Maritime Journal November 2022

Mark Phare, Teignbridge Propellers

A Bangladesh port is about to become a world-class facility

Hybrid installation Cadeler’s new vessel can morph into another one for offshore works

Castoldi in US Waterjet manufacturer sets up Seattle office

All-electric ferries Two on order for Sweden - with two more a future option

Across the pond Is an emerging US offshore wind sector an opportunity for Europe?

Salvage round-up The big boys have been kept busy

Nord Stream 1 ECMA winner Blueye Robotics investigates pipeline damage

cable Europe-Asia subsea connection gathers momentum

Sparky, the first fully electric ship-handling tugboat. In early 2020 Damen collaborated with Echandia to create another electrification landmark. The world’s first full-size, fully electric shiphandling tugboat that by help of a public vote was dubbed ‘Sparky’.

The RSD E-Tug 2513 E has capabilities comparable to any conventional diesel-powered tugboat. The 25-meter-long tug has a gross tonnage of 320 and a marching speed of 12 knots.

Currently, Sparky is serving the Ports of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest container and international trade terminal.

Sparky uses the Echandia LTO energy storage system. The Echandia system were chosen in this

project for its durability and cycle life performance. But LTO is also exceptionally well suited for high power operations (such as towing and pulling) and allows for fast charging.

Combined with superior safety characteristics, and long lifespan, operating fully electric on batteries in this scale is setting a new standard for workboats all over the world.

We are happy that Sparky demonstrates that e-tugs are the future. We see a huge interest in making port operations emission free with our battery systems, says Echandia CEO, Fredrik Hellström in a comment.

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BRIEFS

Cadeler changes management

Offshore wind services and operations firm Cadeler has promoted Peter Kragh Jacobsen to CTO, where he will be responsible for the company’s newbuilt vessel programme. Jacobsen previously worked as CTO at Maersk Supply Service, where he worked for more than eight years. Maersk Supply provides vessels and solutions to the offshore energy industry. Other changes include Carina Cappelen as chief people & culture offier and Pernille Korsager as general counsel.

Prysmian to do 134km cable lay

Prysmian Group has announced it has won a €60 million contract to lay submarine cables for a new HVDC project in the United Arab Emirates. It will design, supply, assemble and test a monopole system of four HVDC single-core cables with XLPE fibre insulation and fibre optic cable systems to connect the Al Mifra onshore converter station to an offshore artificial island in the Arabian Gulf.

Huisman to supply gripper for Japan

Heavy construction manufacturer Huisman will deliver its first monopile gripper to Japan, also the first of its kind to be used in Japan. Construction firms TOA Corporation and Obayashi have placed the order, which comes a couple of years after Huisman delivered a 1,250t pedestal mounted crane for the firms, mounted on a self-elevating platform. The crane and the gripper communicate through software controls.

HYBRID OFFSHORE WIND AND SOLAR PROJECT AGREED

Energy giant RWE will develop more than 760MW of offshore wind power with a 5MW solar generation demonstrator alongside.

SolarDuck, a solar energy firm, will install floating solar panels at the Hollandse Kust West VII (HKW) project, which “catapults the Dutch-Norwegian company towards commercialisation and accelerates the scaling up of manufacturing assembly and installation,” the company says.

SolarDuck will also install integrated energy storage with its solar panels, although no details of this were given.

“This is a flagship project for SolarDuck and an important milestone for the wider offshore floating solar (OFS) industry,” said SolarDuck CEO Koen Burgers. “SolarDuck, being the first to build a hybrid project at this

scale, will demonstrate the robustness of our solution, prove the important role of system integration in building future-fit energy systems, and enable the scaling of the technology to accelerate its adoption.”

SolarDuck says its technology ‘provides an answer to increasing land scarcity for the generation of renewable energy’.

”Taking solar farms offshore requires a technology which is able to withstand rough offshore conditions, including high waves,

strong winds and a corrosive environment,” the company says. ”SolarDuck´s unique shaped platform, which has received the world’s first certification for offshore floating solar by Bureau Veritas, is designed to float several metres above the water, following the waves like a carpet, therefore keeping critical electrical components dry, clean and stable, as well as securing the integrity of the semisubmersible structure while enabling safe operations and minimal maintenance.”

According to intelligence firm 4COffshore, 48 applications were made for the Hollandse Kust West VII permit, 27 of which met the application requirements. The highest scoring party of those 27, RWE, was given the permit to build, operate and then remove the wind farm.

JAN DE NUL PERFORMS REFUGEE RESCUE

Marine engineering giant Jan de Nul extended the hand of rescue to a small boat of Syrian refugees drifting in the Mediterranean 75km off the Algerian coast last week.

Crew on board the rock installation Simon Stevin were alerted by the small craft, whose engine had broken down and which had been drifting for several days, Jan de Nul said. Two women, five children and eight

men were on the sloop and had come from Syria, press contact Heleen Schellinck said. They were all in good health apart from being cold and weak, she said.

“The refugees were recovered from their small craft into the rescue boat of our Simon Stevin, after which they approached the vessel to board,” she said.

They were given food, blankets and warm clothing and spent the night on the installation vessel

before being taken to the harbour of Oran, where the Algerian coastguard took over.

Simon Stevin had been working at the Sakaryha gas field in the Black Sea, which is 100% owned by Turkey and which is expected to meet about 30% of domestic natural gas demand, with first production beginning in the first quarter of next year. The vessel was returning to Belgium when it made the rescue.

FUGRO AWARDED MAJOR OFFSHORE WIND CONTRACT

Fugro has secured a contract with Energinet for geotechnical site investigations for the North Sea I offshore wind development.

This award follows Fugro’s success working on the North Sea Energy Islands project for Energinet throughout 2022, a project that is the first of its kind.

”Our integrated services and innovative technology allow us to unlock insights for the safe, efficient and sustainable development of offshore windfarms. We’re proud to continue working with Energinet and support the renewables

industry in Denmark,” said Erik-Jan Bijvank, group director Europe & Africa, Fugro.

”This award is in line with the strong growth in Fugro’s offshore wind activities during the past quarters. Our unique positioning is emphasised by clients seeking to secure capacity, also beyond the coming 12 months.”

The Danish government plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 4GW by 2030 and the geo-data acquired by Fugro during this new contract will be used to inform future bids in the area.

Fugro’s geo-data will provide crucial insights on the seabed and

sub-surface conditions, reducing uncertainty and helping installers make informed decisions on where best to position the wind turbines and export cables.

With fieldwork set to start in 2024, Fugro will mobilise multiple geotechnical vessels equipped with state-of-the-art investigation tools such as the SEACALF Mk V Deepdrive system for seabed cone penetration tests and the WISON Mk V Ecodrive.

The fieldwork is expected to continue well into 2025, with further processing, laboratory testing and reporting of results to follow.

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BRIEFS

‘Super charger’ on trial

An offshore charging buoy for wind farms initially aimed at crew transfer vessels will undergo sea trials next year. The Oasis Power Buoy, by Oasis Marine Power, can be connected by cable to a wind turbine to provide charging to boats that can moor to it and switch off, allowing crew to rest while its batteries are charged. Charging infrastructure is installed on the vessel deck head.

AS WIND FARMS REACH END OF LIFE, OPERATORS TOLD TO PREPARE

Almost half of Europe’s wind farms will need to come down by 2030, says WindEurope, the association for wind energy in Europe.

“We need to prepare for what comes next,” says the association. “This might mean end of life for some turbines, but it also means repowering – replacing the old ones with new, bigger and more efficient turbines.”

Vindeby – the world’s first

Wescom

buys rescue tech firm

Emergency distress signal maker Wescom Group has expanded its presence in the marine survival market by buying Marine Rescue Technologies. Electronics signalling products will now be added to the firm’s SOLAS mandated smoke, rockets and flares, which it has been offering for 150 years. “The acquisition accomplishes a significant step forward in expanding our product portfolio,” said Ross Wilkinson, Wescom Group CEO.

SEA-KIT to design H2 USV

A hydrogen-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) will be designed by SEA-KIT International following a hand-out from the UK government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, which has made £14 million (€16 million) available to firms competing for feasibility studies. The vessel will be suitable for deep water offshore operations and coastal survey, as well as the launch and recovery of ROVs, says CEO Ben Simpson.

It’s a win-win for the commercial marine industry, which is struggling to keep up with demand in the sector as across the globe, more and more offshore wind farms are planned. The more that go up, the more it will be able to bid to bring down at end of life.

Currently just 42 out of a total of 2,789 wind farms across the globe have been commissioned, says Jasmine Beaumont, with offshore wind farm intelligence firm 4COffshore. But, she says, the projects have an end date – and it might well be more cost effective after 20 years to take them down and start again with bigger turbines or better components.

The few wind farms decommissioned so far include the first offshore wind farm to ever be installed, the Vindeby wind farm in Denmark, which began operating in 1991 and was taken down in 2017, six years after its 20-year life expectancy.

Compared with today’s standards it was tiny – a mere 11 turbines that generated a maximum of 4.95MW, compared with the world’s largest today, Hornsea 2, with 165 turbines and a capacity of 1.3GW.

But Vindeby still needed a lot of work when it was put to bed. It needed a mobile crane to dismantle the blades, nacelle and tower, and a jack-up barge

on which to place them before being shipped away. The concrete foundations had to be broken down with hydraulic demolition shears and a hydraulic hammer, and all components shipped to shore.

Some of the blades went to a laboratory for research, some were made into a noisereduction barrier by recycling firm Miljøskærm.

“These projects have to have an end date,” says Jasmine Beaumont, with offshore wind farm intelligence firm 4COffshore. “They have to set out a life span but it might be more cost effective after 20 years to take them down and start again.”

CONSORTIUM WINS CONTRACT FOR €900m PROJECT

The Port of Genoa is set to be transformed with a massive €900 million investment that will allow a breakwater to be built 450 metres beyond the current barrier.

One of the world’s deepest breakwaters, the project is said to be unique for its engineering complexity and scale.

A consortium led by Italian construction engineer Webuild Group, which has a 40% stake in it, is building the breakwater offshore, leaving port activities uninterrupted while the works are carried out.

It will be done by first constructing an underwater foundation, 450 metres beyond the existing barrier, with varying depths of up to 50 metres and a length of 6.2 kilometres, comprising an estimated seven million tonnes of rock. Around 100 prefabricated caissons of reinforced concrete will be laid

on the foundation, each 33 metres high by 35 metres wide and 67 metres long. The consortium says each caisson equals a 10-storey building.

The other members of the consortium awarded the contract include Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Maritime, which specialises in port structures, coastal defence works and dredging. The company also operates in high-tech marine industry sectors as well as the construction and transformation of cruise, naval and oil and gas and wind offshore vessels. Fincantieri has a 25% stake in the consortium.

Two other civil engineering firms make up the four members of the consortiumSidra and Fincosit.

Webuild Group would not give details of the equipment and construction techniques it would use to finish the project, apart

from saying: ”The infrastructure will be enhanced by innovative technology, construction techniques and sustainability characteristics together with the application of the principles of a circular economy, including the recovery re-use and transformation of excavated material.”

Once the breakwater is complete, the Port of Genoa will be able to accommodate ships twice the size of those that already visit the port.

”Ordered by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, the new breakwater will allow safe access to the port to container ships up to 400-450 metres long, double the size of those passing today, tailoring the Ligurian port to the requirements of the main shipping companies,” said a statement by Fincantieri.

More details will be released next year, the consortium says.

Strategic Marine has signed an order to build three ‘Brevity’class crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from Chartwell Marine.

The Brevity-class 27-metre catamaran design forms part of Chartwell’s new offshore wind support vessel range, which has seen multiple orders in the UK and USA since its launch in June 2022.

“We’ve been keen to tap into the Asian market as part of our global expansion,” said Rob Sime, principal naval architect at Chartwell Marine.

“Strategic Marine is a key player in the region and we’re proud to be able to work with them on our own designs, alongside their current CTV roster. Our offshore wind range is built to be a one-stop-shop to meet the varying and increasingly complex needs of the industry and we hope we can offer some of that support to the ongoing growth of green energy in Asia.”

Cost efffective

Strategic Marine said that the Brevity responds to the need in the offshore wind support market for a high-powered CTV capable of cost-effective and lowemissions operation.

The Brevity class boasts enhanced manoeuvrability and stability due to its signature hull form optimisation and has a capacity of 32 personnel. Multiple crew configurations enable flexibility in space planning and enhance comfort necessary for longer offshore stays.

“Strategic Marine is committed to building vessels that will

BRIEFS

New workboat berth

Inland and Coastal Marine Systems will build seven 100-tonne concrete breakwater pontoons at for the busy harbour of Dover in southern England. A bespoke design has been created so that the units are strong enough to accommodate workboats and large, commercial vessels for all-year berthing and water access for crews. The work will include floating foam fenders and M&E services.

CHARTWELL INKS FIRST VESSEL PROJECT IN ASIA

diversify our build strategies; both to capitalise on growing demand for specialised vessels and to catalyse innovation in the CTV sector as Asian renewables evolve at pace alongside it.”

Credit: Chartwell Marine

accelerate the growth of the offshore wind industry,” said Chan Eng Yew, CEO of Strategic Marine.

”The quality of our materials and expertise go hand in hand with Chartwell’s design philosophy of efficiency and

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adaptability. We are confident of their ability to deliver on both and it is important that we continue to

Chartwell’s three Brevity CTVs are meant for a new client for the Singapore based shipbuilder. As the first Chartwell project to be launched in Asia, the Brevity trio will enter an exciting new proving ground in the continent’s offshore wind support market.

The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that by 2050, Asia will account for over 60% of all offshore wind capacity installed globally.

FIRST CRUISE SHIP TESTS ON BOARD HYDROGEN

Ship owner Viking has had its latest cruise ship, Viking Neptune, delivered to its shipyard in Ancona after being built by Italian firm Finacantieri.

The 47,800-tonne, 465-cabin small cruise ship ’marks a quantum leap in the longstanding cooperation between Viking and Financantieri for deisgning, delivering and operating environmentally considerate cruise vessels’, Fincantieri says - because it is the first to have a hydrogen fuel cell incorporated in its design.

The 100kW cell has been fitted as a test as a move towards increasingly bringing hydrogen on board, and will power some of the onboard operations on the boat.

Damen expansion

Dutch shipbuilder Damen will invest in new repair facilities and a 150-tonne ship lift at one of its 35 shipyards, Gorinchem, it says. All staff will move from the Hardinxveld-Giessendam shipyard, which will be sold, an employee said. The new yard will be an optimal location for repair and build of ships of up to 90m, Damen says. “We are seeing how, in the future, more work will be done for Dutch customers in the Netherlands,” said managing director Jos van Woerkum.

”Such installation is particularly important for tuning technological devices and developing rules and regulations for use of hydrogen on board a cruise vessel,” the company says.

Viking and Fincantieri aim to develop large-scale hydrogen applications and as a first step they have designed an enlarged

Rovco signs MoU

Subsea robotic and hydrographic survey firm Rovco will assist Horizon Ocean Management in analysing the potential for offshore wind in Japan, where the industry is still emerging. 3D assessments will be carried out along with data analysis to determine potential issues in maintaining wind farms as well as planning their development. Japan has recently announced ambitious plans to expand the sector.

vessel configuration that will be applied to all vessels deliveered after 2024, with a focus on accommodating the larger size of the hydrogen tank, fuel cell systems and auxiliary equipment.

“The second step will be the development of a hydrogenbased generation system with a total power of about 6-7MW, and able to ensure smokeless port operation and slow steaming navigation,” the firms say, adding that once they have been proved, these systems could be retrofitted on some vessels already delivered.

Viking Neptune is the 15th ship added to Viking’s fleet this year alone, which is also the company’s 25th anniversary.

€2.2m pier protection

A project to protect a centuryold pier at the ABP-owned Port of Lowestoft in the UK is about to complete. Red7Marine carried out underwater dive surveys before installing a sheet pile wall using 100 sheet pile pairs spanning 140 metres. Using its 250t deck capacity Haven Seariser 3 jack-up barge with 35t excavator, the firm removed several timber piles, concrete and metal before installing the new pile wall using the flat top barge Haven SeaStabler.

Brevity-class 27-metre catamaran design forms part of Chartwell’s new offshore wind support vessel range

8 Viking Neptune will test a hydrogen fuel cell

BOATBUILDER DELIVERS LARGEST PATROL BOAT IN ITS HISTORY

A €50 million 75m long offshore patrol vessel (OPV) has been delivered to the Maltese capital Valletta, where it will be operated by the Maltese government.

Canterie Navale Vittoria, which is based in Venice, has built the boat for the Maltese armed forces to use for coastal surveillance operations, extended patrols on the high seas and search and rescue operations.

The vessel builder specialises in designing and building military, paramilitary, work, commercial and transport boats up to 100 metres in length.

This newbuild, OPV P71, will be the flagship of Malta’s armed forces. It has a full load displacement of more than 2,000 tonnes, a width of 14 metres and a draft of 3.8 metres, and can accommodate a crew of 50 plus 20 additional staff.

An elevated bridge has 360o vision capability, and the vessel’s aft flight deck can accommodate a telescopic hangar with equipment for day and night flights and refuelling for a 7t helicopter.

The aft area below flight deck has a launch and recovery ramp for one of two 9.1m RHIBs on the vessel - the second on the starboard side of the platform in

the central area of the ship can be deployed with an A-frame crane even with units under way - and a special crane on the side of the vessel allows for loading and unloading materials. Both RHIBs can go up to 40 knots.

Two 5,440kW diesel engines propel the OPV P71, which move propellers with variable pitch that can guarantee a 20 knot speed for the mother unit even at full load, the company says.

“Alternatively, the ship can be propelled at patrol speeds between 9 and 12 knots by two electric motors keyed to the power take-off of the gearboxes and powered by two of the three main generators of 750kW,” the company says.

”This diesel-electric solution at

patrol speed allows greater efficiency, reduced consumption and above all lower harmful emissions for the most widely used speed spectrum of the unit. The vessel has two transverse thrusters and retractable active stabilizing fins that guarantee great stability and seaworthiness.”

“We have created an OPV capable of responding to all the requests of a particularly rigorous client that is attentive to compliance with very high technical standards and performance,” said Paolo Duò, president of Cantiere Navale Vittoria.

COX MARINE SETS FIRST WORLD SPEED RECORD

Cox Marine’s CXO300 engine has set the first diesel outboard world and national speed record, the company has announced.

During the 50th Anniversary Speed Week held in Cumbria, UK, the firm’s Pegasus surpassed the company’s own previous speed records to win itself the title, achieving a speed of 62.27mph (54.11 knots) over a kilometre-long course that required a flying start.

Powerboat racer Adam Brown had to travel the course in both directions within an hour to minimise any potential wind advantage - with offiial Water Speed Record time keepers averaging the time over both runs.

“The CXO300 simply did everything it was supposed to,” said Brown. “It was quiet,

responsive, smooth and the overall experience was not the usual noisy seat-of-the-pants drama that a modified gasoline outboard record run often provides.”

Designed on a blank sheet of paper for both commercial and recreational use, the 300hp CXO300 diesel outboard is a new generation of diesel technology. With up to 30% fuel savings, producing 30% fewer CO2 emissions and with 479 lb. ft torque, it is being touted as an eco-friendly propulsion option built for maximum speed.

The RIB was handed over to ABP in January and was the first Cox-powered boat supplied by Berthon to the port authority. Compared to a petrol outboard, the diesel CXO300 has a high

stator output, enabling quick battery charging to easily run all the electrical and electronic equipment, including the complete Raymarine navigation suite, the ICOM communication and PA system and IRIS digital cameras.

”We wanted to demonstrate that power and performance can still be achieved without damaging our environment,” said James Eatwell, head of Research and Development at Cox Marine. ”It’s one of the founding principles at Cox Marine and continues to drive our pursuit of innovation through technology today. We couldn’t think of a better forum in which to emphasis this, than vying for a World Speed Record and simultaneously debuting the CXO300 use of HVO fuel.”

BRIEFS

CCS opens Portuguese office

The China Classification Society is opening an office in Portugal to engage directly with the Portuguese maritime administration, it says. The move will enable it to ‘approve drawings, carry out surveys and certification for ships carrying the Portuguese flag’, as well as issue safety and pollution certificates. The office brings the CCS’s total to 129 across the world.

Windship wins RINA endorsement

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects has become an associate member of the International Windship Association (IWSA), intending to participate more in the development and visualisation of wind and wind-assisted propulsion. “Presently, wind is one of the most interesting solutions in the mix of possibilities for the decarbonization of the maritime industry,” said Kai Reichelt, Business Development Manager for testing at R INA Germany.

Dockers unite to demand fairness

A joint letter from the International Dockworkers’ Council and Transport Workers’ Federation has been sent to Peel Ports Group in Liverpool to demand fair wages and an end to threats of dismissal.

“A working group has been set up to decide what measures can be taken on a global scale to address the unfair corporate positioning of Peel Ports Group,” the unions say.

8 OPV P71, the biggest patrol vessel ever to be built by Italian boat builder Cantiere Navale Vittoria, has been delivered to Malta

PROFILE Mark Phare Managing Director, Teignbridge Propellers

Devon-based Teignbridge Propellers is staying at the forefront of precision engineering with recent additions to its toolbox.

The pace of change has certainly sped up in the past couple of years, says Teignbridge Propellers group managing director Mark Phare, who when asked a few years ago if there was anything new in the marine propulsion industry would generally reply – well, not a lot really.

“In the past couple of years however a great deal has changed,” he says. “Computing power – such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) – have become much more accessible, more powerful, lower cost and therefore are more prevalent within leading propulsion companies.”

The new swathe of digital technologies is something industry leaders are having to get up to speed with or get left behind – and this is why Devon, England-based Teignbridge Propellers has dug deep in recent months to bring £1.6 million (€1.8 million) of new equipment on board.

What’s new in the tool shed

“The Mazak mill is by far the most expensive, largest and most revolutionary machine we’ve ever bought,” says Phare.

It’s a 60-tonne machine, cost a cool £1 million (€1.1 million) and has revolutionised the way propeller manufacturing can be done – not just by avoiding the hours-long manual polishing work, but also by doing it with 100% accuracy.

“Our Mazak can machine the whole of the propeller including the blade surfaces to an accuracy of the thickness of a human hair. These propellers 100% faithfully reflect our intricate designs and are guaranteed to be vibration free.

“It’s extremely hard, difficult work to handle a grinder for eight hours a day and it needs someone who has physical strength and can read a technical drawing at the same time. It’s getting harder and harder to find people who can do that, and generally young people don’t see it as a career.”

So impressed with the new Mazak mill is the company, which says it will easily double capacity, that Teignbridge is already planning the purchase of a second one.

The second biggest spend has been on a £350,000 (€400,000) CNC Sunfirm lathe (320mm), for larger shafts, which has an automated tool-changing function. This means the machinist can set it up and it will undertake all operations without manually changing tooling, thus helping facilitate dual manning and the efficiencies that then follow.

The lathe replaced an XYZ lathe, which has now been sent to the company’s Indian factory and increased capacity there. And

finally a new CNC Doosan lathe (160mm) also with multi-tool changer, a mere snip at £250,000, has been added to the toolbox.

“The benefit to the shipyard with all this investment is if we’re more efficient we can control costs,” says Phare. “A manual machinist is limited in flexibility, he has to stand there for the whole cycle time and can’t operate other machines.

“Because we continually invest in new CNC machines, our engineers can run two or three at the same time. There is a huge cost saving to the business and our customers, as well as significant accuracy gains.”

Foils and twisted rudders

As well as the changes brought about by computer sciences, Phare points to two other changes in propulsion technology.

Although foiling technology has been around for decades, new ventures such as lifting the entire hull out of the water are gaining ground.

“We are actively involved with a number of companies working on this technology,” says Phare, but he can’t say more than that because of NDAs.

“We are also working with a well-known defence contractor on how to make vessels operate with the lowest noise signature

possible, and we’ve been developing an ultra, ultra-quiet propeller design – not just with the profile and surface finish, but with anti-noise coatings – a whole range of things, for the UK and EU Navies.” Again, that’s all he can say.

Another recent development is the velocity-aligned rudder (VAR), sometimes known as a twisted rudder, which matches the shape of the rudder blade to the propeller vortex, which means it incurs less resistance.

There are also innovations with P brackets, which match the velocity of the incoming flow to the propeller, thus increasing propeller efficiency. For maximum efficiency gains the bracket, propeller and rudder have to be designed as a package so that they complement each other.

“We’ve supplied a number of these systems to boat builders and they’re typically seeing a 1kn improvement in speed and a 5% or greater fuel efficiency gains,” he says.

£3 million legacy

Teignbridge is still benefiting from a £3 million investment from the UK government through the Energies Technology Institute (ETI), which was commissioned to reduce vessel carbon footprint of the UK fleet by 8%.

The investment meant Teignbridge built its own test vessel (HRV1) and uses CFD to test and refine propeller designs. The real-world testing telemetry, which included torque meters combined with CFD simulation and design optimisation software, means that Teignbridge has a unique arsenal of tools to design, test and validate the industry’s best propeller designs.

“The ETI project is over but we’ve got a highly qualified and experienced team and hi-tech tools as a legacy, so if a customer wants a state-of-the-art propeller design using industry-leading tools, we can design it to a level that was previously impossible,” he says.

So today when asked is there anything new in propulsion design, Phare can confidently reply yes, Teignbridge has a range of products and services that could only have been dreamed of 10 years ago.

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The ETI project is over but we’ve got a highly qualified and experienced team and hi-tech tools as a legacy, so if a customer wants a state-of-the-art propeller design using industryleading tools, we can design it to a level that was previously impossible

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SECOND PHASE OF MAJOR PORT WORKS BEGINS

Payra Port was inaugurated in 2013, according to local media outlet TBS News, which said that since then, just 236 sea-going ships had arrived.

Once the capital dredging is completed by Jan de Nul at the end of 2023, the Rabnabad channel will be 75km long by 125m wide, with a depth of 10.5 metres. It will mean a capacity for docking of 40,000 tonnes of cargo or 3,000 containers, TBS News says.

Jan de Nul says it has ‘moved the world’ to supply Payra Port with the works needed.

“In recent months, several kilometres of pipelines, pontoons, heavy machinery and support vessels were prepared, adapted and mobilized by means of large bulk carriers, calling directly to Payra Port,” the firm says. “Because of the extremely challenging sea conditions, customized parts needed to be fabricated and existing equipment needed to be reinforced. Jan De Nul employed its logistical hubs in Singapore, Dubai and Belgium to supply the project.”

Jan de Nul, which has the contract for mainteance dredging, also said many kilometres of retaining dykes are having to be constructed, creating a reclamation basin that will be filled with sediment dredged from future berths and inner channels.

As the intention is to enable the port to receive the world’s container ships, work also needs to be done to ensure roads and bridges can cater for the increased loads.

As such, a six-lane, 6km road is being built courtesy of Spectra Engineers, along with a 1km bridge over the Andharmanik River, TBS News says.

Once this is complete, ’three foreign ships carrying containers or bulk cargos will be able to dock simultaneously at the Payra Seaport’, the outlet says.

The work has been funded by the Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund, the outlet quoted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as saying.

It also said that eight vessels had been bought for the port, including two pilot vessels, two heavy-duty speedboats, a buoy-laying vessel, a survey boat and two tugboats.

8 Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger Diogo Cao at work in Bangladesh

Belgian dredging giant Jan de Nul has confirmed it will begin dredging a small port in Bangladesh as part of major works that the nation says will transform it into a world-class facility

8 Jan De Nul Team with Rear Admiral Sohail, Chairman of Payra Port, Commodore Rajib Tripura, Member Engineering and Scheme Director of the Capital and Maintenance Dredging Project and Mr. Rafiul Hasain, Member Finance and Administration of Payra Port --

Portsmouth International Port has reached an important milestone with its new solar generation system with 888 solar panels now having been switched on.

Installation began in February 2022 by specialist contractors Custom Solar, and incorporates roof-mounted solar panels across a number of buildings, a large battery and solar canopies.

“The port is owned by the people of Portsmouth, so we have an obligation to reduce the impact of our operations on the environment, whilst reaching the ambitions set out in our 20 year Masterplan,” said Jerry Clarke, pilot and senior project manager at Portsmouth International Port.

“Combined with other sustainability initiatives, it will help us achieve our ambition of reaching net-zero carbon by 2030, and becoming one of the UK’s first zero emission ports by 2050. With government support, we really can make a clean maritime industry a reality”.

Renewable energy

The solar panels mounted on rooftops around the port are now generating 400kWp of renewable energy that can be used to reduce consumption at the port, or can be exported back to the grid.

PORT REACHES SOLAR POWER MILESTONE

This is just a third of the total number of solar panels installed at the port over the past year. Once they are all switched on, the the 1.2mW peak system with 2,660 panels will contribute around 35% of the port’s energy needs. This will be a big step forward for Portsmouth International Port’s ambition to reach net-zero by 2030.

8 The solar panels mounted on rooftops around the port are generating 400kWp of renewable energy

The system will also include a 1.5mWh battery, which is enough power to run a typical home for four months. It will capture green power that can then be used at the port at another time, such as to power lights at night.

Credit: Portsmouth International Port/Strong Island Media

64 WINCHES ORDERED FOR LONGEST IMMERSED TUNNEL

The 40m deep, 18km long tunnel will contain a total of five tubes - two for rail, two for roads and one for service.

A total of 89 elements will be connected together to make up the length of the tunnel, 79 of these weighing 73,500 tonnes each, the remaining 10 weighing 21,000 tonnes each. Each will have been cast incrementally in concrete segments over a skeleton of reinforced steel in large casting moulds in a purpose-built factory on the Danish side. Once set, the elements are pushed out to a dry dock one by one and sealed at both ends with a bulkhead before being towed by tug and lowered on to the seabed.

With millimetre precision, they are fitted together, water is pumped out and a partial vacuum ensures they are locked together.

A total of 89 elements will be connected together to make up the length of the tunnel, 79 of these weighing 73,500 tonnes each, the remaining 10 weighing 21,000 tonnes each

A layer of protective stone then covers the elements, and over time this will in turn be layered naturally with gravel and sand.

To position the elements subsea, DMT Marine Equipment

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will supply 64 winches, including umbilical, traction, auxiliary, mooring, storage, levelling and other winches. They will be placed on four immersion pontoons before assembly is carried out under water.

“It’s like a Swiss clock, we need to ensure that all the elements fit perfectly together because if they don’t, even the smallest part, then it will cause trouble,” said William de Boer, key components manager at Femern Link Contractors.

“For us it is a great honour but also a major responsibility to bring our passion and knowhow to the success of this project,” said Andre ter Schure, sales director at DMT.

Major flood defence work reduces risk to 0.5%

The UK government says a £12 million (€13.8 million) tidal defence scheme to protect 1,400 homes from flooding has been completed.

The works, which have been completed at the small port town of Exmouth in Devon, are just one project out of a total £5.2 billion (€6 billion) that has been earmarked for flood and coastal defences across England.

The Exmouth scheme was actually in three parts and was first conceived in 2015, when it was decided protection was needed for the town in southwest England because it is prone to tidal flooding. It was identified as part of a flood risk management strategy for the whole of the Exe Estuary.

Team Van Oord, a joint venture between civil engineers Royal HaskoningDHV and Kier, designed and built the scheme, which included adding 27 new flood gates along

8 Flood defence works were completed in Devon, southwest England, as part of a €6 billion package for flood and defence work across England as a whole

the sea front and improved drainage for water to be able to get back out to sea. New set-back defences were added along the land side of the Esplanade so that if flooding

does occur, the water will not flow down nearby roads.

Flood embankments and walls have also been raised on the estuary side of Exmouth, as well as around what is known as the ‘gut’ at Camperdown Creek.

In 2016, the Environment Agency decided that there was a 4% flood risk in any year at Exmouth. Now, it says, the risk has been reduced to 0.5% and no further defence improvements should be required until 2045.

“Exmouth’s new flood defences and further schemes across the country will be more important than ever to build a more resilient nation against greater weather extremes,” said UK Floods Minister Trudy Harrison. ”I hope Exmouth’s added protection will bring much needed peace of mind to homeowners and give businesses the confidence to invest and grow.”

The Fehmarnbelt immersed tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany needs 64 winches to position subsea equipment - for which DMT Marine Equipment is happy to oblige

HYBRID VESSEL DOUBLES UP INSTALLATION FUNCTIONS

A three-year installation contract will see one vessel install both foundations and turbines during its tenure at the Hornsea Three offshore wind farm.

Cadeler’s agreement with an undisclosed customer will secure the use of its F-class vessel for a period of up to four years with a high level of flexibility for the client to freely choose to either install foundations or WTGs.

“We are very happy that we have secured a long-term utilization of our state-of-the-art F-class vessel until 2030. This is a clear testimony that our vessels are a good fit for the market, in high demand and that Cadeler is a valued business partner to our clients,” said Mikkel Gleerup, CEO of Cadeler A/S.

“We are looking forward to putting our new hybrid vessel to good use in the next years while executing projects in collaboration with our business partners.”

Clever convertion

During the project, Cadeler will make use of its new F-class vessel, featuring a unique hybrid design, allowing the vessel to convert from being a foundation installation vessel (WFIV) to a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) within a short period of time.

The first task of the F-class vessel is the installation of turbine foundations at the

Hornsea Three offshore wind farm commencing in 2026. When the WFIV has completed the windfarm installation at Hornsea Three, it will start executing on this new agreement.

If all options stipulated in the new agreement are called, the value of the agreement will exceed €330 million for the vessel only. In addition, this agreement provides Cadeler the possibility of bidding on the transport and installation (T&I) scope. If successful, this will increase the overall revenue and profitability connected with the agreement even further.

With an intensified focus on energy security and a global need to drive the transition towards renewable sources of energy, large developers of offshore windfarms are increasingly looking to secure the necessary business partners and assets e.g. subcontractors, installation vessels and crew for longer terms to ensure timely execution of the series of projects they have in their pipeline.

This portfolio-based approach is also shared by the undisclosed customer in this particular case, which aims at securing the needed capacity for years to come to avoid bottle necks and delays in project execution caused by lack of assets.

During the project, Cadeler will make use of its new F-class vessel, featuring a unique hybrid design, allowing the vessel to convert from being a foundation installation vessel (WFIV) to a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) within a short period of time

3,500t hulking crane receives design review

CP&A has completed the structural design review of a 3,500-tonne double boom offshore crane.

A mammoth hulking offshore crane with two booms each longer than a football pitch has been structurally design reviewed by Casper, Phillips & Associates (CP&A), the multidiscipline engineering firm.

The crane, which has a wide range of potential applications, from massive cargo handling to building dockside bridges to offshore wind farm or oil rig installations, has been built by China’s Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group (DHHI).

The crane mast reaches 40.5 metres, while the two booms sit side by side and can be used together or individually.

”These mammoth dimensions allow DHHI’s crane to handle cargo as large as 32m-high, with a 50m by 50m footprint, over water or on land,” said CP&A mechanical engineer Richard Phillips, who admitted it was a tricky project to review the machine. “The analysis was rather complex; we had to use a special pipe-to-pipe connection post-processor that we created in-house.

“Pre-processing is the creation of the mathematical model of the crane structure 9defining structural beams, developing loads and load cases). FEA processing is when you take the math model and solve it to get the forces in each structural member (beams and columns). Post-processing is when you take the forces in each structural member end and check to see if the structural members and connections have adequate strength and resilience.”

Credit: Cadeler

8 Cadeler’s agreement with an undisclosed customer will secure the utilisation of its F-class vessel for a period of up to four years

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CASTOLDI LAUNCHES US DIVISION

The US division, being headed up by James Langner, US sales representative, will take care of new sales in the territory and handle after sales service for the company’s American customers.

“The US office gives us a firm presence in America and will reassure our customers that we have a truly global presence. It will give them the confidence to invest in our proven waterjet technology knowing that they will also receive the top quality after sales service our customers have come to expect,” said Mr Langner.

Competitive edge

The US office will handle all American sales across all markets, including fishing, workboats, fast ferries, high speed craft, military and shallow draft applications.

Castoldi’s competitive edge is centred around its integrated gearbox, which offers one of the most efficient, lightweight and compact propulsion systems available on the market today.

Much more than a simple pump, it is a complete, integrated marine propulsion system. The Castoldi waterjet drive is very light due to the aluminium alloy construction of its principal parts. The gearbox with hydraulic clutch is integrated in the unit therefore the engine need not be provided with a marine transmission.

Castoldi’s waterjet can easily operate in shallow waters and critical conditions due to its unique design including all oil lubricated bearings and the impeller shaft rotating into a housing, not in contact with water.

Waterjet intake is protected by a movable grid and optionally the waterjet can be equipped with the ultimate

cleaning system by Castoldi called Clear-Duct, that performs the impeller reversing (back-flush) in combination with the opening of the intake grid.

The waterjet is made from high quality material with AISI 316 or Duplex micro-cast stainless steel impellers and stainless steel or titanium liners. It has been toughened using an anti-corrosion hard anodising treatment protecting all the aluminium alloy components with 60 microns thickness of aluminium oxide (ceramic), three layers of special paint and cathodic protection by sacrificial anodes. This makes the waterjet unique in its construction quality.

Castoldi’s waterjet is installed worldwide on various types of fishing, commercial, military and pleasure vessels. 8 The company will be exhibiting at Booth 1205 at Pacific Expo in Seattle from 17 to 19 November 2022.

First of 18 high-speed patrol boats launched

The first of 18 high-speed patrol boats for various police units around the UK and Gibraltar has been launched.

Marine Specialised Technology Group (MST Group) and design partner BMT said the vessel, named Osprey, was officially launched on the River Mersey and will now undergo lengthy trials before being delivered to the Ministry of Defence.

BMT designed the vessel, an HPB-1500 model, which is one of a HPB portfolio, and the build was completed by MST’s shipyard facility, the company said.

“Engineering teams worked closely ensuring that the HPB DNA flowed throughout this new design, resulting in a technologically advanced craft, from hull construction to the capable on board C4iSR systems,” said

Andrew Phillips, technical director for MST Group. “This is all a testament to the skills and expertise this exciting partnership brings to the patrol boat market.”

MST Group and BMT were awarded a Police Patrol Craft contract in March 2021 for a six-year programme to deliver 18 patrol

craft to various police units around the UK and Gibraltar.

They will protect Royal Naval assets such as ships, submarines and port installations.

Martin Bissuel, Business Sector Lead at BMT, said: “The first launch is a very important milestone in this programme. It is the result of many months of hard work, innovation, and close cooperation between the BMT and MST teams.

“We look forward to supporting the build of the rest of the fleet, both from a vessel design point of view as well as providing the ILS (Integrated Logistics Support) elements, which are so critical to the required high levels of in-service availability required.”

The second vessel is due to be launched in three months’ time.

The Italian waterjet manufacturer Castoldi is creating a permanent presence in the United States with an American office in Seattle called Castoldi USA Inc

8 Castoldi is creating a permanent presence in the United States

Credit: Castoldi

8 MST Group and BMT’s Osprey HPB-1500 high-speed patrol boat

JAN DE NUL LAUNCHES WATER INJECTION DREDGER

The new vessel, Cosette, was built at the Neptune Marine shipyard near Dordrecht, in the Netherlands. She is a so-called Ultra Low Emission vessel (ULEv) and is equipped with a dual exhaust gas filtration system that Jan De Nul says removes up to 99% of polluting nanoparticles using a diesel particulate filter alongside a selective catalytic reduction system that removes NOx emissions.

She is a so-called Ultra Low Emission vessel (ULEV) and is equipped with a dual exhaust gas filtration system that Jan De Nul says removes up to 99% of polluting nanoparticles using a diesel particulate filter alongside a selective catalytic reduction system that removes NOx emissions

“With Cosette we conclude an investment program of two new water injection dredgers that are even more compact than our existing fleet of water injection dredgers,” said Jan Van de Velde, Head of the Newbuilding Department at Jan De Nul Group. “Thanks to their compact character combined

Grimaldi launches new RoPax line

Italy’s Grimaldi Group is adding maritime connections between southern Italy and the island of Sicily with a new NaplesPalermo service for passengers and freight, the company announced.

Built in 2002, the Cruise Ausonia was refurbished in 2021 and now has a hull coated with special silicone paint to optimise hydrodynamic efficiency but without contaminating the water.

She has a capacity of 1,820 passengers and 1,920 metres of rolling freight.

“With the new Naples-Palermo ro-pax link we aim, on the one hand, to continue strengthening the territorial continuity between mainland Italy and the Italian major islands; on the other hand, to expand our presence in the port of Naples,” said Group Managing Director Emanuele Grimaldi.

“The new connection will represent a fundamental corridor both for passenger

with an exceptional depth range, Cosette and Pancho are perfectly suited for maintenance dredging works in harbours and rivers.”

Cosette has been named after the four-year-old granddaughter of Julie and J P J de Nul, and the child christened her namesake on October 12. Water injection dredgers are used in ports and rivers, where the area to manoeuvre in is too tight for larger vessels. They inject water into the subsoil, which loosens the material for removal.

flows and for companies that transport freight between Sicily and the rest of Southern Italy.”

The new service will run three times a week from the mainland and back again, with a journey time of 10 hours.

acutely aware of the need to ensure their operations do not adversely impact the environment,” he said.

“The design of Odalisque III has achieved this by combining an environmentallyconscious technical design, with the features that guests expect in a world-class cruising experience, such as a seamless scenic wilderness flight.”

Incat Crowther has been commissioned to design and deliver a new boutique cruise vessel for a Tasmanian luxury wilderness expedition operator.

The 24.8 metre Odalisque III is currently being built by Richardson Devine Marine in Hobart and is scheduled for delivery to expedition operator, On Board, in early 2023

Incat Crowther’s chief executive Brett Crowther explained the design had to deliver the right balance of aesthetics and technical features. “Not only did the design of Odalisque III need to provide guests with a luxurious experience, but On Board are

Powered by two Scania D13 076M 607kW engines, the aluminium-hulled Odalisque III can achieve top speeds of 25 knots. With room for 12 guests across seven cabins, all en suite, the vessel has three outdoor viewing decks, an open bridge and space for two tenders.

Pieter van der Woude, founder of On Board, said he wanted to give his guests the feeling of being in a ‘floating luxury wilderness lodge’. “Our guests expect the best, and Incat Crowther’s design delivers on this. I cannot wait to take guests into Tasmania’s World Heritage wilderness on Odalisque III early next year,” he said.

8 Four-year-old Cosette Goethals christens her namesake in the presence of her mum, dad and two sisters

Jan De Nul has added a water injection to its large fleet of equipment, bringing its total of these smaller dredging vessels to five

Incat Crowther designs luxury cruise vessel

SUBSEA7’s ‘SEVEN ATLANTIC’ TO BECOME A HYBRID

Heavy construction and flex-lay vessel Seven Atlantic will get a new energy-saving system that will essentially make the vessel a hybrid vessel.

Bakker Sliedrecht, the Netherlands-based provider of electrical and automation solutions for the marine industry, will supply and fit a battery energy storage system as a ‘double first’, the company says - because it’s the first order it has received for this kind of system on this scale, and it believes the vessel is the first vessel of its kind to be equipped with one.

The system comprises two containerised power converters with 3,750kW of power each, plus battery storage of 1,500 kWh.

“The Energy Storage System is developed in close cooperation with Subsea7 to meet their ambition to make their fleet more sustainable,” said Andy Waterstreet, project director at Bakker Sliedrecht. “Before

implementation on board, an extensive function and load test program in our workshop will be executed. This will contribute to a shorter duration for implementation and commissioning on board.”

“The Energy Storage System can work with any battery or storage type,” said Bas Oskam, sales director with Bakker Sliedrecht. ”The control system is designed with maximum autonomy in mind, allowing for integration with different existing power and vessel management systems on board. This makes the system very suitable to apply in existing vessels.”

Owned and operated by the firm Subsea7, as a cable-laying vessel Seven Atlantic has a depth capability of 3,000 metres.

Vice-president Asset Development with Subsea7 said the installation represented an important milestone in the company’s sustainability programme.

SFK ORDERS TWO NEW FERRIES

Hollands Shipyards Group will build two vessels for SFK (Schlepp-und Fährgesellschaft Kiel), the German tug and ferry company.

The order brings the total number of vessels built by Holland Shipyards for SFK to seven, with the first built in 2020.

One of the ferries is a hybrid electric/diesel boat with capacity for 300 foot passengers and bicycles, the second is smaller and full electric, with capacity for 140 foot passengers and 60 bicycles.

The hybrid, Laboe, will measure 32.4m x 8.8m and the company says it has a larger battery bank (2 x 272kWh) than previous vessels, which will enable it to sail for longer using battery power.

Dietrichsdorf will be 24.95m x 7.5m and will have battery capacity of 1092 kWh.

“Like her sister vessels Düsternbrook and Wellingdorf (pictured), she will also be equipped with the non-conventional automated mooring system, which features electrichydraulically operated mooring hooks in both sides of the ship,” says Holland Shipyards.

Double minehunter lift breaks records

Commercial and private vessel shipping company Peters & May has carried out its heaviest, longest double ship movement, the firm says.

The job consisted of two 620t warships (minehunters) from Belgium to Pakistan, and they were carried as deck cargo on the MV UHL Fame, which is four years old and sails under the Madeira flag. It is owned by Germany’s United Heavy Lift company.

“Preparations were extensive with more than 1.35km of vable used on the lashings for each ship,” said Peters & May. “Sixteen slings were required to tandem lift each of the warships into place on board the UHL Fame with a mixture of the ship’s main spreaders and sling equalising assemblies.

“The receiving deck also required significant work with the use of heavy lift platforms to spread the load, preventing point loading and deck damages. Integrity of the cargo for the trip was ensured by Peter & May’s specialist cradling beneath the hulls.”

Peters & May said each ship needed two days to prepare the lifting gear followed by a whole day to complete the lashings on board.

“It’s not unusual for the company to transport one vessel of this size, but two of them going onto one ship is highly unusual,” said Robert Blades, global commercial sales manager. “Finding a heavy lift ship to tackle such a movement was the first challenge. There aren’t many ships out there with the capacity to lift two warships simultaneously, along with suitable lifting equipment, however United Heavy Lift had the MV UHL Fame in position.”

It’s not unusual for the company to transport one vessel of this size, but two of them going onto one ship is highly unusual

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Photo courtesy of Subsea7

8 Seven Atlantic is to become a hybrid vessel

8 Wellingdorf was previously delivered to SFK

TWO ALL-ELECTRIC FERRIES ON ORDER FOR SWEDEN

The contract for the two ferries, being built for the Swedish Transport Administration, includes an option for two more.

“This project will also further build on the work we have done on Yara Birkeland, a zero-emissions container-feeder vessel, and the fully autonomous freight ferries for Norwegian grocery distributor Asko,” said Hans Westad, portfolio manager, Autonomous and Remote Projects, Kongsberg Maritime.

Dual objectives

To achieve the dual objectives of electrification and automation, Kongsberg Maritime will provide the ferries’ electrical systems, as well as a comprehensive control system suite, including energy management, navigation, an all-new situational awareness system linked with automated manoeuvring.

“We will deliver the ferries turn-key to Sweden, including shore charging and auto-mooring. These vessels mark a new step forward for Holland Shipyards Group and the ferry market in general,” said Marco Hoogendoorn, director, Holland Shipyards Group.

Together with the general automation of all onboard systems and essential port equipment like charging and mooring, the company will also deliver the technology for the remote monitoring and operation centre in Stockholm and secure communication between ferries, ports and the control centre.

A simulator with 360-degree visuals from Kongsberg Digital is also part of the delivery, enabling the ferry company to train their crew in new operational procedures.

“Not many yards have experience with delivery of a complete electrical sailing scope, including shore infrastructure. An innovative contract like this one really is recognition of our past performances.”

The challenges in automating the operations of these ferries include the short routes and the presence of significant on-water traffic, including pleasure boats and occasional ice.

A 12-month test period is planned after delivery to further develop and fine-tune automated functionalities and to demonstrate the ferries’ capabilities to Swedish authorities.

MSC Opera booked for Qatar World Cup

MSC Cruises’ 1,075-cabin MSC Opera cruise ship will accommodate football fans during the upcoming football World Cup.

The high-end cruise ship will be berthed at Doha during the tournament, between November 19 and December 19, to boost hotel accommodation for the small city of Doha, which only has 31,000 hotel roomswhich isn’t bad for a city with a population of 1.11 million.

MSC Opera was built in 2004 and is crewed by more than 700 people.

In 2011 she lost power on the Baltic Sea en route to England, according to news reports, because of an engine power outage, leaving the 1,700 passengers on board at the

8 MSC Opera piano bar

time without light or water. She was then towed to Nynäshamn, near Stockholm, and passengers were transferred to smaller vessels before being flown home.

In 2015, MSC Opera was revamped under the company’s €279 million ‘Renaissance Programme’ along with three sister ships, the Armonia, Sinfonia and Lirica, all Lirica class ships. The revamps increased all ships’ length by 24 metres (to 275 metres), weight by 5,000 tonnes (to 65,000 topnnes) and capacity by 600 passengers (to 2,680).

MSC Opera’s accommodation decks are each named after well-known operas, such as La Traviata, Tosca and Turandot, and she has the usual facilities to be expected on such a liner, such as gym, bars and restaurants.

The ship is expected to serve alcohol, which in the Muslim country of Qatar is only allowed in luxury hotels.

8 Kongsberg Maritime sales director Roger Trinterud (right) and Cor Hoogendoorn, owner and director of Holland Shipyard Group

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Holland Shipyards Group to provide electrification and control systems for new all-electric ferries.

Credit: Kongsberg Maritime

A simulator with 360-degree visuals from Kongsberg Digital is also part of the delivery, enabling the ferry company to train their crew in new operational procedure

France-based water treatment firm BIO UV Group has completed a retrofit low-flow ballast water treatment system at sea with its partner 3C Metal, an engineering solutions firm.

A BIO-SEA L03-087 modular unit was installed aboart the 4350dwt vessel Greatship Maya, the firms said, a multi-purpose offshore supply vessel operated by the Singapore firm Greatship Global Offshore Serve Pte.

The work was completed as the ship was carrying out rig supply operations off Labuan, Malaysia.

“Together [with 3C Metal], we surveyed the site, taking 3D scans of the ship’s machinery spaces to simplify pipework, electrical wiring, system integration and installation,” said Maxime Dedeurwaerder, business unit director, BIO-SEA, with the BIO UV Group.

”This also revealed some space limitations, which ensured we were able to design and build a ship-specific solution, allowing 3C Metal’s team to get the BWTS in place without modifying the steel structure in any way.”

“During preliminary work it was identified that the ship’s pumps would also be used for transferring liquids other than ballast water, such as water from drilling operations,” said Florian Cortes, who heads up technical operations for BIO UV Group. ”But after

BWTS RETROFIT CARRIED OUT AT SEA

8 Maya BWTS Model

studying the vessel’s different operational requirements it was found that in ballast mode, the pumps would not be required to run at their full rated capacity of 300m3/hr. 87m3/hr was sufficient. This allowed us to offer a smaller BIO-SEA system that would

otherwise have been specified and meant an easier integration and a more cost-effective retrofit solution for the end user.”

The firms said that although at-sea installations take longer than those done on shore, the fact that a dry dock was not required meant huge cost savings. The vessel could also carry out its operations, saving time.

This also revealed some space limitations, which ensured we were able to design and build a ship-specific solution, allowing 3C Metal’s team to get the BWTS in place without modifying the steel structure in any way

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UK DELEGATION URGES NORTH CAROLINA TO GET ON BOARD

Twelve delegates, including Workboat Association CEO Kerrie Forster and maritime solicitor Andrew Oliver, chairman of the Port of Grimsby East and Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises, were welcomed to the state earlier this month to share best practice and expertise in an industry in which the UK is one of the world’s leaders..

The trip was taken as part of the NC Towers project, an acronym for ‘North Carolina Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resource Strategies’, and there is little doubt that once supply chains and infrastructure are in place it could be a booming industry, with projections that 2.5GW of electricity will be generated by 2035.

“Offshore wind development along the US Atlantic coast –and the accompanying supply chain – presents a significant economic opportunity for North Carolina, with an estimated 85,000 new jobs and $140 billion in capital expenditures by 2035,” a statement said. “North Carolina is well positioned to attract a significant portion of the jobs and economic investment opportunity that the offshore wind industry presents.”

So far, however, few steps have been taken to reach these goals.

Justin Sosne is head of the UK Government Office in North Carolina with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was hired two years ago to deepen commercial and political ties between the UK and the state.

“There is significant potential for collaboration, with billions of dollars of trade and investment going back and forth between the UK and North Carolina,” he told MJ. “Where the UK brings value is renewable energy and offshore. The governor here is very supportive and the UK is so far ahead in the development of the industry it will be valuable to North Carolina in understanding the ecosystem here. We can follow the successes and avoid the mistakes as we develop the industry.

“There’s so much knowledge and information, skills that can be exchanged that can be highly supportive and mutually beneficia. There could be real opportunities.”

Barriers to hurdle

Despite the opportunities for both sides, no pens, as Kerrie Forster put it, have yet been put to paper.

Plans need to be made and the earlier the better, but business has to be convinced before it will fork out.

“It’s a bit of a chicken and egg situation,” said Forster. “Do you start investing in infrastructure if there’s no business to come? It will come, but when it’s going to happen is the uncertainty.”

One of the key things was to ‘prepare for a soft landing’ when it came to infrastructure, said Andrew Oliver, and get everything in place to streamline the installation process. This means getting the infrastructure built, which in North Carolina’s case should be straight forward because there is no lack of space in which to build it – there’s just a seeming lack of willingness to break ground.

“There’s a difference between the UK and US in terms of

politics,” said Oliver. “In Westminster, both parties are behind wind; in the US it’s more polarised. But as well as environmental reasons they need to realise that they are sitting on a goldmine – they don’t have any of the onshore issues of space that we have; they need to realise that this is a new industry, like aviation was once, with jobs and wealth creation.”

Another barrier that will take some getting over is the US Jones Act, which insists that only US-owned, crewed, registered and built vessels can transport cargo between US ports.

“The unsurprising result of this law has been to impose significant costs on the US economy while providing few of the promising benefits,” says the Cato Institute, a public policy research organisation, which calls it an ‘archaic, burdensome law’.

There are ways to work around the Act – for example using Jones Act-compliant feeder vessels to transport components to non-US installation vessels – although the North Carolina government says in its report Building North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain that the first US installation vessels have now been ordered.

“A lot isn’t covered in the Jones Act,” said Sosne. “It’s incumbent on us to think creatively and encourage bilateral relations, set up regular meetings of the stakeholders.”

While the law restricts the use of foreign vessels, design expertise and consultancy is open – and in fact UK naval architect Chartwell is already designing US workboats for the sector.

And where Europe could be the place to source the larger installation vessels, it’s in these small service, more sophisticated vessels that the UK can come into its own.

“One of the things we’ve learned on the Humber is that we are good at certain things, so let’s stick at doing what we do better,” said Oliver. “We know we’re good at the small vessels, we know we’re good at certain aspects of it – and in America they are starting to realise this, that everybody can’t do everything, there are natural homes for various parts of it.”

Oliver said a return delegation was being considered for next year to showcase the offshore industry ports and infrastructure that the UK could assist its partners in the US set up for itself.

“The gate is open,” Forster said. “We just need to show people where it is.”

A UK delegation to North Carolina to explore the potential for offshore wind has ended with solid intentions to advance offshore wind for the state

8 From left to right: Kerrie Forster, Andrew Oliver, Justin Sosne

NEW WAVE ENERGY PROJECT LAUNCHED

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WEDUSEA is a collaboration of 14 partners from industry and academia from the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain, co-ordinated by OceanEnergy, an Irish firm that has developed the world’s largest capacity floating wave energy device, the OE35.

The OE35 device floats on the surface of the ocean and incorporates a trapped volume of air, with the lower part open to the sea.

Wave pressures at the opening beneath the surface of the water cause the water to oscillate and drive the trapped air through a turbine to generate electricity, the company says. It will be demonstrated with a 1MW grid-connected floating wave energy converter at the EMEC test site in Orkney, Scotland.

”This rigorous technical and environmental demonstration will happen over a two-year period in Atlantic wave conditions,” said Tony Lewis, chief technical officer at OceanEnergy. ”Wave energy is the world’s most valuable and persistent renewable resource. However, it has yet to be fully realised.

“The project will demonstrate that wave technology is on a cost reduction trajectory and will thus be a stepping stone to larger commercial array scale-up and further industrialisation. We predict that the natural energy of the world’s oceans will one day supply much of the grid.”

The partnership is being funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme and Innovate UK, a UK government-funded organisation that funds technical innovations.

Wave energy projects are gaining momentum, with several projects tested at the EMEC in recent months, including the Aquantis floating Tidal Power Tug, a stable spare buoy vessel moored to anchors on the seabed.

Rémi Gruet, CEO of the trade association Ocean Energy

Europe, said: “Wave energy is at full-scale stage now and projects like WEDUSEA are paving the way for pilot farms and sector-wide industrialisation. As an EU-UK collaboration project, it will demonstrate the potential for wave energy to make a significant contribution to the EU Green Deal target. Wave energy will help smooth production peaks or dips from variable wind and ensure European energy independence.”

Matthijs Soede, from the European Commission, says the bloc’s Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy has listed a 1GW target for 2030 from tidal energy sources.

Lithuania to tap Baltic Sea offshore wind potential

The port city of Klaipeda in Lithuania has set out its intentions to make the most of offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea.

Lithuania is setting itself up as a regional hub for offshore wind on the Baltic Sea, where it plans to install 700MW by 2030 and where it estimates there is potential for 4.5GW.

The main spotlight is on the port city of Klaipeda, where the recent ‘Klaipeda Manifesto Blue Economy Conference’ set out its intentions to make the most of its strategic location and develop the sector.

In August, a joint venture was set up between the Warsaw-based Poleenergia SA and Lithuanian Modus Energy to build and operate what would be the first wind farm for Lithuania.

8 Baltic Sea wind farm potential is vast

Although the offshore wind industry in the Baltic is described as ‘nascent’, there are currently almost 20 wind farms, with a total of around 600 turbines, already operating

there. Most are owned by Denmark or Sweden, with a couple owned by Germany and one by Finland.

In August, a Marienborg Declaration was signed by heads of government and energy ministers from Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Gernany, pledging to work more closely together to develop more volume in the Baltic Sea,where they estimate there is potential to generate up to 95GW of electricity.

Plans for neighbour Poland’s first offshore wind farm have also moved a step further with a joint venture agreed between the Orlen Group and Northland Power.

The Baltic Power project aims to install 76 15MW turbines by Vestas.

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million project that aims to be a ‘stepping stone’ towards large-scale wave energy commercialisation will be launched at the International Conference on Ocean Energy in Spain

8 OceanEnergy OE 35 Buoy

TUG DELIVERY ROUND-UP

This month’s new vessel news is dominated by Sanmar Shipyards, who reports five deliveries in a single week and a new addition to the expanding UK fleet of Carmet Tug Company

Sanmar Shipyards is known for its serial production of standard design tugs from the catalogue of Canadian naval architect Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).

The Turkish shipyard is one of a handful of tug builders striving to drive down construction costs by offering standard designs, often built in series and for stock.

Increasingly tug operators, be they commercial concerns or ports meeting demands for towage services in-house, will have very specific requirements – and Sanmar offers modifications to the standard design to suit individual requirements. Building for stock also allows for early delivery once modifications are complete.

The five-in-a-week delivery for Sanmar involves four tugs and a mooring boat for Saam Towage in Panama; MedTug in Rotterdam; Sanmar’s own fleet; Bulgarian operators BMF Tug Service; and Trans-Port-Lane, the last two first-time new customers for Sanmar.

Deliveries in detail

The delivery for Saam Towage concerns Saam Quibian, built, as is standard for Sanmar tugs, with a yard name – in this case Boğaçay XLIII. It is based on RAL’s Sanmar-exclusive RAmparts 2400SX ASD design and offering a bollard pull of 70t will work in Panama Canal waters alongside one of its six sister vessels previously delivered by Sanmar to Saam Towage.

The second delivery has seen a 2020-built RAstar 2800 design tug, previously operated in Sanmar’s own fleet in Turkey under the name Sanmar Terminal XXV, re-delivered to MedTug SA and renamed Med Bellatrix for service in Rotterdam, a port seeing an increasing number of tugs from MSC Shipping’s own tug fleet MedTug. The 75-plus tbp vessel is the fifth Sanmar tug now delivered to MedTug SA.

As mentioned, Sanmar operates its own fleet, which now has a new tractor tug in Deliçay X operating at Izmit, the 75tbp vessel based on another Sanmar-exclusive RAL design the TRAktor-Z 2500SX.

Turning to Sanmar’s two new Bulgarian customers, BMF Bulgaria has taken delivery of Aquila 2 (built as Gökçay II), a conventional twin-screw tug based on RAL’s RApport 1600SX mooring boat design. Built for stock at Sanmar’s Altinova shipyard, 16tbp Aquila 2 was designed to address the challenges of modern line-handling and smaller shiphandling tugs.

Sanmar’s second new customer in Bulgaria, Trans-PortLane, has recently taken delivery of Vector, an 11m mooring boat from Sanmar’s own fleet. It will work at Varna on the Black Sea.

Ruchan Civgin, Commercial Director Sanmar Shipyards, said: “Our shipyards operate to the highest environmental standards and we are at the forefront of the drive to a sustainable low-emission and emission-free towage industry. I am pleased that these latest deliveries confirm once again that we are able to serve the varying needs of both huge international operators and those providing towage and mooring services on a much smaller scale.”

Outside Sanmar

Wirral UK-based Carmet Tug Company has featured recently in MJ’s Tugs & Towing column, reporting on activities and

additions to its fleet beyond what is arguably its best-known activity as sole towage contractor for the Manchester Ship Canal. This appointment dates back to 1989 and employs the instantly recognisable MSC-prefixed tugs (not to be confused with MedTug owner MSC Shipping, mentioned above).

A notable addition reported earlier was the CT Upton a 35tbp tug originally part of the Hongkong Salvage & Towage fleet, more recently operating as the Trueman for SMS Towage Ltd of Hessle. Carmet also operates a fleet of multipurpose workboats and has a new addition in the CT Barnston, an EasyWorker 2080 workboat built in The Netherlands by Groeneveldt Marine Construction BV.

The 20.8m long, 8m beam, 1.6m draught vessel is classed by Bureau Veritas and meets MCA Workboat Code Cat 2/60 requirements.

Two Volvo Penta D16 MH IMO 3 main engines developing 1,200bhp in total deliver 15tbp and speed 9kn via Twin Disc gearboxes and fixed-pitch propellers in nozzles with John Deere providing two gensets.

Deck equipment includes a Fassi F800 deck crane, an 18t SWL deck winch and 5t SWL tugger winch with accommodation comprising air-conditioned wheelhouse and galley/day room at deck level and a pair of two-person cabins below deck. An extensive navigation fit is provided including from Sailor and Furuno and a Transas 3000 ECDIS.

8 CT Barnston is the latest arrival for Carmet Tug Co

Credit: Carmet

8 Sanmar has delivered five tugs in one week

Credit: Sanmar

German propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has reported that its RudderPropeller thrusters will power the world’s first hydrogen-powered tug under construction in Spain for the fleet of Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

Shiphandling tug owners mulling over their options when considering which ‘fuel’ to use for their new vessels have quite a choice now.

Requirements and restrictions within the area of operation will of course have an influence along with the availability of different fuels at the vessel’s home port, and with commentators in the energy industry viewing LNG as a transitional fuel other options including biofuels are gaining popularity.

All-electric tugs are perhaps different, being more location-specific, but looking to the future, hydrogen is attracting attention (including for non-marine applications) and is the option Port of Antwerp-Bruges has chosen as part of its transition to a sustainable CO2-neutral port in what promises to be a significant European tug delivery in early 2023.

In associated news, Port of Rotterdam earlier reported that in collaboration with exporting countries and others, it can supply Northwest Europe with 4.6 million tonnes of

SCHOTTEL TO POWER WORLD’S FIRST HYDROGEN TUG

The main propulsion system for Port of Antwerp-Bruges tug will be Schottel

RudderPropellers type SRP 460 (2,000kW each), featuring 2.4m diameter propellers producing around 65tbp for the 30m long, 12.5m wide vessel.

The thrusters will be driven by combustion engines burning hydrogen in combination with diesel. Hydrogen combustion does not emit any CO2 and particle filters combined with the catalyser will result in minimal emissions of NOx and particulates.

The tug was launched recently by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon and is due to commence operations at Antwerp in early 2023.

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hydrogen annually by 2030, including from Shell’s plant at Maasvlakte 2. This is due to commence producing hydrogen in 2025 using renewable energy from Hollandse Kust (noord) windfarm for Shell’s energy and chemical park in Rotterdam, replacing some of the grey hydrogen use at the refinery as well as expanding the refueling network, in particular for commercial road transport.

Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO at Port of Antwerp-Bruges, said: “With the Hydrotug, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges is making an important step in the transition to a sustainable, CO2-neutral port. The port is systematically pursuing a policy of making its entire fleet eco-friendly by incorporating the most environment-friendly technologies available on the market.”

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8 Schottel thrusters will power Port of Antwerp-Bruges hydrogen-powered tug

Credit: SchottelPort of Antwerp-Bruge

FIRST REFERENCE FOR STEERPROP’S NEW THRUSTER

Shiphandling tugs come in many shapes and sizes but not all applications demand high power multipurpose vessels. For some ports accommodating more moderately sized ships, tugs of lesser dimensions and lower power are adequate. Whatever the size or power, however, the same demands apply: the ability to provide a safe and efficient solution with increasing demand for sustainability, and importantly, the capability for smaller ports (including where towage services are outsourced) to future-proof their operation as along with their larger cousins they experience gradual increases in vessel size using the port and need to provide towage services that can keep pace.

The launch order for Med Marine, with delivery scheduled for January 2023, involves provision of four Steerprop SP 175 T propulsion units for two Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) RAscal 2100 harbour tugs. Summing up its new product, Donato Agostinelli, Steerprop’s Sales Manager, said: “The Steerprop T design features improved flexibility, increased modularisation and scalability, while maximising the bollard pull per engine’s power input.”

The thrusters have propellers of 1.8m diameter turning in nozzles and providing a power of 1,080kW per unit to deliver a bollard pull of 35t for the tug.

RAL’s RAscal series are described as “high-performance but relatively simple compact tugs”, offered in either Z-drive and single or twin-screw configurations within vessel lengths 12m to 24m and up to 50tbp. Steerprop says the order is for the 35tbp version with a length of 21.4m, beam 11.3m and maximum draught 4m.

Looking at the T design in general, they cover a power range from 1,000kW to 2,800kW and are available in Z-drive, J-drive or integrated permanent magnet motor drive

configurations with different propeller and nozzle sizes available. Examining wider, Steerprop’s thrusters are produced to satisfy requirements up to 12MW for ice-class operations or 15MW in open water with open or ducted propellers also contra-rotating twin propeller and open pulling configurations.

“With the new Steerprop T product line and the support of our local partner Nemomarin, whose relationship with the customer was instrumental in making this contract happen, we are confident that we have a winning formula for the future Turkish and global tug markets,” said Agostinelli.

Kotug’s latest acquisition in detail

The

Dubai-based Seaways is a family-run business built from scratch by Captain Ashish Nijhawan, his sons and wife, and is now part of another family-run company with Kotug President and CEO Ard-Jan Kooren saying its corporate cultures and values are “very similar and compatible” to Seaways.

Kotug’s diverse activities include the floating offshore market, which is where Seaways will provide particular operations.

As oil and gas moved offshore, tugs had to have the ability to handle the anchors that held rigs and other floating plant in position. Anchor-handling tug supply vessels (AHTS)

were a popular answer for carrying liquid and bulk cargoes to rigs as well as tending to the towing and anchor-handling activities.

A variant of the AHTS was the anchorhandling tug (AHT) providing similar

capabilities but without the cargo capacity, often distinguishable through being shorter in length but still with the stern roller.

Seaways’ website has seven AHTs listed in its fleet, dominated by five similar multipurpose vessels: Seaways 12, 16, 20, 22 and 24, providing an indication of the steady growth of the company all built by Keppel Singmarine, Singapore between 2007 and 2016 with bollard pulls between 81 and 125 tonnes and meeting either fifi1 or 2 and DP1 or 2 standards, some with oil recovery capabilities.

Also in the list and built in 2005 and 2006 by Dubai Drydocks and Guanghzou Panyu Lingshan/Cheoy Lee China respectively are the AHTs Seaways 10 and 15, providing 99tbp and 41tbp.

Finnish propulsion unit manufacturer Steerprop has secured the first reference for its new T series azimuth thruster with Turkey’s Med Marine

Credit: Steerprop

8 Steerprop’s new thruster will power two harbour tugs from Med Marine

recent acquisition of Seaways International by Kotug has now been completed.

8 Seaways 24 is one of five similar vessels built by Keppel Singmarine

Damen Shipyards Group reports its order book at a record level at year-end 2021 while also providing an insight into the effects of the Ukraine crisis on the Dutch shipbuilder.

Damen features regularly in MJ reporting its shipbuilding activity, within this column relating to its extensive tug and workboat range. Its activities are not restricted to these vessels alone however, the report covering its whole catalogue from a company with a workforce of around 12,000 at more than 35 shipyards across five continents.

The order book rose to a record €8.8 billion at the end of 2021, partly due to orders for no fewer than 99 vessels at the Workboats Division and a record number for Damen Yachting.

After three loss-making years Damen was back in the black in 2021, returning an operating profit of €25 million compared to a negative operating result of €43 million in 2020, a year hampered by the effects of the Covid pandemic.

Stating that 2021 was “a good year for us”, CEO Arnout Damen lists stand-out vessels delivered ranging from a diamond recovery vessel to electrically powered water buses for Copenhagen; also in the list is Port of Auckland’s all-electric tug Sparky. No doubt the growing list of references for its interesting RSD 2513

DAMEN REPORTS RECORD ORDER BOOK

(Reversed Stern Drive) tug will also have been met with approval in the board room.

Looking ahead, Damen sees a number of uncertainties. The crisis in Ukraine is having a “major impact on our company” according to Mr Damen, not least the 214 colleagues who were employed at its Cherson and Mykolayiv sites before the invasion, with the tragic loss of one of those colleagues. The company worked to ensure that hundreds of Ukrainian employees

and their families were evacuated to safer havens not only at its shipyards in Galati and Gdansk but also in Amsterdam and Vlissingen.

The conflict also had an economic impact. A week after the invasion, delivery of vessels to Russian and Belarusian clients was suspended, the Dutch government’s sanctions against Russia rendering those deliveries impossible.

8 Damen’s record order book included 99 vessels for its workboat division

Credit: Damen

SALVAGE ROUND-UP

It’s not unusual for salvage assignments to last for extended periods and an eight-week operation for Greek salvor Tsavliris demonstrates how a seemingly run-of-themill disabled ship tow job can in reality be more complex.

The bulker Magic Seas was laden with 60,500t of petroleum coke when it lost propulsion 170 miles east of Bermuda. Tsavliris mobilised the tug ALP Winger (218tbp) along with a salvage team and three semi-submersible pumps from Algeciras, arriving on scene two weeks later.

An inspection established the tail shaft had sheared and was lost along with the propeller. The tail shaft was secured from the engine room side and sealed from both sides by fabricating a steel box on the sea side and cement box in the engine room: additional structures, brackets and stiffeners were welded for extra reinforcement. Towage to Izmir involved stops in Gibraltar and Malta, the operation completed eight weeks later and following cargo discharge the AHTS Leader Z (131tbp) towed Magic Seas to Piraeus.

Ever Forward

When the 334m long container ship Ever Forward grounded along its entire length in Chesapeake Bay, the incident lasting just 90 seconds with the vessel making about 13kn a ‘Rapid Assessment Survey’, divers and engineers from Donjon-Smit found the vessel to be around 3m out-of-draught with an estimated ground reaction of nearly 20,000t.

The vessel’s departure condition from Baltimore, massive ground reaction, bottom conditions and asset availability dictated a multi-faceted approach and following surveys, two dredgers were employed to remove more than 213,000 cubic yards of spoil from around the vessel.

Meanwhile, two 600t-capable pull barges were assembled for a traditional pulling arrangement of two ground-tackle sets, in turn restrained by four further sets providing restraint for two 300t chain pullers on a deck barge. Five hundred containers totalling 7,248t were removed from the ship, the timing well ahead of the point where 5,000t of ballast water was discharged. Thirty-five days after grounding, six tugs successfully refloated Ever Forward, which was redelivered to Port of Baltimore.

Boluda

Boluda Towage is known for its shiphandling services, covering around 100 ports in 18 countries, but with a fleet of more than 400 tugs will naturally find itself in the right place

at the right time when ships encounter difficulties. When the general cargo vessel Scot Mariner suffered engine failure in the Inner Moray Forth, Boluda’s Invergordon-based Strathdee and Strathdon were on hand to tow the vessel to Inverness.

Following a storm at Valencia, a fish farm metal cage of 20m diameter became stranded on the beach of Pinedo near Albufera natural park, and the intervention of Boluda’s VB Poder saw the cage safely towed to the harbour basin.

VB Poder was on hand again when a 25m yacht caught fire in Valencia; using its fire-fighting equipment the tug extinguished the fire, which was reported as seemingly uncontrollable by shore crews.

Resolve Marine Resolve Marine is known for its OPA 90-related activities in the US, but the Fort Lauderdale-based company also operates globally, including in Europe, where in 2020 it completed a complex operation to refloat a cargo vessel aground off the Isle of Skye.

On the other side of the world, Resolve was on hand when a fire broke out among containers on the forward deck of a 3,000teu container ship off the coast of Vietnam. A salvage team was mobilised from Singapore and along with local salvors and firefighters worked to bring the situation under control and extinguish the fire, allowing the vessel to berth in Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Nearer home for Resolve, when a general cargo vessel ran aground on a sandy bank in the Bahamas, the salvor’s 1976-built tug Resolve Commander was dispatched to the scene along with a salvage master and salvage officer from Freeport, Bahamas.

Initial refloating attempts were unsuccessful and two additional tugs were engaged to assist and after extensive “propeller washing work”, the vessel was successfully freed from the sandbank nine days after grounding.

Another vessel grounding involving Resolve unfolded when a tanker ran aground off the coast of Galveston, Texas. A salvage master from Houston attended to oversee the operation with a resource partner tug arriving on scene within 24 hours to safely refloat the vessel.

8 Tugs attempt to free the Ever Forward

Credit: AP-Julio Cortez-wtopnews

8 Boluda’s VB Poder has been active in the salvage sector

Sanmar Shipyards has teamed up with Northampton UK-based energy chain systems manufacturer igus Ltd to develop a shore ‘bunkering’ system for electric tugs.

Tugs featuring electric storage systems in the form of batteries, be they hybrid or all-electric vessels, are increasing in number, a trend that will no doubt increase further as battery and associated technology improves.

Vessel owners and operators will of course already be geared up for bunkering of fossil fuels along with ‘plugging in’ to a shore electricity supply to run onboard services while the tug is alongside, but charging battery systems requires more than just running an extension lead from the office.

Sanmar and igus have recognised this new requirement for potential customers by developing a compact quayside Shore Power Dispenser System that can be operated by just one person. The modular design allows a system extension to provide higher charging power capacities, each module able to handle 500A current capacity up to 1,000V AC.

All-electric tugs individually configured for specific operational roles may still be small in number, typified most recently by entry into service of Sparky for Auckland Ports based on

SANMAR DEVELOPS ELECTRIC BUNKERING SYSTEM

one-person operation, connection and disconnection requiring ‘only a few minutes’.

Damen’s RSD-E 2513 tug, but a number likely set to increase (battery-powered ferries are a particular area of growth).

The system will be of relevance considering Sanmar’s work with Robert Allan Ltd and battery provider Corvus Energy to develop the ElectRA range of electric tugs, five designs between 19m and 28m in length and offering up to 70tbp.

The cable management system is operated with a radio remote control, allowing

Specific features of the ‘electric bunkering system’ include: a modular and compact system; charging capacity that can be extended by increasing the number of modules; each module support structure’s height designed according to port requirements; selective deployment length and adjustable arm length; a ready-to-install plug-and-play solution; extra cable protection by Triflex TR energy chain; and adopting standard components rather than project-specific special solutions.

Tamer Geckin, R&D and Electrical Systems Director Sanmar Shipyards, said: “Our vision of a future sustainable carbon-neutral tug and towing sector will depend on simple, easy-to-use and efficient infrastructure at ports and harbours around the world.

We are proud to be at the heart of this transformation through innovation and technological advance.”

8 Sanmar’s battery charging system can be operated by one person

Credit: Sanmar

8 Turku-based towing contractor Alfons Håkans has taken part in a pollution prevention exercise with the Finnish Border Guard. The exercise, off Airisto close to Turku, involved the Border Guard’s patrol ship Uisko along with Håkans tugs Joonas and Wizard practicing oil spill collection using the seine technique. Uisko’s crew experienced loading offshore booms and other equipment and lowering the booms and shaping the seine. Following the exercise, Uisko’s master Lieutenant Commander IIkka Sahla commented that all the set goals were reached in the exercise.

8 At the recent AGM of the International Salvage Union (ISU) in Rotterdam, Carlos L Paz was welcomed to his first committee meeting as a new Executive Committee member.

Paz is CEO, Chairman and Technical Director of Argentinean ISU member Raul Negro & CIA S.A., and brings 40 years of experience involving more than 100 salvage operations in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to the ISU. The meeting was also the last to be attended by Li Jianping of China Rescue & Salvage Company, who has resigned from the committee ahead of his retirement in 2023.

ISU President Captain Nicholas Sloane

thanked Li for his long service on the committee and contribution to the ISU.

8 Two of Boluda Towage’s Rotterdam-based tugs, VB Ginger and VB Ebro, have assisted in the departure of two ship-to-shore transfer cranes to operate in the port of Santander. Boluda is of course known for its global towage activities as one of the world’s largest tug operators. Its parent company, Boluda Corporacíón Maritima, also has a shipping division that includes managing seven maritime terminals along the Spanish coast. The cranes will operate at Boluda Marine Terminals Santander, which will be the first

“increase

8 The Netherlands Royal Wagenborg’s offshore and towage division has been busy mooring two LNG FSRUs in the Groningen province port of Eemshaven.

The FSRU Golar Igloo was assisted by Wagenborg’s ASD tugs including Waterlines, Waterstraat and Waterstroom followed later by a second FSRU Eemshaven LNG.

Wagenborg also provided agency services for the operation. The new LNG terminal, called EemsEnergy Terminal, is described as being intended to increase the security of supply and become less dependent on Russian gas.

container terminal serving the Cantabrian port and see an expected

in traffic of more than one million tonnes”.

8 Joonas was one of two Hakans tugs taking part in the exercise

Credit: Alfons Hakans

LAUNCH OF THE AUTONOMOUS UNDERSEA TRUCK

For surveying shorelines we have terrestrial survey kit, for subsea we have ROVs and AUVs, but accurate data is increasingly required on the transition zone between deep water and the beach head

The transition from sea to shore is notoriously difficult when it comes to obtaining up-to-date data, so it will always represent a challenging area to exploit.

Surf, in particular, has a nasty habit of capsizing marine vehicles and moving land vehicles off track. Umbilicals can be stressed and damaged, untethered vehicles lost entirely.

Bayonet Ocean Vehicles, a new company created by US marine robotics technology specialist Greensea Systems, has created a family of Autonomous Underwater Ground Vehicles (AUGVs) that the company claims address a number of these problems.

Undersea trucks

AUGVs are essentially undersea trucks that can carry large and irregular payloads across the spectrum of the littoral environment, from subsea to beach exit.

By operating within the boundary layer and maintaining a low profile, the Bayonet groundcrawlers routinely operate in Sea State 3 surf. Unlike ROVs and USVs, buoyancy and balance are not design drivers, so users can freely add cargo, mission packages, or active components such as trenchers or samplers.

AUGVs have been developed initially with military requirements in mind, and claim several unique characteristics that could also be highly beneficial to the wider commercial marine industry.

Since they consume no energy when stationary, they can remain in place for months. With ground pressures an order of magnitude less than a human, they can transit sensitive and low-bearing capacity soils, providing access to typically inaccessible terrain. This important attribute means for the military that any tracks the vehicles leave in intertidal areas are much more rapidly washed away than human footprints, and they are less likely to trigger mines.

But for an increasingly environmentally conscious commercial marine industry, wide tracks with low ground pressure are also much less damaging to sensitive marine environments.

According to Arnis Mangolds, VP of Programs, Bayonet Ocean Vehicles: “To coin military parlance, the very shallow water, surf zone and craft landing zone are harsh and unforgiving, as the dynamic environment confounds manoeuvres, sensors and communications links. These challenges compound the innately difficult, dangerous and potentially expensive tasks of approaching, mapping or surveying shorelines.

“Getting a vehicle there in the first place is a difficult task, getting it to reliably operate in demanding conditions is more difficult, and then getting it to securely share a high volume of data before exiting the area undamaged adds further levels of difficulty.”

Bayonet says the advent of reliable, long-distance, autonomous, amphibious, tracked AUGVs adds an entirely new dimension to cross-domain undersea data gathering.

systems.

Bayonet range

Bayonet vehicles range in size from man-portable to systems that can haul more than two tonnes of materials. The Bayonet 150, 250 and 350 amphibious vehicles can be deployed from sea or shore to collect bathymetric, seafloor, water column, video and environmental data with their integrated or guest sensor packages.

The Bayonet 150 is one-person portable, and the Bayonet 250 and 350 are two-person portable using in-field, tool-free assembly. Operating all vehicles takes one person. They are all rated to 100m depth and have a 10-mile underwater range with a single set of batteries.

For mapping and characterising the surf zone, the Bayonet vehicles have carried penetrometers for trafficability assessment, acoustic Doppler current profilers, forwardlooking and side scan sonars, among other payloads.

The vehicle has negligible altitude or speed-over-ground uncertainty through the use of a sink gauge, being on the seafloor and measuring distance over ground with track movement.

The vehicles’ low domestic power draw allows for longterm station-keeping of up to 100 days for tidal or current observations, and the sink gauge will negate any scouring. Every vehicle can be programmed to collect tidal data using the pressure sensor.

The marriage of autonomous vehicles with high-end Greensea software has enabled the Bayonet underwater ground vehicles to operate and navigate across the land-sea interface seamlessly.

If communication with an operator is lost, it’s no problem for a Bayonet vehicle, which will apply its own sensing, logic and autonomy—effectively, its own decision making— to continue the mission until communication is regained.

Recognising the wider potential of these vehicles, the AUGVs have transitioned from engineering prototypes into everyday working

8 AUGVs exert considerably less ground pressure than a walking human

THE CURIOUS TALE OF THE SAILDRONE USV

Following the widely reported international incident in which a US Navy Saildrone was briefly abducted in international waters in the Arabian Gulf this summer, we take a closer look at this unusual USV with unique capabilities, writes Jake Frith

On 29 August, the US Navy prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the US 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf.

At around 11pm (local time), the US 5th Fleet spotted IRGCN support ship Shahid Baziar towing a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) in an attempt to detain it.

US Navy patrol coastal ship USS Thunderbolt was operating nearby, immediately responded and began flanking the Shahid Baziar while communication took place between the two rival navies. The 5th Fleet also launched an MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, based in Bahrain.

Geopolitical banter

Following some four hours of doubtless highly classified and high-level geopolitical banter, the Shahid Baziar disconnected the towing line to the USV and departed the area. The US Navy then ‘resumed operations without further incident’.

“IRGCN’s actions were flagrant, unwarranted and inconsistent with the behavior of a professional maritime force,” said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces. “US naval forces remain vigilant and will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows while promoting rules-based international order throughout the region.”

In a further statement the US Navy added: ”The Saildrone Explorer USV the IRGCN attempted to confiscate is US government property and equipped with sensors, radars and cameras for navigation and data collection. This technology is available commercially and does not store sensitive or classified information.”

Saildrone is headquartered in Alameda, CA, in a former Naval Air station hangar with direct access to the waters of San Francisco Bay. The company’s patented wing technology was spun out from ten years of R&D in pursuit of the sail powered land speed record.

The Saildrone Explorer is a 7 metre (23 feet) long, 5 metre (16 feet) tall USV, packed with sensors above and below the water and reliant on wind power for propulsion. As well as offering Saildrones for multiple civilian projects, the company’s autonomous platforms can be ‘specially equipped to provide persistent, cost-effective solutions to increase maritime domain awareness - enhancing information and decision advantage by providing edge-processed and raw data’.

The vessel houses a package of sensors powered through solar energy for building a shared picture of the surrounding seas.

Demonstrating persistence

It is a relatively new venture for the US Navy: a Saildrone was first launched in the Gulf of Aqaba in December 2021 and successfully operated at sea continuously for more than 30

days, demonstrating encouraging persistence in a dynamic maritime environment.

Looking back through the US Navy reports, Saildrone was also active in International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2022, which ran for 18 days commencing on 31 January. This biennial naval training event was led by US Naval Forces Central Command, combined with exercise Cutlass Express, led annually by US Naval Forces Europe-Africa in East African coastal regions and the West Indian Ocean.

The combined training included 9,000 personnel and approximately 50 ships from more than 60 partner nations and international organizations operating across two regions.

Showing a significant commitment to unmanned technologies, last September, US Naval Forces Central Command established Task Force 59 in Bahrain, where it is headquartered. The task force also undertook at-sea evaluations of new Mantas T-12 and Devil Ray T-38 USVs off the coast of Bahrain ahead of IMX. IMX also included unmanned systems from partner nations, making it, to date, the largest unmanned exercise in the world.

Credit: US Navy

8 A similar US Navy specification Saildrone under tow

8 Saildrone was part of International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2022

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Norwegian inspection ROV manufacturer Blueye Robotics hit the media stratosphere earlier this month when its prosumer subsea X3 drone captured the first published video of the explosion damaged Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, writes Jake Frith

By invitation of the Swedish newspaper Expressen, Blueye Robotics joined a mission on Monday 17 October, to capture the first public footage of the damaged Nord Stream 1, which, along with closely positioned Nord Stream 2, suffered severe damage on 26 September.

Bad actors

Four gas pipeline leaks were reported near the Danish island of Bornholm, two in Denmark’s economic zone, two in Sweden’s. A preliminary investigation has established the Danish leaks were caused by ‘powerful explosions’, Copenhagen police have said in a statement.

Due to the war in Ukraine and ongoing tensions between Russia and NATO, particularly exacerbated by the threat of possible European gas supply issues this winter, several European politicians have been quick to pin the blame on Russia. While it’s pretty clear that such explosive ruptures will have been caused by ‘bad actors’ of some description, pinning definitive blame on acts of underwater sabotage is likely to prove extremely difficult in this new world of false flag operations and asymmetric warfare.

This situation has left the Nord Stream leaks a frustrating story with huge international interest but little in the way of answers for a European populace hungry for news as the conflict in Ukraine risks spilling over into NATO states.

Quick capture

Hoping to add a little light to this heat, Blueye Robotics, with their technical sales engineer Trond Larsen as ROV pilot, accompanied by two reporters from Expressen, headed out in harsh weather in a Targa 29 on a mission to obtain publishable footage of some of the damage. After about two hours at sea, arriving at the dive site and diving with the ROV, the Nord Stream 1 pipeline appeared on the smartphone screen controlling the Blueye X3. Trond was then able to find the 50m long rupture in the pipeline and managed to capture clear footage of damage commensurate with an explosive attack.

Commenting on the damage to the concrete armoured steel pipe, Larsen said: “It is only an extreme force that can bend metal that thick in the way we are seeing.”

One of the unique selling points of all Blueye’s ROVs is that they are highly intuitive and user friendly; a point that the company have been quick to capitalise on in the Nord Stream deployment.

“We are truly honoured to be part of capturing such important and informative information for the public,” said Christian Gabrielsen, CEO of Blueye Robotics. “While there is no doubt that Trond Larsen is an experienced ROV pilot, the capabilities of this powerful and user-friendly ROV really demonstrates how easy it is to get visuals of critical assets below the surface.”

Blueye Robotics first got on our radar here at Maritime Journal when its launch model, the Blueye Pioneer won the overall Innovation category award in the European

Commercial Maritime Awards (ECMAs) awarded at Seawork in June 2017. The ECMAs judging panel were united in their excitement over the Blueye Pioneer, with the then MJ Editor and ECMA judging panel Chairman Jake Frith saying: “This clever device could pay for itself with just one saved commercial diving day.”

Technology has moved on apace at Blueye with the Nordstream video captured using its visually similar but higher performing X3 model aimed at semi-professional and professional users.

Under 50cm long, the tethered vehicle can be considered an ‘underwater drone’ but one that is up to the task of serious commercial usage, according to Oda Ryggen, Chief Commercial Officer at Blueye Robotics: “The new Blueye X3 is a neat and handy vehicle with mighty capabilities. Four 350W thrusters power the vehicle at up to three knots underwater. The X3 has up to five hours range and is fitted with three guest ports supporting eight communication protocols. The ROV’s abilities can hence be extended with a wide range of external equipment including sensors, manipulators, grippers, DVLs, altimeters and sonars.”

With the launch of the commercially very capable X3, the company remains true to its original ethos, expressed by Ryggen: “We believe millions could be saved, accidents reduced, marine life improved, and knowledge enhanced if underwater inspections were made more frequently. We believe in acting proactively versus reactively. Therefore, we want to empower people with user-friendly and robust underwater technology.” The Blueye-captured subsea video was published at BBC, CNN, Expressen, VG, and The Guardian, among others.

8 Trond Larsen as ROV pilot, headed out in harsh weather in a Targa 29 on a mission to obtain publishable footage of some of the damage

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a delivery contract for a HUGIN Endurance AUV System placed by an undisclosed partner.

HUGIN Endurance is a long-range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) designed for shore-to-shore operations.

“HUGIN Endurance pushes the boundaries for autonomous over-the-horizon operations of an AUV,” said Richard Mills, vice president of marine robotics sales, Kongsberg Maritime.

“It has taken more than 30 years of hard-won experience to enable us to deliver this capability in such a short time.”

Autonomous benefits

The system is the largest member of the HUGIN Family of AUVs, measuring approximately 11 metres in length, with a diameter of 1.2 metres and weighing around 7,000 kilograms.

Mills said the system builds on the proven capabilities of HUGIN and HUGIN Superior and together with the recently launched HUGIN Edge together demonstrate the art of “the possible” with AUVs.

Since its launch in 2021, HUGIN Endurance has garnered interest from the defence sector and from commercial operators with a focus on reducing both the carbon footprint and

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cost of survey campaigns. The most obvious capability is the ability to operate from shore with unrivalled area coverage.

Whilst the vehicle is larger, it retains many of the proven, commercial off-the-shelf capabilities found across the entire HUGIN range.

The key changes include in-mission

8 HUGIN Endurance is a long-range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) designed for shore-to-shore operations

processing and data handling plus enhanced fault management for autonomous missions. A system of graceful degradation has been implemented, providing redundancy and resilience for key safety capabilities.

Credit: Kongsberg Maritime

An international consortium of companies have formed a joint corporation to develop a submarine fibre optic system connecting Asia and Europe through the Arctic.

Far North Fiber Inc has formed the corporation with Finland’s Cinia Oy, Alaska’s Far North Digital and Japan’s Arteria Networks Corporation.

“Far North Fiber will be the first multicontinental cable system through the Arctic. It provides a backbone that offers enhanced opportunities for economic development, international security and a greener footprint for the buildout of global digital infrastructure,” said Ari-Jussi Knaapila, CEO of Cinia.

Faster connection

The combined team will create a system that aims to realise a faster and more secure route directly connecting Japan, North America and Ireland and Scandinavia.

Far North Fiber, Inc. estimates that the nearly 17,000 km system will be ready for service by the end of 2026.

“Far North Fiber represents a unique partnership, which is going to improve Arctic infrastructure, lead to greater scientific understanding of the environment along the

TRANS-ARCTIC FIBRE CABLE DEVELOPMENT

route, and build closer relationships for the connected regions and communities,” said Guy Houser, chirf operating officer, Far North Digital.

Global submarine cable company Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has been selected to build and install the submarine cable and equipment required for this project.

Koji Kabumoto, representative director,

8 Far North Fiber will be the first multicontinental cable system through the Arctic

president & CEO of Arteria, said: “The FNF is to build a network that directly connects Europe and Asia with low latency through the Northwest Passage and Japan will serve as the gateway to Asia.”

Credit: Far North Digital

UKHO SUPPORTS MONTSERRAT SEABED MAPPING

For this project, funded by the UK’s Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF), the UKHO worked alongside the Montserrat Hydrographic Survey Team to collect data from the waters around the island.

”The joint survey between the UKHO and Montserrat reinforces the ongoing collaboration and commitment of the UKHO to ensure that Montserrat authorities are able to survey their waters to international standards,” said Kerrie Howard, hydrographic programme manager at the UKHO.

Marine planning

The information gleaned from the survey will be used to assist with inundation mapping, which supports disaster resilience and planning, as well as by environmental departments to update habitat maps and the Royal Navy for relief efforts.

UKHO will now validate the data, before updating any of its navigational products that cover the waters around Montserrat.

This seabed mapping data survey is the latest in a series of projects where the UKHO, through its Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme (OTSMP), has collaborated with Montserrat, which is a British overseas territory.

During the past six years, the OTSMP supported local authorities to improve compliance with international maritime obligations and provided equipment and expertise to undertake seabed mapping surveys.

This latest survey is one of the three workstreams that the UKHO and Montserrat Hydrographic Survey Team have worked on in the 2022/23 financial year. They are also carrying out a hydrographic action plan review and installing a marine environmental monitoring station.

The marine environmental monitoring station will be installed on the existing jetty at Little Bay in Montserrat to collect tidal data later this year. Tracking the rise and fall of tides over time is key to refining the modelling and prediction of tides.

The Montserrat hydrographic survey team will receive information from the monitoring station to support its data collection operations. The station’s data will also be freely available on the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s website and linked to the regional early warning and migration systems for tsunamis just after installation later this year. The scientific community can use this data to understand sea levels over time and any related impact on climate change. The information is also available to local stakeholders, who can share it to enable the safe passage of vessels and secure marine operations.

The UKHO, through the CSSF, has continued to provide a wide range of support in Montserrat for six years, culminating in this year’s programming. The seabed mapping of the eastern side of the island will replace data last collected in 1867.

Partnership agreed to supply autopilots for USV fleet

A partnership has been signed between Danish software developer EIVA and UK Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) provider HydroSurv to supply autopilots for the lease fleet of USVs.

EIVA’s hydrographic survey software, NaviSuite Kuda, will be integrated with the technology on HydroSurv’s REAV-28 design of USV to enable operators to analyse MBES data (Multibeam Sonar) in real time.

“The software can automatically calculate optimal runlines based on collected data and position,” says Martin Kristensen, EIVA VP Hardware Development. “Through

8 HydroSurv REAV-28 with EIVA integration

streamlined integration with the autopilot, this results in precise line keeping, typically with an accuracy of +/- 15cm, even in sharp turns.”

8 The joint survey between the UKHO and Montserrat ensures that the authorities are able to survey their waters to international standards

The equipment means that hydrographic surveys can be carried out in shallow water missions more intelligently and reliably, controlling the USV straight from the NaviSuite Kuda software to enable remote data collection and to yield immediately deliverable data.

”Working symbiotically on the development of high-quality, small equipment-sized USVs has seen EIVA develop a new core technology for commercial deployment onto HydroSurve’s 2.8 to 6m vessels,” said HydroSurv CEO David Hull.

The UK Hydrographic Office is supporting Montserrat authorities with a seabed mapping data study to help with understanding, managing and protecting its marine life

REPORT GIVES STARK ESTIMATES OF OCEAN PLASTIC

Nearly 2% of all ocean fishing gear is lost in the waves, according to a report by Science Advances, an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) open access journal

The lost gear includes 740,000km of longline mainlines, 75,000km2 of purse seine nets, 218km2 of trawl nets and more than 25 million pots and traps, the researchers claim.

Referring to the gear as ALDFG (abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear), the researchers say it is a major component of global marine pollution, ’with disproportionate negative impacts to wildlife, marine and coastal habitats, and food security’.

In fact the figures are estimates, and the true picture could be worse, they say.

”To date, empirical information on how much fishing gear is lost to the oceans has been limited, despite the outdated and ill-quoted estimate of 640,000 metric tons lost each year,” the report says. ”This insufficient information restricts the development of global ALDFG baselines necessary to inform management and policy interventions from local to global scales.

”Given increases in global fishing effort and improvements in fishing technologies over the past half decade, updated global ALDFG estimates are needed that reflect the current state of global fisheries and inform targeted solutions at scale.”

To help get a more accurate estimate, the researchers interviewed 451 fishers from seven countries about their losses, and multiplied what they said according to global vessel sizes and equipment.

However the report admits that ‘knowledge gaps remain’ around gear losses from artisanal and recreational fishing, as well as illegal and unreported fishing activities.

Significant though it is, fishing gear is certainly not the main component of ocean plastic waste.

The report estimates that up to 4.6% of all plastic waste generated in coastal regions found its way into the sea as ’mismanaged waste’ in 2010. It also estimates that in 2016, 11% of all plastic waste generated globally ended up in the ocean.

Ocean cleanup

Efforts are under way to clean the world’s waters.

The Netherlands-based Ocean Cleanup is an international organisation supported by a host of companies such as Maersk, DNV, Global Maritime, Coca Cola, Microsoft and TK Maxx.

The organisation ‘harvests’ plastic waste by dragging a floater with a solid screen underneath to collect plastic debris and bring it back to shore.

It began with harvesting waste from rivers before tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of plastic rubbish three times the size of France, between North America and Japan.

In September it launched its third upgrade to its system, System 03, which extracts waste from the ocean, dumps it on one of the organisation’s vessels then transports it back to shore for recycling.

A similar technology was given AiP by Bureau Veritas in July to SeaCleaners, another NGO that aims to launch its ship Manta by 2025. Manta collects, sorts and shreds the plastic on board, before incinerating it in situ and generating electricity.

8 Fishing gear makes up a lot of the ocean’s rubbish - but there are efforts under way to clear up the mess

Photo courtesy of Ocean Cleanup

FUTURE OFFSHORE SKILLS QUALIFICATION SUITE LAUNCHED

Global safety and skills body OPITO has launched a suite of ‘strategic energy qualifications’ across Europe as the offshore energy system and workforce become more integrated

The All-Energy Apprenticeship is one of the goals of the North Sea Transition Deal’s Integrated People and Skills Strategy, which complements existing apprenticeship frameworks.

OPITO, which stands for Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation, has launched the suite to include introductory modules in four key areas - wind power, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and oil and gas.

“These new qualifications have been developed in response to the challenge of providing an adaptable, safe and skilled energy workforce,” said Stephen Marcos Jones, who is lead for the All-Energy Apprenticeship Work Group, created under OPITO. “Modules complement existing technician apprenticeship frameworks and will provide the opportunity for individuals to transfer their skills, knowledge and competence into new and emerging energy sectors such as hydrogen and CCUS.

“Together they are designed to provide a knowledge-based introduction to the emerging energy transition specialisms for trainee technicians, existing technicians and others looking to upskill and gain an understanding of other energy sectors.”

Developing the qualifications, each of which only takes between 10 and 14 days to complete, was carried out with the Energy Skills Alliance. They will be made available across Europe from early next year.

Wescom makes rescue tech firm purchase

Emergency distress signal manufacturer Wescom Group has expanded its presence in the marine survival market with the purchase of Marine Rescue Technologies (MRT).

It means Wescom will now have electronics signalling products in its portfolio to add to the SOLAS mandated smoke, rockets and flares for distress signalling that it already has, including Pains Wessex and Comet brandsthat have have a track record of 150 years.

”With the acquisition of MRT we now have a range of electronic signalling personal locator beacons for the first time, including the sMRT range of AIS MOBs and AIS DSC man

SOS calls reach landmark on Garmin

Garmin claims its handheld devices with inReach technology have participated in more than 10,000 SOS incidents across the globe since 2011.

The technology allows for two-way text messaging, location tracking and emergency response - for people in a wide variety of situations, including at sea.

Boating is one of the top five scenarios in which people call for help, along with mountaineering, hiking, driving and motorcycling, Garmin says.

Ironically nearly a fifth of all calls are made by someone helping others, which means those in distress did not actually own SOS equipment.

Once an SOS is reported, the inReach device sends a message to Garmin Response, a 24/7 staffed coordination centre, which then communicates with the distressed party and arranges assistance, providing updates until help is received.

“The two-way communication of inReach is

overboard devices,” said Sean McCrystal, Westcom Group marketing director.

”We are also excited by the soon to be available Galileo sMRT Shield 406MHz distress beacon with AIS and RLS.”

“We are delighted to have welcomed MRT to the Wescom Group; this acquisition accomplishes a significant step forward in expanding our survival solution product portfolio,” said Ross Wilkinson, Wescom Group CEO. ”Like Wescom, MRT has a rich history within the marine safety sector, and we are excited to work with the management team in growing the business.”

so important in an emergency situation. After initiating an SOS, Garmin Response will ask questions to learn more about the incident and what appropriate first responses are needed for rescue, whether a tow-truck or helicopter,” said Sarah Kramlich, Garmin senior director of services and subscription strategy. “We are both proud and humbled to have assisted in 10,000 incidents, but this number is only part of the larger inReach story of providing peace of mind to all inReach users. The two-way communication with all inReach devices has helped countless people self-rescue in low-risk situations, where a friend or family assisting may be more appropriate than an emergency response team.”

Elpi Petraki WISTA International

Elpi Petraki has been appointed president of WISTA International, and pledges to continue raising awareness of women in marine.

She has been with shipowner ENEA Management in Greece for nearly 25 years, as well as being 2nd Vice President at the Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association for almost five years.

“I am truly honoured to have been elected as President of WISTA International. Diversity and inclusion in maritime have never been in the spotlight like today and whilst much has been achieved in recent times, there is still a great deal to be done,” Petraki told the WISTA AGM. ”WISTA International has a powerful voice that must be heard, continuing to raise awareness for the incredible contribution women make to the industry.”

Outgoing president Despina Theodosiou, who had been at the helm for five years, received a standing ovation for her tenure.

There are now 56 national WISTA assocations around the world.

Jasel Chauhan has been appointed the first international partner on the board of maritime lawyers Hill Dickinson.

Chauhan, who already heads up the Piraeus office for Hill Dickinson, has more than 16 years’ experience in banking and finance legal services, 14 of them in the marine sector.

”Jasel took over the helm in Piraeus in very difficult circumstances and despite those challenges has steadily grown our presence in Greece to double in size over the past three years,” said Hill Dickinson chair Jonathan Brown.

Paul Atkins has been appointed general manager of St Katharine’s Docks, London’s largest marina.

It was one of the busiest ports in the UK, famous for handling luxury commodities such as spices, perfumes, sugar and tea, and also the only major London project designed by the famous civil engineer Thomas Telford.

Atkins joins St Katharine’s from MDL’s Ocean Village in Southampton, where he has been marina manager for 18 years.

“It is a fabulous marina in such a prestigious location, I’m delighted to be joining the hard-working team here at St Katharine Docks Marina,” he said.

Steen Kledal Survitec

The appointment comes after an announcement earlier this year that Survitec was on a new organisational structure with ’increased levels of customer centricity and agility’ the main focus.

A key focus for Robert will be Survitec’s workforce of more than 3,000 professionals, ensuring they feel connected to the Survitec purpose, which is ’We Exist to Protect Lives’,” says the company.

Kledal comes from Writst Ship Supply, a ship and offshore supplier of provisions and stores, where he was CEO.

He has held several senior positions in various maritime and defence companies, including Moeller-Maersk, where he worked for 21 years.

“Coming from the shipping industry, I was instantly attracted to the inspiring purpose of Survitec,” he said. ”I look forward to building on this great legacy and the achievements made to position Survitec as the global leader in Survival Technology for our customers worldwide. Not least to service our customers’ requirements effectively.”

Tugboat giant Svitzer has appointed a new managing director for its UK operations to replace interim MD Kasper Karlsen.

Michael Paterson has joined from Gpovia Thameslink Railway, where he was operations director. Before that he served in the Royal Navy for 26 years.

“I’m delighted to be returning to the maritime sector,” he said. ”Shaping the future of Svitzer as a unified UK cluster team will be a rewarding and demanding challenge. I look forward to working with my new team to continue building a great customer service ethos and continue to strengthen our position as the UK’s leading towage provider. I’m excited to be part of an organisation focused on sustainability and decarbonisation.”

The move comes a couple of months after the company merged its UK north and south clusters in an effort to increase operational agility and optimise service delivery, it said at the time.

The unified cluster will support improvements in reporting and operational agility with a single UK management team. Port managers, cluster technical managers, the head of UK Crewing and the head of the UK Customer Service Centre will report to Paterson.

Robert Steen Kledal has been appointed CEO at safety equipment and liferaft manufacturer Survitec.

Robert

Michael Paterson Svitzer UK

Jasel Chauhan Hill Dickinson

Paul Atkins

St Katharine’s Docks

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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

n Dacon AS Durudveien 35, Haslum, Norway1344 Tel: +47 21 06 35 10 rescue@dacon.no www.dacon.no/ Norway’s leading supplier of lamps and portable lighting for professional use, transport boxes, portable fans, inspection equipment for visual condition control, man-overboard boarding systems etc

DIVING & MARINE CONTRACTORS

n 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.

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

Tel: +44 1929 405029 Fax: +44 1929 405472 info@questmarine.co.uk www.questmarine.co.uk

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.

DIVING EQUIPMENT

n Spyderco 820 Syderco Way Golden, Colorado

Tel: +1 1303 279 8383 Fax: +1 1303 278 2229 www.spyderco.com

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

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. Based in the Solent area, with 25 years’ experience in the marine industry.

n Jenkins Marine

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

Tel: +44 1202 668558

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

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

n Rohde Nielsen A/S

Nyhavn 20, Copenhagen K., DK-1051

Tel: +45 33 91 25 07 Fax: +45 33 91 25 14 mail@rohde-nielsen.dk www.rohde-nielsen.com.

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

n Smals Dredging Ltd

Highbridge Enterprise Centre, Isleport Business Park, Bennett Way, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4AL

Tel: +44 7510 530150

pco@smals.com www.smals.com

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

n 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.

DREDGING EQUIPMENT

Neptune Shipyards BV

See under: Workboat Builders

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS

Neyland Marine Services Limited

Unit 52, Honeyborough Business Park, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1SE

Tel: +44 1646 600358 Fax: +44 1646 600323 neylandmarine@aol.com www.neylandmarine.co.uk

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

ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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

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

ELECTRONICS

n Charity & Taylor Navigation House, 4 Wilford Bridge Road, Woodbridge, IP12 1RJ Tel: +44 1493 804371 rodger.perks@charityandtaylor.com www.charityandtaylor.com Our business is about helping you sustain yours. We do so by sourcing, supplying, and supporting bridge electronics 24/7, 356 days a year.

ENGINES - OUTBOARD

n Suzuki GB Plc Steinbeck Crescent, Snelshall West, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 4AE Tel: +44 1243 388940 suzuki@mindworks.co.uk www.marine.suzuki.co.uk Suzuki is a manufacturer of an automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and outboard marine engines for the global market.

EXHAUST SYSTEMS

n Halyard (M&I) Limited 86 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, UK, BH21 7PQ Tel: +44 1722 710922 technical@halyard.eu.com www.halyard.eu.com

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.

FENDERS/FENDERING

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.

n Buoyant Works

Unit 4, Little Trethew Industrial Estate, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3PZ

Tel: +44 7850 778109

andrew@buoyantworks.com www.buoyantworks.com/ Buoyant Works design and manufacture performance driven fendering and offshore wind farm impact protection. Fender applications: Crew Transfer Vessels, Tugs, Commercial Vessels and Quaysides. Outstanding durability maximises protection, increases operational performance and lowers running and maintenance costs.

n Fender Innovations and Poly Marine Fender Systems Westrak 240, 1771 SV Wieringerwerf Tel: +31 22 37 64 170

info@fenderinnovations.nl www.fenderinnovations.nl

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

n Manuplas

Unit 18 Estover Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7PY

Tel: +44 1752 771740 sales@manuplas.co.uk www.advancedinsulation.com

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

n Shawbrook Bank Prospero, 73 London Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1LQ

Tel: +44 7799 134682 / +44 7342 085974

Jason.crump@shawbrook.co.uk www.shawbrook.co.uk/marine 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.

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

n Marine Fire Safety Limited Unit D1-D4, Bridge Business Centre, Brickhouse Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8JW

Tel: +44 1342 844379

Fax: +44 1342 843172

info@marinefiresafety.co.uk www.marinefiresafety.co.uk

Marine Fire Safety; who are well known and trusted by many for supplying, installing and maintaining firefighting equipment within the commercial marine sector, have teamed up with Lalizas UK to extend their services and support to both new and existing customers.

n Seago

Deanland Business Park, Golden Cross, East Sussex, BN27 3RP

Tel: +44 1825 873 567 sales@seagocommercial.co.uk www.seagocommercial.co.uk Seago Commercial specialise in sale and hire of SOLAS and ISO approved life rafts. With a range of products including lifejackets, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnics, industrial fibre ropes, wire ropes and chains.

FIRE PROTECTION

n Global Insulation (European) Ltd Unit 84, Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0EL Tel: +44 2392 462113

globalinsulate@btconnect.com www.globalinsulation.co.uk 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.

FIRE PROTECTIONGENERAL

Adec Marine Limited

See under: Life Saving Equipment

GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES

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

n Kohler Power Systems 1 Kristallaan, Zevenbergen, 4761 ZC Tel: +1 800-544-2444 Muriel.HUGUET@kohlereurope.com kohlerpower.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 energymanagement applications. Kohler has delivered energy solutions for markets worldwide since 1920

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

n Webasto

Webasto House, White Rose Way, Doncaster Carr, South Yorkshire, DN4 5JH

Tel: +44 1302 322232 Fax: +44 1302 322231 info-uk@webasto.com www.webasto.co.uk

Webasto 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. Heating & Air Conditioning

Webasto

See under: Generators, Gen Sets & Auxiliaries

HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS

n Brimmond Group

Tofthill Avenue, Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, AB51 0QP

Tel: +44 1467 633 805 www.brimmond-group.com

At Brimmond Group we specialise in mechanical, hydraulic or electrical solutions. Our highly qualified engineers can design, manufacture, service and repair a vast range of equipment to meet any client’s needs.

n Hypro Marine

Mount Pleasant Lane, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8LS

Tel: +44 1590 681445 info@hypromarine.co.uk www.hypromarine.com

As a leading designer and manufacturer of power-assisted steering systems, Hypro Marine has an enviable reputation in the industry for the quality and performance of its products. Specialists in finding unique solutions, we are able to offer a bespoke design and manufacturing service for Integrated Hydraulic Control of single or multifunction hydraulic operations for series-produced power craft.

INSURANCE SERVICES

n A-Plan Insurance

2 Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 1DB

Tel: +44 1905 930760 sales@aplan.co.uk www.aplan.co.uk

A-Plan Commercial Marine is a long established Specialist Insurance broker providing insurance solutions to the UK Marine market.

n Knighthood Corporate Assurance Services Ltd

Knighthood House, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, Sussex, RH19 1LB

Tel: +44 1342 327111

Fax: +44 1342 319575 enquiries@knighthoodcorporate.com www.knighthoodcorporate.com

Leading specialist Marine Underwriting Agents & Insurance Brokers to the maritime industry, offering a range of bespoke insurance policies for commercial passenger craft, tugs, workboats and marine service operators throughout the UK and Europe

JACK-UP BARGES

Fastnet Shipping Ltd

See under: Workboats

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT

Adec Marine Limited

4 Masons Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 9XS

Tel: +44 2086 869717

Fax: +44 2086 809912 sales@adecmarine.co.uk www.adecmarine.co.uk

Servicing and hire of life rafts, boats and lifejackets. Sales of a complete range of marine safety and firefighting equipment to SOLAS and MED.

n 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.

Spinlock Ltd

See under: Life Jackets

LIFERAFTS

Adec Marine Limited

See under: Life Saving Equipment

MARINE CIVILS

n DiveCo Marine Ltd Head Office, Marine House, Upnor Road, Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4UY

Tel: +44 1634 566560 info@diveco.co.uk www.diveco.co.uk DiveCo Marine are award winning, multi-disciplined experts in the project management and delivery of inland and inshore marine engineering, construction and commercial diving solutions for private and public sector projects.

n Hubel Marine B.V. P.O.Box 3219, Rotterdam, 3033 AE Tel: +31 10 458 7338 Fax: +31 10 458 7662 info@hubelmarine.com www.hubelmarine.com

Hubel Marine is a Netherlands based firm. Its focus lies on the full range of advice: Registration of Vessels, Corporation Services, Crew Endorsements and Classification Surveys.

n 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

n TMS (Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd) Unit 22B Dawlish Business Park, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NH Tel: +44 1626 866066 Fax: +44 1626 864288 info@tmsmaritime.co.uk www.tmsmaritime.co.uk

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.

MODULAR PONTOON SYSTEMS

n Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, 3360 AB, Sliedrecht, 3361 AV

Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com/en/ 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.

MOORING & BERTHING EQUIPMENT

n Péguet & Cie Maillon Rapide, 12 rue des Buchillons, B.P.205, Annemasse, F-74105 Tel: +33 450 95 58 23 Fax: +33 450 92 22 06 d.durand@peguet.fr www.peguet.fr

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.

NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

n Navmoor Ltd

The Innovation Centre, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 8XA Tel: +44 2922 638222 info@navmoor.com navmoor.com/ We supply, install, maintain, and refurbish aids to navigation of any type, manufacturer, and age. We Hold stock of lanterns, buoys, mooring, sinkers, and monitoring equipment, to ensure the prompt response to any outage, anywhere in the UK or Ireland. And if you’re thinking about monitoring, you’ve come to the right place, with an online monitoring portal coupled with our own monitoring modules that will blow your mind!

n Robosys Automation Ltd W1/ 38, Marine Robotics Innovation Centre (MRIC), European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH Tel: +44 7500 276555 nigel.lee@robosysautomation.com robosysautomation.com/ Robosys Automation is a leading developer of AI powered Autonomous Marine Systems including Remote Piloting and Advanced Autonomous Navigation, Remote and Autonomous Platform Control and Remote and Autonomous Payload Control.

n Trinity House

The Quay, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3JW Tel: +44 1255 245121 Fax: +44 1255 245009 Commercial@trinityhouse.co.uk www.trinityhouse.co.uk

Trinity House offers customers cost-effective solutions for the maintenance of marine aids to navigation and the provision of marine data acquisition.

NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS

n Incat Crowther P O Box 179, Terrey Hills, HQ Sydney, NSW 2084

Tel: +61 2 9450 0447 Fax: +61 2 8006 5783 info@incatcrowther.com www.incatcrowther.com Incat Crowther is a diversified marine design business with offices in Australia, USA and the United Kingdom.

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

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION

n Pharos Marine Ltd Automatic Power Inc Unit 14, Castle Mews, Hampton, London, TW12 2NP Tel: +44 7535 094337 jcorio@pharosmarine.com www.automaticpower.com Pharos Marine is one of the oldest and only UK Based manufacturer of Aids to Navigation in the world. With factories in the UK we have your AtoN needs covered.

OCEANOGRAPHIC/ HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

n Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd Seaforth House, Seaforth Place, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9AX

Tel: +44 1592 872939 Fax: +44 1592 873779 enquiries@briggsmarine.co.uk www.briggsmarine.com our services include; vessel charter, renewable energy services, offshore windfarm maintenance solution, submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance, marine engineering, marine salvage, pollution response, environmental consultancy, oil and gas terminal operations, aids to navigation services, and third party vessel management.

OFFSHORE SUPPORT

n Tidal Transit Limited Unit 6 North Creake Airfield Business Park, Bunkers Hill, Egmere, Walsingham, Norfolk Tel: +44 1328 854225 charter@tidal-transit.com www.tidal-transit.com

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

n DESMI Pumping Technology A/S Tagholm 1, 9400 Nørresundby, Denmark Tel: +45 9632 8111 Fax: +45 9817 5499 desmi@desmi.com www.desmi.com

DESMI develop, manufacture, sell and service pumps and pumping solutions including a wide range of environmental equipment for oil spill, seaweed and clean waterways.

n 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 www.suestevensmedia.co.uk 25 years’ experience specializing in Commercial Marine. Media buying, strategic PR campaign planning and implementation, press releases compilation and distribution, newsletters, company brochures and clients’ magazines and social media management.

PAINTS & COATINGSMATERIALS

n Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd

7 Stather Road, Flixborough Industrial estate, Scunthorpe, DN15 8RR Tel: +44 1724 400000 marineenquiries@jotun.co.uk www.jotun.com/uk/en/b2b/ paintsandcoatings/ships/ 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 BOATS

n SAFEHAVEN MARINE

Ashgrove, Cobh, Cork Tel: +353 86 8054582 info@safehavenmarine.com www.safehavenmarine.com

Builders of the Interceptor Pilot Boat range, 11.5m, 13m, 14.5m & 16.5m. For when you demand strength and exceptional seakeeping. Also builders of GRP Crew transfer, Patrol & SAR boats, Hydrographic survey vessels, Work boats and Passenger Vessels

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

POLLUTION CONTROL

n Ecocoast

Studio1.1, Nest@Mallard, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgewater TA6 4RN Tel: +44 1392 877 991 www.ecocoast.com www.bolinabooms.com Ecocoast, with now offices in the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom, is a global leader in engineered products for the protection of coastlines, waterways, critical marine assets and infrastructure.

PONTOONS

Neptune Shipyards BV

See under: Workboat Builders

POWER & PROPULSION

n Hamilton Jet EMEA

Unit 26, The Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XZ

Tel: +44 1342 313437

Fax: +44 1342 313438 marketing@emea.hamiltonjet.com www.hamiltonjet.com

HamiltonJet waterjets provide highly efficient propulsion for high speed vessels operating in the world’s most demanding marine environments.

n Stone Marine Propulsion Ltd Dock Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH411DT

Tel: +44 1516 522372 Fax: +44 1516 522377 sales@smpropulsion.com www.smpropulsion.com/ Stone Marine Propulsion design and manufacture a complete range of high quality propulsion equipment for commercial and naval vessels of all types and sizes. Our latest propeller designs significantly lower fuel consumption and emissions.

PROPELLERS & STERN GEAR

n Teignbridge Propellers International Ltd

Great Western Way, Forde Road, Brunel Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4AW Tel: +44 1626 333377 Fax: +44 1626 360783 info@teignbridge.co.uk www.teignbridge.co.uk World leaders in innovation, design and manufacture of high performance, high quality propellers and sterngear for 45 years. Approved by all major classification societies. Propellers to 2.55m, shaftlines to 400mm.

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

n Marine Jet Power AB Hansellisgatan 6, Uppsala, SE-754 50 Tel: +46 10 164 10 00 sales@marinejetpower.com www.marinejetpower.com

For more than 30 years, Marine Jet Power (MJP) has been redefining the waterjet market with innovation and unsurpassed quality. Engineered and built in Sweden, MJP’s proven stainless steel, mixedflow waterjets are used in many diverse applications, from fast military craft and passenger vessels to workboats worldwide. Over 100 million running hours strong.

n Sleipner Motors Unit 1, Darcey Court, South Brent, TQ10 9EW Tel: +44 1364 649400 Sales@Sleipner.co.uk www.sleipnergroup.com Ocean born. Tech bred. Sleipner creates world-leading technical solutions that consistently improve safety and comfort at sea, setting the benchmark for the boating of tomorrow.

n WaterMota Ltd Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ Tel: +44 1626 830910 Fax: +44 1626 830911 dm@watermota.co.uk www.watermota.co.uk

WaterMota has been supplying the marine industry with engine room packages since 1911. Heat exchanger / keel cooled propulsion engines from 5.8 to 22 litres, auxiliary engines, generating sets and custom built power packs, heavy duty reversing gearboxes, hydraulic and power steering systems and power takeoff units, heavy duty sea water pumps for most makes of engines, strainers, impellers and accessories, installation and servicing. Supplying Azcue, D-I, Doosan, Hyundai SeasAll and JMP.

PUMPS, COMPRESSORS & HYDRAULICS

n Rotec Hydraulics Ltd

Unit 1, Venture Way, Priorswood Industrial Estate, Taunton, TA2 8DE Tel: +44 01823 348 900 sales@rotec.net www.rotec.net

Rotec Hydraulics is a leading UK specialist provider of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical mechanical components and engineering services to a wide variety of organisations operating across both public and private sectors.

RIBS (RIGID

INFLATABLE BOAT)

n Specialised Marine Support Ltd Easdale, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4RF Tel: +44 1852 300341

info@specialisedmarinesupport.com www.specialisedmarinesupport.com

Accredited and Achilles FPAL registered company specialising in personnel and equipment transfers, safety and guard boat duties, survey and logistical support to the emerging offshore renewables and offshore construction industries throughout Europe.

RECRUITMENT

n Seamariner Ltd

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

Seamariner Limited are Marine Recruitment Specialists and have been established since 1992. We hold ISO 9001:2015 accreditation by Lloyds Register and are MLC, 2006 compliant. We supply temporary and permanent seafarers to shipping companies worldwide and our expertise is the basis of our continued success. Having dedicated Recruitment Consultants for each discipline, ship owners will often be guided by our indepth knowledge. Our logistical support team ensures the recruitment process is smooth and efficient.

ROPES

n Cotesi UK Ltd

10 Ripponden Business Park, Oldham Road, Ripponden, UK, HX6 4DJ Tel: +44 1422 822000 Fax: +44 1422 821007 enquiries@cotesi.co.uk www.cotesi.co.uk 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

ROPES, NETS & CORDAGE

n English Braids Ltd Spring Lane, Malvern Link, Worcestershire, WR14 1AL Tel: +44 1684 892222 Fax: +44 1684 892111 eboffshore@englishbraids.com www.englishbraids.com

English Braids is a family run business established in 1968, now a leading UK manufacturer of bespoke project-based HMPE rope solutions and mooring lines for over 50 years. Official Dyneema partner. With an extensive technical team and a longstanding trusted supply chain we manufacture dyneema winch rope slins, winch ropes and mooring lines from Dyneema HMPE. We have the ability to test an manufacture a range of products in different materials depending on your requirements.

SAFETY

n Johnson Controls Plc

The Security House, Hanworth Rd, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5DA Tel: +44 1932 743333 www.johnsoncontrols.co.uk

Johnson Controls formally TYCO & ADT is a market leader in providing integrated security solutions such as Building Management Systems, Fire Detection, Fire Suppression, HVAC and Security Systems.

Spinlock Ltd

See under: Life Jackets

SAFETY HOOKS

n 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.

SAFETY SIGNAGE

Adec Marine Limited

See under: Life Saving Equipment

SALVAGE & WRECK REMOVAL

n Subsalve USA P.O Box 2030, North Kingstown, Ri 02852 Tel: +1 401 88408801 Fax: +1 401 884 8868 Richard@subsalve.com www.subsalve.com

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.

SANITATION & PLUMBING

n Lee Sanitation Ltd Wharf Road, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, CV47 2FE

Tel: +44 1295 770000 Fax: +44 1295 770022 sales@leesan.com www.leesan.com

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.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

n Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST) Head Office: Satellite House, Bessemer Way, Harfreys Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LX

Tel: +44 1493 440011 Fax: +44 1493 249721 info@theastgroup.com www.theastgroup.com

AST is a global supplier of satellite and end-to-end remote communications. We provide a comprehensive range of devices, voice and data connectivity and empower our customers to optimise their operations.

SEATING & CHAIRS

n Allsalt Maritime 2952 Ed Nixon Terrace, Victoria, BC, V9B 0B2 Tel: +1 206 962 1986 info@allsalt.comwww.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.

n Capital Seating

1 Forward Park Sheene Road, Gorse Hill Industrial Estate, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 1BF

Tel: +44 1162 169910 Fax: +44 1162 169920 info@capitalseating.co.uk www.capitalseating.co.uk

Distributors for GRAMMER 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.

STABILISERS

n 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.

STEERING GEAR

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

TRAINING

n Lloyds Maritime Academy

KNect House, 30-32 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 7RE

Tel: +44 2070 174483 learning@knect365.com www.lloydsmaritimeacademy.com Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is the world’s largest provider of professional development courses and academic education qualifications for the maritime industry.

n Thames Marine Academy Upnor Road Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4UY

Tel: +44 7703 842852 www.thamesmarineacademy.co.uk The sea is a challenging and at times physically exhausting environment in which to work – not for the faint-hearted.

TRANSMISSIONS

WaterMota Ltd

See under: Propulsion Systems

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC SERVICES

n Rubb Buildings Ltd 246 Dukesway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Tyne and Wear, Gateshead, NE11 0QE

Tel: +44 1914 822211 info@rubb.co.uk www.rubbuk.com

Rubb marine and port structures can be custom designed to meet a variety of bulk handling methods. Relocating and extending is easy and cost effective in a busy environment.

TUGS

n NH Towage Frederiksø 8, Svendborg, 5700 Tel: +45 62 22 29 11 info@nhtowage.dk www.nhtowage.dk/?

We perform long- and short-range towages. We have a broad experience in towages of hulls, dredgers, pipes and barges. If the need arises, we can also provide assistance in salvage operations, such as towing vessels in distress to a nearby port of safety. Our fleet is employed in marine construction projects. From offshore wind farms to bridges, piers, and jetties to harbour extensions, assisting dredgers to cablelaying operations, our experience and the flexibility of our fleet can provide a valuable source of assistance to a diverse range of construction projects.

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

n Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV Buitenweistraat 15, 3372 BC Hardinxveld-Giessendam Tel: +31 184 490 244 info@wijngaarden.com www.wijngaarden.com

A family owned company with over 45 years of experience in the service of: Chartering tugs / workboats / launches for Inland and Sea-going towage, Assistance- and Supply services to provide services for dredging, construction and offshore companies, on projects all over the world, 24/7 – 365 days a year.

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

n DSB Offshore Ltd

Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW6 3JD

Tel: +44 2073 842882

brokers@dsboffshore.com www.dsboffshore.com

Specialist shipbrokers handling the sale & purchase and chartering of Tugs, Jackups, barges, Split hoppers, Dredgers and various Workboats etc. Our services also include Towage, heavy lift transport and Valuations.

n Herman Sr bv

Ebweg 56, Barendrecht, 2991LT

Tel: +31 78 619 25 07

info@hermansr.com www.hermansr.com

Herman Senior b.v. is a family-owned company based in Barendrecht, The Netherlands. Although the company was founded in 1992, the roots of the company go back all the way to 1976. With our versatile fleet of Multicats and Shoalbusters, Herman Senior offers a wide range of marine services to our customers on a worldwide basis.

n MED MARINE

OMER AVNI MAH. INEBOLU SOK. NO:21, SETUSTU-KABATAS, BEYOGLU, ISTANBUL, 34427

Tel: +90 2123111800/01 info@medmarine.com.tr www.medmarine.com.tr

Thanks to its experienced maritime pilots and high quality tugboats all built in its large-capacity shipyards, Med Marine is Turkey’s leading towage and pilotage operator and had been serving its clients for their newbuilding projects since 1995.

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

UNDERWATER SERVICES

n Nemo Power Tools

Unit 3 Landscape Close, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire, BICESTER, OX25 3SX

Tel: +44 1869 934333 nemo@fairlocks.co.uk www.nemo-underwatertools.co.uk Nemo Power Tools are the first of their kind and the world’s only completely submersible batteryoperated power tools.

n Propspeed 23 Akatea Road, Auckland, New Zealand, 0602 Tel: +44 7766 056 911 info@propspeed.com www.propspeed.com

Ensure operational readiness while reducing cost and saving fuel with Propspeed®. Superior in-field performance, technical support, and over 21 years in the marine industry.

UNDERWATER TOOLS

n Miko Marine AS Vollsveien 4, Lysaker, 1336

Tel: +47 46 90 5000 Fax: +47 22 83 6515 info@mikomarine.com www.mikomarine.com

Miko Marine AS (Miko) is an innovative solution-provider to the marine industry. Solutions based on the use of the company’s original idea - a patented magnetic patch called Miko Plaster®have been supplied to clients worldwide, including navies, governmental institutions, ship owners, diving companies, subsea contractors and oil service companies. Since 1996, Miko has developed a range of effective solutions to reduce the risk of oil spill, increase effectiveness and increase safety in the marine industry. Miko is part of Miko Group of Companies and co-located with our other owner, Buksér og Berging AS just outside Oslo, Norway.

VALVES

n LK Valves and Controls Ltd

Unit 4 Arbour Place, Arbour Lane, Knowsley Industrial Park, Liverpool, L33 7XG

Tel: +44 151 548 3300 Fax: +44 151 548 3311

sales@lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk www.lkvalvesandcontrols.co.uk

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

n ASL GRP

Leigh House, Main Road, Rookley, Isle of Wight, PO38 3NL

Tel: +44 1983 400730 sales@aslgrp.com www.aslgrp.com ASL GRP (the Air Sea Land Group) is a dynamic armour company with over 30 years’ experience in the armour, security and defence industry. We are based on the Isle of Wight, on the South coast of England.

n jbj Techniques Limited

28 Trowers Way, Holmethorpe Industrial Estate, Redhill, RH1 2LW

Tel: +44 1737 767493 Fax: 01737 772041 info@jbj.co.uk https://www.jbj.co.uk

In-house expertise, a huge selection of products to meet a very broad range of applications. Specification, through technical advice, manufacture and aftersales support, a comprehensive, valued service to the power transmission and hydraulics industries.

n Locate Supplies

Nursling Industrial Estate, Majestic Road, Nursling, Southampton, SO16 0AF Tel: +44 2380747822

Sales@locatesupplies.co.uk www.locatesupplies.co.uk

A leading metal and plastic supplier within the UK, Locate Supplies is proud to support the marine industry with a range of products including alloy metals, polymers, and specialist materials.

n Navalrocha

Estaleiro da Rocha Conde de Óbidos 1399, lisboa, 036 Tel: + 351 213 915 900 navalrocha@navalrocha.pt www.navalrocha.pt

Navalrocha offers a complete ‘onestop-shop’ shiprepair service providing a full range of turnkey solutions. These services are delivered in cooperation with a series of long-standing and trusted partners with offices located within the yard.

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

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

VESSEL SALE & CHARTER

n Aquatic Towage and Marine Ltd 24 Raynes Road, Lee-On-The-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9AL

Tel: +44 (0) 7876251409 inquiries@aquatictowage.com www.aquatictowage.com

New business start-up operator Aquatic Towage and Marine Ltd brings together over 50 years of combined towage and work boat experience from its key staff team.

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

WINCHES

n Gemmell and Prout Marine Ltd Swann Street, Hull, Yorkshire, HU2 0PH Tel: +44 1482 329600 Fax: +44 1482 216296 enquiries@proutmarine.co.uk www.proutmarine.co.uk

Designers and manufacturers of winches, windlasses and capstans. Hydraulic, electric, diesel, pneumatic and manually driven, along with ancillary equipment. Also hydraulic towing winches.

Lebus International Engineers Ltd Pioneer House, Shorebury Point, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2RX

Tel: +44 1253 402402 Fax: +44 1253 345748 enquiries@lebusinternational.com www.lebusintengineers.com

Experienced designers and manufacturers of special purpose and standard marine handling equipment inclusive of winches, windlasses, capstans, cranes, davits, reelers, fairleads, cable spooling systems etc.

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

WINDOW WIPERS

n Durowipers

Unit 20, Oldends Lane Industrial Estate, Stonehouse, Glos, GL10 3RQ

Tel: +44 1453 820972 Fax: +44 1453 820979 sales@durowipers.co.uk www.durowipers.co.uk

Design and manufacture of high performance window wipers. Three year Warranty. DuroWiper Pantographs and Pendulums have a Patented twin drive rotary transfer box giving a remarkable smooth, powerful and reliable performance.

n Exalto Wiper Technologys PO Box 40, 3370 AH, Hardinxveld -Giessendam

Tel: +31 184 615 800 Fax: 31 184 614 045 wipers@exalto.com www.exalto.com

Marine Exalto produces the world’s best professional marine wiper systems. Exalto makes wiper systems for all kind of vessels in the commercial and leisure sectors.

WORKBOAT BUILDERS

n Aister

C/Baixada do Cocho, nº 228, A Guia – M, Meira – 3, MOAÑA, 6955 Tel: +34 986 240 294 Fax: +34 986 240 157 i.defrancisco@aister.es www.aister.com/en Safe, reliable and designed for work aluminium boats: bespoke patrols, SAR boats and passenger catamarans.

n Cheetah Marine

OceanBlue Quay, The Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, PO38 1JR Tel: +44 1983 852398 mail@cheetahmarine.co.uk www.cheetahmarine.co.uk Now in our 25th year of production, Cheetah Marine continues to lead Europe in the specialist design and construction of power commercial catamarans. (hydrographic workboat/catamaran).

n Diverse Marine

Medina Ship Yard, Pelham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Tel: +44 1983 300656 info@diversemarine.co.uk www.diversemarine.co.uk DM acquired the assets of equipment of South Boats IOW and trade from Cowes, IOW specialising in the design, construction, refit, repair and maintenance of workboats, military and patrol craft, lifeboats, pilot boats, fishing boats, commercial and pleasure craft

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

n SMS Group Ltd

Unit 1 Ocean Quay, Belvidere Road, Southampton, Hants, SO14 5QY

Tel: +44 2380 141010

info@sms-marine.co.uk www.sms-marine.co.uk

Southampton Marine Services specialise in ship building, ship repairs and steel fabrication across all aspects of the marine industry.

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

WORKBOATS

n Baltic Workboats AS Nasva Harbour, Nasva, Kaarma v, 93872 Saare mk Tel: +372 452 1140 contact@bwb.ee 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.

n 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.

Jenkins Marine See under: Dredging

Tidal Transit Limited See under: Offshore Support

WORKBOATS-ALUMINIUM

n Habbeke

Schelphoek 103, 1621Mk Hoorn

Tel: +31 2993 62182 Fax: +31 2993 67464 info@habbeke.nl www.habbeke.nl

Habbeké Shipyard, established in 1966, has almost fifty years’ experience of quality shipbuilding. The wharf builds exclusively in aluminium, and enjoys an excellent reputation for innovation, quality and service. The shipyard builds aluminium workboats, & both open and closed vessels for rescue, pilot or general work duties.

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