Maritime Journal November 2020

Issue No. 392

NOVEMBER 2020

Decarbonisation | Boris bucks | Asbjørn Halsebakke | Autonomous surveys

PORT & HARBOUR Ship & Boatbuilding Safety & Training

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CONTENTS NEWS

FEATURES

44 Novel fuels

22 Salvage stats

The Commercial Marine Network’s first Workboat 2050 decarbonisation webinar

Work continues to reposition the worldwide salvage industry

27 Wave testing

46 Boris bucks

Port redevelopment partnerships are forming an orderly queue

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48 Hydrogen imports Rotterdam Port is planning on importing Icelandic hydrogen to meet its ever increasing demand

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10 Profile

Partnership to supply the energy storage system for Ports of Auckland’s fully-electric tug

38 Bremen improvements

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PD Ports welcomes the arrival of a new £1.35 million pilot vessel, Stainsby

Canadian naval architect with a number of revolutionary hull and structural technologies

20 Electric tug

Ship & Boatbuilding

Increasing female personnel in offshore wind through providing toilets, not to be sniffed at

36 Better by design

Asbjørn Halsebakke: ‘Change is coming’ says the man from The Switch

Safety & Training

28 Turbine toilets

30 Teesport pilot

FEATURES

Issue No. 392

Innovative wave energy and water desalination prototype at Canary Islands test site

SAFEHAVEN MARINE

Safehaven Marine, pilot boat specialist builders in Ireland have launched a new Interceptor 48 pilot boat for the Port of Coruna in Northern Spain.

Practicos Coruna Ochno is powered by a pair of Volvo D13 500hp continuously rated engines through ZF Gearboxes. Propulsion is by conventional sterngear turning 28” propellers giving her a 25kts continuous operational speed.

She is proving very economical using just under 80 litres of fuel per hr on each engine at 25kts. She is heavily fendered all round and incorporating Safehaven’s sacrificial fender system protecting the vessel at her boarding area Safehaven undertook extensive rough weather sea trials to fully test her and took advantage

Three-year series of lock improvement projects cost a total €11.8 million

of being able to do multiple boarding trails alongside the Taccola dredger that is operating in Cork harbour presently.

Over the next week she will be prepared for yet another remote Covid forced handover, with the owners being unable to visit at all throughout her construction, which was managed through plenty of on-line videos and photos which proved very effective, and of course the trust that Safehaven develops with its client She is Safehaven’s 5th pilot boat supplied to Spain and 45th pilot boat built overall.

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NEWS

BRIEFS Sunderland

Port of Sunderland is on course to record a three-year high for export volumes, despite facing a series of extraordinary external challenges. The port, which is owned and operated by Sunderland City Council, has already seen export levels for the first three quarters exceed last year’s annual total and is on track to record its best year since 2017.

MDL move

Global energy specialist company Maritime Developments (MDL) has opened a new global head office in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The cost-saving move merges two office-based teams - previously spread between Aberdeen and Peterhead.

Ocean Business

Ocean Business organiser Diversified Communications UK has confirmed that the show’s next edition has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The event will now take place from 6-8 July 2021 at the National Oceanography Centre, in Southampton UK.

Stockholm

Ferry company Stena Line has moved its Nynäshamn ferry terminal to the newly built Stockholm Norvik Port. On November 9th the terminal was officially opened with the first arrival of the vessel Stena Flavia.

Data partnership

i4 Insight, creators of a platform that provides a single point of access for multiple data streams and applications, providing a holistic view of ship and fleet operations, is partnering with GreenSteam, a leader in vessel-based machine learning for hull and improved vessel performance.

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NOVEL FUELS: DROP-IN OR NOT? In the Commercial Marine Network’s first webinar in a new, free to attend five Webinar series, industry experts have begun the process of steering a course to decarbonising workboat operations.

Following introductions from Kerrie Forster of the Workboat Association and Andy Page of Chartwell Marine, Jonathan Williams of Marine South East began with an overview of novel fuels and where we are on the timeline of these important developments entering more regular usage.

Over 300 delegates were signed up for the event, and the questions started coming in thick and fast. There is quite a range of feedstocks available for synthetically producing such fuels, from waste plastic used to produce PLAXX fuel to waste organic matter used to produce Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

When Martin Jackson, of MAN high speed diesel importers PME came on though, it was clear that not all of these fuels will be certified for use in new engines.

Martin was also useful to listen to Palfinger has successfully completed its first major refurbishment job since the outbreak of the COVID-19-pandemic.

Royal Caribbean Group awarded Palfinger the contract to service 18 lifeboats and 20 winches for Allure of the Seas, the first cruise ship to dry dock after the lock down in spring.

on the subject of just how ‘Drop in’ these novel fuels are. MAN is some way along a long road of testing a range of green fuels, and while some are fine for use in modern engines, it is telling that MAN do want to know what fuel customers are planning to use, so they can tweak the specifications of certain filters, lines etc. accordingly. It came up in the questions and answers that two major marine diesel engine manufacturers will not currently warranty engines running on biodiesels so careful research is still required for any early adopters in this growing area.

Banging the drum for HVO, was

Mark Clouter from WP Group, a UK fuel distributor. He was able to provide some real world answers on the many practical questions that the audience had concerning availability, cost, tank life and cold weather performance of HVO. Our next instalment of this popular webinar series, on the 8th December 2020 at 10.00 UTC will look a little further down the road to achieving the UK Clean Maritime plan 2050: Re-engining & re-fitting the fleet; improved technologies for engine efficiency to decrease emissions including Tier III diesel.

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Working in a global team effort, Palfinger’s US based cruise service experts were finally able to attend to Allure of the Seas after this year’s spring drydock season had stopped to an abrupt halt due to the pandemic. Eleven

AMMONIA FUEL GUIDANCE US classification society ABS has published guidance on Ammonia as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in design and operation of ammonia-fuelled vessels.

The latest in an ongoing series of ABS sustainability focused whitepapers examining different fuel options for the marine industry, Ammonia as Marine Fuel provides information for shipowners considering ammonia as an option in both the nearterm and long-term.

“Ammonia is a zero-carbon fuel

8 Delegates and Chairman in the round table discussion stage

that can enter the global market relatively quickly and help meet the IMO’s GHG reduction target for 2050. It offers shipowners and operators a zero-carbon tank-to-wake emissions profile but is not without challenges, not least the greater prescriptive requirements for containment and equipment than most of the other alternative fuels under consideration and the need for development for supply side infrastructure,” said Georgios Plevrakis, ABS Director, Global Sustainability.

technicians from Palfinger’s US service office travelled to Naventia’s shipyard in Cádiz, Spain, to join the five LSA- and seven refinishing technicians from Palfinger Spain. The team refinished the canopies on 18 lifeboats, which can carry up to 370 people each, and conducted the 5-yearly inspection on the boats and release gear.

This includes cleaning and maintaining the release hooks as well as inspecting the boats according to MSC.402 and other regulations required by class and flag. On top of that, Palfinger’s dedicated service team re-piped 20 winches. The job was successfully completed in 30 days.

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NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT (1) Spain (2) 1,500,000 EUR (3) Director de Gestión Económica de la Jefatura de Apoyo Logístico de la Armada, Madrid, Spain (4) Supply and comprehensive maintenance of navigation radars and other monitoring systems (5) 1 (6) Computers y Comunications Aeromarines, Madrid, Spain

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES (1) Belgium (2) Not Stated (3) Elia Asset NV/SA, Brussel, Belgium (4) Geotechnical Seabed Survey, Lot 1: Cable Route (drilling: from 5m up to 10m): Geotechnical survey and soil sampling for submarine power cables (5) Not Stated (6) GEO.XYZ, Zwevegem, Belgium

MARINE SENSOR EQUIPMENT (1) UK (2) 93,274.72 USD (3) Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH (4) Marine Science Sensor Tender. Provision of the SeaBird SBE 19+ V2 sensor and a suite of additional sensors that will integrate into the SeaBird SBE 19+ V2 (5) 1 (6) Planet Ocean Ltd, Camberley, GU15 3DP

HARBOUR SHEET PILING (1) Iceland (2) 1,414,587 EUR (3) Rikiskaup, Reykjavik, Iceland (4) Rikiskaup on behalf of Vegageroin (The Icelandic Road And Coastal Administration), kt. 680269-2899, issues this invitation to tender for steel sheet piling (5) 2 (6) Guomundur ARASON EHF, Skutuvogur 4, Reykjavik, 104, Iceland

SUBSEA CABLE ROUTE SURVEY (1) Denmark (2) Not Stated (3) Energinet Eltransmission A/S, Fredericia, Denmark (4) Cable Route Survey, Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm.

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VESSELS NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT R&M (1) Spain (2) Not Stated (3) Instituto Social de la Marina, Madrid, Spain (4) Preventive and corrective maintenance services of all the systems of navigation equipment installed on board the sanitary vessels (5) 5 (6) Seguridad Nautica Hourmat, S. L., Recas (Toledo), Spain

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NEWS

BRIEFS Clean Tyne

UK’s Port of Tyne has won two Clean Energy Awards at the Maritime UK Awards.

Announced during a virtual ceremony hosted by Dee Cafari MBE, Port of Tyne was named as the winner in both the Maritime UK 2020 Clean Energy Operator and Clean Energy Enabler categories.

SMM Digital

SMM trade fair, will not be held as a hybrid event on Hamburg’s exhibition campus in February 2021 as originally planned. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SMM team is working full steam on creating formats that will bring together the maritime community digitally from 2 to 5 February 2021.

BLYTH BIDS FOR BORIS BUCKS The Energy Central partnership has submitted a bid for UK Government funding to support a package of infrastructure work.

On October 6, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to support new large-scale portside manufacturing hubs and requested submissions from suitable sites that could support next-generation offshore wind turbines and support ambitions in renewable energy deployment.

Energy Central, a partnership between Advance Northumberland, Port of Blyth, Northumberland County Council and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has submitted its evidence to UK government in support of this development request.

This includes plans on developing the already recognised offshore energy and

supply chain cluster, which includes more than 200HA of strategic, quay linked development sites The Port of Blyth has access to open sea within 0.5NM with the cluster’s sites along the Blyth Estuary and benefits from easy access to the UK’s motorway network. It also has established freight rail access and has rapid

8 A CGI image of the new dock at Northumberland Energy Park Phase 1

links to Newcastle International Airport and the UK’s high-speed rail network. North East England is a lead UK region for offshore energy and is recognised by the UK Government as having Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy (CORE) status.

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NEWS Plans to deepen the approach channel to the Danish port of Thyboron, which have been under discussion for the past 10 years have finally received an environmental permit to proceed.

Located on the western shores of Jutland, Thyboron is a busy port for fishing boats and lately has been developed for wind farm activities. After the responsibility for the dredging of the channel was handed to the Port of Thyboron in 2019, the port submitted an application to the Danish Coastal Authority for an environmental permit to deepen the entrance to the Port.

“The Port of Thyboron is growing, and so are our customers’ vessels. Consequently, there is a clear need for more water depth at the entrance to the port and in the Thyboron Kanal which links Limfjorden with the North Sea,” the port officials have said. “The 8 metres guaranteed by the Danish state will soon not be deep enough. Ten years is a long time to

DEEPER CHANNELS AT THYBORON

8 It is planned to increase the depth in the entrance channel at Thyboron from 8 to 10 metres

wait to be able to keep pace with developments and increase capacity at the harbour entrance.

Therefore, as a port, we decided to work towards being able to make the investment ourselves.” port officials commented.

It is planned to increase the depth in the entrance channel from 8 to 10 metres and the port has said that this is a big

investment for the port. This means that the port has had to look carefully at the possibilities for using the material which will be removed when the channel is deepened. With the port anticipating a growth in the freight activity at the port there is a need to expand the facilities and so it is planned to use the dredged spoil to expand Sydhavnen which lies to the south of the existing port.

This preparation work will extend into the middle of 2021 and as the dredging work cannot take place in May and June for environmental reasons the actual dredging is expected to start in late summer 2021. By the end of 2021, the port expects to have a 10-metre-deep channel all the way into the Port of Thyboron, and all the way down to Sydhavnen.

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BRIEFS HFW

Law firm HFW has boosted its market-leading shipping practice with the hire of senior partner Paolo Ghirardani. Paolo joins HFW’s London office on 2 November from Stephenson Harwood, where he had been a partner for almost 30 years, including 15 years as the head of its global Marine and International Trade practice.

Naval architecture Canadian tug designer Robert G. (Rob) Allan has recently been made an Honorary Member by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), making him one of only 50 living individuals to enjoy this privilege.

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NEWS

BRIEFS DNV GL

Jon Fredrik Baksaas, the former CEO of Telenor, has been appointed as DNV GL’s new Chair of the board. Although best known for his thirteen-year tenure as CEO and President of the telecoms firm, Mr Baksaas started his career with DNV (as it was then known) and spent six years at the company before leaving in 1985.

Interferry

Interferry, the trade association representing the worldwide ferry industry, has announced Brittany Ferries CEO Christophe Mathieu as the new Chair of its board of directors.

He was elected at the association’s recent AGM.

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Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to perform a pre-feasibility study of exporting green hydrogen from Iceland to Rotterdam.

According to the MOU, the parties also agree to the exchange of knowledge, with the aim of exploring new opportunities of cooperation related to hydrogen.

The Port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port and energy hub and has developed an ambitious hydrogen masterplan, with which it aims to become the major import hub for hydrogen to supply to Europe’s changing energy consumers. The Port of Rotterdam has been invited by the Dutch government to identify future sources of green hydrogen for Europe.

Recently, Landsvirkjun announced the feasibility-study of developing a hydrogen production facility at the Ljósifoss

GREEN HYDROGEN EXPORT FROM ICELAND TO ROTTERDAM

Hydropower Station, about 70 km outside of Reykjavík. The production will be carbon-free, through the electrolysis of water with renewable power. This carbon-free method of producing hydrogen is still too uncommon, with most of the world’s hydrogen supply currently produced from natural gas with its respective carbon footprint.

8 Ljósifoss Hydropower Station

Hydrogen is a carbon-free energy carrier, provided the electricity used to produce it is renewable. In addition to being a suitable transport fuel, hydrogen can be used for electricity production and heating, and is a vital component in a number of industrial processes.

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VESSEL & EQUIPMENT NEWS Swedish tour operator Eco Sightseeing and electric marine specialists El & Marinteknik have revealed details of the retrofitting of a historic passenger boat with power supplied using Tesla second-life batteries writes Dag Pike.

Eco Sightseeing run a service in Stockholm Harbour under the name of Vasa Tours and run up to six trips every day taking tourists around the waterways of Stockholm Harbour. The company started this operation last year using an historic boat that was originally built in 1943 for the Royal Navy as a service boat.

Constructed from wood the boat, called Sylvia took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy and she was acquired by Eco Sightseeing last year to operate on the sightseeing tours The boat was originally powered by a Perkins four cylinder diesel engine but in keeping with the owner’s requirement and strong movements towards making Stockholm a greener city the decision was made to replace the diesel engine with electric propulsion which could be viable for the operating scenario of the boat on Stockholm’s waterways.

El & Marinteknik based in Stockholm were tasked with designing and developing the electric propulsion system and they selected

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8 The battery bank was sourced from batteries that were previously installed in Tesla electric cars

an 85kW electric motor to replace the similar power from the Perkins diesel engine and using the same single shaft conventional propulsion system. To keep costs down the battery bank was sourced from batteries that were previously installed in Tesla electric cars which had had their service life cut short.

These batteries were fully reconditioned and the batteries which total 190kWh, are housed

in a bespoke aluminium casing installed in the bottom of the boat which provides a waterproof housing and also acts as a safety cell in case of battery malfunction.

The companies say that these batteries will allow up to 14 hours of cruising between charges which is adequate for daily operations with charging overnight. Eco Sightseeing founder Elias Nilsson started the company in 2019 and noted, “I wanted to accelerate the development of sustainable shipping in close urban waters. In Stockholm there has been talk of converting commercial vessels for many years. Talk and talk but nothing has happened and I believe now is the time for action.” The Sylvia can accommodate 49 passengers.

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Yaskawa Environmental Energy/The Switch “Ask who wants a change? Everybody.

But ask who wants to change - the answer is usually, ‘nobody’...” Asbjørn Halsebakke told MJ. But change is coming, like it or not. Some segments are responding: his company, Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch is “seeing a lot of interest in electrical power for harbour tugs, especially from places like Singapore - generally they’re more focused on the issues”, he said. Closer to home, the picture is far more mixed: although Norway’s new ferries are mandated for low-to-zero emissions, “O&G platform vessels now seem to have slipped under the radar”.

However, he added: “What we are really missing is for the yards to understand the need for this change,” and broaden the “single focus on price”.

He pointed out, many households are voluntarily choosing more expensive cars with low running costs, low environmental impact and a better resale value, “but it’s only when pressured that yards will offer truly green solutions for their newbuilds”.

And this is something that “as yet, doesn’t happen enough”.

It’s not a lack of ready technology.

Halsebakke’s own company makes highly efficient, tried and tested drive trains, from permanent magnet machines to its DC-Hub which can knit together various energy sources, offering future-proof alternatives, reducing fuel and therefore carbon footprint by up to 35% and cutting maintenance costs by between 10 and 20%,” he said.

Yes, these solutions are more costly - up front. “I am not naïve,” he underlined. “I understand that shipowners and yards are under financial strain”. But, he added, there’s a different way of seeing it. Owners will be interested in technology that saves OPEX in the longer term and complies with upcoming regulation. Further, “there’s an increase in scope which will pay back”.

He also understands the challenge for yards: although “taking on all the changes at once is high risk”, he said, yards will need to make some kind of ‘leap’ to embrace the extra scope.

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ROTTERDAM TRIALS WATER INJECTION DREDGING The Port of Rotterdam Authority has been carrying out trials with water injection dredging at a site in the extensive port with a view to reducing both costs and environmental impacts The technique involves injecting water into the sea bed of the project site so that this creates a mixture of water and sediment. This mixture can then be persuaded to flow in a specific direction under the influence of both gravity and currents to help maintain the channel depth at its prescribed level.

Over the past two years, the Port Authority has been conducting trials with water injection dredging in the Caland Kanaal which is one of the main shipping channels near the entrance to the port and they set up a sludge repository in the waterway for this purpose. Injecting the sediment with water once every 6 to 8 weeks rather than removing it with a trailing suction hopper dredger has cut dredging costs at the site and now the Authority is examining whether it would be realistic to expand its new dredging program in Rotterdam with water injection dredging.

Injecting the sediment with water once every 6 to 8 weeks rather than removing it with a trailing suction hopper dredger has cut dredging costs at the site The current study is part of the Port Authority’s PRISMA research program, which looks into new dredging methods and how sediment reacts to these techniques. PRISMA stands for PRogramma Innovatie Sediment MAnagement. and the programme was set up by the Port of Rotterdam Authority to explore new and innovative methods and opportunities within its dredging program and increase the

insight into the sediment’s specific characteristics. These PRISMA studies are being performed in partnership with various research institutes, including Delft University of Technology, Deltares and MARIN. The Port Authority is responsible for keeping Rotterdam’s harbour basins and waterways at the specified depths and this involves dredging around 5 million cubic meters of dredged material every year mainly using established dredging techniques which can obstruct the movement of shipping. Water injection dredging is seen as the most promising means by which to remove clean sediment from both berths and waterways for maintenance purposes and it can also be used in areas that can be difficult to access as well as in berths that are in regular use.

8 The Port Authority has been conducting trials with water injection dredging in the Caland Kanaal

A floating wind specialist and a slipforming technology firm have partnered to optimise serial production of concrete floaters.

Ideol and Bygging Uddemann (BYUM) have signed a formal collaboration agreement aiming at further guaranteeing the on-time and on-budget delivery of Ideol’s concrete floaters for offshore wind, building on existing and proven construction methods.

Paul de la Guérivière, CEO of IDEOL, stated: “Developers and financiers require strong evidence of on-time and on-budget delivery before committing the billions required to build and operate offshore wind assets. This collaboration will enable us to offer such reliability for one of the preferred serial construction methods our teams have identified and optimized

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Partnership champions concrete floaters

8 A new agreement will guarantee the on-time and on-budget delivery of Ideol’s concrete floaters for offshore wind

to meet tomorrow’s project needs.”

Ideol and BYUM will optimise an Ideolspecific gantry slipforming solution that can be easily implementable by all major construction companies globally. Particular attention will be paid to meet the same

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levels of on-time, on-budget delivery achieved by global leaders using BYUM’s solutions on hundreds of emblematic infrastructure projects representing well over 3000 floating concrete structures to date.

Henrik Magnusson, CEO of ByggingUddemann, said: “When we studied the numbers of floating offshore wind to be constructed within the next 10-15 years, and the option of making these floating structures in concrete, we realized a new potential application for our established and well proven Gantry Slipfporm production set-up.

The perfect match came around when IDEOL presented their patented “Damping Pool”® concrete solution. The scale and size of their concrete floater design fits perfectly with our Gantry Slipform set-up.”

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MARINE CIVILS Biodegradeable hydraulic oil Belgian heavy lift major Sarens is in the process of switching to biodegradable oil for all its ballasting systems on its barges.

All Sarens ballasting Xxxxx systems will convert to using Biohydran TMP hydraulic fluid in 2020, and 40% have already made the switch. Sarens has invested €500K in this important environmental project, which includes implementing the new hydraulic oil, regenerating it for reuse, and modifying older ballast pumps to avoid oil spills in the case of malfunction.

Sarens is bringing all ballasting equipment, which is spread across Europe, back to its base in Wolvertem, Belgium to make the switch.

DREDGING AVERIJHAVEN FOR OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENTS Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Van Oord the contract to design and carry out the removal of silt from the Averijhaven depot in IJmuiden.

After the removal of the contaminated silt, the area will be developed into an energy port. The contract has a value of €18 million and preparations will start in the spring of 2021.

The Averijhaven is located adjacent to the shipping route in the direction of the sea lock at IJmuiden (the Noorderbuiten Canal) and the Tata Steel site. For a long time, it served as a dredging depot for Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, but has not been used in recent years.

With the removal of the silt, the Averijhaven is being prepared for its new role as an energy port. This new port will be an important operating base for the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms that will be built in the years ahead.

For this remediation project, Van Oord will be deploying a cutter suction dredger. The cutter suction dredger will transport the silt from the depot via a fully enclosed system to a transport vessel, probably a large trailing suction hopper dredger. This

8 Averijhaven depot in IJmuiden

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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

AUTONOMOUS PIPELINE SURVEYS BOOST SAFETY Autonomous surveys of inshore pipeline can be conducted safely and cost effectively compared to traditional manned solutions, a new project shows

FITTED WITH SONAR The 3.5m Accession Class USV built by USS was fitted out with an R2SONIC 2024 high resolution multi-beam sonar, SBG Ekinox Navsight Inertial Navigation System and sound velocity sensors from Valeport. The data was acquired in QINSy, which was also used as the autopilot for the autonomous line running.

James Williams, director of Unmanned Survey Solutions, commented: “The survey conditions were marginal with

Photo: Ultrabeam Hydrographic/ Unmanned Survey Solutions

Hydrographic survey company Ultrabeam Hydrographic recently teamed up with Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) to conduct inspection surveys of Mutual Energy’s Larne and Belfast lough crossing subsea gas pipelines using a USV. Mutual Energy were keen to gain experience of how unmanned autonomous platforms could increase the knowledge of its pipelines, while reducing risk and overall cost.

Shane Rafferty, group engineer, explained: “In a first for Mutual, an Unmanned Survey Vessel (USV), the ‘USS Accession’, provided by Ultrabeam’s project partners Unmanned Survey Solutions, was to be deployed.”

He added: “We were pleased to see early data capture and quality provide assurance of equal standards to previous surveys, such that the assets could be returned a clean bill of health.”

strong winds, tidal currents and waves however the vessel’s stabilisation fins ensured that the data was exceptionally clean. We were also able to get closer inshore than on any previous surveys using manned vessels.”

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TCarta Marine, a global provider of hydrospatial products, has announced development of new Machine Learningbased bathymetric mapping technologies.

The development includes creation of two software packages and a commercial application of NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite with funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

“The NSF grant has brought value to the bathymetric mapping arena in many ways,” said TCarta President Kyle Goodrich. “We have applied the newly developed satellitederived bathymetric (SDB) mapping techniques in numerous commercial and government projects worldwide.”

The commercial bathymetric mapping projects relate to oil spill management, oil & gas exploration and production, coastal infrastructure engineering, environmental monitoring, and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) activities. Customers include private-sector organizations as well as numerous international government agencies.

The University of Plymouth is working with a pioneering technology business to develop a revolutionary means of gathering data about the marine environment.

RHydroSurv is working to develop a range of uncrewed vessels and innovative data capture services that can provide unrivalled and simultaneous surveys of the seabed.

However, the partnership with the University has enabled them to validate an approach using multiple uncrewed vessels to carry out surveys controlled from a single support craft.

The system was tested within the Smart Sound Plymouth offshore proving area using the company’s own autonomous technology and USV CETUS, a C-Worker 4 uncrewed surface vessel owned by the University. This platform is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the University’s participation in the Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC) project.

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8 Energy’s Larne and Belfast lough crossing subsea gas pipelines

supplied by Norbit - and used a complex sonar array to map a three-dimensional view of the seabed to exceptional high resolution.

HydroSurv, which is based near Exeter, now plans to use the method to further its aims of delivering inshore and coastal data acquisition through low-impact and economic autonomous vessels.

World’s smallest integrated multibeam echosounder Picotech has announced the launch of its PicoMB130 Surf, claimed to be the world’s smallest integrated Multibeam Echosounder.

The PicoMB130 has been launched alongside Picotech’s brand new USV, the PicoCAT. PicoCAT features an open-source autopilot and uses COTS RC with telemetry and audible alerts for RSSI, vehicle and payload battery consumption and switch warnings to make surveying easier. PicoCAT with PicoPOD provides a turnkey multibeam package for autonomous multibeam surveys, with up to 13 hours endurance on one set of LiPo batteries.

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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ASV ENSURES SUCCESSFUL REEF SONAR SURVEY Morgan & Eklund (M&E) carried out the post-construction survey using a SeaRobotics (SR) ‘Surveyor Class’ ASV. The survey aimed to verify seafloor conditions and accurate reef placement offshore Fort Pierce along the Treasure Coast of eastern Florida.

Rob Collaro, director of M&E, said: “Our Remote Vehicle Services Division represents the latest chapter in how we leverage breaking technology to meet the surveying needs of Florida waters, beaches, and beyond by providing high quality, unbiased data to our clients.”

With its catamaran hull design, the SR-Surveyor M1.8 is a unique autonomous platform equipped with a multi-sensor package, that includes an EdgeTech 2205 multibeam echosounder, a 1,600 kHz and 540 kHz dual-beam side-scan sonar, an AML Oceanographic SV sound velocity sensor, and a Velodyne LIDAR for mapping features above the water surface. The SR-Surveyor M1.8 is an ideal platform to survey areas with limited access, where typical vessel operations are limited.

M&E’s acquisition of the SR-Surveyor M1.8 is part of its strategy to develop an advanced Remote Vehicle Services Division to evolve hydrographic surveying technology using autonomous data acquisition whenever possible. This would support beach and coastal survey services and improve the cost effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of daily operations.

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USVs carry out scour assessments Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder (MBES) and mobile laser scan surveys have been successfully carried out using USV’s in Wales to assess the scour extents at the foundations of multiple structures and to provide additional information on the structures above surface.

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A multibeam and side-scan sonar survey to map and monitor an artificial reef off Florida has been completed with a unique autonomous surface vessel (ASV)

The delivery of the SR-Surveyor M1.8 is the first vehicle in a multi-vehicle order. M&E plans to expand its fleet with additional SR-Surveyor M1.8 vehicles and the larger Utility Class ASV from SR-the SR-Utility 3.0.

Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) used two USV’s to undertake the survey work at Conwy quay wall, Conwy bridge, Conwy cob and Tal Y Cafn bridge structures located within Conwy River, as commissioned by Conwy County Borough Council.

James Williams, director at USS, commented: “We conducted the survey during some of the highest tides of the year so that we could get the vessels into the shallow locations required to complete the works, however this meant we had to deploy and recover the USV’s in fast flowing waters and then undertake the surveys during the limited slack water period over the high tides.”

The majority of the survey operations were undertaken in Conwy Harbour using the Accession 350 USV with survey payload consisting of an R2SONIC 2024 MBES, SBG Apogee Navsight INS, Carlson Merlin mobile laser scanner, Valeport SV sensors and Hypack Hysweep data acquisition and post processing software.

The Tal Y Cafn bridge was located further up Conwy River and required an alternative smaller USV solution due to the shallow water depths and vessel launching

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restrictions. At this location an Inception MKII USV with SONIC 2020 MBES, SBG Ekinox-D INS, Valeport SV sensors and Hypack Hysweep software was selected due to its portability and ease of launch.

Challenges included fast flowing currents, varying depths, numerous mooring buoys and limited operational windows of only 2.5 hours per high tide to survey all locations.

Harbour survey kit ABP’s Ports in the North West UK have added value to their survey capabilities by investing in a Carlson Merlin LiDAR scanning system.

The Merlin, supplied by Swathe Services, is a vessel-based 3D mobile laser scanner system engineered for coastal, offshore and inland waterway surveying and will be used to survey important infrastructure around their ports and harbours.

The Merlin has been designed as a mobile unit to integrate with existing hydrographic equipment and can be used on both boats and land vehicles. It’s easy to install, has a 360-degree field of view and gathers up to 36,000 data points per second out to a range of 250m.

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DELIVERY AND ORDER ROUND-UP

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first of three tugs built to the pen of Netherlands-based OSDIMT. Built by PT Patria Maritim Perkasa Indonesia, the 23m, 20tbp conventional design OSD-IMT7402 marque tugs will assist 300’ barges along the Barito river in Indonesia.

Turning to orders, there is a Turkish theme again with success for Med Marine with the securing of an order for a RAmparts 2500W, MED-A2575 multi-role tug for Italian operator Somat S.p.A. to be operational in Sicily by the end of this year. Also due for imminent delivery from Med Marine is a MED-A2360 60tbp tug for operation with Svitzer’s German fleet. The order follows an earlier order for two 30m icebreaking tugs from Svitzer with Med Marine, this latest example described as ‘compact, yet robust and having better manoeuvrability allowing the tug to offer versatility even in narrow and shallow ports.’

Finally, another Macduff/Tor Group collaboration has seen a design and material supply package between Tor Group and Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works for construction of a 48tbp tug to be delivered through the Torgem Shipyard in Turkey. Historic Islamic ties between Turkey and Pakistan along with close cultural and military relations were mentioned in the shipyard’s notes and expected to open further opportunities for shipbuilding cooperation.

8 Macduff and Tor Group have several tug design projects underway

8 Bogazici recently launched the RAL-designed tug Cyathea for Chambon

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This month’s review reflects just part of what is currently a healthy sector globally and while Turkey is geographically part of Asia, Sanmar Shipyards’ Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs are a popular choice for European-based clients with five deliveries of note.

Sanmar’s Sirapinar class is based on RAL’s RAmparts 2200 and number eight in the series, Altair was delivered recently to AS PKL Flote in Ventspils, Latvia. Technical characteristics, high quality and reasonable price were factors in the customer’s choice for this 50tbp ASD compact tug order which had just an eight month building schedule in a relationship where PKL Flote commented: ‘Cooperation was always smooth, and we would be happy to continue our collaboration in the future.’

Sohar Port has taken delivery of Svitzer Saham, the last of three Bigacay class RAstar 2900SX 80tbp tugs following Svitzer Sohar and Svitzer Shinas. The trio join 2020-delivered Svitzer Liwa and Svitzer Barka, Sirapinar class variants bringing the total number of Sanmar tugs for Svitzer to 30.

The story of Orkney Island Council’s two new Sanmar-built RAstar 3200SX tugs is now complete with naming ceremonies held for the pair, Odin of Scapa and Thor of Scapa following delivery from Turkey to Scapa Flow under the care of Sanmar’s delivery crews.

The final Sanmar delivery to mention concerns arrival of M Jeex (ex Dogancay XXV) at Berbera Port for P&O Maritime Logistics on behalf of Somaliland Port Authority. The 45tbp tug is designed for shiphandling services along with emergency deep sea towage in coastal waters.

UK-based Macduff Ship Design has reported completion of trials of one of its tug designs, built by Tor Group, the 30m ASD tug is a development of a similar previous design and the 22nd vessel designed for the Turkish shipyard. A Yanmar/ Schottel main engine/propulsion combination on the fifi1classed vessel produces 45tbp with a 120t brake load winch forward and Mampaey hook aft. News of further orders between Macduff and Tor Group are included below.

Staying in Turkey, Bogazici Shipyard has launched the ASD escort tug Cyathea for Compagnie Maritime Chambon. The RAL-designed 30m LOA vessel is powered by MTU engines driving Schottel Z-drives producing 50tbp and speed 12kn.

Kraaijeveld provide a split-drum escort winch forward and double-drum towing winch aft and accommodation with this well-equipped vessel is provided for 10 persons.

While outside of Europe, mention must me made of the latest in a series of shallow-draught salvage and rescue ships from Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Federation. Beysug is third of four MPSV12 class vessels offering an impressive range of capabilities in support of shipping, fishing and oil and gas activities in both open sea and inland waterways. With a length of 79m Beysug can accommodate 150 survivors in addition to 12 crew and 24 salvage technicians with conventional twin-screw propulsion giving the vessel a range of 4,000 miles at 14kn.

Another shallow-draught design delivery is Patria 22, the

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Another productive period for European tug builders has provided news of 13 deliveries and the placing of three orders of note.

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BOLUDA EXTENDS ITS PRESENCE IN ZEEBRUGGE

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Boluda Towage Europe and Port of Zeebrugge have extended their towage agreement and added a sustainability boost for shiphandling services in the port.

Zeebrugge is the seaport of Bruges and a maritime crossroads handling almost 46 million of tons of goods annually and as such requires the eight powerful shiphandling tugs this agreement allows for, while also opening the door to initiatives regarding sustainability.

The concession involves renewal of an existing partnership for a further five years, extendable for a single period of three years.

The focus is on efficient, smooth and safe shiphandling operations and includes sustainability initiatives with the eight vessels described as ‘modern and powerful tugs which are all certified with the highest firefighting standards and will be manned by local crew’.

The headline feature of the new arrangement will be the arrival of two new 85tbp, IMO Tier III compliant Damen ASD 2813 tugs VB Bolero and VB Rumba currently under construction at Damen’s Vietnam shipyard and due for delivery by the end of this year.

Improvements to the current fleet is seeing the 2009 delivered twins Union Koala and Union Panda either soon to be or already retrofitted to IMO Tier III standards. They are

Robert Allan Ltd-designed RAmparts 3200 vessels offering 65tbp and two of four similar tugs delivered by Dearsan Gemi Tuzla around the same time, the other two Union Grizzly and Union Kodiak are currently stationed at Antwerp with Boluda Towage Europe. Other tugs in the fleet in the Zeebrugge port region will also be retrofitted in the first two years of the contract.

8 Boluda’s agreement sees a five year extension for towage services with Port of Zeebugge

The signing ceremony was held at the headquarters of the port authorities in Zeebrugge and in order to highlight the long-standing cooperation between Port of Zeebrugge and Boluda Towage, the latter presented the ship’s bell of the tug Brugge for permanent loan to the port.

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SHARING TUG EXPERIENCES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

A tug and barge operator in British Columbia has described how it drew on the experience of fellow operators when designing a new tug.

North Arm Transportation’s tug and barge fleet has evolved over the years, supplying remote locations from its Vancouver base on the North Arm of the Fraser River and at other facilities. Work involves delivering fuel and heavy equipment to areas with water only access in the inlets and islands of the BC coast.

The company has an A.G. McIlwaindesigned 19.7m tug, to be named North Arm Tempest under construction at ABD Boats in North Vancouver and when considering its design the question of conventional drive or Z-drives came up where with few exceptions barge towing tugs in the region have conventional propellers in nozzles.

Gino Stradiotti from North Arm Transportation comments: “We work in remote areas, without much access to assist boats. A lot is on the hip, taking the barge into the beach or bulkhead. Part of the thinking was to take a page from Bob and Russell Shrewsbury’s book at Western Towboat in Seattle where they use Z-drives for towing.

They face similar challenges in Alaska albeit with a lot bigger tugs and barges. They were very generous with their operational thoughts.”

We work in remote areas, without much access to assist boats.

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8 North Arm Transportation chose azimuth thrusters for its new tug

The new tug will be powered by Cummins KTA38-M main engines each producing 1,000hp driving Veth Z-drives via Vulkan torsional flexible couplings and composite shafts with Cummins commenting: ‘The role of Z-drives on towing vessels along the west coast will be sparking a lot of interest amongst those looking to upgrade their fleets. In BC,

North Arm Transportation is leading the way with the North Arm Tempest.’

The towing arrangement also prompted conversations with of other operators as Gino Stradiotti explains: ‘We’ve had a lot of discussion with Jack Davies owner of the Z-drive tug Renegade, a sister to our new boat about the design and about towing. While he has outfitted her with a towing winch I do not know if he has had much opportunity to use her for work other than ship docking.

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Echandia Marine and Damen Shipyards have announced a partnership to supply the energy storage system for Ports of Auckland’s fully-electric tug.

A particularly significant tug delivery scheduled for late 2021 is Ports of Auckland’s fully-electric shiphandling tug. To be named Sparky it will be an RSD-E Tug 2513, one of Damen’s ‘next generation’ tugs based on the Tier III ready Reversed Stern Drive 2513 marque first introduced by Damen in 2018.

Echandia Marine provides zero-emission energy systems for heavy industries including projects based on Toshiba’s Lithium-TitaniumOxide cells, Sweden-based Echandia Marine having worked with Damen previously including on five zero-emissions passenger ferries for operation in Copenhagen.

The technical layout for the RSD-E Tug will of course be quite different to conventional diesel or diesel-electric arrangements and a

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8 Echandia Marine will supply the energy storage system for Auckland’s fully-electric tug

close relationship between supplier of the various systems and components and the shipbuilder will be vital in ensuring the success of the project.

Echandia’s solution will be based on its E-LTO energy storage system described as ‘a smart, highly scalable air-cooled modular design based on Toshiba LTO cells - widely considered the best heavy-duty cell chemistry on the market.’

The 2.8MWh energy storage system is specifically optimised for the RSD-E Tug application which will be required to produce a bollard pull of 70t and type-certified by

classification society Bureau Veritas. Echandia point out that with sustainability playing an increasingly important role in maritime strategy, shipyards recognise the need to accelerate the development of sustainable, environmentally-friendly solutions to ensure that they remain competitive.

Ports of Auckland has set itself the goal of being zero-emissions by 2040, requiring a zero-emissions option for its tugs. When it looked into buying an electric tug in 2016 there was nothing on the market and turning to Damen who was developing hybrid tugs and had previously supplied an ASD 2411 tug was a natural potential solution.

Mention must also be made here of the Turkish Zeetug all electric and rechargeable battery-powered tug, a development that this column will be returning to.

Speaking about the Damen/Echandia partnership, Echandia’s CEO, Magnus Eriksson said: “The partnership is a powerful one.

Damen’s understanding of and experience with the global tugboat market, combined with Echandia’s deep engineering and energy system expertise will result in a whole new market for electric tugboats and speed up the development of world-leading solutions.”

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AUTONOMOUS TUG SAILING A STEP CLOSER 8 RT Borkum is becoming familiar with remote and autonomous sailing trials

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Kotug International, Rotortug and tech start-up Captain AI have demonstrated the first autonomous optimal route sailing using the training Rotortug RT Borkum.

While autonomous ships may seem a long way off for the shipping world in general with only the brave exploring the concept practically, it is the tug industry that has actual projects underway, this development being just the latest step along the road.

The demonstration was part of Smart Shipping event of the Netherlands Forum for Smart Shipping involving RT Borkum sailing autonomously (with a crew on board) from Boompjes by Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge along the Nieuwe Maas to the Uniport complex at Waalhaven.

In 2018 Kotug and Rotortug demonstrated operating RT Borkum in Rotterdam from Marseilles remotely and this next stage involved a similar operation using the Captain AI route planner and autopilot which Vincent Wegener of Captain AI describes as: ‘... the Google Maps for waterways [where] it calculates the route, which the boat then autonomously sails, using our autopilot software.’

The route is defined as efficiently as possible by connecting Captain AI’s software

to Kotug’s Optiport dispatch planning software enabling optimised route planning in real-time, based on AIS data and Artificial Intelligence. Linking the two is explained by Patrick Everts of Kotug: ‘The digital captain has to know what the vessel’s destination is and how to get there in the most efficient way ... not only making the skipper’s life easier because the vessels can autonomously navigate the optimal route, but also saving on fuel and CO2 emissions.’

Following earlier successful operational trials in Rotterdam the next step is to develop the partnership further to develop and commercialise the software including exploring matters including safety and legislation.

At recent towage industry conferences there has understandably been something of a gap between those promoting remote control and fully-autonomous technologies and end users who, while open to making economies, will be familiar with traditional ways of working that have served them well often stretching back many generations. Perhaps a halfway house of manned tugs operating autonomously for much of their operation will be an acceptable step forward allowing the gaining of experience, advances in technology and acceptance by the end users who are ultimately responsible for the safe outcome of the operation while maximising any commercial efficiencies in the offing.

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ISU RELEASE SALVAGE STATISTICS FOR 2019 Salvage statistics for 2019 reveal a mixed bag of falls in number of services, a gain in gross revenue and Lloyd’s Open Form revenue at a historic low

COMPROMISED CAPACITY Reductions in LOF services can perhaps be explained by the increase in ‘real-time’ global communications where stakeholders ashore can negotiate contracts independently to casualty and tug masters who in the past had to act on the

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spot, LOF providing a simple agreement aimed at protecting both parties when speed of response is important.

Commenting on LOF, ISU legal adviser Rob Wallis said: ‘Lloyd’s and others continue with efforts to promote LOF and dispel “myths” about the contract ... there continues to be concern about the erosion of the principle of “encouragement” in salvage awards and that salvage capacity internationally might be compromised.’

In past times salvage companies stationed dedicated salvage/rescue tugs globally but many have now divested themselves of these expensive assets, relying instead on chartering tugs locally when required. The important assets however are the skills and experience of the people Mr Janssen speaks of. Smit Salvage as just one example is part of the giant Boskalis empire allowing the sharing of manpower and expertise within an organisation operating globally in a similar marine service industry landscape.

Strategically located salvage equipment stockpiles along with the skilled personnel professional salvors provide are also essential for rapid responses where delay can mean the difference between a successful salvage often attracting little media attention and a disaster, guaranteed to have the completely opposite effect. Only the largest players with deep pockets can maintain this scale of operation and while there are many very capable small scale local operators it is the big salvage concerns who have those extra specialist skills for the large complex and environment threatening casualties that will never go away.

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COMPLEX AFFAIRS Wreck removals are becoming increasingly complex affairs and ‘a major source of income for members of the ISU’ with income increasing from US$208m in 2018 to US$284m in 2019 on the back of 101 services compared to 71 in 2018.

Statistics are collected from all ISU members by a professional third party and do not include revenues of nonISU members. They only cover income received in the relevant year but may include income relating to services provided in previous years resulting in an element of “lag”.

Commenting of the statistics, Mr Janssen said: ‘The 2019 ISU statistics are broadly comparable with the previous year.

Gross income has rallied somewhat but the numbers are still well below the levels of several years ago when annual income was typically more than US$700m, driven by large scale wreck removals. It shows the economic pressures on our industry but our members have confidence that they provide critical services for shipowners and insurers protecting the environment, reducing risk, mitigating loss and keeping trade moving. They are however concerned about the sustainability of their businesses and the model on which their services are historically being compensated.’

The industry’s sustainability is important financially for averting loss of property, also from efforts to mitigate risk to the environment not to mention saving lives, something affecting not only the shipping industry but the broader community in general and the report reminds the reader that in 2019 services were carried out to vessels carrying 2,308,756t of potentially polluting cargo.

Market conditions have led to contraction of the industry, some famous names being lost in the past few years and Mr Janssen speaks of the importance of owners, insurers and wider society having ‘confidence that marine casualties will be safely and cleanly managed by contractors with the right skills, experience, people and equipment.’

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The statistics are contained in the 2019 International Salvage Union (ISU) annual review where its president Richard Janssen reports work continuing to re-position the industry, recognising the challenges and changes on both the demand and supply side.

Looking at the figures, gross revenue for ISU members in 2019 was US$482m compared to US$409 in 2018 with 216 services, down from 234 in 2018. Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) contracts reduced to 35 from 55 in 2018 translating to a revenue of US$49m compared with US$104m in 2018.

Average income from each LOF in 2019 was US$1.4m representing 10% of the average LOF salved value while SCOPIC revenue at US$17m was the lowest since 2001.

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German propulsion manufacturer Schottel is to supply rudder propellers featuring its mechanical hybrid system to Uzmar Shipyard for the new Port of Aarhus tug.

Port of Aarhus’ order with Uzmar Shipyard for a Robert Allan Ltd-designed RAmparts 3000 tug was reported previously in MJ and will doubtless be a notable delivery scheduled for summer 2021; the order is of particular note with inclusion of Schottel’s SYDRIVE-M hybrid system.

Two Schottel Rudderpropellers type SRP 430 are specified, each accommodating 2,000kW and providing 65tbp in total and 12.5kn for the vessel via 2.5m diameter fixed-pitch propellers, Schottel stating: ‘As a mechanical hybrid solution without the costly complexity of common hybrid technology, SYDRIVE-M will ensure lower maintenance costs.’

Tug owners currently have a choice of increasingly successful and varied hybrid solutions with varying levels of complexity.

Schottel’s ‘mechanical hybrid’ offering is in principle a simple solution whereby the azimuth thrusters are mechanically linked allowing them to be driven together by only one of the main engines resulting in lower

SCHOTTEL HYBRID THRUSTERS FOR AARHUS TUG

8 Schottel’s Sydrive-M hybrid system will feature in the tug for Port of Aarhus

maintenance costs along with less fuel consumption and lower emissions.

The system has no need for additional electronic components or a gearbox, offering advantages via three main operating modes: light operation or free sailing, full thrust operation and fifi mode.

Thomas Haber Borch, CEO at Port of Aarhus

points out the importance of a tug with adequate manoeuvrability to handle the very large vessels using Aarhus, Denmark’s largest container port adding: ‘The yard [Uzmar] lived up to all our minimum requirements, and at the same time they can deliver a tugboat that can sail on one engine as we sail back and forth to the ship to be towed, while we can use both of the ship’s engines during the actual towing.’

In separate news Schottel has announced the introduction of a new medium-sized azimuth thruster covering three power sizes corresponding to common engine power classes: 210 (640kW), 240 (850kw) and 270 (1,000kW). The new M-series thruster is available for all types of vessels including electric or hybrid-driven vessels including tugs, the azimuth modules available for Z-drives, L-drives and ZY hybrid drives suitable for horizontal electric, vertical electric motor combined direct engine plus horizontal electric motor connection. The M-series is also compatible with Schottel’s SYDRIVE system mentioned above.

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JAPA DEVELOPS ELECTRIC JAPAN HYDROGEN CELL TUG HYDR

8 The electrically powered hydrogen cell fuel tug will provide 50tbp

Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd and Tokyo-based e5 Lab Inc have jointly developed a new concept design for an electrically powered, hydrogen fuel cell harbour tug.

Those in the towage industry exploring options for ‘going green’ are faced with an increasing choice of technologies. At the end of the day however, in extreme situations tug masters and ship pilots demand the raw power that traditionally only high-powered directly connected diesel engines provided.

It is an indication of how such technology is advancing that Tokyo Kisen and e5 Lab are now proposing a large-capacity battery, hydrogen-

powered harbou harbour tug offering a towing power of 50 tons and a service speed of 14 knots from two 1,500kW azimuth az thrusters.

Tokyo Toky Kisen and e5 Lab state: “This elec electric propulsion system will ens ensure sufficient bollard pull and con continuous cruising time necessary for ha harbour tugboats which requires a large-capacity large power to function.

Furthermore, CO2 emission is minimised by incorporating a fuel cell.”

The stated main features of the vessel, designated the “e5 Tug” include a reduction in CO2 emissions in all operational phases such as push/pull, transit and standby and an interesting application whereby it can function as a form of emergency power supply source from ship to shore in the event of disaster.

The tug’s “fully electrified powertrains” can adopt the most suitable energy sources including lithium-ion battery, hydrogen fuel cell, all-solid-state batteries and LNG generators in accordance with technological

progress. Future scalability includes the possibility to achieve zero emissions on a “well-to-propeller” basis in combination with renewable energy.

The project to develop the tug will draw on advice from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, ClassNK and others for regulatory compliance.

Following the final investment decision, the aim is for the tug to be launched for commercial operations in the ports of Yokohama and Kawasaki in 2022.

Tokyo Kisen provides towing services throughout Tokyo Bay along with pilot boats, transfer boats, water buses, harbour cruise ships and car ferries. e5 Lab Inc supplies solutions based on the electronic and digital elements of shipping with the mission of “sustainable domestic shipping , which is the lifeline of Japan” and its work include a project aimed at completing an electric propulsion tanker designated “EV Tanker” for Asahi Tanker Co Ltd by 2021.

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8 Delfzijl-based Royal Wagenborg has reported the safe execution of a loaded barge tow within the Netherlands.

Coastal tows are bread-and-butter work for smaller towage companies, so worth considering briefly an example of what is considered routine. Wagenborg’s 60tbp ASD tug Waterstraat recently completed towage of the barge CC Atlantique (Coastal Carriers NV/ Acta Marine BV) from Rotterdam to Eemshaven, loaded with two cable reels for offshore windfarm projects. Wagenborg’s fleet includes four ASD tugs, four barges up to 20,170dwt and the 300t lift floating sheerlegs Triton.

8 Barge tows are vital bread-and-butter work for many tug operators

Wagenborg’s fleet includes four ASD tugs, four barges up to 20,170dwt and the 300t lift floating sheerlegs Triton 8 Another often overlooked routine is re-engining of tugs giving them a new lease of life, good for often decades more, two recent such projects for Cummins take us to the Netherlands and the US.

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services’ 21tbp Gouwestroom, built in 1998 by Breejen & Zoon recently received a pair of new Cummins QSK19 main engines providing in total 1,500hp. A similar re-engining for a tug just a year older has taken place in the US where Seattle-based Boyer Towing’s Gretchen H has had its three main engines replaced by Cummins QSK19 models rated at 750hp each, the refit carried out at Boyer’s own yard.

8 The keel-laying ceremony has been held for Ports of Auckland’s fully-electric tug,

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The ceremony was attended by New Zealand’s ambassador to Vietnam Ms Wendy Matthews and Ms Elsbeth Akkerman, the ambassador of the Netherlands to Vietnam with Ports of Auckland representatives joining the ceremony remotely. In keeping with tradition, two New Zealand 20 cent pieces, representing the year 2020 were welded into the tug’s keel, the placing of two coins allowing the obverse and reverse sides to be displayed featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and a Maori carving of Pukaki, a chief of the Ngãtİ Whakaue iwi tribe.

8 Volunteers with the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society are planning a return to sailings in 2021 for the preserved tug.

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CANARY ISLANDS TESTING FOR NOVEL WAVE ENERGY DEVICE The Wave to Energy and Water (W2EW) project consortium has signed an agreement to test an innovative wave energy and water desalination prototype writes Andrew Williams The main objective of the testing programme - undertaken at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands by a consortium of partners, including Vryhof Anchors, Fiellberg, Energia Mediterranea and Wavepiston, with support from the EU Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) scheme - is the integration of different technologies to ‘fill a gap in the wave energy and water desalination market and exploit the combined resource potential in Europe.’

WAVEPISTON WEC As part of the project, a full-scale prototype of the Wavepiston wave energy converter (WEC) system will be kitted out with technologies from all four partners and tested for 8-12 months in real-life operational conditions at the PLOCAN site.

In doing so, the consortium plans to reduce costs by updating component design through several sequential design cycles.

It also hopes that the real-world demonstration of a combined solution for zero-emissions electricity and water production will help to build market confidence and make the system more attractive to a wider range of customers.

As Michael Henriksen, CEO at Wavepiston, explains, activities will be based on a staged integration and deployment process - with testing carried out at both the component and system level before final system integration and deployment ‘to reduce the risks of malfunctioning and ensure optimal integration.’

“The collection of data for life cycle assessment and qualification [will] offer customers a demonstration of ‘fitness for service,’ which is critical to speeding up the permitting process of new installations and reducing risk profile and insurance costs,” he says.

“The testing programme will also strengthen market and regulatory intelligence,” he adds.

ISOLATED COMMUNITIES In the sea, the W2EW solution consists of a Wavepiston wave energy converter (WEC) combined with a Vryhof mooring system. It works by converting wave movement into pressurized sea water - which is then fed to a land-based turbine generator for conversion to electricity, as well as a station for the desalination of sea water via reverse osmosis.

Due to the intermittency of the wave energy, a flow control system - based on valves controlled by an electrical signal is used to manage the electricity and/or water production in real-time, to maximize the system performance.

“This management is performed based on information on the consumption and production from other sources, as well as storage capacity,” says Henriksen.

Each full-scale wave energy system has an electricity generating capacity of 150 kW and is capable of producing up to 28,000 m3 of desalinated water per year.

According to Davide Piccioni Co-Founder and Managing Director at Energia Mediterranea, key benefits of the W2EW system include the fact that it achieves electricity production and desalination with renewable energy - and is ‘non-intrusive

in relation to carbon footprint, uses non-toxic material’ and minimises what he describes as ‘visual pollution.’

“The system is can also regulate power production versus desalination in relation to consumption, increasing the efficiency of the total system. For example, when there is less need for power, but there are still energetic waves, the system can shift to producing more desalinated water and use this for storage in reservoirs, where it is easier and cheaper to store water,” he says.

The consortium plans to install the W2EW system at the PLOCAN test site during the second half of 2021. After testing and demonstration is completed, Henriksen reveals the next step is to install a larger pre-commercial system, with ‘several’ potential locations under consideration.

“The ‘first step’ markets are islands, hotel resorts, and isolated coastal communities. They are highly dependent on expensive diesel generated power and many of these places lack fresh water,” he says.

“The second step is the utility scale market, which could consist of power generation, desalination or a combination.

The system could also be an alternative and/or operate in synergy with offshore wind and solar PV,” he adds.

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8 The consortium plans to install the W2EW system at the PLOCAN test site

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TOILETS ON TURBINES: YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST Dan Greeves, founder of Pegasus Welfare Solutions (PWS), has secured worldwide patents for a standalone toilet unit within an off shore turbine tower “Currently there is no option available for toilet facilities on either onshore or offshore wind turbines for technicians,” he said.

The first retro-fit toilet unit costs just 50p a day for a turbine’s 20-year lifetime.

“For the price of a pint of milk a day, this is a solution that improves safety, productivity and will encourage more women to work in offshore wind.” Dan said.

“Just by having a toilet in a turbine means an average of six fewer ladder climbs and transfers to crew transfer or service operation vessels, which, while improving safety can increase productivity by an average of about 18%.”

The government wants every home to be powered by offshore wind by 2030. My ambition is for every turbine to have an in-tower toilet. Its benefits make it a compelling offer

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PWS’ simple innovation addresses a major offshore wind issue - how to build a larger female workforce. Lack of offshore toilets is frequently cited as a reason why women don’t pursue offshore careers.

Offshore Wind Sector Deal targets seek to double the number of women in the industry from 16% to 33% in the next 20 years.

“It’s a solution to a very real yet simple problem,” said Dan. Dan, who worked offshore for more than 10 years, added: “The government wants every home to be powered by

offshore wind by 2030, My ambition is for every turbine to have an in-tower toilet. Its benefits make it a compelling offer.”

“No one has come up with the technology before. Our unit comes with its own water and power supply and take no resources from the turbine. Waste is secured in a sealed cassette that a technician fits at the start of the shift and removes at the end and takes it away to be cleaned.”

8 After over a decade working offshore, Dan Greeves doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty

A new guide highlights opportunities for UK companies to become part of the global offshore wind supply chain, and for those already working in it to win further multimillion-pound orders.

Published by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC), the ‘Collaborating for Growth - Playbook’ contains examples of the wide range of supply chain companies winning contracts and the ways in which offshore wind developers are engaging with them at an early stage to ensure they are aware of the opportunities on offer.

OWIC industry chair, Benj Sykes, said: “Encouraging the most innovative UK companies to work with us, increasing competition and boosting productivity, will help us to continue to drive down costs for

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Push for corporate offshore wind expansion

8 The ’Collaborating for Growth - Playbook’ aims to attract companies to the offshore wind supply chain

consumers in a new era as offshore wind becomes the backbone of our electricity system, delivering plentiful, cheap, clean power - and this will play a major part in the UK’s green economic recovery.”

Examples of best practices in the guide include offshore wind developers working closely with suppliers on the development of new products and services, engaging with suppliers at much earlier stages of the development process and making them aware of their exact requirements on timings and technical specifications.

The industry is committed to increasing the lifetime UK content of projects from 48% currently to 60% by 2030, as set out in the Offshore Wind Sector Deal with the government.

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership, a GB£100m industry-funded programme set up by OWIC as a result of the Sector Deal, is leading on work to expand the UK’s offshore wind supply chain.

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MARINE RENEWABLES An Iberdrola led international consortium has launched the FLAGSHIP project to develop and fabricate the first 10+MW floating offshore wind turbine which will be installed off the coast of Norway writes Dag Pike.

FLAGSHIP is an Horizon 2020 project that aims to reduce the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) for floating offshore wind to the range 4060 EUR/MWh by 2030 which will bring it closer to the LCOE of fixed structure offshore wind turbines. Iberdrola has brought together an impressive number of companies for this project and the consortium also includes Core-Marine, Cener, IHC, Zabala Innovation Consulting, Olav Olsen, Kvaerner, Unitech Subsea, Metcentre, EDF, DTU, and DNV-GL. According to the project’s schedule, the production of the floating platform could start in the third quarter of 2021 and its installation at sea is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.

The turbine will be supported by a floating semisubmersible concrete structure which is based on Olav Olsen’s OO-Star Wind Floater concept. This structure comprises three vertical concrete pillars that are connected underwater to form a semi-submersible structure that provides a stable platform in waves.

Olav Weider from Olav Olsen commented, “After several years of development this is the French tidal energy developer HydroQuest is joining the Ocean Energy Europe Board of Directors as a Lead Partner.

HydroQuest will be represented by Guillaume Gréau, Head of Business Development, who has 20 years of experience in shipbuilding and tidal energy.

Building on a decade’s experience in developing river current turbines, in 2016 HydroQuest added tidal turbine technology to its portfolio. Directly inspired by their existing river turbine technology, the OceanQuest tidal project won the ADEME competition “Energies Renouvelables en Mer” (Marine renewable energies) in 2017.

The innovative 1MW OceanQuest tidal turbine recently celebrated its one-year anniversary of continuous operation at the Paimpol-Bréhat site in Normandy, proving its reliability and efficacity. A partnership between HydroQuest and Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN), provides HydroQuest with a strong production capability & expertise on the strategic site of Cherbourg.

The new generation of HydroQuest tidal turbines will be one of the most powerful available, with a nominal power of 2.5MW. Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, underlined the value that HydroQuest will bring to the Ocean Energy Europe Board of Directors: “The tidal energy sector is regaining momentum in France, so it is timely that we are now welcoming an important French developer to the OEE Board. This move confirms HydroQuest’s commitment to the technology and demonstrates that they are ready to advance to the industrial stage of

10+MW FOR FLOATING WIND The prototype is scheduled to be installed and commissioned at Metcentre outside Karmøy, Norway, by the end of 2022. This exposed site between Bergen and Stavanger is a dedicated floating wind test centre.

Construction is scheduled to take two years and there will be a further two year period of testing.

This demonstration project will manage a €25 million funding during its four year’s duration. The project will focus on the testing of a cost-effective concrete floating platform and anchoring system for a 10+ MW wind turbine, including electrical connection in a demanding site location of the North Sea, in order to pave the way towards the mass production and installation in a worldwide range of commercial scenarios.

8 The prototype is scheduled to be installed and commissioned at Metcentre outside Karmøy, Norway

significant breakthrough we have been looking forward to and are very proud of. It confirms our leading expertise in floating offshore wind and the great potential of our OO-Star Wind Floater as a robust and scalable solution for future offshore wind parks.”

After several years of development this is the significant breakthrough we have been looking forward to and are very proud of

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development. I am looking forward to working with Guillaume to shape the future of this exciting sector, which can only benefit from HydroQuest’s extensive experience.”

Guillaume Gréau, HydroQuest’s Head of Business Development added: “We at HydroQuest are excited to join the OEE Board of Directors and to play our part in realising the huge potential of tidal power. Four years ago, we took the wise decision to capture not

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8 HydroQuest tidal turbine deployment

only the energy of rivers, but also the immense power of the seas. It is a key objective of HydroQuest to be part of the clean energy transition, and together with Ocean Energy Europe and my fellow Directors, I am looking forward to writing the next chapter in the industrialisation and commercial deployment of tidal energy.”

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NEW PILOT BOAT FOR TEESPORT PD Ports, owner of Teesport and ‘legal guardians of the River Tees’, has welcomed the arrival of a new £1.35 million pilot vessel, Stainsby, to its fleet The vessel was built in Wales by Holyhead Marine Services, an experienced builder of pilot boats that delivered Teesport the similar Saltholme in 2014. The 16.5 metre boat is powered by twin Scania DI16 diesels, producing 525BHP @ 1800RPM. Transmission is via Twin Disc “Quickshift” MGX5136SC Gearboxes.

Mia MacDonald, who has recently finished her apprenticeship at PD Ports and is now a qualified Hydrographic Surveyor, officially christened the vessel in a small, socially distanced ceremony. Affectionately named Stainsby after one of the original four villages that later became Middlesbrough, the vessel will facilitate the safe transportation of pilots to and from vessels as they enter the river.

The state-of-the-art Stainsby will replace the Coatham pilot vessel, who will now find a new home at the Port of Tyne after racking up an impressive 800,000 miles servicing the River Tees over a 20-year period.

As the legal guardians for the River Tees our primary job is ensuring safe navigation for vessels. It is our duty to ensure the river is managed safely and effectively when fulfilling its potential to support future trade growth across the Tees Valley and the UK as a whole

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PD Ports CEO, Frans Calje, said, “As the legal guardians for the River Tees our primary job is ensuring safe navigation for vessels. It is our duty to ensure the river is managed safely and effectively when fulfilling its potential to support future trade growth across the Tees Valley and the UK as a whole.

“Together with fellow businesses along the river, Teesport already contributes in excess of £1.4 billion to the economy each year. This investment will enable Teesport to continue

servicing the river and the region as we secure the Tees Valley in pole position for international trade growth opportunities.”

At the forefront of tackling climate change, the Stainsby, which can travel at speeds of up to 24knots, also boasts a low emission engine to help keep fuel consumption and environmental impact as low as possible.

The vessel also features touch screen navigation and dynamic shock monitoring that will ensure safety of the crew in all weather conditions meaning that the Port, and the river, can remain operational at all times.

Paul Brooks, Harbour Master, said, “The arrival of the Stainsby means that we have the best technology, built to the highest engineering standards, which will provide a safe and stable platform for pilots and keep Teesport open for business.

“The pilot vessels, alongside our dedicated crew, are instrumental in keeping the Port operating 24/7, 365 days a year, no matter what challenging conditions we are faced with.”

In its role as the Statutory Harbour Authority, PD Ports is responsible for the safe navigation of vessels, maintenance and management of the river.

The port operator is one of the largest employers in the region, attracting over £1 billion of investment and creating 2,500 direct jobs in the past decade.

8 The boat was named Stainsby after one of the original four villages that later became Middlesbrough

Next generation RoPax Ferry company Stena Line has announced that Stena Embla, the last of its three new ferries destined for the Irish Sea, has successfully completed its sea trials in China’s Yellow Sea. Stena Embla is the latest new Stena Line next generation RoPax vessel constructed at the CMI Jingling Weihai Shipyard in China, marking the end of significant recent investment on the Irish Sea by the Swedish owned ferry company. The global pandemic did not delay the build of the vessel, which is being delivered to the agreed schedule.

Part of a multi-million-pound investment in

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8 Stena Embla at CMI Jingling Weihai Shipyard

the Irish Sea region, the new Stena Line ferries are amongst the most advanced vessels in operation. They are 25% more

fuel-efficient than existing vessels and with 215 metres in length they are much larger than today’s standard RoPax vessels, providing 30% more freight capacity with 3,100 lane metres. They also have the space to carry 120 cars and 1,000 passengers and crew. The roll-on roll-off design and the ability to load two vehicle decks simultaneously has reduced loading and unloading times, resulting in quicker turnaround times in ports.

The name Embla is connected to Stena Line’s Swedish heritage. Norse mythology, Embla was the first woman. Her name comes from the Old Norse word for ‘elm’.

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POLAR RESEARCH SHIP BEGINS SEA TRIALS

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The UK’s most advanced polar research ship - RRS Sir David Attenborough - has left Cammell Laird shipyard for two weeks of technical sea trials

In November, the shipyard will formally hand over the ship to the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) the new polar ship will transform UK research in the polar regions. Its missions are critical for understanding and making sense of our changing climate.

The RRS Sir David Attenborough will sail across the Mersey to the Liverpool cruise terminal at high tide for crew familiarisation, before spending 14 days undergoing technical trials off the coast of North Wales. The shipyard engineers and BAS mariners will put the ship through its paces, performing operational checks on the propulsion, steering, engineering and navigation systems.

When technical tests are complete, the BAS ship crew will take over and spend 50 days intensive training at Holyhead Port before embarking on operational and scientific equipment trials around the Irish Sea. The team will test anchoring, manoeuvring, dynamic positioning, and helideck landing.

Early next year the ship will undertake ice trials in the Arctic, and in November 2021 make its maiden voyage to Antarctica.

The commencement of sea trials is a major milestone in the four-year build programme, and an exceptional achievement for Cammell Laird. From laying the keel in October 2016, to the hull launch in July 2018 and the Royal ceremonial naming in September 2019, more than 1,300 local personnel, 70 apprentices and many hundreds of specialist subcontractors and suppliers have been involved in constructing this extraordinary 15,000 tonne vessel.

David McGinley, Chief Executive Officer of Cammell Laird

8 RRS Sir David Attenborough and attendant workboat Terror

Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders and Atlantic and Peninsula Services says: “In conjunction with NERC and BAS, Cammell Laird has demonstrated that the UK is at the forefront of the global shipbuilding industry and we stand ready to deliver future shipbuilding projects here on the River Mersey.

“This vessel is a true celebration of British expertise - from the team who built it right through to the scientific community that will call this ship home. The RRS Sir David Attenborough is the single biggest and most ambitious build in the history of Cammell Laird and it’s an incredibly proud moment to see her embark on sea trials.”

Linton Roberts, Director of Operations at Cammell Laird says: “Although the vessel’s construction is now complete, trials are a critical and final part of the programme as they allow our engineers and the ship’s crew to put the vessel through its paces at sea. Over the next two weeks our engineers will assess and record important data about RRS Sir David Attenborough’s engineering performance to ensure every aspect of its operation is running safely and efficiently, before it embarks on further scientific equipment testing with BAS.” Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, Executive Chair at Natural Environment Research Council, said: “The commencement of sea trials is a very important next stage for the RRS Sir David Attenborough. We now enter a crucial 12 months as we prepare this world-class polar research vessel for its maiden voyage. In reaching this point, I would like to thank Cammell Laird for their exceptional work and shipbuilding expertise. I am sure that they will continue to take great pride in having constructed the vessel throughout its long lifetime.”

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WIND ENERGY WILL POWER SHIPS INTO THE NEXT CENTURY A Swedish consortium of industry, academia and research organizations have partnered to create a wind-powered ship, reports Edward Lundquist Wallenius Marine is showcasing its concept for the Oceanbird, an automobile-carrying cargo ship with a capacity of 7,000 cars. The company is leading a government-funded team studying wind-powered ships, along with a Swedish consortium of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Centre for Naval Architecture, and maritime tech developer SSPA, with a goal of designing a Wind Powered Car Carrier (WPCC) by 2021.

Per Tunell, COO, Wallenius Marine said the Wind Powered Car Carrier project “changes the prerequisites for oceangoing sea transportation.”

“The industry faces enormous challenges in terms of sustainability and this type of solution with wind powered ships on the oceans is by far the most interesting solution for achieving truly sustainable shipping,” Tunell said.

RETRACTABLE WINGS Oceanbird features vertical metal or composite wings to harness wind energy for propulsion. They will be raised and lowered telescopically and will be fully rotational and autonomously controlled. When fully extended, the wings will be much higher than the tallest point on traditional ships (high aspect ratio). The wings can be retracted in harbours and to get under bridges. The design features diesel engines for entering and leaving port, and to augment the sails to maintain schedules.

Wind-powered car carriers will be slower that the current fleet of 450 conventionally-powered car carriers in service today. For example, they currently take seven or eight days to cross the Atlantic, where the WPCC would take 12. But the tradeoff is a vastly reduced fuel costs and emissions.

Contemporary car transporters burn about 40 tons of fossil fuel per day.

PARADIGM SHIFT The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has established a goal of reducing overall merchant ship carbon emissions by half by 2050. But the WPCC team is aiming even higher.

“We are going much further and aiming for a reduction of 80-90 percent,” said Prof. Jakob Kuttenkeuler of the KTH Centre of Naval Architecture in Stockholm. “This entails a paradigm shift as today’s ships travel far too fast and with

8 Students at KTH Centre of Naval Architecture built a scale model of the Wind Powered Car Carrier

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high fuel consumption. We are developing the world’s first emission free shipping concept in modern times.”

Kuttenkeuler said the design is a blend of aerospace and marine engineering. “The rigging should be aerodynamically optimized, robust, light and cheap to manufacture. It can be likened to designing sailing mechanics for an airplane that is going to be tossed about at sea.”

The Swedish Transport Administration is backing the WPCC research consortium with a US$3 million grant. The research effort will run until 2023.

8 Oceanbird will have five 80-metre (262 feet), fully rotational wing sails

OPTIMIZATION KTH will provide aerodynamic and sailing mechanics expertise, including calculations of performance and route optimization, and fabrication of a seven-metre scale model for in-water testing.

Naval architecture students at KTH tested their model at Viggbyholm, north of Stockholm. According to lysse Dhomé, Project Supervisor at KTH, the “sea trials” were very useful.

“Now we know more precisely how the boat will behave and we can calculate how to make it stable,” said Dhomé.

SSPA will utilize its tow tank facility in Gothenburg, Sweden to conduct hydrodynamic modelling and testing of a 1:25 scale model for validation of concepts and designs.

“We have done extensive computer simulations,” said Sofia Werner, Manager Strategic Research Hydrodynamics at SSPA. “Now we need to confirm these simulations with the experiments to get more accurate numbers of the performance and the forces acting on the ship.”

The consortium partners see a bright future. “We are creating a Swedish competence cluster of wind-powered vessel development and design. Together we are stronger!” said Vendela Santén, Senior Researcher & Project Manager at SSPA. The team said the wind concept can be applied to other types of ships in the future.

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SHIP & BOATBUILDING The Marine Group’s Harbour Management Division has expanded its dredging capabilities with the recent completion of their bespoke built water injection dredger, CMS Seaka.

Following the successful deployment of CMS Innovation, The Marine Group has made a significant investment in the development of a more powerful and highly efficient machine that adopts the same environmentally friendly water injection technology.

The Marine Group purchased CMS Seaka as a Multicat in 2018, which was then comprehensively redesigned by OSD-IMT and modified by the original builders, GRA ltd and an in-house team of engineers, Cardiff Diesel Services. The new design will allow the team to dredge more efficiently and in higher volumes than previous operations. While Seaka is powered by a Doosan V158TI engine, the vessel also houses a Sulzer A53-200 pump capable of pumping water at a rate of up to 330L per second. The 5m boom holds 27 outlets that have been oriented to provide maximum efficiency, dredging up to 450m3/hr.

The commission of Seaka is part of The Marine Group’s ongoing commitment to the evolution and development of Burry Port Marina. While water injection dredging has

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continually been used to develop channels and berths in the marina CMS Seaka will accelerate the process of taking Burry Port from a forgotten sailing destination back to its rightful status as the jewel of the Carmarthenshire coast.

While not working on The Marine Group’s numerous marinas around Wales, Seaka will be able to provide cost effective solutions for dredging to customers all over the country.

Seaka, measuring 10m in length and 4.8m

The Marine Group has made a significant investment in the development of a more powerful and highly efficient machine that adopts the same environmentally friendly water injection technology across the beam, is transported to site via road in one piece, allowing the team to start work within 30 minutes of being in the water. The size of Seaka will allow marinas and ports to remain fully operational while dredging is undertaken.

Reaching a maximum depth of 8.5m Seaka will be the one of the most efficient water injection dredgers in the country.

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ABP INVESTS GB£9M IN PILOT BOAT FLEET

Marell Boats of Sweden is launching the M15 Quad outboard open high-speed interceptor that includes fine tuning of the existing M15 hull.

The tweaked design adds four Mercury 450HP Outboard engines on an extended platform, with dynamically operating jack plates. This vessel is claimed to show outstanding performance and manoeuvrability compared to other craft in this highly competitive market segment.

The M15 is in particular designed for high speed interception and boarding, with a centre steering position for helmsman to optimize control and allow for full view of the surroundings during boarding manoeuvres.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has commissioned a fleet of nine new fast and fuel-efficient pilot boats in a deal worth around GB£9m.

The vessels will be constructed by Norfolk, UK-based Goodchild Marine Services and will be delivered over the course of the next five years.

Construction of the first vessel has already begun and it is expected to be delivered to ABP’s Humber region in 2021. In total, ABP has commissioned five vessels to serve its Humber ports, three for Southampton and one for Barry in South Wales.

Mike McCartain, ABP’s group director for safety, marine and engineering, said: “It is fantastic that we have been able to award this significant contract to a UK manufacturer who is at the leading edge of pilot

The state-of-the-art vessels will improve the efficiency of port operations and will ensure that we can continue to service our customers’ needs to a very high standard

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8 ABP and Goodchild Marine teams meet to sign new pilot boat contract

boat technology. This will also help support existing local jobs and the regional economy which is great news given the current economic conditions.

“The state-of-the-art vessels will improve the efficiency of port operations and will ensure that we can continue to service our customers’ needs to a very high standard.”

ABP and Goodchild Marine Services have had a long history of productive collaboration. In July 2019, Goodchild Marine delivered its second pilot boat to ABP, the Kingfisher, which has been supporting operations at the Port of Lowestoft. This followed the delivery of their first pilot boat for ABP, the Osprey, more than 25 years ago.

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HDPE MAKKER 19 GARNERS PRAISE German company Schramm has brought a fast, unsinkable and high-safety mooring boat into service reports Tom Todd.

Said to be the first of its kind built in HDPE Schramm Group head Hans Helmut Schramm said he became aware of the advantages of stress and shock-resistant material during a shipyard visit to Istanbul. He described the plastic, double-hull, foam sandwich construction concept as “fantastic”.

The 9.9m by 3.8m HDPE prototype Makker 19 has been developed by the Schramm Group’s own NavConsult marine engineering company and built in co-operation with theTurkish shipyard where Schramm first came across the idea.

NavConsult is one of a number of firms in the Brunsbüttel-based group, which describes itself as an alliance of specialised firms. It is active on the Elbe Estuary and Kiel Canal in tug and tow work, port operations and transport logistics as well as marine engineering.

The Schramm Group is however entering new territory with HDPE, which reports said had only been used to date in Germany for sea buoys or small recreational boats needing no approval. Makker 19 has been approved by German insurance authorities and is classified

by RINA. Officials said the advantages of HDPE were many. Schramm reported that because of Makker 19’s low draught of just 0.80m and significantly reduced weight of 950 kg/m3 compared to steel with 7 t/m3, a second engine could be installed on a Schramm A zero-emissions electric fast ferry is being developed by Fjellstrand shipyard which is designed to operate in Norway on a short route between Stavanger and Hommersåkat.

Fjellstrand has been awarded the €11.7 million contract for this ground breaking concept along with members of the NCE Maritime CleanTech group and Rogaland County Municipality. Keeping a close watch on this development will be the operators of the Thames Clipper service on the River Thames and authorities in Belgium.

Fjellstrand Yard R&D sales manager Edmund Tolo commented, “This ferry is intended for very short routes and for maybe one hour of operation. We know we can build the vessel, we have enough to see that this makes sense, but the big challenge is to build this in an efficient way so that it can be competitive. Keeping the weight down is crucial when it comes to building a high-speed ferry, and one way this vessel will see a reduced weight is that it is allelectric, rather than the more common diesel-electric. If we had made it hybrid there is added weight as there are the systems around the engines and the fuel you carry so if you get rid of that, you free space and

Schramm reported that because of Makker 19’s low draught of just 0.80m and significantly reduced weight of 950 kg/m3 compared to steel with 7 t/m3, a second engine could be installed on a Schramm mooring boat for the first time. This had made possible a redundant propulsion configuration consisting of two 250hp Cummins engines and a maximum speed of 22 knots 8 Schramm’s innovative mooring newbuild is light, cheap and full of promise

mooring boat for the first time. This had made possible a redundant propulsion configuration consisting of two 250hp Cummins engines and a maximum speed of 22 knots.

Hans Helmut Schramm added that the boats unsinkability “makes working much safer” and that manoeuverability and speed had also been “entirely convicing”.

Makker 19 is said to be about a third cheaper at some €350,000 than steel boats

and there are no annual hull maintenance costs. HDPE is also said to have a much better carbon footprint than steel or GRP and to be capable of complete recycling.

Other applications for HDPE such as pilot boats or police vessels were described as conceivable. NavConsult is already working on a 60x15m work pontoon. Schramm said larger HDPE lighters or ships were also possible “if, for example a plastic sleeve were combined with steel ribs and bulkheads”.

ZERO-EMISSION FAST FERRY FIRST

8 This ferry is intended for very short routes and for maybe one hour of operation

weight for batteries on board. If the ferry is travelling really fast, we think there is no room for hybrid systems.”

The battery supplier has not been decided yet, but Wärtsilä, which is delivering the all-electric solutions to the fast ferry, will source the batteries and their weight will play a critical part in the design in terms of weight and volume. Propulsion will be by means of Servogear Ecoflow controllable pitch propellers and construction will be in aluminium, a material that the shipyard has a lot of experience with. Fjellstrand also has

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experience with electric propulsion with the electric ferry Ampere designed for slow speed operation built by the yard in 2015.

The Maritime CleanTech consortium includes Leirvik, Servogear, Wärtsilä and Hydro Extrusions Norway, all from Norway plus operators Valide and Kolumbus along with Wärtsilä Holland, MBNA Thames Clippers (UK), University of Strathclyde (UK), Fraunhofer IEM (Germany), HSVA (Germany) and Waterwegen & Zeekanal NV (Belgium).

The ferry design will comply with the High Speed Code and Fjellstrand is looking to make the design modular so that it can meet the requirements of a variety of operators.

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PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES FOR MORE EFFICIENT HULLFORMS A ship design and research company is bringing a number of revolutionary technologies to market for both oceangoing and inland waterways vessels The new technologies from Canadian company NaviForm are protected by patents in USA, European Union and several other countries, with four already granted and another three pending.

THE WINGED BOW This oceangoing vessel bow is claimed to reduce resistance of the hull resulting in either higher speed, or less power, fuel consumption and GHG emissions. It also reduces motions in waves, shown in testing and in operation to be 50 percent lower than conventional bow fitted hulls, and eliminating slamming, therefore making it possible to design a lighter structure. It also increases capacity of the hull or reduces it length and cost for given capacity.

FLOW SPINNING STERN BULB The stern bulb spins the flow of water into propellers counter to their rotation, increasing their efficiency. This has recently been delivered to Navimag Ferries in Chile. MV Esperanza design combines these technologies to such effect that this 150m, 10500 mt displacement vessel needs only 2500kW into her propellers (1250 kW each) to sail at 14 knots, with capacity of 1800 l-m on only two decks. This makes MV Esperanza so efficient that her EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) not only meets present but also future IMO targets without a need to reduce speed, as many operators are presently forced to do in order to meet IMO emission standards.

EXOSKELETON STRUCTURE This structure is fitted outside the hull to provide the required longitudinal strength, rather than to rely, as all ships do, on the hull structure. This allows ocean going and river hulls to be lighter and in case of river hulls, also extremely low draught.

ZERO WAVE BOW A bow developed for river vessels, or self-propelled barges, which is claimed to generate no bow wave, thus eliminating

the problem of shore erosion, which limits speed of river or coastal vessels. Featuring two side skegs with a foil between them. It captures the flow and directs it under the hull, rather than to the sides in form of waves which represent wasted energy and cause shore erosion The Exoskeleton structure and Zero Wave bow have been combined in the design of the first large river container carrier for service on the Mississippi. Construction of the first 181m x 30.5m hull is due to begin in Q1 2021, with three sister ships to follow at 6 months intervals. At 2.7m draught, hull depth is only 3.9m and steel weight only 2300 mt. It will carry an unprecedented 1700 TEU at speeds up to 16kn, although the owners anticipate that when slowed by the traffic these LNG powered vessels will only use half of their installed power, reducing not only operating cost but environmental impact as well.

8 NaviForm Exoskeleton structure is fitted outside the hull to provide the required longitudinal strength

DETACHABLE STERN VESSEL (DSV) The DSV concept is said to offer the same benefits as an Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) but without the speed and power penalties ATBs suffer from. When connected, it is essentially a single hull. And when combined with all other new design features listed above, it is expected to outperform conventional monohulls.

Hydrographic survey Cheetah is survey ready Cheetah Marine International Limited has completed its second hydrographic survey Cheetah for a Chinese Hydropower engineering company.

Built for SinoHydro, the 8.5m vessel is the fifth of the new 8.5m x 3.4m series, which is Cheetah’s latest hull design. It will be stationed in Bangladesh and deployed for hydrographic survey applications such as depth sounding and current profiling in the Padma Multi-purpose Bridge Project.

Cheetah Marine said the vessel features “twin Yamaha 150hp outboards producing

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top speeds of over 30 knots and a steady cruising speed of 18-20 knots at 3500rpm.

Below deck, two 180 litre custom built fuel tanks provide a range of 200m at 15 knots depending on the currents in the river”.

The vessel features two mounting points for deployment of survey equipment, a sidemount for ADCP and the single beam echosounder, as well as the central moonpool for deployment of the widebeam MBES. With a moonpool frame built in 50mm stainless steel tube, Cheetah’s patented Hydropod system accommodates the R2

Sonic 2024 transducer head. The system ensures high accuracy of the fixing position, meaning that recalibration after transit is not required, and is easily transported between survey sites. Cheetah Marine fitted a Fisher Panda 8000i 8kva (6.4kw) generator system with dual Durasea rooftop air conditioning systems to keep productive and comfortable conditions in the hot climate of Bangladesh.

The 7-year Padma Bridge is the largest construction to date in Bangladesh and will form the major link to connect the south west, north and eastern regions.

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PORT, HARBOUR & MARINE CONSTRUCTION

SMALL JOBS IMPORTANT SAYS NPORTS Completed in the port of Wilhelmshaven was the threemonth renovation of the Millionensteg - an old 75m backanchored pile wall jetty. The project, to secure site stability and road traffic safety, was carried out by local firm Thieling Bau in Stadland on the Weser.

It mainly concerned the upper part of the existing badlycorroded sheet pile structure which was cut away to normal harbor water level. On the land side, an armour stone embankment was created and secured with a partially moulded deck cover. NPorts said the submerged part of the sheet wall was in good condition and did not need renovation.

The cost of the work, just one small part of a Port Development 2025 concept, was just €200,000. NPorts Managing Director Holger Banik said however: “Even smaller maintenance measures such as these are important for our port operations”.

NPorts owns, operates and manages port infrastructures in five major German seaports, including Wilhelmshaven, seven island supply ports and three regional ports on the German North Sea. The deep water port of Wilhelmshaven is one of the three biggest cargo handling ports in Germany and the home of the country’s only deepwater container terminal - Jade Weser Port. The second completed NPorts project is in the vehicle and RoRo port Emden where the nine-month renovation of some 300m of quayside in the Industriehafen has cost a reported €2 million.

Now above water is a stone embankment which, together with materials below the waterline, total some 8,800 tons of stone bulking, NPorts reported. Also now part of the structure is a 3,000 m2 geo-textile separation layer securing and protecting the embankment and its base, as well as a 300m row of pilings and a 35m wing-piling wall.

Photo: Thieling-Bau

Germany’s Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) has completed two small quay renovations while stressing the importance of such maintenance projects for port futures, reports Tom Todd

8 Millionensteg in Wilhelmshaven: small jobs are important, says NPorts

Prior to renovation, an old heavy-duty wall from 1910 was dismantled and old piling structures and 500 wooden pilings were removed.

The work had to be undertaken because of the collapse of 50-60m of quay and instability caused by the ravages of time and infestation of wooden pile structures. Now “shipping traffic in this port area can flow safely and unhindered again”, said Holger Banik.

Improvement work on the Crinan Canal As part of a major investment, the first phase of major improvement works along the Crinan Canal in Scotland will start this winter writes Dag Pike.

This £3.7 million investment in the Crinan Canal is part of Scottish Canals’ Asset Management Strategy which prioritises improvements on all canal infrastructure in Scotland, based on condition and risk. In addition to this work on the Crinan Canal, improvement work will also take place in the Caledonian Canal which links the east and west coasts of Scotland.

The Crinan Canal provides a short cut from the Clyde to the West Coast allowing vessels to avoid the trip around the Mull of Kintyre and the exposed North Channel. Peter Robinson, the Head of Engineering at

8 The Crinan Canal: ”Britain’s most beautiful shortcut”

Scottish Canals commented, “This year sees the first phase in an anticipated three-year programme of works on the Crinan Canal.

The focus of the £3.7 million capital investment will allow us to improve the lock gates on the eastern section of the canal at Ardrishaig, safeguarding their operation for another 40 to 50 years. We’re not only

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commencing lock gate replacement works this winter, we’re also investing in dredging.

We will be undertaking the survey and design works on the western section to secure the long-term operation of the canal. This will ensure Britain’s most beautiful shortcut can be enjoyed by all for years to come.”

AmcoGiffen will undertake the works between November 2020 and March 2021, and this will require the full closure of the canal.

The whole of the eastern section of the Canal, from Lock 8 down to the Sea Lock 1 at Ardrishaig will be drained down to allow work on the replacing and repair of lock gates to be carried out at one time. The replacement of lock gates will take place at Locks 1 through to 4 and there will also be improvement work to some of the bridges across the canal

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THREE-YEAR BREMEN LOCK IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETE The most recent job in the modernisation of the port’s Oslebshauser Lock has been the overhaul of a 36m long and 16.7m high reserve gate at Fassmer Werft on the Weser and the lifting out of the 800 ton unit using the floating crane ENAK. After waiting for high tide, the gate was transported the short distance upstream to the Oslebshauser Lock. The port of Bremen is some 60kms inland from its giant containerhandling sister port of Bremerhaven on the North Sea. The 249m long, 48m wide Oslebshauser Lock is at the entrance to Bremen’s busy Industriehafen - home to some 50 handling and logistic concerns employing some 3,000 people. The lock, widened in 1981, has been in operation since 1910 and is used annually by around 1,300 sea-going ships.

Lock renovation work since 2017 by management company bremenports has covered four projects involving three Oslebshauser Lock gates. The work has been aimed at modernising the old lock while improving its ability to protect the Industriehafen against the flood level increases which are being predicted for the coming years.

The latest reserve gate project lasted seven months and cost €4.2 million.

It was reported by bremenports that repairs were carried out and the gate’s dam wall heightened to improve flood protection. Technical equipment was relocated and a new tank measuring system for the gate’s ballast water tanks was also installed. According to spokesman Holger Bruns bremenports was now building a new switching plant with modern control technology to create a lock control system which would also be capable of operating port pumping plant.

The previous three Oslebshauser lock gate improvement projects managed by bremenports have involved lock outer

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The latest in a three-year series of lock improvement projects costing a total €11.8 million has been completed in the German port of Bremen

and inner gates and have also covered repairs, maintenance and flood protection improvements. Costing a total €7.6 million those jobs were all carried out at Bremerhaven yards and involved Weser transport of 60 kms between Bremen and Bremerhaven.

Just how vital lock overhaul and renovation is in north Germany has been demonstrated dramatically lately by collisions on the Kiel Canal and by regular renovation work on locks in Bremerhaven and other major ports.

8 The latest Oslebshauser Lock gate leaves Fassmer for home after renovation

Progress on Tarragona cruise terminal expansion With the completion of the placement of the caissons at the expanded cruise terminal at the Spanish port of Tarragona, the new Balears Wharf is now 40% complete.

The new wharf is constructed from 11 caissons which are connected in double pairs to mark the wharf’s new line. With the placement of the last of these caissons, work can now start on the development of the deck area and the connection to the existing wharf area in what will form the expanded cruise terminal at this port located just south of Barcelona on the Spanish eastern shore.

The concrete and steel caissons have been constructed in a floating dock, the Mar del Aneto and on completion each one was then floated off allowing construction of the next

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one to start. The completed caissons were then towed to the construction site and were located in position on the seabed which had been prepared with a gravel bed on which to position the caissons. Initially the caissons were flooded to keep them in position and will now be filled with dredged material to complete the installation.

The most complex part of the Balears Wharf construction project is coming to an end. The manufacture and placement of the eleven caissons took approximately three months from day one to the end of July.

“Everything has gone smoothly”, according to Carles Segura, the Port of Tarragona’s director of Infrastructures and Conservation. “The final concrete foundation placement operation was completed in mid-October with the caissons

8 When completed the new Balears Wharf will have a surface area of 4 hectares

being produced at the rate on one per week.

Each of the eleven caissons was 41.05m long, 16.75m wide and 21.30m high, with an empty weight of 7,288.80t and full weight of 33,000t.

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DIVING & UNDERWATER SERVICES

HOW AUTOMATED CAN COMMERCIAL DIVING BECOME? Craig English of Briggs Marine, outlines the benefits and limitations of using ROVs and explains why divers can still be a cost-efficient choice Global offshore diving activity is still very much alive and well in many parts of the world, but for the UK, it’s in decline. This is mainly because of the plummeting oil and gas market which has in turn, resulted in less investment in the North Sea. In comparison, inshore diving is much more active and diverse, comprising a range of activities including sewage works; offshore wind farms; bridge inspections; harbour construction; and underwater surveys. Indeed, there are just as many inshore dive companies now as there were back in 2000, demonstrating that despite the advancement of technologies such as Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), divers are still considered a cost effective and reliable option for these types of projects.

That said, ROVs have become more prolific for underwater operations. From eyeball ROVs through to work class ROVs, these technologies are delivering notable advantages on an exponential scale.

HORSES FOR COURSES Deployed for smaller diving projects to carry out diagnostic work, the eyeball ROV which is small in size and weight with a camera and lights, can be particularly advantageous when looking to resolve problems underwater. This is where visibility is good and current/tide/flow is minimal, in locations that the diver may not be able to easily access such as a sewer, pipeline or small cavity, or where there is a significant hazard. Given their size, these ROVs are a cost effective alternative and can be quick to deploy, with minimal manpower and supporting surface equipment.

Larger in size and weight, inspection and construction class ROVs have more advanced tools and can therefore be deployed for more complex situations, including survey work. Increasingly, these ROVs are being committed to deep water operations for protracted durations as technology advances. Capable of operating in deep water and strong currents, work class ROVs are at the high-end of the ROV spectrum with enhanced technologies including robotic arms that can fix issues in real time.

Despite the digital revolution which has provided the opportunity for these ROVs to push the technology boundaries and create impressive capabilities, the cost to deploy and the reliability and agility of these machines are still significant barriers that need to be overcome. In many situations, divers can still be the preferred choice.

Deploying an ROV for a specific underwater task requires preparation and can take many hours of engineering to design and fabricate equipment prior to entering the water to tackle the issue. If faced with an emergency or evolving situation, this preparation becomes a significant hurdle and is easily rectified with divers who can apply standard technology readily.

Cost is also a significant factor that influences decisions.

Although the deployment of an eyeball ROV may not be a huge investment, they do have technical limitations and

therefore, may not align with what’s required for the project.

The cost of deploying the larger, more advanced work class ROVs can run into millions due to the range of surface assets needed to support and control it such as a vessel, generators, transformers, and launch and recovery systems. This is a huge investment for many businesses who are struggling in a market that has been heavily hit by the global health pandemic and an energy price slump.

Depending on the circumstances and task, divers can still be considered a more attractive and cost effective option their flexibility, intuition, experience and diversity allow them to adjust and adapt to changes out in the field as and when they need to, which can be the difference between success and failure on an underwater task.

WILL DIVERS EVER NOT BE NEEDED? Whilst the advantages of divers over ROVs are notable, we cannot ignore the fact that having humans in the water carrying out various operational and maintenance tasks, like any human related task, poses a risk and there will come a time when the use of divers will cease. However, we’re a long way off this scenario. This can only happen when a wider range of ROVs are manufactured to suit specific and niche situations that previously only divers could tackle. Crucially and particularly for the inshore diving sector, the through life costs of advanced robotics will need to be reduced significantly.

We have seen the advancement of robotics in self-driving cars, unmanned aircraft and unmanned survey vessels and as technology improves and becomes more cost efficient, we will continue to witness advancements vancements into all kinds of vehicles — including ng ROVs. One of main reasons we have ve not reached that point already is down to cost. ost. Innovation often strides ahead but can often ften come with a high price tag, and so we will only see the displacement of divers when ROV technology delivers increased capability at an attractive price point.

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DIVING & UNDERWATER SERVICES Windfarm subsea inspection CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has completed this year’s campaign as part of their East Anglia ONE Windfarm contract.

In 2019, CWind was awarded a multi-year contract with ScottishPower Renewables and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group to provide below water services, including subsea inspections of the foundation jackets and offshore substation, any corrective maintenance requested, and pre-engineering studies at the offshore windfarm.

CWind worked with Rovco, providers of ROV and hydrographic services.

East Anglia ONE is a joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group.

UNDERWATER LIVE STREAMING COMES INTO ITS OWN DURING COVID ERA According to ROVOP, live video streaming of inspection and repair offshore reduces personnel numbers on-board amidst COVID restrictions.

The provider of cutting-edge subsea remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) recently successfully carried out remote visual and NDT inspections of hull sections, flowlines, umbilicals and risers, along with chain inspection, measurement and cleaning, on the Balmoral floating production vessel for Premier Oil. Using the latest communications and modelling technology, ROVOP worked closely with Premier Oil to develop a robust live video streaming service back to shore. Two-way open communications allowed the inspection and data recording engineers to run the workscope remotely from onshore, resulting in three less people on board the vessel, where accommodation is limited due to the COVID-imposed restrictions.

The cloud-based viewing platform allowed those working from home to view the inspection work as it unfolded. They were able to see exactly what the ROV and inspection engineers were seeing in real-time.

Data, which would once have taken weeks to return from offshore to be analysed, was captured as those

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watching onshore were able to influence the operation live, making the campaign much more efficient.

Subsea mooring inspection and integrity engineering specialists Welaptega, an Ashtead Technology company, was selected by ROVOP to support the project. Their mooring inspection and 3D modelling photogrammetry equipment was integrated into the ROV to enable accurate and repeatable chain measurement and 3D modelling of the subsea template.

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DIVING & UNDERWATER SERVICES A UK engineering company has developed a torquey and reliable 25kW thruster for electric ROVs in record time.

Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD), an advanced global supplier of Subsea equipment, was faced with the challenge of moving to an all-electric version of its Remote Operating Vehicles (ROV) to reduce environmental impact, improve reliability and performance whilst maintaining longevity, stability and consistency.

Magnomatics was asked by SMD to design, build a prototype and test a highperformance, electric version of its existing Hydraulic Thruster unit. The EV ROV Electric Thruster, developed incorporated state-ofthe-art Magnetic Gear technology, increasing torque density over the existing hydraulic unit whilst maintaining reliability and durability.

The SMD and Magnomatics design teams together worked closely to outline the challenging specification and then a roadmap to turn this into reality through detailed design, analysis, prototyping and testing. This resulted in the first EV ROV on the market, exhibited at the Offshore Europe Expo’ in September 2019, only a year after the project started.

The SMD Thruster project was challenging on a number of fronts not least being the

THRUSTER DEVELOPMENT ALLOWS ROVS TO GO ELECTRIC The SMD Thruster project was challenging on a number of fronts

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design for the smallest machine envelope, with the highest torque and Prop Curve response. Magnomatics’ engineers managed to fulfil the customer’s requirements and deliver a full set of prototypes.

The SMD Thruster units have a separate magnetic gear coupled to a high-performance

permanent magnet motor. The magnetic gear comprises a high-tech bonded composite metal structure and close tolerance running clearances. To achieve the required tight space restrictions, the Thruster unit’s internal compactness provided additional challenges to the build team. Finally, the whole internal structure had to be designed to perform seamlessly in oil and be pressure compensated in service to operate at an incredible depth of 6000m.

For underwater ROVs the technology is exclusively available from SMD and Magnomatics is now actively looking for other applications for surface marine applications.

Magnomatics is also setting up manufacturing facilities to make small to medium volume production for electrical machines such as this.

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SAFETY, SURVIVAL & TRAINING

MARITIME MBA PATHWAY A new MBA pathway is being offered by the UK’s University of Southampton, taught by world-class academics in both management and maritime subjects The degree allows students to obtain a traditional MBA qualification, comprised of core modules in people management, finance, operations, marketing, global business, strategy, business analytics, innovation and change management, while, crucially, also focusing on maritime operations and risk and maritime law through optional modules and a business project. This means that students can gain specialist maritime knowledge and use it to research and solve complex business management problems in the maritime sector. x Southampton is a world-renowned centre for outstanding research in maritime engineering, science, and law, as represented by the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) and the Institute of Maritime Law (IML). The institution’s Business School is also an expert in supply chain and logistics management for maritime industries.

Students must have at least three years of full-time professional work experience in order to apply to the programme, as well as usually a degree or professional qualification. Students do not need to have previous academic knowledge in maritime subjects (i.e. maritime law, maritime operations and risk) as these modules are designed to be taught to aspiring managers in the field.

According to the University, the degree is particularly well suited to people looking to gain specialist knowledge in maritime industries, while also learning about business management. This may fit well with sea-based professionals

Rebrand offers more operational flexibility One global safety and survival solutions provider has rebranded its liferaft rental and exchange service to meet increasing market demand for service flexibility.

Survitec’s new look RaftXChange service brings together the company’s liferaft equipment rental and servicing scheme under one clear offer with the ability to easily upgrade to the more enhanced RaftXChange+ service.

“The RaftXChange model provides our customers with everything they need from their initial and ongoing liferaft requirements, whenever the need it,” said Malcolm Barratt, technical sales manager - Liferafts, Survitec.

“While system reliability is synonymous with a Survitec liferaft, the rental and exchange plan enables users to significantly improve operational flexibility.

RaftXChange makes full use of Survitec’s global network to ensure that any required service and exchange is readily available at all the major ports.”

Under the enhanced RaftXChange+ contract, Survitec also provides crew

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who are looking to transfer to shore-based roles that require management expertise. The degree may also be of interest to maritime industry consultants or people who are looking to transfer into the maritime sector from other industries.

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training, certifying crews to inspect the liferafts themselves in between their 30-month service intervals, which negates the need for external technicians onboard or annual servicing.

Barratt said: “Ultimately, RaftXChange+ means the frequency of moving liferafts on and off a vessel is reduced, saving time and money for operators. It is ideal for ships with short or infrequent port calls, which equates to increased efficiency.”

Survitec offers a single point of contact, taking care of the day-to-day servicing and exchange of the lifesaving equipment as well as booking services and invoicing.

Online training surge during pandemic One expert maritime industry provider of seafarer training has announced a 32% increase in online training sales to merchant shipping companies not sailing with passenger groups.

Rood Boven Groen’s statistics comes as many passenger cruise ships are unable to sail due to the restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and reinforces the

8 Southampton is a world-renowned centre for outstanding research in maritime engineering

necessity of seafarer training for those ships that are still sailing.

Stephan Kramer, owner of Rood Boven Groen, said: “The past few years of investment into the quality of our online training courses are now really paying off. When we collaborated with SkillSafe and the Dutch Shipping Inspectorate four years ago, we intended to create a new learning concept for STCW approved training. We had no idea back then how crucial online training would become. During the global pandemic, online training is a convenient, cost-effective and sustainable solution to meeting the maritime industry’s essential training needs.”

From January to October 2019, Rood Boven Groen’s online training sales were 100% from passenger shipping companies and cruise liners. From January to October 2020, there was a shift towards non-passenger shipping companies in the offshore industry.

Training for seafarers must continue for merchant shipping companies that are still sailing. For example, seafarers going onboard for the first time must receive security awareness training and experienced seafarers must renew certain certificates every five years.

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NEW BOATS SWELL GERMANY’S SEA RESCUE CLOUT Due into service at the turn of the year with the German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (DGzRS) is SK41, the fifth in a series of six redesigned 27.9m x 6.2m sea cruisers.

Built by specialist Fassmer Werft , SK41’s propulsion comprises two MTU 16V 2000 M72 main engines of 2,880kW developing 24 knots over fixed propellers.The boat has ZF DF reverse gearing and a 75kW bow thruster.

Like its predecessors, SK41 draws 1.95m, carries a crew of four and is self-righting. The multi-functional boat also has state-of- the-art firefighting and medical equipment. It carries an 8.2m tender with an automatic launch system, also built by Fassmer and driven by a 170kW Steyr SE 236 E40 marine diesel.

The latest 28m Class newbuild is being followed in autumn 2021 by sister SK42. Currently the last on order in the latest series of 28m Class cruisers, S42 is also being built at Fassmer.

Unusually for the DGzRS - but yet like SK40 Hamburg named earlier this year - SK42’s name is already known: Nis Randers.

SK40 Hamburg entered service in April. Naming was originally planned in the German port city but scrapped because of COVID 19. Instead the boat went straight to work and saw impressive rescue action as SK40 before being officially named in a small ceremony in Bremen in July.

Elsewhere smaller boats point up the ever-increasing specialist demands being placed on the volunteer German sea rescue fleet along a nearly 2,400km North Sea and Baltic coastline between Holland and Poland.

Photo DGzRS

LIGHTWEIGHT RBBS Joining the DGzRS soon is SRB 82, an 8.9m x 3.10m fast, lightweight polyethylene RBB, built at Finnish yard Arctic Airboats. It’s for service on the Schlei, a 42kms shallow bay and swamp inlet between the Baltic and Schleswig north of Kiel.

The DGzRS already has three robust RBBs in operation.

Drawing just 0.88m and of 38 knots they are propelled by Yamaha FL200g and F200G outboards, each of about 150kW. The latest RBB - SRB 81 Eva Ahrens-Thies - entered service in August on the Stettin Lagoon in the Oder Estuary on the

8 Impressive MK41 engine mounting at Fassmer

Photo DGzRS

Germany’s sea rescue service adds another state-of-the-art 28m Class cruiser soon at the end of a bumper year of new vessels in all shapes and sizes

border between Germany and Poland. The unusual lagoon covers nearly 700km² and has a mean depth of 3.8m. A further, identical RBB is due into service mid 2021 as SRB 83. It will serve out of Prerov, a Baltic national park and sea resort area.

The latest newbuild in a DGzRS fleet of about 60 cruisers and rescue boats is SRB 78 Otto Diersch. That 9.5-10.1m Class boat was named in Bremen in October and is now working on the German Bight. The class is one of the service’s biggest with over 30 boats now in operation.

Otto Diersch was built by Tamsen Maritim shipyard in Rostock and sailed along the coast - and presumably through the Kiel Canal - by volunteers. The 10.1m x 3.61m newbuild draws 0.96m and has a Cummins 6BTA 5.9 M 235kW main engine, reduction gearing and a fixed propeller.

It develops 18 knots.

8 Fast new RBBs meet special coastal demands

TAMSEN NEWBUILD As this report was being completed DGzRS spokesman Ralf Baur told Maritime Journal that another newbuild - SRB 80 was undergoing sea trials and final outfitting at Tamsen. It is the last in the current series of 9.5/10.1m Class newbuilds and is planned for service out of Travemünde at the end of the year, he said.

New DGzRS acquisitions don’t end there. As well as the already mentioned sixth 28m Class cruiser, another impressive newbuild will join the service in 2021.

It is the service’s first training boat and it is taking shape at the inland shipyard of Hermann Barthel on the Elbe - another first. The newbuild will be of about 22m but no further details have yet been revealed.

The DGzRS already has three robust RBBs in operation.

Drawing just 0.88m and of 38 knots they are propelled by Yamaha FL200g and F200G outboards, each of about 150kW

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POLLUTION CONTROL

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR AIR POLLUTION MONITORING France’s Ministry of the Sea is deploying a sniff er drone in the Pas-de-Calais region of the Dover Straits in order to help enforce the emission regulations writes Dag Pike The Dover Straits are the World’s busiest area for ship movements in the two way traffic separation zone that concentrates incoming shipping to the French side of the Straits. The drone is being made available to France by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the unmanned aircraft will fly above the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme, which is part of the North Sea Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) where tighter pollution emission rules apply. Ships navigating in this area must not use fuel with a sulphur concentration higher than 0.1% whereas in other areas the limitation is set at 0.5%.

The information collected from the drone which includes the sulphur concentration in the emissions, images of vessels, the flight trajectory and the gas measurements can be transmitted live from the drone and they will be recorded at EMSA’s data centre The operations with the drone started in September and are planned to continue for a period of three months. The flights are operating from the Regional Surveillance and Rescue Operational Center (CROSS) at Cap Gris-Nez and this base will serve as logistical base and will coordinate the follow-up on the flights from any ships detected as not complying with the fuel requirement.

The information collected from the drone which includes the sulphur concentration in the emissions, images of

vessels, the flight trajectory and the gas measurements can be transmitted live from the drone and they will be recorded at EMSA’s data centre. This RPAS Data Centre is linked to THETIS-EU, which is a European database used by authorities around Europe who are responsible for ship inspections. If the emissions measurement taken by the drone indicates a breach of the concentration limit, a subsequent ship inspection may be triggered at the next port of call and EU member states are informed of these breaches to facilitate coordination of ship inspections.

This use of drones to measure and help enforce the fuel quality requirements set by IMO matches a similar system being operated by the Danish authorities covering the area between Sweden and Denmark known as the Great Belt. If the results of both of these trials are successful, then this method of checking ship’s emissions is likely to expand as a cheaper alternative to using manned aircraft.

8 The flights are operating from the Regional Surveillance and Rescue Operational Center (CROSS) at Cap Gris-Nez

AI radar processing for oil spill detection To further strengthen the Norbit solutions for oil spill detection, met. ocean measurements and target detection, Norbit has acquired the SeaDarQ radar processing technology from Nortek AS. The SeaDarQ software, including radar raw data processing algorithms, will be fully integrated with Norbit’s existing SeaCOP system. The SeaCOP system combines remote sensing technologies like radar, AIS, daylight/ infrared cameras and sonars, with state-ofthe-art data fusion and artificial intelligence.

The introduction of the new SeaCOP sensor integration platform and decision support system represent a major technical

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8 SeaDarQ radar processing technology

leap for ports and harbours, maritime law enforcement as well as the offshore energy sector says Norbit.

“More than 10 years of research has gone into the development of the algorithms for radar-based detection of pollution on water in the SeaDarQ software. When this is combined with the camera-based detection algorithms from Norbit, a unique and ground-breaking technology for environmental monitoring is created,” says Per Jørgen Weisethaunet, CEO of Norbit.

Norbit claims that the combined solution will be an important contributor to reduce the probability for, and minimize the consequence of, an oil spill, for all its onshore and offshore customers.

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EXCUSE ME, BUT IS THIS YOUR PLASTIC LITTER?

Image: The Great Bubble Barrier

The plastic catch of the Bubble Barrier, Amsterdam, is being examined by the Plastic Soup Foundation.

The research, on behalf of the Municipality of Amsterdam and the Regional Water Authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht, is investigating which brands are common and whether the waste can be traced back to its source. This data could inform conversations with producers about alternatives to disposable plastic packaging and a rapid introduction of a deposit on cans.

With the help of a team of volunteers, the waste collected by the Bubble Barrier screen is being dried, analyzed and categorised under the so-called OSPAR method, a practical and cost-effective way of monitoring waterborne litter. This will provide valuable information post monitoring period giving information about the many sources, the kind of plastic pollution and the variations of plastic waste per season.

Moreover, a ‘catch of the month’ will be highlighted on Instagram and Facebook, a ‘showand-tell’ on the most caught and unique items.

Pioneering marine plastic detection system A LADAR (laser detection and ranging) system has been developed that can supercharge plastic detection capabilities for real-time eco monitoring of rivers and coasts, harbours and ports.

Anglo-Norwegian R&D company Ladar Ltd’s LADAR system uses a laser beam pulse to provide reliable and long-range plastic detection with high-speed operation and no latency. Highly accurate measurement provides a full 3D perspective of the scanned area or target in real time. Its laser bandwidth configuration can be adapted to different light wavelengths depending on requirements.

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8 Williams Shipping Manor House Avenue, Milbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 0LF Tel: +44 2380 529555 marine@williams-shipping.co.uk Providing marine and logistics services for over 120 years. Pontoons, Tugs, Workboats, Fast Launches, Multipurpose Barges with cranes. Roadtransportable Multicats, full operational base facilities, craneage and open storage. Our group includes marine services & vessel charter, road transport & heavy haulage, container hire & sales, warehousing & storage, and marine lubricants distribution.

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8 Righton Blackburns Building 38, Second Avenue, The Pensnett Estate, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 7UE Tel: +44 1384 276400 sales@rblimited.co.uk Universally acknowledged as market leader for the supply of raw materials to the marine industry, Righton Blackburns is your first choice for aluminium, stainless steel, copper alloys, plastics, composites and steel products.

ANCHORS 8 Schmitt Anchors and Chain Cables B.V. Post Box 5500, Rotterdam, 3008 AM Tel: +31-88-0 234 100 info@schmitt-anchors.com A 24 hour worldwide service for new anchors, chaincables and other marine supplies. All available from stock.

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CRANES 8 HS Marine Via G. Marconi, 33 Sabbioneta, Italy, MN 46018 Tel: +39 0375 254 819 info@hsmarine.net HS.Marine is a leading ship and offshore cranes manufacturer with the world's widest range of models ranging from 5 to 1.000 tm capacity. All crane models are specifically designed, masterly built and assembled to provide our customers top quality.

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

Craneking, working with our partners, can deliver a comprehensive range of marine cranes for all sectors of the industry, including both standard supply or bespoke solutions. Design, installation, service support and training can be provided by our team of highly trained engineers.

DECK EQUIPMENT 8 Ibercisa Deck Machinery Molinos 25, (Pontevedra), 36213-Vigo Tel: +34 986 213 900 Fax: +34 986 202 779 ibercisa@ibercisa.es www.ibercisa.es Ibercisa is a technological company.

Founded in 1969, has been dedicated to the design and manufacture, under its own technology, a widest range of deck machinery for all kind of marine markets (fishing, tugs, oceanographic, navy, offshore, civil, merchant, research and dredging).

Lemans Nederland BV See under: Winches 8 Atlas Winch & Hoist Services Ltd Old Station Yard, Station Road, Biggar, Lanarkshire, ML12 6DQ Tel: +44 1899 221577 Mobile: +44 7836 545117 Fax: +44 1899 221515 info@winchhire.com www.winchhire.co.uk Hirers and Suppliers of 2/4/6/8-point mooring sets available, single, double and triple drum winches available.

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DESIGN Deri Jones & Associates Ltd Llwyngwyn, Forge, Machynlleth, SY20 8RR Tel: +44 1654 702001 info@djaweb.co.uk We focus on the engineering and design of construction systems for complex, large structures, providing accurate parts for CNC cutting and comprehensive assembly instructions.

8 Southerly Designs 2 Carrol St, Port Denison, 6525 Tel: +61 8 9927 2750 info@southerly.com.au Southerly Designs is a leading designer of high speed aluminium working vessels. Specialists in high and medium speed monohull vessels. Patrol and Military vessels.

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Landing craft. Offshore support and crew boats.

Over 600 vessels in service. southerly.com.au 8 Island Computer Systems Ltd 41 Horsebridge Hill, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TJ Tel: +44 1983 827100 info@maxsurf.net Maxsurf provides naval architects, surveyors, offshore engineers and shipbuilders with a complete range of software tools for all phases of the vessel design, analysis and construction process.

DIESEL ENGINES & SPARES 8 Beta Marine Ltd Davy Way, Waterwells, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL8 8LT Tel: +44 1453 723492 Fax: +44 1453 883742 sales@betamarine.co.uk www.betamarine.co.uk Since 1987 Beta Marine has developed an enviable reputation for providing quiet and smooth-running marine diesel engines and generating sets to suit a wide variety of applications.

They are renowned for durability, longevity, reliability and deliver an excellent return on investment.

WKM Cornelisse Trading BV Leerbroekseweg 43, PO Box 146, Gorinchem, 4200 AC Tel: +31 345 517122 Fax: +31 345 684 230 info@wkmcornelisse.com www.wkmcornelisse.com Replacement parts for Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, John Deere, Deutz, FP Diesel. Buying and selling engines, pumps, separators, fenders, winches, cranes, governors, tools, gensets second hand. Separators.

Distributors for J.A.McDermott Corp.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE

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

WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems 8 Diesel Engines Online BV Augustapolder 11, 2992 SR Barendrecht Tel: +31 180 699273 Fax: +31 180 699274 www.dieselenginesonline.com Diesel Engines Online B.V. is an independent supplier for Genuine Cummins spare parts and Cummins diesel engines.

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

8 Mitchell Powersystems Unit 1 The Quadrangle, Abbey Park Ind Est, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9AQ Tel: +44 1794 518744 / +44 1623 550 550 Fax: +44 1794 518766 sales@mitchells.co.uk www.mitchells.co.uk The largest Volvo Penta Centre in the UK, supported by nationally located branches and Dealer Network.

8 Volspec Ltd Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 8SE Tel: +44 1621 869756 Fax: +44 1621 868859 enquiries@volspec.co.uk www.volspec.co.uk Volspec Ltd the UK’s premier Volvo Penta Centre with the UK’s largest stock of genuine spare parts, engines and accessories for the marine, commercial and industrial markets. Competent factory trained workshop based or mobile engineers ready to assist whenever required to both UK and international customers. Our online web shop available for UK and many European markets at www.volvopenta.com/volspec/en-GB

DIESEL POWER & PROPULSION 8 Motorenrevisie Spaarnestad Nijverheidsweg 27G, Haarlem, 2031 CN Tel: +31 23 531 03 17 revisie@spaarnestad.nl With over 30 years of experience in the field of maritime & industrial diesel engines. We are official dealer of Bosch Diesel Center | John Deere | Yanmar | Balmar | Zenoro | Delphi | Caterpillar | MTU (Service dealer)

DISTRESS SIGNALS & PYROTECHNICS Seago See under: Liferafts 8 Dacon AS Durudveien 35, HASLUM., 1344 Tel: +47 21 06 35 10 rescue@dacon.no Norway's leading supplier of lamps and portable lighting for professional use, transport boxes, portable fans, inspection equipment for visual condition control, man-overboard boarding systems etc.

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

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

DIVING & MARINE CONTRACTORS 8 Northern Divers (Eng) Ltd Oslo Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull, Yorkshire, HU7 0YN Tel: +44 1482 227276 Fax: +44 1482 215712 contact@northerndivers.co.uk www.northerndivers.co.uk Established in 1963 we are one of the leading diving contractors in the UK with divers and management experienced in all aspects of underwater work to a maximum depth of 50 metres. We can offer a full complement of diving equipment and a various range of marine craft to cover your requirements.

Medway Diving Contractors Ltd 215 City Way, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2TL Tel: +44 1634 829818 Fax: +44 1634 408195 meddive@aol.com www.medwaydiving.co.uk Established over 31 years 24hr service. All aspects of underwater work and inspection BS EN ISO 9001:2000 approved Bureau Veritas Classification.

Approved UK and Worldwide service to 50 metres. Full range of equipment. ADC Member.

8 Quest Underwater Services Ltd Ferryman’s Way, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9YU Tel: +44 1929 405029 Fax: +44 1929 405472 info@questmarine.co.uk www.questmarine.co.uk Today Quest provides a large range of diving and marine related services and owns and operates a comprehensive fleet of marine plant and equipment from our operations base at Portland Harbour Dorset.

DREDGING BP Norse Marine (UK) Cleverley Cottage, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 1FX Tel: +44 1489 890031 Fax: +44 1489 890031 jan@bpnorsemarine.co.uk www.bpnorsemarine.co.uk Coastal towing, tug with 12 tonne BP, 160 cubic meters Hopper Barge, 16x8m Crane barge/dredger - Barge Norse 2, silt disposal, quayside maintenance & fendering, and fully crewed deliveries.

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8 UK Dredging Queen Alexandra House, Cargo Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan, CF10 4LY Tel: +44 2920 835200 Fax: +44 2920 835216 ukd@abports.co.uk www.ukdredging.co.uk UK leader offers efficient solutions to dredging requirements throughout Europe. Modern vessels feature latest technology, in-dock dredging maintenance, capital works, buoy lifting and hydrographic/land surveys.

8 Jenkins Marine New Harbour Road West, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4AJ Tel: +44 1202 668558 Fax: +44 1202 669209 office@jenkinsmarine.co.uk www.jenkinsmarine.co.uk Dredging contractors, owners and operators of self-propelled dredge pontoons, split hopper barges, Workboats, tugs and flat deck barges (available with spud legs) 8 Rohde Nielsen A/S Nyhavn 20, Copenhagen K., DK-1051 Tel: +45 33 91 25 07 Fax: +45 33 91 25 14 mail@rohde-nielsen.dk www.rohde-nielsen.com.

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

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

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

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS

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

Neyland Marine Services Limited Unit 52, Honeyborough Business Park, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1SE Tel: +44 1646 600358 Fax: +44 1646 600323 neylandmarine@aol.com www.neylandmarine.co.uk Fault finding, repairs and servicing and all electrical and electronic equipment, communication and navigation systems, motor servicing, windlasses, winches, switchboard and generator specialists, circuit breaker (primary and secondary injection testing), full thermal imaging analysis and reports.

DREDGING EQUIPMENT

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

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

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

8 Seadrec Ltd Blackhall House, Blackhall Lane, PO Box 45, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 1HH Tel: +44 1418 874131 seadrec@aol.com We specialise in dredge and associated ship construction based on over 150 years of experience in designing and supplying all types of dredges, dredging systems and components to the Civil Dredging Industry, e.g. Port Authorities, Dredging Contractors & Marine Aggregate Producers.

Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders

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

ELECTRONICS - GENERAL 8 BPX Electro Mechanical Unit 3 Rothley Lodge Commercial Park, Leicester, LE7 7NL Tel: +44 1162 999100 For over 50 years we have been proudly stocking, selling, supporting and servicing automation and control components, devices and solutions, operating as distributors for many of the world’s leading electrical, electronic and pneumatic manufacturers.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE EXHAUST SYSTEMS

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

8 Halyard (M&I) Limited 86 Cobham Rd, Ferndown Industrial Est, Wimborne, Dorset, UK, BH21 7PQ Tel: +44 1722 710922 technical@halyard.eu.com Exhaust Systems - Noise & Vibration Control - Environmental Protection specialists, Halyard, designs and manufactures high quality, technically advanced equipment. Halyard also distribute: Aquadrive, Emigreen DPF & SCR, Seatorque shaft systems, Siderise noise insulation and Wave filtration.

8 Marine Fire Safety Limited Unit D1-D4, Bridge Business Centre, Brickhouse Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8JW Tel: +44 1342 844379 Fax: +44 1342 843172 info@marinefiresafety.co.uk www.marinefiresafety.co.uk Marine Fire Safety are the UK and Europe’s No1 supplier of Marine Approved Stat-X Aerosol Fire Suppression Systems. We offer Supply, Installation and Maintenance for protecting engine rooms and machinery spaces using Stat-X, CO2, FM200 and Novec. We also do Nobel K Galley Systems, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Fire Blankets, Hoses, Connections and Nozzles plus SOLAS liferafts. All at competitive prices.

FENDERS / FENDERING 8 Fender Innovations Westrak 240, 1771 SV Wieringerwerf Tel: +31 22 37 64 170 info@fenderinnovations.nl Tailor designed and produced Fender Systems specifically adapted to the field of operation. Shared properties of the systems are a minimal weight and long lasting durability. Various mounting options. For almost every application such as: tenders, fast rescue, research and survey, wind farm support Vessels, heavy duty ribs, superyacht tenders.

Battley Marine Ltd East End House, Billingford, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RD Tel: +44 1362 668641 Fax: +44 1362 668930 battleymarine@gmail.com www.battleymarine.com Fenders - New and second-hand: all types. Pneumatic (to ISO 17357), Foam, Rubber & Plastic. First Yokohama approved fender repair company worldwide in 1976. Inspection, refurbishment, renetting services also available (no fix, no fee). Batmar Super Sliding Fender (HDPE): the recycled plastic alternative to timber. Pneumatic and Foam fenders available for Hire at competitive rates – all sizes.

ISO 9001:2008 certified.

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

8 Manuplas Unit 18 Estover Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7PY Tel: +44 1752 771740 sales@manuplas.co.uk Manuplas design and manufacture vessel fendering, quayside fenders, navigation buoys, mooring buoys and subsea buoys. Manuplas supply to ports, harbours, navies, boat builders and operators and the offshore energy market.

FINANCE 8 Shawbrook Bank Prospero, 73 London Rd, Redhill, RH1 1LQ Tel: +44 7789 685 357 / +44 7799 134 682 paul.ratcliffe@shawbrook.co.uk Specialist marine finance provider for UK based SME companies. Marine mortgages available for workboats, WFSV’s, tugs, barges, dredgers, ferries, Thames river craft, hire fleets, coastal ships and other commercial vessels.

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FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEMS 8 Aksis Fire - Marine Fire Protection Deri O.S.B. Kazlıçeşme Cad. No: 5 Çarşı, Kompleksi Kat : 1 No : 23, Tuzla Deri Sanayi, Tuzla / Istanbul, 34956 Tel: +90 216 306 82 16 Fax: +90 216 504 06 35 aksisfire@aksisfire.com.tr www.aksisfire.com.tr/ Aksis formed by engineers who have extensive proven experience since 1994 in fixed based internal and external fire protection systems in the Marine and Offshore Industries, including Oil/Chemical Tankers, Cargo Vessels, Offshore Vessels, Fishing Vessels, Fi-Fi Tugs and Luxury Boats. We are proud to announce that we have delivered 1000 Fire Extinguishing Systems to 475 ships.

FIRE PROTECTION 8 Global Insulation (European) Ltd Unit 84, Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0EL Tel: +44 2392 462113 globalinsulate@btconnect.com 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.

WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems 8 Sulzer Rotating Equipment Services UK Southampton Service Center, Centurion Industrial Park, Bitterne Road West, Southampton, SO18 1ZA Tel: +44 2380 631 611 service.uk@sulzer.com Sulzer is one of the leading independent electromechanical maintenance providers and repairers of all types of motor, generator and their auxiliary equipment. When pumps, turbines, compressors, generators, and motors are essential to operations, we offer technically advanced and innovative solutions. We support you by delivering specialized services for vessels in dock or at sea. A full range of services are available from our UK based hub in Southampton, or from any one of our global electromechanical facilities.

8 Atlantis Marine Power Limited Western Wood Way, Langage Science Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5BG Tel: +44 1752 208810 sales@atlantismarine.com UK distributors for Kohler generators from 5 to 500 kw prime power. Kohler’s patented P-Gen load share system facilitates smaller generators increasing redundancy and reducing fuel consumption.

Webasto Webasto House, White Rose Way, Doncaster Carr, South Yorkshire, DN4 5JH Tel: +44 1302 322232 Fax: +44 1302 322231 info-uk@webasto.com www.webasto.co.uk Webasto offers robust heating and air conditioning solutions for retrofitting or as original equipment. they do this for any type of commercial boat, patrol craft, cargo vessel, passenger boat or naval vessel. We are also now the sole distributor of WhisperPower in the UK.

HEAT EXCHANGERS & MARINE TUBING

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

EJ Bowman (Birmingham) Ltd Chester Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4AP Tel: +44 121 359 5401 Fax: +44 121 359 7495 info@ejbowman.co.uk www.ejbowman.co.uk E J Bowman is a leading manufacturer of heat exchangers for a wide range of marine cooling applications. The product range includes heat exchangers, oil coolers and charge air coolers for marine engines, gearboxes, thrusters, stabilisers, power steering, generators, hydraulic power packs, winches and other deck equipment.

GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

8 Kohler Power Systems 1 Kristallaan, Zevenbergen, 4761 ZC Tel: +1 800-544-2444 Muriel.Huguet@kohlereurope.com Kohler Power Systems, provides complete power systems, including generators (residential, industrial, mobile, portable, and marine), automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear, monitoring controls, and accessories for emergency, prime power and energy-management applications.

Kohler has delivered energy solutions for markets worldwide since 1920.

8 Webasto Webasto House, White Rose Way, Doncaster Carr, South Yorkshire, DN4 5JH Tel: +44 1302 322232 Fax: +44 1302 322231 info-uk@webasto.com www.webasto.co.uk Webasto offers robust heating and air conditioning solutions for retrofitting or as original equipment. they do this for any type of commercial boat, patrol craft, cargo vessel, passenger boat or naval vessel. We are also now the sole distributor of WhisperPower in the UK.

GALLEY AND LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT

HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS 8 Advanced Component Technology Ltd Unit 4, Ryefield Way, Silsden, Yorkshire, BD20 0EF Tel: +44 1535 650010 Fax: +44 1535 657674 sales@adcomtec.co.uk www.adcomtec.co.uk With over 25 years experience in hydraulic engineering we supply and distribute the full range of Staffa Motors and Kawasaki Hydraulic Pumps 8 Brimmond Group Tofthill Avenue, Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, AB51 0QP Tel: +44 1467 633805 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 clients needs.

INSURANCE SERVICES 8 A-Plan Insurance 2 Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 1DB Tel: +44 1905 930760 sales@aplan.co.uk A-Plan Commercial Marine is a long established Specialist Insurance broker providing insurance solutions to the UK Marine market.

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

Knighthood Corporate Assurance Services Ltd Knighthood House, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, Sussex, RH19 1LB Tel: +44 1342 327111 Fax: +44 1342 319575 enquiries@knighthoodcorporate.com www.knighthoodcorporate.com Leading specialist Marine Underwriting Agents & Insurance Brokers to the maritime industry, offering a range of bespoke insurance policies for commercial passenger craft, tugs, workboats and marine service operators throughout the UK and Europe

JACK-UP BARGES Fastnet Shipping Ltd See under: Workboats

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT 8 Jo Bird & Co Ltd Factory Lane, Basonbridge, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4RN Tel: +44 1278 785546 Fax: +44 1278 780541 info@jobird.co.uk www.jobird.co.uk Jo Bird and company have been making safety equipment cabinets from composite materials for over 30 years.

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UML Limited c/o Ocean Signal Limited Unit 4, Ocivan Way, Margate, CT9 4NN Tel: +44 1843 282930 sales@oceansignal.com The UML range of ISO:12402-7 approved Lifejacket Inflation Systems and SOLAS approved SeaFlash Lifejacket Lights are used extensively in the leisure, commercial and military sectors throughout Europe, Scandinavia and Asia Pacific.

Adec Marine Limited 4 Masons Av, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 9XS Tel: +44 2086 869717 Fax: +44 2086 809912 sales@adecmarine.co.uk www.adecmarine.co.uk Servicing and hire of liferafts, boats and lifejackets. Sales of a complete range of marine safety and fire fighting equipment to Solas and MED.

LIFERAFTS 8 Seago Deanland Business Park, Golden Cross, East Sussex, BN27 3RP Tel: +44 1825 873567 sales@seagocommercial.co.uk Seago Commercial specialise in sale and hire of Solas and ISO approved liferafts. With a range of products including lifejackets, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnics, industrial fibre ropes, wire ropes and chains.

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

MAN OVERBOARD RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 8 I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd 15 Moor Rd, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 8AZ Tel: +44 1202 657814 info@icbrindle.com I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd , specialise in man overboard , lifesaving equipment and waterside safety for the commercial shipping industry as well as being one of the leading publishers of Maritime training publications Energy Marine (International) Ltd 12 Clipstone Brook Ind Estate, Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TX Tel: +44 1525 851234 Fax: +44 1525 852345 info@engmar.com www.engmar.com The UK importers and distributors of the Markusnet MOB retrieval systems manufactured by Markus Lifenet in Iceland and applicable for all types of boats, ships and offshore installations.

MARINE CIVILS 8 Walcon Marine Cockerell Close, Segensworth West, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5SR Tel: +44 1489 579977 Fax: +44 1489 579988 sales@walconmarine.com www.walconmarine.com Walcon Marine is a market leader providing quality design, products, construction and installation of yacht harbours and berthing facilities worldwide together with a first class service to its customers.

MARINE CONSTRUCTION 8 Land & Water Group Ltd Weston Yard, Albury, Surrey, GU5 9AF Tel: +44 844 225 1958 Fax: +44 844 875 1261 enquiries@land-water.co.uk www.land-water.co.uk With forty years’ experience, we bring reassurance, innovation, inspiration and future-proof results to projects in the sensitive habitats where land and water meet.

MODULAR PONTOON SYSTEMS 8 Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, PO Box 70, Sliedrecht, 3360 AB Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com Hire & Sales of containerised modular (spud) pontoons with a height of 4, 6 and 8 ft, modular multipontoons. See Baars Charter at Dredging Equipment for barges.

8 TMS (Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd) Unit 22B Dawlish Business Park, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NH Tel: +44 1626 866066 Fax: +44 1626 864288 info@tmsmaritime.co.uk www.tmsmaritime.co.uk TMS Ltd have many years of expertise in Marine and Civil Engineering.

We operate throughout UK and Europe, where we utilise our unrivalled abilities and professionalism to successfully complete marine and civil engineering projects.

MONITORING SYSTEMS

Medtow Marine Ltd Kent, DA37LS Tel: +44 7831 168996 Fax: +44 1474833336 medtowmarine@yahoo.co.uk Piling, jetty maintenance/demolition, floating crane hire, tugs, workboats, lighter hire, pontoon hire, welding, river transportation of materials and equipment, licensed Boatmasters watermen and lightermen.

MOORING & BERTHING - GENERAL

MARINE RENEWABLES 8 Outreach Ltd Abbots Road, Middlefield Industrial Estate, Falkirk, FK2 9AR Tel: +44 1324 889 000 Fax: +44 1324 888901 mailbox@outreach.plc.uk www.outreach.plc.uk We provide versatile hydraulic lifting equipment solutions for offshore platforms, wind energy installations, shipbuilding and marine sectors.

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

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

Approved examiners for the Scms Certifying Authority for small commercial vessels under 24m length.

Surveyors at Southampton, Liverpool and Rotterdam.

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

Smith Berger Marine Inc 7915 10th Avenue So, Seattle, WA 98108 Tel: +1 206 764 4650 Fax: +1 206 764 4653 sales@smithberger.com www.smithberger.com We have a long history of providing excellent customer service, quality products and superior performance. Our engineering and manufacturing experience allows us to furnish customised equipment to suit any application and environment. In addition to our standard products being well received, our ability to furnish specially engineered.

MOORING & BERTHING EQUIPMENT 8 Péguet & Cie Maillon Rapide, 12 rue des Buchillons, B.P.205, Annemasse, F-74105 Tel: +33 450 95 58 23 Fax: +33 450 92 22 06 d.durand@peguet.fr www.peguet.fr Product range fully certified: Self certification in permanent connections as machinery part.-EN 362 certified product range in PPE industrial safety – connectors. Over 200 items available, made in France.

NAVAIDS 8 Trinity House The Quay, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3JW Tel: +44 1255 245121 Fax: +44 1255 245009 Commercial@trinityhouse.co.uk www.trinityhouse.co.uk Trinity House offers customers cost effective solutions for the maintenance of marine aids to navigation and the provision of marine data acquisition.

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

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

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 8 Navico UK Ltd (Simrad) Nyåskaiveien 2, Egersund, N-4374 Tel: +47 51 46 47 00 info.marine@c-map.com Navico’s Commercial Marine Division is comprised of two globally recognized brands Simrad and C-MAP is exclusively focused on the commercial marine electronics market.

8 AMI Marine Ltd Unit 9, Crosshouse Centre, Crosshouse Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 5GZ Tel: +44 2380 480450 enquiries@amimarine.com Commercial vessel bridge safety and navigation systems with a global network of service engineers available 24/7 365 days a year.

Providing turnkey solutions and continually delivering unrivalled quality and reliability

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

Ice class compatible lights plus control and monitoring systems.

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

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

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INDUSTRY DATABASE

8 Tidal Transit Limited Unit 6 North Creake Airfield Business Park, Bunkers Hill, Egmere, Walsingham, Norfolk Tel: +44 1328 854 225 charter@tidal-transit.com Tidal Transit provides access solutions to the offshore energy industry. Via its fleet of purpose built vessels, Tidal Transit transports people and cargo to and from offshore assets. The company's fleet is focused on increasing efficiency and time on structures with the aim of reducing the LOCE

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL 8 Adler & Allan Ltd 80 Station Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1HQ Tel: +44 800 592827 sales@adlerandallan.co.uk Emergency environmental spill response and planning services, accredited by the International Spill Accreditation Scheme - third-party Tier 2 Oil Spill Response Organisation for sheltered/enclosed waters, coastal & large estuary and shoreline clean-up 8 Lamor Corporation UK Ltd 3 Medina Court, Arctic Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7XD Tel: +44 1983 280185 Fax: +44 1983 280056 uk.info@lamor.com www.lamor.com Lamor is the world leader in the manufacture of products and services for the Oil Spill Response Industry. We design and produce Booms, Skimmers, Pumps, Dispersant systems, Vessels and we also design recovery systems to be built into new and older vessels.

MCA/IMO Training, Design and Consultancy on a worldwide basis.

PR, MEDIA & ADVERTISING AGENCIES Sue Stevens Media Ltd 7 Foxhills, Ashurst, SO40 7ED Tel: +44 2380 292992 suestevens@suestevensmedia.co.uk 25 years’ experience specializing in Commercial Marine. Media buying, strategic PR campaign planning and implementation, press releases compilation and distribution, newsletters, company brochures and clients’ magazines and social media management.

PAINTS & COATINGS MATERIALS 8 Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd 7 Stather Road, Flixborough Industrial estate, Scunthorpe, DN15 8RR Tel: +44 1724 400 000 marineenquiries@jotun.co.uk Jotun is the global leading provider of marine coatings, with established positions in protective, decorative and powder coatings worldwide. It has 39 production facilities and representation in over 100 countries.

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

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PILOT BOATS Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build & Repair 8 Safehaven Marine Ashgrove, Cobh, Cork Tel: +353 86 8054582 info@safehavenmarine.com Builders of the Interceptor Pilot Boat range, 11.5m, 13m, 14.5m & 16.5m. For when you demand strength and exceptional seakeeping. Also builders of GRP Crew transfer, Patrol & SAR boats, Hydrographic survey vessels, Work boats and Passenger Vessels

PIPE COUPLINGS Marine Ventures Ltd - Straub Pipe Coupling - Repair Clamps Marven House, 1 Field Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6AP Tel: +44 118 950 3707 Fax: +44 118 950 4066 straub@marineventures.co.uk www.straub.co.uk Straub pipe joining system and wraparound pipe repair clamps concept.

A well proven means of joining plain-end metal (carbon, cunifer, stainless) pipework in minutes.

PONTOONS Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders 8 Walcon Marine Cockerell Close, Segensworth West, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5SR Tel: +44 1489 579977 Fax: +44 1489 579988 sales@walconmarine.com www.walconmarine.com Marine civil works including steel tube/ timber piling, pile extraction, sheet piling and jetty construction using selfpropelled barge. Manufacturers of high quality pontoon and associated equipment.

POWER & PROPULSION 8 OXE Marine Metallgatan 17 b, Ängelholm, SE-262 72 Tel: +46 431-37 11 30 info@oxemarine.com The OXE Diesel is designed and built for commercial users. Endurance, Reliability, Power and Control is key.

The world’s first commercial diesel outboard combines the reliability and endurance of marine inboards with the flexibility and agility of outboard engines, offering unprecedented efficiency, range and torque. We are driven by the ambition to transform the outboard motor; impacting the journey towards a more sustainable and ecologically positive marine environment.

8 Vulkan Industries Ltd Archer Rd/Armytage Road Ind Est, Brighouse, HD6 1XF Tel: +44 1484 712273 The Vulkan Group, into which the Vulkan company founded in 1889 is integrated today, is composed of three company divisions: Vulkan Couplings, Vulkan Drive Tech and Vulkan Lokring.

Datum Electronics See under: Electrical Systems

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

8 Marine Jet Power AB Hansellisgatan 6, Uppsala, SE-754 50 Tel: +46 10 164 10 00 sales@marinejetpower.com For more than 30 years, Marine Jet Power (MJP) has been redefining the waterjet market with innovation and unsurpassed quality. Engineered and built in Sweden, MJP’s proven stainless steel, mixed-flow waterjets are used in many diverse applications, from fast military craft and passenger vessels to workboats worldwide.

8 Hamilton Jet EMEA Unit 26, The Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XZ Tel: +44 1342 313437 Fax: +44 1342 313438 marketing@emea.hamiltonjet.com www.hamiltonjet.com HamiltonJet waterjets provide highly efficient propulsion for high speed vessels operating in the world’s most demanding marine environments.

PUMPS, COMPRESSORS & HYDRAULICS

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

PROPELLERS & STERN GEAR 8 Teignbridge Propellers International Ltd Great Western Way, Forde Road, Brunel Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4AW Tel: +44 1626 333377 Fax: +44 1626 360783 info@teignbridge.co.uk www.teignbridge.co.uk World leaders in innovation, design and manufacture of high performance, high quality propellers and sterngear for 40 years. Approved by all major classification societies. Propellers to 2.55m, shaftlines to 400mm

PROPULSION SYSTEMS 8 WaterMota Ltd Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Est, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ Tel: +44 1626 830910 Fax: +44 1626 830911 dm@watermota.co.uk www.watermota.co.uk WaterMota has been supplying the marine industry with engine room packages since 1911. Heat exchanger / keel cooled propulsion engines from 5.8 to 22 litres, auxiliary engines, generating sets and custom built power packs, heavy duty reversing gearboxes, hydraulic and power steering systems and power takeoff units, heavy duty sea water pumps for most makes of engines, strainers, impellers and accessories, installation and servicing.

Supplying Azcue, D-I, Doosan, Hyundai SeasAll and JMP.

8 Besenzoni Via Molere, Sarnico BS, 24067 Tel: +39 035 910456 Fax: +39 035 4261633 info@besenzoni.it www.besenzoni.com/ Besenzoni offers an incomparable range of products: hydraulic gangways, cranes of every capacity for stowing tenders on deck, hydraulic platforms, sliding roof systems, pilot seats, table and seat pedestals, boarding equipment such as simple ladders or articulating stairs that deploy from the hull of the vessel by touching a button, and many more articles.

RIBS (Rigid Inflatable Boat) 8 Specialised Marine Support Ltd Specialised Marine Support Ltd, Easdale, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4RF Tel: +44 1852 300341 info@specialisedmarinesupport.com Accredited and Achilles FPAL registered company specialising in personnel and equipment transfers, safety and guard boat duties, survey and logistical support to the emerging offshore renewables and offshore construction industries throughout Europe.

ROVS Planet Ocean Ltd Unit 16 Camberley Business Centre, Bracebridge, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3DP Tel: +44 8451 081457 Fax: +44 8452 803349 sales@planet-ocean.co.uk www.planet-ocean.co.uk Deep Trekker Mini ROV’s - Affordable, Portable, Reliable. Data Buoys and systems. Positon monitoring and tracking.

Port and harbour monitoring. Telemetry SystemsWater Quality sensors.

RECRUITMENT 8 Seamariner Ltd Seamariner Ltd, The Square, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1TA Tel: +44 2380 840374 admin@seamariner.com 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.

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TRANSMISSIONS

Seago See under: Liferafts

Lee Sanitation Ltd Wharf Road, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, CV47 2FE Tel: +44 1295 770000 Fax: +44 1295 770022 sales@leesan.com www.leesan.com LeeSan, leaders in marine sanitation (now a Pump Technology Ltd Group Company) have over 25 years’ experience designing, specifying and supplying equipment for seagoing and inland waterways craft of all sizes. Extensive stocks of spares and replacement components are available for most marine toilets. Now promoting their “One Stop Pump Shop” so whether it be clean or waste water they can specify a pump for all applications including all the peripherals that you may need.

8 Humphree Grimboasen 16, Gothenburg, 417 49 Tel: +46 31 744 3577 Fax: +46 31 744 3573 humphree@humphree.com www.humphree.com Humphree, based in Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden, is a company dedicated to providing: “Speed at sea” through innovative technology solutions for high performance vessels.

Specialized in Trim and Stabilisation our Product portfolio consists of Interceptor systems and Fin stabilisation systems.

WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems Transport & Logistic Services

Cotesi UK Ltd 10 Ripponden Business Park, Oldham Road, Ripponden, UK, HX6 4DJ Tel: +44 1422 822000 Fax: +44 1422 821007 enquiries@cotesi.co.uk www.cotesi.co.uk Cotesi UK is a manufacturer / supplier of Mooring ropes in different materials from Polypropylene to HMPE Dyneema, Nylon, Polyester, Polysteel, Tow lines, winch lines. Polyform Buoys, Fenders, floats 8 Van Beelen Group PO Box 6, 1970 AA IJmuiden Tel: +31 255 560 560 Fax: +31 255 512 964 info@vanbeelengroup.nl www.vanbeelengroup.nl Manufacturer of rope and netting.

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

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

SAFETY HOOKS 8 H Henriksen Trleborgveien 15, Tnsberg, 3101 Tel: +47 33 37 8400 Fax: +47 33 37 8430 hooks@hhenriksen.com www.hhenriksen.com H. Henriksen AS is a technology Company with a long and proud history within the maritime and offshore sector.

Henriksen has a strong position within safe MOB boat lifting operations, Launch & Recovery systems for offshore vessels, oil Spill Recovery and Entering and Boarding Systems for maritime and urban environments.

SEATING & CHAIRS 8 Allsalt Maritime 2952 Ed Nixon Terrace, Victoria, BC, V9B 0B2 Tel: +1 206 962 1986 info@allsalt.com Allsalt Maritime is a design, manufacturing, and R&D firm specializing in marine shock mitigation technology whose mission is to create products that give you more days on the water. Allsalt is the owner of the Shoxs and Kinetix product lines.

8 Capital Seating 1 Forward Park Sheene Road, Gorse Hill Industrial Estate, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 1BF Tel: +44 1162 169910 Fax: +44 1162 169920 info@capitalseating.co.uk www.capitalseating.co.uk Distributors for Grammer Nautic. Marine seating of the highest performance and quality. Full suspensions optimised for arduous marine environments, high shock mitigation performance, comfort, ergonomic design and DNV-GL Type approval.

SHIP REGISTRATION SERVICES

SALVAGE & WRECK REMOVAL

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

8 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 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.

8 Hubel Marine B.V. P.O.Box 3219, Rotterdam, 3033 AE Tel: +31 10 458 7338 Fax: +31 10 458 7662 www.hubelmarine.com Panama- Belize- St. Kitts - TuvaluKiribati- Nevis.Auth. to perform surveys and certification of vessels of any size or type. Solas/ Marpol/ ISM/ ISPS/ ILO Audits & Certification. Special Delivery Registration for 3 months. Crew STCW Endorsements within 4 hrs. Offshore Corporations for vessel ownership.

Vessel re-activation and delivery service.

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8 Naiad Dynamics Unit 3 Nelson Industrial Park, Manaton Way, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2JH Tel: +44 2392 539750 Fax: +44 2392 539764 ukspares@naiad.com www.naiad.com Extensive range of motion damping equipment including Stabiliser fins, Interceptors, Trim Tabs and T-Foils.

Spares supplied for Vosper and PPJet Water jets. We also provide spares support for the Halmatic range of boats.

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

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

Feel how Seakeeper will change your experience.

STEERING GEAR WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

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

8 Lloyds Maritime Academy KNect House, 30-32 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 7RE Tel: +44 2070 174483 learning@knect365.com Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is the world’s largest provider of professional development courses and academic education qualifications for the maritime industry

8 Southampton Freight Services Ltd Units E,F&G, Griffin Industrial Park, Totton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 3SH Tel: +44 2380 860999 Fax: +44 2380 661444 sales@sotonfreight.co.uk www.sotonfreight.co.uk/ Southampton Freight Services Ltd today remains a fully independent, family run freight forwarder and logistics provider, offering global services by air, sea, road and international courier. They are dedicated to the marine industry, serving ship owners and suppliers to the industry alike, providing detailed solutions globally.

TUGS Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build and Repair Herman Sr bv Ebweg 56, Barendrecht, 2991LT Tel: +31 78 619 25 07 info@hermansr.com Herman Senior is a family owned tug and workboats company and is established in Dordrecht the Netherlands. It is active in the Dredging, offshore renewables, oil & gas industry.

With our versatile fleet of Shoalbusters and Multicats and over 30 years of experience we are specialists in: Towing, Anchor handling, Survey, Seabed ploughing, Dredging support, Offshore renewables support.

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV Buitenweistraat 15, 3372 BC Hardinxveld-Giessendam Tel: +31 184 490 244 info@wijngaarden.com A company with over 40 years of experience in the service of: Chartering tugs / workboats / launches for Inland and Sea-going towage, Assistance- and Supply services to provide services for dredging-, construction- and offshore companies, on projects all over the world, 24/7 – 365 days a year.

8 Marine & Towage Services Group Ltd (MTS Group) Kings Quay, King Street, Brixham, TQ5 9FW Tel: +44 1803 882214 Fax: +44 1803 882579 brixham@mtsgroupltd.com www.mtsgroupltd.com Owners and operators of a comprehensive fleet of modern tugs, workboats and crew transfer vessels specialising in marine construction support, coastal, sea and port towage etc.

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

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

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Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd See under: Vessel Build & Repair 8 DSB Offshore Ltd Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW6 3JD Tel: +44 2073 842882 brokers@dsboffshore.com Specialist shipbrokers handling the sale & purchase and chartering of Tugs, Jack-ups, barges, Split hoppers, Dredgers and various Workboats etc.

Our services also include Towage, heavy lift transport and Valuations.

HVS Dredging Support BV Vijver 12, Harlingen, 8861 BS Tel: +31 653 663 292 info@hvsds.nl HVS Dredging Support BV is a company specialized in supporting offshore dredging and Renewable energy projects worldwide. Throughout the years we have established a modern fleet in which we have built our over more than 40 years of experience 8 Med Marine Omer Avni Mah. Inebolu Sok. No:21, Setustu-Kabatas, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 34427 Tel: +90 2123111800/01 info@medmarine.com.tr Thanks to its experienced maritime pilots and high quality tugboats all built in its large-capacity shipyards, Med Marine is Turkey's leading towage and pilotage operator and had been serving its clients for their newbuilding projects since 1995

VALVES 8 LK Valves and Controls Ltd Unit 4 Arbour Place, Arbour Lane, Knowsley Ind Park, Liverpool, L33 7XG Tel: +44 1515 483300 Fax: +44 1515 483311 sales@lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk www.lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk LK Valves & Controls are ISO 9001:2015 accredited marine valve & actuator stockist & distributer, representing carefully chosen, high end, market leading European principles, with many products having classification Society type approval.

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR 8 Solarglide Ltd Unit 8 The Stottie Shed, Bakers Yard, Christon Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE3 1XD Tel: +44 1915 970543 Fax: +44 1670 898614 theteam@solarglide.com www.solarglide.com Solarglide are a UK based manufacturer and supplier of exceptional quality and innovative marine tested solar screens, curtains, blackout blinds, dimout blinds, wipers, and adhesive window films.

8 Exalto Wiper Technologys PO Box 40, 3370 AH, Hardinxveld Giessendam Tel: +31 184 615 800 Fax: +31 184 614 045 sales@exalto.com www.exalto.com Marine Exalto produces the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best professional marine wiper systems.

Exalto makes wiper systems for all kind of vessels in the commercial and leisure sectors.

8 Sealion Services 2 Brittania Way, East Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO32 6EG Tel: +44 7709 116223 info@sealionservices.co.uk Marine Outfitting and Interiors.

Specialising in high speed lightweight vessels in the commercial and leisure market.

8 Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd Kosbas Kocaeli Serbest Bolgesi, Sepetlipinar SB Mah., 102. Cad. No:14-16 Basiskele, Kocaeli, 41090 Tel: +90 (262) 341 45 10(pbx) info@uzmar.net 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.

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8 Dixon Group Europe Ltd 350 Leach Place, Walton Summit Centre, Lancashire, PR5 8AS Tel: +44 1772 323529 sales@dixoneurope.co.uk www.dixoneurope.co.uk Dixon is a premier manufacturer and supplier of marine fluid transfer products including a range of water strainers, inlet scoops, thru hull fittings, valves, couplings, pipe fittings and hose assemblies 8 Medtec Design Services Ltd RNLI Offices, Clarence Road, East Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO32 6HB Tel: +44 1983 294974 dcarley@medtec.co.uk MedTec offer a CAD and engineering design service supporting clients through every stage of the design process, with the capability and knowledge to offer complete turnkey solutions 8 Nero Pipeline Connections Ltd Unit 2, Union Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3EX Tel: +44 1216 653 900 Fax: +44 1216 653 909 info@nero.co.uk www.nero.co.uk Nero Pipeline Connections is a market leading distributor of stainless pipeline products and has been specialising in the supply of high quality pipe fittings and valves for over 25 years.

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

WINCHES Lebus International Engineers Ltd Pioneer House, Shorebury Point, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancs, FY4 2RX Tel: +44 1253 402402 Fax: +44 1253 345748 enquiries@lebusinternational.com www.lebusintengineers.com Experienced designers and manufacturers of special purpose and standard marine handling equipment inclusive of winches, windlasses, capstans, cranes, davits, reelers, fairleads, cable spooling systems etc.

Lemans Nederland BV PO Box 527, Bergen op Zoom, NL 4600 AM Tel: +31 164 680 097 Fax: +31 164 681 971 info@lemans-nederland.eu www.lemans-nederland.nl Lemans Nederland bv is a company situated in the south-west of The Netherlands. We are specialised in hoist, lift, push and towing equipment. As well as deck, dock and quay equipment. Our delivery program consists of for example: Winches, windlasses and capstans (standard and custom built; manual, electric or hydraulic; planetary gear unit, worm-gear, spur-gear, etc; to handle wire, umbilical, rope, chain-cable, etc; Either for anchor handling; mooring; fishing; dredging; towing; tug etc), some even from stock.

Otherwise with quite short lead times.

8 Gemmell and Prout Marine Ltd Swann Street, Hull, Yorkshire, HU2 0PH Tel: +44 1482 329600 Fax: +44 1482 216296 enquiries@proutmarine.co.uk www.proutmarine.co.uk Designers and manufacturers of winches, windlasses and capstans.

Hydraulic, electric, diesel, pneumatic and manually driven, along with ancillary equipment. Also hydraulic towing winches.

Bezemer Dordrecht BV PO Box 154, Bunsenstraat 49, Dordrecht, 3316 GC Tel: +31 78 6181000 Fax: +31 786 187 019 info@bezemer.com www.bezemer.com Sales, Rentals, Services, Engineering Pipe Pulling Equipment, Mooring Systems, Winches, Storage Reels, Deck Sheaves, Anchor Fairleaders, Roller Fairleaders, Measuring Shackles, Line Tension Meters.

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

WINDOW WIPERS 8 Durowipers Unit 20, Oldends Lane Industrial Estate, Stonehouse, Glos, GL10 3RQ Tel: +44 1453 820972 Fax: +44 1453 820979 sales@durowipers.co.uk www.durowipers.co.uk Design and manufacture of high performance window wipers. Three year Warranty. DuroWiper Pantographs and Pendulums have a Patented twin drive rotary transfer box giving a remarkable smooth, powerful and reliable performance.

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

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8 Ares Shipyard Antalya Free Zone, Antalya, Turkey, 07070 Tel: +90 242 261 61 61 ares@ares.com.tr Aresdesign and build Workboat, CTV and Military vessels delivered to a variety of Operators, Navies, Coast Guard and Maritime Enforcement Agencies across the globe 8 Aister C/Baixada do Cocho, nº 228, A Guia – M, Meira – 3, MOAÑA, 6955 Tel: +34 986 240 294 Fax: +34 986 240 157 i.defrancisco@aister.es www.aister.com/en Safe, reliable and designed for work aluminium boats: bespoke patrols, SAR boats and passenger catamarans.

8 Diverse Marine Medina Ship Yard, Pelham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 1983 300656 info@diversemarine.co.uk DM acquired the assets of equipment of South Boats IOW and trade from Cowes, IOW specialising in the design, construction, refit, repair and maintenance of workboats, military and patrol craft, lifeboats, pilot boats, fishing boats, commercial and pleasure craft 8 SMS Group Ltd Unit 1 Ocean Quay, Belvidere Road, Southampton, Hants, SO14 5QY Tel: +44 2380 141010 info@sms-marine.co.uk Southampton Marine Services specialise in ship building, ship repairs and steel fabrication across all aspects of the marine industry.

8 Neptune Shipyards BV Rivierdijk 586, 3371 ED, Veerdam 1, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, 5308 JH Tel: +31 184 621423 Fax: +31 184 612741 info@neptunemarine.com www.neptunemarine.com We design, build, repair, convert and mobilize vessels for the maritime industry. It is our aim to offer you the best solution through innovation, creativity, cooperation and flexibility.

8 Cheetah Marine OceanBlue Quay, The Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, PO38 1JR Tel: +44 1983 852398 mail@cheetahmarine.co.uk Now in our 25th year of production, Cheetah Marine continues to lead Europe in the specialist design and construction of power commercial catamarans. (hydrographic workboat/catamaran) South Boats IOW Ltd Medina Shipyard, Pelham Road, Isle Of Wight, PO31 7PG, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1983 280030 bencolman@southboatsiow.com South Boats has a strong reputation for designing and building fast, offshore aluminium catamarans to DNV class and various flag states. It has the largest market share globally of offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels but builds for all commercial sectors. Has undertaken largest vessel hull shape research and development programme ever undertaken for commercial catamarans and utilises the findings in the development of new products. New designs for 2015 include 22m and 28m vessels.

WORKBOATS 8 Commercial Rib Charter Unit 6 Dell Buildings, Milford Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0ED Tel: +44 1590 607103 info@commercialribcharter.co.uk Large fleet. Sizes from 6m to 15m.

Solas open ribs to MCA CAT1 wheelhouse CTV and survey ribs. Crew transfer, Dive Support, Survey, Cable Lay Support, Police and Military. Bareboat available.

8 Baltic Workboats AS Nasva Harbour, Nasva, Kaarma v, 93872 Saare mk Tel: +372 452 1140 contact@bwb.ee Baltic Workboats AS has a strong track record for the design, build and delivery of steel and aluminum workboats for professionals around the world.

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

8 Fastnet Shipping Ltd Marine Support Services Base, Bilberry, Waterford City, Waterford Tel: +353 51 832946 Fax: +353 51 851886 info@fastnetshipping.com www.fastnetshipping.com Specialists in Marine Plant Hire, Charter & Sales. Bespoke marine access solutions, CTV / Survey Vessels, Jack up Barges, Pontoons, Tugs, Crane Barges, Dredgers and various other workboats.

Tidal Transit Limited See under: Offshore Support

WORKBOATS-ALUMINIUM 8 Habbeke Schelphoek 103, 1621Mk Hoorn Tel: +31 2993 62182 Fax: +31 2993 67464 info@habbeke.nl www.habbeke.nl Habbeké Shipyard, established in 1966.

The wharf builds exclusively in aluminium, and enjoys an excellent reputation for innovation, quality and service. The shipyard builds aluminium workboats, & both open & closed vessels for rescue, pilot or general work duties.

8 Incat Crowther PO Box 179, Terrey Hills, HQ Sydney, NSW 2084 Tel: +61 2 9450 0447 Fax: +61 2 8006 5783 info@incatcrowther.com www.incatcrowther.com Incat Crowther is a diversified marine design business with offices in Australia, USA and the United Kingdom.

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