Maritime Journal November/December 2023

Issue No 426

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023

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CONTENTS NEWS

FEATURES

44 Nuclear tugs?

20 Tug grounding

Forget batteries, methanol, etc Europort delegates hear nuclear is a viable prospect for tugs

An investigation finds speed is the culprit

27 Wind vicissitudes Onyx Insight explains problems offshore

46 Subsea cable failures costs

New Code of Practice could save millions in delivering offshore wind installations

30 NY's deep pockets

The Big Apple announces its largest spend on offshore wind

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32 Electric RIBs

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J joins a sea trial of M two promising vessels

46 Robot revolution

Exploring ocean depths with a 'swarm' of AUVs

FEATURES 08 Threatened coast

43 UK first

A new report outlines the kind of threats facing Europe

A semi-submersible is the first of its kind to be overhauled in the UK

12 Europort review

48 Subsea protection

Artificial intelligence, nuclear tugs and a booth drop-in

Ships being converted to protect under-water infrastructure

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COVER SHOT Two electric “Tugs of the Future” from Sanmar Shipyards undergoing sea trials Two electric-powered emissions-free electric “Tugs of the Future” built by Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye are undergoing sea trials ahead of being delivered to major operator SAAM Towage’s Canadian fleet.

The new generation, environmentally-friendly tugs are based on the exclusive ElectRA 2300SX design from leading naval architects Robert Allan Ltd (RAL), and are the result of close co-operation between RAL, SAAM Towage and SANMAR at every stage of the project.

With a high level of automation in line with the operator’s needs, the compact electric tugs measuring

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23.4m LOA, with an 11.9m beam and maximum draft of 5.5m, have an impressive bollard pull of 70 tonnes based on a battery power of 3616 kWh. The tugs have Schottel SRP460 LE thrusters with 2,700mm diameter propellers, and can achieve a speed ahead of 11.5 knots. Their two CAT C32 back-up gen sets, each producing 940ekW at 1,800 rev/min, are IMO Tier III compliant. At full capacity, the new units will reduce 2,400 tons of greenhouse gases each year.

Ali Gurun, Chairman of Sanmar Shipyards, said: “It is exciting to see these revolutionary new generation “Tugs of the Future” undergoing sea trials. Emissionsfree propulsion is no longer a future aspiration, but a fully viable solution for today’s tug and towing industry.” n For further enquiries https://www.sanmar.com.tr/

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NEWS

BRIEFS US, UK collaborate on sea walls

A research project that aims to strengthen the resilience of sea walls to coastal flooding has been launched by a UK and US collaboration.

Heriot-Watt University in Scotland and Virginia Tech in the US hope to be the first step in an international collaboration to strengthen coastal sea defences. Around 148 million people worldwide are exposed to coastal flooding events.

Meyer acquires 50% of C-Job

Meyer Group has bought a 50% stake in C-Job Naval Architects. Meyer, an international consortium that includes three shipyards in Papenburg, Rostock and Turku, said the move will solidify its focus on sustainable solutions and diversify its portfolio. “We always want to offer the best and tailor-made engineering solutions, both for newbuilds and for the transformation of the existing fleet,” said Meyer CTO Malte Poelmann.

Ørsted culls management team

Offshore wind energy giant Ørsted has sacked its CFO and COO amid what it calls a ’challenging and volatile environment’.

The announcement comes shortly after the company confirmed it was pulling the plug on two major offshore wind developments in the US, the Ocean Wind 1 and 2 projects. “Ørsted, along with the rest of the industry, is experiencing a challenging and volatile business environment,” said a statement by CEO Mads Nipper.

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NUCLEAR TUGS: A FUTURE REALITY? Scientists at a European Tugowners Association seminar told delegates that nuclear propulsion on tugs and smaller vessels was a very real possibility.

There was excitement among tug owners and operators at the European Tugowners’ Association (ETA) conference at Europort, with scientists claiming smaller vessels could now be powered by nuclear energy.

Introducing the three-hour seminar, ETA president Anna Maria Darmanin said there was optimism but uncertainty in the industry.

“All technologies have issues, none is really ready to explore any possible path to green tugs,” she said. “Everyone agrees that green is good and we as an industry have a duty to ensure our customers get an efficient option. Nuclear is a probable necessity.”

Scientists presented different Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LNER) systems to the seminar.

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owner of start-up ENG8, who presented ‘a breakthrough in catalysed fusion technology’ that simply used water as the fuel to cause a reaction, without harmful radiation or radioactive materials being produced.

Claudia Gasparrini, with Associazone Italiana Nucleare, talked about, among other possibilities, Smaller Modular Reactors (SMRs), which could be built in factories in a standardised way.

“This should ensure a supply chain and allow industry to

provide a reactor already sealed and ready to use – this is commercially available technology,” she said.

“We do believe nuclear will have a critical role to play in the years to come,” said Minas Diacakis, from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

“Nuclear energy in ships has been around for more than 50 years. Of all attempts that have been made to apply this technology on ships, there has not been a major accident.” n Read the full story here

OCTOPUS LAUNCHES €3.5 BILLION OSW FUND A £3 billion (€3.5 billion) fund in global offshore wind is to be launched by Octopus Energy with a cornerstone investment from Japanese giant Tokyo Gas. The fund will invest in development, construction and operational stage offshore wind farms as well as new companies in offshore wind.

“It will look at both traditional offshore wind turbines, which are fixed to the seabed, and floating offshore wind turbines, which

harness stronger winds deeper at sea,” Octopus says.

Octopus has said it plans to spend £15 billion (€17 billion) in the sector in total.

It is a relative newcomer to the industry, having only first invested in the sector last year with stakes in Hornsea One and Lincolnshire in the UK. Since then it has ramped up activity, including investing in one of Europe's largest offshore wind farms, Borssele III

& IV in the Netherlands.

The company has also invested in projects in countries South Korea, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and Spain, among others.

This fund will be the first fund dedicated solely to offshore wind.

Octopus has announced plans to scale up its Asia Pacific investment and last month, Tokyo Gas licensed Octopus’ technology platform Kraken within its services.

‘FLYING FERRY’ TAKES OFF IN SWEDEN Swedish marine technology firm Candeler has revealed its P-12 pre-production hydrofoiling electric vessel.

Founded in 2014 by Gustav Hasselskog, Candeler has produced two series of foiling vessels, one for leisure – the C series – and one for commercial – the PRO series.

The P-12 Zero passenger ferry is the latest to take flight, which it did at 16 knots before reaching its top speed of 30km within 16

seconds, the company says.

“Our P-12 has not only claimed the title of the fastest electric ship to date but also stands as the first vessel capable of undertaking long-range, high-speed journeys—a breakthrough in sustainable water travel,” the company says, adding that serial production has already begun at its factory in Stockholm.

The second, it says, will be delivered in 2024 to join Stockholm’s public transport

system and transport people between the island suburb of Ekerö and the city centre.

Energy consumption is reduced by 80% because of the three carbon fibre wings under the hull. The angles of the foils are adjusted based on various sensors in the vessel’s flight control system. The vessel is fitted with electric C-POD motors that skip the transmission, keeping maintenance and thus downtime to a minimum.

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LACK OF TRAINING LED TO CREW DEATH, PROBE FINDS Insufficient training and lack of communication led to a fatal accident on board a tug in August 2021, the Dutch Safety Board has concluded.

One tug crew member died and another was hospitalised after the accident on board the tug En Avant 7, which happened while assisting a bulk carrier at the Eastern harbour at Moerdijk, in the South of the Netherlands.

“The immediate cause of the fatal accident is the entrapment of two crew members between the tow wire and the

superstructure of the tugboat,” said the Dutch Safety Board report. “During a manoeuvre, the tow wire rotated further than usual. The tow wire suddenly came under tension due to over-twisting. The two crew members who were guiding the tow wire became trapped between the superstructure and the tow wire.

“The manoeuvre had not been discussed with the entire crew and they had different expectations of the role of the other. Due to the nature of the

work on board, and because the captain himself was still in training, the captain did not have experience and routine to supervise a trainee.”

Gary Clay, director of Fathom Safety, which was set up to improve maritime pilot safety, said: “This case once again demonstrates how circumstances can align and lead to tragic consequences. In this incident insufficient training, inadequate supervision and a lack of structured briefing and procedures resulted in a fatality.”

EU COUNTRIES AGREE PLANS FOR OFFSHORE WIND European countries have taken what is being called ‘an important step forward’ to progress the offshore wind energy agenda.

Meeting in The Hague at the annual North Seas Conference, eight EU countries plus Norway and the UK as a guest agreed to work on a shared action agenda that aims at moving towards an integrated energy system by 2050.

This is a follow-up to declarations made by these countries to develop what they are calling the largest source of sustainable energy in Europe.

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway all joined the meeting, with the UK attending as a guest.

The process will include a target to auction around 15GW every year, which means up to 100GW will be auctioned from now until 2030.

UK doubles offshore wind price cap

The UK government has doubled the price cap for offshore wind power following a disastrous auction in August that did not receive a single bid from developers.

Generators can now charge £73 (€83) per MWh compared with £44 (€50), which is a rise of 66% for fixed bottom wind turbine power. The next auction round will be held early next year.

BMT and Strategic Marine partner up

BMT and Strategic Marine are forging a collaboration to drive the offshore wind crew vessel industry towards a more sustainable future, they say. The partnership will advance the StratCat range of crew transfer vessel designs. “Strategic Marine is delighted to a part of this effort with BMT as we innovate together to bring about industry leading ‘vessels of the future’,” said Strategic Marine CEO Chan Eng Yew.

“Europe’s energy mix is becoming cleaner and greener, and offshore renewables will have an indispensable part in the future energy mix,” said commissioner for energy Kadri Simon. “The North Sea is leading the way in their

deployment and has the potential to become Europe’s green power plant.”

Next January, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity will publish a shared plan for building infrastructure in the North Sea.

DIVERSE MARINE LAUNCHES FINANCE AND LEASE PROGRAMME Diverse Marine has announced a programme for CTV owners and operators to finance or lease the vessels they need.

The Diverse Marine Client Finance Programme provides a mechanism whereby the shipyard funds the construction of the vessels, giving the owner/ operator the ability to “collect” the vessel on completion through term finance or long-term lease options.

BRIEFS

“Over the last 24 months, Diverse Marine has witnessed the pressures that our clients and vessel owners are under and the difficulties they face justifying builds in the UK, with conventional vessel procurement methods uncompetitive against yards in Europe, Scandinavia and the Far East,” the company says.

“Diverse Marine has listened and can offer this with immediate effect. Financing for an initial, but

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rolling, eight vessels has been allocated, with the first vessels already in build for delivery in 2024.”

With the UK government targeting 50GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 from the current 15GW and European member states targeting a collective 111GW offshore wind capacity by 2030, the European and UK supply chain needs to be up to the task.

New quay to open renewables potential A new project at the port of Gothenburg is aiming to make the port a centre for renewable energy, project leaders say. Next year the 300m long Kustkajen quay will be completely row built, with fundamental infrastructure necessary for the use of renewable fuels. The project will involve geotechnical improvements, new foundations, demolition and reconstruction of the 300m quay and in some parts, a new process layout and equipment.

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MARINE CIVILS

€12bn EARMARKED FOR WORLD’S LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE The bridge idea was conceived decades ago, but for financial and political reasons it was shelved.

In fact, according to a report by the US Library of Congress (LOC), in 252 BC the dream to connect the two land masses was realised with a ‘moving bridge’ across the Straits of Messina. It was made of barrels and wood and built to transport war elephants from Carthage to Rome, the LOC says.

The 21st century bridge would span the Straits of Messina between the Port of Messina on Sicily and Calabria, in the ‘toe’ of Italy.

The bridge will have a central span length of 3.3km, a world record span, far longer than the current record holder, the Canakkale Bridge in Turkey, which has a central span of just over 2km.

The Webuild Group, which will carry out the works, says it can begin as soon as its design is approved, and will take around six years to build.

Webuild says the surface of the bridge (deck) will be 61 metres wide, and at each end the towers would be almost 400 metres high. The suspension system will consist of two pairs of 1.26m diameter cables that stretch 5.320 metres between the anchor blocks.

Three vehicle lanes in each direction will be put in plus a railway track, which will see an estimated six million vehicles crossing each year and 60,000 trains.

There has been controversy over the Messina Bridge because it is in an earthquake zone, with a quake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale being recorded in 1908.

However Webuild says it will be able to withstand tremors of up to 7.5.

It will also be safe in high winds, the company says.

“The deck’s aerodynamic stability, known as the Messina

Source: Webuild Group

A bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland looks like it will finally be built after being dreamed of since the Roman era

Type Deck, would resist winds of up to 300km per hour,” the company says. “This type of deck has been studied and tested independently by the most authoritative research centres and international laboratories, using various physical models in wind tunnels (Italy, England, Canada, Germany and Denmark). The concept behind a ‘semi-transparent’ aerodynamic deck, studied for Messina, has already been applied to the world’s longest bridges.

“The structure would allow vehicle traffic during winds of up to 158km per hour, while the tests that have been conducted would allow for trains passing at 120km per hour with winds blowing by up to 150km per hour, and at 60km per hour with winds at up to 190km per hour.”

n How the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting Sicily with mainland Italy, will look on completion in about six years’ time

Subsea cable failures cost industry millions, says IMCA The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) says cable layers who follow its new Code of Practice could save millions of dollars for everyone involved in delivering offshore wind installations.

The IMCA Code of Practice for offshore cable laying in the renewable energy industry paper is available to IMCA members, and includes details of general and specific methods for cable lay, burial, trenching and jetting.

IMCA has released the paper because of some estimates putting the cost of subsea cable failure for offshore wind at more than £500 million (€572 million) in 2020, the average insurance claim worth more than £3 million (€3.4 million), and an estimated 30% failure rate in any given year, it says.

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“The Code addresses issues for the safe laying and terminating of offshore power cables to prevent damage, a significant challenge for offshore wind where rates of failure result in millions worth of loss to everyone involved in delivery – including contractors, developers, and insurers,” says IMCA. “At the point at which cables leave the laying vessel and meet the seabed, they are frequently subject to damage caused by over-bending, cable-pulling, and inadequate design of lead into the monopile.

“In addressing issues such as the laying spread – the combined set of systems required for the installation of the cable – as well as the interface between the vessel and the spread, and the safest methodology for overboarding, trenching and cable pulling, the IMCA Code of

Practice establishes a new baseline for safely laying offshore submarine power cables which will significantly improve performance."

Mark Ford, Marine & Quality manager with IMCA, said 90% of insurance claims were made for power cables dmaaged during installation, and the code would help contractors reduce this figure.

“Contractors have come together to share their experiences around the design, testing, operation and maintenance of cable laying, the specialised equipment and technology used, and how it interfaces with supporting vessels,” he said. “Decades of experience gained through the installation of thousands of kilometres of offshore cables has helped us to find tangible solutions for the industry as a whole.”

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EUROPE UNDER THREAT: REPORT OUTLINES RISK TO COASTLINES European coastlines have come under the spotlight in a new report published by the European Marine Board IVZW (EMB) Building Coastal Resilience in Europe is a 128-page document (including 20 pages listing sources) written by members of the EMB’s Working Group on Coastal Resilience, which includes European universities, the British Geological Survey, the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).

Partly funded by the European Commission, the report seeks to ‘develop common priorities, advance marine research to bridge the gap between science and policy to meet future marine science challenges and opportunities’.

“Building resilience to coastal pressures is a journey we must embrace to ensure that coastal communities and ecosystems can persist, adapt or transform when faced with disturbances, while maintaining essential functions,” says chair Gilles Lericolais.

“Coastal protection and risk reduction measures are required to minimise the impact of continued sea level rise, storm surges, coastal flooding and erosion along Europe’s coastlines.

Coastal protection is an important component of resilience during weather disasters and coastal protection infrastructure helps to minimise damage and support recovery.”

Grey, blue and green infrastructure The report suggests a range of what it calls ‘grey infrastructure’, by which it means conventional building; ‘blue-green infrastructure’, by which it means natural measures; and hybrid solutions to protect Europe’s coast.

“Grey infrastructure has historically been a preferred strategy because it delivers the most predictable levels of protection against coastal extremes and climate risks in specific locations,” it says.

“However, it has been used widely without any a priori knowledge of the ‘local’ or ‘regional’ coastal processes operating in the area. This leads to unintended consequences in adjacent coasts, including geomorphic and ecological impacts such as sediment deficits and chronic coastal erosion, beach lowering, blocking of natural littoral drift (ie the natural movement of sediment along the shoreline), habitat and biodiversity loss and coastal squeeze (ie the loss of natural habitats or deterioration of their quality arising from anthropogenic structures or actions, preventing the landward transgression of those habitats that would otherwise naturally occur in response to sea level rise in combination with other coastal processes).

“Therefore, grey infrastructure can be both a barrier and an enabler to enhancing coastal resilience. It may provide a false sense of security and, over time, fail to adequately protect coastal communities and infrastructure from winter storms and sea level rise, specifically if the infrastructure is not maintained and upgraded to account for future climate change.

“Building infrastructure that can fail catastrophically will reduce long-term coastal resilience as the rate of environmental change accelerates, creating a greater likelihood of failure.

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“There is a growing requirement for grey infrastructure to be multi-functional, sustainable, resilient and to work with nature to provide ecosystem services.”

The report gives examples of mitigating the effects of ‘grey infrastructure’ such as placing ‘bioblocks’ around the coast – ’a habitat enhancement unit that creates artificial pits and rock pools to provide habitat for native species’.

Another example is spreading more sand dunes along the coast to obviate the need to build sea walls.

n Extra sand dunes along the coast could mean fewer sea walls need to be built, the report suggests

Protection measures The report gives three case studies of different methods of coastal protection.

One of them is along the Belgian coast, where pressures from natural and anthropogenic sources have resulted in storm surges at least once a year, causing beach erosion and flood risks.

“The coast was also substantially modified in the mid-19th century when coastal protection and polders were built,” it says. “It is densely populated: around 32% of the Belgian population live in 10 coastal towns and cities. More than 50% of the coastal area is intensively used by maritime transport, commercial harbours and ports, marinas, tourism and recreation, and the low-lying polders further inland are mainly used for agricultural purposes.”

A third of the coast needed protecting, the report says, which has been done by building groynes, dykes, piers, sea walls, jetties and breakwaters.

In Ireland, the low-lying Maharees Peninsula has been identified as being at risk from ‘chronic coastal erosion’ with a sea level rise of one metre predicted by 2150, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Here a more natural, ongoing approach has been taken, such as planting sea buckthorn to stabilise shifting sand dunes and erecting fences along the front to try and mitigate sand blowing.

A third case study is the Venice Lagoon, a coastal body of water that the report says is threatened by sea level rises, erosion and silting.

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GDAŃSK WINS $106m FOR MAJOR PORT REVAMP

Source: Port of Gdańsk

The Baltic Sea Port of Gdańsk has secured a $106 million grant for major port development including the rebuild of four quays.

The “Improving the Port of Gdańsk infrastructure with an analysis of the implementation of a low-carbon OPS system for the TEN-T network sustainable development” will be built under the ‘Connecting Europe’ Facility for 2021-2027, which is a European Union instrument.

The four quays in the Inner Port area, Wiślane, Bytomskie, Rudowe III and Węglowe, have a total length of 1,916 metres and will also have underground and railway infrastructure put in.

“The study is to include an analysis of the state of application of OPS systems for supplying ships with 100 kW electricity during their berth in seaports; assessment of the state of adaptation of sea vessels to shoreside electricity supplies for vessels; assessment of the demand for powering ships at the Port of Gdańsk and recommendations for the implementation of this technology at the Port of Gdańsk,” the port operator says.

“The planned investment implementation period is 2023–2027. The project will contribute to an increase in the competitiveness of the Port of Gdańsk, strengthening the transshipment potential, and increasing the throughput. Thanks to this investment, the quality and standard of ship handling, as well as working conditions, will be improved. Mooring line lengths will be

increased and shorelines will be adjusted to accommodate vessels with maximum allowable drafts so they can safely navigate the Harbour Channel.”

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A tender process is now under way for the works, which are intended to be completed in 2027.

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MARINE CIVILS Plans have been unveiled to built the first new deep-water port in Ireland since the country was founded.

The Bremore Ireland Port is being developed on the east coast of Ireland just north of the Irish capital Dublin by architects Henning Larsen, who will place an initial emphasis on the offshore wind sector.

It is a joint venture between the Drogheda Port Company and Ronan Group Real Estate, who say they intend to install facilities for assembling wind turbines, producing green hydrogen, and accommodate bulk, break-bulk and ferries.

“Strategic investment in a new purposebuilt port is imperative to benefit from the vast potential of offshore wind and for Ireland to achieve its renewable energy targets of 30GW generated by offshore wind by 2050,” said Ronan Group Real Estate CEO Rory Williams.

“The port will be equipped with purposebuilt infrastructure, including specialised quays for turbine assembly. Bremore Ireland Port will also support Ireland’s National Hydrogen Strategy objectives, as it will be equipped to convert offshore wind energy into green hydrogen energy.”

The first berths are planned to go in between 2028 and 2030.

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“We also aim to develop an Innovation District, which will bring together light manufacturing, urban production, R&D offices,

community services, residential areas, and a dynamic university hub,” said Drogheda Port Company CEO Paul Fleming.

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MCJ Ref No: 1378/E/41 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Stockholm, Sweden Promoter: Stockholms Hamn Aktiebolag, Frihamnsgatan 21, Stockholm, 102 54, Sweden E-mail: elisabeth.karlsson@ stockholmshamnar.se; Tel: +46 707 702 668 Value: 60,000,000 SEK (€5.9 million) Profile: The Port of Stockholm has issued a tender for works at Norvik Harbour that will include quay construction, dredging and pumping, special trade construction, foundation, concrete and plumbing works.

The contract includes the construction of two 12-metre-wide pile bridges with associated bollard foundations, for the docking of ships.

Planned work includes dredging for the intended depth, piling for pile bridges and bollard foundations, concrete work above water surface, laying of erosion protection on slopes, water and sewerage work, laying of ducting for power and mass handling of dredging spoils on land and blasting work.

Owned by Ports of Stockholm, Norvik Port is Sweden’s newest freight port and was officially inaugurated in 2020 by the Swedish Royal Family.

In April this year, chair of the board announced the port was going to have WIND TURBINES (1) Oslo, Norway (2) Early Information (3) Not stated (4) For market research purposes only to ascertain the level of interest and to assist in determining the most suitable route to market.. (5) Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult VESSEL CHARTER Seattle, USA (2) Early Information (3) Not stated (4) Requirement for a vessel charter and crew to conduct marine mammal and seabird survey using visual transects during daylight hours off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington (5) NOAA, Western Acquisition Division VESSEL OPERATION Bergen, Norway (2) Early Information (3) Not stated (4) To understand how we can facilitate low and zero-emission operation on the boat routes in Sunnhordland, Austevoll, and

€5.9m TENDER FOR QUAY AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

infrastructure developed to enable electrification and future fuels to be accessible, for ‘more sustainable transport of goods overland and by sea in the Stockholm and Gerater Stockholm Region’.

The port has an ideal location in the Baltic Sea, with short approach lanes and efficient intermodal transport links to the rest of Sweden.

between Os, Tysnes, and Kvinnherad. (5) Vestland fylkeskommune MARINE R&M SERVICES (1) Ermelo, Netherlands (2) Tenders Invited (3) €1,170,000 (4) Management & Maintenance for the movable bridges Waterfront municipality of Harderwijk. (5) Gemeente Harderwijk FEASIBILITY STUDIES (1) Bastia, France (2) Tenders Invited (3) Not stated (4) project management assistance contract whose holder must produce the feasibility study and definition of solutions, concerning the berthing and treatment of two ferry-type vessels (5) CCI de Corse TERMINALS INSTALLATION (1) Narbonne, France (2) Tenders Invited (3) €225,000 (4) Supply and installation of boat terminals.

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The procurement documents are available from: https://www.e-avrop.com/ sthlmhamnar/e-Upphandling/NoticeLink. aspx?id=90005 Tender Details: Open Procedure Dated: 18/10/2023 Tender Deadline 14/11/2023

VESSEL R&M SERVICES (1) Constanta, Romania (2) Contract Awarded (3) €403,000 (4) Docking repair work, Bureau Veritas reclassification inspection on tug Hercules. (5) Agentia Romana De Salvare A Vietii Omenesti Pe Mare (6) Alteea ENGINE R&M SERVICES (1) Rijeka, Croatia (2) Contract Awarded (3) €700,000 (4) Contract awarded for spare parts and maintenance services for Volvo Penta engines for ships in Jadrolinija fleet. (5) Jadrolinija (6) Duing D.O.O. CABIN RHIB POLICE BOAT (1) Ipswich, UK (2) Contract Awarded (3) €460,000 (4) Contract awarded for cabin RHIB for Suffolk police (6) Ultimate Boats TENDER FOR FLOOD CONTROLS (1) Rzeszow, Poland (2) Tenders invited (3) Not stated (4) the performance of construction

works for the task: “Construction of a dry flood control reservoir “Gora Ropczycka” on the Budzisz River, in the area of Sędziszow Małopolski, Gora Ropczycka, Zagorzyce, commune. Sedziszow Maklopolski voivodeship “Podkarpackie”. (5) Panstwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie QUAY AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION (1) Stockholm, Sweden (2) Tenders invited (3) €5.9 million (4) Construction of quay 2, Norvik Harbour. To include the construction of two 12 meter wide pile bridges with associated bollard foundations, for docking ships. Planned works include dredging to the intended depth, piling for pile bridges and for bollard foundations, concrete works above the water surface, laying out erosion protection in slope, VA works, laying of canalization for power as well as bulk handling of dredged masses on land and blasting works. (5) Stockholms Hamn Aktiebolag

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EUROPORT OPENS WITH AI-WRITTEN KEYNOTE SPEECH The 41st Europort shipping exhibition and conference was opened with a sign of the times – a keynote speech that had been created entirely by artificial intelligence “We approached Richard Branson,” said host Geert Maarse.

“And he was available – but we didn’t have the $500k budget.”

Instead of Branson, attendees in the auditorium, a new addition to Rotterdam Ahoy, were played a film introduced by physical man Luc Laurent (we found out afterwards that this was not his real name) that had been conjured up by AI and bore little reality to the truth.

This writer was probably not the only one scratching her head about the reasons for this opening, but if nothing else it led the way to an opening debate about artificial intelligence in shipping: its benefits, its risks and its challenges.

One of the main benefits was in how it could be used to make predictions, for instance with maintenance and route optimisation, and therefore cut costs. And all the panellists were insistent that it would only be beneficial if it were used in tandem with, and not in place of, human beings.

The panel consisted of four: Ilyaz Nasrullah, digital strategist with SMASH!; WISTA president Elpi Petraki, also business development manager at ENEA Management Inc; Kongsberg Digital president and CEO Shane McArdle; and Sander Haas, Head of Business Engineering & Transformation with logistics giant Samskip.

On the spot The panellists were asked if they expected artificial intelligence to dominate the maritime industry within five years.

Where Kongsberg’s Shane McArdle instantly replied ‘yes!’ the others were more circumspect.

“I don’t think it will dominate but I do think we have very rapid development,” said Petraki. “It’s not like technical innovation, it’s digital innovation; but we are not ready to accept it because of the risks that we don’t understand yet.”

McArdle later added that AI could not be ignored or the industry would be passed by.

“We need to embrace it to make our future safer,” said Petraki – to which Haas replied: “It’s the leadership in the companies and government bodies that need to embrace it first, see the possibilities, new people, new ways of working and understanding can do.”

Ilyaz Nasrullah ended the section by saying AI wasn’t a new revolution, merely an expansion of what computers were already doing. And it was important, he said, not to embrace this technology with misinformation or ‘you will invest in stuff that doesn’t work’.

Inequality One of the challenges that faced smaller companies in the industry was the cost of artificial intelligence and the likelihood that it would leave them behind.

“Only companies that are big and have large data can jump on this train,” said Nasrullah. “Smaller companies, many of them still work with paper, so this would be a massive leap. There are no possibilities for the smaller companies to keep up.”

McArdle agreed. “We need to put responsibility and accountability on the companies doing it, we need national and international governments to regulate so we don’t stifle competition,” he said.

Officially opening Europort after the panel discussions, Rotterdam Ahoy CEO Jolanda Johansen had the final word on artificial intelligence. For now, at least: “It’s a big honour for us, in the new part of the convention centre – having people here building on shared ambitions and experiences,” she said. “We talk about AI but we really believe in the power of life.”

n Explore the AI in Maritime: the theme of Europort’s opening, which was done by Rotterdam Ahoy CEO Jolanda Jansen and host Geert Maarse

Europort 2023: Booth Drop-in More than 25,000 visitors walked through the Rotterdam Ahoy doors for Europort 2023, where 1,000 booths from 70 countries had products, deals, innovations and expertise on display. During the event Maritime Journal dropped in on as many booths as possible, and here is just a tiny sample of those we spoke to. n Newport Shipping Promoting its new offshoot, NAV Engineering & Technology, which it launched at London International Shipping Week in September, Newport Shipping is stepping into the crew

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transfer vessel market with a model whereby NAV will build the vessels and retain ownership while leasing them out complete with crew. The company was also promoting its ‘Alternative Marine Power’ (AMP) shore power solution. which will enable a vessel to plug in to shore-based power and run off it in port instead of burning diesel. The company is also looking at methanol retrofits. “It’s going to depend on the vessels – long-haul shipping will not be able to run on hydrogen or electricity, for example,” said managing director Lianghui Xia (pictured). “And the infrastructure is going to be needed for methanol.”

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EUROPORT REVIEW n Sonihull UK ultrasonic antifouling company Sonihull launched two product lines at Europort - the Sonihull Xtreme for the maritime market and Agitate Pro for the industrial sector.

Sonihull has taken its 15 years of experience and knowledge from thousands of vessel installations to deliver a smarter, future-proof system, the company says. With data collection and remote operation capabilities, the Xtreme and Agitate Pro reduce cost and minimise downtime. “Our new product gives our clients the confidence that they are in control of fouling,” said CEO Darren Rowlands (pictured). “The return on investment for most applications can be measured in weeks, not years.”

n HS Marine Crane manufacturer H S Marine’s managing director Stefano Forni (pictured above) was unsurprisingly upbeat about the 70% increase in turnover the company has seen this year, which has partly been achieved by out performing competitors, he said. “We are going strongly and expect to have the same growth next year or even more. It’s coming from everywhere – the Dutch, UK, Norway – for service vessels for fish farming, workboats, coasters, dredging. We are making 600 a year with new models and using stainless steel because they require less maintenance.” n Radio Holland Radio Holland’s new navcomms system is so new it hasn’t even been named yet. The fleet-management system promises to be all singing, all dancing, recording and monitoring live processes and crew schedules, optimising routes, predicting maintenance, measuring carbon emissions – and all without a piece of paper in sight. “What we have in shipping is a lot of physical equipment on board, which generates a lot of data, and everyone is more and more data focused, said Wim Nieuwveld, Business Development director, as the unnamed product was launched at Europort.

“As an industry, we are a bit behind aviation and automotive, but we looked at them and took it on.” n Rolls-Royce The engine giant brought model 12V, 4000HP industrial engine to Europort, to demonstrate the company’s ‘Reman’ centre, a remanufacturing facility that in line with the current trend takes in old engines and completely overhauls them. Customers then have a choice of new or as-new engine. “The other advantage in the design is that if there’s been an upgrade in the design since the customer has bought it, this can be directly implemented in the remanufactured engine as well,” said account manager – Service, Stefan den Boer. Rolls-Royce carries out standard remanufacturing of engines, systems and parts for mtu engines, including marine, in Magdeburg, Germany. n Padmos Celebrating its acquisition of UK-based Mitsubishi distributor Diamond Diesels two weeks ago was Netherlands marine engine distributor Padmos. Originating as a family business in agricultural machinery, Padmos’s purchase means the company can now distribute engines all over the UK as well as the Benelux region. The company distributes engines for the smaller commercial vessel market, from 200 - 4,000HP. The purchase of Diamond Diesels was made possible by the retirement of managing director Ian Stamp.

n Yanmar Japanese engine maker Yanmar is an expert in diesel engines across industrial sectors, which means it’s going to have to make changes to stay afloat amid the tide of regulations coming this way, said area sales manager for northwestern Europe Richard Lesteluhu, pictured. “We have a significant range of ocean-going and non-ocean-going vessels,” he said. “We make diesel engines for agriculture and industry, for vessels from leisure to a fishing, coasters and commercial marine – and our work is all based on diesel, so we are looking at future fuels as a dilemma. Like everybody else, we can’t look into a crystal ball – we don’t know what’s going to happen. What we do know is we will have to develop and change and engage in some way with alternative fuels.” n Dacoma Winner of the Vessel Equipment award in last year’s Innovations Showcase at Seawork with its retractable Airkeel stabiliser, Dacoma was also using Europort to promote its shore power technology. The tech consists of a small power module that can enable ships at shore to charge faster at lower currents and with higher efficiency, saving money not only on power but the size of equipment needed, such as cable dimension. The technology was developed by APG, a spin-out from the Danish Aalborg University. The secret is using silicon carbide, Arnd Baurichter says (pictured below, right), which is perfect for medium voltage charging technology.

n Germany There were several national pavilions at Europort, including Germany, which brought 16 companies that are either German or promote and distribute German-made products to Europort. ECM Expo&Conference Management organises the pavilions for different overseas trade fairs. “It’s ideal for smaller companies that can be gathered together in one place and present the strength of Germany under one umbrella,” said project manager Anna Nacharova. ECM has been organising pavilions on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy since 2010.

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VESSEL BUILDING & LAUNCHES

SHIPBUILDER TYÖVENE ENTERS OFFSHORE WIND MARKET

Source: Työvene

Finnish shipbuilder Uudenkaupungin Työvene has secured an order for three hybrid-ready SWATH CTVs from Scotland’s Maritime Craft Services (MCS)

The order marks the entry for Työvene into the rapidly growing offshore wind market. ”It is a fast-growing segment resulting in a shortage of supplies and vessels, so we see a lot of potential here and not just in the offshore wind industry, but also in the oil and gas industry,” said Nils P. Olschner, director sales and business development at Työvene, a shipyard of Nordic Yards Group.

Market expansion Mr Olschner is optimistic about the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) design, which he said has created a benchmark in the industry. ”SWATH designs are highly sophisticated and only a few ship builders around the world have the required know-how to build them,” he said. ”The type of ship that we are building in close cooperation with Ad Hoc Marine Designs is a crew transfer vessel (CTV).

All units will be hybrid-ready for easy and cost-efficient retrofitting of hybrid equipment. They will also be the first vessels in the offshore wind industry equipped with ballast

n Finnish shipbuilder Työvene has secured an order for three hybrid-ready SWATH CTVs from MCS

water treatment plants.”

Työvene’s newbuilding activities in the commercial market are supported by Finnvera, the Finish state-owned export credit agency. ”The combination of expertise and competitiveness with the support from Finnvera makes us very attractive to the commercial market in general and the offshore wind industry in particular,” added Mr Olschner.

SWATHs have an even larger deck area than a traditional catamaran and their superior seakeeping abilities are a major benefit to the crew and crew productivity while being also a matter of safety. ”The major advantage of the SWATH design and its superior response to high seas is that the vessel can operate up to an extra 100 days a year compared to a conventional catamaran that has to stay in port in rough weather,” said Menno Kuyt, commercial director at MCS, which already has two SWATH units.

The first of Työvene’s SWATHs will be delivered to MCS in the spring of 2025.

Boskalis has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilding company Royal IHC to build a large state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger.

The vessel will have a hopper capacity of 31,000 m³ and will be built at the IHC yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, over the next few years.

The new vessel will be one of the largest TSHDs in the Boskalis fleet, says the company. Noteworthy features include the full diesel-electric installation and propulsion via Azipods which are said to significantly lower fuel consumption.

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The vessel is also being prepared for the use of (green) methanol as an alternative fuel with an onboard methanol plant and storage tanks.

The dual fuel main engines are equipped with two-stage turbos and can be powered by either conventional fuels or more sustainable alternatives such as biodiesel or methanol.

With a double suction pipe equipped with underwater pumps and two discharge pumps with a combined discharge capacity of 15,000 kW, the new TSHD is well suited to dredging and discharge over long distances.

The new vessel is expected to enter service in mid 2026.

Source: Boskalis

Boskalis inks Dutch TSHD deal

n An artist’s impression of the new TSHD

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NEW WTIV DESIGNED TO INSTALL 20MW TURBINES

The global fleet of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) will be expanded by at least one after a collaboration between designers at Friede & Goldman and vessel builders at OIM Wind.

The Windsetter FO-146 WTIV is a mammoth, capable of carrying up to five 18MW or four 20MW WTG sets and towers – at this point the largest size of wind turbine being manufactured.

Indeed, WTIVs have struggled to keep up with the rapidly growing size of wind turbines, with the first generation delivered at the beginning of the decade already out of date and having to undergo extensive upgrades of cranes and decks to stay in the market, according to Research & Markets, the market analysis firm.

“The first generation of WTIVs had a short lifespan, which had previously discouraged vessel builders from investing in newbuilds,” it says.

“However, the impending shortage of WTIVs that can support the largest turbines currently leg-encircling crane, which can install XXL available, along with the globalisation of the foundations exceeding 3,000 tonnes, the offshore wind market and the opening up of company says. new markets in Taiwan, Japan and the US, has OIM Wind intends to build at least two, finally resulted in a surge of newbuild orders.” director - Renewables at Friede & Goldman _Retro Bridge Qtr will Febhave 2020_Retro Page 1 The new FO-146 a water Bridge depth 14/02/2020 Todd 12:41 Allen said. capacity of 80 metres and a 3,200-tonne SWL Friede & Goldman began its business

n Windsetter FO-146 by Friede & Goldman and OIM Wind

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CHARTWELL AND VARD TEAM UP ON NEW CTV DESIGN Chartwell Marine and VARD have joined forces to deliver a ‘Midi-SOV’ vessel design for offshore wind which aims to fill a new operational role between CTVs and SOVs

Filling the gap As the offshore wind industry continues to grow, the demand for ever-larger CTVs has surged, with larger teams of technicians operating on increasingly scaled-up turbines.

However, owing to challenges in seakeeping and hospitality, merely increasing the dimensions of current CTV designs to create more capacity is not feasible.

In taking the Midi-SOV design forward, Chartwell consciously adopted the mindset of a small bespoke architect and started from scratch, taking into consideration the insights of vessel owners, technical suppliers and windfarm operators to meet the changing needs of the industry.

The vessel has been designed to hit the ‘sweet spot’ for commercial and operational viability. It’s also designed as Jones Act Compliant, ready for production in US shipyards.

It incorporates a low waterplane shape that broadens above waterline, effectively minimising and dampening roll motion. This allows the vessel to remain stable during operations, facilitating walk-to-work capabilities that were

Source: Chartwell Marine

The Midi SOV has been designed from the ground up to prioritise stability and operability and to be a cost-effective solution as the offshore wind industry tackles high inflation and increasing costs in its development pipeline.

“Never before has there been such a pressing need to develop offshore wind vessels that are reactive to evolving operational and financial conditions,” said Andy Page, director, Chartwell Marine.

“The Midi-SOV offers a cost-efficient alternative to fullsized SOVs, contributing to the industry’s overall sustainability.

We’re putting a strong emphasis on having these vessels manufactured locally, with US-built vessels Americanised for the US market and Europe-built vessels for European operations.”

previously challenging for smaller scaled traditional SOV forms.

With a strong focus on energy efficiency, this vessel can be equipped with methanol-diesel dual-fuel engines, electric propulsion and a supporting energy storage system.

To prove the Midi-SOV’s suitability, extensive simulation and model testing was conducted in collaboration with Seaspeed Marine Consulting. Throughout the development phase, Chartwell received invaluable support from leading marine firms, including Clarksons, North Star, Seaspeed and Voith. VARD conducted due diligence on the vessel design in summer 2023.

The vessel will be coming to both the US and European markets in 2024.

n Chartwell Marine and VARD’s MidiSOV aims to fill a new operational role between CTVs and SOVs

WTIV contracted out before build is complete A wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that is still under build has been contracted to transport and install wind turbines for an unnamed client in the offshore wind sector.

Monaco-based Eneti, which has a fleet of two WTIVs with another two under build, has just signed a contract to merge with Cadeler, as reported in Maritime Journal.

Eneti’s wholly-owned subsidiary Seajacks UK will perform the transport and installation when the new vessel is finished, which is slated for the second quarter of 2027.

The new WTIVs are similar to Eneti’s vessel Siren (pictured), which has a carrying capacity of five to six 12-15MW turbines, the

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company’s specs say, and can operate in water depths of 65 metres.

They are 148 metres in length and 56 metres wide, with a deck area of 5,400m2. and accommodation for 130 people.

“Inclusive of mobilization and demobilization, the engagement is expected to be between 180 and 210 days and generate approximately $73 million to $84 million of gross revenue,” says Eneti.

“Project costs are expected to be $8 million in aggregate.

“This contract emphasizes our position that market fundamentals remain strong,” said Eneti CEO Emanuele Lauro. “As with our previous newbuilding contract, we have secured optionality in providing either of our newbuildings to service the contract, which maximizes vessel utilization and generates accretive cash flows.

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TWO HYBRID CSOVs ORDERED FOR EUROPEAN WATERS

Source: Vard

A consortium has been set up to expand services for offshore wind developers in Europe Its first step by the Windward Offshore consortium has been to order two diesel/ battery hybrid commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) that will be prepared to run on methanol.

Windward Offshore has been set up and is led by the engineering group SeaRenergy, which has offices facilities in Poland, Cyprus, Germany and the Netherlands.

Two more vessels could also be ordered at a later stage from shipbuilder Vard, which has been contracted to design and build the first two. They have been ordered for service world wide but will be focused in European waters, SeaRenergy Group CEO Benjamin Vordemfelde said.

The vessels have been ordered ”to establish a sturdy basis for its maritime asset services focusing on bolstering the burgeoning offshore wind industry”, SeaRenergy says.

“Windward Offshore will provide integrated offshore wind service solutions and the CSOVs will act as the centrepiece for servicing wind farms during the critical commissioning phase, encapsulating the consortium’s strategy of delivering integrated solutions through a

n CSOVs will start off a collection of offshore combination of vessels, engineering, wind farm service vessels by new consoritum maintenance, and operation services,” it says.

Windward Offshore Vordemfelde says the CSOVs are the first of a collection of offshore wind service vessels that should be in demand if European the Windward Offshore consortium also Lebus YP 2019.qxp_Lebus YP 17/12/2019 15:07 Diana PageShipping 1 targets to install 30GW of offshore wind includes Blue Star Group, Inc energy by 2030. and SeraVerse.

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NEPTUNE BUILDS ARIANE 6 ROCKET-CARRYING SHIP Space rockets will be transported on a carrier built by workboat builder Neptune Marine, which has won an award for the vessel.

Canopée was designed and built by Dutch ship builder Neptune for the Ariane Group, and is operated by the French Alizés, a joint venture of Jifmar Offshore Services and Zéphyr & Borée.

It is intended to transport the European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 space launch vehicles, loading the rockets in parts in Bremen, Rotterdam, Le Havre and Bordeaux and transporting them to the Kourou launch base in French Guyana. The ship replaces two vessels that currently perform the same task The vessel won the Ship of the Year award was one of five presented at the Maritime Awards Gala in Rotterdam.

The award was for construction of Canopée, described as an “open top roro vessel with wind support ship drive”, and clearly a notable achievement for Neptune. The award’s organisers said the prize is about what extent design, technology, safety, construction and economic significance come together in one innovative ship, and the jury praised Neptune “mainly for the way in which the yard has managed to reconcile the many, often contradictory requirements”.

The contrast between the futuristic purpose of the vessel and the consideration given to how to power it is evident in the adoption of four 30m high AYRO Oceanwings collapsible wing sails, each with an area of 375m2 and reported as saving about 35% on fuel consumption.

The ship is otherwise conventionally powered with two Wärtsilä 6L32 main engines driving controllable-pitch propellers and a vessel speed of 16.5kn.

Other specifications for the vessel, demonstrating again it is not the typical workboat-type designs that Neptune is known for, include a gross tonnage of 10,669t with a deadweight tonnage of 5,491t along with a vessel length (overall) of 121m, moulded breadth of 22m and a design

draught of 4.3m. The vessel has a 60t SWL gantry crane for cargo handling and a 200t SWL ramp aft.

“We would like to thank the Maritime Awards Gala family for rewarding us with this prestigious title,” said Neptune, of Hardinxveld-Giessendam, a modern shipyard featuring regularly in MJ and more commonly associated with the construction of workboats and tugs. “We also would like to thank Jifmar Offshore for their trust in Neptune Marine to build this innovative vessel, merci beaucoup.

“A big compliment to Klaas Beuckens and his team and all the suppliers for working on this great project. We are happy to keep on supporting game-changing actors to turn hybrid vessels from a dream into a reality that you can now see on the water.”

n Canopée features Oceanwings collapsible wingsails

Six new Damen tugs for Port of Antwerp-Bruges Damen Shipyards has won a major order from Port of Antwerp-Bruges for six new tugs, sending a clear signal of both the port’s green ambitions and further confidence in one of Damen’s popular latest designs.

The order comprises five conventionally powered RSD Tugs 2513 and an electric RSD-E version of the same marque. Part of Antwerp’s ambition is to be carbon neutral by 2050, with plans including ongoing fleet renewal for the port along with conversion of two tugs, one to operate on methanol and another on hydrogen.

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Bruges (19.8%), operates its own tug fleet of around eight vessels. They have numbers rather than traditional names and the majority are locally built Voith Schneiderpowered tractors around 20 years old.

The customer’s choice of the RSD Tug 2513 will be particularly satisfying for Damen. A few years ago the port started exploring the vessel, in time acquiring three of them including the second of the new design, Bis Viridis, which then went on to become Multratug 6 before joining the Antwerp fleet in 2020.

The three carry the ‘names’ 50, 51 and 52 and after a few years of operation, Port of Antwerp-Bruges clearly has confidence in this increasingly popular design, of which

nearly 40 are now either in service, on order or under construction.

Of equal interest is the inclusion of an electric version of the RSD 2513. Damen says it will be “the first all-electric tug to operate in Europe” and follows the first-of-class Sparky, now operating for Ports of Auckland in New Zealand. Damen will also be delivering the charger and onshore electrical infrastructure, and as the shipbuilder adds: “… the towage industry will be watching it closely to see how its electric propulsion stands up to the high-pressure environment”.

The tugs will be IMO Tier III compliant thanks to the Damen Marine NOx Reduction System, reduced noise levels and all-round capability listed as factors on the order.

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TUG GROUNDING PROBABLY CAUSED BY EXCESS SPEED Excess speed probably caused the grounding of a tug that was connecting a towline to an LNG tanker in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded

Connecting the towline The tug was positioned with its bow 600 feet forward of (and facing) the tanker, while moving astern into position along the starboard side of the tanker’s bulbous bow. When the speed of both vessels matched each other (8.5kn), a heaving line was passed down and attached to the tug’s towline.

The tug increased its speed (astern) to reposition itself on the tanker’s centreline, reaching a speed of 10.2kn, the mate saying the tug “zigzagged” and did “a couple of fishtails” moving it out of position to the port side of the tanker. One of the pilot’s portable units indicated the tug’s speed reduced to below 8kn, the tanker itself making between 8.7kn and 9.0kn. The tug’s mate said the movement while repositioning “created the speed loss”.

A loss of tension on the towline (which had not yet been made fast on the tanker) followed and attempts to manoeuvre the tug back onto the tanker’s centreline failed, the tug beginning to swing to starboard as it moved down the port bow of the tanker, which began to overtake it.

At this point the heaving line parted, the towline going into the water with the mate again attempting to correct the tug’s position by increasing speed astern, reporting there was no response from the port thruster and that the tug “wouldn’t go to port”.

As the tug’s stern sheared off to starboard it moved outside the channel and despite reducing speed it grounded by the stern on its starboard side of the channel in around 10 feet of water. Unsure if the towline was made fast, the tug’s captain activated the emergency release on the tow winch.

Noticing oil in the water the crew shut down the tug’s main engines and spill kits were deployed. The US Coast Guard was notified of the grounding, adding that oil was leaking from the starboard thruster and that there was a hole in the starboard fuel tank.

One of the three other tugs in attendance was released to stand by the grounded vessel and its crew remained on board. It was later determined that 4-5 gallons of fuel oil had been released.

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Source: NTSB-Google Maps

The NTSB has published a report on the incident, in which four tugs were assisting an incoming LNG tanker through the channel into the La Quinta Channel and eventually to the ship’s destination at the LNG terminal near Ingleside, Texas.

The tanker was transiting the channel at 8.4kn when it was met by three of the four tugs, the one involved meeting it around 2.5 miles from the turn into La Quinta Channel, where the waterway narrowed from 500 feet to 300 feet.

The pilots’ plan followed a procedure typical to previous similar transits, with the fourth tug connecting its towline through the tanker’s centre fairlead forward. On this occasion the captain was acting as a training master, overseeing and standing next to the mate, who was actually driving the tug.

towed from the grounding site and was moored at a nearby facility for damage assessment. It was established that the starboard thruster had been sheared off, and while the port thruster was intact it had been fouled by the tug’s towline. One keel cooler support bracket had been ripped from the hull, leaving a small hole in no. 2 day fuel tank. Following temporary repairs the tug transited under its own power to Port Fourchon, Louisiana for drydocking and permanent repairs.

n Position of the grounding in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel

Investigation The subsequent NTSB investigation had two main areas of interest: the tug company’s Tractor Tug Training Programme and the subject of tug operations in the centre lead forward position.

At the time, the mate was working to complete his training to gain the position of tugboat captain, the documentation including a log of completed training items. Each item had to be “signed off” by a training master if: “the trainee has completed the evolution with 100% proficiency, without question”. The investigation found he had not completed the training “in accordance with company guidelines”, with questions surrounding the actual process of signing off each element.

The second point of interest looked at a familiar area of concern for ship handling towage operators where tugs manoeuvre and operate with ships that are underway, often at a speed where they still have some steerage way.

Hydrodynamic forces created by high-pressure areas around the ship being assisted increase exponentially as the ship’s speed increases, something of importance for tugs that are in the centre lead position forward, the pressure increasing with decreasing distances to the bow.

Speed is the important factor here. NTSB refers to Henk

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Hensen’s highly regarded textbook Tug Operations with Azimuth Stern Drive Tugs: Risks and Effectiveness, which says: “a good guideline is that ship’s speed should not be higher than 60 per cent of the tug’s maximum speed ahead.”

Five of the six company tug captains interviewed said that between 5kn and 6kn was the speed “at which they felt comfortable” while performing this manoeuvre, one saying that at 7.5 to 8kn the tug loses effectiveness because it is often operating at 75-80% of its maximum power.

“You never want to max out because you don’t have any power to get out, and you’re using the rest, 15-20% just to do what needs to be done on the job,” he said.

NTSB analysed AIS data from eight previous LNG tanker transits through the Corpus Christi Channel, where bow tugs were secured and it was found the speeds were 7.0-11.5kn (average 8.5kn) with a slightly lower average further along the channel.

NTSB found the probable cause of the grounding was that the mate’s attempt to complete the manoeuvre was at a

Source: Peter Barker

As the tug’s stern sheared off to starboard it moved outside the channel and despite reducing speed it grounded by the stern on its starboard side of the channel in around 10 feet of water

speed that was excessive for the “advanced harbour-assist manoeuvre.” A contributing factor was the lack of a company policy regarding maximum allowable speed for bow assist manoeuvres.

Similar related incidents are referred to in the report, including the loss of a tug in 2013 in Rotterdam (involving loss of life) while connecting to the bow of a large ferry. Also mentioned is a similar incident in the Houston Ship Channel in 2022 that actually resulted in a collision. In both cases the investigations cited excessive speed and the subsequent effect of hydrodynamic forces. The question of speed during bow-to-bow in harbour assist operations is the single ‘Lessons Learned’ in the NTSB’s report.

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SUEZ CANAL EXPANDS TUG FLEET BY 10 VESSELS The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has put in an order for 10 more tugs, signalling an important upgrade to the fleet The order, reported by RAL, is for 10 RAstar 3200-W ASD tugs and once delivered the SCA will own and operate more than 20 RAL-designed vessels, complementing the existing RAL tugs currently working in Egypt for commercial operators.

The 190km long Suez Canal can accommodate all but the largest ships afloat (240,000dwt maximum), with a maximum vessel draught capacity up to 20.1m. More than 22,000 ships transited the canal in 2022, around 60 vessels a day, obeying the rules of a one-way convoy system because unregulated two-way traffic is not allowed.

Transiting the canal, particularly for the largest vessels, calls for precise navigation skills, particularly in strong winds.

The potential risks became reality in 2021 when the laden container vessel Ever Given ran aground while northbound in the canal. It took six days to free the vessel, and traffic was stopped in both directions throughout, causing huge disruption to global supply chains, particularly those relying on ‘just in time’ deliveries.

SCA’s tugs assist in the day-to-day operation of the canal and are also on hand when ships encounter problems. One factor of the Ever Given grounding with the canal completely blocked was sourcing tugs to assist on the southern side of the grounding site. Before and since this event, SCA has gradually increased its towage provision, adding to the not insignificant fleet it already operates.

Tug fleet When tracing the composition of its tug fleet list, including those in operation, on order and laid up, it becomes obvious the authority will have gained wide experience of owning and/or operating more than 30 tugs of varying designs from different shipbuilders, including locally and in China.

Among SCA-owned and affiliated companies are Port Said Shipyard, Port-Tawfik Shipyard, Maritime Salvage & Underwater Works, Timsah Shipyard and Suez Shipyard. Port Said Shipyard’s own yard list shows 21 tugs completed or under construction for SCA, not to mention smaller related craft and marine plant.

SCA’s tug fleet is diverse, and three with European connections of interest are the Fahd and Nimr built in the Netherlands as Brielsebank and Breedbank respectively in 1976 for operation in Rotterdam. Fahd was lost earlier in 2023 following a collision in the canal, where sadly one of the tug’s crew was lost.

Another tug worthy of mention is the Antari, now in its 70th year of service, built as Edgar Bonnet by L. Smit & Zoon’s Scheeps & Werktuigbouw NV, Kinderdijk, the Netherlands in 1953.

Looking at the fleet’s profile up to the present day, the provision of modern ASD shiphandling tonnage was already under way at the time of the Ever Given grounding. In November 2019 Svitzer signed a 10-year agreement with SCA to provide towage services at the Suez Canal Container Terminal in Port Said with two newbuild RAL-designed RAstar 2800CL tugs, Svitzer Port Said 1 and 2, built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards, Hong Kong.

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In 2021, Svitzer’s contract with SCA was extended with two further 70+tbp tugs bearing the names Svitzer Suez 1 and 2 built by Cheoy Lee and operating from Port Suez. In January 2022 another piece of the Svitzer/SCA jigsaw fell into place with the ordering of yet another pair to boost services at Port Said and Port Suez. The current make-up of this element of SCA’s towage provision therefore stands at Svitzer Suez 1, 2 and 3 operating from the southern end of the canal and Svitzer Port Said 1, 2 and 3 at the northern end, providing coverage from both directions.

Final details of this latest order for ten RAstar 3200-W vessels for the authority itself are yet to be confirmed but RAL’s generic information about the class, described as an escort/offshore terminal tug featuring a “unique” sponsonsed hull form developed exclusively for RAL, lists it as LOA 32m on a beam of 13.2m and maximum draught of 6.5m, providing a bollard pull of 85t. It is also reported that the main engines for the series will be provided by ABC of Belgium.

n Computergenerated image of the RAstar class tug in SCA livery

n The RAstar class tug from Robert Allan provides 85 tonnes bollard pull

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TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE Greek salvor Tsavliris has assisted a laden bulk carrier after it grounded in Indonesia.

Caravos Liberty was on passage from East Kalimantan, Indonesia to Magdalla Port, India when it grounded around 50 miles south of Balikpapan, Indonesia. It was laden with 60,500 tonnes of coal at the time.

The following day Tsavliris despatched the 80tbp AHTS NMS Bravery from Balikpapan to assist. Two utility vessels carrying a salvage team were also mobilised to the stranded vessel’s location, the team comprising a senior salvage master, two salvage engineers, a naval architect, a rigger and a seven-man diving team.

Adverse weather and strong currents were experienced at the time and once conditions improved NMS Bravery was berthed safely alongside the casualty. Underwater inspections revealed significant damage in the forepeak/bulbous bow area, including a “gaping hole” approximately three by three metres in size with internal elements bent inwards/upwards approximately four metres from the vessel’s bottom.

Damage included smaller holes and cracks and a “significant quantity” of broken rock and sand was observed inside the forepeak tank.

A salvage plan was drawn up involving a combination of ballasting forward tanks to

TSAVLIRIS RESCUES GROUNDED BULK CARRIER keep the vessel in position, lightering through the removal of 1,000t of cargo, pressurising the forepeak space and ballasting/de-ballasting several compartments to adjust the trim and achieve the desired draught forward. The tug Syukur 52 along with the 7,000t capacity barge Syujur 53 were deployed to remove the required cargo.

Some two weeks after initial grounding Caravos Liberty was successfully refloated, allowing the lightered cargo to be reloaded.

NMS Bravery escorted the vessel to Balikpapan Anchorage, but for Tsavliris the salvage operation was far from over.

Temporary repairs approved by the vessel’s classification society were required for Caravos Liberty, the scope of which included Brocco crack arrestors to stop crack propagation, the cropping of protracted bottom plates and connection of the ship’s air supply to pressurise the forepeak tank. This involved a further five weeks of work for Tsavliris and upon completion Caravos Liberty

n Part of the stranded vessel’s cargo had to be transferred into a barge

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ISU APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT The International Salvage Union (ISU) has appointed John Witte Jr. as ISU president, succeeding Captain Nicholas Sloane, who will continue as a member of ISU’s Executive Committee The appointment came at the end of the ISU’s AGM in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and sees Witte taking the position that he had held previously being a past president. At the same time Captain Leendert Muller, managing director of Terneuzenbased Multraship Towage & Salvage, was confirmed as vice president of the ISU. He is also a former president.

ISU is the umbrella organisation that represents the global marine salvage industry, its membership comprising some 55 marine salvage companies from more than 30 countries.

Its members must have a track record as main contractor in salvage operations, demonstrate a high level of expertise and conduct their activities ethically and in line with the ISU Code of Conduct.

The organisation has a powerful voice representing its members globally, including matters beyond the world of hard hats, life jackets and overalls and extending to working with insurers and other high-profile interests covering issues including legal considerations, for instance the work to promote Lloyd’s Open Form.

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The ISU’s own statistics show that our members are facing difficult economic times but we are a vibrant industry and we continue to provide vital services If its members expect people at the top of the organisation to know what they are talking about, the ISU individuals mentioned above easily fill that requirement, being something of a who’s-who of the industry with both corporate and family-based involvement.

Witte is president/CEO at New Jersey, USA-based Donjon Marine, a company he has worked for since 1982 starting with its marine salvage activities. He has day-to-day operational and corporate oversight of all of Donjon’s various businesses and operations, including one of its most recent activities, Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair. He is also past president of the American Salvage Association.

Captain Muller is joint managing director of Multraship Towage & Salvage and started his career at sea, becoming a tug captain and later principle salvage master, then Multraship’s operations director before becoming managing director of the family-based company in 2002. His career has seen him involved in many well-known salvage and emergency responses such that when he considers matters concerning the industry as a whole he is able to say “Been there, done that…”

ISU members will also have benefited from Captain Sloane’s past experiences. Hailing from South Africa, he is general manager EMEA for Resolve Marine and well known within the industry since starting his career at sea in 1980. He became master of the South African super-tugs John

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Ross and Wolraad Woltemade before becoming a salvage master, and his ‘case book’ includes leading the team that raised the cruise ship Costa Concordia from the Italian island of Giglio between 2012 and 2014.

“The ISU’s own statistics show that our members are facing difficult economic times but we are a vibrant industry and we continue to provide vital services,” said Sloane. “The ISU members are critical partners for insurers and owners to help meet their ESG requirements.

“In the past two years we have made good progress on issues such as the SCOPIC rates and the creation of new guidelines for Special Casualty Representatives, and on the BIMCO 2023 WreckStage contract. We have maintained good relations with the clubs, owners and property insurers.

“I am delighted to be handing over to John Witte, who comes from a family with a long and proud tradition in salvage. John has much experience of the industry, both as a salvage master and operational manager.”

“I would like to thank Nick for all that he has done for the ISU over the past two years: he has shown great dedication to the role,” said Witte. “It is a great honour to be the president of the ISU and I look forward to leading the association as it continues to address the current challenges, in particular, enhancing the reputation of the industry and strengthening our relationships with ship owners and insurers.”

n John Witte Jr. new President of the International Salvage Union

n Captain Nicholas Sloane

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BUSY TIMES FOR MED MARINE Med Marine both builds and operates tugs, often selling on functioning nearly new vessels boasting ‘one careful owner’ with around 200 tug newbuild projects successfully completed to date. Its facilities at Eregli Shipyard produce vessels for its own account and customers, and the six vessels in the latest list of references are all Robert Allan (RAL) designs involving RAmparts and RAstar marque of ASD tugs.

Somat S.p.a. is part of the Cafimar Group, parent of a number of Italian tug-operating companies including Rimorchiatori Laziali and Nemeca Z, a JV company established in 2020 by Fintowage S.r.l. and Zouros Group.

Somat holds the licence for towage services in the Sicilian ports of Palermo, Trapani and Marsala, also participating in a consortium that monitors pollution prevention capabilities for the Italian Ministry of the Environment.

Trapani-based Somat has now taken delivery of a RAL RAmparts 2500W ASD tug, completed just six months after contract signing, reflecting the popular trend nowadays for production line construction of shiphandling tugs to allow for quick deliveries, some shipyards building to their own accounts to be held in stock, waiting for a customer with an urgent requirement to call by.

The vessel carries the Med Marine designation MED-A2575 and was chosen by Somat for its wide range of operational capabilities, including terminal escort duties and harbour towage with firefighting capabilities.

Principle specifications include: length 25.2m, beam 12m and draught 5.75m. Performance figures include a bollard pull of 70 tons, speed 11kn and accommodation for seven persons.

Vernicos Scafi Med Marine has also delivered a Ramparts marque tug to Mediterranean-based tug owner Vernicos Scafi . Describing itself as “one of the oldest existing maritime enterprises in Greece”, it began by transporting people and petroleum barrels across the Bosphorus in rowing and sailing boats in the mid-19th century, and gained its present name following a JV agreement with Italy’s Scafi Società di Navigazione S.p.A in 2019.

Its extensive fleet covers all tug configurations: ASD, Voith, triple screw, twin screw and single screw, and it has now welcomed the RAmparts 2500W Vernicos Scafi III into the family. Med Marine achieved an even quicker delivery time here than the Somat example, just three months after contract signing. The vessel is due to meet the growing demands for Vernicos at the busy port of Piraeus.

Main specifications are similar to Somat’s example, with power provided by two MTU 16V4000M63 main engines

Source: Med Marine

Turkish tug builder Med Marine is experiencing busy times, reporting deliveries to owners in Italy, Greece and Libya and a significant three-vessel order for Denmark’s Svitzer Towage

developing 4,000kW in total (at 1,800rpm) and meeting IMO Tier II standards. A composite shaft transmits power to Kongsberg US 205S P20 FP azimuth thrusters and accommodation is provided for seven persons.

n Vernicos Scafi III was delivered just three months after contract signing

RAstar 2800 deliveries The final two items of Med Marine news involve the slightly larger RAstar 2800 series from RAL. The launching of a new tug of this class for Misurata Free Zone in Libya has previously been reported and its subsequent delivery from the Eregli Shipyard followed a “humble yet meaningful event” at its head office, attended by guests including chairman of the Misurata Free Zone Muhsin Sigutri. Med Marine‘s CEO Hakan Şen, general manager Yıldız Bozkurt and sales director Melis Üçüncü were also present.

Svitzer Towage has signed a significant contract with Med Marine for three RAstar 2800 (MED-A2885) tugs, two of which will be deployed in Greece, where Svitzer is setting up an operation to service Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System LNG terminal. It has not yet been decided where the third vessel will be deployed.

The RAstar series ranges from 27m to 40m in length, the 2800 marque here has a beam of 13m, draught 5.7m, speed 12.5kn and a bollard pull of 80 tons.

The order is another chapter in Svitzer’s long-standing relationship with Med Marine “underpinned by a history of successful projects and the delivery of top-tier vessels” with delivery of the three tugs scheduled for the end of 2023, once again just three months after Med Marine’s reporting of the contract signing. n A naming ceremony was held in Turkey for Misurata’s tug before setting sail for Libya

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SUPPLY CHAIN, UNRELIABILITY PLAGUE WIND FARM SECTOR While the race for larger turbines may have reduced the levelized cost of energy with a higher output to CAPEX ratio, it has also been a direct contributor to rising reliability concerns, the report Ever-Changing Winds: The State of the Wind Industry in 2024 and Beyond by wind turbine engineering and predictive maintenance firm Onyx Insight says.

Onyx Insight monitors more than 16,000 on and offshore wind turbines in around 30 countries.

“The wind industry had a boom a number of years ago, and it was during this period that OEMs faced an enormous amount of market demand,” the report says. “This led to a wide variety of turbine designs, delivered on short cycles to meet the demand of a customer base looking to generate more energy for lower costs and with greater efficiency.

“Fast forward to the present and between the perfect storm of supply chain issues and too many turbine designs to support, OEMs have been losing significant amounts of money, including those paid out in liquidated damages.

“Manufacturers have been locked into a price competition spiral, attempting to produce larger turbines for more competitive pricing. But with bigger turbines produced in shorter production cycles, it’s no surprise that manufacturing quality has diminished.

“The increasing failure rate of ageing assets and early design failures on new turbines has sent ripples through the sector. Many are now questioning offshore wind targets.”

Lead report author and Onyx Insight chief commercial officer Ashley Crowther spoke to Maritime Journal about the findings, which were obtained from a survey of more than 50 industry insiders, including the directors and CEOs of OEMs, utilities, suppliers and service providers in Europe, the Americas and APAC regions.

“The wind industry’s been coming out with new models, with bigger blades and bigger power ratings in a pretty compressed time frame,” he says. “And the driver behind this is the cost. That’s actually brought down the cost of wind energy a lot because as the machines get bigger, the number of people you need to work on them and the power cables and so on gets less, and you can generate three times the power.

“However, what’s happened is that the cycle of new technology has had a lot of teething issues, so there’s been a rash of failures that are quite public.

“But challenges drive opportunity. It’s actually made the OEMs slow down, and say they’re not going to make bigger machines for a while – they’re going to stop at 15MW offshore.

They couldn’t have done that a few years ago because another OEM would have then won the business, but the fact they’re all slowing down together is a good thing and gives them time to optimise the machines and designs and make them much more reliable.”

Source: Onyx Insight

Insiders are beginning to question wind energy targets because of unreliability concerns and supply chain bottlenecks, a recent report has claimed

One key way to minimise operation costs is digitalisation, Crowther says – and as the industry becomes mature and people look more at the lifetime cost of their asset, they will be more willing to pay more up front if it can help reduce downtime further down the line by being able to schedule maintenance and servicing.

Blade monitoring, for example, could save operators millions of dollars.

“In the past, a blade failing would mean an expensive replacement,” the report says. “However, these days a failure could destroy the entire turbine, and with this costing almost $10m, including clean-up, downtime and the replacement turbine, asset owners cannot afford major blade failures.”

“Wind turbines are so data rich, they’re all connected to a network,” Crowther says. “So you can collect all that data, analyse it and make decisions.”

If a part on one turbine is detected as having issues, similar parts on other turbines can be grouped together and serviced, minimising the cost of crew, their transport and so on.

“Prediction helps to save costs,” Crowther says. “If you don’t, the machine may need to suddenly be taken offline.”

Is the future bleak for wind, as many media reports (including those in Maritime Journal) are saying, given the recent lack of enthusiasm in bidding for new offshore wind farm projects?

Crowther believes the sector is simply in transition.

“The wind industry needs investment to be able t keep up with what the politicians would like to build,” he says.

“There’s certainly the environment for the industry to grow, but whether it can grow as fast as the politicians and public would like it to grow will depend on getting the OEMs back into better financial health so they’ll be better placed to help.”

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n Bigger and bigger: the size of wind turbines is finally starting to stabilise

n Report lead author Ashley Crowther, COO at Onyx Insight

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EXPANDING OFFSHORE WIND KNOWLEDGE IN SHALLOW WATERS The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has released guidance that aims to support Dynamic Positioning (DP) operations in shallow waters Recommended Practice for Shallow Water DP Operations (IMCA M263) offers a broader understanding of DP operations in waters where more fixed assets can be found in condensed work areas and where the increased numbers of vessels can raise the risk of collision.

“The publication of this Guidance was explicitly requested by our Members, the participants at our DP Conference in 2022, and the DP Committee as a way of providing additional support for DPOs, project engineers, planners and clients,” said Richard Purser, technical adviser – marine, IMCA. “It addresses the pressures caused by unrealistic expectations throughout the installation process, which will decrease the risk of human error. Not only do we hope that this will cut down on downtime caused by near-misses, collisions and other incidents, but it will ensure a safer working environment.”

Specialist operations The rise of offshore wind means specialist vessels are increasing their activity in shallow waters.

M263 aims to assist land-based project managers to better understand time scales and processes and adjust expectations accordingly. Consequently, it should reduce downtime of heavy lift operations during the installation phase and assist with walk-to-work operations throughout the life of the windfarm.

Mr Purser said that whilst not wanting to repeat existing IMCA guidance, the document does stress the importance of having two Dynamic Positioning Operators (DPOs) on watch,

dedicated solely to the safety of bridge operations.

It also provides brief but essential information when deciding which position reference systems to utilise in shallow water and some of the additional environmental factors that need to be considered.

By bridging knowledge gaps, it aims to empower vessel operators to be able to challenge unrealistic expectations from onshore managers and ensure more realistic timings are applied. This is especially important for marine operations, which often run a higher risk of collision during simultaneous operations (SIMOPS).

n New guidance aims to support Dynamic Positioning (DP) operations in shallow waters

Portuguese call for offshore wind interest Portugal is launching a call for ‘demonstrations of interest’ for parties wishing to build offshore wind farms off its Atlantic coast.

In this first auction round, the Portuguese government has announced its intentions to develop offshore wind farms in the regions of Viana do Castelo, Leixões, and Figueira da Foz, reaching up to 3.5GW of total capacity.

The country plans to invest around €30 million to €40 million to reach 10GW of installed capacity by 2030.

The announcement comes as Portugal’s centre of excellence, WavEC Offshore Renewables, is preparing to stage an international seminar on offshore wind together with the Netherlands Embassy.

“We are thrilled to be hosting our annual seminar at such an exciting moment, aligned with the open call for demonstrations of

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n Portugal is looking for companies interested in offshore wind

interest and the pre-qualification phase,” commented WavEC chief executive, Marco Alves.

“The Portuguese government is currently defining its strategic approach to the structure of ownership and responsibility for the installation of the electricity transmission infrastructure and the regulatory framework.

In parallel, entities including WavEC are

actively supporting interested parties who seek to enhance understanding of the auction process, by offering expertise in legal, environmental, economic and technical aspects.”

The event, titled ‘Paving the Way for Large Scale Offshore Wind Deployment’ will be staged at the Museu do Oriente in Lisbon on 6 December.

Speakers will include Portuguese government members, the Netherlands Directorate General for Climate and Energy Michel Heijdra, the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Portugal Margriet Nieske Leemhuis and Henk van Elburg, from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.

Also present will be representatives from BayWa r.e., Madoqua Ventures, ACCIONA energia, IberBlue Wind, ING Bank, Miranda Law firms, REN and WAM.

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Surveys will begin on what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, energy firm RWE has confirmed.

The pre-construction work on the Thor wind farm will be carried out by Fugro, which will use three of its survey vessels and a range of techniques to examine seabed conditions including a search for unexploded ordnance (UXO) about 34 kilometres off the coast of Thorsminde.

Cable routes and turbine locations for Thor, which has been designed to generate 1,000MW of electricity, will be defined during the survey.

“We are using a wide range of survey techniques, comprising offshore and nearshore standard geophysical and UXO survey techniques, a seismic land refraction survey, and Fugro’s rapid airborne multibeam mapping system for comprehensive mapping of the shallow area and beach in the transition zone,” said Marc Kebbel, service line director of hydrography and cable route surveys for Fugro.

“The metocean challenges posed by Thor’s exposed offshore location, such as high waves and strong wind in autumn and winter, are adding to the complexity.”

Thor is planned to begin operating by 2027.

Denmark has 15 established offshore wind

FLOATING WIND TO POWER OIL AND GAS

Source: Flotation Energy

Two floating wind farms with a total power generating capacity of 1.9GW will be installed to supply electricity to Scotland’s oil and gas operations.

The two wind farms – named Green Volt and Cenos – are a joint project between Norway-based Vårgrønn, itself a joint venture between energy company Plenitude and investor HitecVision, and Flotation Energy, which is based in Scotland and became part of the Japanese firm TEPCO Renewable Power a year ago.

The projects will be carried out under Scotland’s ’Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas’ (INTOG) leasing round, with the intention of powering the oil and gas platforms ‘to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the assets they supply’.

“The wind farms are among the most advanced offshore wind projects in Europe for the electrification and decarbonisation of oil and gas platforms,” says Flotation Energy.

“Participating oil and gas platforms will have electricity, currently generated by gas and diesel turbines, replaced by renewable energy,” said Flotation Energy CEO Nicol Stephen. “The wind farms will also deliver up to 7TWh of power back to the UK grid each year – the equivalent of 2.4 million homes.”

“Our analysis shows that floating wind will provide more than half of the UK’s offshore wind generation by 2050, bringing more than £43 billion in economic value and more than 29,000 jobs,” said senior policy analyst on emerging technologies Laurie Heyworth, at government agency RenewableUK.

n One of Flotation Energy's floating wind farm projects is at Kincardine

Flotation Energy has ongoing projects in the UK and Ireland that include fixed-bottom wind farms as well as floating.

The company is also working on projects in Australia and Japan, and says the fixed-bottom Seadragon project at Gippsland will be one of Australia’s largest offshore wind farms, with a

1.5GW generation capacity.

It is working on another two wind farms in Australia and a floating offshore wind farm 40km off the Prefecture of Niigata in Japan, which will generate 1GW of electricity, it says.

Finally, a 1.2GW floating wind farm is being developed off the coast of Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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farms with a total capacity of almost 2.3GW, according to Denmark’s Energy Agency.

The country is hoping to expand this to a massive 35GW in the North Sea by 2050, with 9GW to be offered by 2030, it says.

The total number of offshore wind farms in the pipeline at tender stage or earlier is 121, according to the consultancy firm 4C Offshore.

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n Three of Fugro’s survey vessels, like Discovery, pictured, will carry out survey work for what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm

RWE also has a 20% involvement with the much smaller 207MW offshore wind farm 10km southeast of Rødbyhavn, which has been in operation since 2010. It says it will expand its ‘green generation capacity’ to 50GW by 2030, spending more than €50 billion to make it happen in this decade alone.

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NY ANNOUNCES LARGEST EVER US SPEND ON OFFSHORE WIND Three offshore wind projects are among a raft of renewable energy projects that New York has announced, making it the largest round of investment in US history in the sector The announcement, which also included plans to build two offshore wind turbine blade and nacelle manufacturing facilities, said the spending was being made to fulfil New York’s target of having 70% of the state’s electricity coming from renewable energy sources by 2030.

The three offshore projects total 4GW of generation capacity and include: 5 Attentive Energy One (1,040MW), by TotalEnergies, Rise Light & Power and Corio Generation 5 Community Offshore Wind (1,314MW) by RWE Offshore Renewables and National Grid Ventures 5 Excelsior Wind (1,314MW) by Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners).

The announcement did not include details of exactly where the projects would be sited, but they are all expected to be online by 2030.

“These projects employ a mix of flexible and innovative transmission designs, including a reduced footprint in transmitting energy from offshore wind projects to New York City through high voltage direct current (HVDC) and adaptable “Meshed-Ready” offshore electrical substations,” the announcement said.

More than $100 million will also be spent on training New York’s workforce to build and service offshore wind projects.

Philip Lewis, of the market analysis, strategic planning, business development and project implementation firm Intelatus, sounded a note of caution in response to the announcement.

“New York is a bit of a microcosm in the balancing act that US wind is pulling off – one day you get the headlines that it’s great, that New York’s put the biggest solicitation out there, then the next day you hear that New York has turned down the developers,” he said.

“On a day-to-day basis it sort of goes from feast to famine or crisis to success. But if you look at the long-term picture, effectively the trends are still there.”

He also said that many of the construction vessels would be brought in from Europe. ”There is a huge lump of wind that in the next six months is

effectively going to be green lighted it’s and it’s got procurements,” he said. “The two things you need are a permitted project and a state procurement to take you to a final investment decision, then you book your vessels. I’d say they’ve pretty much got a good idea which vessels they’re going to use, which of the European fleet, which are US built.”

“The Department of Energy applauds the significant step that this announcement represents for building an offshore wind energy industry here in the US that revitalises domestic manufacturing and coastal economies, while advancing our clean energy future,” said US secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “New York is showing president Biden’s ’Investing in America’ agenda at work, and DOE looks forward to continued collaboration on project deployment, development of a robust domestic supply chain along with transmission development to help realise both our state and federal offshore wind goals.”

Gulf of Maine earmarked for offshore wind development The USA’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released a new draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine which covers over 3.5 million acres.

It’s a move which has been welcomed by the Business Network for Offshore Wind, an organisation working to accelerate offshore wind and build a dedicated domestic supply chain. ”We welcome [this] advancement of draft

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offshore wind areas in the Gulf of Maine and the continued progress of this administration to hold seven auctions before 2025,” said John Begala, vice president of federal and state policy at the Business Network for Offshore Wind.

In total, the new area has the capacity to generate up to 40 GW of offshore wind energy. While the total area of installed projects will be lower, this draft WEA allows

for significant progress on the US goals of 30 GW of wind energy by 2030 and 15 GW of floating wind energy by 2035.

With waters deeper than those used for previously approved East Coast offshore wind projects, development in the Gulf of Maine will consist almost entirely of floating wind turbines, providing a significant boost to the US’s domestic floating offshore wind supply chain.

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FUTURE FUELS

ADVENT’S NEW METHANOL CLEAN POWER SOLUTION Advent Technologies Holdings Inc has launched its Serene Power Systems range, innovative clean power solutions combining fuel cell and hydrogen technology

Compact solution Serene Power Systems integrate a compact battery, significantly smaller than traditional battery-only solutions, with a small fuel cell configuration operating on methanol or eMethanol.

This combination not only serves as the primary power source for smaller vessels, including leisure boats, sailboats, ferries and inland river vessels, but also replaces conventional diesel generators, providing a clean and efficient power alternative for a wide range of marine applications.

Furthermore, they offer robust power capacity for supporting auxiliary loads on larger vessels and supply convenient shore power solutions for vessels at ports.

Serene Power Systems are purpose-built for optimal performance with various fuels, including methanol, biomethanol and eMethanol. In the future Advent will introduce 100% green eMethanol.

Operating at high temperatures, they efficiently generate

electricity while producing heat, significantly boosting overall efficiency, which can reach up to 85%.

These systems exhibit exceptional resilience in diverse environmental conditions, spanning extreme heat, cold, humidity and air pollution, operating within an ambient temperature range of -20°C to +50°C, all without the need for modifications.

They offer several other key advantages. They can be customised for every vessel and are designed with modular flexibility, ensuring durability.

The systems also operate in near silence preserving the tranquility of the vessel experience by eliminating disruptive noise and vibration.

Serene Power Systems will be introduced to the industry for the very first time at the Monaco Yacht Show 2023.

Source: Advent Technologies Holdings Inc

The new solution results from the synergy of the company’s High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells with a compact battery unit, designed to fulfill both primary and auxiliary power requirements for vessels.

“We are delighted to introduce this groundbreaking solution that eliminates the need for recharging and the burden of lugging a heavy onboard battery,” said Dr Vasilis Gregoriou, chairman and CEO. ”As methanol becomes more widely adopted in the marine industry, our purpose-designed systems for this environmentally-friendly fuel sets us apart. Serene Power Systems are designed to operate efficiently and costeffectively at high temperatures, ensuring practical and trouble-free methanol utilisation.”

n Serene Power Systems are innovative clean power solutions combining fuel cell and hydrogen technology

MoU signed to supply Hamburg tugs with hydrogen A memorandum of understanding has been signed between energy company Mabanaft Group and Fairplay Towage that should result in tugs running on hydrogen in the Port of Hamburg.

Mabanaft supplies marine fuels and operates tank terminals at the port, where its range of fuels will be supplemented by hydrogen to be stored in its tanks, presumably.

“To enable the use of hydrogen-powered tugs, not only hydrogen but also the corresponding infrastructure for bunkering must be provided,” said Volker Ebeling, senior vice president New Energy, Supply &

n Fairplay Towage’s tugs could be running on hydrogen at the Port of Hamburg by 2025

Infrastructure at Mabanaft.

“Hydrogen is considered one of the keys to the decarbonisation of the shipping sector, as it offers an emission-free

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alternative to conventional fossil fuels. This agreement with Fairplay Towage is an important step on the road to achieving carbon neutral shipping in the port of Hamburg and we are proud to be working together to decarbonise the industry.”

In November 2022, Mabanaft announced its intention to build an ammonia import terminal in the Port of Hamburg, the first step in the development of New Energy Gate, a terminal for sustainable hydrogen products that will make it possible for Hamburg to import large quantities of climate-friendly energy.

The new tugs will be commissioned in 2025 under the MoU.

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MOTORSPORT KNOWHOW DELIVERS USABLE ELECTRIC RIBs While marine electrification has made significant inroads into the world of low-speed craft, reasonable planing performance for a reasonable duration or range has proved elusive. Something like a conventional vee-hulled RIB capable of managing typical coastal conditions requires a combination of relatively high power and low weight, which represents a very fine balancing act to achieve using electric power.

The issue with electric planing performance is that reasonable speed and range require large battery packs that add weight, detrimentally affecting the very speed and range to be tackled. Larger battery packs also take longer to charge, so any small technological improvements, whether they be faster charging times, lighter batteries or motor and system efficiencies, can tip the balance into positive territory when it comes to the overall usability of an electric boat.

Enter Vita Power, which has been supplying electric powertrains and boats since 2017. Vita’s powertrains are compatible with high-speed DC charging, supercharging from 10-90% in under an hour. They achieve this fast charging capability thanks to a number of developments taken from the high end electric motorsport sector, from which the company has found some of its key employees.

As Vita Power CEO Clive Johnson remarks: “One of the few advantages that electric boats have over land-based EVs is access to all this cooling water, and we achieve our fast charge times in part due to our cooled battery packs.

Surprisingly, some electric boats still fail to fully capitalise on this freely available and highly convenient resource.”

This enables, where the charging infrastructure supports it, a 10-90% DC charge in just an hour for most of the propulsion systems Vita has supplied. The systems can also be charged on more conventional marinised AC systems, similar to the overnight car chargers that many EV owners now have in their homes.

The company’s experience of delivering some of the fastest charging marine electric powertrains and series of prototype electric boats – and doing so safely, as these are high-voltage systems running up to 800 volts – has put it in a strong position to begin creating its own range of commercial electric boats.

After all, the Vita powertrains have been in the market long enough to demonstrate their performance, safety and reliability so it is not a huge stretch to put them in Vita’s own boats along with the hulls of other manufacturers.

Vita’s first production boat was the Lion: a classic-looking launch that is now being built in partnership with Hodgdon Yachts for the leisure and superyacht tender sector. It has an elegant tumblehome and a suitably high-end finish. Of much more relevance to the commercial marine sector are the two RIBs we had a chance to sample on a recent, blustery November day in Southampton Water.

Seal and Seadog trial Vita’s Seal and Seadog are 7.2m and 5.8m aluminium hulled electric RIBs featuring battery capacities of 126kWh and

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Source: Jake Frith

A UK company has launched a pair of capable electric RIBs, capitalising on the latest automotive propulsion and fast DC charging technology

63kWh respectively. Other than the hull sizes and battery capacities, the boats are mechanically very similar. Both have a quoted power output of 95kW (125hp) continuous with 140kW (185hp) peak. In a world where some planing electric powerboats make do with nearer 80hp, these are impressive power outputs even for these relatively heavy, battery-laden boats. They felt very similar at the wheel, with the larger Seal a little more surefooted and with its luxury sound-deadening decking a little less tinny underfoot.

The hulls are built in Serbia, and as far as I could tell from looking in lockers and the engine bay, to a very high standard.

The welds look perfect and the coatings extensive. They have clearly been designed with electrification in mind, with relatively shallow deadrise to enable early planing.

Another electric boat design detail is spotted most clearly in the shorter Seadog, where the tall (for a 5.8m RIB) topsides are clearly visible in lateral view. This is a sensible way to ensure that the aft sections of the hull release the water cleanly and efficiently at speed without the potentially efficiency sapping (Coanda) effect of water wrapping round the tubes, creating suction and drag.

This is more important than ever when the boat is relatively heavy for its footprint, which electric boats always are.

The Seadog is quoted at 1250kg and the Seal at 1550kg, but both sat nicely at speed with tubes well clear of any green water. Both boats are listed as achieving 20 knots cruise and 30 knots max. While neither of them (dare I say suspiciously) were showing speeds on their chartplotters, they were certainly up in the very high 20s and side by side were inseparable at top whack.

Of course top speeds are irrelevant. Nobody in their right mind would run these boats at 30 knots for long, or for that matter even be able to, but for potential customers such as harbour authorities, the ability to conduct a short sprint in the

n Seadog in commercial finish option

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POWER & PROPULSION midst of a day spent at six knots could be a ‘must have’ feature.

The Seal has a stepped hull, and I’d be interested to learn how the designers ended up with this. The general naval architectural consensus is that steps really only start to work properly and bring efficiency gains over unstepped hulls at speeds above 40 knots.

Having said this, that was a consensus drawn on lighter internal combustion-driven hulls so perhaps Vita’s naval architects are on to something new here. At sub planing speeds, steps always introduce additional drag though, and I’d argue that electric RIB hulls would perhaps be better designed with sub 10 knot efficiency at the fore, with the provision for occasional planing, rather than the other way round.

Steps can also be something of (an albeit surmountable) pain when it comes to trailering small boats. Perhaps Vita could be leaving the design door open for a higher performance dual motor Seal in future?

Both boats use an inboard motor powering a Mercury Alpha 1 Gen 2 stern drive, and I’m conscious that I queried the use of this same internal combustion outdrive in my test of one of Vita’s competitors. As I stated then, using a drive that has an unnecessary F-N-R gearbox incorporated into its lower unit is somewhere a small efficiency gain could potentially be made.

However, the Merc Alpha is a strong and well-proven drive, which when coupled to a soft starting and stopping electric motor will likely enjoy a very easy and long life.

Vita is working on a stern drive solution in-house designed to maximise the efficiencies of its propulsion system even further, but this is still in development.

Having said this, both boats went well, were supremely surefooted and displayed (moderate) petrol-outboardesque performance, which in itself is an incredible achievement for any electric boat. The thought that they could then be recharged in an hour, for some use cases, could be enough to tip the balance in their favour.

Sporting support Vita boats are being selected to support a growing number of high-profile sporting events.

Sailing is among the highest carbon-producing marine sports due to the hundreds of safety, coaching and support RIBs that need to follow all the races and training sessions.

The sport has known for years that their events will need to be massively cleaned up in the carbon footprint department if they are to remain socially acceptable and therefore perhaps even viable into the future. Hence the adoption of low-carbon technologies, of which the Vita RIBs are just one small part.

Vita has already supported SailGP and other international watersports events with its zero-emission RIBs and 2024 is set to be their busiest year yet in this sector.

The use case for these sporting sector RIBs is closely mirrored by other commercial scenarios.

Very few commercial users actually use RIBs at high, planing speeds hour after hour.

Electricity, even shoreside, is still much cheaper than fossil fuels, but of course these technology-packed boats are considerably more expensive to buy in the first place than their petrol equivalents.

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SWEDISH FERRIES TO UNDERGO ELECTRIC CONVERSION

Source: Ö-varvet shipyard

Two almost 30-year-old ferries will get a refit to go fully electric.

The Älvsnabben 4 & 5 are passenger ferries that were built in 1994 and 1995 for shipping company Styrsöbolaget, which still operates them.

They will be re-built at the Ö-varvet shipyard in Öckerö, Sweden, then continue transporting a maximum of 448 passengers on both sides of Göta älv in Gothenburg.

The systems ordered will be comprised of 16 battery strings per vessel and run 18 cycles a day, 365 days a year with an expected lifetime of at least 17 years,” said Echandia.

“Our battery systems batteries are built up in a modular way; if one part fails only a subset of the total capacity will malfunction and there will always be enough energy to return safely to port,”, Marketing & Communications manager at Echandia Johan Winlund told Maritime Journal.

The company’s batteries are made with a lithium titanium oxide chemistry, which Winlund says ‘offer very high level of safety and outstanding long lifetime’ and can be fully recharged in just 15 minutes.

“We have delivered battery systems for to five main market segments: passenger vessels, ferries, energy and offshore, navy and

tugboats,” he said. “Any kind of vessel, regardless of size, can use batteries for propulsion in some form. ““Electrification of the maritime industry is rapidly gaining traction,” said CCO Göran Fransson. “The number of vessels using batteries are growing rapidly. This is driven not

n Älvsnabben 4 & 5 will be refitted with batteries to become fully electric

only by legislation but also the positive effects on total cost of ownership that batteries offer.”

The two vessels, first delivered in 1994 and 1995, are 31.55m in length and 8.15m in width.

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IWBS PREVIEW

INTERNATIONAL WORKBOAT SHOW OPENS IN UNITED STATES Kicking off on November 29 in New Orleans is the International WorkBoat Show (IWBS), with more than more than 900 exhibitors expected and around 15,000 attendees It is the commercial marine industry’s largest trade show in the United States, and this year will be the 43rd occasion.

Bob Callahan, vice president of show organiser Diversified Communications, is expecting more than 900 best-in-class exhibitors and thousands of attendees at a show which he says continues to grow exponentially.

Some of the highlights Callahan has pointed to include: Underwater Intervention, the must-attend event for the entire underwater operations industry, joining the WorkBoat Show as an open contiguous space right on the show floor.

Featuring a pavilion and conference, as well as a dedicated submarine zone with submarines on display, attendees and exhibitors will have the unprecedented opportunity to see a diverse cross section of the commercial marine market all in one place.

“We are so thrilled to be able to offer our customers access to this extremely exciting industry in person. Happy hour will be served in the Underwater Intervention Pavilion on November 29 beginning at 2:30pm.”

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This year our WorkBoat editors have selected 10 groundbreaking vessels from which readers will choose the Boat of the Year. Join us as we unveil the winner and of course have a drink on us as it happens live The 20th Annual Submarine Symposium will also be held at the IWBS for the first time in 2023. The Symposium brings together submarine professionals from around the world to discuss the state of the industry.

“You are invited to join, meet and listen to the leaders, operators, regulators of the submarine industry across all sectors. Passes can be purchased during registration and the Submarine Symposium will be held in the Underwater Intervention Pavilion.”

The WorkBoat Conference returns with an expanded lineup of speakers and sessions. From comprehensive panel discussions featuring esteemed figures in the industry to deep-dive conversations with trailblazing marine technology companies, this year’s program is sure to impress.

“This year you will also have multiple face-to-face chances to stay informed about the priorities of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy, and Coast Guard.”

WorkBoat’s Significant Boat Awards and Happy Hour will be held in the Great Hall this year on November 29 beginning at 3:30pm.

“This year our WorkBoat editors have selected 10 groundbreaking vessels from which readers will choose the Boat of

the Year. Join us as we unveil the winner and of course have a drink on us as it happens live.”

The Maritime Throwdown is back and this year we are thrilled to be hosting the Wild Card Finals. Stop by the brandnew arena in the back of the hall all day on November 30 & December 1 as contestants compete in an obstacle course format – contestants compete in a series of physical challenges including coiling, lifting, carrying, rigging, throwing, and securing lines, all while maintaining safety.

“Also, be sure to join us for happy hour at the area on November 30 beginning at 3:30pm.”

“There is so much going on at WorkBoat 2023 there isn’t enough space to write about it so I hope people will take this opportunity to experience as much as they can for themselves,” says Callahan. “This year we have developed a fantastic mobile app that will help navigate the show floor and plan for all of the special events we have running across the entirety of the show.”

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VESSELS & EQUIPMENT

ROBOT FLEETS SEEK TO REVOLUTIONISE EXPLORATION

Source: Planet Ocean

A fleet of marine robots that can tackle complex offshore tasks is poised to change traditional approaches to ocean exploration

Power in numbers Autonomous marine systems are being developed and deployed in increasing numbers. However, as maritime operations become ever more complex and expensive and installed energy infrastructure increases in scale and distance from shore, there is a rapidly emerging need for more sophisticated multi-platform capabilities.

The trials involved several surface and underwater autonomous systems, with mission management conducted from a remote shore-based command and control facility The SoAR project kicked off in September 2021 and culminated this summer with full system testing at Smart Sound Plymouth on England’s south coast.

Industry partners Planet Ocean, Sonardyne International and HydroSurv worked alongside the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Royal Holloway University and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to develop advanced AIdriven mission planning, communications protocols for fleet coordination and significant improvements in underwater navigation and communications technology.

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Open-water trials successfully showcased co-ordinated missions designed, monitored and adapted in real time by an intelligent “Autonomy Engine”. The trials involved several surface and underwater autonomous systems, with mission management conducted from a remote shore-based command and control facility.

The trials simulated an offshore wind farm concession survey mission informed by a comprehensive business case analysis by the team at ORE Catapult.

SoAR has led to the introduction of several technological innovations, including advanced AI-driven mission planning, open-source communications protocols for heterogenous fleet coordination and a range of new and enhanced platform capabilities for surface and sub-surface systems. The variety of small form factor robotic platforms involved in the project represented some of the best innovation in UK ocean robotics to date.

The SoAR concept is adaptable to various applications but is strategically tailored to address the specific needs of the n SoAR aims to demonstrate how large-scale survey and exploration missions can be achieved by going beyond the limitations of individual AUVs. Pictured: the NOC Autosub AH-1

Source: Planet Ocean

Squads of Adaptive Robots (SoAR), a two-year collaborative research and development initiative, was led by the developer of ecoSUB AUVs, Planet Ocean.

It aims to demonstrate how large-scale survey and exploration missions can be achieved by going beyond the limitations of individual AUVs.

n The SoAR project kicked off in September 2021 and culminated this summer with full system testing at Smart Sound Plymouth on England’s south coast. Pictured: Hydro-Surv REAV60 USV

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VESSELS & EQUIPMENT A small swarm of four ecoSUB AUVs, each fitted with a Sonardyne AvTrak 6 Nano acoustic transceiver, played a crucial role in rapidly assessing the underwater environment and conducting preliminary evaluations to identify targets of interest

n Shoal of four ecoSUB m5 Power+ with side scan sonar and acoustic communications

was purpose designed and built for operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS). Central to its use case is versatility across a wide array of offshore survey and inspection needs, whilst aligning with incoming regulatory requirements.

Sonardyne’s REAV-60 USV ‘Decibel’ assumed a pivotal role, serving as a crucial communications gateway to the AUV swarm. It was fitted with an HPT 3000 transceiver, and running their Ranger-2 software on its topside facilitating inter-medium communication and providing navigation support to the AUVs. Decibel was also equipped with various communications devices including 4G/LTE and Iridium satellite communication systems to enable communications between subsea, surface and the Autonomy Engine.

The deployed SoAR fleet was managed and control from HydroSurv’s shore-based Remote Operations Centre in Exeter, using 4G/LTE and Iridium communications.

The deployed SoAR fleet was managed and control from HydroSurv’s shore-based Remote Operations Centre in Exeter, using 4G/LTE and Iridium communications

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n Mission control: Hydro-Surv’s shore-based Remote Operations Centre in Exeter

Source: Planet Ocean

The SoAR project - a closer look at the technology involved The fleet-level autonomy engine developed by Royal Holloway, University of London served as the mission’s central nervous system, making real-time decisions and replanning when necessary due to factors such as inaccurate mission execution, vehicle faults, changing in the operating environment, or the addition and removal of stations.

The SoAR Communications Backbone, developed and released by the team at the NOC, addressed the absence of standardised interfaces and communication protocols. It acts as a central messaging system that enables interoperability between the fleet-level autonomy engine, each vehicle-specific command and control system and any other sub-system requiring bi-directional communication.

This is key to allowing the seamless introduction of different platforms and sub-systems in diverse combinations to suit a wide range of mission objectives.

For the trial, Sonardyne provided inter-medium communications via its AvTrak 6 Nano acoustic transceivers fitted to each AUV. This enabled simultaneous USBL tracking via a surface vessel and robust telemetry for AUV-to-vessel and AUV-to-AVU communications. ecoSUB AUVs represent a significant advancement in affordable and versatile ocean science robotics. Equipped with the capability to deploy a wide range of advanced sensors including high-quality side scan sonar systems, DVL, acoustic communications and a range of science payloads, these budget-friendly AUVs cross various sectors and application use cases.

A small swarm of four ecoSUB AUVs, each fitted with a Sonardyne AvTrak 6 Nano acoustic transceiver, played a crucial role in rapidly assessing the underwater environment and conducting preliminary evaluations to identify targets of interest.

Auto-Hover 1 (AH1), owned and operated by NOC, represents hover-capable AUV platforms. Equipped with six thrusters, AH1 is capable of exceptional precision in maintaining station and navigating vertically within the water column. With advanced sensing capabilities, and also fitted with an AvTrak transceiver, AH1 was dedicated to close inspection tasks, enabling intricate and comprehensive examination of identified targets.

HydroSurv’s innovative long-endurance USV, the REAV-60

Source: Planet Ocean

offshore wind sector, developing an approach that will offer new operating paradigms and substantial long-term cost savings for offshore asset construction and maintenance compared with conventional methods.

SoAR received funding from the ‘Next Generation Subsea Technologies’ competition, a joint initiative supported by Innovate UK, the Net Zero Technology Centre and the Royal Navy.

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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

FLOOD DEFENCES INADEQUATE TO COPE WITH STORM CIARÁN As the so-called Storm Ciarán lashed southern England and northern France on November 1, Greenpeace said thousands of England’s flood defences were woefully inadequate

Source: Cornwall Fire Service

Inspections carried out by the Environment Agency, it says, rated defences as poor or very poor, from flood walls and embankments to outfall pipes and culverts.

Warnings were issued all across southern England, with winds of up to 95mph recorded on November 1. All flights from Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney were cancelled.

“Of England’s 64,000 ‘high consequence’ flood defences, 4,200 were rated as either condition 4, meaning poor, or 5, meaning very poor, in 2022,” Greenpeace’s Unearthed report says. “This means that 7% of the country’s most important flood defences are deemed to be in a poor state, according to data obtained under freedom of information rules. Nearly 900 of the defences – 1.3% of the total – were judged to be in very poor condition.”

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Of England’s 64,000 ‘high consequence’ flood defences, 4,200 were rated as either condition 4, meaning poor, or 5, meaning very poor, in 2022 Not all of the flood defences are managed by the Environment Agency – more than a quarter are privately owned and were nearly twice as likely to be in poor condition, Unearthed says.

Coastal areas in the southwest counties of Devon and Cornwall were flooded, including the town of Looe, where an early high tide flooded the streets.

In France, hurricane-strength winds killed at least one person and falling trees and branches took out power lines, leaving 1.2 million people without power.

According to the Energy Networks Association, almost 17,000 homes in the UK had power cuts and the fire service was called out to at least 17 incidents, many of which involved vehicles stranded in flood water.

The Association of British Insurers said flood damage cost the UK £700 million (€800 million) a year.

n Flooding in the Cornish town of Looe

Dutch coast ‘stabilised’ with beach nourishment Marine contractor Van Oord deployed all three of its new suction dredgers – Vox Apolonia, Vox Alexia and Vox Ariane – to dredge around four million cubic metres of sand from the seabed and pump it through a pipeline to the beach, where the firm says weather and wind will ensure it spreads further to form sand dunes.

“In this way, the coast is being reinforced with the help of nature’s own forces,” it says.

“At the Oostgat shipping channel, the channel wall was replenished, i.e. the channel just offshore was partly backfilled with sand. Because the channel is now not as close to the shore, less sand disappears from the beach and the coastline stays in place longer.”

The work has been done under the Coastline Care programme of Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the

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n Beach nourishment at Zeeland, with Vox Ariane in the background

Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

According to the European Space Agency, large parts of the Zeeland region, around 150km from the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, are below sea level, making it more at risk from flooding.

“The province was the site of a deadly

flood in 1953 brought on by a combination of high spring tides and a strong wind storm that severely damaged the low-lying coastal region,” it says.

“As a result, the Dutch government began to implement the Delta Project – an elaborate system of dykes, canals, dams and bridges to hold back the North Sea. A 9km-long Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier (Oosterscheldekering) was built between the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland.”

Zeeland comprises many islands, peninsulas and waterways, and lies on a large river delta at the mouth of several rivers, with Europe’s largest seaport, Rotterdam, just to the north.

Zeeland is also an important agricultural region, with a patchwork of fields growing cereals, potatoes, beets and rearing livestock.

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WORLD’S LARGEST JACK-UP FLEET ON TRACK As offshore wind farm developers struggle to find installation vessels to help complete their orders, progress in a deal to combine two vessel giants should provide some optimism Manufacturing giants Cadeler and Eneti have submitted a key filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to move their decision to combine businesses ahead.

An F-4 registration statement has now been filed and Cadeler CEO Mikkel Gleerup said the plan to combine was moving according to plan. ”This is a strategic combination that will unlock unrivalled value due to increased cross utilisation of resources and improved flexibility, capacity and agility,” he said. “Thje combination will provide customers with the largest and most diverse fleet of jack-up vessels in the industry, operated by highly skilled teams with unique expertise and track records.”

Later this year and early next, two X-class wind turbine installation vessels will be added to the Cadeler fleet, which currently consists of tow O-class vessels Wind Orca and Wind Osprey. The new mammoths will have 5,600m2 of deck space, a payload of 17,600 tons and main crane capacity of 2,000 tons at 53 metres.

The first vessel has already been contracted for the 1.4 GW “Sofia” offshore wind power park in the North Sea, owned by RWE. Cadeler will assist Siemens-Gamesa with the transport and installation of 100 wind turbines of a size of 14 MW. Cadelier, which is based in Denmark, is also having an F-class vessel built in China, which will make it the sixth jackup in the company’s fleet.

The F-class is similar in size and payload to the X-class, but Cadeler says it is designed to cope with the next generation of wind turbine foundations, with the ability to transport and install six sets of 2XL monopile foundations per load, thus reducing the number of transits each vessel has to make.

Monaco-headquartered Eneti owns and operates two WTIVs, with two new generation WTIVs scheduled for delivery in Q4/2024 and Q2/2025. Three non-core NG 2500X vessels currently owned by Eneti are also being considered for divestment before or after the completion of the combination, Cadeler’s communications partner Henrik Skyggebjerg said. ”The combination will offer our customers a new degree of flexibility and supply-certainty from a contractor with vast operating experience in the industry and access to a diverse fleet of capable assets, operated by a highly skilled team.

n Cadeler’s WTIV Wind Osprey

More Vestdavit boat-handling expertise for Ulstein Vestdavit’s Mission Bay boat-handling system and a specially designed davit will equip a second Nexans newbuild cablelayer being built at Ulstein Verft.

Nexans is already using Vestdavit’s Mission Bay system to deploy workboats for cable-laying operations worldwide after the first full-scale installation on flagship Nexans Aurora that was delivered by Ulstein in 2021.

“This represents a further application of dual-winch technology, which is already well proven from operations with the US Navy over the past two decades and is highly qualified for the task of boat handling in heavy sea conditions,” said Rolf Andreas Wigand, managing director, Vestdavit.

“At the same time, the latest order for the Mission Bay system is a strong endorsement of the concept, which has been demonstrated in actual operations for Nexans.”

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Vestdavit’s TDB-5000 boat-handling system facilitates operational flexibility in deploying a range of different craft, as well as efficient launch-and-recovery operations in variable sea states.

It comprises an inboard hangar for eight craft, which has been supplied by Maritime Partner, with an automated track-and-trolley system that can launch multiple workboats from either side of the vessel.

Nexans’ newest 150-metre-long newbuild cable-layer vessel will have 10,000 tonnes of cable load capacity and advanced instruments for various subsea cables.

The vessel will be equipped with DP3 for exceptional manoeuvrability and stationkeeping capabilities as it will be required to perform effectively even in challenging weather conditions and high sea states.

Vestdavit has developed a highly

advanced dual-winch davit, named HN-9003, which has been specially designed for the newbuild project.

The company will deliver two of the tailor-made, high-specification davits able to safely launch and recover a Fassmer combined fast rescue craft and lifeboat, with robust boat-handling capability in high sea states to allow a wide operational window for the newbuild.

As well as dual winches, the HN-9003 has separate constant tension and a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system that can be operated from an intuitive wireless remote control unit.

Vestdavit has also been selected by Ulstein to supply a similar system for the latest newbuild of the ST-297 CLV design by Skipsteknisk, which is based on the design of the Nexans Aurora.

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VESSEL REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE FPF DRY DOCKED FOR DECOMMISSIONING Northern Producer has been towed into Kishorn Port’s 160m diameter dry dock on the west coast of Scotland, where a brownfield site has been transformed into an operational port and dry dock.

Targe Towing’s Peterel and Muller Dordrecht’s En Avant 25 tugs brought her in, along with two workboats from Jifmar Offshore Services (the Voe Viking and Voe Vanguard).

“The owner of the asset, Northern Offshore, asked us to take it for decommissioning and we’re about to kick off,” Kishorn Port director Colin Ortlepp said. “It’s now in the dry dock, we are starting to pump the water out – we have had the two big gates put in and we are starting to pump it dry, which will take a couple of days.”

Dismantling will be done by Liberty Industrial, which will load steel and other materials onto a cargo ship and transport them to foundries in Europe, Ortlepp says.

“We think the amount of materials that will get recycled will be in the high 90s per cent,” says Ortlepp. “That’s what you really need to do – separate all the materials out and recycle as much as you can.”

MV Kaani This is what was done when the general cargo vessel MV Kaani was processed by John Lawrie Metals at the port in 2020 (see video).

The 89.8m x 13.19m vessel was recovered six miles off the northwest coast of the Isle of Sky after running aground.

Her full structure was dismantled and every piece assessed for recycling potential – and Ortlepp believes they managed to recover as much as 99 per cent.

“We’re well used to the size structure and the whole decommissioning and dismantling is a very well planned procedure,” he says. “A lot of safety and environmental planning goes into it – it’s not just a case of getting in there with a cutting torch.”

Site history Kishorn Port in its modern guise has a brief history, only being taken over in 2019, as Covid was rearing its head.

The original yard was used for manufacturing and fabricating oil platforms in the 1970s and was owned and operated to 1987 by Howard Doris.

In 1975 the Ninian Central Platform was built, by far the largest project carried oout at the site and one that made full use of the 160m diameter dry dock.

After that, Ortlepp says it had been used infrequently until it was taken over by Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) and Leiths (Scotland) in a 50/50 joint venture.

It already had a dry dock, but the rest of the 45 hectares that Leiths and Ferguson took over had been cleared and was semi grass, ‘semi tumbleweed’, says Ortlepp.

“From nothing we’ve put in offices, welfare canteen facilities, 120-bed accommodation, warehouses, storage areas – all the infrastructure you need to operate a port and dry dock,” he says. “We have upgraded some quay walls and

Source: Kishorn Port

The first semi-submersible Floating Production Facility (FPF) to be decommissioned at a dry dock in the UK has arrived at the Scottish Port of Kishorn, where works will be carried out.

are about to kick off a big expansion plan to give us more quayside space and reclaim about nine hectares of foreshore to give us more flat lead-in land. We’ve done most of the investigation and consulting and hope to start next year in a four-year programme.”

The port will focus primarily on offshore wind, says Ortlepp, and with three farms in the planning stages just off the west coast, there should be demand – but in any case with oil and gas and aquaculture clients, there will also be scope for that.

n Northern Producer is towed into Kishorn Port

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We’re well used to the size structure and the whole decommissioning and dismantling is a very well planned procedure. A lot of safety and environmental planning goes into it – it’s not just a case of getting in there with a cutting torch The port will not have its own fleet of vessels – those will be hired for clients or they can bring their own, he says.

“We’ve had a lot of interest from people looking for port space,” Ortlepp says. “The UK needs a huge amount more of flat land to store and assemble things, and also to manufacture things like turbine bases.

“But I do think there’s a real push from government and others to keep the value here. There’s a whole range of things: local economies, circular economies, keeping things local; there’s recognition particularly by the operators now about your corporate social governance, that you shouldn’t be sending things away and sticking them on beaches in farflung places.

“It’s about keeping value in the UK. Why should we be sneding things overseas when we can do them here in an enviroinmentally sound way?”

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NAVIGATING THE TRUE IMPACT OF RISING OCEAN TEMPERATURES According to a recent NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information) report, record warm temperatures covered nearly 13% of the world’s surface this August and globally, it was the warmest August in the 174-year NOAA record In addition, a growing El Niño event is driving temperatures higher, with reports suggesting it will strengthen towards the end of this year and the opening months of 2024.

Extreme weather events such as flooding, storms, droughts and heatwaves also have a wide range of negative impacts on businesses including significant damage to infrastructure, vessels and offshore installations as well as supply chain disruptions and consequent reduced profitability.

While no one can prevent weather events from happening, being able to detect when they are likely to occur will significantly reduce their impact.

By implementing weather detection systems, businesses gain additional time for risk planning and are able to take the proactive measures necessary in advance to ensure they are best prepared.

The changing tide Changes in ocean temperatures have the potential to influence global atmospheric circulation patterns, such as the jet stream and monsoon patterns.

These changes can lead to alterations in natural weather patterns, potentially causing prolonged periods of extreme weather conditions in different regions of the world.

El Niño, which is indicated by ocean surface temperature increases ol,f more than 0.9° Fahrenheit for at least five successive three-month seasons, is known to trigger widespread warming across the Pacific.

This warming often leads to disruptions in marine ecosystems, affecting the distribution of marine species and altering ocean currents, ultimately influencing global climate patterns.

Moreover, warmer ocean temperatures can lead to increased evaporation rates, leading to higher moisture content in the atmosphere and heavier and more intense rainfall.

Rising temperatures in the sea also provide energy that fuels more intense destructive and intense tropical storms, highlighting the connection nature between oceans and weather.

Introducing regionalised supply chains and establishing production in alternative areas can ensure business continuity in the face of disruptions.

Capitalising on collaboration with local communities, governments, and other maritime stakeholders can foster the development of early warning systems and contingency plans, enabling businesses to take timely and collaborative action in response to imminent threats. This maximises the safety of workers while also reducing the potential damage and disruption to operations.

Proactively investing in early warning technologies and fostering collaborative efforts within the maritime community is crucial for mitigating potential damage and disruption.

Offshore businesses must leverage innovative and collaborative strategies to weather the storms and move towards a more sustainable and secure future. n Paul Smith, Biral managing director

Advanced weather monitoring For businesses operating in offshore industries such as oil and gas, shipping or renewable energy, having reliable weather detection and forecasting systems is crucial.

Offshore companies can implement various strategies to mitigate the damage and disruption caused by extreme weather events.

First, developing comprehensive risk management plans that include detailed assessments of potential vulnerabilities can help identify weak points and allow for the preparation of appropriate responses.

Investing in resilient infrastructure and technology can strengthen the physical assets of an offshore business, making them more resistant to turbulent and highly straining atmospheric developments.

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SHIPS CONVERTED TO PROTECT SUBSEA INFRASTRUCTURE Recent geopolitical events have highlighted the potential vulnerability of underwater infrastructure including oil and gas pipelines, communication cables and electricity interconnectors.

In 2022 underwater gas leaks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines and more recently damage to a gas pipeline and telecoms cables connecting Finland and Estonia, reportedly caused by “external forces”, have highlighted the requirement for states to have the capability to respond, capabilities that for decades have been the bread and butter of the offshore O&G industry.

Potential disruption to states that rely on such underwater assets is huge and the UK’s response has been to acquire the former OSV Topaz Tangaroa, which has now been dedicated and renamed RFA Proteus in a ceremony on the River Thames in London.

New naval vessels, newbuilds or conversions are usually lengthy undertakings given the specialist requirements with the absence of the usual commercial urgency for completion.

For Proteus, however, just 11 months after the Ministry of Defence committed to the project it was acquired and converted at Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead for its new role.

RFA says the vessel will “serve as the launchpad for remotely operated vehicles and a home to a suite of specialist capabilities similar to those found in the oil and gas industries”. It is the first of two ships in the RN’s Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) programme, the second project involving another former commercial OSV converted to a mine counter-measures vessel.

Dedication Proteus was formally dedicated on the Thames in the presence of the RFA Commodore-in-Chief, Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, and businesswoman and wife of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Akshata Murty, who will be Proteus’ sponsor throughout the ship’s active life. A ship’s sponsor is an honorary title served to bestow good luck on a ship with the sponsor regarded as a permanent member of the ship’s crew.

The vessel will be crewed by 26 RFA officers and sailors who will operate the ship along with 60 RN specialists responsible for the underwater surveillance, survey and warfare systems.

Commodore David Eagles, head of the RFA, said: “It is a huge honour and responsibility for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to be charged with crewing and operating RFA Proteus and delivering her unique, sovereign capability in partnership and collaboration with our Royal Navy, defence and government agency colleagues.

“Bringing a ship into service is a demanding endeavour that relies on a diverse, multi-skilled team, strong leadership, and unflinching determination. Proteus is no different and I pay tribute to the men and women in the UK, military and civilian who have contributed to this project and made today possible.”

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The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the support arm of the Royal Navy (RN), has dedicated a new ship drawing on the experience of the offshore oil and gas (O&G) industry to protect the UK’s underwater infrastructure

Commanding officer Captain Martin Jones, RFA, said: “It is a huge honour to be able to bring RFA Proteus to the City of London for her official naming ceremony.

“To be berthed at such an auspicious location alongside HMS Belfast on the River Thames is a unique opportunity to present the RFA to the public eye and allow the ships company to enjoy the sights and sounds of London.”

Following conversion, the vessel now has the standard grey livery of warships and auxiliaries but its profile and appearance cannot hide its previous commercial role as a sophisticated multi-purpose offshore industry vessel.

Built by Vard Tulcea (hull) and completed by Vard Brattvaag, Norway for Topaz Energy & Marine to a standard VARD 3 08 design as Topaz Tangaroa in 2019, the vessel has a LOA of 98.1m with a breadth of 20m. When built it had a draught of 6m with gross tonnage 6,133gt and deadweight tonnage 3,277t.

It has a 120t SWL crane and under its new ownership has retained the helicopter deck forward and specification information from its Topaz days indicate it has DP2 capability and 1,000m2 of deck area. It has integrated ROV hangars and was built for subsea operations over both sides or through a 7.2m x 7.2m moonpool.

When built, five diesel electric engines powered two RR Azipull azimuth thrusters aft with manoeuvrability enhanced by two transverse thrusters and a swing-up thruster forward.

n RFA Proteus on the River Thames in London for its service of dedication

n RFA Proteus will be crewed by RFA officers and crew and RN specialists

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DREDGING

DIESEL ENGINES & SPARES

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DISTRESS SIGNALS & PYROTECHNICS

Since 1987 Beta Marine has developed an enviable reputation for providing quiet and smoothrunning marine diesel engines and generating sets to suit a wide variety of applications. They are renowned for durability, longevity, reliability and deliver an excellent return on investment. n Beta Marine Ltd Davy Way, Waterwells, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL8 8LT Tel: +44 1453 723492 Fax: +44 1453 883742 sales@betamarine.co.uk www.betamarine.co.uk

DIVING & MARINE CONTRACTORS

DIESEL ENGINES & SPARES

INDUSTRY DATABASE

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 & secondary injection testing), full thermal imaging analysis. n Neyland Marine Services Ltd Unit 52, Honeyborough Business Park, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1SE Tel: +44 1646 600358 Fax: +44 1646 600323 neylandmarine@aol.com www.neylandmarine.co.uk

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

C&T Marine electronics services, supply and support equipment 24/7, 356 days a year. Our efforts are focussed on helping you keep your vessels safe, compliant, on hire and on the move. No matter where you operate, we have the strength in-depth to deliver a quality service. n Charity & Taylor Navigation House, Wilford Bridge Road, Woodbridge, IP12 1RJ Tel: +44 1493 804371 rodger.perks@charityandtaylor.com www.charityandtaylor.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 and increases operational performance. n Buoyant Works Unit 4, Little Trethew Industrial Estate, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3PZ Tel: +44 7850 778109 andrew@buoyantworks.com www.buoyantworks.com/

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FENDERS/ FENDERING

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

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

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. Poly Marine Fender Systems for Bollard and Shore tension protection. n Fender Innovations and Poly Marine Fender Systems Westrak 240, 1771 SV Wieringerwerf Tel: +31 22 37 64 170 info@fenderinnovations.nl www.fenderinnovations.nl

Discover a world of power and performance on the water with Suzuki Marine. Our industryleading outboard motors are built for reliability, durability, and maximum fuel efficiency.

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

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.

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 customers. n Marine Fire Safety Limited Unit D1-D4, Bridge Business Centre, Brickhouse Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8JW Tel: +44 1342 844379 Fax: +44 1342 843172 info@marinefiresafety.co.uk www.marinefiresafety.co.uk

Seago Commercial specialise in sale and hire of SOLAS and ISO approved life rafts. With a range of products including lifejackets, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnics, industrial fibre ropes, wire ropes and chains. n Seago Deanland Business Park, Golden Cross, East Sussex, BN27 3RP Tel: +44 1825 873 567 sales@seagocommercial.co.uk www.seagocommercial.co.uk

Suppliers and Installers of Thermal and Fire Insulation on Aluminium & Steel Structures. 20 years, involvement in marine projects for thermal, acoustic and passive fire protection to many prestigeous vessels. n Global Insulation (European) Ltd Unit 84, Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0EL Tel: +44 2392 462113 globalinsulate@btconnect.com www.globalinsulation.co.uk

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GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES

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

n Suzuki GB Plc Steinbeck Crescent, Snelshall West, Buckinghamshire, MK4 4AE United Kingdom Tel: +44 1243 388 940 https://marine.suzuki.co.uk/

EXHAUST SYSTEMS

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).

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

FENDERS/ FENDERING

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.

FIRE PROTECTION

ENGINES - OUTBOARD

ELECTRONICS

ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS

INDUSTRY DATABASE

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

Kohler Power Systems, provides complete power systems, including generators (residential, industrial, mobile, portable, and marine), automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear, monitoring controls, and accessories for emergency, prime power and energy-management applications. Kohler has delivered energy solutions for markets worldwide since 1920. n Kohler Power Systems 1 Kristallaan, Zevenbergen, 4761 ZC Tel: +1 800-544-2444 Muriel.HUGUET@kohlereurope.com kohlerpower.com/

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

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Servicing and hire of life rafts, boats and lifejackets. Sales of a complete range of marine safety and firefighting equipment to SOLAS and MED. n Adec Marine Limited 4 Masons Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 9XS Tel: +44 2086 869717 Fax: +44 2086 809912 sales@adecmarine.co.uk www.adecmarine.co.uk

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

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

MODULAR PONTOON SYSTEMS

INSURANCE SERVICES LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT

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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. 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

Hire & Sales of containerised modular (spud) pontoons with a height of 4, 6 and 8 ft, modular multipontoons. See Baars Charter at Dredging Equipment for barges. n Baars Confloat B.V./ Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, 3360 AB, Sliedrecht, 3361 AV Tel: +31 184 415566 Fax: +31 184 411227 rental@baarsbv.com www.baarsbv.com/en/

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NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS

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

EvoLogics GmbH are experts in cutting-edge underwater communication and positioning systems, as well as novel robotic solutions. The company’s advanced spread-spectrum technology delivers great results for various subsea applications. n EvoLogics GmbH Wagner-Régeny-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 4679 862 - 0 www.evologics.de

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. n Navmoor Ltd The Innovation Centre, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 8XA Tel: +44 2922 638222 info@navmoor.com navmoor.com/

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

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

Delivering navigation safety since 1988. Todd Navigation is an International ADMIRALTY Chart Distributor, appointed by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). All our Admiralty standard navigation charts are corrected to the latest Notices to Mariners via the Print-on-Demand (POD) service. n Todd Navigation Navigation House, 85 High Street, Bangor, BT20 5BD United Kingdom Tel: +44 28 9146 6640 Sales@toddnav.com www.toddnav.com/

OCEANOGRAPHIC/HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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

n Hypro Marine Mount Pleasant Lane, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8LS Tel: +44 1590 681445 info@hypromarine.co.uk www.hypromarine.com

KNIGHTH

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.

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.

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL

Hypro Marine, leading designer and manufacturer of power-assisted steering systems. 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.

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

NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

n Brimmond Group Tofthill Avenue, Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, AB51 0QP Tel: +44 1467 633 805 www.brimmond-group.com

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT

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.

MARINE CI VILS

HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS

INDUSTRY DATABASE

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. 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

DESMI develop, manufacture, sell and service pumps and pumping solutions including a wide range of environmental equipment for oil spill, seaweed and clean waterways. n DESMI Pumping Technology A/S Tagholm 1, 9400 Nørresundby, Denmark Tel: +45 9632 8111 Fax: +45 9817 5499 desmi@desmi.com www.desmi.com

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Builders of the Interceptor Pilot Boat range, 11.5m, 13m, 14.5m & 16.5m. For when you demand strength and exceptional seakeeping. Also builders of GRP Crew transfer, Patrol & SAR boats, Hydrographic survey vessels, Work boats and Passenger Vessels. n SAFEHAVEN MARINE Ashgrove, Cobh, Cork Tel: +353 86 8054582 info@safehavenmarine.com www.safehavenmarine.com

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n Hamilton Jet EMEA Unit 26, The Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XZ Tel: +44 1342 313437 Fax: +44 1342 313438 marketing@emea.hamiltonjet.com www.hamiltonjet.com

Stone Marine Propulsion design and manufacture a complete range of high quality propulsion equipment for commercial and naval vessels of all types and sizes. Our latest propeller designs significantly lower fuel consumption and emissions. n Stone Marine Propulsion Ltd Dock Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH411DT Tel: +44 1516 522372 Fax: +44 1516 522377 sales@smpropulsion.com www.smpropulsion.com/

Baars Confloat B.V. is market leader of modular pontoons specialist for many years. The unique modular pontoons specialist Confloat system (nut-bolt connection) guarantees absorption of high dynamic and static forces. We have a large number of units available for rental and sale, new and young used. n Baars Confloat BV /Baars Charter Rivierdijk 276, 3361 AV Netherlands Tel: +31-187-491995 www.baarsbv.com

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

ROPES

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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, custom built generating sets and powerpacks. Supplying Azcue, D-I, Doosan, Hyundai SeasAll and JMP.

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.

As a global leader in premium couplings, drive lines and power transmissions, CENTA Nederland B.V. provides the same high quality customer solutions and service you’ve come to expect from CENTA since 1970. n Centa Nederlands B.V Nijverheidsweg 4 3251 LP Stellendam Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Tel: +31-187-491995 https://centapowertransmissions. com/en/

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.

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

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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

PROPELLERS & STERN GEAR

n Nivalis Head Office: Burcott Road, Avonmouth Industrial Estate, Avonmouth, BS11 8AP, UK Tel: 44 (0) 117 462 2090 www.nivalis-tech.com

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

Ocean born. Tech bred.

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

Rotec Hydraulics is a leading UK specialist provider of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical mechanical components and engineering services to a wide variety of organisations operating across both public and private sectors. n Rotec Hydraulics Ltd Rotec Hydraulics Ltd, Unit 1, Venture Way, Priorswood Industrial Estate, Taunton, TA2 8DE Tel: +44 01823 348 900 sales@rotec.net www.rotec.net

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

RIBS (RIGID INFLATABLE BOAT)

n Sue Stevens Media Ltd 7 Foxhills, Ashurst, SO40 7ED Tel: +44 2380 292992 suestevens@suestevensmedia.co.uk www.suestevensmedia.co.uk

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT

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.

PONTOONS

PILOT BOATS

PR, MEDIA & ADVERTISING AGENCIES

n 308 Woodside Way Springvale ind. Est., Cwmbran NP44 5BR, United Kingdom Tel: +44077860717461 sales@zwannyltd.com www.zwannyltd.com/

Nivalis are the world leaders in Ice Pigging, a technology that uses slurry ice to clean process pipe systems. We are the original engineering team that developed Ice Pigging from Bristol University, and now have Ice Pigging applications in UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, etc.

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

One of the uk’s leading spill solutions specialists. We stock and supply ABSORBENTS, SPILLKITS, OIL SKIMMERS, OIL BOOMS and PORTBINS and provide a Total waste management service that includes spill clean up. We aim to make the environment a better place.

PROCESS PIPE CLEANING

LAMOR is the world leader in the manufacture of products and services for the Oil Spill Response Industry. We design and produce Booms, Skimmers, Pumps, Dispersant systems, Vessels and we also design recovery systems to be built into new and older vessels.

MCA/IMO Training, Design and Consultancy on a worldwide basis. n Lamor Corporation UK Ltd 3 Medina Court, Arctic Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7XD Tel: +44 1983 280185 Fax: +44 1983 280056 uk.info@lamor.com www.lamor.com

POWER & PROPULSION

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL

INDUSTRY DATABASE

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

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Johnson Controls formally TYCO & ADT is a market leader in providing integrated security solutions such as Building Management Systems, Fire Detection, Fire Suppression, HVAC and Security Systems. n Johnson Controls Plc The Security House, Hanworth Rd, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5DA Tel: +44 1932 743333 www.johnsoncontrols.co.uk

SEATING & CHAIRS

n H Henriksen Trleborgveien 15, Tnsberg, 3101 Tel: +47 33 37 8400 Fax: +47 33 37 8430 hooks@hhenriksen.com www.hhenriksen.com

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TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC SERVICES

n Oceanscan Group Denmore Road Bridge of Don AB23 8JW United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1224 707000 sales@oceanscan.co.uk www.oceanscan.net

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

H. Henriksen AS is a technology Company with a long and proud history within the maritime and offshore sector. Henriksen has a strong position within safe MOB boat lifting operations, Launch & Recovery systems for offshore vessels, oil Spill Recovery and Entering and Boarding Systems for maritime and urban environments.

n Lloyds Maritime Academy KNect House, 30-32 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 7RE Tel: +44 2070 174483 learning@knect365.com www.lloydsmaritimeacademy.com

n HUMPHREE Grimboasen 16, Gothenburg, 417 49 Tel: +46 31 744 3577 Fax: +46 31 744 3573 humphree@humphree.com www.humphree.com

Oceanscan Limited and group companies supply highly advanced subsea and NDT equipment as well industries s􀁅􀁅 uch as oil and gas, defence and renewables.

Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is the world’s largest provider of professional development courses and academic education qualifications for the maritime industry

Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions.

With sustainability a key focus area for the organisation today.

Scania works with its partners and customers to drive the shift towards more sustainable transport systems. n Scania (Great Britain) Limited Delaware Drive, Tongwell, MK15 8HB United Kingdom Tel: +44 845 034 3034 www.scania.co.uk/powersolutions

TUGS

LeeSan, leaders in marine sanitation, 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.

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.

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TRAINING

STABILISERS

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

SUBSEA EQUIPMENT

SALVAGE & WRECK REMOVAL SANITATION & PLUMBING SAFETY HOOKS

RECRUITMENT ROPES, NETS & CORDAGE FIRE PROTECTION

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.

Official Dyneema partner. We have the ability to test an manufacture a range of products in different materials depending on your requirements. n English Braids Ltd Spring Lane, Malvern Link, Worcestershire, WR14 1AL Tel: +44 1684 892222 Fax: +44 1684 892111 eboffshore@englishbraids.com www.englishbraids.com

Subsalve is the worldwide leader and innovator in the design and manufacture of buoyancy engineered inflatables. Our underwater lift bags are specified to meet the toughest challenges in recreational, commercial, scientific, and military applications.

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

n Lockinex Works Hammonds Drive, Eastbourne East Sussex BN23 6PW Tel: 01323 737626 sales@lockinex.com www.lockinex-store.com

n Markus Lifenet Ltd. Hvaleyrarbraut 27, IS-220 Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Tel: +354 864 3559 Sales@markusnet.com www.markusnet.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. n Seamariner Ltd The Square, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1TA Tel: +44 2380 840374 admin@seamariner.com www.seamariner.com

Lockinex is a UKAS ISO-accredited leading UK supplier of industrial safety solutions for over 22 years.

We pride ourselves on offering the UK market with a diverse range of effective safe flooring and barrier systems at competitive prices.

SURVEYORS

Markus Lifenet Ltd. is specialised in development and manufacture of a man overboard recovery products, made for all types of boats, ships, offshore installations, quay areas and similar land based water sides. We also provide crew training program and onboard inspection guidelines.

SAFETY SOLUTIONS

RECOVERY PRODUCTS

INDUSTRY DATABASE

Vessel Registration - Seafarer Endorsements - Marine Surveyors Hubel Marine B.V. is a Dutch independently owned consultancy firm working with a major network of international shipping business professionals. n SD products Ltd Micros Building, Karel Doormanweg 5, 2nd floor, 3115 JD SCHIEDAM, Netherlands Tel: +31 10 458 7338 www.hubelmarine.com

Incat Crowther is a diversified marine design business with offices in Sydney, Australia; Lafayette, USA; Portsmouth, UK. n Incat Crowther P O Box 179, Terrey Hills NSW 2084 Australia Tel: +61 2 9450 0447 www.incatcrowther.com

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Naval architects including design & engineering specialised in metal workboats up to 25m length, from concept idea up to production data and supply of pre-cut building kits. n Bruce Roberts Europe bv PO Box 250, Veersedijk 59, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, 3340AG Tel: +31 7868 49990 Fax:+31 7868 13590 Edgar@BREbv.com www.brebv.com

n Herman Sr bv Ebweg 56, Barendrecht, 2991LT Tel: +31 78 619 25 07 info@hermansr.com www.hermansr.com

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In-house expertise, a huge selection of products to meet a very broad range of applications.

Specification, through technical advice, manufacture and after-sales support, a comrehensive, valued service to the power transmission and hydraulics industries. n jbj Techniques Limited 28 Trowers Way, Holmethorpe Industrial Estate, Redhill, RH1 2LW Tel: +44 1737 767493 Fax: 01737 772041 info@jbj.co.uk https://www.jbj.co.uk

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR

Harbour & ship assist, terminal, escort & offshore tugs and supply vessels; shallow draft utility workboats and river push boats, tugs up to 170 meters in length, any power range whether direct diesel, diesel-electric or hybrid propulsion technology along with wide range of numerous type vessels. n Uzmar Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd KOSBAS Kocaeli Serbest Bolgesi, Sepetlipinar SB Mah., 102. Cad. No:14-16 Basiskele,, Kocaeli, 41090 Tel: +90 (262) 341 45 10(pbx) info@uzmar.net www.uzmar.com

n Safehaven Marine Ashgrove, Cobh, Ireland Tel: +353 86 8054582 www.safehavenmarine.com

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR

n DSB Offshore Ltd Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW6 3JD Tel: +44 2073 842882 brokers@dsboffshore.com www.dsboffshore.com

Herman Senior b.v. is a familyowned 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.

Safehaven Marine are designers and builders of FRP Pilot and crew transfer boats, Patrol boats, S.A.R. vessels, Hydrographic craft, Naval & Military designs and unique custom private motor yachts from 11-22m in Monohull, Catamaran and unique hybrid forms.

Seaward boats are hand crafted in the UK, with an established reputation gained through our commercial boat building heritage.

Using ‘Best of British’ design and build quality we deliver first class boats for which Seaward is renowned world-wide. n Seaward 1 Prospect Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7AD Tel: +44 1983 280333 nickward@seawardboat.com www. seaward.com

The Trafalgar Group is a young, dynamic group of businesses operating in the leisure boating, commercial shipyard and property sectors, based at the top of Portsmouth Harbour. n Trafalgar Shipyard Trafalgar Wharf, Hamilton Road, Portsmouth, PO6 4PX Tel: +44 23 9238 7833 info@thetrafalgargroup.co.uk www.thetrafalgargroup.co.uk/

At NR Marine we pride ourselves on our offshore wind industry experience of more than 20 years’, including management of crew transfer vessels, turbine management in construction, commissioning and operational phases. n NR Marine Unit 1, Pump Lane, Caister On Sea NR30 5TF United Kingdom Owen Nutt Tel: 7860771998 www.nrmarine.co.uk/

n ASL GRP Leigh House, Main Road, Rookley, Isle of Wight, PO38 3NL Tel: +44 1983 400730 sales@aslgrp.com www.aslgrp.com

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

n Macduff Ship Design Ltd Low Shore, Macduff, Aberdeenshire, AB44 1RE Tel: +44 1261 833825 Fax: +44 1261 833835 info@macduffshipdesign.com www.macduffshipdesign.com

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

Macduff Ship Design Ltd are proven industry leaders in the Naval Architecture and Marine Survey sectors, having worked for more than 25 years with owners, operators and shipyards globally.

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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

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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, 24/7.

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.

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New business start-up operator Aquatic Towage and Marine Ltd brings together over 50 years of combined towage and work boat experience from its key staff team. n Aquatic Towage and Marine Ltd 24 Raynes Road, Lee-On-The-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9AL Tel: +44 (0) 7876251409 inquiries@aquatictowage.com www.aquatictowage.com

Designers and manufacturers of winches, windlasses and capstans.

Hydraulic, electric, diesel, pneumatic and manually driven, along with ancillary equipment.

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

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MELCAL designs and manufactures advanced deck handling solutions and provides professional life cycle services for the marine and offshore industry. MELCAL offers expert consultation, reliability and performance to shipyards, ship designers & ship owners worldwide. n Zona Industriale c/da Fegotto S.P. 11 Km 0,6, Calatafimi Segesta (TP) 91013, Italy Federica Calandrino Tel: +39 0924 506974 www.melcal.com/

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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

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Kraken Marine Services [KMS] is an independently owned company based in the South West, UK and owned by the highly experienced Captain, Julian Northway. KMS owns the 26m multipurpose landing craft, KMS Terramare, which is well known within the UK workboat industry. n Kraken Marine Services c/o Harbour Office, Penzance Harbour, Cornwall, TR18 4AH, UK Tel: 07794 072399 www.krakenmarineservices.co.uk

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. n Tidal Transit Limited Unit 6 North Creake Airfield Business Park, Bunkers Hill, Egmere, Norfolk, UK Tel: +44 1328 854 225 www.tidal-transit.com

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

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

Now in our 25th year of production, Cheetah Marine continues to lead Europe in the specialist design and construction of power commercial catamarans.

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

Safe, reliable and designed for work aluminium boats: bespoke patrols, SAR boats and passenger catamarans.

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

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

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

n Diverse Marine Medina Ship Yard, Pelham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 1983 300656 info@diversemarine.co.uk www.diversemarine.co.uk

Blue Wireless is the first global service provider for managed wireless connectivity, with a single focus on helping organisations succeed in a wireless world. Our team of hands-on experts uses the latest LTE/5G technologies to design and deliver high-speed and cost-effective networks for maritime vessels. n 60 Paya Lebar Road, #13-18 Paya Lebar Square, 409051, Singapore Tel: +65 6910 6250 enquiries@bluewireless.com www.bluewireless.com

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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 www.lemans-nederland.nl/

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Lemans Nederland bv is a company situated in the southwest of The Netherlands. We are specialised in hoist, lift, push and towing equipment. As well as deck, dock and quay equipment.

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n Lebus International Engineers Ltd Pioneer House, Shorebury Point, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2RX Tel: +44 1253 402402 Fax: +44 1253 345748 enquiries@lebusinternational.com www.lebusintengineers.com

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

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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.

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Habbeké Shipyard, established in 1966, has almost fifty years’ experience of quality shipbuilding.

The wharf builds exclusively in aluminium, and enjoys an excellent reputation for innovation, quality and service.

The shipyard builds aluminium workboats, & both open and closed vessels for rescue, pilot or general work duties. n Habbeke Schelphoek 103, 1621 Mk Hoorn Tel: +31 2993 62182 Fax: +31 2993 67464 info@habbeke.nl www.habbeke.nl

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