Maritime Journal March 2023

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HS.MARINE, the specialist manufacturer of Marine Cranes, based in Italy in a strategic area between Milan, Bologna and Verona, blow out 20 candles, drawing a more than positive balance of its first years.

"A result – explains Stefano Forni, founder and Managing Director of HS.MARINE - that goes to reward the path we have decided to follow which focuses on reliability, efficiency and always operational service, able to respond to any request in a very short time.

These - continues Forni - are the three keywords that have made HS.MARINE, a manufacturer of marine cranes, one of the main players in the market. We are definitely not the

26 SES or hydrofoil?

Two old technologies in competition

30 CTVs on order

Farra Marine adds seven to its fleet

33 3-dam hydroplant

Portugal's largest project fires up

37 Scope submitted

Potential for largest floating wind project

45 Profile Kasper Karlsen Svitzer Global COO

48 Choppy seas for tugs

ETA secretary general speaks to MJ

52 OSVs join the Navy Combating threats to underwater structures

58 SPECIAL FEATURE Peek inside a futuristic remote control hub

62 Remote survey Fugro completes its first fully remote job

cheapest manufacturer, but we are proud to say that we are the one offering the cheapest cost of ownership”.

What is the excellent result of the Italian company based on? A question that leaves no doubts in Stefano Forni who clarifies:

“Our business plan was based on the observation that the marine crane market was primarily made up using truck designed cranes converted for marine use. We decided to design for the application.

With no doubt we can now say that HS.MARINE is your reliable solution”.

8 For further information hsmarine.net info@hsmarine.net • +39 0375 25.48.19

BRIEFS

‘Ocean treaty’ signed

A UN Ocean Treaty has been signed to protect the world’s oceans in what environmental lobby group Greenpeace is calling ‘a monumental win’. Delegates at the snappily named Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas

Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) have agreed a legal framework to put more money into conservation and allow access to resources. The final text of the agreement will be formally adopted at a later date.

Offshore Wind Plan launched

Maritime UK, Renewable UK and Bibby Marine have come up with a plan that gives recommendations on how to reach net-zero goals in the maritime industry while still delivering maximum economic growth. Government and industry players from all ends of the supply chain, from ports, shipbuilding, crewing and other professional services, will identify areas such as vessel supply in which more needs to be achieved to reach the ambitious targets.

Change at DNV Maritime

Naval architect Torgeir

Sterri has been appointed head of Offshore Classification at DNV Maritime, heading up the global offshore class organisation. “Whether in oil and gas, renewable energy, or new ocean space activities like aquaculture, the offshore sector will remain vitally important over the coming years,” he said. “It is a very exciting time ahead and at DNV we want to utilise our experience and knowledge to act as a key enabler of the sector’s expansion.”

FIVE TUGS NAMED IN A HOST OF FIRSTS FOR SANMAR AND CANADA

Five tugboats were named at Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar’s shipyard in Istanbul on March 7-8, with a host of ‘firsts’ to celebrate.

Two of the vessels are 40.2m x 16m dual-fuel LNG tugboats – the first for Canada, and the first built by Sanmar.

The other three are smaller, 28m fully electric tugs – they have diesel generators for back-up, but primary propulsion is batteries, in another first for Sanmar and for Canada.

All vessels were designed by Canadian naval architects at Robert Allan, which designs all of the tugboats that Sanmar manufactures.

“This is a landmark day for Sanmar,” said Sanmar co-founder and chairman Ali Gürün, who took guests on a tour of both of Sanmar’s shipyards in Istanbulthe older one at Tuzla and a new one with brand new offices at Altinova. “We are building the biggest tugboats in our history. They will operate in Kitimat harbour, which will be the next export terminal for LNG from Canada. Because it’s an export terminal for LNG, our clients decided to have LNG-fuelled boats for their escort operations and fully electric boats for their

harbour operations.”

The five vessels were ordered as a result of a joint venture named ’HaiSea’ between shipyard owner and shipbuilder Seaspan and the Haisla Nation, an indigenous Canadian community in Kitimat, British Columbia, where LNG Canada, which is 40% owned by Shell along with Petronas (25%), PetroChina (15%), Mitsubishi (15%) and Kogas (5%), has its LNG production plant.

The two large LNG-fuelled RAstar 4000-DF escort tugs with 100tbp will be Canada’s most powerful escort tugs. They will

contain 57m3 of LNG along with 324m3 of diesel, and will be used to escort liquefied natural gas carriers from LNG Canada’s production facility 159nm up the Douglas Channel to port, where they will switch to smaller, fully electric tugboats to carry out the harbour operations.

New tug berth facilities have been built by Bridgemans Kitimat Joint Venture, which has installed marine piles, floating docks and a breakwater at Kitimat harbour.

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FIRST CABLES PLANNED TO CONNECT SPAIN AND FRANCE

Cable systems supplier

Prysmian Group has been shortlisted to install the first submarine interconnection between Spain and France.

Two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links, each with a 1000MW capacity, will stretch for 300km under the sea, ’improving the safety, stability and quality of electricity supply between the two countries and also with the rest of Europe’, Prysmian says. Each link will consist of two cables, and at each end a converter station will be installed - one at Cubnezais in France, the other in Gatika in Spain.

In a notice issued by INELFE, a 50:50 joint venture between the Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica and French grid operator Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), Prysmian was notified that it

had been selected as one of the preferred bidders for the Biscay Gulf interconnection.

The underwater section will reach for 300km between the Spanish Basque coast and the French Médoc coast, with a short

underground section avoiding the submarine Capbreton canyon, INELFE has said. The cables in the underground sections will be laid in trenches 1m apart then completely covered, and connected to the submarine cables by a junction chamber.

INELFE’s timeline is that construction will be completed by 2026, and the cables will be commissioned in 2027.

8 40.2m dual-fuelled LNG tugboat by Robert Allan and Sanmar

8 Submarine cable laying between Spain and France

MCA appoints McVea as CEO

New CEO of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Virginia McVea has been appointed ‘at a pivotal time’, according to Maritime Minister Baroness Vere.

“I look forward to working with her to grow the UK flag, decarbonise the maritime sector and encourage greater investment in the UK,” said Vere. McVea, who was previously CEO of the Human Rights Commission and Chief Electoral Officer of Northern Ireland, replaces Brian Johnson.

Largest ever ferries for UK/France

Two double-ended ferries have been delivered to run the Calais/Dover route between France and England. Both vessels, at 230m in length with 1,500 passenger capacity and 3,600 lanemetres of freight capacity, will be the largest ferries to ever operate between the two ports. Owned by P&O, Pioneer and Liberte are diesel-battery hybrids and were built in China for £220 million (€249 million).

Ireland names new €10m fishing pier

One of six planned harbours in Ireland has been named ‘Howth Fishery Harbour Centre’ following completion of works that took place over 18 months. A 6,500m2 area was dredged, stabilised and infilled with subsea material to create additional berthing space to relieve vessel congestion and enable greater segregation between fishing vessels and marine tourism. A 134m quay wall was also built on the West Pier.

FIRST OFFSHORE WIND LEASE SALE IN GULF OF MEXICO

The US Department of Interior (DOI) has announced the first proposed offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.

It’s a move that has been welcomed by The Business Network for Offshore Wind, a national organisation working to accelerate offshore wind energy deployment and build a dedicated supply chain in the USA.

“The advancement of an offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico is a game-changer. Gulf companies are already instrumental in the development of the US market and by opening new lease areas on their doorstep we will leverage our unique domestic expertise even further,” said Liz Burdock, founder and CEO of the Business Network for Offshore Wind.

Untapped potential

The DOI identified up to 300,000 acres available for lease off the Texas and Louisiana coast, which could power nearly 1.3 million homes with offshore wind energy.

”The result will be industrywide innovations making offshore wind development more efficient and less expensive while maintaining strong safety and environmental protections and

leading to substantial export opportunities for American businesses,” Burdock said.

The proposed sale is part of the leasing path announced by Secretary Haaland in 2021 to meet the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity capacity by 2030. It follows the department’s approval of the nation’s first two commercialscale offshore wind projects.

This new announcement was among a growing number of other Biden-Harris administration actions and policy announcements that will advance offshore wind in the Gulf and West Coast and the US floating turbine industry.

It reaffirms the administration’s commitment to expanding offshore wind throughout the US and opens new opportunities for supply chain development.

The newly launched Network’s 2023 US Offshore Wind Market Report shows that 24% of all US contracts in the offshore wind industry are already going to Gulf and southern businesses, including major shipbuilding in Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi and Texas.

In Texas, construction of the first substation is taking place near Corpus Christi.

POLICE NAME VICTIMS OF TUG SINKING

incident,” said the company. “Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of the two men at this most difficult of times. The company is fully co-operating with the official investigations, which are ongoing. Accordingly, it would be inappropriate to comment further.”

The two fatalities of a tugboat sinking in the River Clyde near Glasgow have been named. George Taft, 65, from Greenock, and Ian Catterson, 73, from Millport, were on the tugboat Biter, owned by Clyde Marine Services, as it escorted the cruise vessel Hebridean Princess.Built in 1982, the 15.7m x 4.9m MCA Workboat Code Cat 3 boat had a bollard pull of 10 tonnes and a

speed of 11 knots. She had accommodation for four people and could transport 12 passengers in the wheelhouse, according to Clyde Marine information.

“Clyde Marine Services Ltd is deeply saddened by the loss of two crew members following an

“I would like to thank the local community for their patience and support as searches were ongoing and as we continue to carry out our enquiries, said chief inspector Damian Kane, local area commander.

Neither Hebridean Island Cruises, which owns the Hebridean Princess, nor Clyde Marine Services responded to Maritime Journal’s requests for a comment.

8 The US Department of Interior (DOI) has announced the first proposed offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico

Source: Business Network for Offshore Wind

8 Biter was towing cruise vesel Hebridean Princess (pictured) when the tugboat capsized, with the loss of two crew members

Leading the decarbonisation of the maritime industry

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ABOVE THE WAVES: ECMA WINNER ARTEMIS TECHNOLOGIES

Last summer, Artemis Technologies unveiled the world’s first commercially-viable zero-emissions electric foiling workboat at Seawork, for which it scooped the Spirit of Innovation and Vessel Build & Design awards

Since then, company founder Dr Iain Percy OBE says the firm has doubled in size and the MCA has granted it a Cat 2 workboat licence – up to 60 miles from a safe haven – which means it has been tested in big seas and much harsher conditions, validating simulations and reassuring the company of its central principles. Debbie Mason spoke to Iain Percy – a double Olympic sailing gold medallist – about a busy few months for Artemis Technologies and what’s on the horizon.

Snowball effect

“We’ve validated a lot of the data with an identical sister ship, so we’ve come back and measured real flows of petrol on the test vessel, the control vessel, and the electricity of ours at sea,” says Percy. “On the second day of testing, our electric foiling workboat was using 6.5kWh per nautical mile whereas the sister ship was using more than 52kWh of petrol per nautical mile, at a speed of 17 knots. This is a proven 90% saving of fuel that’s been measured and tested rather than predicted.”

It’s because of what Percy calls the snowball effect – the hydrofoil reduces the drag, which means less battery capacity is required, which means the boat is lighter – and so on. This is the crucial difference between his hydrofoil and the Boeing Jetfoil of the seventies, he says.

“The challenge in the seventies to the nineties was that it didn’t save much fuel, because the effect of drag of a loaded surface-piercing hydrofoil is very high drag.

“Where Boeing spent 10 years developing one boat, we

spent 10 years developing computational tools that allowed us to do it on our second, third and fourth class of vessel. Computational simulation and the years we’ve put into developing it has allowed us to bring new variants in of that inherently unstable foil, so we can produce lots of different shapes and sizes quickly.

“The other thing that’s changed since the jet foil and the passive V-shaped hydrofoils is materials – foils are much thinner now with composites that reduce the drag which is quite significant.”

In fact it was the aerospace industry that attracted Artemis Technologies to Belfast, along with its naval tradition: the companies and research institutes, including Queen’s University Belfast, form a cluster of knowledge known as the Belfast Maritime Consortium, which has been invaluable in researching composites, engineering and electronics.

In Belfast harbour, Artemis Technologies’ vessel can travel at over 25 knots compared with the other boats, which are restricted to six – because even at that speed there is minimal wake, thus no damage to the shoreline or other boats. The other major change, he says, is that the in-house Artemis Technologies drive train is submerged, thus passively water cooled, saving all moving parts and the cost, complexity and efficiency loss of the shaft.

Every key technology on the boat is Artemis Technologies owned, Percy says. All the sub systems have been designed in-house.

“The propulsion and drive train are Artemis Technologies,

8 Artemis Technologies 11.5m multi-purpose zero-emission workboat foiling in Belfast Harbour

Credit: Artemis Technologies

the battery system is an Artemis Technologies one – they are just a couple of the key components,” he says. “The hydrodynamics of the hull shape is less important because it’s not in the water, but it still has an interesting optimisation profile compared with a standard boat.”

Passenger ferry

One of the projects Artemis Technologies is working on, and is launching next year, is a 24m electric foiling ferry that can take up to 150 passengers. It will run a pilot scheme between Belfast and Bangor, have a top speed of 38 knots and a battery range of over 100 nm at cruise speed.

Artemis Technologies says the fuel savings on its passenger ferry are immense, estimating that operating at a 35 knot average speed for 200 nm a day, 350 days a year, could save £2.6 million (€3 million).

“There’s a physical limit on foiling because of the relationship between the wing span and the weight of the vessel,” says Percy. “If you tried to have a super tanker with wings they would have to be 10 miles long.

“Eventually you could have a 350-passenger vessel with some accommodation, but we went for the 150 passengers size because we did a lot of market research and reckoned we could achieve efficiencies in cost.”

Ferries also have an added benefit of much quicker payback period than the wind farm sector, he says.

Range anxiety

As more offshore wind farms are developed further out, servicing them becomes trickier, but the problem is halved, with the likes of MJR’s offshore charging system, which also won an award at Seawork last year.

“It’s an enabling technology and very important for us as we will be able to service every wind farm in the country whereas current vessels can service 80% of UK wind farms with battery storage,” Percy says.

“We’re doing a project on a hydrogen range extender. I understand why there’s a nervousness and a range fear about batteries, lack of lithium is also going to be a challenge, but we’re going to respect all of that.”

While the company is working on a hydrogen fuel cell range extender, Percy rules out fuelling the vessels on hydrogen alone for high-speed, close to shore applications: “All our business modelling at the moment shows that you can’t make Total Cost of Ownership with hydrogen cost effective compared with an electric solution,” he says.

He rules out diesel, which he says is more expensive over greater distances and ten times more polluting.

“If you used a diesel CTV to go to a wind farm in Liverpool as opposed to ours you would be seriously hit in the pocket,” he says.

“This really works – you really can go 60 miles back and forth in comfort in 2m high seas. Unless it’s a wind farm very near to shore, there is no other solution than an Artemis eFoiler®.”

8 EF24: ‘A commercially viable green transport solution for operators, cities and governments across the world’

8 Dr Iain Percy OBE

Computational simulation and the years we’ve put into developing it has allowed us to bring new variants in of that inherently unstable foil, so we can produce lots of different shapes and sizes quickly

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Credit: Artemis Technologies

SUPERLIGHT PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR ALL-ELECTRIC WORKBOATS

Servogear A/S has released the details of its propulsion solution for MS Medstraum, a highly innovative vessel that was voted ‘Ship of the Year’ last year by a prominent Norwegian commercial marine magazine Skipsrevyen

The propulsion system onboard Medstraum is based on the standard Servogear Ecoflow solution; HD 220 E gear with associated axle, rudder, brackets and the unique electricflow propeller.

Click here to read article on Maritime Journal online

8 Servogear graph claims typical efficiency of different propulsion systems

Seawork exhibitor Neander Motors, builder of the Dtorque 50 diesel outboard motor, has enhanced its global distributor network through partnering with Diesel Power AB.

Diesel Power AB, a Swedish supplier of marine engines and products, brings more than 30 years of experience to Neander’s partner network, having been entrusted as a supplier for some of the most highly established names in marine propulsion.

Diesel Power AB will add Neander’s Dtorque 50 engine to its offering to customers throughout the Nordic Region (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) as well as some territories in Europe (Germany, Poland, Baltics, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary).

Peter Nauwerck, managing director and owner of Diesel Power AB, said: “Our team is thrilled to get the opportunity to ramp up the sales of the Dtorque 50 to the Nordic and Northern European countries. The engine perfectly complements our existing product range and makes us more attractive to our customers.”

COO Joel Reid said: “I am confident that our alliance with Diesel Power AB will create a partnership that allows Neander Motors to increase its presence right across the Nordic

DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR DIESEL OUTBOARD

Region and Eastern Europe. We look forward to working closely with their highly experienced team in delivering excellent service and support as our customer base develops in this important, strategic market.”

The Dtorque 50 generates 111Nm of torque, about twice that of a typical 50hp gasoline outboard, and can offer a fuel saving of 40%. With full compliance with EU RDC Stage II

regulations, Dtorque 50 operators can access low emissions zones.

The Dtorque 50 offers service intervals of 250 hours versus the 100 hours on an equivalent gasoline outboard making it better suited to heavy commercial use.

8 Neander Motors’ Dtorque 50 produces a commendable 111Nm of torque

CONVEYOR BELT RESCUE CRAFT COULD OPERATE UNCREWED

The first Zelim Guardian rescue craft has begun construction at Coastal Workboats shipyard in Exeter UK, and will have a complete powertrain package supplied by Seawork exhibitor Proteum

Designed by Chartwell Marine, central to the Guardian’s unique proposition is the Zelim ‘Swift Rescue Conveyor’, which is an innovative system for rescuing conscious or unconscious casualties from the water without harming the casualties or putting rescuers at unnecessary risk.

The Conveyor won the Innovation Showcase Safety category at the European Commercial Marine Awards at Seawork 2022, and was demonstrated on the water at the event.

Guardian is designed for speed and incorporates Zelim’s two-step recovery system, whose real-time, AI-based casualty detection can spot and track multiple casualties in the water in all conditions. Once survivors are detected, Zelim’s conveyor can recover them in a matter of seconds. The technology was trialled and successfully demonstrated to offshore wind industry stakeholders at Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of Grimsby, in May 2022.

A remotely operated next generation fast rescue craft capable of unmanned recovery of up to nine people in distress, Guardian has rapid launch capability from a mothership or shoreside by existing LARS (Launch and Recovery System) davit cradles, and boasts a transit speed of 35 knots. The vessel has the typical footprint of conventional FRCs and can perform search, standby and recovery tasks.

Scottish company Zelim says it has been designed ‘casualty first’ by experienced operational search and rescue personnel with onboard emergency medical provision for both manned and unmanned rescues. The open rear deck has been designed for heli-hoisting to enable efficient handovers as part of the rescue chain.

Autonomy

While the vessel can operate autonomously, early development models can be crewed by two, reflecting the different legislative demands of the various maritime jurisdictions that Zelim plans to sell it into. Guardian’s remote command and control capability will make it the world’s first uncrewed rescue vessel.

The design aims to provide enhanced capability to respond to man overboard incidents and close standby cover for offshore operations. Deploying from a larger vessel offshore, the idea is that Guardian will be first to arrive on scene to bring casualties back to the parent vessel.

The technology has already garnered interest from the offshore energy sector; however, Zelim believes it could revolutionise emergency response across the maritime industry, largely due to a vessel being able to respond in conditions usually deemed too dangerous for crewed Fast Rescue Craft. The vessel has been designed to cope with extreme conditions far from shore, up to sea state 6.

For Coastal Workboats director Brian Pogson, the partnership marks a major step forward in marine safety, with the potential to significantly remap search and rescue possibilities.

“We’re delighted to be working in partnership with a company that shares our focus on finding safe, robust ways for technology and innovation to pave the way for a better,

safer future at sea,” he said. “It’s an exciting time to be exploring the possibilities of what our ever-evolving technology offers and we’re committed to ensuring that it is used to improve and safeguard our industry’s future.”

Sam Mayall, Zelim CEO, recognises the importance of partnering UK firms as his team helps secure the UK’s reputation as a global leader in innovative maritime safety.

“When bringing ground-breaking technology to market you need partners who share your vision,” he said. “We are thrilled that Coastal Workboats is on the journey with us. It’s very important for us that our vessel is built here in the UK.

Shipbuilding in this country has faced challenging times over the past few decades but the UK still produces fantastic vessels, including the lifeboats that protect our shores.”

Andy Page, of Chartwell Marine, the naval architects behind Guardian, said: “We are very proud to see the first Guardian Class vessel go into construction. It is satisfying to be working on this advanced lifesaving platform with likeminded people such as the teams at Zelim and Coastal Workboats. We look forward to sea trials later this year.”

Guardian’s propulsion package from Proteum consists of a Bukh P 400hp inboard diesel, Alamarin 285 waterjet and Glendinning Controls.

The vessel is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2023. On leaving the yard the vessel will undergo extensive sea trials before ‘appearing at various industry events’ later in the year. Fingers crossed she’s ready for Seawork.

8 Zelim’s Swift Rescue Conveyor was demonstrated at Seawork 2022

It’s an exciting time to be exploring the possibilities of what our ever-evolving technology offers and we’re committed to ensuring that it is used to improve and safeguard our industry’s future

EVACUATION SYSTEMS FOR OFFSHORE WIND

Longstanding Seawork exhibitor Viking Life Saving Equipment AS is offering a full range of evacuation and lifesaving technology for the offshore wind market at Seawork this year

Well established in all aspects of the maritime industry, the Danish company is one of few that can offer a full range of lifesaving equipment, from vertical drop lifeboats to PPE for turbine technicians.

Since the first offshore windfarm (Vindeby) was built in Danish waters back in 1991, Viking has had a great deal of involvement in the development of safety systems for this sector. Initially, systems from the North Sea oil and gas industry were adapted to fit the new demands of marine renewable energy, but just as crew transfer was conducted at the start by fishing boats, which rapidly evolved into purpose-built offshore wind CTVs, soon industry specific safety equipment, systems and best practices began to more closely reflect the requirements of the industry.

Evacuation systems

One area of development has been Viking’s evacuation systems, particularly for offshore wind substations, which are becoming more numerous as windfarm energy export systems have evolved.

As with all other equipment on an offshore installation, the design of the systems must take a wide range of factors into account: platform type, installation location, height, special weather conditions as well as the flow of crew in an emergency situation. Viking’s professional offshore evacuation experts are experienced in helping customers integrate an effective evacuation system for any platform.

Designed specifically to increase personal safety, chutebased evacuation systems ensure protection from the elements and a quick, safe and easy descent to sea level. Viking claims that its SES range is a perfect fit for most substations and has been selected by more offshore wind operators than any other evacuation system design.

This compact evacuation system operates on heights of up to 30m and is appropriate for the reduced spaces available on fixed installations. A ramp is installed within the system container, including a fire-retardant chute and integrated liferaft platform.

Once deployed, the SES systems allow sequential evacuation of unlimited transfer capacity, as the chute transfers casualties to a floating platform at a very consistent rate due to the chute’s internal baffles. The boarding platform holds 25 persons, but this evacuation capacity can be expanded with additional throw-overboard liferafts.

An ability to evacuate the maximum number of people in the minimum amount of time is the key performance indicator for offshore evacuation systems.

High-capacity life-saving equipment must be easy to handle while requiring minimum involvement from crew.

After years of supplying related evacuation systems to FPSOs jack-ups and semi subs, the company has built a knowledge base that has carried over into the growing offshore wind market. All evacuation systems are custom designed to be the optimal solution for the infrastructure design, but there are consistent features common to all.

System architecture

The container is the structural interface to the platform deck. It protects the evacuation chute against all types of weather – and for some systems, even against explosions.

The container consists of a load bearing, welded frame, which is bolted to a foundation integrated into the deck structure. It can be either in-deck mounted or cantilevered out from the deck edge.

The fire retardant Kevlar evacuation chute provides a simple, safe and fast method of transferring evacuees from deck levels down to sea level.

It is divided into cells with speed-retarding slides running at opposite angles in a zigzag effect. Openings on each cell behind the slides provide easy entry and exit at any point on the chute. The design of the chute enables evacuees to wear lifejackets, immersion suits, and emergency escape breathing devices.

The boarding platform inflates automatically and acts as the sea reference point, where evacuees can await dry-shod transfer to system liferafts or fast rescue crafts.

On one of Viking’s systems, the platform can even be used as an ordinary liferaft, simply by cutting the chute guidance ropes. Deployment options differ per case, but most Viking evacuation systems are deployed by opening a locking system and releasing the brake of a gravity-driven winch. The simplest system is based on a free-fall chute deployed with a knife or pneumatic cutter.

All Viking’s systems use a stabilising weight, which deploys approximately 15 metres below the sea surface. This takes it below the effects of the wave zone, keeping the chute taut and reducing sideways motion caused by wind and sea currents. Viking has more than 500 evacuation systems installed worldwide.

8 Viking chute based evacuation system

Finnish company Marfle has signed an agreement with AQS for the installation of Marfle Fleet Analytics in the company’s entire fleet of 15 aquaculture service vessels.

AQS is one of the largest aquaculture service providers in Scandinavia and has been evaluating the Marfle marine analytics system in AQS Loke since November 2021.

Rogaland Marine, Marfle’s official installation partner in Norway, has performed the first installation on AQS Troll along with other vessels in the south of Norway.

The investment is a clear indication that AQS takes digitalization very seriously and wants to provide better services to its customers and reduce the environmental impact of their operations through Marfle’s marine analytics platform.

AQS says Marfle’s Fleet Analytics’ fuel economy analysis and reporting functions are the main reasons behind the decision to roll out the system to the whole fleet. When the vessels have short-term contracts, daily reports become very useful for reporting vessel activities accurately to customers and using the operational data to improve their operations and reduce emissions and fuel consumption.

Marfle will also provide data and analysis to

FLEET ANALYTICS FOR AQUACULTURE SUPPORT VESSELS

other AQS systems by API. This will allow AQS managers to benefit from vessel operational data in different phases of the decisionmaking process.With this deal, Marfle solidifies

8 AQS Troll will be the next vessel to get Marfle Fleet Analytics

its presence in Norway, especially in the aquaculture service industry.

THE TOWING TANK WITH NO WATER (OR TANK)

Grown out of the PhD projects of two Croatian naval architects and a marine engineer, Cloud Towing Tank aims to transform the cost and speed at which common ship design calculations are delivered

Robert Keser (CEO), Vuko Vukčević (VP Business Development) and Inno Gatin (VP Engineering) founded the Cloud Towing Tank (CTT) with the goal of bringing the best of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to the marine industry.

CFD is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses computer calculation to analyse and solve problems involving fluid flows - in this case around the structure of a ship’s hull.

CFD, as its algorithms have improved, has replaced, to a degree that naval architects are inclined to disagree about, more traditional means of reaching these design conclusions, such as model tow testing in (real world) towing tanks.

Consistency

CTT claims it has moved the real-world ship design application of CFD on a step-through consistent application of skills formed over years of academic and industrial work. Consistency is key, in results, quality, price and delivery time. Most important is consistency of results through time and across different projects, and to achieve it, Cloud Towing Tank uses internally developed procedures that provide clear paths to calculating specific hydrodynamic problems, minimising the possibility of a human error while at the same time ensuring the necessary dose of critical human thinking required by every project.

The cornerstone of CTT’s offering to the market is its own CFD software, the Naval Hydro Pack, developed over eight years by Naval Architecture PhDs Vuko and Inno.

The company started developing numerical methods for application in the marine industry during its founders’ PhD projects, with the vision of helping to solve large problems in the industry, and to make ground-breaking contributions to the field with unique and complex simulations.

Over the years, the three PhDs realised that what the industry needs most are basic CFD simulations like calm water resistance, but that these calculations need to be actioned in a standardised, industry grade process to ensure consistency and accuracy of results.

The company went on to develop a workflow that allows quick evaluation of calm water resistance and self-propulsion while minimising any room for user error.

Numerical ship hydrodynamics is the company’s speciality, and being the developers of the CFD software enables the company to tailor its workflows in a way that provides standardised and quick calm water resistance and selfpropulsion simulations. What this means to customers is that the company can deliver results within as little as one day.

Calm water hull resistance

Having accurate data early in a design project can make the difference between a successful ship design project that is on time, and one that could need heavy revisions late in the project, or even worse, under performs on sea trials.

The CTT CFD service can be used to get a first evaluation of calm water resistance, as well as to make small

modifications to the hull geometry and measure impact on the overall hull design. The team often works with clients in an interactive way, where multiple iterations are needed to get to the final answer.

The team claims it typically gets back to clients within three working days with the new evaluation, making it easy for them to move forward with a project with confidence in good hydrodynamic performance.

Power requirements

When designers need accurate data on ship propulsion power requirements, CTT says its CFD ship self-propulsion simulations are the closest they will get to them without running physical experiments.

The interaction between the hull and propeller/s is essential when it comes to the vessel’s propulsion power

requirements, and needs to be taken into account from the start. Ship propulsion CFD simulations allow having them both in a single model, enabling this interaction to be correctly calculated, which is the approach used by CTT.

It’s not just naval architecture in which the company is forward looking. In terms of marketing it offers a free benchmark study so that potential clients can assess the accuracy of the Cloud Towing Tank offering before working with them.

Eirik Bøckmann from fellow Seawork 2023 exhibitor Wavefoil

AS is a happy Cloud Towing Tank customer: “Cloud Towing Tank are experts in their field, easy to communicate with and deliver fast results. I give them my highest recommendations,” he said.

8 From left Cloud Towing Tank teamRobert Keser, Vuko Vukčević, Inno Gatin

Over the years, the three PhDs realised that what the industry needs most are basic CFD simulations like calm water resistance, but that these calculations need to be actioned in a standardised, industry grade process to ensure consistency and accuracy of result

SEAWORK EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE

KUMERA MARINE – HYBRID READY GEARBOX

Kumera Marine was established in 2018, when Norwegian companies Kumera (propulsion gears) and Helseth (controllable pitch propellers) merged, both companies already having relied upon decades of expertise in their respective disciplines

The young company, with a growing presence worldwide, has supplied innovative propulsion systems tailored for

various workboat designs.

Innovative solutions include 90-degree CPP gears for SWATHS, twin-input gears for waterjets used in SES hulls, and hybrid (ready) V-gears for windfarm and SAR vessels.

The KMG350-V hybrid (ready) V-gearbox has an integrated servo system for controllable pitch propellers, suitable for engines up to 1100kW. The optional drop-on

PTI/PTO has a capacity of up to 250kW for permanent magnet motors. This gearbox is designed for vessels up to 32 metres, which are infamous for their often tight engine rooms.

Combined with our Helseth controllable pitch propellers, we provide optimized propulsion solutions from 200-4000kW, designed to handle the toughest workboat applications.’

BRIMMOND INVESTS IN NEW STOCK FLEET

Aberdeenshire-based provider of hydraulic, lifting and mechanical equipment and services. Brimmond has a pipeline of new and exciting projects, as well as a new fleet of stock marine cranes available after a recent investment. Recognising current lead times for new marine cranes are lengthy and causing issues for

clients, Brimmond – the exclusive UK and Ireland provider and servicer of Heila Marine Cranes – will have a wide range of cranes available throughout 2023.

Celebrating a successful year since the partnership with Heila, Brimmond is continuing to stock, rent, refurbish, repair and upgrade a diverse and ever-increasing

SCANIA POWER SOLUTIONS

From propelling planing vessels, to pushing heavy barges upstream and managing heavy-duty auxiliary applications, Scania’s power systems are always up for the job.

They can be found in marine operations around the world, offering immediate response, impressive power-to-weight and

fuel efficiency, and the feeling of absolute trust and reliability to everything from patrol and fishing boats to passenger ferries and cargo ships.

We provide marine engines, instrumentation, aftertreatment systems, and other adjacent powertrain components. These can be combined with numerous transmissions,

range of new and second-hand marine cranes.

Brimmond recently added two new fully equipped service vans for their experienced team of crane technicians who carry out servicing, maintenance and thorough inspections on client equipment throughout the UK and Ireland.

propellers, and reverse gears to create the most suitable powertrain solution for a specific operation. And with comprehensive support services all the way from design and installation to actual operation, Scania is a solid partner for both shipyards and operators. When it has to work, it has to be Scania.

scania.co.uk/powersolutions 6 Tel. 0845 034 3034 6 marketing.uk@scania.com

EXPERTS IN MARINE RECRUITMENT

SLR connects shipbuilders and marine refit employers with skilled tradespeople who can deliver their projects on time and on budget. Founded in 2017 and strategically placed on the South Coast, SLR is a marine recruitment business that builds relationships with national shipyards to provide

them with the skilled tradespeople they need for the UK shipbuilding industry. The marine sector is an exciting varied busy environment, and we know our clients need hard-working skilled candidates to meet demands. Our network of tradespeople has the experience

and qualifications needed for busy shipyards enabling our clients to forward plan and win projects. We look forward to building relationships and growing our network of contacts in the marine sector at Seawork.

www.slr-recruit.co.uk/ 6 Tel. +44 7554 016 145 6 info@slr-recruit.co.uk

Stand no. Q20

Stand no. D17f

CHANGING NAUSEATING HEAVE INTO FORWARD MOTION

Wavefoil AS is pioneering the use of foil propulsion in commercial vessels: a principle that has been around for a while, but with carbon reduction and crew welfare imperatives has been pushed back up the naval architectural ‘to do’ list

Because the pitching movement of boats rises and falls about a (moving) pivot point somewhere around its centre of buoyancy, usually somewhere amidships, the stern and particularly the rather finer bow rises and falls vertically rather more than any other part of the vessel.

8 MS Bard’s port hull wavefoil in deployed position

Seawork exhibitor Charles Cleghorn Limited is the UK distributor for the CaviBlaster from Florida-headquartered CaviDyne LLC; but what is this revolutionary underwater cleaning method and how does it work?

CaviBlaster machines look quite like pressure washers but they are actually quite different. They employ a technology known as ultra-cavitation for underwater cleaning using much lower pressures than conventional equipment such as pressure-washers/ water-blasters, or grit blasters.

Ultra-cavitation machines use hydrodynamic cavitation, the process of vaporization, bubble generation and bubble implosion. The implosion that takes place during the cavitation process occurs in milliseconds and rapidly collapsing bubbles produce shock waves that release tremendous amounts of energy to separate marine growth from the surfaces being cleaned.

The safety feature of this technology is that elastic materials such as human skin easily absorb these shock-waves – at the same time the cavitating stream is significantly less dense compared with a regular pressure jet, thus making the CaviBlaster much safer for an operator yet remaining very effective at removing marine growth.

Fastnet Shipping Ltd

CLEANING UP WITH THE POWER OF BUBBLE IMPLOSION

The compact CaviBlaster units clean steel, concrete, wood, rubber, fibreglass or fabric, without damaging existing surfaces or surface coatings. The more powerful CaviBlaster models can even quickly clean surfaces to bare metal, stripping away heavy fouling and oxidation.

The technology is powerful enough to clean any density surface while not inflicting damage on painted ones. CaviDyne’s studies have shown that the force exerted on a diver’s arm by the instrument when cleaning is comparable to that of holding a cup of coffee.

Ultra-cavitation, says CaviDyne, eliminates the danger associated with the use of high-pressure cleaning equipment and removes growth in less time and with better results, while costing less to operate.

Cavidyne has carried out independent testing of a 2,200psi CaviBlaster against a 10,000psi water pressure washer, with the CaviBlaster cleaning three times the area of marine biofouling in the same time, while not causing anywhere near as much damage to antifouling coatings.

The company supplies gasoline, diesel and electric-powered units, plus a fully submersible variant and a full range of tool heads.

8 Caviblaster is distributed in the Uk by Charles Cleghorn Limited

TEAM NORWAY MAKES DEBUT AT SEAWORK

Seawork is welcoming the maritime quality and tradition of ‘Team Norway’ for the first time with its own pavilion inside the exhibition this year

Organised by Norwegian Maritime Exporters (NME), the organisation that specialises in arranging Team Norway pavilions for a host of exhibitions around the world, the pavilion gives Norwegian companies the chance to come together under the gold standard that is Norway when it comes to marine tradition and expertise.

“We do it in a cluster of Norwegian – or even nonNorwegian, if they are showcasing Norwegian products or services – firms so that they can get a good location, all the support they need, guests and so on, instead of finding themselves in a remote part of an event in the middle of nowhere,” says NME CEO Erlend Prytz, who has been leading the organisation for seven years.

“We back any size with services, lounge, personnel – all they have to worry about is marketing their services or products. Being in a cluster draws attention, so they get more bang for their buck.”

Norway has been at the forefront of today’s ‘green shift’, says NME project manager Nini Paulsen, with decarbonisation and sustainability on the country’s agenda for a while. Having visited Seawork last year they decided it was the right exhibition to bring that knowledge to.

“We have thousand years of maritime history, and I think most companies sense the quality Norway brings,” says Prytz. ”This is what we want to showcase, and we want to do that by establishing ourselves in the city of Southampton at Seawork.”

SMS unveils 3 early projects for 2023

Southampton, UK-based ship refurbisher SMS Group has won three very different projects in different corners of Europe in the first few weeks of 2023.

The vessel repairer and engineer has been called to Denmark, France and Northern Ireland to work on three types of boats, which has been made possible because of an expanded team at HQ, commercial director Nicholas Warren says.

The company carried out a major fast-ferry refit in Denmark, a package of mechanical works on a shiplift in Cherbourg, and in Belfast, an overhaul of the stern gear on a 102m vessel for Irish Ferries, Warren said.

“Our knowledge and experience in the repair, maintenance and overhaul of jets,

shaft-lines, ride control units and high-speed diesels speaks for itself; and now we’ve expanded the team in Southampton we’ve the band-width to undertake projects simultaneously - both here in the UK and overseas,” he said.

“In a separate project we’re currently undertaking works in Liverpool for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co, a major package of interior refurbishment and upgrades onboard a 98m fast ferry. The works include an interior upgrade, enhanced galley and servery, and an upgraded first-class lounge.”

At last year’s Seawork, SMS won a very lucrative refuurbishment contract to signal its most successful year ever.

We back any size with services, lounge, personnel – all they have to worry about is marketing their services or products. Being in a cluster draws attention, so they get more bang for their buck

8 Nick Warren, SMS Group commercial director

8 Team Norway pavilion

TRAFALGAR SHIPYARD AT SEAWORK

Trafalgar Shipyard handles all types of vessels up to 60m LOA x 14m Beam x 4.5m Draft and 877 tonnes displacement. From workboats and dumb barges to Superyachts - all are welcome.

Located in Portsmouth on the UK’s South Coast, just a few minutes from the national motorway and rail networks and within easy reach of London’s International Airports, Trafalgar

Shipyard is well connected, for owners and suppliers alike.

We provide a 24/7 secure working facility for all maintenance, refit, and repair works. We use the UK’s largest commercial Syncrolift to quickly and safely raise vessels to ground level and shift them onto level hard standing with easy all round hull access. Facilities include multi-phase power options,

workshops, project offices and mess rooms, together with ample onsite secure parking.

Complete freedom and flexibility to engage your own preferred specialist teams and project managers - no contractor access fees.

KROHNE – SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS, SOLUTIONS/SERVICES

KROHNE Marine (Part of the KROHNE Group) provides a diverse range of products, services, and solutions for all types of vessels.

With our in-house expertise, we offer extensive experience and knowledge in complete engineering, project management, commissioning, and training. Our dedicated sales and service network assists

customers all over the world. Visit the KROHNE team at stand Q74 where you will see a live demonstration of the EcoMate™ System –KROHNE’s solution to real-time monitoring of fuel consumption, emissions, and bunkering, along with the impressive OPTIMASS 6400 and 1400, which are proudly manufactured at the Centre

of Excellence for Coriolis mass flowmeters located in Wellingborough, UK.

The KROHNE team look forward to meeting you. For more information visit www.uk.krohne.com

NORSAP – NORSAPUK AT SEAWORK

NorsapUK is proud to represent us at Seaworks 2023, showcasing our latest marine seating solutions. As a leading provider of premium marine seats, we deliver high-quality, reliable, and durable solutions that meet the needs of the workboat market for comfort, functionality, and longevity.

We are thrilled to announce that Norsap has been awarded the Best Helm Seating Supplier Award

for 2022 and 2021 by Baird Maritime Magazine.

Visitors can experience our award-winning advanced seating systems engineered to withstand harsh marine environments while providing exceptional comfort and support. Our versatile solutions include suspension, helm, and bench seats designed to meet the unique demands of the marine industry. At Norsap, we are

www.norsap.no 6 Tel: 0844 8000130 6 info@norsapuk.com

dedicated to providing our customers with the highest level of service and quality products. Our experienced team will be on hand to demonstrate our solutions and answer questions.

Come visit our stand at Seaworks 2023 to discover the latest innovations in marine seating solutions and learn why Norsap is the go-to choice for high-quality, reliable, and durable marine seats.

Stand no. E29

CORROSION BLOCK – KILLS CORROSION ON CONTACT

Corrosion Block is a unique product that can both prevent and stop active corrosion in more places than any other product of its type.

It's no secret that equipment downtime, repair and replacement are expensive. It is also no secret that regular scheduled preventive maintenance is cheaper than the repair or replacement of expensive equipment. In days of dwindling maintenance budgets and closer

scrutiny of operating costs and procedures, you can show a real saving through preventive control of corrosion. Corrosion Block is described as a clean, clear, ultra-thin fluid which leaves a non-greasy atmospheric barrier to protect the base metal on interior surfaces. Corrosion Block leaves no gummy residue because it contains no wax, resin, tar, asphalt, silicone or Teflon. On electrical systems

Corrosion Block works both as a preventative and a cure, and does not harm plastics or painted surfaces.

Corrosion Block anti-corrosion compound is a state-of-the-art grease developed for the marine industry, outperforming lithium and most synthetic greases by 5:1. It’s waterproof, has excellent extreme pressure properties, thermal/ oxidative stability, is workplace-safe and environmentally friendly.

www.adamsaviation.com 6 Tel: +44 (0)1293 459 645 6 https://www.adamsaviation.com/contact-us

Stand no. P18

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) will hold a special session on tidal power in its conference session at Seawork this year.

Speakers from Industry leading projects TPGEN24 and TIGER (Tidal Stream Industry Energiser) will outline opportunities for marine civils in delivering key offshore infrastructure; the magnitude of investment needed to build and maintain tidal power projects; the benefits, resilience, and longevity of tidal green energy; and the environmental implications for this renewable energy sector.

CECA will also be joined by Martin Willis, executive officer of the UK Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA), who will provide his insight on offshore projects and highlight the importance of engaging with the UKHMA for the necessary approvals.

CECA is the representative body for companies who work day-to-day to deliver, upgrade, and maintain the country’s infrastructure. With more than 300 members including Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall, Kier, Tarmac & Volker Stevin, CECA represents firms who, together, carry out an estimated 70-80 per cent of all civil engineering activity in the UK, in the key sectors of transport, energy, communications, waste and water.

TIDAL POWER UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AT SEAWORK

Established in 1934 Tyne Gangway (Structures) Ltd has a world leading heritage in the supply of marine access equipment, offering; Design, Manufacture, Installation & Repair.

Growing awareness

Interest is slowly growing in the potential of tidal energy, and in February tidal energy firm Nova Innovation said it had doubled the size of

its tidal array off the north coast of Scotland. Nearby, another project by MeyGen was given approval in 2014 and has been operating since October in a first phase of four.

MARINE ACCESS EQUIPMENT

Tyne Gangway design and build in-house and operate from their Walker site based in the Northeast of England in a DNV approved fabrication facility. Their experienced design engineers work closely with their fabrication team to

maintain the sought after high standards and ensure they meet or exceed their clients’ expectations.

Tyne Gangway’s mission is to “To enhance the connectivity of people, through the supply of dependable and innovative

gangways and structures.”

In recent years the concept work has grown to cover a range of new systems and innovations to provide greater utility and benefits to clients.

To learn more about Tyne Gangway see details below.

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The 24th edition of Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, is a proven platform to build business networks.

Seawork delivers an international audience of visitors supported by our trusted partners.

Seawork is the meeting place for the commercial marine and workboat sector.

Speed@Seawork on Monday 12 June at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes offers a sector specific event for fast vessels operating at high speed for security interventions and Search & Rescue.

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The Conference programme, chaired by industry experts, helps visitors to keep up to date with the latest challenges and emerging opportunities.

The Careers & Training Day on Thursday 15 June 2023 delivers a programme focused on careers in the commercial marine industry.

12,000m2 of undercover halls feature 500 exhibitors with over 70 vessels, floating plant and equipment on the quayside and pontoons.

The European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs) and Innovations Showcase.

SEAWORK EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE

GLOBAL SPECIALISTS IN PROVIDING MARINA SERVICES

Rolec will be showcasing their vast range of marina utility products, including their charging solutions for both electric vehicles and boats. when you visit their stand, you’ll also be able to learn about their cloud-based berth management system, BerthVend- a solution that provides significant benefits to both marina operators and berth holders!

For 30 years, Rolec have been and continue to be firmly acknowledged as the world’s leading experts in the design, manufacture, supply and installation of service pedestals and associated products for marina and waterside destinations.

The extensive range of Rolec marina products and utility services has earned a reputation for providing ideal solutions,

suitable for all locations and budgets which can be seen across numerous destinations, from prestigious marinas and waterfronts to smaller scale projects.

Rolec also manufactures emergency service equipment, sanitation pump out systems and pontoon lighting and various modern metering and management systems.

BUILDING VESSELS FOR NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE

Harbour & ship assist, terminal, escort & offshore tugs and supply vessels; shallow draft utility workboats and river push boats, tugs up to 170 meters in length, any power range whether direct diesel, diesel-electric or hybrid propulsion technology along with wide range of numerous type vessels.

9 Achieving The Highest Standards

9 Expertise in building complex

vessels of a different variety.

9 Innovatively designed building areas for new constructions and repairs, with high-end equipment meeting the most demanding requirements.

9 Continuous product development.

9 All vessels maintain a clearly defined quality level according to the customer’s demands.

9 An unmatched record for on-time deliver.

9 High competence in-house detailed engineering, providing client.

9 Advanced technical know-how of years of experience in the maritime industry.

9 Maximum benefit from enhanced ERP syste.

9 Expert craftsmanship in time-sensitive construction.

9 Pilotage, towage, salvage and emergency response.

MEET IMO TIER III EMISSIONS WITH EMINOX

Established in 1978, Eminox designs market-leading exhaust aftertreatment systems (EATS). With facilities in the UK, Europe and Asia Eminox manufacture and supply, globally.

The range of EATS, for engine power outputs between 130kW and 10MW, enables propulsion and auxiliary power compliance to the latest emissions regulations including Stage V Inland

Waterways, EPA, and IMO III. These flexible, scalable EATS with pioneering Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technologies provide solutions for diesel and gas powered vessels, including those with challenging space envelopes, and future fuels including hydrogen, ammonia and methanol form part of Eminox’s product range.

The full life operation of the system is supported by a defined service programme and all the serviceable components are easily accessible.

Eminox’s EATS can be installed as OEM and refit solutions and support the drive to a net-zero carbon future with reliable products which achieve efficient emissions compliance.

FREE PR SERVICE - GET YOUR NEWS OUT THERE!

Seawork has a dedicated in-house PR team who help Seawork exhibitors extend their reach and deepen engagement, not only across the Seawork audience, but also throughout the international commercial marine sector - all for free!

Seawork exhibitors can send their press releases to: press@seawork.com

Marina Services

SES OR HYDROFOILS? OLD TECHS COMPETE

Norway’s SES-X Marine Technologies is a technology company specialising in Surface Effect Ships with a business model built around selling hardware and software to boatbuilders and partners

Click here to read article on Maritime Journal online

8 SES-X workboat prototype Seaflower

In terms of raw efficiency, some hydrofoil developers claim an 80% power saving over conventional hulls, which somewhat knocks the SES-X claim of 50% power saving into a cocked hat

Click here to read article on Maritime Journal online

to over 80

£30.00

8 SES-X with

BESPOKE WORKBOAT CATAMARANS

EDDA WIND LAUNCHES VESSEL FOR DOGGER BANK

Edda Wind has launched a Chartwell-designed vessel to transport crew to the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is set to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world

Norway’s service operation vessel (SOV) provider and operator Edda Wind has launched a daughter craft CTV.

Boreas Worker was built by Alicat Workboats on behalf of shipbuilders Astilleros Gondan, before entering service for Edda Wind in the commissioning and construction of the offshore wind farm in the North Sea off the northeast of England.

“The 12-metre CTV, which will work in conjunction with Edda Wind’s fleet of hydrogen-ready commissioning service operation vessels on site, is the first of a new catamaran Daughter Craft design to be commissioned,” said the company.

“The Chartwell Daughter Craft responds to the need in the offshore wind support market for low-emissions, costeffective vessels, with the catamaran’s optimised hull form offering efficient fuel use as well as stability and manoeuvrability in choppy waters.”

With a crew personnel capacity of 12, Boreas Worker can be deployed from other CSOVs and ‘floatels’ during extended offshore stays. Dogger Bank is a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, and is being installed in three phases to eventually generate in total 3.6GW of electricity - enough for six million households.

“Daughter craft workboats give more flexibility to our offshore wind operations in addition to the CSOV — and we need to ensure that we set the same standards of technical availability, efficiency, and performance across every vessel in our fleet,” said Edda Wind CEO Kenneth Walland.

A few Dogger Bank facts:

8 Dogger Bank Wind Farm is in the North Sea, with each phase more than 130km from the Yorkshire Coast.

8 Onshore construction began in 2020 and is currently under way for Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B, while offshore construction on Dogger Bank A began in Spring 2022. First power is expected in Summer 2023 and Summer 2024 for Dogger Bank A and B, respectively, with commercial operations to follow around six months later.

8 Onshore cable installation civils works for Dogger Bank C started in Q1 2022, with construction of the onshore converter station to commence later this year Offshore export cable installation will commence in Q1 2024 with offshore platform installation to commence in Q2 2024.

8 Foundation installation on Dogger Bank C will commence

in Q3 2024 while turbine installation will commence in Q2 2025. First power is anticipated in Q3 2025 and full power in Q1 2026.

8 470 jobs are expected to be recruited by GE Renewable Energy across the North East of England in support of the delivery and operation of all three phases of the project. These will be made up of around 300 skilled roles for turbine installation and commissioning activities and 170 servicing roles at Port of Tyne under GE’s five-year Service and Warranty Agreements for Dogger Bank phases A, B and C once operational.

8 Dogger Bank A and B has confirmed GE’s Haliade-X 13MW as the turbine powering the first two phases of the project. As the first order for the Haliade-X 13MW, installation at Dogger Bank A will be the first time the turbine is installed in the world.

8 Installation of GE’s up-scaled Haliade-X 14MW turbine at Dogger Bank C will be the first time the 14MW turbine is installed in the world.

8 One rotation of the Haliade-X turbine blades can power one UK home for more than two days.

8 Dogger Bank will be the first High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) connected wind farm in the UK due to its distance from shore, introducing new transmission systems to the UK and paving the way for other large offshore wind farms.

8 Boreas Worker, designed by Chartwell Marine and built by Alicats Workboats

8 Dogger Bank offshore wind farm

Italy’s famous tourist lake, Lake Garda, is aiming to put in place a fleet of all-electric RIBs at the north end of the waterway by 2024 – and on a lake where motorised vessels have been banned for decades, it could make a huge difference to activities held there.

At a recent event organised by Negrinautica, a Milan-based water sports distributor, a consortium of stakeholders including tour operators, local mayors. community leaders and councillors for tourism were invited to a presentation by RS Electric Boats, which demonstrated its Pulse 63, a vessel reviewed by Maritime Journal last year.

“Negrinautica got everyone together to discuss their aims,” said Alex Newton-Southon (CEO - Technical RS Marine Group). “And then we gave a presentation on the Pulse, what it stands for and what it can do. Then we took the stakeholders out to experience it. We’ve been asked to loan the area one for the summer. We will. This will then underpin their confidence that the Pulse 63 is reliable and it is what they think it is.”

Newton-Southon believes the iniative to electrify vessels will eventually extend further down the lake, and will present opportunities for replacing boats that facilitate

LAKE GARDA REPLACES BOATS WITH ELECTRIC RIBs

events on the water, such as police, rescue and sailing clubs.

“Motorised navigation has been prohibited in the waters of Garda Trentino since the 1980s and electric mobility is certainly a direction to take: the world of regattas itself is moving in this direction,” says Pietro Negri, owner of Negrinautica.

“The electric transmission of the engine of the Pulse 63 guarantees instant acceleration, control sensitivity and hydrodynamic performance on the water. Its simplicity generates low noise, low vibration, low weight and minimum maintenance.”

FARRA MARINE EXPANDS ITS OFFSHORE WIND CTV FLEET

Irish crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator Farra Marine has expanded its fleet of CTVs with a further seven vessels from Penguin Shipyard International

The new CTVs, part of the Incat Crowther-designed WindFlex-27 series, will, when complete, see Farra Marine boast a fleet of 14 CTVs servicing the UK and European offshore wind industry.

“The result of this collaboration is seven new vessels that are truly tailored to our operations in European waters,” said Martin Rice, CEO, Farra Marine.

“With the addition of our new vessels, we will offer our clients a truly bespoke service and remain ahead of the game here in Europe.”

Special customisation

The new WindFlex-27s have been customised to meet Farra Marine’s special operational requirements, following discussions between Farra Marine CEO Martin Rice, Incat Crowther and Penguin.

They feature a high deadweight capacity (50 tonnes), plush seating for up to 24 pax and Incat Crowther’s Resilient Bow Technology, which ensures safe and efficient operations in up to 2m significant wave height.

For the 2023 series, the WindFlex-27 will be powered by IMO Tier III Volvo Penta D16 main engines, which represents a significant step forward in emissions reduction.

The vessel’s main deck features a spacious passenger lounge, a wet room and ample toilet facilities. There are three large, protected cargo zones in front of the deckhouse. The upper deckhouse features the wheelhouse, a crew mess and pantry and a bathroom. The hull below the main deck is fitted with sleeping quarters for four crew, including two bathrooms.

“With the offshore wind power industry growing in the UK and Europe, the addition of these bespoke and state-of-theart CTVs to Farra Marine’s fleet means they are perfectly

placed to continue to meet the increasing demand for their services,” said Ed Dudson, managing director - Europe, Incat Crowther.

The seven new CTVs are expected to be delivered in 2023 and early 2024.

By early 2024, 13 of the 14 CTVs in Farra Marine’s fleet will be Incat Crowther-designed, Penguin-built vessels.

HST Marine orders more hybrid CTVs

Singaporean boat builder Strategic Marine has received its first order from HST Marine for four hybrid CTVs.

The four vessels are Strategic Marine’s StratCat 27s, which was designed by BMT and first launched in May 2021.

The 27-metre, 26 knot top speed vessels have a hull form that maximises waterline length and reduces emissions, Strategic Marine says, adding that a recent collaboration with Sea Forrest Power Solutions and Danfoss Power Solutions has built on the design with a retrofittable hybrid power option of installation upon delivery rather than beforehand.

“The parallel hybrid system enables a reduction in main engine hours and

maintenance costs, significant reduction in vessel noise and vibration and, depending on the vessel’s operational profile and charging facilities, can significantly cut the

8 The new WindFlex-27s have been customised to meet Farra Marine’s special operational requirements

vessel’s operational carbon footprint,” says Strategic Marine.

“Cabin design has been optimised for improved comfort and workflow, with ample storage space, comfortable sleeping areas and business class seating for 24 offshore service/industrial personnel and three crew members The vessel’s bridge deck layout has been enhanced to give improved visibility from the helm and an ergonomic layout to increase comfort for the bridge crew.”

Just last week HST Marine held a naming ceremony for HST Frances, a sister hybrid CTV to HST Ella, which also has a parallel hybrid system. HST Frances was designed by Chartwell Marine and built by Diverse Marine in the UK.

Source: Farra Marine

8 StratCat 27, designed by BMT and built by Strategic Marine

CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR FIRST UK RESERVOIR IN 40 YEARS

The first major new reservoir in the UK for about 40 years will be built by Van Oord subsidiary Mackley and its new JV partner Jones Bros Civil Engineering after a £150 million (€170 million) contract was awarded by the utility Portsmouth Water

The new joint venture has been named ’Future Water MJJV’, and the contract was awarded following a detailed tender process which includes the construction of a £41 million (€46.4 million) tunnelled pipeline to be installed by Ireland-based international building firm Ward & Burke Construction.

The 160-hectare Havant Thicket Reservoir should hold about 8.7 billion litres of water, with a daily supply capacity of 21 million litres, says Portsmouth Water, which is working on the project with neighbouring utility Southeast Water.

The reservoir will be supplied with surplus water from nearby springs when they flow at their highest in the winter months, it says.

“Future Water is delighted to have been selected by Portsmouth Water to deliver this critical piece of water infrastructure for the South East of England,” said Mackley MD Ben Hamer, who is now director of the joint venture. “As a

regional company, legacy projects, such as this, are central to the values of our staff and stakeholders.”

“As well as providing vital water resources, we are tapping into the site’s potential to offer a host of wider benefits to the environment and our communities – recreation, education, health, well-being, local employment and training,” said Portsmouth Water CEO Bob Taylor. “Overall, building the reservoir would bring more benefits for nature, wildlife and local people than the existing grassland. We plan to create a new wetland to support threatened species of local and migrating birds, as well as new woodlands, hedgerows and wild flower banks, and to improve existing woodlands.”

The reservoir is scheduled to be operational by 2029.

ABP sets out plans for five port projects

The Port of Lowestoft, in the southern North Sea, is one of several Associated British Ports undergoing transformation.

Marine civil engineers McLaughlin & Harvey have been awarded the contract to design what it describes as an ambitious energy facility at Lowestoft Port, in which operations and maintenance acitivies and construction support for the offshore energy industry will be accommodated, ’helping to transform the town of Lowestoft into East of England’s premier offshore energy hub’.

Associated British Ports owns the port and has hired civil engineering firm Mace to support the development of its outer harbour, where three more service operation vessel berths and six crew transfer berths will be built. Known as ‘LEEF’ (Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility), the project is expected to be completed within 12 months and is part of a ‘Port Gateway’ development.

Mace says it has secured a raft of deals with ABP for schemes at the ports of Immingham, Southampton, Newport and Plymouth.

At Immingham it will provide consultancy for a new Ro-Ro facility and two new harbour berths; at Southampton it will supervise the expansion of an existing container-to-rail facility; and in Plymouth, a new passenger boarding bridge system is being installed along with other refurbishments.

“As the UK’s leading port owner and operator with 21 ports around Britain, the Group Professional Services Framework was procured to strengthen ABP’s ability to deliver our core business as well as our strategic plan,” said Sahir Rahim, Group head of Contracts and Cost Management with ABP. “This drives our mission to support our customers in ‘Keeping Britain Trading’. “Building long-term collaborative relationships with our consultants through the Group Professional Services Framework is vital to support ABP’s core teams across a portfolio of varied project development and delivery opportunities. This framework is critical to enable us to achieve our strategic growth objectives whilst improving ABP’s project management and technical capability, focusing on safety in everything we do, being considerate to the environment and sensitive in our development within our regions.”

8 Havant Thicket Reservoir schemeHampshire UK

Source: Mackley

8 The Port of Lowestoft

Source: Associated British Ports

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International energy firm Iberdrola has announced it will build its first floating photovoltaic plant, in Alsace, France.

The contract for the 25MW plant was awarded to Iberdrola following a tender process launched by the municipality of Kurtzenhouse in Alsace, for a floating solar panel farm to be installed on the Bischwiller gravel pit.

The gravel pit is operated by Eqiom Granulats, which extracts alluvial sand and gravel, and these operations will continue while the solar plant is being installed, Iberdrola says.

The plant will occupy an area of approximately 13.5 hectares of the 28 hectares available on the site, and is estimated to be able to produce 27GWh of electricity a year, which would power almost 10,000 households, Iberdrola claims, and will be installed and operating by the end of 2026.

The company says it intends to specialise in developing floating solar on active industrial sites

”This project strengthens Iberdrola France’s position in the Grand Est region where the company is already developing a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant for Solvay to supply its

IBERDROLA ANNOUNCES FIRST FLOATING SOLAR PROJECT

With an operational durability target of 30 years, the solar farm will need the best technologies to ensure it fulfils its contract.

Tavaux plant (Jura) with green electricity,” said Thierry Vergnaud, Iberdrola France Director of the onshore division (onshore wind and photovoltaic).

Source: Iberdrola

8 Bischwiller Gravel Pit, Alsace will soon accommodate floating solar panels

MASSIVE THREE-DAM PLANT STARTS OPERATING

One of Europe’s largest industrial projects – and certainly Portugal’s largest – is set to be completed next year, with two out of three major dams and substations already operating

The €1.5 billion Tâmega River Hydroelectric project in northern Portugal, being run by Spanish energy utility Iberdrola, will generate 1,181MW of electricity, increasing the country’s overall capacity of installed electrical power by 6%.

Annually, the complex will produce 1,766GWh; approximately 4% of the entire Portuguese production per year of 47,469GWh.

The Daivões reservoir required a 200m long, 35m high bridge to be built, with more than 5km of power cables.

Daivões is 650 metres below the Gouvães hydroelectric power plant, on the Tâmega tributary, the River Douro, and a year ago the first Andritz Hydro 220MW turbine was commissioned as water flowed into it from Daivões.

In total there are four reversible turbines, which pump water back up the hill to Daivões in times of low demand for when it is needed again.

Major engineering

The project has involved diverting the Tâmega River through a 400m newbuild tunnel and a 70m weir more than 10 metres high. Up to 140,000m3 of rock were excavated during the works 2km downstream from Daivões.

Nearly 2,500 tonnes of steel were needed for Andritz Hydro to make the trash racks, radial and roller gates, stop logs and hydraulic equipment for the turbines for all three power plants.

A further 500 tonnes of steel fibres were supplied to the project by Arcelor Mittal for reinforcing the underground

galleries through shotcreting methods, and to build robust encasements to protect the steel pipes transferring the water.

According to media spokesperson Eduardo Gonazales, all works, which have been going on since 2017, are on schedule.

“This is the largest pumped storage and power generation in Portugal,” he said. “The third, Alto Tâmega, is being built, the cementing is finished and the dam is being filled. The substation will be commissioned towards the end of 2024.

“This will make electricity for Portuguese people more reliable and stable and the country will be able to decarbonise its electricity generation and lower dependence on fossil fuels.”

Most of the €1.5 billion funding has come from in the form of loans from the European Investment Bank.

“Hydroelectric power plants like the Tâmega are a safeguard for the electrical system,” says Iberdrola, which has an installed capacity of 4,000MW worldwide, it says.

The largest facility of this kind in Europe is the Cortes-La Muela complex in Valencia, Spain.

8 Back view of Tâmega River Hydroelectric Dam

8 Side view of Tâmega River Hydroelectric Dam

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A £2 million (€2.3 million) tender has been issued for dry docking, modification and classification services to two busy London ferries.

The former Woolwich Ferry services were transferred to Transport for London (TfL) in 2000, and since then they have required dry docking every five years to maintain their vessel classification and to ensure they provide a safe, operable and reliable service.

Until now the servicing has been carried out by contractors, but TfL has now taken it in house and both vessels are now due for their five-year work, which must be carried out by October 2023 or they will have to be taken out of operation.

A single supplier will be appointed to carry out the dry docking, berthing and associated utilities, says TfL, as well as running repairs, survey, class renewal, a number of alterations and upgrades and modifications.

Andrew Taylor, of TfL, said the tender could only be issued to applicants who were two days or less sail away.

”At that time of year bad weather is almost assured, so that two days may well become three, plus tge days required for the works, which could be 10 days, which could add massive disruption to Londoners,” he said.

The ferries, which link Woolwich with North

RADAR SYSTEMS

(1) London, UK (2) Early Information

(3) Not stated (4) Provide, deliver and manage Surface Wave High Frequency radar to detect vessels of length 12m at ranges to 160200nm in all weather conditions, day and night. (5) Home Office

OFFSHORE WIND STUDIES

(1) Den Haag, Netherlands (2) Early Information (3) Not stated (4) Study into offshore wind port infrastructure to provide guidance to Ministers and Commissioner on how to address major challenges relating the seaport infrastructure requirements for offshore wind (5) Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat

CRANE BRIDGES

(1) Emmerich am Rhein, Germany

(2) Early Information (3) Not stated

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LONDON FERRIES ON HUNT FOR DRY DOCKING

Woolwich and are a free service, will be serviced one at a time so that at least one will remain in operation.

crane bridges in trimodal container handling facility. Container gantries need to be replaced due to wear and tear and runtime. (5) Port Emmerich Infrastructure and Real Estate GmbH

DYKE R&M SERVICES

(1) Portland, USA (2) Early Information (3) Not stated (4) Safely perform the Baker Bay west pile dyke system repair and alteration project. (5) USACE, KO Contracting Division

VESSEL SALVAGE

(1) Pitea, Sweden (2) Tenders Invited (3) Not stated (4) Salvage and store the sunken ship Munksund 5. (5) Pitea Kommun

FLOATING PONTOONS

(1) Galway, Ireland (2) Tenders Invited (3) Not stated (4) The manufacture, supply and installation of floating pontoons, access gangway, pier mounted

Tenders and Early Information can be found on projects all over the world on our dedicated MCJ site, which is regularly updated.

H-Piles, service bollards and all associated infrastructure works.

(5) Galway County Council

VESSEL R&M SERVICES

(1) Greifswald, Germany (2) Tenders Invited (3) Not stated (4) Completely overhaul and modernise the sail training ship GREIF and, against this background, is planning to award the services required for this in the form of individual trade contracts (5) Seesport Zentrum Greif, Own Operation of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald.

HYDROGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS

(1) Gdynia, Poland (2) Contract Awarded (3) PLN 3,552,625 (€750,000) (4) Contract awarded for delivery of a mobile, self-contained HOMAR-2 hydrographic measurement kit. (5) Komenda Portu Wojennego Gdynia (6) Thesta sp. z o.o.sp.k

CANAL CONSTRUCTION

(1) Madrid, Spain (2) Contract Awarded (3) €23 million (4) Contract awarded for canal construction works (5) Sociedad Mercantil Estatal Aguas De Las Cuencas De Espana (6) Dragados, S.A.

DEMOLITION SERVICES

(1) Brest, France (2) Contract Awarded (3) €1.6 million) (4) Contract awarded for the dismantling of small ships and nautical vehicles of the French Navy, DGA and Army (5) Marine/ Dcssf/ Dssfbrest, Bcrm de Brest, Dssf Brest Cellule des Offres (6) Gardet De Bezenac

MARINA CONSTRUCTION

(1) Kaunas, Lithuania (2) Contract Awarded (3) €7,983,471 (4) Contract awarded for the marina construction works for the facilities of Kaunas Marie Bay (5) Kauno miesto savivaldybes administracija (6) Uzdaroji Akcine Bendrove “Autokausta”

PARTNERING UP FOR INNOVATIVE FLOATING WIND SOLUTIONS

UK firm Tugdock Limited has partnered up with Belgian construction firm Sarens to offer a novel dry dock solution to the fast-growing floating offshore wind industry

The partnership will allow Sarens to accelerate the use of Tugdock’s marine buoyancy bag solution for the build of turbine floaters to offshore wind developers across the world.

“Through this partnership with Tugdock, we are able to streamline the solution we offer to developers. By significantly reducing time and costs, our alliance will deliver a step change for wind turbine construction,” said Carl Sarens, director of technical solutions, projects & engineering at Sarens.

”In addition, Tugdock’s flexibility and reusability is useful to global developers as the units can be reused from one port or project to another regardless of changes in turbine size or foundation weight.”

Enhancing capacity

The floating offshore wind sector is expected to continue to grow rapidly. However, very few of the world’s ports have sufficient water depth and assembly quay space to build the huge turbine floaters required and conventional dry docks are not wide enough as they were originally designed for ships.

”Tugdock’s patented marine buoyancy bag technology solves this issue. It allows floating dry docks to be delivered by road in modular form and assembled at the port to dimensions far wider than most of the world’s existing dry docks,” said Lucas Lowe-Houghton, director of business development for Tugdock.

“Our submersible floating dry docks can operate with as little as five metres draft, enabling more efficient wind turbine floater construction. The platform is then towed to deeper water for launching of the turbines. More than 8% of the total cost of a floating offshore wind farm is accounted for by assembly and installation. So, any innovation that allows this process to be carried out more efficiently and quickly will have a big impact on profitability for developers.”

Floating offshore wind turbines are located in areas where there is deeper water and higher winds than fixed wind turbine structures, enabling them to generate higher levels of power.

This means they are expected to play a key role in the transition to net zero. Over 20 gigawatts of floating offshore wind power is expected to be commissioned globally by 2035, requiring over 2,600 wind turbines.

Final monopile for Hollandse Kust installed

Van Oord has completed the final monopile installation for Dutch wind farm Hollandse Kust, bringing the number of turbine foundations to 70.

The wind farm should generate up to 760MW, which over a year will equate to 3.3TWh.

Weighing between 788 and 960 tonnes, the monopiles have been installed in record time, with the first only completed four months ago, in October.

“During the installation works CrossWind and Van Oord promoted and maintained an open culture, in which we acted as one team. I am convinced that this approach defined a big part of our success in reaching

this milestone in a safe and timely manner,” said Wybren de Vries, Balance of Plant Package manager at CrossWind.

As well as working on the monopiles, for which Van Oord deployed DEME’s jack-up

8 Tugdock’s marine buoyancy bag technology allows floating dry docks to be delivered by road in modular form and assembled at the port

vessel, Van OOrd also designed, engineered, procured and installed the inter-array cables. Offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution was used to install secondary steel to complete the foundations, which consists of boat landings, main access platforms with davit cranes and internal platforms. These will be used for maintenance activities once the wind farm is operational, when Van Oord’’s cable-laying vessel Nexus will be deployed to install the main cables.

The Hollandse Kust wind farm is part of the Dutch government’s plan to generate 21,000MW of electricity across eight wind farms by 2030, which will equate to a 10-fold increase in offshore wind for the Netherlands.

8 Van Oord’s installation vessel MPI Offshore

Our submersible floating dry docks can operate with as little as five metres draft, enabling more efficient wind turbine floater construction

The world’s first ‘energy island’ is to be built by marine giants Jan De Nul and DEME.

A joint venture between two of the world’s best-known marine contractors has been set up to create the world’s first so-called energy island. It is said to be the first ‘building block’ of an integrated European offshore electricity grid that will connect various hubs and countries together, with Belgium saying it wants to build additional joint interconnections with Great Britain and Denmark.

TM Edison, formed by Jan De Nul and DEME, won the tender for the construction after Belgian utility company Elia received multiple bids from Belgian and foreign companies once the procedure opened in January 2022.

Construction of the foundations of ‘Princess Elisabeth Island’, 45km off the coast of Belgium in the North Sea, will begin early next year and are anticipated to last for 2.5 years.

The contours of the island will be formed by using concrete caissons filled with sand. The base of the island will then be raised and prepared for the electrical infrastructure, with

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absolute added value,” said Jan de Nul director Julie De Nul.

“The construction of the world’s first artificial energy island reaffirms our country’s expertise in realising complex projects at sea,” said DEME Group CEO Luc Vandenbulcke.

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SEAWAY7 AND SAIPEM INK WIND AGREEMENT

Seaway7 has entered into a commercial collaboration agreement with Saipem to jointly identify, bid and execute fixed offshore wind projects going forward

As part of the agreement, the pair said they would pursue selected projects where the combined use of the companies’ complementary assets, technologies, products and competencies will generate significant synergies and improve project economics.

“The agreement with Seaway7 represents an important milestone to offer a more competitive value proposition to our clients on certain integrated fixed wind projects,” said Gianalberto Secchi, chief operating officer of the offshore wind business line at Saipem.

”Together, we will be able to provide a full set of services for wind farms in line with Saipem strategy to best serve the growth in renewable power production projects.”

Combined capabilities

The companies will deploy key enabling assets and capabilities to cover activities such as front-end engineering design (FEED), procurement, construction, transportation and installation of foundations and inner-array cables, as well as the installation of substations and wind generator turbines.

deepest, fixed-bottom offshore windfarm, which is due to complete this year.

Saipem’s 7000 semi-submersible crane vessel returns to the Seagreen site in March, where it will work with Seaway 7 transporting the jackets on barges from the Port of Nigg to the construction site located 27 kilometres off the Angus coast.

Target projects are large integrated turnkey developments in Europe, the UK and the US, with the possibility of expanding to other geographic areas.

The collaboration will enhance operational flexibility and enable early engagement with both clients and the supply chain to optimise design and execution strategies and to secure critical enabling assets, including vessels and yards.

It’s a partnership which builds on the work the two companies have been doing together at the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest, and the world’s

“We are very pleased to partner with Saipem for this cooperation which builds upon the successful collaboration on the Seagreen project,” said Stuart Fitzgerald, chief executive officer at Seaway7.

“Working together, we will be well-positioned to efficiently utilise complementary assets and capabilities to create differentiated technical solutions and further optimise project execution. Importantly, the strengthened offering will also expand the potential market for EPCI opportunities through our combined fleet and expertise.”

Fugro boosts offshore services with PSV conversions

Geo-data specialist Fugro is repurposing two platform supply vessels to create energy-efficient geotechnical vessels.

The Topaz Endurance and Topaz Energy were both built in 2015 and will be used to boost Fugro’s services to the offshore renewable energy sector.

Whilst Fugro remains committed to advancing autonomous shipping, its geotechnical services will remain crewed

at present. The company says this latest acquisition will help it remain flexible whilst supporting its net zero 2035 roadmap as the vessels are significantly more energyefficient than Fugro’s existing fleet and offer options for hybrid conversion or alternative fuel use.

8 The new vessels will join the Fugro ‘Quest’ in the geotechnical fleet

8 Saipem 7000 working on behalf of Seaway7 on Seagreen 1 offshore windfarm

Source: Scottish Enterprise

We are very pleased to partner Saipem for this cooperation, which builds upon the successful collaboration on the Seagreen project

US OFFSHORE WIND OFFERS EUROPE OPPORTUNITIES

Demand for offshore wind in the US is booming which is a great opportunity for European offshore manufacturers to offer up their expertise in the sector

The Business Network for Offshore Wind’s annual US Offshore Wind Market Report reveals that demand for offshore wind in the United States nearly doubled in 2022 and investments in the market tripled, marking an inflection point when the industry began its transition to commercialscale operations.

“From surging investments to cutting-edge floating turbine technology on the West Coast, passage of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act and federal regulatory efforts that bring more certainty to permitting, 2022 kicked the American offshore wind industry into full throttle,” said Liz Burdock, president and CEO of Business Network for Offshore Wind.

“A visible pipeline of projects has emerged with half a dozen projects finalizing environmental review and another 11.4 GW of new areas leased for future development.”

Ready market

One key finding of the report is that offshore wind-related contracts grew by 36% in 2022 and over the year, 664 new organisations registered with the Network’s Supply Chain Connect registry, representing a 27% increase.

Long-term state offshore wind targets increased an astounding 79% last year, as California laid down a powerful industry marker by calling for 25GW of offshore wind generation and Louisiana, New Jersey and Rhode Island also announcing new state goals.

The US offshore wind market saw US$9.8 billion in new investments in 2022, more than triple the year prior. While this growth was primarily driven by lease auction fees, over US$4.4 billion was directed to port infrastructure, supply chain development and transmission. The Network has identified US$17 billion in new investments driven by offshore wind activity in the United States since 2014.

The report also includes a forecast of what the offshore wind industry can expect in 2023.

In 2023, the American market will transition from demonstration to commercialisation with the first two commercial-scale projects, Vineyard Wind and South Fork Wind, set to begin foundation and turbine installation and producing electricity.

Meanwhile, the Inflation Reduction Act will drive alternative uses of offshore wind power and new market opportunities are emerging globally that harness offshore wind’s power output for alternative uses, including green hydrogen production, green ammonia production and carbon sequestration activities. The first major US announcement pairing green hydrogen and offshore wind occurred last year in Louisiana.

There will also be new construction on wind turbine installation vessels. With a glaring market need, federal funding available, increased confidence in the US permitting system and multiple designs with financial backing on paper, one or two more US-market wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV) concepts could begin construction this year.

Some European manufacturers are already taking advantage of this booming market in a sector in which they’re already well experienced.

Norwegian JV for Canada and North Sea

A new joint venture of two Norwegian maritime companies will focus on offshore support for Canada and the North Sea, the new firm has announced.

Bourbon Horizon AS, a JV between Bourbon Maritime and Horizon Maritime, offers a range of services with its base fleet of seven offshore support vessels, which include five Platform Supply Vessels, an Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel and a Multipurpose Supply Vessel.

Bourbon has brought its fleet of ROVs to the deal, and the company will offer subsea and marine logistical support in offshore

wind and oil and gas installations.

“Entering this strategic partnership with Horizon Maritime represents a tremendous opportunity to strengthen our current position in the North Sea markets,” said Rodolphe Bouchet, Bourbon Marine &

8 Vineyard Wind 1 is an offshore wind farm under construction in US federal waters 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts

Logistics CEO. “The Bourbon Horizon AS JV will also support the consolidation of the OSV sector in harsh environments, while achieving substantial economies of scale, to allow the creation of a diversified and particularly competitive offering.”

“I’m excited to join my colleagues in this joint venture. Bourbon Horizon AS will combine our expertise in challenging offshore environments, focused on delivering modern equipment, experienced personnel, innovative solutions, and exceptional value in support of offshore oil & gas and renewable projects,” said Cliff Gaetz, Bourbon Horizon MD.

SCOPE SUBMITTED FOR NEW FLOATING WIND PROJECT

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn advance a Cenos floating offshore wind project through submission of a scoping report to Marine Scotland

The scoping report presents in detail the nature and purpose of the project and its possible effects on the environment, marking the first step of the project’s consenting process.

“Cenos will make a significant contribution to Scotland’s net zero target, removing two million tonnes of carbon from our energy system each year,” said Lord Nicol Stephen, CEO & co-founder of Flotation Energy.

”The scale of the project is huge. It will deliver billions of pounds of new infrastructure investment and help create thousands of local jobs, helping to make the energy transition a reality.”

Big ambition

Located 200km offshore in the UK Central North Sea, the Cenos floating offshore windfarm will have up to 1.4GW of installed capacity when completed and will be connected to the UK grid.

As a result of the renewable power and grid-connection supplied through Cenos, oil and gas platforms in the surrounding areas will transition to using renewable energy. In addition, 5.5TWh of power from the project is expected to be supplied to the UK grid annually.

Overall, the Cenos project is estimated to cut emissions by more than two million tonnes of CO2 each year.

“Across Europe, we are seeing a race to scale floating windfarms and Cenos is ready to be a frontrunner in delivering commercial-scale floating wind power,” said Olav Hetland, Vårgrønn CEO.

“Our project is designed to deliver first power as soon as possible to help meet the decarbonisation goals of the UK oil and gas sector while simultaneously kick-starting the development of a world-leading local supply chain for floating offshore wind centred on the North Sea.”

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn are also partnering on the Green Volt floating offshore wind project. The developers

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have submitted leasing applications for both Cenos and Green Volt as part of the Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round.

The Crown Estate is expected to announce awards in Q2 this year.

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PROFILE Kasper Karlsen

Svitzer Global COO

Shipping has always faced great uncertainty due to the industry sitting at the centre of international trade, financial markets, energy markets and geopolitics.

In recent years the market has been especially turbulent, thanks to the lingering effects of Covid-19, global conflict and a challenging global economy.

The industry is also undergoing a seismic shift towards a more sustainable future, which requires an overhaul of operations and will have a knock-on effect on commerciality for organisations across the sector.

The green transition is also expected to take on new urgency for shipping, as the industry awaits the International Maritime Organization’s revised strategy for reducing emissions in July.

Tug and towage providers are particularly vulnerable to changing market forces and trends, dealing acutely with the challenges faced by the whole of the shipping industry – such as higher fuel costs, decarbonisation, and a slowing global economy.

However, towage also faces a whole host of other, unique challenges. Operators must balance delivering their essential service in the supply chain with forging strong partnerships in the ports where they operate and meeting growing customer demand for sustainable options.

These customers – be they vessel owners, operators or charterers – are also faced with the varying challenges and forces within the changing maritime industry, and thus need their towage partners to change with them. Embarking on a transformation journey to better align with the priorities of the wider industry and deliver more sustainable towage services will therefore be critical for operators to thrive amid the turbulent market conditions they face.

Operating in a commoditised market

Competition is fierce in the towage market and has been for some years. Traditional towage has in many ways become a commodity, with any operator able to underbid prices to win customers, but at the risk that they cannot deliver the business on a sustainable basis.

This is also taking place against the backdrop of rising inflation and fuel costs, and a race to the bottom on pricing can increase operational risks, lower environmental accountability and standards and put jobs in danger.

The result of a commoditised market can be to disrupt the towage service entirely, with service providers finding their resources are stretched.

With a window to make a port call that can be limited for a range of potential reasons, and very clear penalties if this window is missed, cargo owners and vessel operators are often

Aligning towage with wider maritime industry

relying on their towage service provider to smooth out disruption caused by other factors.

The quality of towage service is therefore critical, as even small delays in tug or towage services can mean that vessels are left waiting for hours, which has a further knock-on effect further down the supply chain.

Growing pressures for sustainable operations

To overcome the commoditisation of towage and differentiate their service, operators must embark on a journey of transformation. This entails expanding towage offerings in line with the issues that most concern their customers today – namely, the green transition.

There has been a significant market shift

towards green solutions across the maritime industry, with ship owners, operators and charterers looking at taking measures to reduce emissions – from retrofitting their fleets to more sustainable newbuilds, digital technologies and new, low or zero-carbon fuels.

They are also rightly looking at their partners and suppliers to help them manage the transition, with towage customers increasingly demanding more sustainable services.

Building and scaling solutions for future green ports is a great way for operators to show they can deliver sustainable services that enable customers to reduce their overall environmental footprint – for example, initiatives like Svitzer’s EcoTow product, which replaces marine gas oil with biofuel, providing a tank to wake carbon neutral service.

In a complex market, aligning its sustainable practices with the wider maritime industry is the best way for the towage sector to thrive in today’s market. Operators have a responsibility to recognise the wider trends that are important to the industry and engage with them to ensure they are not left behind. Identifying ways to contribute to decarbonisation will be critical – either through more efficient vessels, more efficient operations, lower carbon fuels or a combination of the three. Important and influential customers will only increase their demand for partners that are willing and able to help them achieve their climate objectives by providing more sustainable services across the supply chain.

Tug and towage providers are particularly vulnerable to changing market forces and trends, dealing acutely with the challenges faced by the whole of the shipping industry – such as higher fuel costs decarbonisation, and a slowing global economy

JOINT VENTURE ACQUIRES DAMEN MULTI CAT

Saint Nazaire-based Alka Marine Solutions has joined up with Acta Marine from Rotterdam to form a joint venture named Alka Marine International to acquire a new vessel, incorporating the company under French law and registering it in Saint Nazaire.

The vessel is Acta Marine’s Damen Multi Cat 2712 Coastal Aurora. Built at Damen’s Gdansk facility in 2014, it is described as “perfectly adapted to offshore wind support operations” with a 150m2 deck, two 9.8-tonne cranes, a 150 tonne winch and Caterpillar main engines driving fixedpitch propellers delivering a bollard pull of 34 tonnes.

Coastal Aurora is manned by French officers with an international crew working in rotation, the arrangement creating 10 new jobs. At the time of the announcement, the vessel was reported as operating under the Dutch flag, the new owner hoping for a “positive decision from the Commission Régionale de Sécurité des Affaires Maritimes” to see it join the French fleet.

Family-owned Acta Marine was founded in 1970 and is well established within the maritime service sector. It owns more than 40 vessels, including Damen and Neptune Marine-built DP workboats, six Shoalbuster tugs, four walk-to-work vessels and various survey and crew transfer vessels and barges.

Alka Marine is formed from specialist shipowner Alma Shipping and maritime engineering company Kappa Offshore Solutions. The close relationship between Acta Marine and Alka Marine is illustrated by the latter’s fleet list, which includes vessels from Acta Marine’s stable.

Selecting a conventional tug of interest, Alma Kappa was built in Malaysia in 2008 as Forth Hunter for Briggs Marine Contractors. In 2012 it was renamed Mainport Kells and later Halul Bey for Irish principles before coming under Alka Marine ownership in 2020.

Speaking jointly, Thibaut Choquer and Nicolas de Boer from Alka Marine and Govert Jan van Oord from Acta Marine said: “From our long-term partnership on workboats, we have

decided to jointly invest in a reliable and known vessel that enables us to carry out complex maritime operations safely. It is a large, modern and comfortable vessel and with this new vessel we keep track of our strategy to develop our services marine energies market and meet our customers’ expectations.”

Herman Senior buys ST Marine Support

Netherlands workboat provider Herman Senior has bought the offshore services provider ST Marine Support, the firm has announced.

The deal includes all shares of the company, three existing vessels and an upcoming newbuild, a Damen Multi Cat 3313SD.

It builds on the existing fleet of Damen vessels, including six Shoalbusters and the three Multicats Odin, Nero, and Auxilia, which are all fitted with strong cranes and winches, the firm says.

Once the Damen boat is built it means Herman Senior will operate 12 vessels and the firm says its customer base will be expanded to three continents – South

America, Europe and Asia – thanks to the four extra workboats.

“The market is currently very favourable for these types of vessels,” says Herman Sr. “There’s currently a shortage of workboats

due to the large amount of projects that pull much of the available assets off the global market. At the same time, the cost of building new ships has skyrocketed, making that an unattractive option.”

The acquisition has come into effect retroactively, from January 1.

“The vessels from ST Marine Support are a perfect fit with the Herman Senior fleet,” said Herman Sr co-owner Erwin van Dodewaard. “We are confident that this move will help us serve our customers even better with equipment that we already know inside out, making for a seamless transition. Last, and this is a good moment to say this loud and clear, the success of our company is due to our experienced staff, both on board and on shore.”

8 Coastal Aurora will be employed in West Africa

Credit: Acta Marine

8 Herman Senior - signing ceremony with ST Marine Support

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TUG DELIVERY AND ORDER ROUND-UP

Turkey’s

Sanmar Shipyards and Canadian naval architect Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) recently celebrated the 50th delivery of a successful compact shiphandling tug design

“When a new design is created, it’s not easy to predict how successful it might be,” were RAL’s thoughts of the Sanmarexclusive RAmparts 2400-SX, a shiphandling tug design originally created in 2011.

Delivery of vessel number 50 suggests they created a vessel that would endure, entrusted to a shipyard with a track record in quality series-built products and the latest milestone in a three-decade collaboration between designer and builder.

As normal with Sanmar-built tugs, vessel number 50 was built under a design name, Boğaçay L, and following delivery to its new South American owner SAAM Towage has been renamed Saam Condor

The RAmparts 2400-SX offers various propulsion systems delivering up to 70tbp and recognising there is rarely a onesize-fits-all situation, including where owners may specify components common to other vessels in their fleet they can be delivered with a variety of power train, deck machinery and accommodation layout options while also paying particular attention to the tug’s intended area and mode of operation.

To Texas

A further RAL item of newsworthy of note concerning a delivery to US principles is the addition of a RApport 2600 compact shiphandling tug to Bay Houston Towing Co for operation at Galveston, Texas.

Built by Master Boat Builders Inc of Coden, Alabama Hayden Grace is the first of three similar vessels on order for Bay Houston and has an interesting design background that involved taking into account RAL’s experience with its successful Z-Tech series.

RAL says the design team and client “worked seamlessly” addressing the operational challenges the vessel would face, including requirements for compact size and shallow draught capable of operation in more confined waterways than previous Z-Tech tugs, the design also including a specially styled deckhouse.

ABS-classed Hayden Grace is Tier 4 compliant via Caterpillar 3512E main engines, developing 4,426bhp in total powering Schottel SRP 430FP Z-drives and delivering 52.5tbp and speed 12.5kn. Two identical John Deere gensets are included in the machinery specification.

Williams Shipping offers a diverse range of maritime services based both ashore and afloat, including a range of tugs and workboats. The UK-based company recently welcomed arrival of Willsupport, a Meercat RT18 workboat. The twin-screw, 560hp vessel has a large working deck, two deck cranes and a 10t winch.

Willsupport was purchased in Scotland and is now based at its owner’s Pembroke base, the company saying the vessel will be used for barge support, laying and/or repairing of buoys and cargo transfer along with civil engineering and renewable energy project support in the region. Dive and aquaculture support are also activities Williams Shipping states its new arrival will be “excellent for.”

Vessel orders

Med Marine is a leading Turkish shipbuilder and tug operator and employs Eregli Shipyard, a facility covering some 180,000m2, 30,000m2 of which is indoors delivering tugs and workboats along with offshore vessels and tankers.

It has a yard completion list of around 200 various vessels and recently secured an order for a conventional tug for client Trabzon Port located in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The tug will be built to a SeaTech Solutions design with a length of 23.96m on a beam of 12.25m and draught 4.65m. Bollard pull will be 60 tonnes and speed 11kn, the vessel having accommodation for seven persons. Delivery is planned for January 2024.

Finally, returning to RAL and the wider RAmparts family of tugs and also in the new orders section, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard has secured an order for two RAL’s RAmparts 3500 design vessels for China’s Tianjin Port. RAL has worked with Tianjin Port for more than 10 years with delivery of nine tugs to five different designs, including the first tug with CSS notation of: 1 (Intelligent) Ship.

The prolific RAmparts series is one of the naval architect’s most successful designs, with more than 400 in service worldwide. Variants range from 22m to 36m in length and offer between 60 and 80 tonnes bollard pull.

Each design is available in typical shiphandling configuration with a “modest” size of skeg or in an escort tug configuration with a much deeper skeg for enhanced indirect steering force capability.

8 Saam Condor is Sanmar’s 50th delivery to the RAmparts 2400-SX design

THE CHOPPY SEAS FACING EUROPEAN TUGOWNERS

Secretary general of the European Tugowners Association (ETA) Anna Maria Darmanin spoke to Maritime Journal about an industry facing uncertainty

Darmanin has been at the helm of the ETA since 2016, and today she says the industry has three major concerns that if not addressed could have quite serious implications.

8 Anna Maria, secretary general of the European Tugowners Association

8 Sanmar and Damen-built tugs

SALVAGE ROUND-UP

This month we look at recent activities for salvage contractors based in the Netherlands and Bangladesh, both members of the International Salvage Union

A previous salvage round-up focused on smaller regional salvors (MJ October 2022) including Prantik Bengal Salvage and Diving, and following its work assisting a container vessel involved in a collision has refloated a barge aground in an ecological hot spot.

The empty 100m long, 4,200gt dumb barge MR 3322 was under tow from Chittagong to Malaysia when the tow line parted during a cyclonic storm. The barge grounded on a small island adjoining St Martin’s Island in the north eastern part of the Bay of Bengal, the grounding site separated from the main island at high tide.

Prantik was engaged on a no cure no pay contract on the basis of no environmental damage or disturbance to the underwater ecosystem, which included coral-rich areas, mangroves, lagoons and rocky areas.

“The situation was quite critical as it is an ecological hotspot,” said Prantik. “Being a national asset and the only coral island, the priority was to ensure protection of the flora and fauna of the island.”

Two salvage barges and a tug, along with Prantik’s managing director, who is a salvage master, and 60 personnel were mobilised to the site along with 23 air balloons, each 18m in length, 1.5m diameter and 176KN/m load bearing capacity. Once clear of the ground, one salvage barge pulled the stranded vessel from aft, the other positioned forwards helping to stop it gaining momentum while being pulled.

By adjusting the air balloons, the barge was rotated to align it with the marked channel for safe launching and refloating, which was achieved with “minimal to zero damage to the environment”.

Smit Salvage

Smit Salvage is part of the giant Boskalis group, which in 2022 was taken over by HAL Holding N.V. Its report of activities in just the last quarter of that year illustrates not only the diverse nature of the work marine salvage companies are contracted to carry out, but the complexities involved in developing a solution, often lasting for extended periods and continuing long after the story has moved off the global front pages.

The ever-present requirement to protect the environment is a theme that touches on virtually every salvage operation, be it a relatively straightforward rescue tow, vessel grounding or fire, and, even further away from the front pages, wreck removal projects.

Looking at the requirements for Smit’s expertise around

the Arabian Peninsula region, the Papendrecht-based company mobilised several tugs, a fire-fighting team and environmental protection specialists to assist a container vessel in the Red Sea.

Meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf a ship-to-ship lightering operation was called for when a fully laden bulk carrier ran aground. Following cargo transfer the vessel was safely refloated.

Outside the region a particularly complex operation for Smit followed a request by an oil and gas operator to stabilise a floating production unit off West Africa. After completing an assessment, Smit supported the development of an accelerated decommissioning plan involving disconnection of the vessel from its moorings, towage to a sheltered location and reconnection to a temporary mooring system.

A technique salvors often require in their repertoire when refloating grounded casualties or righting vessels that have capsized and run aground is the laying of complex ground tackle spreads, often to anchor pull barges that provide the muscle to refloat or right the stricken vessel.

Smit has such expertise backed by parent company Boskalis’s experience with laying anchors for rigs and other offshore vessels. The installation of an eight-leg mooring system was completed with the assistance of Boskalis Marine Services, which was responsible for the environmental criteria and mooring analysis for the new system.

Illustrating the longevity of such activities, Smit will continue to provide support during 2023 while executing preparations for eventual disposal of the production unit.

Moving to Indian waters, work is ongoing for Smit on two simultaneous wreck removal projects offshore Mumbai.

Working with salvage company Koole Contractors (another Dutch salvage company) along with local Indian alliance partner Vishwakarma and with a large spread of marine assets from Boskalis Marine Services and locally chartered assets, the wrecks are being cut into pieces and recovered with grabs onto barges for environmentally friendly disposal onshore.

Both of these projects are also expected to run into the first part of 2023.

8 Smit’s activities included STS transfer work in the Persian Gulf

The ever-present requirement to protect the environment is a theme that touches on virtually every salvage operation, be it a relatively straightforward rescue tow, vessel grounding or fire, and, even further away from the front pages, wreck removal projects

Cummins has provided interesting background to what is a common shipyard procedure, extending a vessel’s life by replacing its engines.

Unlike cargo vessels, for example, tugs and workboats are expected to lead a long and profitable life. Changing trade patterns and efficiency challenges can see many cargo vessels reach their ‘best before’ date sooner than tugs, which are traditionally built to high specifications reflecting the often arduous nature of their work.

NEW CUMMINS ENGINES FOR OIL RESPONSE VESSEL

Machinery is one area, however, where upgrading to more efficient and perhaps more powerful engines can give an otherwise aged tug or workboat a new lease of life; availability of spares for older engines can also be an issue for a vessel that is probably mortgage free and otherwise still has something left to give.

Thailand’s Marine Department faced this situation when its oil response vessel Jaladharanuraksh had to be laid up as parts for its original engines became difficult to find.

After careful thought it was decided to re-engine the vessel with Cummins QSK60 M main engines, developing 5,400hp in total.

Each engine is connected to shafts with controllable pitch propellers via new Reintjes LAF743 gearboxes. The project also involved the overhaul of Jaladharanuraksh’s gensets.

The work was entrusted to Thailand’s Asian Marine Services PCL (ASIMAR), where new engines supplied by Cummins DKSH (Thailand) were officially blessed in a traditional Buddhist ceremony. ASIMAR was

established in 1981 as a marine survey company, later expanding into the ship repair and shipbuilding sectors, with recent activities including the launch of a Robert Allan Ltd designed tug for the Royal Thai Navy.

One challenge with re-engining is to get the alignment right, and with the vessel in a floating drydock the shafts were removed and inspected.

Guided by lasers, the newly installed engines were then aligned with the shaft tunnel and after the shafts were re-installed, Jaladharanuraksh was returned to the water. The shipyard team can then carry out a more precise alignment that allows for changes that affect the hull from being in the cooling water and with full flotation support of the water on the hull.

In addition to work in the vessel’s machinery space, the opportunity was taken to check out the wheelhouse electronics from the radar to the echo sounder and gyro compass, where they required replacement by newer models.

8 Jaladharanuraksh gained a new lease of life thanks to new Cummins engines

Source: Cummins

OSVs TAKE ON NAVAL ROLES

The Royal Navy (RN) has acquired two former offshore support vessels for roles including protecting the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure

An aspect of current geopolitical tensions is the potential threat to underwater infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines and telecommunications cables. Illustrating the urgency of the situation for the UK, just last November defence secretary Ben Wallace announced the accelerated acquisition of the first of two vessels.

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First US order for Damen Marine Components

The Netherlands-based Damen Marine Components (DMC) has secured its first multi-vessel order to supply components for four Multi Cats under construction in the US.

The news brings further success in the tightly regulated US market for Damen and follows on from an agreement with Louisiana-based Conrad Shipyard in 2021 to build two Multi Cat 3013 workboats for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the first reference for US-built Damen Multi Cats. A range of components is now being supplied to US shipbuilder C&C Marine & Repair for four new Multi Cat 3013s, the same marque as the Conrad Shipyard pair. The first two are on order for Callan Marine and, taking a leaf out of Damen’s book of building vessels for stock, the second pair will be built ‘on spec’ by C&C Marine & Repair for sale or lease to the US market. The order for the 30m vessels involves

components including piston-type steering gear; two tugger winches; an anchor winch; a towing winch; an anchor-handling winch; and two towing pin systems.

Reflecting the global nature of the shipbuilding industry, all will be designed and manufactured at DMC’s facilities in the Netherlands, Poland and China. DMC will also supply a triple rudder system to a

third-party design for each vessel.

DMC says its equipment is: “… designed and built on the three principles of durability, reliability and low maintenance over the long term and in all conditions”, adding that all its towing winches are unique with gearboxes that automatically adjust to the required pulling force, enabling them always to run at the most efficient speed. The same technology is also used for the anchorhandling winches, a feature that maximises safety in often hazardous conditions.

DMC its products SAYScan be customised to meet client requirements and the equipment being supplied to the vessels being built for Callan Marine is designed to cope with a wide range of conditions from the subtropical climate of the Gulf of Mexico to freezing winters on the Great Lakes to the north. The four Multi Cats are scheduled for completion and delivery during 2023.

8 Topaz Tangaroa will be repainted in a naval grey colour scheme

Source: Vard

8 Callan Marine’s Multi Cats will assist its powerful dredging fleet

8 Navtek Naval Technologies is maintaining steady progress with development of its Zeetug zero-emissions all-electric tug.

Latest news from the Turkish shipbuilder is that the Gisaş Power 2 recently completed its sea acceptance trials satisfactorily, including tests to prove the vessel’s seaworthiness and proper construction in accordance with the original order. Along with its predecessor Gisaş Power, vessel number two is a Zeetug30 variant providing 30tbp on a vessel length of just 18.7m, Navtek offering the Zeetug range from five to 80 tonnes bollard pull. Faith in the future of the series is clearly strong with the next family member, Gisaş Power 3, being launched recently.

8 Two tugs that lived up to their names are reportedly earmarked to leave Bermudan waters after more than 30 years’ service.

The conventionally configured pair Powerful and Faithful were UK-built by Cochrane of Selby in 1988 and 1990, and have served the Bermuda Government Maritime Administration powerfully and faithfully since. As visiting vessels including cruise ships grew in size, the decision was taken to replace the pair with two Damen ASD 2811 tugs carrying the same names. Both are now at their new

home, the older tugs reportedly due to head off to Trinidad.

8 News is awaited of the future of 40 offshore vessels, part of the Dutch Vroon Shipping Group, which faces restructuring with control being handed over to its lenders following a difficult trading year.

Family-owned Vroon has a history stretching back more than 130 years and operates a variety of vessels including tankers and livestock carriers, but it is its extensive offshore fleet, ranging from AHTS vessels to PSVs to ERRVs and walk-to-work vessels, that is generating particular interest. One industry rumour hints at disposal of the offshore fleet

as a whole or in groups rather than individual vessel disposals.

8 Drew Shannon has been selected to join the Executive Committee of the International Salvage Union (ISU).

Following time with Svitzer Salvage and Ardent, Mr Shannon became owner and managing director of United Salvage, the only ISU member in Australia. The company was re-established in 2020 following a management buyout from previous owners Ardent, and is now regional salvor for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Mr Shannon also holds the position of a Special Casualty Representative.

8 Navtek Naval Technologies’s three all-electric tugs

NORWEGIAN STARTUP TARGETS AUTONOMOUS PORT CLEAN-UP

Clean Sea Solutions is using software and AI-optimised autonomous systems to deliver cleaner waters to the Port of Oslo,

The company, with just 10 staff at the time of writing, is one of the many pollution control companies that has recognised that most marine floating plastic and litter items descend rivers to reach the sea, often passing through a port on route. Additionally, some plastics destined to become damaging seabed pollutants are still afloat as they pass through the relatively calm conditions of a port.

The company, which began in 2018, has an integrated three-pronged attack on the problem: autonomous port waste collection boats; a pontoon waste collection device; and a floating waste station for marinas.

For the ‘Aquadrone’ waste collection boats, the company has taken a Maritime Robotics multi-purpose Otter platform, retrofitted and programmed it to become a waste-collector on water that returns, autonomously, to a set waste barge location, self-empties and continues to collect more rubbish.

It is described a ‘smart’ in that it tailors its litter collection activities to target areas where perhaps due to prevailing currents and winds, it has collected more litter in the past. It can also tailor its routes and search locations to suit the weather conditions, so saving on battery life. Fully electric, it runs for 20 hours between charges, and it returns autonomously to its own charging station once the juice runs low.

The Aquapod, which is also targeted at in port waste collection is a waste collecting floating dock, somewhat like a much larger version of the popular Seabin. It passively collects all floating particles over 2mm, using a 1.2kW pump to sift out the rubbish. Like the Seabin, it is set up in a single location, so it is suited to a rubbish hotspot, but its 600-litre

beyond

waste capacity means it can operate autonomously for some days without needing emptying.

Clean Sea Solutions has competitors in the individual solutions, but its USP is that it offers an integrated port waste solution, with the different technologies working together to address the problem. It proposes to work with ports on a leasing model. The company, now in its commercialisation phase, forecasts revenues in 2026 of NOK90 million (€8 million).

Uptime signs MoU for Diamond SOVs

Norwegian motion-compensated gangway maker Uptime International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with marine services provider James Fisher to use its motion-compensated gangway on Diamond SOVs (service operation vessels).

The Ulstein SX221 Diamond SOV, a collaboration between James Fisher and a consortium including DNV and shipbuilder Ulstein that was unveiled in June 2022, will exclusively use Uptime’s gangways under the agreement.

“Based on current project pipelines at least 37 new SOVs are required to meet UK offshore wind demand,” said group business development director with James Fisher Jim Hey. “The logistic system is a critical element of SOV design and usage. The combination of James Fisher and Uptime’s expertise and capabilities will shore-up availability of

supply with a future-proofed design for gangway technology upgrades.”

The gangways include a Digital Ecosystem, which has autonomous operations and digital tracking of personnel and equipment as they transfer from vessel to offshore installation and

back, ’ensuring maximum safety and efficiency of operation’.

James Fisher hailed its Diamond seriesbuild concept in June 2022, saying it would bridge the supply chain gap with a scalable, modular design that could be built simultaneously in multiple shipyards.

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8 Ulstein SX221 Diamond SOVs

‘DUNKER’ TUG TO BE GIVEN LIFE EXTENSION

Tug operator Alfons Hakans has been promised another 15 years work out of a 1988-built tug thanks to a retrofit by Steerprop

Buoy and lighthouse vessel Dunker flies under the Finnish flag and was built in 1988.

A full health check by Alfons Hakans revealed that while her hull and old propulsion units were in mechanically good condition, the electrical parts of the vessel, especially the propulsion control system from control levers to the internal system, ‘had seen better days’.

“The main reason for the purchase was the 1A ice class, said technical manager Tuomas Raumanen. “Alfons Hakans decided that even though the tug is pretty old it is still a valuable addition to our fleet because of its high ice class.

“During dry docking in 2022 we noticed that the general condition of the hull and thruster units was very good. Simultaneously we noticed that remote control of the thruster units was not reliable any more due to the age of the system - for instance difficulty in finding spare parts.

“We were looking for a different solution for a new remote control but soon it was clear that Steerprop was the best solution for us. In the summer of 2023 we will install a new control system for thruster units including control levers, software, cables, etc. The rest of the vessel will be original.

“With this uppgrade we can achieve at least 15 years addition to service life of the vessel. Vessel will be used as an harbour tug in Finland also in the future.”

After discussing the situation with crew and technical personnel, Steerprop designed a retrofit installation ‘based on a customised scope of Lifecycle Extension Services’, which will ease future operations.

“The delivery will include a state-of-the-art control system for the existing propulsion units, the main propulsion bridge equipment and a renewed service relationship,” says

Steerprop, which intends to carry out the works this autumn.

It is the second tug for Alfons Hakans on which Steerprop has updated the propulsion control system technology, Steerprop says, with an upgrade to the propulsion control system on the Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tug Artemis carried out in 2019.

“We noticed pretty quickly that it made sense to renew all parts related to the control of the propulsion units,” said technical manager Tuomas Raumanen. “Basically, everything between the master’s hands and propulsion units had to be replaced, including things like control levers, cables, computer units, and feedback sensors.”

Newbuild Italian Navy SDO-SuRS ordered

Kongsberg Maritime has been enlisted to provide equipment for a replacement for the Italian Navy’s 45-year-old submarine rescue vessel Nave Anteo.

The company will provide equipment for a naval Special and Diving OperationsSubmarine Rescue Ship (SDO-SuRS), which as well as searches for and rescues damaged submarines, also carries out other military and civilian underwater support activities and special operations. The Italian shipyard T. Mariotti will carry out the build.

Crucial to the order, says Kongsberg, is a pair of its Elegance propulsion pods on board the SDO-SuRS, which combines the direct electric permanent magnet motor-driven pods with a Kongsberg electric power system, including batteries and power

management. The pods, it says, provide propulsion ‘for precise and efficient vessel propulsion’, and give optimal efficiency over a large speed range, combined with a hydrodynamic design developed in Kongsberg’s Hydrodynamic Research Centre.

“The compactly designed pods have a low oil content and double barrier seal solution, to protect the ocean, while offering vessels the ability to operate in fully electric zero emissions mode in port or for limited offshore operations,” the firm says.

Kongsberg will also supply three of its tunnel thrusters, an Mcon propulsion system, DP2 system and single and multi-beam echo sounders. It says it is seeing the order as a potential opportunity for it within autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

The vessel build program offers further potential opportunities for Kongsberg Maritime in the shape of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

“This contract represents the start of an exciting market development for the Elegance pod propulsion systems,” said Ottar Ristesund, SVP sales, Kongsberg Maritime. “The quiet, efficient operation of these traction propeller equipped units aboard the SDO-SuRS will help show the naval shipbuilding industry that the way ahead is with permanent magnet pod propulsors. Not only do they offer the end user an efficient, noiseless, carbon-reducing future-proof propulsion platform, shipyards love them too as the units utilize simple interfaces that allow safe and easy fitting to the hull.”

8 Dunker

PORT OF GOTHENBURG OLD WORKHORSE GOES ELECTRIC

The Port of Gothenburg’s inspection vessel, MS Hamnen, is to be converted to electrical power, the port says

The 20.3m x 5.7m vessel, which consumes about 25,000 litres of diesel a year during its 1,300 or so hours of operation, will be fitted with a completely new electric engine with an output of 250kW.

A 4-5 tonne bank of batteries will also be installed, which can be added to if necessary, as well as a new wheelhouse.

EST-Floattech will deliver its Octopus High Energy Battery System, tailored to the space available on the MS Hamnen and the energy requirements.

Shipyard Ö-VARVET has designed a battery compartment in collaboration with METS for the EST-Floattech modules. The battery system provides flexibility, and there is space reserved for an additional battery pack if the shipowner is looking to expand the battery capacity in the future.

The batteries will provide enough power for the vessel to sail for at least four hours at 6 knots, and will also provide energy for the vessel’s hotel load and the bow thruster.

“In exceptional cases, special call-outs, unforeseen events or extreme weather conditions may require additional range, so we’re also installing an auxiliary diesel engine that runs on HVO,” said David Falk, MS Hamnen skipper and project manager of the electrification. “The vessel’s task is to be available in all contexts 24/7, so we need that flexibility. But the goal is to run on battery power for 90% of the time.”

The vessel has been operating at the port since 1979, and Falk says she is still in very good condition.

“By converting it rather than replacing it, we further reduce

emissions, as the vessel will then not be taken into use by a new owner,” he said.

She will be refitted at the Ö-varvet shipyard on the island of Öckerö in the Gothenburg archipelago during the spring, at an estimated cost of SEK 17.3 million (€1.5 million).

MS Hamnen should have four hours’ range on battery power at six knots. A charger will be installed at the vessel’s regular berth at the port, which should be sufficient for regular assignment need.

MS Hamnen will return to service in the autumn, and until then inspections will be carried out with a smaller replacement boat.

OXE Marine claims world firsts with new outboards

Outboard manufacturer OXE Marine launched two outboards for commercial marine at the recent Miami boat show.

The OXE300 outboard has been equipped with water jet propulsion, which OXE is calling a ‘game changer’ and was nominated for an innovations award at the show.

Sweden-based OXE has developed the technology with the US-based Jet-Tech, and they claim it is the world’s first and most powerful outboard with water jet propulsion and axial flow.

“The engine is one of the world’s most powerful outboards with water jet propulsion on and has been made possible due to OXE’s proprietary power transmission system that can handle very high torques,” says OXE. “Thanks to OXE Marine’s unique belt transmission system, all torque generated by the diesel engine is transferred to the water jet drive itself without loss of power.”

“The commercial launch of the world’s first and most powerful diesel outboard with water jet propulsion and the highest efficiency of all water jet engines represents a game-changer”, said Douglas Natoce, President at OXE Marine. “Others are not able to transfer such high torques to the lower part of the rig, but we do it thanks to our belt drive which, in combination with a water jet drive, can handle even higher loads.”

OXE claimed another world first at the boat show with its 450 concept engine, which it has equipped with a 400 volt electric motor connected to a lithium-ion battery.

The Hybrid 450 ’combines the best of both worlds, the energy efficiency of diesel operation with the electric motor’s steep torque curve and the possibility of a completely emission-free operation’.

OXE says the Hybrid 450 the first hybrid diesel outboard in the higher power classes.

8 Port of Gothenburg inspection vessel MS Hamnen

8 Oxe Marine’s new water jet-propelled outboard

8 OXE Marine’s new hybrid outboard

UK GOVERNMENT PLOUGHS FUNDS INTO GREEN MARITIME

The UK government has signed off £60 million (€69 million) to hand out to a total of 18 companies to develop clean maritime solutions.

The funding is phase three of its Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC3), under the Department of Transport, which includes propulsion options like ammonia, hydrogen, electric and wind power.

Electric foiling workboat designer Artemis Technologies stands to benefit with funding for two of its projects, a 12m crew transfer vessel with shore charging infrastructure, and a hydrofoil vessel that it is testing for use beyond its scope as a workboat.

“With this latest round of funding, we are emboldened to advance our green technology projects, develop worldleading clean vessels for our seas, and continue on our mission to lead the decarbonisation of maritime,” said Artemis Technologies CEO Iain Percy.

Other projects include electric passenger vessels and workboats, shore power, hydrogen retrofits, power trains, a rigid wingsail system, carbon capture and on and offshore charging infrastructure, such as Jebb Smith’s power buoy.

This has been developed in the European Offshore Wind Demonstration Centre (EOWDC) in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, and uses power from a nearby wind turbine to recharge CTVs operating between Aberdeen and the EOWDC.

Transport secretary Mark Harper, who visited Artemis Technologies’ premises in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on February 14, said the maritime sector contributed more to the UK economy than aviation and rail transport combined, at £116 billion (€131.5 billion).

“With growing the economy one of the Government’s top priorities, we must continue our efforts to ensure the UK remains a pioneer in cutting-edge clean maritime solutions,” he said.

“The funding we’re awarding today will help to do just that, bringing emission-free concepts to life and fuelling innovation.”

“The UK Chamber of Shipping is committed to net zero by 2050,” said UK Chamber of Shipping CEO Sarah Tresder. “This funding is an important milestone in ensuring we continue to work together to achieve this important target and will help us complete the journey from theory to reality for zero emission shipping.”

Yamaha launches Premium and High Power outboards

Yamaha has introduced Premium and High Power engines that it says give increased acceleration, faster speeds and can be fitted to ‘even more boats’.

The company has launched an XTO 450hp V8 and an XTO 400hp V8 with new cowling design, graphics, enhances user features and a superior power to weight ratio, which is says makes them an option for more vessels.

“The natural aspiration of the XTO (which stands for Xtreme Thrust Output) 450hp and 400hp V8 makes them ideal for powering larger boats, and the V8 configuration delivers enviable power across the rev range creating even more opportunities to use outboards to power ever larger and heavier vessels,” says the company.

The engines are designed to be used with

Yamaha’s Helm Master Ex boat control system, which means the joystick control can be used anywhere on the boat.

They also include Yamaha’s Total Tilt function, which “makes tilting the engine a push button exercise, while the integrated

tilt limit option enables the full tilt position to be set, ensuring it’s in the best position for each individual boat, preventing the possibility of cowling damage and keeping the engines in prime condition for longer”.

A noise reduction silencer has also been added for quieter cruising at speed, alnog with an in-water gear lubrication change system for on-water oil changes.

“We continuously strive to satisfy the needs of a wide variety of commercial and recreational users, and Yamaha’s new outboard engines represent another key step towards opening up outboard power for ever larger and heavier vessels and bringing cutting edge technology within reach for more customers,” said Matt Taylerson, Yamaha’s divisional manager, Marketing.

8 UK transport secretary Mark Harper

8 Yamaha XTO 450hp

THE REMOTE CONTROL HUB CHANGING OPERATIONS FOREVER

Woolston, a suburban centre on the outskirts of Southampton, is an unassuming place. Caught on the ‘wrong’ side of the River Itchen from the relative excitement of the city centre, it boasts more kebab and pizza shops than any small town requires or deserves and is all-too often passed through with little attention by drivers heading towards the Itchen Bridge and Southampton.

Since its last remaining large shipbuilder, Vosper Thornycroft, known at the end as VT Group, shut its doors in 2003 and VT’s large waterside site was sold, Woolston has lacked a substantial maritime employer.

That all changed in 2021 when a generous chunk of the old VT site welcomed its newest resident, Ocean Infinity.

This young company has a huge vision: that the way we use robotics at sea can now be taken several massive steps further. It could come as a surprise to the users of the nearby Lidl that the activities taking place in this giant silver building in Woolston stand a very good chance of changing the way in which seabed and maritime activities are conducted, all over the world, forever.

Learning curve

Ocean Infinity Marine Robotics Expert Dan Hook is under no illusion that this is going to be an easy path.

“Our customers must reduce the personnel requirements of offshore operations for multiple reasons,” he says. “Fewer humans aboard means operations can be conducted with much smaller ships. Every extra body aboard requires a surprisingly large amount of extra space in the shape of galleys, toilets,

food and waste storage, and not forgetting all the extra fuel to shunt all that about.

“We are building partially remotely operated 78-metre ships at Ocean Infinity that will be run by a crew of just 16, while performing tasks that would otherwise be performed by a crew of 50. Smaller, and in our case much cleaner, running ships contribute a big CO2 saving, and many of our customers have demanding industry or self-imposed decarbonisation road maps to stick to.

“For other customers, operational efficiency is high on the agenda: operating vessels remotely will, in the long run, allow the efficiency of highly skilled and well-paid personnel, such as ROV pilots, to work across multiple ships and not be stuck on one vessel on one job.

“If there is, for example, a technical breakdown with an ROV offshore, a skilled pilot on a fully manned ‘traditional’ operation might be left twiddling their thumbs for hours or days, but with remote operation in minutes they can immediately be piloting another ROV from a different ship, even in a different ocean.

“There are countless other benefits too,

from enabling a better work/life balance for staff by allowing them to perform offshore tasks onshore, to improved safety and faster deployment capabilities.

“The truth is our customers work with us because we can offer a combination of all of the above, and often other aspects we’d not even thought of ourselves, reflecting the steep learning curve we, and this new industry, are on.”

Busting short-term myths

One common concern in the wider economy around automation is its potential to hurt job numbers and opportunities within the industry.

In the short run, at least, this is blatantly incorrect. The strong regulatory frameworks that are being built up around remote vessel operations mean that some roles are initially having to be doubled up.

What is definitely changing is how and where people will work. Sure, the number of people working offshore who physically go offshore will be reduced, but these are often anti-social jobs, inconducive to family life, so not many will mourn their passing.

Remote vessel operations also have the potential to change the currently poor levels of diversity in maritime for the better. The traditional, physical and psychological demands of these jobs change considerably when they are brought ashore. Where in the past, ageing, physically challenged or those wishing to start families or care for relatives would have had to hang up their sea boots for good, now they have more options.

8 The team at Ocean Infinity

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Pods

If there’s a single room at Ocean Infinity where most of this magical transformation will be made flesh it’s the Remote Control Centre (RCC).

With the air of a Bond villain’s lair, this huge dark space, nestled in the bowels of the operation, is where the various maritime experts will control the to-ings and fro-ings of diverse operations from cable route surveys to seabed cone penetration testing.

Around the periphery of the room, individual control pods, ‘Bridges’, are each equipped with a (proper marine specification) helmsman’s seat and designed to deliver peerless situational awareness.

They will be home to up to 20 operators at any one time, while more managerial staff, such as vessel captains, will work on more conventional office-type workstations inboard and on a raised dais, from where multiple activities and vessels can be overseen.

The ethos of close collaboration and duty of care has clearly been built into all design aspects, right down to the little padded perches for observers of activities within the pods to sit slightly aft and abeam of the operator, to be able to watch proceedings without creating any distraction or undue pressure.

For our visit in January 2023 the RCC was a fully equipped shell, entirely devoid of people; but things are moving quickly. A full ‘dress rehearsal’ is due to happen soon, and fully remote controlled and monitored leancrewed vessel operations will start in May.

As Ocean Infinity’s Head of Marine Remote Systems Colin Field pointed out, it’s going to be quite a contrast: “We’ll conduct operations here 24/7/365. So, from how we see it now, it will be a busy hub working constantly around the clock,” he says.

Creating something new

Part of the challenge and excitement for Field is playing such a key role in creating something so new for the industry, and not just in terms of the technology.

At the time of writing, Field admitted there was even still some conjecture at Ocean Infinity around what it will actually feel like to work in this RCC and who would actually be best to employ.

“While we obviously need people with certain competencies and in many cases seagoing qualifications to meet our legal obligations, nobody has built anything like this before, so it’s not like we can take a look at what everyone else is doing,” he said.

“Do we employ young gamers with peerless ability to evaluate multiple streams of information coming from multiple screens at the same time?

“Or do we go for huge sea-time and experience as our first requisite? Industries such as air traffic control recruit to a very tight set of

parameters and consequently have a very high rejection rate; but they have been recruiting for long enough to have a very clear idea of who they want and require a narrower set of skills.

“Common sense dictates that we’ll start with a mix of all sorts of skill sets and backgrounds, and operating worldwide as we will from the start, diversity in all aspects from gender to age to ethnicity will matter more to us than most other employers.”

The discussions still taking place about staffing just a few months before ‘going live’ tell a larger story: one about the costs of being the first in not just new technologies, but in many respects building a whole new industry.

“Being first to a market like this is a fairly high risk but potentially high reward strategy,” said Dan Hook. “Consider just one aspect – the cost of lobbying and liaising with lawmakers in individual maritime territories.

“Often, even now, when we want to perform a remote controlled vessel operation, the relevant maritime authority has no framework in place with which to advise us or give the go-ahead. Sometimes, regrettably, it’s just easier for them to say ‘no’.

“We have a team here whose main remit is to monitor developments, take part in the highest level discussions and generally, wherever possible, ‘be in the room’ when discussions around maritime remote control, robotics and autonomy are taking place. The second company to follow us into this space will be knocking on considerably fewer closed doors but they won’t have our first-to-market status.”

Build programme

The company worked out recently that it had more than a kilometre’s worth of vessels at its disposal, working in a diverse range of industries from oil and gas to marine renewables, defence

conducting fully manned activities including survey

and deep water search, often deploying a fleet of Kongsberg Hugin vehicles from chartered vessels, that will be replaced in the next year by the newbuilding Ocean Infinity Armada fleet. Of these 78m lean-crewed vessels, built by VARD in Vietnam, two have been delivered and the remaining six are due to arrive this year.

Following closely on their heels will be a fleet of six 86m ships due to commence build in 2024, again at VARD, with delivery for the first ships due early 2025. All the vessels that Ocean Infinity is commissioning are future-proofed, not merely in terms of operational tweaks but also fuel type. Most will launch as diesel electric hybrids, but all will have large empty spaces aboard for future fuel provision, whether that future fuel be methanol, ammonia, straight hydrogen or a range of these.

In terms of the largest entirely uncrewed vessels on the fleet, five 36m boats (currently in build) will be as big as the company would like to talk about going at the moment.

Having seen the level at which Ocean Infinity is working, it will take quite a competitor company to operate in this space, and “those who would like the security of waiting for a harmonised worldwide regulatory framework to exist will wait a decade or more before they can even get started,” said Field.

Certain competitors are overlapping bits of Ocean Infinity’s areas of expertise by launching USVs from unmanned small craft or operating vessels such as ferries from remote control centres.

However, in terms of the swathe of capabilities that Ocean Infinity can offer: surface to subsea, 8m to 86m surface –craft, subsea inspection and intervention, uncrewed and lean crewed, the closest competitor according to Dan Hook would be the US Navy – “but they’ve not got much interest in offshore renewables!” Far left: Colin Field,

Head of Marine Remote Systems. Left: Dan Hook, Ocean Infinity Marine Robotics Expert

8 The Remote Control Centre (RCC), due to go live soon

ALMARIN EVOLVES BALIZAMAR BUOY OFFERING

Almarin has launched its new EVO buoy, the evolution of its Balizamar product which is made out of rotomolded polyethylene modular components

The navaids manufacturer said that because of the new modular design of the tower, its visibility as a navigational aid is enhanced and its overall maintenance and repairing costs are lowered.

“The design of the Balizamar buoys, which dates to 2010, has been updated to meet current needs. While an improvement in materials was made in 2013 with the change from GRP to stainless steel, the new EVO buoys now have improved day marks while retaining the original design’s robustness,” said Aleix San Vicente, director of Almarin.

”This innovative and versatile system offers improved visibility, lower repair costs in the case of damage, and improved aid identification of the aid without limiting the colour only to the hull.”

Innovative design

The inner structure of the buoy is made of galvanised steel by immersion and the top mark is constructed of stainless steel. The hull is rotomolded filled with closed-cell EPS foam to ensure buoyancy.

Almarin currently offers two lines of navigation buoys, the new EVO range and the superior GUIA range, which is characterised by an elastomer hull and stainless steel structure. The company is a global manufacturer of marine aids to navigation. In addition to its specialty in the design and

manufacture of navigation buoys and marine beacons, it’s also a distributor of marine lanterns and electronic equipment, offering comprehensive solutions in AtoN requirements.

Based in Barcelona, the company is part of the Lindley Group, which has more than 90 years of experience in the port and industrial markets.

Lighthouse authority head announces retirement

Seafarer charity and General Lighthouse Authority Captain Ian McNaught has announced his retirement after 11 years.

Captain McNaught will step down as deputy master of Trinity House, the London-based charity that looks after shipping and seafarer education and welfare as well as offering an aids to navigation service for mariners.

He has announced a long retirement, with no intention of retiring until December 2023.

The charity says that since he assumed office in 2011, he has overseen a period of

steady growth that has brought other general lighthouse authorities together. He was made Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2019 in recognition of this service.

“It has been good to represent this organisation across maritime and Government sectors, and I am pleased that our stakeholders see what we do: a friendly, forward-looking and highly competent workforce with a critical stake in our nation’s wellbeing,” he said. “I look forward to meeting the person who will take up that mantle.”

8 Almarin’s EVO buoy

Source: Alnmarin

This innovative and versatile system offers improved visibility, lower repair costs in the case of damage, and improved aid identification of the aid without limiting the colour only to the hull

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FUGRO COMPLETES FIRST REMOTE SURVEY

Dutch engineering firm Fugro has completed its first fully remote offshore survey in the North Sea, it says

The survey, for Abu Dhabi-based energy company TAQA, was carried out by one of Fugro’s Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessels and its Blue Volta electric ROV.

“The complex project, in Europe’s busiest part of the North Sea, involved the inspection of two platforms and more than 40 kilometres of pipeline off the coast off the Netherlands,” said Fugro

The vessels were hired to inspect the mobility of the seabed, pipeline depth and cathodic protection measurements within a 500m zone ’to ensure the integrity of TAQA’s assets’.

Both Blue Essence USV and Blue Volta ROV were remotely controlled via satellite link by operatives at Fugro’s remote operations centres in the Netherlands and Aberdeen, the company said.

The project is a sign of the growing trend in remotely controlled vessels for a wider range of applications, enabling staff to work onshore and significantly reducing the risk of offshore environments, It also means clients have access to almost real-time data, which leads to faster and better decision making.

“Fugro is committed to developing new remote and autonomous technologies that will accelerate the transition towards safer and cleaner inspections and more efficient geo-data acquisition,” said Fugro regional director of Marine Asset Integrity Gordon Kennedy. “In addition, USVs present an exciting solution for offshore wind farm monopile and cable inspections as well as quay walls and other underwater structures.”

Seabed 2030 brings AUV builder on board

Planet Ocean subdivision EcoSUB Robotics has signed an MoU with the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

EcoSUB makes small autonomous underwater vehicles that can access some of the most hazardous areas for survey and exploration.

Established in 2004, Planet Ocean provides instrumentation to the oceanographic research community, as well as the defence sector. In 2015 the company - together with the Marine Autonomous

Robotic Systems research group based at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)developed a micro AUV which led to the creation of ecoSUB Robotics, based at the Marine Robotics Innovation Centre of NOC.

The project, between the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO (a joint programme between the International Hydrographic Organisation and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission), aims to map the entire ocean floor and make the results publicly available.

“Not only do AUVs enable us to access hazardous areas, they also provide a solution to the mapping of remote and uncharted areas,” said Seabed 2030 Project Director Jamie McMichael-Phillips. “Collaborative working is essential to Seabed 2030 and it’s through partnerships such as this with ecoSUB Robotics that we’re able to ensure our strategy remains forward looking, and that our efforts are well-positioned to make use of innovative technologies as they become available to progress our goal.”

8 Fugro has completed its first remote offshore survey in the North Sea

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In an Opinion piece written for Lloyd’s List, and shared with Maritime Journal, Senior Correspondent Richard Clayton shares concerns about ‘the elephant in the room’ that is seafarer training in the transition to decarbonisation

Several factors must be in place before enough seafarers can be trained to handle the responsibilities of decarbonisation competently. Agreement among regulators on fuels comes first.

New training courses are expensive to develop and take many years to introduce, a factor to be considered given the hundreds of thousands of seafarers needing additional training by 2030. Seafarer training for the transition to decarbonisation is the elephant in the room for an industry keen to embrace sustainable shipping, yet uncertain about what will be required by when.

Maritime Just Transition Task Force report

A November 2022 report commissioned by the Maritime Just Transition Task Force into the skills and competencies needed by future seafarers developed three scenarios for decarbonisation.

The most challenging of these, the Zero Carbon by 2050 scenario, assumes a sharp ramping up of alternative fuels in the 2020s. This will require additional training for 450,000 seafarers by 2030, and 800,000 by the mid-2030s.

Even if the Decarbonisation by 2050 scenario is adopted, there will still be a need for 750,000 seafarers trained to handle alternative fuels and technologies by 2050.

This is a huge ask given the hazards associated with alternative fuels.

Hydrogen presents an explosion risk from pressurised storage; hydrogen, methanol, and ammonia carry the risk of flammability; ammonia and, to a lesser extent, methanol are toxic to humans and the environment. Further risks include corrosiveness, and cryogenic and asphyxiating properties.

Shipping is not devoid of the skills needed to work with alternative fuel technologies because both ammonia and methanol are carried today as bulk cargo. However, hydrogen is not widely carried as a cargo by the tanker/gas segment, and segments such as dry bulk and general cargo shipping have limited exposure to these fuels.

In its study on the training and skills required to support decarbonisation in shipping, DNV Maritime makes the point that several factors must be in place before sufficient numbers of seafarers can be trained to handle the responsibilities of decarbonisation competently.

There must be clear regulations to support significant investment in training facilities. As soon as training programmes have been developed, the instructors must be trained. They will be the drivers for the upskilled and newly skilled seafarers who will be critical to successful decarbonisation.

Finding trainers and experienced seafarers for whichever fuel or fuels the regulators agree on will be one of the industry’s real challenges in the 2020s and 2030s.

Need for regulatory agreement

But already it’s obvious that the first of these factors is falling behind. Regulatory frameworks are struggling to keep up

with technological change. Without an agreed framework in place, training will be piecemeal. It’s highly unlikely that decarbonisation will be achieved unless seafarer training is structured in format and global in scope.

The key to establishing a common framework for the provision of seafarer training on new hazardous fuels is a revision of STCW (the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers). STCW has set out training requirements for tankers which could be replicated for alternative fuels, and these could form the basis of appropriate training programmes.

Once a training framework is in place, the industry would develop ship- and fuel-specific training needed for the implementation of new fuel in the fleet.

DNV Maritime concluded that the transition to decarbonisation “is going to last for many decades”. The requirements must be valid for the whole industry, the report comments, even if the future will probably see a mix of fuels rather than a single fuel.

Heavy investment in new training facilities is not expected to take place until IMO and national governments reach agreement on which of these fuels will be supported.

New training courses are expensive to develop and take many years to introduce, a factor to be considered given the hundreds of thousands of seafarers needing additional training by 2030 in decarbonisation scenarios.

Training 750,000 or 800,000 seafarers to handle alternative fuels and technologies will take time and financial input to achieve. But first there must be regulatory agreement.

8 The IMO’s ‘Decade for Action’ banner

8 Richard Clayton

Even if the Decarbonisation by 2050 scenario is adopted, there will still be a need for 750,000 seafarers trained to handle alternative fuels and technologies by 2050

STENA AND PEEL SIGN 77-YEAR FERRY DEAL

Stena Line has signed a new deal with Peel Ports to operate its 12 Quays port and ferry terminal in Birkenhead until the beginning of 2100

The Swedish company has operated twice daily ferry services to Belfast since 2011 and this new deal will see it continue to operate there for at least another 77 years, solidifying the success of the working partnership formed between the two companies.

”After 12 successful years in 12 Quays our business in Birkenhead continues to flourish year-after-year. This deal is a sign of our long-term commitment to Birkenhead and Peel Ports, with whom we have a very strong partnership,” said Niclas Martensson, CEO of Stena Line.

“We will continue to make significant investments to increase our services to our customers across the Irish Sea.”

Successful approach

Stena Line operates six routes and 12 vessels across the region and Birkenhead has been a key focus for investment in recent years.

In 2021 and 2022 Stena Line launched two new E-Flexer ferries on their Birkenhead to Belfast service, Stena Edda and Stena Embla. These brand-new state-of-the-art ferries increased passenger and freight capacity on the route to Belfast by a third.

Subsequently Stena Line has made further investments with the recent purchase of two sites adjacent to the 12 Quays Terminal, to provide additional freight storage for its freight customers as they continue to expand their businesses there.

“We have built a highly successful partnership with Stena Line over the years for the developing of services across the Irish Sea, and we are delighted this long-term agreement reaffirms our commitment to enable further investment into Birkenhead and the Mersey cluster,” said David Huck, chief operating officer at Peel Ports Group The value of the deal has not been disclosed.

Two new hybrid ferries for Hong Kong

Dutch company CoCo Yachts has received an order from Hong Kong-based Sun Ferries for two diesel-electric hybrid ferries.

The Urban Sprinters 1000, built by YaGuang Technology Co. in China, will operate daily between Central Pier and Cheung Chau Pier in Hong Kong.

Each vessel will be fitted with four IMO tier III diesel generators, of which three are usually in service and one on standby. The vessels will be provided with four Azimuth L-type thrusters, each fitted with one PM electric motor giving a service speed of 16 knots.

The design and building of the vessel will be certified by Bureau Veritas with all flag related items, including safety and stability delegated from Hong Kong Marine Department to Bureau Veritas.

Capable of carrying 1,000 seated passengers over two decks, the doubledended ferries are accessed by eight entrance ramps and have dedicated baby care and pet areas.

The third deck is an open area accessible for sightseeing. The area will be partly covered by solar panels, helping to further reduce overall vessel emissions.

The ferries have two wheelhouses and

will be fitted with three crew cabins, accommodating ten crew in total.

The first is expected to be delivered Q2 2024, while the second vessel will be delivered in Q1 2025.

8 The Stena Line and Peel Ports port operations deal at Birkenhead will run up until 2100

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8 CoCo Yachts Urban Sprinter 1000

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n Macduff Ship Design Ltd

Low Shore, Macduff, Aberdeenshire, AB44 1RE

Tel: +44 1261 833825

Fax: +44 1261 833835 info@macduffshipdesign.com www.macduffshipdesign.com

Hendy Power is the award-winning industrial and marine engine division of the Hendy Group offering an extensive range of services from new engine supply, 24-hour engine breakdown callouts, outstanding aftermarket service support, and OEM parts.

n Hendy Power 22 Segensworth Roundabout, Brunel Way, Fareham, PO15 5SD

Tel: + 44 1489 568165 mdean@hendy-power.com https://hendypower.co.uk/

Established in 1963 we are one of the leading diving contractors in the UK with divers and management experienced in all aspects of underwater work to a maximum depth of 50 metres. We can offer a full complement of diving equipment and a various range of marine craft to cover your requirements.

n Northern Divers (Eng) Ltd Oslo Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull, Yorkshire, HU7 0YN

Tel: +44 1482 227276

Dredging contractors, owners and operators of self-propelled dredge pontoons, split hopper barges, Workboats, tugs and flat deck barges (available with spud legs)

n Jenkins Marine

New Harbour Road West, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4AJ

Tel: +44 1202 668558

Fax: +44 1202 669209 office@jenkinsmarine.co.uk www.jenkinsmarine.co.uk

Southerly Designs is a leading designer of high speed aluminium working vessels. Specialists in high and medium speed monohull vessels. Patrol and Military vessels. Pilot Launches. Fast fishing vessels. Utility vessels and work boats. Landing craft. Offshore support and crew boats. Over 600 vessels in service.

n Southerly Designs

2 Carrol St, Port Denison, 6525 Tel: +61 8 9927 2750 info@southerly.com.au southerly.com.au

DIESEL ENGINES & SPARES

Since 1987 Beta Marine has developed an enviable reputation for providing quiet and smooth-running marine diesel engines and generating sets to suit a wide variety of applications. They are renowned for durability, longevity, reliability and deliver an excellent return on investment.

n Beta Marine Ltd

Davy Way, Waterwells, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL8 8LT

Tel: +44 1453 723492

Fax: +44 1453 883742 sales@betamarine.co.uk www.betamarine.co.uk

Volspec Ltd the UK’s premier Volvo Penta Centre with the UK’s largest stock of genuine spare parts, engines and accessories for the marine, commercial and industrial markets. Competent factory trained workshop based or mobile engineers ready to assist whenever required to both UK and international customers. Our online web shop available for UK and many European markets at www. volvopenta.com/volspec/en-GB

n Volspec Ltd Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 8SE

Tel: +44 1621 869756

Fax: +44 1621 868859 enquiries@volspec.co.uk www.volspec.co.uk

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

DIESEL POWER & PROPULSION

With over 30 years of experience in the field of maritime & industrial diesel engines. We are official dealer of Bosch Diesel Center | John Deere | Yanmar | Balmar | Zenoro | Delphi | Caterpillar | MTU (Service dealer).

n Motorenrevisie Spaarnestad Nijverheidsweg 27G, Haarlem, 2031 CN

Tel: +31 23 531 03 17 revisie@spaarnestad.nl www.spaarnestad.nl

DISTRESS SIGNALS & PYROTECHNICS

Fax: +44 1482 215712 contact@northerndivers.co.uk www.northerndivers.co.uk

Today Quest provides a large range of diving and marine related services and owns and operates a comprehensive fleet of marine plant and equipment from our operations base at Portland Harbour Dorset

n Quest Underwater Services Ltd Ferryman’s Way, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9YU

Tel: +44 1929 405029

Fax: +44 1929 405472 info@questmarine.co.uk www.questmarine.co.uk

DIVING EQUIPMENT

Spyderco pioneered the modern folding knife, introducing features like pocket clips, serrations and onehanded opening. That innovation and quality are the heart of Spyderco's distinctive folding knives, fixed-blades and sharpeners.

n Spyderco 820 Syderco Way Golden, Colorado

Tel: +1 1303 279 8383

Fax: +1 1303 278 2229 www.spyderco.com

DREDGING

We specialize in Cummins diesel engines and Cummins components and also the exclusive distributor of DI Industrial gearboxes.

n Diesel Engines Online BV

Augustapolder 11, 2992 SRBarendrecht, Netherlands

Tel: + 31 (0) 180 699273

Fax: +31 180699274

info@dieselenginesonline.com https://dieselenginesonline.com/en

Norway's leading supplier of lamps and portable lighting for professional use, transport boxes, portable fans, inspection equipment for visual condition control, man-overboard boarding systems etc.

n Dacon AS

Durudveien 35, Haslum, Norway1344

Tel: +47 21 06 35 10 rescue@dacon.no www.dacon.no/

Coastal towing, tug with 12 tonne BP, 160 cubic meters Hopper Barge, 16x8m Crane barge/dredger - Barge Norse 2, silt disposal, quayside maintenance & fendering, and fully crewed deliveries. Based in the Solent area, with 25 years' experience in the marine industry.

n BP Norse Marine (UK) Cleverley Cottage, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 1FX

Tel: +44 1489 890031

Fax: +44 1489 890031 jan@bpnorsemarine.co.uk www.bpnorsemarine.co.uk

Specialising in capital and maintenance dredging, land reclamation and coast protection. As Scandinavia's largest dredging contractor, we thrive on low cost timely and efficient solutions.

n Rohde Nielsen A/S

Nyhavn 20, Copenhagen K., DK-1051

Tel: +45 33 91 25 07

Fax: +45 33 91 25 14 mail@rohde-nielsen.dk www.rohde-nielsen.com.

Royal Smals; inland dredging company cleaning and maintaining inland waters. With 20 very accurate, all road transportable cutter suction and deepwin dredgers in various measures we clean your harbours, navigation channels, lakes, inland waters in an eco-friendly environmental friendly way. Moreover, we are always searching for the best way to reuse the dredged up sediment nearby; for flood protection, as farmland fertiliser, by strengthening the quays, or recovering the eroding salt marshes. And much more! Want to know more? Please contact us via www.smals.com

n Smals Dredging Ltd

Highbridge Enterprise Centre, Isleport Business Park, Bennett Way, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4AL Tel: +44 7510 530150 pco@smals.com www.smals.com

UK leader offers efficient solutions to dredging requirements throughout Europe. Modern vessels feature latest technology, in-dock dredging maintenance, capital works, buoy lifting and hydrographic/land surveys.

n UK Dredging

Queen Alexandra House, Cargo Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan, CF10 4LY

Tel: +44 2920 835200

Fax: +44 2920 835216 ukd@abports.co.uk www.ukdredging.co.uk

DREDGING EQUIPMENT

Neptune Shipyards BV

See under: Workboat Builders

INDUSTRY DATABASE

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS

Fault finding, repairs and servicing and all electrical and electronic equipment, communication and navigation systems, motor servicing, windlasses, winches, switchboard and generator specialists, circuit breaker (primary and secondary injection testing), full thermal imaging analysis and reports.

n Neyland Marine Services Limited Unit 52, Honeyborough Business Park, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1SE Tel: +44 1646 600358 Fax: +44 1646 600323 neylandmarine@aol.com www.neylandmarine.co.uk

ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS

For over 25 years, MJR has delivered turnkey marine power, electrical and automation projects to the commercial, energy and renewable marine sectors providing consultancy, engineering, construction, installation and commissioning services.

n MJR Power & Automation 85 & 88 Willows Court, Teesside Industrial Estate, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9PP Tel: +44 1642 762151 sales@mjrcontrols.com www.mjrcontrols.com

ELECTRONICS

Our business is about helping you sustain yours. We do so by sourcing, supplying, and supporting bridge electronics 24/7, 356 days a year.

n Charity & Taylor Navigation House, Wilford Bridge Road, Woodbridge, IP12 1RJ Tel: +44 1493 804371 rodger.perks@charityandtaylor.com www.charityandtaylor.com

ENGINES - OUTBOARD

EXHAUST SYSTEMS

Exhaust Systems - Noise & Vibration Control - Environmental Protection specialists, Halyard, designs and manufactures high quality, technically advanced equipment. Halyard also distribute: Aquadrive, Emigreen DPF & SCR, Seatorque shaft systems, Siderise noise insulation and Wave filtration.

n Halyard (M&I) Limited

86 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, UK, BH21 7PQ Tel: +44 1722 710922 technical@halyard.eu.com www.halyard.eu.com

FENDERS/ FENDERING

Fender Innovations is specialized in Tailor designed and produced Fender Systems specifically adapted to the field of operation. Shared properties of the systems are a minimal weight and long lasting durability. For almost every application such as: tenders, fast rescue, research and survey, wind farm support Vessels, heavy duty ribs, superyacht tenders, unmanned marine systems. Poly Marine Fender Systems is specialized in Heavy Duty fender systems for, Pilot Vessels, Crew Tenders, Pontoons and specials such as Bollard and Shore tension protection.

n Fender Innovations and Poly Marine Fender Systems

Westrak 240, 1771 SV Wieringerwerf Tel: +31 22 37 64 170 info@fenderinnovations.nl www.fenderinnovations.nl

Manuplas design and manufacture vessel fendering, quayside fenders, navigation buoys, mooring buoys and subsea buoys. Manuplas supply to ports, harbours, navies, boat builders and operators and the offshore energy market.

n Manuplas

Seago Commercial specialise in sale and hire of SOLAS and ISO approved life rafts. With a range of products including lifejackets, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnics, industrial fibre ropes, wire ropes and chains.

n Seago

Deanland Business Park, Golden Cross, East Sussex, BN27 3RP Tel: +44 1825 873 567 sales@seagocommercial.co.uk

www.seagocommercial.co.uk

FIRE PROTECTION

Suppliers and Installers of Thermal and Fire Insulation on Aluminium & Steel Structures. 20 years, involvement in marine projects for thermal, acoustic and passive fire protection to many prestigeous vessels.

n Global Insulation (European) Ltd Unit 84, Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0EL Tel: +44 2392 462113 globalinsulate@btconnect.com www.globalinsulation.co.uk

Fenders - New and second-hand: all types. Pneumatic (to ISO 17357), Foam, Rubber & Plastic. First Yokohama approved fender repair company worldwide in 1976. Inspection, refurbishment, renetting services also available (no fix, no fee). Batmar Super Sliding Fender (HDPE): the recycled plastic alternative to timber. Pneumatic and Foam fenders available for Hire at competitive rates – all sizes. ISO 9001:2008 certified.

n Battley Marine Ltd East End House, Billingford, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RD Tel: +44 1362 668641 Fax: +44 1362 668930 battleymarine@gmail.com www.battleymarine.com

Unit 18 Estover Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7PY Tel: +44 1752 771740 sales@manuplas.co.uk www.advancedinsulation.com

FINANCE

Specialist marine finance provider for UK based SME companies. Marine mortgages available for workboats, WFSV’s, tugs, barges, dredgers, ferries, Thames river craft, hire fleets, coastal ships and other commercial vessels.

n Shawbrook Bank

Prospero, 73 London Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1LQ Tel: +44 7799 134682 / +44 7342 085974 Jason.crump@shawbrook.co.uk www.shawbrook.co.uk/marine

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

FIRE PROTECTIONGENERAL

Adec Marine Limited

See under: Life Saving Equipment GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES

UK distributors for generators from 5 to 500 kw prime power. Kohler’s patented P-Gen load share system facilitates smaller generators increasing redundancy and reducing fuel consumption.

n Atlantis Marine Power Limited Western Wood Way, Langage Science Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5BG Tel: +44 1752 208810 sales@atlantismarine.com www.atlantismarine.co.uk/

Suzuki is a manufacturer of an automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and outboard marine engines for the global market.

n Suzuki GB Plc

Steinbeck Crescent, Snelshall West, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 4AE Tel: +44 1243 388940 suzuki@mindworks.co.uk www.marine.suzuki.co.uk

Buoyant Works design and manufacture performance driven fendering and offshore wind farm impact protection.

Fender applications: Crew Transfer Vessels, Tugs, Commercial Vessels and Quaysides. Outstanding durability maximises protection, increases operational performance and lowers running and maintenance costs.

n Buoyant Works

Unit 4, Little Trethew Industrial Estate, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3PZ Tel: +44 7850 778109 andrew@buoyantworks.com www.buoyantworks.com/

Marine Fire Safety; who are well known and trusted by many for supplying, installing and maintaining firefighting equipment within the commercial marine sector, have teamed up with Lalizas UK to extend their services and support to both new and existing customers.

n Marine Fire Safety Limited

Unit D1-D4, Bridge Business Centre, Brickhouse Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8JW Tel: +44 1342 844379 Fax: +44 1342 843172 info@marinefiresafety.co.uk www.marinefiresafety.co.uk

Kohler Power Systems, provides complete power systems, including generators (residential, industrial, mobile, portable, and marine), automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear, monitoring controls, and accessories for emergency, prime power and energymanagement applications. Kohler has delivered energy solutions for markets worldwide since 1920

n Kohler Power Systems

1 Kristallaan, Zevenbergen, 4761 ZC Tel: +1 800-544-2444

Muriel.HUGUET@kohlereurope.com kohlerpower.com/

INDUSTRY DATABASE

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

Webasto offers robust heating and air conditioning solutions for retrofitting or as original equipment. They do this for any type of commercial boat, patrol craft, cargo vessel, passenger boat or naval vessel. We are also now the sole distributor of WhisperPower in the UK.

n Webasto

Webasto House, White Rose Way, Doncaster Carr, South Yorkshire, DN4 5JH Tel: +44 1302 322232

Fax: +44 1302 322231 info-uk@webasto.com www.webasto.co.uk

Webasto

See under: Generators, Gen Sets & Auxiliaries

HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS

At Brimmond Group we specialise in mechanical, hydraulic or electrical solutions. Our highly qualified engineers can design, manufacture, service and repair a vast range of equipment to meet any client’s needs.

n Brimmond Group

Tofthill Avenue, Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, AB51 0QP Tel: +44 1467 633 805 www.brimmond-group.com

As a leading designer and manufacturer of power-assisted steering systems, Hypro Marine has an enviable reputation in the industry for the quality and performance of its products. Specialists in finding unique solutions, we are able to offer a bespoke design and manufacturing service for Integrated Hydraulic Control of single or multifunction hydraulic operations for seriesproduced power craft.

n Hypro Marine

Mount Pleasant Lane, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8LS

Tel: +44 1590 681445 info@hypromarine.co.uk www.hypromarine.com

INSURANCE SERVICES

KNIGHT H D

Leading specialist Marine Underwriting Agents & Insurance Brokers to the maritime industry, offering a range of bespoke insurance policies for commercial passenger craft, tugs, workboats and marine service operators throughout the UK and Europe.

n Knighthood Corporate Assurance Services Ltd

Knighthood House, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, Sussex, RH19 1LB

Tel: +44 1342 327111

Fax: +44 1342 319575 enquiries@knighthoodcorporate.com www.knighthoodcorporate.com

JACK-UP BARGES

Fastnet Shipping Ltd

See under: Workboats

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT

MARINE CIVILS

DiveCo Marine are award winning, multi-disciplined experts in the project management and delivery of inland and inshore marine engineering, construction and commercial diving solutions for private and public sector projects.

n DiveCo Marine Ltd

Head Office, Marine House, Upnor Rd, Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4UY Tel: +44 1634 566560 info@diveco.co.uk www.diveco.co.uk

MODULAR PONTOON SYSTEMS

Hire & Sales of containerised modular (spud) pontoons with a height of 4, 6 and 8 ft, modular multipontoons. See Baars Charter at Dredging Equipment for barges.

n Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, 3360 AB, Sliedrecht, 3361 AV

Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com

www.baarsbv.com/en/

MOORING & BERTHING EQUIPMENT

A-Plan Commercial Marine is a long established Specialist Insurance broker providing insurance solutions to the UK Marine market.

n A-Plan Insurance

2 Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 1DB

Tel: +44 1905 930760 sales@aplan.co.uk www.aplan.co.uk

Servicing and hire of life rafts, boats and lifejackets. Sales of a complete range of marine safety and firefighting equipment to SOLAS and MED.

n Adec Marine Limited

4 Masons Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 9XS

Tel: +44 2086 869717 Fax: +44 2086 809912 sales@adecmarine.co.uk www.adecmarine.co.uk

Hubel Marine is a Netherlands based firm. Its focus lies on the full range of advice: Registration of Vessels, Corporation Services, Crew Endorsements and Classification Surveys.

n Hubel Marine B.V.

P.O.Box 3219, Rotterdam, 3033 AE

Tel: +31 10 458 7338

Fax: +31 10 458 7662 info@hubelmarine.com www.hubelmarine.com

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

n Péguet & Cie Maillon Rapide, 12 rue des Buchillons, B.P.205, Annemasse, F-74105

Tel: +33 450 95 58 23

Fax: +33 450 92 22 06 d.durand@peguet.fr

www.peguet.fr

NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

Jo Bird and company have been making safety equipment cabinets from composite materials for over 30 years.

n Jo Bird & Co Ltd

Factory Lane, Basonbridge, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4RN

Tel: +44 1278 785546

Fax: +44 1278 780541 info@jobird.co.uk www.jobird.co.uk

Spinlock Ltd

See under: Life Jackets

LIFERAFTS

Adec Marine Limited

See under: Life Saving Equipment

Walcon Marine is a market leader providing quality design, products, construction and installation of yacht harbours and berthing facilities worldwide together with a first class service to its customers.

n Walcon Marine

Cockerell Close, Segensworth West, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5SR

Tel: +44 1489 579977

Fax: +44 1489 579988 sales@walconmarine.com www.walconmarine.com

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

TMS Ltd have many years of expertise n Marine and Civil Engineering. We operate throughout UK and Europe, where we utilise our unrivalled abilities and professionalism to successfully complete marine and civil engineering projects.

n TMS (Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd)

Unit 22B Dawlish Business Park, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NH

Tel: +44 1626 866066

Fax: +44 1626 864288 info@tmsmaritime.co.uk www.tmsmaritime.co.uk

We supply, install, maintain, and refurbish aids to navigation of any type, manufacturer, and age. We Hold stock of lanterns, buoys, mooring, sinkers, and monitoring equipment, to ensure the prompt response to any outage, anywhere in the UK or Ireland. And if you're thinking about monitoring, you've come to the right place, with an online monitoring portal coupled with our own monitoring modules that will blow your mind!

n Navmoor Ltd

The Innovation Centre, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 8XA

Tel: +44 2922 638222 info@navmoor.com navmoor.com/

Robosys Automation is a leading developer of AI powered Autonomous Marine Systems including Remote Piloting and Advanced Autonomous Navigation, Remote and Autonomous Platform Control and Remote and Autonomous Payload Control.

n Robosys Automation Ltd

W1/ 38, Marine Robotics Innovation Centre (MRIC), European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH Tel: +44 7500 276555 nigel.lee@robosysautomation.com robosysautomation.com/

NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL

Incat Crowther is a diversified marine design business with offices in Australia, USA and the United Kingdom.

n Incat Crowther

P O Box 179, Terrey Hills, HQ Sydney, NSW 2084

Tel: +61 2 9450 0447

Fax: +61 2 8006 5783 info@incatcrowther.com www.incatcrowther.com

DESMI develop, manufacture, sell and service pumps and pumping solutions including a wide range of environmental equipment for oil spill, seaweed and clean waterways.

n DESMI Pumping Technology A/S Tagholm 1, 9400 Nørresundby, Denmark

Tel: +45 9632 8111

Fax: +45 9817 5499 desmi@desmi.com www.desmi.com

PILOT BOATS

PROPELLERS & STERN GEAR

Builders of the Interceptor Pilot Boat range, 11.5m, 13m, 14.5m & 16.5m. For when you demand strength and exceptional seakeeping. Also builders of GRP Crew transfer, Patrol & SAR boats, Hydrographic survey vessels, Work boats and Passenger Vessels

n SAFEHAVEN MARINE

Ashgrove, Cobh, Cork Tel: +353 86 8054582 info@safehavenmarine.com www.safehavenmarine.com

n Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd

See under: Vessel Build & Repair

World leaders in innovation, design and manufacture of high performance, high quality propellers and sterngear for 45 years. Approved by all major classification societies. Propellers to 2.55m, shaftlines to 400mm.

n Teignbridge Propellers International Ltd

Great Western Way, Forde Road, Brunel Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4AW

Tel: +44 1626 333377

Fax: +44 1626 360783 info@teignbridge.co.uk www.teignbridge.co.uk

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Pharos Marine is one of the oldest and only UK Based manufacturer of Aids to Navigation in the world. With factories in the UK we have your AtoN needs covered.

n Pharos Marine Ltd Automatic Power Inc

Unit 14, Castle Mews, Hampton, London, TW12 2NP

Tel: +44 7535 094337 jcorio@pharosmarine.com www.automaticpower.com

OCEANOGRAPHIC/ HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Our services include; vessel charter, renewable energy services, offshore windfarm maintenance solution, submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance, marine engineering, marine salvage, pollution response, environmental consultancy, oil and gas terminal operations, aids to navigation services, and third party vessel management.

n Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd

Seaforth House, Seaforth Place, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9AX

Tel: +44 1592 872939

Fax: +44 1592 873779 enquiries@briggsmarine.co.uk www.briggsmarine.com

OFFSHORE SUPPORT

LAMOR is the world leader in the manufacture of products and services for the Oil Spill Response Industry. We design and produce Booms, Skimmers, Pumps, Dispersant systems, Vessels and we also design recovery systems to be built into new and older vessels. MCA/IMO Training, Design and Consultancy on a worldwide basis.

n Lamor Corporation UK Ltd

3 Medina Court, Arctic Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7XD

Tel: +44 1983 280185

Fax: +44 1983 280056 uk.info@lamor.com www.lamor.com

25 years’ experience specializing in Commercial Marine. Media buying, strategic PR campaign planning and implementation, press releases compilation and distribution, newsletters, company brochures and clients’ magazines and social media management.

n Sue Stevens Media Ltd

7 Foxhills, Ashurst, SO40 7ED Tel: +44 2380 292992 suestevens@suestevensmedia.co.uk www.suestevensmedia.co.uk

PAINTS & COATINGSMATERIALS

Tidal Transit provides access solutions to the offshore energy industry. Via its fleet of purpose built vessels, Tidal Transit transports people and cargo to and from offshore assets. The company's fleet is focused on increasing efficiency and time on structures with the aim of reducing the LOCE.

n Tidal Transit Limited

Unit 6 North Creake Airfield Business Park, Bunkers Hill, Egmere, Walsingham, Norfolk Tel: +44 1328 854225 charter@tidal-transit.com www.tidal-transit.com

Jotun is the global leading provider of marine coatings, with established positions in protective, decorative and powder coatings worldwide. It has 39 production facilities and representation in over 100 countries.

n Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd

7 Stather Road, Flixborough Industrial estate, Scunthorpe, DN15 8RR

Tel: +44 1724 400000 marineenquiries@jotun.co.uk www.jotun.com/uk/en/b2b/ paintsandcoatings/ships/

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ecocoast, with now offices in the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom, is a global leader in engineered products for the protection of coastlines, waterways, critical marine assets and infrastructure.

n Ecocoast

Studio1.1, Nest@Mallard, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgewater TA6 4RN Tel: +44 1392 877 991 www.ecocoast.com www.bolinabooms.com

PONTOONS

Neptune Shipyards BV

See under: Workboat Builders

POWER & PROPULSION

For more than 30 years, Marine Jet Power (MJP) has been redefining the waterjet market with innovation and unsurpassed quality. Engineered and built in Sweden, MJP’s proven stainless steel, mixed-flow waterjets are used in many diverse applications, from fast military craft and passenger vessels to workboats worldwide. Over 100 million running hours strong.

n Marine Jet Power AB Hansellisgatan 6, Uppsala, SE-754 50 Tel: +46 10 164 10 00 sales@marinejetpower.com www.marinejetpower.com

HamiltonJet waterjets provide highly efficient propulsion for high speed vessels operating in the world’s most demanding marine environments.

n Hamilton Jet EMEA

Unit 26, The Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XZ

Tel: +44 1342 313437

Fax: +44 1342 313438 marketing@emea.hamiltonjet.com www.hamiltonjet.com

Stone Marine Propulsion design and manufacture a complete range of high quality propulsion equipment for commercial and naval vessels of all types and sizes. Our latest propeller designs significantly lower fuel consumption and emissions.

n Stone Marine Propulsion Ltd Dock Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH411DT

Tel: +44 1516 522372

Fax: +44 1516 522377 sales@smpropulsion.com www.smpropulsion.com/

Ocean born. Tech bred. Sleipner creates world-leading technical solutions that consistently improve safety and comfort at sea, setting the benchmark for the boating of tomorrow.

n Sleipner Motors Unit 1, Darcey Court, South Brent, TQ10 9EW Tel: +44 1364 649400 Sales@Sleipner.co.uk www.sleipnergroup.com

WaterMota has been supplying the marine industry with engine room packages since 1911. Heat exchanger / keel cooled propulsion engines from 5.8 to 22 litres, auxiliary engines, generating sets and custom built power packs, heavy duty reversing gearboxes, hydraulic and power steering systems and power takeoff units, heavy duty sea water pumps for most makes of engines, strainers, impellers and accessories, installation and servicing. Supplying Azcue, D-I, Doosan, Hyundai SeasAll and JMP.

n WaterMota Ltd

Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ

Tel: +44 1626 830910

Fax: +44 1626 830911

dm@watermota.co.uk

www.watermota.co.uk

INDUSTRY DATABASE

ROPES, NETS & CORDAGE

SALVAGE & WRECK REMOVAL

SEATING & CHAIRS

Rotec Hydraulics is a leading UK specialist provider of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical mechanical components and engineering services to a wide variety of organisations operating across both public and private sectors.

n Rotec Hydraulics Ltd

Rotec Hydraulics Ltd, Unit 1, Venture Way, Priorswood Industrial Estate, Taunton, TA2 8DE Tel: +44 01823 348 900 sales@rotec.net www.rotec.net

RIBS (RIGID INFLATABLE BOAT)

Accredited and Achilles FPAL registered company specialising in personnel and equipment transfers, safety and guard boat duties, survey and logistical support to the emerging offshore renewables and offshore construction industries throughout Europe.

n Specialised Marine Support Ltd

Easdale, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4RF Tel: +44 1852 300341 info@specialisedmarinesupport.com www.specialisedmarinesupport.com

RECRUITMENT

Seamariner Limited are Marine Recruitment Specialists and have been established since 1992. We hold ISO 9001:2015 accreditation by Lloyds Register and are MLC, 2006 compliant. We supply temporary and permanent seafarers to shipping companies worldwide and our expertise is the basis of our continued success. Having dedicated Recruitment Consultants for each discipline, ship owners will often be guided by our in-depth knowledge. Our logistical support team ensures the recruitment process is smooth and efficient.

n Seamariner Ltd

The Square, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1TA Tel: +44 2380 840374 admin@seamariner.com www.seamariner.com

ROPES

English Braids is a family run business established in 1968, now a leading UK manufacturer of bespoke project-based HMPE rope solutions and mooring lines for over 50 years. Official Dyneema partner. With an extensive technical team and a longstanding trusted supply chain we manufacture dyneema winch rope slins, winch ropes and mooring lines from Dyneema HMPE. We have the ability to test an manufacture a range of products in different materials depending on your requirements.

n English Braids Ltd Spring Lane, Malvern Link, Worcestershire, WR14 1AL

Tel: +44 1684 892222

Fax: +44 1684 892111 eboffshore@englishbraids.com www.englishbraids.com

Subsalve is the worldwide leader and innovator in the design and manufacture of buoyancy engineered inflatables. Our underwater lift bags are specified to meet the toughest challenges in recreational, commercial, scientific, and military applications.

n Subsalve USA

P.O Box 2030, North Kingstown, Ri 02852

Tel: +1 401 88408801

Fax: +1 401 884 8868 Richard@subsalve.com www.subsalve.com

SANITATION & PLUMBING

Nautic. Marine seating of the highest performance and quality. Full suspensions optimised for arduous marine environments, high shock mitigation performance, comfort, ergonomic design and DNV-GL Type approval.

n Capital Seating

1 Forward Park Sheene Road, Gorse Hill Industrial Estate, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 1BF

Tel: +44 1162 169910

Fax: +44 1162 169920

info@capitalseating.co.uk www.capitalseating.co.uk

Distributors for GRAMMER

STABILISERS

Johnson Controls formally TYCO & ADT is a market leader in providing integrated security solutions such as Building Management Systems, Fire Detection, Fire Suppression, HVAC and Security Systems.

n Johnson Controls Plc

The Security House, Hanworth Rd, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5DA

Tel: +44 1932 743333 www.johnsoncontrols.co.uk

Spinlock Ltd

See under: Life Jackets

SAFETY HOOKS

H. Henriksen AS is a technology Company with a long and proud history within the maritime and offshore sector. Henriksen has a strong position within safe MOB boat lifting operations, Launch & Recovery systems for offshore vessels, oil Spill Recovery and Entering and Boarding Systems for maritime and urban environments.

n H Henriksen

LeeSan, leaders in marine sanitation (now a Pump Technology Ltd Group Company) have over 25 years’ experience designing, specifying and supplying equipment for seagoing and inland waterways craft of all sizes. Extensive stocks of spares and replacement components are available for most marine toilets. Now promoting their “One Stop Pump Shop” so whether it be clean or waste water they can specify a pump for all applications including all the peripherals that you may need.

n Lee Sanitation Ltd

Wharf Road, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, CV47 2FE

Tel: +44 1295 770000

Fax: +44 1295 770022 sales@leesan.com www.leesan.com

Humphree, based in Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden, is a company dedicated to providing: “Speed at sea” through innovative technology solutions for high performance vessels. Specialized in Trim and Stabilisation our Product portfolio consists of Interceptor systems and Fin stabilisation systems. n HUMPHREE

Grimboasen 16, Gothenburg, 417 49

Tel: +46 31 744 3577

Fax: +46 31 744 3573

humphree@humphree.com www.humphree.com

STEERING GEAR

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

TRAINING

Cotesi UK is a manufacturer / supplier of Mooring ropes in different materials from Polypropylene to HMPE Dyneema, Nylon, Polyester, Polysteel, Tow lines, winch lines. Polyform Buoys, Fenders, floats.

n Cotesi UK Ltd

10 Ripponden Business Park, Oldham Road, Ripponden, UK, HX6 4DJ

Tel: +44 1422 822000 Fax: +44 1422 821007 enquiries@cotesi.co.uk www.cotesi.co.uk

Trleborgveien 15, Tnsberg, 3101

Tel: +47 33 37 8400

Fax: +47 33 37 8430 hooks@hhenriksen.com www.hhenriksen.com

SAFETY SIGNAGE

Adec Marine Limited

See under: Life Saving Equipment

AST is a global supplier of satellite and end-to-end remote communications. We provide a comprehensive range of devices, voice and data connectivity and empower our customers to optimise their operations.

n Applied Satellite Technology (AST) Head Office: Satellite House, Bessemer Way, Harfreys Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LX

Tel: +44 1493 440011

Fax: +44 1493 249721 info@theastgroup.com www.theastgroup.com

SEATING & CHAIRS

Allsalt Maritime is a design, manufacturing, and R&D firm specializing in marine shock mitigation technology whose mission is to create products that give you more days on the water. Allsalt is the owner of the Shoxs and Kinetix product lines.

n Allsalt Maritime

2952 Ed Nixon Terrace, Victoria, BC, V9B 0B2 Tel: +1 206 962 1986 info@allsalt.com www.allsalt.com

Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is the world’s largest provider of professional development courses and academic education qualifications for the maritime industry

n Lloyds Maritime Academy

KNect House, 30-32 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 7RE

Tel: +44 2070 174483

learning@knect365.com

www.lloydsmaritimeacademy.com

The sea is a challenging and at times physically exhausting environment in which to work – not for the fainthearted.

n Thames Marine Academy Upnor Road Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4UY

Tel: +44 7703 842852

www.thamesmarineacademy.co.uk

INDUSTRY DATABASE

TRANSMISSIONS

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC SERVICES

Rubb marine and port structures can be custom designed to meet a variety of bulk handling methods. Relocating and extending is easy and cost effective in a busy environment.

n Rubb Buildings Ltd

246 Dukesway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Tyne and Wear, Gateshead, NE11 0QE Tel: +44 1914 822211 info@rubb.co.uk www.rubbuk.com

TUGS

INDUSTRY DATABASE

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

Specialist shipbrokers handling the sale & purchase and chartering of Tugs, Jack-ups, barges, Split hoppers, Dredgers and various Workboats etc. Our services also include Towage, heavy lift transport and Valuations.

n DSB Offshore Ltd Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW6 3JD Tel: +44 2073 842882 brokers@dsboffshore.com www.dsboffshore.com

Oceanscan Limited and group companies supply highly advanced subsea and NDT equipment as well as offshore personnel to a range of industries such as oil and gas, defence and renewables.

n Oceanscan Ltd

Denmore Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, AB23 8JW Tel: +44 1224 707000

Fax: +44 1224 707001 sales@oceanscan.co.uk www.oceanscan.net

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR

ASL GRP (the Air Sea Land Group) is a dynamic armour company with over 30 years’ experience in the armour, security and defence industry. We are based on the Isle of Wight, on the South coast of England.

n ASL GRP

Leigh House, Main Road, Rookley, Isle of Wight, PO38 3NL

Tel: +44 1983 400730 sales@aslgrp.com www.aslgrp.com

We perform long- and short-range towages. We have a broad experience in towages of hulls, dredgers, pipes and barges. If the need arises, we can also provide assistance in salvage operations, such as towing vessels in distress to a nearby port of safety. Our fleet is employed in marine construction projects. From offshore wind farms to bridges, piers, and jetties to harbour extensions, assisting dredgers to cable-laying operations, our experience and the flexibility of our fleet can provide a valuable source of assistance to a diverse range of construction projects.

n NH Towage

Frederiksø 8, Svendborg, 5700 Tel: +45 62 22 29 11 info@nhtowage.dk www.nhtowage.dk

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd

See under: Vessel Build and Repair

Herman Senior b.v. is a family-owned company based in Barendrecht, The Netherlands. Although the company was founded in 1992, the roots of the company go back all the way to 1976. With our versatile fleet of Multicats and Shoalbusters, Herman Senior offers a wide range of marine services to our customers on a worldwide basis.

n Herman Sr bv Ebweg 56, Barendrecht, 2991LT Tel: +31 78 619 25 07 info@hermansr.com www.hermansr.com

Ensure operational readiness while reducing cost and saving fuel with Propspeed®. Superior in-field performance, technical support, and over 21 years in the marine industry.

n Propspeed 23 Akatea Road, Auckland, New Zealand, 0602 Tel: +44 7766 056 911 info@propspeed.com www.propspeed.com

UNDERWATER TOOLS

Naval architects including design & engineering specialised in metal workboats up to 25m length, from concept idea up to production data and supply of pre-cut building kits.

n Bruce Roberts Europe bv PO Box 250, Veersedijk 59, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, 3340AG

Tel: +31 7868 49990 Fax:+31 7868 13590 Edgar@BREbv.com www.brebv.com

Thanks to its experienced maritime pilots and high quality tugboats all built in its large-capacity shipyards, Med Marine is Turkey's leading towage and pilotage operator and had been serving its clients for their newbuilding projects since 1995.

n MED MARINE OMER AVNI MAH. INEBOLU SOK. NO:21, SETUSTU-KABATAS, BEYOGLU, ISTANBUL, 34427 Tel: +90 2123111800/01 info@medmarine.com.tr www.medmarine.com.tr

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd

See under: Vessel Build & Repair UNDERWATER SERVICES

Miko Marine AS (Miko) is an innovative solution-provider to the marine industry. Solutions based on the use of the company’s original idea - a patented magnetic patch called Miko Plaster® - have been supplied to clients worldwide, including navies, governmental institutions, ship owners, diving companies, subsea contractors and oil service companies. Since 1996, Miko has developed a range of effective solutions to reduce the risk of oil spill, increase effectiveness and increase safety in the marine industry. Miko is part of Miko Group of Companies and co-located with our other owner, Buksér og Berging AS just outside Oslo, Norway

n Miko Marine AS

Vollsveien 4, Lysaker, 1336

Tel: +47 46 90 5000 Fax: +47 22 83 6515 info@mikomarine.com www.mikomarine.com

VALVES

A family owned company with over 45 years of experience in the service of: Chartering tugs / workboats / launches for Inland and Sea-going towage, Assistance- and Supply services to provide services for dredging, construction and offshore companies, on projects all over the world, 24/7 – 365 days a year.

n Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV Buitenweistraat 15, 3372 BC Hardinxveld-Giessendam

Tel: +31 184 490 244 info@wijngaarden.com www.wijngaarden.com

Nemo Power Tools are the first of their kind and the world’s only completely submersible battery-operated power tools.

n Nemo Power Tools Unit 3 Landscape Close, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire, BICESTER, OX25 3SX Tel: +44 1869 934333 nemo@fairlocks.co.uk www.nemo-underwatertools.co.uk

LK Valves & Controls are ISO 9001:2015 accredited marine valve & actuator stockist & distributer, representing carefully chosen, high end, market leading European principles, with many products having classification Society type approval.

n LK Valves and Controls Ltd

Unit 4 Arbour Place, Arbour Lane, Knowsley Industrial Park, Liverpool, L33 7XG

Tel: +44 151 548 3300 Fax: +44 151 548 3311 sales@lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk www.lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk

In-house expertise, a huge selection of products to meet a very broad range of applications. Specification, through technical advice, manufacture and after-sales support, a comprehensive, valued service to the power transmission and hydraulics industries.

n jbj Techniques Limited 28 Trowers Way, Holmethorpe Industrial Estate, Redhill, RH1 2LW Tel: +44 1737 767493 Fax: 01737 772041 info@jbj.co.uk https://www.jbj.co.uk

A leading metal and plastic supplier within the UK, Locate Supplies is proud to support the marine industry with a range of products including alloy metals, polymers, and specialist materials.

n Locate Supplies

Nursling Industrial Estate, Majestic Rd, Nursling, Southampton, SO16 0AF Tel: +44 2380747822 Sales@locatesupplies.co.uk www.locatesupplies.co.uk

Navalrocha offers a complete ‘onestop-shop’ shiprepair service providing a full range of turnkey solutions. These services are delivered in cooperation with a series of long-standing and trusted partners with offices located within the yard.

n Navalrocha

Estaleiro da Rocha Conde de Óbidos 1399, lisboa, 036 Tel: + 351 213 915 900 navalrocha@navalrocha.pt www.navalrocha.pt

INDUSTRY DATABASE

WINCHES

Seaward boats are hand crafted in the UK, with an established reputation gained through our commercial boat building heritage. Using ‘Best of British’ design and build quality we deliver first class boats for which Seaward is renowned world-wide.

n Seaward

1 Prospect Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7AD Tel: +44 1983 280333 nickward@seawardboat.com www. seaward.com

Designers and manufacturers of winches, windlasses and capstans. Hydraulic, electric, diesel, pneumatic and manually driven, along with ancillary equipment. Also hydraulic towing winches.

n Gemmell and Prout Marine Ltd Swann Street, Hull, Yorkshire, HU2 0PH

Tel: +44 1482 329600

Fax: +44 1482 216296 enquiries@proutmarine.co.uk www.proutmarine.co.uk

Marine Exalto produces the world’s best professional marine wiper systems. Exalto makes wiper systems for all kind of vessels in the commercial and leisure sectors.

n Exalto Wiper Technologys PO Box 40, 3370 AH, Hardinxveld -Giessendam Tel: +31 184 615 800 Fax: 31 184 614 045 wipers@exalto.com www.exalto.com

WORKBOAT BUILDERS

Southampton Marine Services specialise in ship building, ship repairs and steel fabrication across all aspects of the marine industry.

n SMS Group Ltd

Unit 1 Ocean Quay, Belvidere Road, Southampton, Hants, SO14 5QY Tel: +44 2380 141010 info@sms-marine.co.uk www.sms-marine.co.uk

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd

See under: Vessel Build and Repair

WORKBOATS

The Trafalgar Group is a young, dynamic group of businesses operating in the leisure boating, commercial shipyard and property sectors, based at the top of Portsmouth Harbour.

n Trafalgar Shipyard

Trafalgar Wharf, Hamilton Road, Portsmouth, PO6 4PX Tel: +44 23 9238 7833 info@thetrafalgargroup.co.uk www.thetrafalgargroup.co.uk/

Experienced designers and manufacturers of special purpose and standard marine handling equipment inclusive of winches, windlasses, capstans, cranes, davits, reelers, fairleads, cable spooling systems etc.

n Lebus International Engineers Ltd Pioneer House, Shorebury Point, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2RX

Tel: +44 1253 402402

Fax: +44 1253 345748 enquiries@lebusinternational.com www.lebusintengineers.com

Safe, reliable and designed for work aluminium boats: bespoke patrols, SAR boats and passenger catamarans.

n Aister C/Baixada do Cocho, nº 228, A Guia –M, Meira – 3, MOAÑA, 6955 Tel: +34 986 240 294 Fax: +34 986 240 157 i.defrancisco@aister.es www.aister.com/en

Baltic Workboats AS has a strong track record for the design, build and delivery of steel and aluminum workboats for professionals around the world.

n Baltic Workboats AS Nasva Harbour, Nasva, Kaarma v, 93872 Saare mk Tel: +372 452 1140 contact@bwb.ee bwb.ee/

Harbour & ship assist, terminal, escort & offshore tugs and supply vessels; shallow draft utility workboats and river push boats, tugs up to 170 meters in length, any power range whether direct diesel, diesel-electric or hybrid propulsion technology along with wide range of numerous type vessels.

n Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd

KOSBAS Kocaeli Serbest Bolgesi, Sepetlipinar SB Mah., 102. Cad. No:1416 Basiskele,, Kocaeli, 41090

Tel: +90 (262) 341 45 10(pbx) info@uzmar.net www.uzmar.com

VESSEL SALE & CHARTER

New business start-up operator

Aquatic Towage and Marine Ltd brings together over 50 years of combined towage and work boat experience from its key staff team.

n Aquatic Towage and Marine Ltd

24 Raynes Road, Lee-On-The-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9AL

Tel: +44 (0) 7876251409

inquiries@aquatictowage.com www.aquatictowage.com

Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd

See under: Vessel Build and Repair

Lemans Nederland bv is a company situated in the south-west of The Netherlands. We are specialised in hoist, lift, push and towing equipment. As well as deck, dock and quay equipment. Our delivery program consists of for example: Winches, windlasses and capstans (standard and custom built; manual, electric or hydraulic; planetary gear unit, worm-gear, spur-gear, etc; to handle wire, umbilical, rope, chain-cable, etc; Either for anchor handling; mooring; fishing; dredging; towing; tug etc), some even from stock. Otherwise with quite short lead times.

n Lemans Nederland BV PO Box 527, Bergen op Zoom, NL 4600 AM

Tel: +31 164 680 097

Fax: +31 164 681 971 info@lemans-nederland.eu http://www.lemans-nederland.nl/

WINDOW WIPERS

Design and manufacture of high performance window wipers. Three year Warranty. DuroWiper Pantographs and Pendulums have a Patented twin drive rotary transfer box giving a remarkable smooth, powerful and reliable performance.

n Durowipers Unit 20, Oldends Lane Industrial Estate, Stonehouse, Glos, GL10 3RQ

Tel: +44 1453 820972

Fax: +44 1453 820979 sales@durowipers.co.uk www.durowipers.co.uk

Now in our 25th year of production, Cheetah Marine continues to lead Europe in the specialist design and construction of power commercial catamarans. (hydrographic workboat/ catamaran).

n Cheetah Marine OceanBlue Quay, The Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, PO38 1JR Tel: +44 1983 852398 mail@cheetahmarine.co.uk www.cheetahmarine.co.uk

Specialists in Marine Plant Hire, Charter & Sales. Bespoke marine access solutions, CTV / Survey Vessels, Jack up Barges, Pontoons, Tugs, Crane Barges, Dredgers and various other workboats.

n Fastnet Shipping Ltd

Marine Support Services Base, Bilberry, Waterford City, Waterford Tel: +353 51 832946

DM acquired the assets of equipment of South Boats IOW and trade from Cowes, IOW specialising in the design, construction, refit, repair and maintenance of workboats, military and patrol craft, lifeboats, pilot boats, fishing boats, commercial and pleasure craft.

n Diverse Marine Medina Ship Yard, Pelham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 1983 300656 info@diversemarine.co.uk www.diversemarine.co.uk

Fax: +353 51 851886 info@fastnetshipping.com www.fastnetshipping.com

Jenkins Marine

See under: Dredging

Tidal Transit Limited

See under: Offshore Support

WORKBOATSALUMINIUM

We design, build, repair, convert and mobilize vessels for the maritime industry. It is our aim to offer you the best solution through innovation, creativity, cooperation and flexibility.

n Neptune Shipyards BV Rivierdijk 586, 3371 ED, Veerdam 1, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, 5308 JH Tel: +31 184 621423

Fax: +31 184 612741 info@neptunemarine.com www.neptunemarine.com

Habbeké Shipyard, established in 1966, has almost fifty years’ experience of quality shipbuilding. The wharf builds exclusively in aluminium, and enjoys an excellent reputation for innovation, quality and service. The shipyard builds aluminium workboats, & both open and closed vessels for rescue, pilot or general work duties.

n Habbeke

Schelphoek 103, 1621Mk Hoorn

Tel: +31 2993 62182 Fax: +31 2993 67464 info@habbeke.nl www.habbeke.nl

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