked and repaired a total of 55 vessels in the first nine months of 2020, a slightly higher number compared with the previous year for the same period. The month of October is promising with 10 more vessels repaired/due and good business prospects for the period to the end of the year.

Recent investments were completed to upgrade the cryogenic workshop, including new Cryogenic equipment for the LNG tanker repair market. This will all be utilised on-board a LNG tanker arriving in October, which will be followed by another LNG tanker during the beginning of 2021. Lisnave has repaired some 4/5 LNG tankers on previous occasions.

During 2020, Lisnave has carried out repairs to a total of five vessels from the dredging, all from the major players in this market. Other repair projects this year have included tankers (18), LPG tankers (10), general cargo vessels (7), containerships (6), bulk carrier (6), cruiseships (2) and others, all from a total of 36 different Clients based in 18 countries.

BWM system retrofits has been a regular job totaling 40 systems installed since 2019 and three challenging extensive main engine projects to be completed during the period covering the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, all requiring heavy lifting for the replacement of structural components.

Ships in Lisnave during early October included Bourbon Offshore’s

Southern Europe Large ships in Palumbo Malta

A busy scene at Lisnave 2,464 dwt 2010-built OSV Peridot, A, P, Moller’s 106,043 dwt 2011-built 7,450 teu capacity containership Maersk Luz, Columbia Shipmanagement’s 93,551 dwt 2010-built 7,100 teu capacity containership Santa Clara, Atlantica Shipping’s 41,743 dwt 2005-built 3,100 teu capacity containership Independent Quest (ex JPO Leo), Plantours Kruezfahrten’s 15,0667 gt 1997-built cruise vessel Hamburg, AÇOREANA, Ponta Delgado’s 8,893 dwt 2007-built general cargo vessel Corvo, Empresa Naviera Elcano’s 119,613 dwt 2015-built bulk carrier Castillo del Malpica , Lauritzen’s 3,695 dwt 2017-built LPG tanker Venus Gas, Vroon Group’s 37,515 dwt 2005-built chemical tanker Great Eastern , and Exmar’s 29,639 dwt 2015-built LPG carrier Kaprijke.

As the COVID-19 transmissions and protective measures began to ease, all Palumbo shipyards moved ahead at full steam keeping all their good track records with proven and trusted relationships with regular clients.

It is important to underline that the all Palumbo shipyards have remained open throughout the year and working at full capacity all summer. The same scenario is anticipated till the end of the year and beyond.

Recently drydocked in Palumbo Malta Shipyard was Costamare’s 93,545 dwt containership Maersk Kowloon. Another Costamare containership, the 81,574 dwt Seeland Michigan, soon will undergo drydock and repairs at the Malta facility. The successful co-operation with Italian shipping companies continued with work on-board Corsica Ferries’ 29,718 gt ro/pax ferry Paglia Orba and Grimaldi Group’s 26,188 gt ro/ ro vessel Eurocargo Patrasso.

Palumbo Malta also carried out drydocking and repairs on-board Minerva Marine’s 103,194 dwt tanker Minerva Ellie and has secured a repair project for Delta Tankers’ 157,488 dwt tanker Delta Tolmi.

The Messina facility, on the island of Sicily, has been involved in the BWM system installation on-board DFDS Seaways’ 11,530 gt ro/ro vessel Botnia Seaways. The yard has been busy the entire summer with regular customers and there are good indications for the end of the year.

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The Minerva Ellie in Palumbo Malta Shipyards Palumbo’s yard in Naples has also been fully operational throughout the year and busy with local clients and quick interventions. Flexibility and quick response is the greatest strength of this facility as well as great local support from makers’ service stations and experienced workshops.

The various Palumbo Shipyards continue to strengthen its market penetration for scrubber and BWM systems installations in the Mediterranean area, with drydocking and general maintenance & repairs remaining the Group’s core business in the four yards – La Valletta (Malta), Messina (Sicily), Naples (Italy) and Viktor Lenac (Croatia) offering different docking solutions up to VLCC size.

Rijeka’s Palumbo Viktor Lenac shipyard had a busy summer involving the drydocking and repairs of several vessels for its regular Italian clients operating in the tanker market. The yard was engaged in BWM system installation on-board Amoretti Armatori Group’s 3,619 dwt chemical tanker Lady Rina and general repairs on-board the 27,340 dwt Angelina Amoretti and the 39,316 dwt Lady Mariella for the same owner.

Navigazione Montanari’s 40,218 dwt chemical tankers Vallermosa underwent drydocking and repairs. For the late autumn, the yard has secured a repair project on-board Thenamaris’ 163,292 dwt tanker Seacross. Socomar’s awarded Palumbo Viktor Lenac the project for general repairs on-board four of its chemical tankers – the 40,009 dwt Red Opal, the 49,999 dwt Red Garnet and Quartz and the 49,474 dwt Pink Coral. The Pink Coral underwent anti-corrosion treatment of all her water ballast tanks. Another successful BWM system installation project involved the Red Opal.

Meanwhile, the 138,830 m3 LNG tanker Golar Viking, which has been converted into a FSRU by China’s Huran DaDong Shipyard and renamed LNG Croatia, has arrived at Palumbo Viktor Lenac, Croatia. The FSRU will provide some 2.6bn m3/year and will sail under the Croatian flag, be entered in the Croatian Register of Shipping and have a full Croatian crew.

The ship has arrived alongside at Croatia’s Palumbo Viktor Lenac Shipyard for the completion of conversion work, testing and commissioning of various ship’s systems before the LNG terminal begins it operation. The planned stay is about 30 days. The land part of the terminal will be ready to accommodate the ship in the second half of November. The trial work will last until the end of the year, and from January the LNG terminal will start with gas deliveries to the domestic market.

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The LNG Croatia arrives in Croatia energy project, realised in compliance with the highest standards of environmental protection, is expected to open up a new niche market for Palumbo Viktor Lenac. The LNG terminal in Omišalj should serve about 30 ships a year and the nearest shipyard to the LNG terminal location is Palumbo Viktor Lenac.

“This is an opportunity for Viktor Lenac to grab a piece of the pie in the shiprepair market of LNG tankers counting that it could be between two/ three repair contracts a year, maybe more, which would be a big step forward for our Shipyard and the entire Palumbo Group.

“With this project, we are expanding our reference list and consolidating an important market with the Golar Group, which is one of the largest companies in the transport of LNG and in the market of FSRU ships. Working on-board LNG Croatia will consolidate already acquired knowledge and skills required for LNG projects, which will be an upgrade of the experience gained in the Malta facility, where several LNG projects have already been successfully completed involving the yard’s cryogenc workshop, which is GTT approved for works on membrane-type LNG tankers.”

Both Astican and Astander remain busy Vessels recently undergoing repair at Las Palmas’ Astilleros Canarios (Astican) included two cruise vessels owned by Miami-based SunStone Ships. The ships are the 12,798 gt 1986-built Ocean Atlantic and the 2019-built 7,892 gt Greg Mortimer, which is on charter to Australian expedition cruise line Aurora Expeditions.

The latter is the lead ship in a large class of Infinity vessels being built for the Miami owner in China. Both vessels are managed by Miami-based Cruise Management International.

Also recently undergoing repair at this yard were two large fishing vessels, the 2,044 gt 1982-built trawler Dzintarjura, owned by Denmark’s Nordic Pelagic and the 7,765 gt 1988-built factory trawler Galleon.

Meanwhile, vessels undergoing repair at the northern Spanish yard of Astilleros Santander (Astander), Santander included Armas Trasmediterranea’s 30,998 gt 2010-built ro/ro Villa de Tazacorte (ex Jose Maria Entrecanales), which underwent the retrofit of an exhaust gas scrubber system, Essberger’s 8,657 dwt 2005-built chemical tanker Wilhemine Essberger and United European Car Carriers (UECC)’s 21,010 gt 2000-built car carrier Autostar.

Southern Europe More recently, ships in Astander include Sea Tankers Shipping’s 5,820 dwt 2003-built chemical tanker St. Soleine, Fret/Cetam’s 21,528 gt 2004-built ro/ro Ville de Bordeaux (this vessel is designed to carry components of the Airbus Industries A380 aircraft).

Reorganisation at MB92 Spain’s MB92 Barcelona has announced the reorganisation of its Operations department in order to increase efficiency and cater for the important work load since the launch of the new 4,800 tonne capacity shiplift last year (2019). It follows the departure of Miquel À. Lliteras, Shipyard Manager, who after 21 years in the MB92 family has decided to start a new professional adventure.

The new Operations structure comprises HSE, Project Management, Project Administration and Operations Management, and will be headed

by Jordi Ariet who has been with the company for more than 15 years.

Jordi, who trained as a marine engineer, began his career at MB92 as a Project Manager and progressed through the company before becoming Project Director in 2011 and Director of Project Management in 2019.

In order to enhance MB92 refit services, a Project Management Office (PMO) has been created to better standardise working practices and procedures at the shipyard and oversee the smooth running of each project. The PMO will be led by Marc Valderrama and Mario Domínguez,

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MB92, Barcelona both Senior Project Managers, who become PMO Manager & PMO Coordinator.

In addition to these changes, Albert Gay has been appointed Operations Manager, a new role that has been crafted to oversee both Maintenance and Operations of the technical facilities, including drydock, shiplift, syncrolift and travelift, as well as berthing.

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Southern Europe Pepe García-Aubert, President and CEO of MB92 Group, commented, “We will all miss Miquel and are very grateful for all of the energy and professionalism he has given to MB92 over the years. I wish him the very best in his next endeavour. Jordi is an extremely valuable member of our team, overseeing the successful delivery of a large number of projects each season. I have always been a strong advocate of professional development within our company and I am very proud of how Jordi, Marc, Mario and Albert have grown with us.

“Today’s announcement marks a significant milestone for our shipyard and I am confident that these strategic operational changes will position MB92 Barcelona for continued success.”

“Our detailed approach to project and facilities management is what fundamentally defines us as it requires a delicate ‘balancing act’ between discipline and flexibility in order to ensure the successful completion of each project, whatever its size. I am delighted to work with the team to keep improving our services and the refit experience for our customers,” said Jordi Ariet, Chief Operating Officer.

Meanwhile, MB92 and Quantum Marine Stabilisers have announced the opening of their second European service centre within the MB92 Barcelona Facilities. For over a decade, Quantum’s European manufacturing and service facility located in Holland, handled all European service work. However, with the Mediterranean mega-yacht fleet continuing to grow, Quantum recognised the need to provide service and sales support within the region. Barcelona offers both an extensive yacht support infrastructure and quick access to the Mediterranean, representing shorter response times.

Quantum’s operations are set to commence in mid-October 2020 with an initial team of service technicians, and Andrew Corbin, the Technical Sales Manager, who together, will progressively grow the new Quantum facility.

Quantum’s CEO John Allen stated, “Barcelona and MB92 meet the ‘centrally located’ requirement to better service our clients with a shipyard that has an incredible infrastructure and capacity to accommodate all sizes of superyachts. Over the years, we have worked closely with several members of the MB92 Team and have a tremendous amount of respect for their successful operation and professional approach.”

Pepe García-Aubert, President & CEO of MB92 Group added, “We are excited to be welcoming Quantum to our Barcelona facilities. We have enjoyed a long working relationship and I am confident that this next phase will serve as a platform for further success. At MB92, we are committed to partnering with leaders in their respective fields who share our approach to providing clients a world-class refit experience. Quantum has developed an outstanding reputation for engineering excellence, service delivery and are providing innovative solutions towards a more sustainable future.”

The new section being lifted into the hull of the Stena Lagan capacity from 2,238 lane m to 2,875 lane m, while car capacity on the dedicated car deck is increased from 170 to 280.

Meanwhile, an additional 74 passenger cabins are being added to the vessel, although passenger capacity will remain the same for the time being. When work on this vessel is completed, the Tuzla-based yard will start the same project on-board her sistership Stena Mersey.

Continued work at Metalships Spain’s Metalships & Docks, Vigo has taken preventive actions from the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure safe working conditions for everyone. These actions include thermometers at the entrance of shipyard, masks and disinfectants placed in all offices. All the workers also wear face masks the whole time. All offices, ships and common areas are disinfected on a daily basis following the instructions from Ministry of Health of Spain and the WHO according Metalships’ Aroa de Celis.

During this first two weeks of September, Metalships carried out repairs on-board three vessels at the same time plus a newbuilding. Danz & Tietjens Shipping Group’s 9,113 dwt containership Holandia, built in 2000, underwent her fourth special survey. The main repairs included steelwork in tanks, maintenance, painting, machinery and piping work.

Metalships also repaired a tuna vessel from Spanish shipowner Albacora – the 1,727 dwt Guayatuna Dos built in 1983. The main

Stena Line’s ro/ro nearing completion at Sedef A major step in the lengthening and conversion project for Stena RoRo’s ro/pax Stena Lagan at Turkey’s Sedef Shipbuilding took place on September 2nd when a 960 tonne section of the ferry’s new 38 m midbody section was lifted into place.

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Southern Europe work on-board the fishing vessel was drydock work, hull treatment work, blasting and painting of the cargo holds and steel renewal work.

Also recently in the yard is Bourbon Offshore’s 7,000 dwt offshore supply ship Bourbon Oceanteam 101 which was built by Metalships in 2007. This DP2 construction support/flexible product installation vessel is carrying out maintenance work.

Metalships latest new building Project, Sea Cloud Spirit, a threemasted sailing cruiseship was drydocked for paint application and some additional work. Now she is in the outfitting quay continuing the remaining work before being delivered to her German Owner.

ART Shipyard welcomes its 100th vessel Turkey’s ART Shipyard has welcomed its 100th vessel, Marlow Ship Management’s 17,350 dwt containership AS Franziska, which is owned by MPC Container Ships. The ship underwent the installation of an Alfa Laval BWM system and completed her third special survey.

From beginning of year, UK’s Borealis Maritime has awarded Art Shipyard some four repair projects, the latest being the 33,074 dwt containership Bomar Resolve, which underwent her third special survey items and the installation of an Erma First BWM system.

From September, ART Shipyard has welcomed Cosiarma’s 16,024 dwt reefer vessel Cala Pedra, for steel repairs and special survey, AngloEastern Shipmanagement’s 19,999 dwt chemical/oil products tanker Bochem Luxembourg for her first special survey, Roxana’s 74,103 dwt chemical tanker Altesse for the installation of a Techcross BWM system, Allseas’ 28,392 dwt bulk carrier vessel Haruka for bulkhead insulation work, and Abo Shoten’s 37,070 dwt bulk carrier vessel ASL Luna for the installation of an Optimarin BWM system. Other ships recently in this yard include SP Hamburg Tankers’ 53,187 dwt chemical tanker Gotland Sofia for afloat repairs, Medlog Shipping’s 12,918 dwt containership MED Çerkezköy for standard docking works, and Briese Schiffahrts’ 12,655 dwt general cargo vessel BBC Alberta for standard docking works and BWM system installation.

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Besiktas shipyard remains busy Turkey’s Besiktas Shipyard has been quite active with well-known companies and major projects during the last three months period.

Co-operation with Denmark’s Maersk Group goes back many years with business volumes between the two companies increasing in 2020 with more sophisticated projects from Maersk Tankers and Maersk Line.

Working with different Maersk offices is a long-term experience for Besiktas and helps keeps the quality and safety levels on a satisfactorily level.

The co-operation began in 2013 and, together with local port repairs Besiktas has now exceeded more than 100 projects.

During 2020, Besiktas will have completed repairs on-board some 19 vessels in total, the majority of which are from Maersk Tankers. In addition, Conakry Class vessels from Maersk Line have visited the shipyard for work including major crane maintenance. These container vessels are quite special with 4,500 teu capacity, the work including the removal/refitting of four cranes by completing new platforms and surface recoating.

From Maersk Tankers side, Besiktas has again maintained the solid business volume with more sophisticated scope of works including cargo tank and main deck recoating works. Simultaneously, Besiktas has accommodated some three/four Maersk vessels in the yard during quite a long period. With an experienced workforce, projects have been completed within expected periods. Maersk Group has always been considered as a milestone for Besiktas Shipyard in terms of increasing the quality understanding, opening new business opportunities with reputable shipowners and the importance of being a long-term partner with dedicated staff.

Another customer with which the yard is frequently working is Italy’s Grimaldi Group. Especially, demand on scrubber installation occupies most of the drydocking slot on Besiktas over the past 18 months period.

From different class and type of vessels (ro/ro and PCCs), there have always been a Grimaldi vessel in the yard with scrubber and/or BWM system installations. Particularly, September and October were the busiest months in Besiktas due to the fact that three scrubber installation projects were carried out for Grimaldi. In total, 15 vessels from Grimaldi fleet have already been completed this year and four more are scheduled to be in the yard within the following weeks.

Greece’s Stealth Maritime is a regular visitor to Besiktas Shipyard.

The 115,867 dwt Aframax tanker Chrysalis recently underwent repairs including the installation of a Techcross BWM system, extensive heating coil replacement and routine drydocking works.

During the second half of October and November, Besiktas has been awarded the repair of two more Aframax tankers from Borealis Maritime with major steel work in ballast tanks. Together with previous experience on this owner’s containerships and handy-size chemical tankers, Besiktas has created diversified co-operation with Borealis.

Two MR tankers from Denmark’s Hafnia/BW are expected in October Besiktas is able to offer a quick drydocking solution for long-term partners, thanks to availability of three docks, which enables flexibility on yard’s planning, even for short notice. This is one essential reason why Besiktas is able to keep very strong tanker operators as main customers.

According to the previous months’ performance, throughout this year, it is confident for another remarkable year in terms of yearly turnover and expected business volume from its main clients. With a valuable contribution from senior management, Besiktas has been investing in the infrastructure of the shipyard in response to necessities of global demand.

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Shiprepair activity at Gibraltar’s Gibdock has continued to be rock solid, despite uncertainties through the first three quarters of 2020 relating to COVID-19 and Brexit. Occupancy levels remain high, contracts continue to be agreed and scheduled drydockings are already booked into 2021, the Gibraltar-based yard reports.

“The outlook is set fair,” says Richard Beards, Gibdock’s Managing Director, as he identifies potentially greater revenue streams in LNGrelated projects and renewables business for the months ahead. Beards says that Gibdock’s location at the gateway to the Mediterranean remains a key advantage but adds that the repeat business included in forward bookings, “shows that customers continue to put reliability, quality of work and on-time redelivery at the top of their priority lists.

“During 2020, being part of a tight-knit business community where fast communications enable rapid response times and the immediate implementation of any changes to health or travel regulations has also proved advantageous. We are in constant dialogue with the Port Authority, and we have frequent contact with Gibraltar Civil Contingencies, the Director of Public Health, local agents, subcontractors, hotels and transport providers.”

Beards points out that this agility and close ties with the local ship agency

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The Normand Pacific in No. 2 dock for scheduled general maintenance in July network mean that Gibraltar is well-established as a safe and efficient location for crew changes. “This is an added benefit for our customers because they can rely on our safe, robust protocols and, of course, good links by air with the UK,” he says.

Recently completed projects include a diverse range of repairs and conversions. A number of offshore support vessels have been repaired and upgraded over the summer. Meanwhile, work was carried out on-board the seismic survey vessels Oceanic Sirius and SW Empress for Bergenbased Shearwater GeoServices.

Environmental retrofits, including the installation of scrubbers and BWM systems, comprise an important and continuing revenue stream.

The shipyard also successfully completed engine conversions on two Balearia-owned ro/pax vessels, the 950-passenger Nápoles and the 1,000-passenger Bahama Mama, from conventional to LNG propulsion.

The shipyard worked closely with propulsion experts from MAN PrimeServ and Caterpillar respectively on these two projects.

“We are encouraged by forward bookings into next year,” Beards continues, “and Gibraltar’s growing importance as a bunkering hub means that LNG infrastructure is expanding fast. The power station here already uses LNG, and we expect more LNG-related port calls, more service craft and more specialised bunkering vessels.”

“Even though COVID-19 has challenged us at times, we continue to invest in the yard’s infrastructure,” says John Taylor, Gibdock’s Operations Director. In particular, he cites a close co-operation with Wolffkran Germany/Switzerland to renew the jib of Gibdock’s number 12 crane, located on the 400 m south mole.

“Of course, Brexit adds to the uncertainties of the day,” Beards concludes. “However, we see a successful conclusion to this – we will still be here working as hard as possible to meet the expectations of our clients’ and stakeholders as diligently as possible.”

Fincantieri Palermo due to complete Windstar project The first of three Windstar Cruises’ owned vessels, Star Breeze, is very close to completing her major lengthening and re-engining project at the

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The lengthening of the Star Breeze in Fincantieri, Palermo

Palermo yard of Italy’s Fincantieri. The vessel has recently completed sea trails. Star Breeze has been lengthened by the insertion of a new 25.6 m mid-body section, which feature 50 new cabins and new restaurants etc.

At the same time the vessel’s original seven Normo Bergen diesel engines have been replaced by four new environmentally friendly Wärtsilä diesels two 12V26s and two 8L26s, in a father-and-son arrangement.

The lengthening of Silver Breeze has increased the vessels passenger capacity from 212 to 312 and the vessel’s gt from 10,000 tonnes to 13,000 tonnes.

The second vessel to be converted, Star Legend, is already undergoing work in Palermo, with the last vessel, Star Pride expected to arrive in Sicily soon. All three Windstar vessels were built over the period 1988-1992 and the project is costing US$250m.

Re-organisation in Greece Early October saw the Greek government launch a tender to sell the country’s largest shipyard – Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramanga. The yard has been in ‘special administration’ for a number of years. It is believed that US-based International Development Finance Group and an unnamed Greek party have jointly expressed an interest in Hellenic Shipyards. The Greek government has already said that it intends to overhaul the military side of the yard’s operations.

The facility, which was originally started by Stavros Niarchos, was originally used as a commercial (shiprepair) and naval (shipbuilding) yard.

Its decline saw it taken over by Germany’s HDW and the Thyssenb Krupp, both companies looking for naval orders from the Greek Government.

The main repair facility is a 310 m long graving dock.

Meanwhile, US-based Greek owned Onex Group, which owns Neorion Shipyards on the island of Syros, is currently in the process of buying Greece’s Elefsis Shipyards.

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LNG - Shipyards New players enter the market There are two main designs for LNG containment systems on-board LNG tankers – France’s Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), which supply the Membrane design and Norway’s Moss Maritime (spherical). The Moss system is such that maintenance is not required – as different from the GTT system, which can be maintained. GTT has supplied containment systems to two thirds of the world’s LNG tanker fleet and the Moss system is used on some 146 ships and nine floating units (FLNGs/FSRUs and FSUs).

GTT issues licences to shipyards involved in the membrane-type LNG tanker repair market and a few new ones have been issued recently.

The latest is with Denmark’s FAYARD, the licence issued in December last year (2019).

FAYARD required this licence following the successful drydocking of the Yamal LNG’s Christophe de Margerie, which was followed by a series of four drydockings (see LNG Table – Page 56). Damen Shipyards Group, through its shipyard in Brest, on France’s Atlantic coast, has been a regular contributor to the tanker repair market for some years, has added Rotterdam’s Damen Shiprepair Verolme to its list with the repair of Yamal’s LNG tanker Boris Davydov.

Apart from FAYARD the list of approved GTT shipyards include Keppel and Sembcorp Marine (both in Singapore), MMHE (Malaysia), Grand Bahama Shipyard, Damen Shiprepair Brest and CNM (both located in France), Navantia (Spain), Lisnave (Portugal), San Giorgio de Porto and Fincantieri Trieste (Italy), MHI (Japan), Hyundai Global Services and DSEC (both in South Korea), Palumbo Malta (Mediterranean), Oman Drydock (Oman), N-KOM (Qatar), Drydocks World (UAE). According to a spokesman for GTT, there are a number of additional shipyards currently applying for a GTT licence.

Meanwhile, the 138,830 m3 LNG tanker Golar Viking, which has been converted into a FSRU by China’s Huarun DaDong Shipyard and renamed LNG Croatia, providing 2.6bn m3/year. The ship has arrived alongside at Croatia’s Palumbo Viktor Lenac Shipyard for the completion of conversion work, testing and commissioning of various ship’s systems before the LNG terminal begins it operation. The planned stay is about 30 days. This is the first

LNG-related project handled by this shipyard.

COVID-19 has had its effect upon the number of LNG tankers repaired during 2020 – N-KOM reports only five such vessels repaired this year, which is way down on its normal throughput. However, the yard has said it has another seven LNG tankers booked for repairs during the latter part of 2020.

This year, the LNG tanker repair market has seen some additional yards in China enter the market – Yiu Lian Dockyard, having already penetrated the market in previous years. The new entries have included CHI’s Shanghai and Guangdong Shipyards, and Huarun Dadong Shipyard.

A GTT Technical Service Agreement (TSA) signed last year (2019) involved China’s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries (CHI).

A TSA is well recognised by world’s LNG shipping companies as the ‘ticket’ of a shipyard stepping into the LNG tanker repair market and conversion field. The agreement proves and qualifies the shipyard’s capability of undertaking the repairs and conversion of a membrane type LNG tanker.

During July this year, GTT worked together with the CHI Guangdong shipyard on MISC/ NYK’s 18,297 m3 Mark III type LNG tanker LNG Lucia Ambition. The project produced the first LNG tankers that a Chinese shipyard has ever repaired with intensive membrane type cargo tank repairs. The vessel’s reactivation involved extensive work on her cargo tanks.

The tanker, which was built during 1993 as

the Aman Bintulu, had been in lay-up. She is now operated by the MISC-NYK joint venture Asia LNG Transport.

The LNG tanker repair and conversion business is set to become a larger focus for CHI in the future. The signing of this TSA will help recommend CHI to the world’s LNG shipping companies.

CHI is currently talking with some major LNG shipping companies about the potential of future co-operation. Both CHI and GTT are confident that China has the potential to be established as a LNG tanker repair base, and CHI is well positioned to play a key role as one of the country’s core shipyards.

Earlier this summer, GTT has signed a Global Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with the Hong-Kong based ship-management company Fleet Management. GTT will support Fleet Management with the shipbuilding supervision, maintenance and operation of the vessels they manage. This agreement includes technical assistance for inspection, maintenance, repairs, operations and engineering services, and access to the HEARS emergency hotline, which enables ship-owners, operators and their crews to contact GTT’s experts 24/7 to respond to operational issues.

Fleet Management is currently supervising the newbuilding of the new generation of Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC), under construction in South Korea, with deliveries in October 2020 onwards, all equipped with GTT Mark III technology.

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VESSEL

OWNER

CARGO SYSTEM

CAPACITY (M3)

M - Membrane S - Spherical MES-KHI Yura Dock (Japan).

Grand Aniva

SFC

S

145,000

Diamond Gas Orchid

NYK LNG

S

165,653

Energy Frontier

MOL LNG

S

147,599

LNG Jurojin

MOL LNG

S

156,000

Bischu Maru

K Line

S

165,000

Boris Vilkitsky

Dynagas/Yamal

M

170,600

Fedor Like

Dynagas/Yamal

M

170,600

Eduard Toll

Teekay/Yamal

M

170,600

Vladimir Rusanov

MOL LNG/Yamal

M

170,600

GDF Suez

M

74,130

Galae

STASCo

M

135,269

CESI Wenzhou

Mitsui OSK

M

174,000

LNG Lucia Ambition

Asia LNG

M

18,297

Hai Yang Shi You 301

CNOOC

M

30,000

China Shipping

M

174,100

SCF Mitre

SCF Group

M

170,000

Valencia Knudsen

Knudsen OAS

M

173,400

Golar LNG

M - FSRU

138,830

Al Bahiya

STASCo

M

205,981

Disha

SCI

M

136,026

Maran Gas Sparta

Maran Gas

M

162,000

Aamira

STASCo

M

260,912

Al Thakhira

K Line LNG

M

143,517

Lena River

Dynagas

M

144,880

Asia Endeavor

Chevron

M

144,880

FAYARD (Denmark)

Chantier Naval de Marseille (France) Global Energy

LNG LEAGUE TABLE

CHI Shanghai Shipyard (China)

CHI Guangdong Shipyard

Yiu Lian Dockyard (China) CESI Tianjin CSSC Huarun Dadong Shipyard (China)

Palumbo Viktor Lenac (Croatia) LNG Croatia (Golar Viking) N-KOM (Qatar)

Keppel Shipyard (Singapore)

Energy Advance

MOL LNG

S

144,590

Barcelona Knutsen

Knutsen OAS

M

173,400

Golar Tundra

Golar Management

M

154,948

Gaslog Chelsea

Gaslog LNG

M

153,000

Puteri Mutiara Satu

Eaglestar Management

M

134,861

Asia Endeavor

Chevron

M

154,948

LNG Vesta

MOL LNG

S

127,547

BW Tatania

BW Offshore

S

135,269

Maran Gas Lindos

Maran Gas

M

159,800

LNG Pioneer

MOL LNG

M

138,000

LNG Jamal

NYK LNG

S

136,977

LNG Lerici

Eaglestar Management

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63,933

Excalibur

Exmar Singapore

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138,034

Drydocks World (UAE) Portovyy (ex-Excel)

Global LNG

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135,344

Maran Gas Mystras

Maran Gas

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159,800

Energy Atlantic

Alpha Tankers

M

159,700

Clean Horizon

Dynagas

M

162,000

LNG Adamawa

Nigeria LNG

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142,656

LNG Rivers

Nigeria LNG

S

137,300

SCI

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136,026

Nigeria LNG

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137,500

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CleanAdamawa Horizon LNG

DynagasLNG Nigeria

LNG Rivers Disha DishaSokoto LNG

SCI Nigeria LNG

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ExplorerBrest Damen

Exmar

M

LNG Rivers Adamawa LNG

LNG Sokoto Explorer

Damen Brest LNG Point Fortin LNG Point LNG Unity Fortin LNG Unity Damen Verolme Damen Verolme Boris Davydov

Boris Davydov MMHE (Malaysia) MMHE (Malaysia) SCF Melampus SCF Melampus Puteri Delima

Puteri Delima Southern Cross

Nigeria LNG LNG Nigeria Nigeria LNG SCI

162,000 142,656

142,656 137,300 137,300 136,026

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MOL LNG MOL LNG Gazocean

M M M

154,982 154,982 131,383

Dynagas/Yamal Dynagas/Yamal

M M

170,600 170,600

SCF Management Services

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MISCLNG MOL MOL LNG LNG MOL

M M M M M M

170,200 170,200 130,000

M M

172,000 172,000 172,000 147,000

Nigeria LNG Exmar

Gazocean

SCF Management Services MISC

MOL LNG Brunei Gas Carrier

Seri Alam Puteri Delima

MISC MISC

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150,900

131,383

130,000 172,000

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147,000 145,000 145,000 130,000

Brunei Gas Carrier MISC

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MISC Gas Carrier Brunei Brunei Gas Carrier BW

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130,000 155,000

LNG Oyo Enugu LNG

BW BW

M M

155,000 145,500 145,500 145,500

Navantia Shiprepairs (Spain) Berge Arzew Berge Arzew Experience

BW LNG BW LNG Energy Excelerate

M M M

138,039 138,039 173,400

LNG Oyo Shiprepairs (Spain) Navantia

BW

M

Experience Maran Gas Alexandria

Excelerate Maran Gas Energy

M M

BW Pavillion Berge Arzew Leera

BW LNG LNG BW

M M

Maran Gas Alexandria BW Pavillion Leera Berge Arzew Bering Energy

Bering Energy Portovyy

Portovyy Exemplar Exemplar Cheikh Bouamama

Maran Gas BW LNG

BW LNGTanker Sinokor SinokorLNG Tanker Global

Global LNGEnergy Excelerate Excelerate Energy Hyproc Shipping Hyproc Shipping

M M M S S M M M M M M

Cheikh Bouamama Sembcorp Marine (Singapore) Sembcorp Marine (Singapore) Gaslog Salem

Gaslog LNG

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Methane Julia Shirley Elisabeth Methane Louise

Gaslog LNG LNG Gaslog

M M

Gaslog Salem Methane Shirley Elisabeth

Gaslog LNG LNG Gaslog

Gaslog Savannah Methane Alison Victoria

Gaslog LNG LNG Gaslog Gaslog LNG LNG Gaslog

Methane Heather Patricia Camilla Methane Sally

STASCoLNG Gaslog

Methane Julia Louise Gaslog Savannah

Methane Patricia Alison Victoria Methane Camilla Methane Heather Sally Polar Spirit Polar Spirit Methane Mickie Harper

M M M M M M

145,500

173,400 164,000 164,000 154,600 154,600 138,039 138,039 126,750 126,750 135,344 135,344 150,900 150,900 74,245

74,245

154,948 154,948 142,800 142,800 167,416 167,416 154,948 154,948 145,000

M M

145,000 142,702 142,702 142,702

Gaslog LNG STASCo

M M

Gaslog Gas LNG Teekay Teekay Gas STASCo

M M M M

142,702 88,100 88,100 167,400

Methane Mickie Harper Soyo

STASCoGas Teekay

M M

167,400 154,948

Lobito Jaya Tangguh

Teekay K Line Gas K Line LNG Gaslog

M M M M

154,948 154,948 154,948 167,416

Soyo Lobito

Tangguh Jaya Methane Becki Anne Methane Becki Anne Castillo De Santisteban

Castillo De Santisteban

Teekay Gas Gas Teekay

M M

Gaslog LNG Elcano

M M

MOL/ Karadeniz

S -FSRU

MOL/ Karadeniz

S -FSRU

Elcano

M

LNG LEAGUE TABLE

Puteri Delima Amadi Amadi LNG Enugu

S S S M

136,026 137,500 137,500 150,900

Southern Cross Beidou Star Beidou Star Arkat ArkatAlam Seri

M S

154,948 154,948

167,416 173,673 173,673

Conversions

Conversions Karmol LNGT Powership Africa (Dwiputra)

Karmol LNGT LNGT Powership Powership Asia Africa(NW (Dwiputra) Karmol Shearwater) Karmol LNGT Powership Asia (NW

MOL/ Karadeniz Karadeniz MOL/

S -FSRU -FSRU S

127,386 Sembcorp Marine

127,386 Sembcorp Sembcorp Marine Marine 127,500

127,500 Sembcorp Marine

Shearwater) Torman II (LNG Flora)

Gasfin Development S.A./NYK

S - FSU

127,705 Sembcorp Marine

CNTIC Vpower Energy (NW Sea Eagle) LNG Croatia (Golar Viking)

Synergy Marine Group Golar LNG

S -- FSU M FSRU

Golar LNG BW/Invenergy

M - FSRU S - FSRU S -- FSRU FSRU S

125,541 Huarun Sembcorp Marine 138,830 Dadong Shipyard 138,830 Huarun Dadong ShipyardKeppel Shipyard 126,277

S - FSRU

134,425 Keppel Shipyard

TormanVpower II (LNG Energy Flora) (NW Sea Eagle) CNTIC LNG Croatia (Golar Viking) Gimi Gimi Unnamed (Gallina)

Unnamed (Gallina)

Gasfin Development S.A./NYK S S -- FSU FSU Synergy Marine Group Golar LNG Golar LNG

BW/Invenergy

127,705 Sembcorp Sembcorp Marine Marine 125,541

126,277 Keppel Keppel Shipyard Shipyard 134,425

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Some members of the SGMF working group responsible for the production of the new guidelines pictured following a recent work group meeting at Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard

SGMF publishes new guidance for drydocks The Society for Marine Gas as a Fuel (SGMF) has published new guidance on work practices for maintenance, repair and drydock operations for ships that use gas/LNG as fuel to help ensure the safe maintenance of gas-fuelled ships.

In the future, an increasing number of ships will switch to using gas as a marine fuel, catalysed by increased international regulatory focus on reducing environmental impact and emissions by IMO. However, shipping companies who use gas as a marine fuel will need to be prepared for when their gas-fuelled ships undergo routine

maintenance in dry dock. While cargo is normally removed from a vessel as part of the drydocking process, sometimes fuel is not. With 185 gas fuelled ships in active service and with another 212 on order, the release of this publication is timely since it is important that prior to any docking both ship owner, operator or manager and shipyard fully understand the safety requirements of the gas fuel management during the drydocking period.

For ships using gas fuel, such as LNG, a rigorous approach must be undertaken to maintain safety. As such, this new guidance details techniques and precautions that can be applied to minimise the hazards of LNG/ gaseous fuels – in many cases, allowing the use of traditional maintenance techniques. Where this is not possible, the guidance discusses alternative methods.

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The guidance also offers a risk assessment approach and covers all aspects of LNG fuel management while preparing for the docking and during the docking process. Furthermore, it provides the required details and direction for ship owners to select prequalified shipyards.

Local National and International Regulatory Authorities can also all draw upon, or refer to, the philosophy methodology and content of this publication when it comes to the maintenance of gas fuelled ships.

Shipyards can also use the guidance to prepare and be LNG ready. Although this guidance will give the majority of detail required, SGMF advises that ship owners, operators and managers fully understand the implications of having LNG on-board and appoint an LNG specialist within the fleet and the yard.

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LNG - Conversions FLNG conversions confirm the benefits of ‘repurposing’ Carbon intensity may not be a top priority for shiprepair yards, but it’s high on the agenda for many of their customers … and increasingly so. A recent project demonstrates the emissionsaving potential of ‘re-purposing’ older LNG assets. And conversions can offer an attractive financial option to building from new. Owing to their meticulous operation and the very highest safety standards, older LNG tankers are invariably structurally sound and offer a sustainable alternative as conversions.

Sustainability consultant, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), has compared the conversion of Golar’s floating LNG unit, Hilli Episeyo, at Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) with a newbuilding of similar design and specification. The study, commissioned by Keppel O&M, revealed that the re-purposed vessel, originally built as the LNG tanker, Hilli, in 1975, saved 63,343 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to 13,500 cars over 12 months. The emissions are almost entirely saved during the conversion process.

The findings are important for ship repairers specialising in the LNG repair and conversion sector because older LNG tankers in tip-top condition are really not recycling candidates from an economic viewpoint. The Hilli Episeyo conversion, for example, involving an LNG tanker that was already more than 40 years old, will mean many more years of profitable operation, generating far more value for Golar.

The Hilli Episeyo is now deployed off the coast of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea. She has a capacity of 2.4m tonnes a year from two trains and has operated without any downtime since her re-commissioning in 2018. According to Golar’s financials, the vessel generates revenue of about $40m a quarter.

The company is a pioneer of the repurposing concept – it has never sold a vessel for scrap and instead will have repurposed a total of seven units when the two current projects are completed. One of these is the Gimi, a sistership to the Hilli built in 1976. She is currently undergoing a Sing$947m conversion at Keppel O&M. On her redelivery, she will be deployed on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project in West Africa on a 20-year contract with BP. The conversion is expected to be completed

The Gimi in Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard (see over)

during the first half of 2022.

Iain Ross, Golar LNG, has emphasised the company’s commitment to repurposing high quality assets. “Golar has consistently believed in the sustainability of this approach … and Keppel’s study now quantifies the environmental advantages of this part of our FLNG business model,” he said.

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine’s conversion of the Hilli to Hilli Episeyo using a design and execution model jointly engineered by Keppel and Norway’s Golar LNG, is estimated to save approximately 33% of GHG emissions compared to an FLNG newbuild, according to a study conducted by environmental consultants, Environmental Resources Management (ERM).

The study, which assesses the converted FLNG Hilli Episeyo and a newbuild FLNG of a comparable design and specification, concluded that the converted FLNG saves a total of 63,343 tonnes of GHG emissions.

The repurposing of LNGCs into FLNGs contributes to the circular economy, adding decades to the life of the vessel and recapturing value that would have been lost through disposal, as well as reducing the consumption of materials that would have been needed for a new build. For example, utilisation of new steel was reduced by 39% in the converted FLNG Hilli Episyeo, contributing significantly to the reduction in GHG emissions.

Commissioned by Keppel, the study by ERM assesses the converted and new build

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FLNG across three stages of the project life cycle, namely the end of life of the LNG tanker, repurposing or shipbuilding of the FLNG, and maintenance of the FLNG. Meanwhile, Keppel Offshore & Marine is undertaking the conversion of an unnamed LNG tanker to a FSRU bound for the Port of Acajutla, El Salvador. The contract was inked with FSRU Development, a joint venture company between BW Gas Limited (BW LNG) and Invenergy Investment Co. The FSRU will be El Salvador’s first integrated LNG-to-power project. It is understood that Shell’s 134,425 m3, 2002-built LNG tanker Gallina is the vessel involved.

BW LNG signed a contract last year for the provision of an FSRU with U.S.-based private energy company Invenergy that is developing El Salvador’s first LNG-to-power project. Invenergy is the main shareholder of Energía del Pacífico, the company behind the LNG-to-power project currently under construction at the Port of Acajutla.

The project, expected to be able to meet 30% of El Salvador’s energy demand, is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2021.

Keppel O&M converted the world’s first FSRU in 2008 and has been strengthening its comprehensive suite of offerings along the gas value chain. “Keppel’s partnership with the BW Group has grown from strength to strength, having worked together on more than 10 projects, including FPSO and FSRU conversions.

This latest project represents Keppel’s fifth FSRU

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LNG - Conversions LNG tanker in Sembcorp Marine’s Admiralty yard

The LNG Croatia arrives in Rijeka, Croatia conversion.

As part of Keppel’s newbuilding activities, FueLNG, a joint venture between Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum, has named Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel (LBV), FueLNG Bellina.

Scheduled to be operational by end-2020, the vessel will enable FueLNG to be the first to provide regular ship-to-ship LNG bunkering services within the Singapore port.

FueLNG will also provide LNG bunkering from Singapore’s first dedicated LNG bunkering facility which will be built by Keppel on its Floating Living Lab (FLL), with Shell supplying the LNG to the facility when it becomes operational at the end of 2021.

Golar’s contract for Croatia China’s Huarun Dadong Shipyard, owned by CSSC Hudong Zhonghua, has successfully completed the countries first LNG to FSRU conversion for Norway’s Golar LNG. The project involved the conversion of the 140,205m3 capacity, 2005-built LNG carrier Golar Viking into the FSRU LNG Croatia, for operation in the Krk floating LNG import project on Krk Island, Croatia.

The LNG Croatia, which will provide some 2.6bn m3/year, has now arrived alongside at Croatia’s Palumbo Viktor Lenac Shipyard for

the completion of conversion work, testing and commissioning of various ship’s systems before the LNG terminal begins it operation. The planned stay is about 30 days. The land part of the terminal will be ready to accommodate the ship in the second half of November. The trial work will last until the end of the year, and from January the LNG terminal will start with gas deliveries to the domestic market.

Another large project currently underway in Huarun Dadong Shipyard is Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir – 153,148 gt 2014-built 14,500 teu capacity containership, operated as part of Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd fleet.

This yard has also recently joined the ranks of world-wide LNG tanker repairs with two contracts involving SCF Group’s 170,200 m3 capacity 2005-built SCF Mitre and Knutsen OAS’ 173,400 m3 capacity 2010-built Valencia Knutsen.

The Dwiputra before conversion

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The 127,386 m3 1994-built LNG tanker Dwiputra, which has a Moss Marine spherical cargo containment system, arrived in Sembawang port during the very end part of 2018 after being in lay-up in Brunei. Rumours abounded at that time she was due to be converted to a FSRU at nearby Sembcorp Marine’s Admiralty yard (formerly Sembawang Shipyard) for use as a FSRU LNG import terminal off the coast of Nacala, Mozambique.

More details emerged during 2019 when developers announced that Japan’s MOL and Turkey’s Karpower International agreed to jointly carry out the first LNG-to-Powership project under the co-brand KARMOL in Mozambique. This LNG-to-Powership project comprises the collaborative operations of the FSRU to deliver regasified LNG and the Powership to receive regasified LNG in order to produce electricity, which is subsequently provided to Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the Mozambican National Power Utility, through the electricity connection and transmission facility.

The Dwiputra will be renamed Karmol LNGT Africa. There is also another LNG tanker, the 127,500 m3 NW Shearwater, which will be converted in the same process, to be renamed Karmol LNGT Powership Asia.

Sembcorp is also converting the 127,700m³ LNG Flora, previously owned

by NYK Lines, into a FSU, to be renamed Torman 11, for infrastructure operator Gasfin Development and the 125,541 m3 NW Sea Eagle into a FSU for Singapore’s Synergy Marine, the vessel to be renamed CNTIC Vpower Energy.

Expertise in the gas value chain

With a wealth of experience and capabilities in gas-related repairs and conversions, Keppel Offshore & Marine is today’s preferred partner of choice in meeting the world’s growing demand for LNG in a fast and cost-efficient way.

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TMS Cardiff Gas’ Bonito LNG, which was delivered by Hyundai Heavy Industries this year (2020)

V-shaped recovery likely in LNG trades LNG sector resilience has come as a huge relief to energy firms and owners following a few months earlier in the year when energy markets went into free fall and were swamped with unwanted products. The result is likely to be a V-shaped recovery, according to experts, and one that appears to have already started. There could still be shocks along the way, however, with many projects subject to delay and more than 20% of existing capacity on order.

The medium-term projections are positive. Whilst the COVID-19 future remains uncertain, the world’s population continues to grow and, despite the present blip, demand for energy will continue its upward trajectory.

According to this year’s edition of BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy, natural gas accounted for a record 24.2% of the world’s energy mix in 2019.

Consumption continues to rise, the study noted, whilst consumption of coal – still ahead of natural gas – is falling fast and oil consumption, as a component in the energy mix, continues to drift downwards. Energy analysts expect this process to accelerate as decarbonisation climbs the agenda. Carbon-reducing strategies are now a key focus for many large corporations and even some of the oil majors are expecting to sell off oil assets and focus more resources on LNG development.

Clarkson statistics reveal that the LNG comprised 600 vessels as of August 2020, of which 565 were of capacity 40,000 m3 or more. The 138ship orderbook represented 22% of the existing fleet at that time but the rate of new contracting has dipped sharply this year – from 68 ships in 2018, 50 in 2019, to just 11 up until the end of August. In its most recent update, the analysts said that 27 LNG tankers are expected to have been commissioned during 2020, rising to 67 ships in 2021 and another 44 thereafter.

Spot rates for a 160,000 m3 dual-fuel diesel-electric vessel plunged from more than $115,000 a day early in the year to less than $30,000 a day in April but had climbed back to about $55,000 a day by early October. A further strengthening in rates was expected in view of climbing tonnemile demand. This is likely to have dipped from more than 10% in 2019 to around 4% this year, but analysts expect a strong recovery back to about

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10% in 2021.

So the short-term outlook is fair, bearing in mind the large volume of new capacity that will have to be absorbed. In the medium term, though, the signs are positive - in the half decade to 2021, liquefaction capacity is expected to have expanded by almost 33%, according to Clarkson Research figures, while regasification facilities will have grown by more than 22%.

Then, as LNG becomes more widely adopted as a marine fuel, a new requirement for regional distribution networks will generate demand for small-scale tankers and bunkering vessels. Analysts believe that this latest source of demand is likely to grow exponentially over the next few years. The rapid growth in global LNG bunkering infrastructure is likely to alleviate some ship operators’ concerns over access to LNG fuel and potentially, over time, could even widen this market to owners with ships in the tramp trades.

Clarkson estimates that there were 116 LNG bunkering ports around the world in 2019 - by the end of 2021, there could be as many as 167. This scale of expansion will underpin a growing requirement for LNG bunkering vessels, shoreside infrastructure, and service vessels. This, in turn, will create new revenue streams for shiprepair yards and service companies with appropriate expertise and cryogenic infrastructure.

Turning to likely future demand, LNG owners can probably breathe a sigh of relief as many projects under development are likely to be delayed far less than looked likely earlier this year. Clarkson’s figures show that there are 19 liquefaction projects under construction generating a likely vessel requirement of 133 units. Of these, eight projects are due for start-up before the end of 2022, with commissioning dates for the others extending from 2023 to 2026.

Liquefaction projects at the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) stage will require a further substantial number of new vessels. There are 59 of these, many of which were subject to significant delays even before the impact of the pandemic. No fewer than 36 of these are undergoing the FEED process in the US. Clarkson estimates that the number of vessel likely to be required for these projects will be 403, of which 260 will be needed for projects in the US.

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Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered its first newbuild LNG Tanker, Avenir Advantage to Avenir LNG

Small-scale LNG a sector to watch Finnish technology company, Wärtsilä, announced early in October that it is to build a CO2-neutral LNG production plant in Köln, Germany, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes a year. Likely to be commissioned during the second half of 2022, the facility will supply LNG to the transportation sector, the company said.

“The use of LNG as an emissions-reducing fuel in the marine and transportation industries is already well-established,” said Antti Kuokkanen, Wärtsilä’s Vice President for Gas Solutions. “To introduce bioLNG which can be mixed with LNG is the next obvious step in enabling a CO2-neutral transportation fuel.”

The development is an early sign of what many experts believe could become exponential growth in the small-scale LNG sector. This early segment of the market will become increasingly important, they say, as LNG becomes more widely adopted in transport, as a source of power for industry, and is off-grid storage and supply arrangements for remote communities and islands. Three years ago, a report on the sector published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) concluded that small-scale LNG could be the next big wave and was posed to disrupt the energy industry.

PwC suggested there was no time to lose for companies hoping to establish a presence in the sector. “They should be prepared to act quickly,” the consultants wrote in the report. “In selected applications, such as marine and off-grid power generation, it will be vital for participants to establish first-mover advantage. But they will also need to have the right strategy in place, underpinned by the appropriate capabilities, which include the ability to build partnerships across the LNG chain.”

Shiprepair firms with infrastructure and expertise in cryogenic technology should take note. So far, small-scale LNG is a relatively small and niche market but COVID-19 is likely to have given the sector another boost, as decarbonisation is now becoming more urgent. Within

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a few years, global LNG distribution is likely to have transformed from a relatively small number of long-haul trades to a hub and spoke network.

Small-scale LNG carriers will not only be powered by the fuel itself but will also provide key links in the LNG feeder supply chain. According to GlobalData, a data and analytics firm, North America is likely to see the highest growth in small-scale LNG liquefaction capacity, providing a new market for shale gas producers. The company forecast that North America would account for 37% of global liquefaction expansion by 2024.

Wärtsilä’s Antti Kuokkanen

LNG - Fuel Conversions LNG conversions not a slam dunk While the investment case for LNG as a marine fuel is pretty clear for many ship types, it is less obvious for engine conversions. Some pioneering owners have nevertheless taken the plunge. Clearly, their investment appraisal, perhaps strengthened by a strong environmental message, has made sound corporate sense.

However, not everyone is convinced. Opponents point out that LNG is still a hydrocarbon and when its well-to-wake emissions are taken into account – rather than merely those generated from tank-to-wake – the carbon-reducing benefits are significantly lower than those that are claimed. They also highlight methane slip as a major negative, although engine technology is advancing fast and the latest gas engines demonstrate much-improved methane performance.

Earlier this year, the Climate Bond Initiative (CBI), excluded LNG-related marine projects from qualifying from possible financial support. The organisation cited various factors underlying its decision, including LNG’s more limited carbon-reducing potential (the well-to-wake argument), its carbon make-up, and methane slip.

SEA\LNG hit back. Peter Keller, the organisation’s Chairman described the CBI’s stance as illogical, given that carbon-reducing initiatives are possible right now by using LNG as a marine fuel today, whilst also paving the way for new technologies in the future. Drop-in carbon-neutral and zero-carbon fuels, including liquefied biomethane and liquefied synthetic

The tank being positioned on-board the Sajir methane, can be used in today’s LNG marine engines, providing further decarbonisation benefits, the lobby group pointed out.

Whatever the technical arguments, however, shipowners face the day-to-day realities of running ships reliably and, at the same time, as profitably as possible. And while the economics of building new ships with LNG engines appear pretty solid, conversion benefits are not as clear. In

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LNG - Fuel Conversions the case of new ships, first costs of LNG newbuildings are significantly higher and some cargo-carrying space may be lost. On the other hand, LNG is in abundant supply and relatively cheap, and LNG engines are, to some extent, ‘future-proof’. Through-life investment analysis most often results in favourable numbers, according to analysts.

For some owners, however, the conversion option clearly makes sense.

Spain’s Baleària has invested around $70m on engine conversions aboard five ro/pax ferries running between Spain and the Balearic Islands.

Other services include routes between Spain and North Africa and to Fort Lauderdale. The company has converted three vessels and plan to convert two more, and already operate a pair of new ferries built in Italy.

Baleària ships that have had engine conversions so far include the Abel Matutes (29,670 gt, 2010), Bahama Mama (20,238 gt, 2009), Martin i Soler (24,760 gt, 2008) and Nápoles (24,409 gt, 2002). The two new ferries, built by Italy’s Cantiere Navale Visenti, are the 26,500 gt Hypatia de Alejandria (2019) and sistership Marie Curie, also delivered last year.

The highest-profile conversion to date is Hapag-Lloyd’s Hyundai-built 149,360 dwt, containership Sajir, one of 17 vessels acquired when the German carrier took over UASC’s so-called ‘LNG-ready’ fleet. The project, undertaken jointly with engine firm MAN Energy Solutions, is in progress at China’s Huarun Dadong Shipyard but has been delayed by the impact of COVID-19.

However, recent comments by Hapag-Lloyd chief, Rolf Habben Jansen indicate that the economics have not proved as positive as first thought. The price of the engine conversion (US$35m) is unlikely to be made up over the remaining life of the ship, he said, and the possibility of converting more of the UASC ships which Hapag-Lloyd acquired is currently on hold.

The cost of the conversion, which began during early September, would have to come down by about $10m to make the economics work.

Of course, as a pilot project, costs were bound to be high but whether they can be reduced by a margin of close to 30% is a big question.

However, he said, the company would continue to look for ways to reduce its carbon footprint, as this was an important and continuous objective every year.

When the LNG tank weighing 1,300 tonnes was hoisted into the containership by a floating crane recently, it marked another milestone in the conversion of the container ship to LNG propulsion. Over the previous three weeks, the ship’s hold had been prepared for the installation. The tank was then welded to the hold, while the main engine and the auxiliary diesel engines were converted to dual-fuel operation for LNG and lowsulphur fuel oil.

generation of the company’s dual-fuel engine range of which 60 units have now clocked up well over half a million running hours. Another 320 units are on order.

The engine range incorporates ‘Intelligent Control by Exhaust Recycling’ (iCER) technology which helps to achieve an improved combustion process with inert gas, leaving less unburnt methane in the combustion chamber. In fact, Volkmar Galke, WinGD’s Global Sales Director, told participants in a webinar earlier this year that full-scale tests trials had shown a reduction in methane slip of up to 50%.

“By adjusting the recirculation rate of inert gas and controlling parameters like fuel admission and ignition timing,” Galke explained, “we can increase compression ratios for greater efficiency. The result is optimised combustion through closed-loop control, regardless of ambient conditions and load.”

The X-DF engine is the only one to incorporate both Diesel and Otto combustion cycles in one unit, Galke explained, and said that the latest technology will be developed to provide further efficiency gains and a basis for effective operation using new marine fuels when they become available. Engines in the range can already burn fuel blends which include carbon-neutral drop-in fuels such as biogas. And, in a counter to LNG critics, he cited the development as clear evidence that LNG is a vital bridging fuel for the future as shipping tackles carbon reduction targets in the fact of IMO’s 2030 and 2050 targets.

Alfa Laval has worked closely with WinGD on the new technology and the Swedish company’s PureCool exhaust gas cooling system is an integral part of the iCER technology. Noting shipowners’ natural concern about the impact of methane slip, Alfa Laval’s Business Development Manager, David Jung, commented, “As a growing number of vessels turn to LNG as fuel, many shipowners are concerned about the potential appearance of methane slip regulations.

“The iCER option is a standalone installation adjacent to the engine,” he added. “During operation in gas mode, it improves combustion by cooling and recirculating about 50% of the exhaust gas through a lowpressure path with full turbocharger capacity. This minimises methane slip, and the PureCool system provides the vital cooling function that makes it possible. With or without regulations, WinGD’s iCER technology with the Alfa Laval PureCool system will help the shipping industry align more fully with climate goals by minimising methane slip.”

Methane slip a key focus Whatever you may think about LNG as a leading marine fuel of the future, or perhaps an interim fuel to reduce carbon emissions in the short run, methane slip is a major issue. In fact, it is has been seized upon

by LNG-as-fuel opponents as probably the most important negative.

Although the gas has an atmosphere lifetime of 12 years compared with carbon dioxide’s 100-plus years, it is 25 more potent as a greenhouse gas. Hence the concern!

In June this year, engine company WinGD launched a new series of dual-fuel engines which, it said, could cut methane slip by up to 50% and improve fuel consumption at the same time. The X-DF2.0 is the second

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A WinGD diesel engine with the Alpha Laval PureCool system

LNG - Equipment Wärtsilä’s involvement in the LNG market Wärtsilä has introduced its Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant. The system is designed to reliquefy boil-off gas (BOG) on-board gas tankers and LNG bunker vessels, and for keeping the cargo cool under all operational conditions. Its compact design enables it to be installed on existing vessels without extensive modification work.

“Wärtsilä has been a pioneer in BOG reliquefaction and the Compact Reliq is a continuation of our strong development activities in this field. As the global market for LNG applications expands in response to increasing environmental regulations, greater flexibility in meeting these growing needs is required. The Compact Reliq is an important and innovative new piece towards completing the puzzle,” says Wärtsilä’s Kjell Ove Ulstein, Director Sales & Marketing, Gas Solutions.

As with previously delivered Wärtsilä

Korea Lines’ new LNG bunkering vessel will feature Wärtsilä’s advanced cargo handling system reliquefaction systems, the Compact Reliq is based on well-proven Brayton technology.

This allows a portion of the BOG to be utilised as fuel for the vessel, while the excess can be liquefied and sold with the LNG cargo.

Liquefying the BOG instead of burning it in a Gas Combustion Unit also has a positive environmental effect, as no gases are released into the atmosphere.

The system is prepared in line with Wärtsilä’s Smart Marine approach to take advantage of the latest digital technologies to optimise efficiency. It is ready instrumented for remote monitoring and online operational support, and requires minimal maintenance between five-year interval docking. The Compact Reliq is compatible with Wärtsilä’s Operational Performance Improvement and Monitoring

Technical Service Agreement Repair with GTT

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LNG - Equipment (OPERIM) protocol, and can be fully integrated with the ship’s Planned Maintenance System (PMS).

Four new next-generation short-sea cargo vessels being built at the WuHu Shipyard in China will feature LNG propulsion and storage systems provided by Wärtsilä. The ships have been ordered by Holland’s Wijnne & Barends Chartering, part of the Dutch Spliethoff Group.

The ships will be among the first-ever of their type to be powered by LNG fuel. Because of space restrictions on short-sea cargo ships, Wärtsilä developed a customised solution in close co-operation with the naval architect and the owners that allows the Wärtsilä LNGPac storage and supply system to be installed below deck without compromising the cargo hold space.

The propulsion efficiency will be optimised as a result of Wärtsilä’s Opti Design capabilities that tailors the propeller and HP nozzle to specifically align with the vessel’s hull. These integrated technologies will be supported via Wärtsilä’s Data Collection Unit (WDCU) with iCloud based services and remote monitoring to optimise operability, fuel economy, and periodic maintenance.

The four ships will each have a Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel main engine, a Wärtsilä gearbox, a Wärtsilä controlled pitch propeller (CPP) with HP nozzle, and a Wärtsilä LNGPac system. The 5,800 dwt lo/lo vessels will operate in the Baltic and North Seas and will be Finnish/ Swedish Ice Class 1A classified.

Wärtsilä has also been selected to supply the cargo handling system for a new 18,000 m3 LNG bunkering vessel being built for Korea Line at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The contract scope includes the engineering, design, procurement, and commissioning of the overall cargo handling system, including the cargo tank design. The equipment delivery is scheduled to commence at the end of 2020, and the ship is expected to be delivered in early 2022. The contract includes an option for a second vessel.

When delivered, the vessel will be chartered

by Shell. The design of Wärtsilä’s cargo handling systems is based on the extensive experience the company has accumulated in delivering such systems for LPG, LEG and LNG tankers.

Earlier this year, Wärtsilä was contracted to deliver a complete bridge systems installation for five ice breaking LNG-fuelled tankers to be constructed for the Arctic LNG-2 project. The

Four short-sea cargo vessels being built for Wijnne & Barends will feature LNG propulsion and storage systems provided by Wärtsilä navigational systems are delivered by Wärtsilä Voyage, the new business responsible for digital solutions and decision support tools to enhance safety and reliability of shipping operations. The ships are building at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

Under the contract two equivalent bridges will be placed in the vessels’ superstructure - one of them is turned 180o from the conventional position. This peculiar construction will allow icebreakers to move both forward and aft, thus ensuring safe vessels navigation under adverse climate conditions of the Arctics.

Both navigation bridges of all five LNG tankers will be equipped with the Multifunction Display system consisting of 12 multifunction workstations with a full set of basic applications, including ECDIS, radar, conning navigation information display system, BAMS alarm tracking system, and Navi-Planner for advanced route planning. The scope of Wärtsilä solutions also includes VSAT and IRIDIUM satellite communication systems. The workstations are fully integrated into a unified system, which allows the main operational functions to be duplicated, thereby improving safety of ice navigation.

Similar sets of equipment were installed on LNG tankers built under the Yamal LNG project during 2014-2018 (with Christophe de Margerie as the lead ship in the series).

“I’m sure that our experience in Yamal-LNG project, along with the high professionalism of South Korean shipbuilders, and the advantages of integrated technologies, will make the LNG tankers under construction truly effective for solving urgent tasks and developing safe navigation in the Arctic,” said Igor Gapeshko, Managing Director of Transas Navigator product line within Wärtsilä Voyage.

All the equipment installed on-board is fully compliant with the requirements of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Bureau Veritas (BV). It is designed and tested to operate

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all year-round in heavy Arctic conditions at temperatures down to 52oC below zero. The installation of the equipment is scheduled for 2020-2023.

The Arctic LNG-2 project is dedicated to production, storage and shipment of LNG and gas condensate from the Salmanovsky gas field of the Gydan Peninsula. The project involves the construction of three LNG production lines with a capacity of 6.6m tons/year, as well as stable gas condensate. The total capacity of three lines is projected to be 19.8m tons of LNG/year.

ABB’s involvement with Yamal LNG project The final vessel in a 15-ship series has entered service for Yamal LNG project ahead of schedule, powered by ABB’s leading-edge technology. The 170,000 m3 Yakov Gakkel, owned by a joint venture between Teekay LNG Partners and China LNG Partners, joins a fleet of 15 specially designed tankers transporting LNG all-year-round from one of Russia’s most significant export developments in a generation – Yamal LNG. Built in less than six years and to ARC7 ice class, 15 vessels have opened the Northern Sea Route to commercial gas shipping and significantly expanded the navigation period in the direction of the Asia-Pacific region and ensured year-round transportation of gas to the customers westwards.

Known for its unparalleled performance in the harshest conditions, Azipod propulsion has become an industry standard for ice-going vessels. The Azipod propulsion system, where the electric drive motor is in a submerged pod outside the ship’s hull, can rotate 360o to increase manoeuvrability, which is particularly crucial for vessels operating in ice.

ABB has delivered electric propulsion systems to over 90 icebreakers or ice-going vessels with a propulsion power of up to 45 MW. Options for Azipod propulsion span 1 MW to 22 MW. With its proven ability to cut fuel consumption by up to 20% compared to traditional shaftline propulsion systems, the Azipod technology has played a key role in developing ABB’s strong position for environmentally-friendly electric propulsion.

“The sheer scale of this project and the size of the Azipod units involved make this a milestone for ABB,” says Juha Koskela,

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LNG - Equipment provide the technology that is expected on a modern VLEC and demonstrate the value that advanced system integration can bring to the evolving gas sector.

ABS classes new Saga LNG tanker The ABB Azipod propulsions units on-board the Yakov Gakkel Managing Director, ABB Marine & Ports. “The fuel and emissions-saving capabilities of Azipod electric propulsion have made it the technology of choice for sensitive arctic conditions for almost 30 years, and we were delighted to leverage our experience to deliver safe and reliable technologies ahead of schedule in line with the project’s demands.”

The extensive scope of ABB solutions supplied as part of the projects also include turbochargers, generators, switchboards, transformers, electric drives and propulsion control systems. The order – one of the largest one’s ever for ABB Marine & Ports – was previously announced in spring 2014.

Høglund signs contract with Babcock LGE Norway’s Høglund Marine Solutions has signed contracts with Babcock LGE to supply gas handling and an Integrated Automation and Control System (IACS) for two Pacific Gasowned VLEC newbuilds. These vessels, which are being built in Jiangnan shipyard in China will be the first VLEC additions to the Pacific Gas fleet and will be transporting ethane between the USA and Europe.

The contracts fulfil rigorous specifications set down by Pacific Gas for fully integrated automation and gas handling solutions on their newbuilds. To help support long-term vessel optimisation, Pacific Gas also specified for a ship performance monitor to be incorporated.

Høglund will be responsible for providing the following management systems for the VLEC newbuilds - IACS, ship performance monitor, control system for cargo handling and fuel gas supply system based on a Babcock LGE design.

It is a significant engineering challenge to effectively integrate automation and gas

David Gunaseelan

handling systems on gas newbuilds. Without proper consideration for automation and integration, vessels are at risk of becoming too complex and a significant challenge to operate and maintain. With effective collaboration amongst yards, suppliers and marine solutions specialists on the design and installation of these integrated systems, these VLEC newbuilds will have significantly enhanced reliability, efficiency and simplified lifetime maintenance.

The two 99,000 m3 VLECs are expected to be delivered the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.

Commenting on these multiple contracts, David Gunaseelan, Vice President of Sales at Høglund Marine Solutions said, “I’m thrilled Høglund has been chosen to deliver a fully integrated solution encompassing cargo handling and wider vessel management systems for Pacific Gas. These contracts demonstrate how the industry is recognising the need for joined-up thinking and systems in the growing gas fleet, and the performance and reliability benefits this delivers. As such, Pacific Gas will have peace of mind that their VLEC will operate as efficiently and reliably as possible.”

Adding his thoughts to the contract, Capt.

Tao Yong, Vice President of Pacific Gas said, “By having Høglund involved in the project, we are drawing on their proven track record of delivering effective and seamless automation systems among multiple vessel types. We are confident that together, we will be able to

The Saga Dawn

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The ABS-classed Saga Dawn, the world’s first LNG tanker to be fitted with an innovative cargo containment system based on IMO requirements for independent Type A tanks, has been delivered to Saga LNG Shipping.

The 45,000 m3 LNG tanker, which recently completed three weeks of gas trials, was constructed by China Merchants Heavy Industry at its Jiangsu shipyard in Haimen, China.

“ABS has a track record of working with innovators in gas worldwide and we are proud that this project joins the list of successful projects,” said Eric Kleess, ABS Senior Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere Operations.

“Innovation is essential to move our industry forward and it is our mission to work with the designers and builders to harness the benefits of these designs while keeping safety at the forefront.”

The LNT A-BOX system was developed

by LNT Marine. It features IMO independent prismatic type A tanks as the primary containment. The tanks are supported by laminated wooded supports and a liquidtight thermal insulation attached to the hull compartment as an independent secondary barrier.

“After nearly 10 years of research and development, we are delighted to see the completion and delivery of the first LNG tanker based on our LNT A-BOX technology. We would like to thank CMHI, Saga and ABS for excellent co-operation throughout the project,” said Kjetil Sjølie Strand, CEO, LNT Marine.

Dockgate

by Michael Grey MBE

Trials and tribulations What a wonderful opportunity for argument and contractual disputes were the predelivery trials, following the completion of a fine new ship. It always seemed a little ridiculous, with a ship designed as the accumulation of so many different systems, that the vessel’s acceptance or rejection would depend on her speed over a measured mile. In such circumstances about the only certainty Michael Grey was the length of the measured mile itself, which one assumed had been laboriously paced out in an earlier age by surveyors in stout boots, carrying measuring instruments.

If the ship failed for some reason to attain the specified speed over the distance, there would be arguments over the weather, perhaps the fuel quality, (in the days of coal firing even more scope for dispute was available), or the fact that the trim or draught was less than optimum. And if the vessel exceeded the specified speed over the distance, attention would then devolve upon the fuel consumption, which offered plenty of scope for argument. It was always a bit rough and ready, with an owner looking, perhaps to postpone the final payment, or even reduce the price, if the ship had not come up to scratch at a moment in time. When you considered that the vessel’s speed trials would be undertaken at a light draught, rather than with the ship full of paying cargo, it was, let’s face it, a bit silly and somewhat theoretical. It was, however, regarded as very important and in the technical journals of the day, the builders would proudly announce that the vessel “had exceeded her specified speed on trials”. If it hadn’t, they would remain quiet about the fact, as the lawyers became engaged.

So it was interesting to read that a major Japanese shipping company and one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, have agreed a new type of contract, which will be less dependent on what happens on delivery, but will effectively guarantee that performance matches up to the specification over time in service. Now there’s a sensible development, although one can imagine that those who love to litigate over matters of performance will be out of a job, and be somewhat disheartened.

Of course, the truth of the matter is that such is the length of time between the owner signing the contract for a new ocean greyhound, and its ultimate delivery, that the perception of need for the ship might have greatly altered. I am old enough to remember the dark days of the mid to late 1970s and the desperate efforts that owners would take to avoid taking delivery of ships for which, after the ‘oil-shocks’, all demand had evaporated.

There were, at that time, technical superintendents who made a reputation for themselves by devising extraordinary methods for declining to take delivery, making minute and lengthy examinations of the finished ship lasting for days and finding fault in the most unlikely places. It is said, although I have no means of verifying this,

that some of these old chaps have been hauled out of comfortable retirement in the last few years when the oil price tanked and newbuildings for the offshore industry were suddenly found to be cursed. They were then able to work their magic, although in many cases, from all accounts, the owners just walked away leaving the shipyards with their beautiful but wholly unwanted ships and rigs.

The ability of the ship owner to find fault with a newbuilding has tended to be largely market related and in times of plenty, with a profitable charter waiting, the superintendent would be primed to overlook any but the most desperate deficiencies. A little lack of speed would be put down to the unexpected head winds which, even more surprisingly, backed around 180o for the run in the opposite direction. The newest ship I sailed on had been delivered to the company in such circumstances with half the paint scheme missing.

Two years later we were still scrubbing away at the mill scale, but the ship was obviously earning.

Trials, under the old regime, were always, let’s face it, a bit of a trial. As a technical journalist, I recall the trials of a small tanker, where so many things went wrong, I started to feel embarrassed for the builders’ team. It took about half a dozen goes at the measured mile before they could register the right speed. The ballast pumps didn’t work and when they did we ended up with a mysterious list. The steering gear broke down in the river, necessitating an unscheduled anchoring and then to cap it all at the actual anchoring trials, the two cables managed to get twisted and a tug had to be summoned to untwist them. I missed my train home and had to stay the night in the seamen’s mission. But the owner, despite all these mishaps, and clearly because he needed the ship in a hurry, cheerfully took delivery of the ship the following morning.

The Japanese deal would seem to depend not on the ship being perfect in every respect on the point of delivery, but upon the ship’s performance, according to the guarantee, over a specified period in service. But it is also worth pointing out that these are two Japanese parties and unlike litigious and argumentative folk in other parts of the world, the Japanese place great stock on harmony, and rely rather less on lawyers.

Farewell to Safmarine It was sad, although not unexpected, to hear that the Safmarine brand is to disappear into the great blue Maersk corporation, going the same way as other lost lines such as P&O, OCL, or Nedlloyd, all in the name of corporate efficiency. One imagines that its loss will be felt quite a lot in South Africa, even though the 84 year old company had been part of Maersk for some time. Pretty well all the integration will have taken place and only the brand itself is left to be ‘disappeared’, with some pots of blue paint.

The South African Marine Corporation began life in 1946, with a joint venture between the US and South Africa, a route upon which there was a shortage of shipping space, with States Marine as the US partners in the venture. Chartered tonnage and the purchase of a number of the fast ‘Victory’ liners from the US saw the new line off the launch pad. Gradually the company established itself, with new routes to the UK and Europe and in 1965, it entered the passenger trades, buying two of Union Castle’s

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Dockgate

Union Castle’s Transvaal Castle, which became SA Vaal under Safmarine colours

mail boats.

By 1970 Safmarine operated some 30 ships in world-wide liner trades. Local coastwise feeder services were established. Tankers and bulkers were operated, the company invested in deep-sea towage and salvage expertise and in 1974, Safmarine took the momentous step to enter the South African –Europe container trades. Partners were Ellermans, Nedlloyd, CMB and on the Mediterranean service, Lloyd Triestino. They all went, too.

Size and scale of modern shipping is possibly one explanation for the demise of this company, as the giant corporations that survive in this low-margin world of international shipping seek to reduce their costs.

One might be reminded of other ‘national’ shipping companies that were designed to produce a degree of maritime independence, such as ANL and the Shipping Corporation of New Zealand, but which ultimately proved unviable. But Safmarine was an honourable name in the annals of the maritime world, lasting longer than many, and its disappearance will be noted with regret.

September. The ship’s cargo, thanks to some sterling work by salvors, remained intact, but the subsequent fire wrecked the whole after part of the ship and one of the bunker tanks leaked before being patched by the salvors. One of the crew died in the initial explosion, the remainder being rescued and taken to Sri Lanka. The master of the ship, who nobody with an ounce of common sense could attribute any blame for the conflagration , is now being charged with committing pollution offences and ‘negligence’.

One might mock the Sri Lankan judiciary for its behaviour in this case, but it is par for the course, the master of the VLCC merely joining a long list of shipmasters who have been deemed criminally responsible for all sorts of unlikely incidents that have taken place on their ships. The master is the fall guy, the man who carries the can and it is a situation that is getting notably worse in an era where the most important thing after an accident is to find somebody to blame. You might think of some consequences.

When the law’s an ass If in doubt, following an accident on-board ship, just arrest the master, as there will be no lack of charges for which he might be subsequently prosecuted. The fact that his responsibility for the incident is so tenuous that it wouldn’t stand up in a shore side court of law is neither here nor there. This is the shipping industry and the wretched master can be deemed responsible for all evil that might befall his or her ship.

What might be though a classic in this genre of applied injustice concerns the master of the VLCC New Diamond, which, it might be recalled, experienced a boiler explosion in the Indian Ocean in

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The New Diamond on fire off the Sri Lankan coast

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

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 M. +31 6 47 952 452 T. +31 85 0160 635 E. hilka@aysshiprepair.nl hilka@pcmaritime.nl W: 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: Thales (NS Wales)

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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WSR SERVICES LTD

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

234 Ayias Fylaxeos, CY 3082 Limassol, Cyprus Tel: +357 25344418 Email: mail.cy@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented – Shipyards AASRY - Bahrain Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Ciramar - Dominican Republic Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka 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 German Dry Docks - Bremerhaven, Germany 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 International Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Lisnave Estaleiros Navais - Setubal, Portugal Loyd Werft - Bremerhaven, Germany Marina Barcelona 92 - Spain MTG Dolphin - Varna, Bulgaria Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Papua New Guinea Dockyard - Papua New Guinea Sembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades - Singapore Sociber - Valparaiso, Chile Zhoushan IMC YY - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Dalian 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 LongKong Marine Eng. Co, Ltd - China 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

China

Denmark / Finland

AIMSS V.O.F

Thoornseweg 92, 4854 EH 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)

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)

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:T omas 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 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) Eike Lohmann (+49 151 742 30009) 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 Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. – 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 + Donggou) (China) CHI Zhoushan (China) CHI Guangdong (China) CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard (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) 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), Marine Technical Services (MTS) - worldwide (Port Repair, Voyage Repair), 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) Pro Nautas. Leer (Germany) (nautical equipment, SAT communication & IT on board) Loewe Marine, Bremen (Germany) (newbuilding & repair, rudder & stearing gear, ECO design) Bacviet, Haiphong (Taiwan) (port and voyage repair incl spare parts) New Hai An Marine Engineering, Shenzhen (China) (port repair, afloat incl steel renewal, piping & electrical repairs & tank cleaning) 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) Boilerman International Service, Shanghai (China) (boiler repair/heat exchangers) Kingfisher Marine Service, Shanghai (China) (supply & general service, supervision & engineering) SeaTec Ship Service, Shanghai (China) (3d-scan, project design, service repair, maintenance, supervision, engines, boilers worldwide diver support and port repairs

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/Caribbean Chantier Davie Canada Inc. Quebec ,Canada Detyens Shipyard Charleston,USA MEC Repairs, S.A., Panama Seaspan Vancouver Drydock, Canada

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Agents Contact Directory Seaspan Victoria Shipyards Company Ltd, Canada TNG Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruz Mexico South America SPI Astilleros S.A.; Argentina Far East DSIC Changxingdao Shipyard Co., Ltd. Dalian Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co.,Ltd, China PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co Ltd, China PaxOcean Shipyard Pte. Ltd, Singapore PaxOcean Asia – Pertama, Indonesia Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, China Yiu Lian Dockyards Limited, Hongkong Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited, China Zhoushan IMC YY Shipyard Persian Gulf Drydocks World – Dubai LLC, UAE Med/Black Sea Bulyard Shipbuilding Industry EAD, Bulgaria Carell S.A., Greece Chantier Naval de Marseille, France San Giorgio del Porto Genoa, Italy Sefine Shipyard, Turkey Europe Atlantic/Baltic Astander, Santander, Spain Astican, Gran Canaria, Spain Baltyard, Gdynia Bredo Dockgesellschaft mbH, Germany Blohm+Voss B.V. & Co. KG Harland&Wolff HI. Belfast, UK HSOG LTD. UK Oresund Drydocks, Sweden Pregol Shipyard Kaliningrad Afloat Companies Bludworth Marine, USA BMT Repairs, Spain Drydocks World Global Offshore Services, UAE DSK Co., Ltd Korea, afloat repairs, engine service, drydocking Greentec Marine Engineering Co., Ltd; Turnkey installation, design or supervision for BWTS and Scrubber HON Marine, Malaysia Longkong Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, China Oceantrans Marine Services Co. Ltd, China Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield, LLC, USA On Site Alignment, Supervision for Alignment and shaft works MarineService Hirthals A.S., Denmark Metalock Brasil ROG Rotterdam Offshore Group, Netherlands Subsea Global Solutions Halifax, Canada Subsea Global Solutions Vancouver, Canada Subsea Global Solutions Miami, USA Subsea Global Solutions Los Angeles, USA Subsea Global Solutions Seattle, USA Subsea Global Solutions Tampa, USA Subsea Global Solutions Houston, USA Subsea Global Solutions Panama Subsea Global Solutions Curacao Netherlands Antilles Subsea Global Solutions, Trinidad and Tobago Trident BV. Netherlands Trident Italia Trident Malta Trident Spain Trident UAE UMA Marine Group, India VICUS DESARROLLOS TECNOLOGICOS S.L., shipdesign and performance upgrades Spares and Equipment Brightsun Marine Pte. Ltd, Singapore LAB S.A., scrubber maker SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company, China Senda Shipping Engineering & Service Ltd, China

Greece

A. P. & A. LTD (GREECE)

Bona Vista Plaza, 3 Xanthou Street, Fax: +30 210 8983 434 Email: groffice@apaltd.gr Contact: Ingrid Papadakis, Nikolaos Almyroudis Shipyards Represented ASL Batam Shipyard (Indonesia) Astilleros Cernaval Shipyard (Spain) Bredo Shipyard (Germany) Chengxi Shipyard (China) Chengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) (China) China Shipping Industry (China) Ciramar Shipyard (Dominican Rep) COSCO Shipyard Group (China) • Dalian • Guangdong • Lianyungang • Nantong • Shanghai • Zhoushan Curacao Drydock Company (Netherland Antilles) Gisan Shipyard (Turkey) Jurong Shipyard (Singapore) Paxocean Zhoushan Shipyard (China) Santierul Naval Constantza Shipyard Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China) Talleres Navales Del Golfo Shipyard (Mexico) Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Tsakos Industrias Navales (Uruguay) Yiu Lian Dockyards (China)

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 List of 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.) 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 or +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 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 German Dry Docks - Bremerhaven, Germany Guangzhou Wenchong - South China Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. Ireland HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China International Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Loyd Werft - Bremerhaven, Germany MTG Dolphin - Varna, Bulgaria Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Papua New Guinea Dockyard - Papua New Guinea Zhoushan IMC YY - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Dalian 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

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 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)

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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 Ardent Salvage (The Netherlands) Asaba shipyard (Equatorial Guinea) Astilleros Cernaval, Algeciras (Spain) Astilleros Mario Lopez, Malaga (Spain) Chengxi Shipyard (China) 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) 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) 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)

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: Nicolò Iguera Direct Line: + 377 98801364 Mobile: +33 640623184 Companies Represented ASMAR, Chile China Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan) • Kahosiung 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 Dakarnave (Senegal) Detyens Shipyard (USA) DDW Shipyard Paxocean Batam DDW Paxocean Shipyard Singapore Elefsis Shipyards and Neorion Shipyard (Greece) Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa) Elgin Brown & Hamer Walvis Bay (Namibia) Enavi (Brasil) Fincantieri Group (Italy) Gdansk Shiprepair Yard (Poland) GMD SHipyard (New York) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas) Halifax Shipyard Hong Kong United Dockyard (HK) IMC – Yy Zhoushan (Zhoushan, China), Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA (Portugal) MEC Panama Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China) Santierul Naval Costanta (Romania) Scamp Network Ltd (Gibraltar) Smit International (Rotterdam) Sefine Shipyard (Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Turkey) Todd Pacific Shipyard (Seattle) 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

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

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Monaco

Italy / Monaco / Switzerland

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: Nicolò Iguera Direct Line: + 377 98801364 Mobile: +33 640623184 Companies Represented ASMAR, Chile China Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan) • Kahosiung 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 • Cic Changxing Shipyard • Cic Boluomiao Shipyard • Nacks • Dacks • Cic Jiangsu Dakarnave (Senegal) Detyens Shipyard (USA) Drydocks World Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Drydocks World Singapore Elefsis Shipyards and Neorion Shipyard (Greece) Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa) Elgin Brown & Hamer Walvis Bay (Namibia) Enavi (Brasil) Fincantieri Group (Italy) Gdansk Shiprepair Yard (Poland) GMD SHipyard (New York) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas) Halifax Shipyard Hong Kong United Dockyard (HK) IMC – Yy Zhoushan (Zhoushan, China), Keppel Verolme (The Netherlands) Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA (Portugal) MEC Panama Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China) Santierul Naval Costanta (Romania) Scamp Network Ltd (Gibraltar) Smit International (Rotterdam) Sefine Shipyard (Turkey) Tersan Shipyard (Turkey) Todd Pacific Shipyard (Seattle) Tsakos Indusrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay) Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Unithai Shipyard & Engineering (Thailand) Western India Shipyard (India)

VICTORIA MARITIME SERVICES

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) Dongsung Engineering & Shiprepair (Korea) Dormac (South Africa and Namibia) Fujian Huadong Shipyard (China) 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 Elettrotek Kabel (Italy) Harris Pye Group (UK) PBM (Croatia) SES Marine Services (Singapore) Turbo-Technick Repair Yard (Germany)

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Agents Contact 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

ADVERTISE WITH US THIS YEAR SORJ 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 AYS SHIPREPAIR / PC MARITIME

M. +31 6 47 952 452 T. +31 85 0160 635 E. hilka@aysshiprepair.nl hilka@pcmaritime.nl W: www.aysshiprepair.nl Oranjekanaal ZZ 14, 7853TC Wezuperbrug, The Netherlands SHIPYARDS:

Thoornseweg 92, 4854 EH 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

Norway

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 Kjell Jacobsen Shipyards Represented: Europe: A&P Falmouth (UK) A&P NorthEast – Tees & Tyne (UK) 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) Australia: Forgacs Henderson Dockyard (Australia)

Poland

A. P & A. POLAND LTD

ul Jaskowa Dolina 112, 80-286 Gdansk, Poland 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)

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Agents Contact Directory LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, POLAND, RUSSIA, UKRAINE

Russia

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

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

WSR SERVICES LTD 353900, Novorossiysk 10, Kommunisticheskaya str., 1st Floor Tel: +749 9918 4307 Email: mail.ru@umarwsr.com Web: www.umarwsr.com Companies Represented - Shipyards ASRY - Bahrain Caribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & Tobago Chengxi Shipyard - Shanghai, China Ciramar - Dominican Republic Colombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri Lanka 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 German Dry Docks - Bremerhaven, Germany 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 International Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Lisnave Estaleiros Navais - Setubal, Portugal Loyd Werft - Bremerhaven, Germany MTG Dolphin - Varna, Bulgaria Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Papua New Guinea Dockyard - Papua New Guinea Sembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades - Singapore Sociber - Valparaiso, Chile Zhoushan IMC YY - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Dalian 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

Singapore

HRDD Dockyard - Shanghai, China Hutchison Ports TNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , Mexico International Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Zhoushan IMC YY - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services (DSIC) - North China Underwater and Afloat Technodive Ltd - Greece Trident BV - The Nederlands, Las Palmas, Italy Atlantis Marine Services LLC - Fujairah, UAE Underwater Contractors -Spain Argus Marine Services - Columbia

Sweden

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

Switzerland

WSR SERVICES LTD 1557 Keppel Road, 03-16 Block C, Singapore 089066 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 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

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ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED 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: Kath Ridley, Alan Jagger

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) 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) Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands) Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore) Marine Technical Services (Poland) Maritime Shipcleaning Rotterdam NARP Ship Repair (Turkey) Rentong Marine (China) 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. Inonu 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

Agents Contact Directory 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 Shipyard

U.A.E

• ASL Batam (Indonesia) • Cernaval Algeciras & Malaga (Spain) • NASCO Group Zhoushan - ZTHI on Changbai Island & NASCO on Ce’zi Island (China) • Reimerswaal Flushing & Hansweert (The Netherlands) • SAS Durban (South Africa) • SNC Constanta (Romania) • TNG Veracruz (Mexico) • Unithai Chonburi (Thailand) Marine Services: • DSMS (The Netherlands) - Supply & Overhaul of Engine Parts, T/C, Pumps, Pneumatics & Hydraulics • Diamond Ship (Taiwan) - Ship Stores Supply • 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) - 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 • Wortelboer (The Netherlands) - Anchors & Chain Cables • Zebec Marine (India) - Design, Engineering & Consulting Solutions

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 International Ship Repair - Tampa, Florida, USA Netaman Repair Group - Tallinn, Estonia Zhoushan IMC YY - China Zhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding - China Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North China Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services (DSIC) - North China Argus Marine Services - Columbia

United Kingdom

A. P. & A. Ltd 32 The Mall, London W5 3TJ, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 8840 8845 Fax: +44 20 8840 8843 Email: ship@apanda.com Web: www.apanda.com Contact: Andreas Papadakis Companies Represented (Exclusive) BREDO (Germany) Coimbra Shiprepair (Brazil) COSCO Shipyard Group (China) • Dalian • Guangdong • Lianyungang • Nantong • Shanghai • Zhoushan Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland) Hellenic Shipyards Skaramanga (Greece) International Repair Services (Panama) Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Pallion Engineering (UK) Signal Ship Repair (Mobile, Alabama, USA) Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey) Companies Represented (Other) Adriatic Shipyard Bijela (Montenegro) ASL Batam (Indonesia) Tsakos (Uruguay)

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 Contacts: Sami Golestanian E sg@aimss.co.uk | M +44 74 72 40 40 21 Onno Kramer E ok@aimss.co.uk | M +44 74 75 542 642 Shipyards:

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 Companies Represented AMI Exchangers (Hartlepool) Beihai Shipyard (Qingdao) Beihai Lifeboats (Qingdao) Bredo Shipyards, (Germany) Brightsun Group (Singapore) ` Cassar Ship Repair (Malta) Chengxi Shipyard (Jiangyin) Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Changxing Shipyard (Shanghai) CHI Shipyards (China) Ciramar Shipyard (Dominican Republic) Davie Shipyard (Quebec) 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 Lisnave Shipyard (Portugal) Nauta Shiprepair (Gdynia, Poland) North East Ship Repair, (Boston) North East Ship Repair (Philadelphia) Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services (Alabama, USA) Pan Asia Company Ltd, South Korea PaxOcean Graha (Indonesia) PaxOcean Nanindah (Indonesia) PaxOcean Offshore Zhuhai PaxOcean Pertama (Indonesia) PaxOcean Shipyard Zhoushan PaxOcean Singapore Professional Manpower Supply (Panama) Shanhaiguan Shipyard (North China) Seatec Repair Services – (Worldwide) Tersan Shipyard – (Tuzla, Yalova) UMC International, (Worldwide) Vancouver Shipyard - (Vancouver) Victoria Shipyard – (Victoria) Viktor Lenac Shipyard (Croatia) Worldwide Underwater Services Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Yiu Lian Dockyards, Zhoushan, China Young & Cunningham Valves (North Shield)

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED 26 Flour Square, Grimsby, NE Lincs, DN31 3LP, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1472 245500 Email: services@encompassmarine.com Web: www.encompassmarine.com Contacts: David Maitland, Jon Thompson Diving & Marine: Kathryn Ridley, Alan Jagger 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) Hellenika (Bulgaria) Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands) Keyser Technologies (Singapore) 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) 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

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) 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

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L&R MIDLAND (UK) LTD. 3 Bolt Court (2nd Floor) London EC4A 3DQ Tel: +44 (0) 20 3856 6520 D: +44 (0) 20 3856 6521 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 1214 8881 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7936 2237 Email: jholloway@lrmidland.com Web: www.lrmidland.co.uk Contact: Jon Holloway Shipyards Represented Astander (Spain) Sembcorp Marine – (Singapore) Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Oresund Drydocks - (Sweden) Cantieri del Mediterraneo - (Italy) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport) Estaleriro Jurong Aracruz (Brazil)

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) Baltyard (Gdynia, Poland) 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 Shipyard (Antwerp, Belgium) Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Pasir Gudang, Malaysia) MTG Dolphin (Varna, Bulgaria) Navalrocha SA (Lisbon, Portugal) Oman Drydock Company, (Duqm, Oman) 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) Estonian Rope Access Solutions ERAS (Tallin, Estonia) 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) Versitec Shaft Seals, (Port Colborne, Canada) TruMarine Group (Rotterdam, Singapore, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Dubai) PMax One Services (Singapore)

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 Contact: Marie McClure Tel: +44 (0) 7765 228984 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 & SESmarine Lagersmit SPS Technology

United States

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)

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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 Stephen Willrich Shipyards Represented Sembcorp Marine – (Singapore) Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Amsterdam Rotterdam Vlissingen Dunkerque (France) Brest Fincantieri (Italy) Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport) Odessos Ship Repair Yard (Bulgaria)

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)

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 Sales and Service of Diesel Engines,CPP, Thrusters, Gearboxes, & Couplings Shaft Alignment, In-Situ Machining, Chocking and Mounting Service Underwater Repairs and Service

Maintenance and Repair Solutions for the World Fleet Where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean

Phone: +351 265 799 363 E-mail: comercial@lisnave.pt www.lisnave.pt

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