Maritime Journal December 2019

Issue No.381

DECEMBER 2019

ECMAs open | TOR/Ostervold | Bremerhaven Westkaje | Monitoring, Control & Autonomy

SHIP & BOAT BUILDING Navaids Navigation & Communication

SAFEHAVEN MARINE

CONTENTS NEWS

FEATURES

14 ECMA nominations

26 Custom ferry

Who will you nominate for the 2020 European Commercial Marine Awards?

Spanish catamaran passenger ferry has to operate to varied coastal infrastructure

16 Wind ambition

28 Superboat charter

EU plans to find an extra 230-450GW of offshore wind energy by 2050 to achieve climate neutrality

Ex- MOD wave-piercing interceptor could be perfect drone test platform

18 Vindskip award

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German design award for clever ship with wing effect superstructure, but will she ever get built?

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FEATURES

13 Hutchinson SIPS

CMR has developed a better Human/ Machine Interface for a UK tug

40 Triton Knoll buoys

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12 nav buoys will separate the offshore construction site at North Sea wind farm

Suspended internal platforms for Hornea Two turbine towers

46 Spill techniques for plastic Norwegian consortium will use oil spill tech to tackle the marine plastic crisis

15 Bremerhaven Westkaje 500m quay reconstruction has been underway since 2017

48 Ocean cleanup Stopping plastic pollution at the source with autonomous river device

20 Tug grounding Report from Norwegian accident investigation of the FFS Achilles sinking

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SHIP & BOAT BUILDING Navaids Navigation & Communication

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Fassmer’s 180 million Euro ocean going patrol boats for Germany

38 Tug automation system

10 Profile: Tor Østervold Cleaning ship hulls is a case of cashing concerns says ECOdsubsea CEO

33 Police trio

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has built this first of class 22m XSV20 demonstrator Thunder Child II, which as well as being a potential fast patrol/ interceptor platform is also being fine-tuned for a transatlantic powerboat record attempt, that if successful will do no harm to its reputation.

The vessel is undergoing extensive sea trials during which she is proving to have excellent performance reaching a maximum speed of 54kts and fine seakeeping tested in a range of trials in varying sea states right up to Force 10 and in 6m seas off the Atlantic coast of Ireland.

The hull is proving to be very sea kindly and soft riding with excellent stability.

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XSV20’s unique hull design was developed to solve the head sea limitations inherent in traditional catamarans design whereby when a sea state exceeds a given size, steepness and frequency, waves, especially in head seas, will inevitably impact on the flat surface of the bridge deck causing slamming. On XSV20 the forward mono hull section comprising a wavepiercing bow and very deep V midship section that seamlessly transitions into the catamaran sections, very effectively pushes through and splits waves, dampening motions and preventing the flat surface of the bridge deck from ever directly impacting the water surface.

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BigOceanData BigOceanData has welcomed Andrew Luxton to the team, joining as Business Development Manager – Maritime Intelligence. The role will support the ongoing expansion of BigOceanData’s intelligence tools and analytics services, building on the company’s success to date across the shipping, insurance and government sectors with notable clients such as Maersk and Norwegian Hull Club.

Andrew previously worked for Lloyd’s List Intelligence where he held various commercial roles.

Harbourmaster After 19 years in the role and nearly 30 years overseeing Portsmouth harbour, harbour master Rupert Taylor is retiring, to be replaced by former deputy Ben McInnes. Ben, 39, first went to sea from Portsmouth International Port as an assistant steward on the Pride of Bilbao. He then embarked on a 12 year career with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from cadet to first officer, gaining a master mariner ticket in the process. More recently, Ben has been working to achieve Class 1 Pilot status and learning the various elements of harbour management in order to pass the UKHMA harbour master certificate.

Cluster award NCE Maritime CleanTech and Sparebanken Vest have named marine battery technology developer Corvus Energy the Cluster Partner of the Year 2019 for its contribution to strengthening the Norwegian maritime cluster and for the way Corvus Energy, through the development of new technology, contributes to the greening of the maritime industry.

Corvus Energy was awarded the prize at the NCE Maritime CleanTech annual conference at Solstrand, Norway.

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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR ECMAS Nominations are now open for the 2020 European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs).

Recognising the depth of excellence in commercial marine, the European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs) will be presented at Mercator Media's Seawork event on 9 June 2020. The awards celebrate the outstanding individuals and innovative companies that comprise this important industry sector.

The following awards are up for nominations: 5 Young Person Development Award – WIN a £850 bursary!

5 Maritime Sustainability Award 5 Maritime Professional of the Year Award 5 Lifetime Achievement Award 5 M&CCE Best Project Award Innovations Showcase Category Awards: 5 Vessel Design & Construction 5 Marine Civil Engineering & Construction 5 Marine Equipment, Electronics & Materials 5 Diving & Underwater Technology 5 Renewable Energy 5 Safety & Training

8 2019 Maritime Professional of the Year Award winner, Mark Ranson of the National Workboat Association

Anyone who exhibits or works for a Seawork or M&CCE Expo Exhibitor can be nominated, and the winner will be decided by a panel of judges, including Jake Frith, editor of Maritime Journal.

If you know someone or work for a company that deserves industry recognition for their great achievements, nominate them now!

It's worth it! Each winner will receive coverage via the

Seawork, M&CCE Expo and Maritime Journal channels – in print to 20,787 magazine readers, online to 20,183 web visitors and via e-news sent directly to 20,169 Maritime Journal, 4,521 M&CCE and 29,953 Seawork subscribers.

The 2020 ECMAs are sponsored

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CALL FOR EMD PARTICIPANTS WITH ECO PASSION In parallel with the 2020 European Maritime Day (EMD) Conference, a series of local EMD events, will take place all over Europe for the public at large.

For the 2020 'EMD In My Country' events, the focus will be on youth activities. Young ocean activists and youth organisations working for the promotion of sustainable oceans are encouraged to apply. The initiative will take place from April to June, while the EMD conference, organised by the European Commission, will take place in Cork, Ireland on 14 & 15 May. Ocean awareness and activism has been rising steadily in recent years. During 2019, 145 events were organised in 23 different countries, attracting 25.000 participants and making a record in EMD history.

Activities included beachcleaning; guided tours of ports; workshops, conferences, seminars and exhibitions on maritime themes; eco-tours and walks in areas with significant maritime heritage (cultural, environmental);

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excursions by boat; and visits to maritime museums or former ships, shipyards and port facilities etc. The deadline for applications

8 The ‘Polvo Incognito’, a structure built with marine trash by Skeleton Sea, was installed at Praça Europa in Lisboa during a previous European Maritime Day

is 31 January. Many organisers of EMD In My Country will also be able to use their event to demonstrate the European Atlas of the Seas. This interactive tool offers lots of interesting maps and other information about our seas and ocean.

VENICE FUNDRAISING PLEA Pino Musolino, Chairman and CEO of the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority, has sent an open letter to Presidents and CEOs of all the cruise companies calling the port of Venice suggesting that the cruise companies set up a fund to support Venice and its lagoon following the recent exceptionally high tide events.

“As public administration in charge of governing the most important economic sector of the

whole area (the port of Venice hires more than 19.000 workers, 4.500 of which in the cruise sector) we want to support our people, telling them that they can rely on us, and that all together we will overcome this tragedy” Mr Musolino writes in his letter. Then he continues, “It would be a great and positive message from you (shipping companies ed.) and from the whole cruise industry to raise a fund to sustain the city and its people”.

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NEWS

GERMANS FOCUS ON MORE LNG AFTER ATAIR 8 Atair is being followed by more multi-purpose replacements - some of them LNG-fuelled

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Germany's new multi-purpose, LNG-fuelled 'Atair' is now in test operation as attention turns to further high-end ship replacements, writes Tom Todd.

The Hamburg-based Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), which will operate Atair for the Berlin Government, said the 75m, €114 million survey, wreck location and research newbuild was undergoing about three months of tests and fitting following launch at Fassmer Werft.

The BSH said it will enter service in the first half of 2020.

Reports said the agency also plans to replace two more survey, wreck location and research ships in its fleet with time.They are the 52.05m Deneb and Wega.

Atair is billed as the world's first governmental research vessel with LNG propulsion. It has Wärtsilä 20DF and 6L20 engines and develops maximum 13 knots.

Replacing a 30-year-old, 51.4m BSH namesake, it is the first of three multi-purpose LNG

newbuilds planned by Berlin.

Attention is now focussed on the two other LNG ships, both for operation by another Government body - the Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV).

Of up to 85m long, they will replace two emergency response ships - the 56.1m Scharhörn, built in 1974, and the 80.4m Mellum,

built in 1984. Invitations to tender went out in July 2018 and WSV spokeswoman Claudia Thoma told Maritime Journal in October “our aim is to place an order by the end of the year”. Earlier this year Thoma explained that “extensive re-planning to cover LNG propulsion has put back the original time-table”.

The comment referred to a political decision to fit the new ships with LNG rather than with Diesel-electric systems, as stipulated in the original tender invitation. The WSV has since added that the newbuilds will be “exclusively” LNG-fuelled. If ordered now, they are expected to be in service in a couple of years.

In her latest comments to Maritime Journal, Claudia Thoma also indicated that Berlin and the WSV were proceeding with an option mentioned in the original tender invitation to order a replacement for a third specialist ship - the now 21-year- old, 78.9m pollution control and emergency response ship Neuwerk. Whether that ship will also be LNG-fuelled was not immediately known, but it appeared likely given Berlin's clean shipping policies.

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Damen birthday Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf is celebrating 70 years of delivering repair, maintenance, conversion and refit services to the maritime industry.

Oranjewerf’s location – just north of Amsterdam and close to the AmsterdamRhine Canal and the North Sea Canal – is also a significant factor in its success. Founded in 1949 by a consortium of local shipping companies and shipyards, the yard’s major aim was to offer repair services to inland and coastal vessels. Now, 70 years later and part of the Damen Shipyards Group since 1989, Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf is able draw upon that vast amount of experience to continue its work for numerous maritime markets.

Team Britannia's superboat, Excalibur, has reached another milestone with the installation of its 'hurricane proof' glass.

The special low iron glass from Scotland - toughened, heat soaked and laminated with a special ionoplast interlayer - took a week to fit, making the revolutionary 80ft semi-wave slicing vessel watertight.

Team Britannia is a multimillion-pound British bid to design and build the fastest and most fuel-efficient semi-wave slicing superboat to circumnavigate the globe for the much-coveted UIM world record, currently held by the New Zealander Pete Bethune at 60 days 23 hours 49 minutes.

The glass was made by Independent Glass, based in Glasgow. The firm is one of the largest glass processing companies in the UK, operating from three sites in Glasgow and one in Mansfield.

Using their state-of-the-art equipment they produced the low iron super tough glass for extra optical clarity.

John Devine Sr from Independent Glass explains: “Toughened glass is up to five times stronger than float glass of the same thickness. When it breaks, it fragments into small

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EU AMBITION FOR OFFSHORE WIND IS ACHIEVABLE The EU Commission's ambition to achieve between 230 and 450GW in offshore wind energy by 2050 is achievable with the right investments in electricity grids and the right approach to maritime spatial planning, concludes a new report.

WindEurope's report, 'Our energy, our future', examines where 450GW of offshore wind could be deployed most costeffectively around Europe. The 450GW IS part of a European Commission scenario to deliver climate neutrality by 2050.

‘THREE THINGS’ Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope, said the report shows that Europe could produce enough offshore wind to meet the 2050 goal of decarbonising energy however, “three things need to happen: (1) the offshore wind supply chain keeps growing;

8 The report concludes that 212GW should be deployed in the North Sea

more wind infrastructure could be built at lower prices than currently possible. Multiple use, e.g. allowing certain types of fishing in offshore wind farms, would really help, said the report.

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(2) we build the grid connections; (3) we get the maritime spatial planning right”.

The report concludes that 212GW should be deployed in the North Sea, 85GW in the Atlantic (including the Irish Sea), 83GW in the Baltic, and 70GW in the Mediterranean and other Southern European waters.

With a different approach to maritime spatial planning, much

‘THREE THINGS’ To get to 450GW offshore wind by 2050 it is crucial that Governments provide visibility on volumes and revenue schemes to give longterm confidence for the necessary investments, found the report.

Offshore grid investments will need to rise from less than €2bn in 2020 to up €8bn a year by 2030.

Europe also needs to provide a regulatory framework for offshore wind farms that have grid connections to more than one country to enable the pooling of assets and infrastructure and reduction of costs.

‘HURRICANE PROOF' GLASS FOR RECORD BOAT

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“The glass is then laminated by bonding with an interlayer using heat, vacuum and pressure inside an autoclave. Laminated glass is held together by the interlayer when broken.

The specialist ionomer interlayer was initially developed for hurricane glazing and large missile testing requirements.

Compared with standard PVB interlayers commonly used in road vehicles, it is much

8 The special low iron glass took a week to fit

stronger, 100 times stiffer, offers improved weather resistance and performs over a wider temperature range.”

He added: “We are very happy to be working with Team Britannia in their world record bid and delighted to be providing Excalibur with this incredibly tough glass.”

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A European short sea Ro-Ro specialist operator is poised to welcome the arrival of the fourth 5400 lane metre vessel into its fleet.

MV Hermione is operator CLdN's sixth vessel added since the new build strategy was announced in 2016, with a target to introduce twelve new vessels in subsequent years overall. In addition to this CLdN have on 10th July 2019 confirmed a further two orders for the same class of vessel, with the enhanced modification of the pair having MAN main engines powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) which will contribute to a further reduction of its fleet emissions. Sailing on LNG reduces the C02 emissions by 24%, N0X by 30%, particles by 90% and S0X by nearly 100% compared to sailing with the conventional marine gasoil (MGO).

STORAGE TANK The vessels, built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, will have a 320 cubic metre capacity C type LNG fuel storage tank located on the main deck. The LNG supply chain is currently being set up in Rotterdam and Zeebrugge where the ships will bunker by barge or truck on a regular basis.

With the latest arrival, not only have CLdN increased fleet composition, but also will have considerably grown available capacity by appoximately 70%.

CLdN's first new builds to be

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delivered were the two 8000 lane metre Ro-Ro vessels, Celine and Delphine, described as 'Game Changers' at the time and have proven to be a valuable addition to the CLdN fleet since their introduction. The two 8000 lane metre vessels were joined by four new 5400 lane metre Ro-Ros this year.

European short Sea Ro-Ro specialist CLdN Ro-Ro SA, operates 30 modern Ro-Ro vessels, offering

in excess of 130 sailings per week between the ports of Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, London, Killingholme, Dublin, Gothenburg, Esbjerg, Santander and Porto.

EXPANDED PRESENCE CLdN's core services have traditionally been the Continent / UK, which commenced in December 1974, and the company has steadily expanded its geographical presence into new

8 Three of the latest generation 5400lm vessels being finalised in the shipyard, before leaving for Europe

markets, including Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal and Spain in recent years.

CLdN currently handles on an annual basis, in excess of 1 million cargo units and 1 million new cars and vans and the new vessels will allow current trades to expand and new routes to be developed.

Tallink shuttle ferry Deltamarin is providing detail design services for Tallink's new LNG-powered shuttle ferry set to operate between Helsinki in Finland and Tallinn in Estonia.

Deltamarin's commission covers basic and detail design services for the hull, machinery and electrical systems. The value of the contract with RMC is about €7.5M. The work will be carried out over a period of about 16-18 months at Deltamarin's offices in Finland and Poland with the assistance of network companies.

“We are very pleased to continue our fruitful cooperation with Deltamarin. Rauma Marine Constructions' aim is to be a leading car and passenger ferry

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Tallink with this state-of-the-art, modern and environmentallyfriendly vessel,” said Jyrki Heinimaa, CEO of Rauma Marine Constructions.

The Tallink shuttle ferry is the biggest vessel yet to be built by RMC. It will accommodate 2,800 passengers and will have 1,900 lane metres for articulated road vehicles, cars, lorries, etc.

ENERGY-EFFICIENT Utilising the newest technology and innovative solutions, the ferry will be extremely environmentallyfriendly and energy-efficient. It will run on dual fuel with the main source of fuel being low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG). The ferry is expected to be delivered early in 2022.

8 The Tallink shuttle ferry is the biggest vessel yet to be built by RMC

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BRIEFS Flettner innovator Flettner Rotor innovator, Anemoi Marine Technologies, has appointed seasoned shipping technology expert Kim Diederichsen as CEO with the task to take the company’s wind assisted propulsion systems to a global market.

IMO prize The prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2019 has been presented to Mr. Joseph J. Angelo, a former United States Coast Guard (USCG) and International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) senior executive who participated in International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings for many years, providing leadership on a number of key regulatory developments.

A cutting-edge auxiliary wind propulsion concept for ships has recently won a prestigious German design award.

Vindskip, developed by company Lade AS, Ålesund, Norway, is the winner of the German Design Award 2020 in the category Excellent Product Design - Conceptual Transport.

Organised by the German Design Council and judged by an international jury of experts, it is one of the most renowned design competitions worldwide and enjoys an excellent reputation far beyond circles of experts. The prize will be awarded in Frankfurt on February 7, 2020.

The jury consists of 37 recognized experts from various fields of industry, academia, science and design.

In the jury's statement, they emphasize on the exceptional and futuristic design of the hull, which also serves as a sail, combining advanced lightweight construction with outstanding aerodynamics

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The shape of the hull above the waterline forms a symmetrical wing, contributing to forward propulsion once the LNG propulsion system gets the vessel up to a certain speed.

Solar cells and batteries will also contribute to reduce the

8 Vindskip is being developed by company Lade AS, Ålesund, Norway

energy consumption on board.

In addition, a completely new data management system has been developed helping the captain choose the best route at any time, meeting the estimated time of arrival, ETA, with the lowest possible fuel consumption. Thus, the ship can be operated autonomously.

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Contracts have been awarded to support and maintain hundreds of high-speed rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) and other small boats for the UK's Royal Navy.

The contracts have been awarded to BAE Systems under the Boats in Service Support (BISS) contract, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) recently announced.

Four individual contracts valued at up to ÂŁ112 million form part of the wider MOD BISS agreement. Over six-and-a-half years, the contracts will help sustain existing skilled jobs as well as create new jobs at BAE Systems' Maritime Services business in Portsmouth Naval Base, increasing the size of the current team by up to 50 per cent.

The contracts awarded to BAE Systems cover the maintenance and support of more than 650 boats ranging in size from five to 18 metres, including those operated from Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, and by the Ministry of Defence Police, British Army and Royal Marines,

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amounting to 27 different classes of boat.

These small boats are operated from a variety of locations around the UK, including Portsmouth, Devonport and Clyde Naval Bases, as well as in other naval environments such as the training school, HMS Raleigh, and at RM Poole. Other armed forces sites include Longmoor and Chatham.

New jobs resulting from these contracts include roles for

8 BAE Systems also manufactures and maintains load carrying workboats and sea boats

shipwrights and mechanical and electrical fitters.

BAE Systems Products and Training Services Director, Dr Brooke Hoskins, described the contract wins as an important new chapter for the team and for the future development of the UK's small boats capabilities. “We have an excellent team and

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In addition to its own purpose built facility for the design, build and support of small boats at Portsmouth Naval Base, BAE Systems will deliver the small boats support contracts through a network of service delivery centres managed by preferred support contractors throughout the UK. BAE Systems has also developed technology to allow the autonomous operation of RIBs and demonstrated the first autonomous operation of a small boat from an operational warship at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London.

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The first hydrogen fuel cell powered design for an offshore construction support vessel could hit the water in as little as three years and will offer zero emission operations for up to two weeks at a time.

The SX190 Zero Emission DP2 construction support vessel has been penned by Ulstein Design & Solutions BV and Nedstack fuel cell technology BV. The vessel is Ulstein's first hydrogen powered offshore vessel, featuring a Nedstack fuel cell power system. The DP2 vessel can cater for a large variety of offshore support operations.

This design uses proven and available technology, enabling clean shipping operations to reduce the environmental footprint of offshore projects. CO2, NOxand particle emissions are eliminated when using hydrogen fuel cells.

With today's technology, the Ulstein SX190 design is already capable of operating four days in

ZERO EMISSION CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT VESSEL 8 The Zero Emission design is based on Ulstein's existing SX190 vessel platform

zero-emission mode. However, with the rapid developments in hydrogen storage and fuel cell technologies, a future zeroemission endurance of up to two weeks is targeted. For extended missions and capabilities, the vessel can fall back on its more conventional diesel-electric system using low sulphur marine diesel oil.

The Zero Emission design is based on Ulstein's existing SX190 vessel platform and has a total installed power of 7.5MW, of which

2MW is generated by a fuel cell power system, typically Nedstack Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which are located in a separate engine room.

PEM fuel cells convert hydrogen and air into electric power, heat and water and produce no harmful emissions in the process. Nedstack fuel cell systems have already been built and proven in the multimegawatt power ranges and have now been marinized to meet the requirements of the

marine industry, including class requirements and supply chains.

The PEM fuel cells used in the SX190 Zero Emission design are fuelled by hydrogen from containerized pressure vessels, a well proven and readily available technology. These hydrogen storage containers can be loaded and unloaded by normal container handling operations and equipment. Hence, eliminating the need for expensive bunkering infrastructure and providing worldwide operational flexibility.

The hydrogen containers can be refilled at hydrogen production sites, either from industry by-product hydrogen or green hydrogen from electrolysis, making the vessel globally employable.

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TOR ØSTERVOLD ECOSUBSEA

Traditional hull cleaning methods are “a major issue for our industry”, said Tor Østervold, ECOsubsea CEO, as it impacts not just ports and vessel owners but the waters around them.

It's a case of clashing concerns. While fouled hulls could be costing the world fleet between 15% and 20% in extra fuel and added emissions, many ports have already banned - or are considering banning - conventional cleaning practices altogether. Østervold outlined the considerations: besides being labour intensive, typical in-water scrubbing methods leave waste and organic matter deposited on the seabed, potentially spreading invasive species and damaging local ecosystems.

Therefore ECOSubsea has set about finding “the 'missing piece of the jigsaw' in terms of the industry's quest for greater sustainability”.

Its answer is based on ROV-type technology which clings to the ship's hull, using high pressure jets instead of abrasive brushes to remove the fouling. This safeguards the integrity of vessel coatings while the effectiveness “far outstrips what's possible through manual scrubbing” underlined

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Østervold. Importantly, the waste gets sucked down a tube for on-shore collection, filtration and, in a neat innovation, used for biogas (thanks to a project with waste and energy management giant Veolia).

As the collector amasses over 97.5% of everything that's removed from the hull, it “exceeds the most stringent local and international regulations, meaning ECOsubsea cleaning can be done in any port, anywhere”, said Østervold.

However, engineering this solution hasn't been a quick process: “Some challenges you can fix overnight, some might take a week or a month... and some take 11 years,” he admitted.

In fact, research with AP Moeller Maersk in April 2008 was followed by four years of development; only in 2012 did the first prototype emerge - but, unfortunately, it got a little too attached. “The cleaning quality was excellent,” said Østervold, “but it took its time...

61 hours to clean a hull. So, in terms of efficiency, it wasn't quite what we'd hoped for.”

Seven years of intensive testing, refinements and partnerships have followed, with projects for owners such as Carnival, WWL Ocean and Hoegh Autoliners. Interestingly, though

Some challenges you can fix overnight, some might take a week or a month... and some take 11 years

Østervold acknowledged the company has “been very fortunate”, he attributed winning Nor-Shipping's Young Entrepreneur Award in 2013 as moving the company from an ambitious start-up to recognition.

ECOsubsea is certainly getting known: the technology developed by Tor and his younger brother, COO Klaus Østervold, has now completed over 500 assignments with the unit at the company's Southampton docks clocking up more than 4,000 hours of service.

Moreover, the company has just reached agreement with the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge to roll out its system in these busy, eco-aware hubs, greatly increasing access to international shipping.

As Østervold concluded, the family business is set to succeed in offering the world's fleet “clean hulls and no crap”.

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EEW Group has contracted Hutchinson Engineering for the fabrication and onsite assembly of 30 suspended internal platforms (SIPs) for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, located 55 miles off the UK coast in the North Sea. The SIPs are complex steel components, each weighing 10 tonnes and standing 12m high, that will be suspended inside the transition pieces which form part of the foundations for offshore wind turbines.

Offshore wind specialist, Ørsted, is constructing the renewable energy project which, once complete, will be the UK's largest offshore wind farm with capacity to generate clean electricity for more than 1.3 million homes.

Heiko Mützelburg, chief executive at EEW SPC, said the company had found an English subcontractor that they strongly believe will deliver the required quality. ”With Hutchinson as a local supplier on our side, we are looking forward to a prosperous cooperation in the future. We are

convinced of a positive project progression,” he said.

Established in 1979 servicing the local petro-chemical industry, Hutchinson Engineering has expanded into the offshore wind sector, recently opening a new purpose-built facility in Liverpool.

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the team's efforts. “The award of this contract is a direct result of the hard work of the Hutchinson team that has enabled us to be commercially competitive whilst meeting the high quality standards of the offshore industry,” he said.

METHANOL CONSORTIUM The Green Maritime Methanol consortium has recently extended its membership with the addition of Belgian marine construction big hitter DEME. The Green Maritime Methanol consortium reviews the possibilities for renewable Methanol as a maritime transport fuel.

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BREMERHAVEN WESTKAJE PROJECT FOR COMPLETION SOON A €30 million project to rebuild Bremerhaven's 110-year-old Westkaje for big ships will be completed soon following initial delays, Tom Todd reports The reconstruction of the 500m long Westkaje built between 1907 and 1909, has been underway since July 2017 in the German port's Kaiserhafen III. Local authorities decided to rebuild the largely-derelict facility after reporting it was “showing signs of damage which substantially endanger the safety of the location”. Work began in July 2017 when a spokesman told MJ “It has to be renovated as quickly as possible”.

The project had originally been due for completion by the end of 2018 or early 2019, but was delayed by tougher than expected pile extraction. It will now be finished early next year, according to Robert Howe, managing director of management company bremenports. He said the rebuilt Westkaje would enter service in spring. “Now that we have overcome the problems that cropped up during execution, construction work has entered its final phase,” he added.

Bremenports spokesman Holger Bruns explained Howe's comment to Maritime Journal: “The old quayside was built completely on wooden piles”, he said, “It took a great deal of time to pull them all out over a distance of 500m. The building of the new quay was delayed as a result”. About 2,000 old pilings had to be removed, Bruns said, as part of the old quayside demolition. Behind it, old foundations and obstacles including an old loading ramp were also demolished and the ground level excavated to a new water depth to suit a new quay being set nine metres behind the old one.

At the same time, ramming has been underway on the new quay's steel pilings and grouted footings and anchorings behind the old wall. Bremenports said some 4,000 tons of steel sheet pilings were going into the new Westkaje along with 3,500m3 of concrete and that 50,000m3 of soil were being removed. The reconstruction has meant the loss of some workboat berths for bremenports but a replacement landing stage has been created at the northern end of the Kaiserhafen III. Responsible for the construction works is a consortium grouping the German concerns Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems and August Prien Bauunternehmung. The setting back of the new Westkaje by nine metres has benefitted shipping by widening the Kaiserhafen III basin, creating better nautical conditions for ships using the nearby auto terminals - specifically

8 New piles are nine metres behind the old quay, widening Kaiserhafen III for big ships

more room for giant vehicle carriers to manoeuver. That is being welcomed by local officials. Robert Howe said it will “ease ship manoeuverability in the harbour”. Although no vehicles are handled on the Westkaje, Bremerhaven processes more than two million a year and Kaiserhafen terminals are a hub of that business. The bulk of the vehicles enter on car carriers from the North Sea and the Weser through the 305 x 55m Kaiserschleuse, just a few hundred metres south of the Westkaje.

The new Westkaje is a public facility and will, when reopened, be available for all ships. Bremen Science and Ports Senator Claudia Schilling said it would generate fresh opportunity for the port as a whole and also for Bremerhaven shipyards like Lloyd Werft (LWB) , adjacent to the Westkaje, and German Dry Docks. “Completion of the new quay has created the necessary conditions for exceptionally large vessels to reach the Kaiserhafen ...”, she said. LWB in Bremerhaven has long hoped to complete or outfit the 204,000gt Global Class ships being built by its parent company Genting with the Westkaje a possible location for that work. Genting originally said they would be built at LWB but then relocated the work to its east German yards in Wismar, Stralsund and Rostock.

Guenther Pallentin told Maritime Journal in November it had “still not been finally decided” where the 342 x 46m Global ships would be completed. However, the Global ships are being built in Wismar and Rostock, with completion likely in Wismar. Early approach channel deepening is also under consideration in both ports. It would last several years but delivery of the first two Global Class ships is not scheduled until 2021 and 2022.

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8 Reconstruction over 500m at Bremerhaven's Westkaje

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BY NOAA SURVEYORS The US NOAA’s survey ship, Thomas Jefferson, has been integrating an iXblue DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV) into its daily survey operations. Helen Atkinson reports The purpose of the trial was to assess whether the unmanned vessel is able to overcome several common drawbacks of ship-deployable USVs such as speed, endurance and the ability to gather bathymetric data in moderate sea states.

In addition, the project also sought to demonstrate the capabilities of the French company's adaptation to its DriX Deployment System (DDS), which has been custom-designed for deployment and recovery using the Thomas Jefferson's onboard survey launch davit.

Deployment and recovery in pitching and rolling seas are amongst the most challenging operations for NOAA's survey launches, which are limited to daylight operations only. The capability to operate the DriX USV for up to four days of continuous survey operations, without the need to recover or service it, would be a significant offshore survey force multiplier for NOAA, greatly increasing the efficiency of their launches.

The customisable eight metre DriX carries a range of survey sensors within its gondola, including a multibeam echo sounder and sidescan sonar. Before deployment, the gondola and keel are lowered giving the vessel a draft of approximately two metres. DriX also carries a suite of sensors in its crow's nest, including LiDAR, cameras, data communications and its own position and orientation system.

During testing, which included a live demonstration in front of several dignitaries from both NOAA and iXblue, the LiDARbased automatic detection system enabled the vehicle to avoid all obstacles in its path – including a curious sea bird.

The DriX USV has already been deployed to undertake charting surveys of the scattered islands, atolls, reefs and shoals of the Ha'apai Group in Tonga and Dusky Sound in Fiordland, New Zealand, as well as a variety of survey operations ranging from offshore wind farm inspections to safety of navigation surveys.

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At the recent World Ocean Council Sustainable Ocean Summit in Paris, it was announced that, from 2020, all PGS vessels will share bathymetric data with the Seabed 2030 Project.

The Norwegian marine geophysical company previously began releasing surplus environmental data for ocean development research in 2017.

The PGS fleet of seismic survey vessels traverses the world's oceans, operating in developed regions and unchartered waters alike. The vessels will now use their echo sounders to acquire seabed data whilst on long transits between projects, in addition to conducting detailed data collection in the areas where they are undertaking primary seismic surveys.

This data will contribute to the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project – an initiatve which aims to use crowdsourced bathymetry to map the entire global seafloor by the end of the United Nations Decade for Ocean Science (2021-2030). Seabed 2030 has already seen an increase in coverage.

Subsea laser LiDAR specialist, 3D at Depth, recently led a half-day technology showcase in Horsoy, Norway in partnership with the Norwegian Forum for Offshore Survey and Positioning (NOSP) and OneSubsea.

The session was designed to demonstrate the potential of survey grade measurements from hovering (moving) resident systems for asset integrity and life of field planning.

It focussed on subsea LiDAR which is able to simultaneously provide accurate digital twin point clouds as well as other data integrity information – something that could potentially lower costs, risks and production downtime for oil and gas operators.

The event featured multi-use inspection, maintenance and repair case studies. It successfully demonstrated that, using controlled survey targets placed around the location, the LiDAR-controlled beam repeatably acquired survey grade measurements in single sector scans while hovering. During the data collection, a small simulated gas leak was also detected.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is currently conducting charting surveys of the Falkland Islands coastal waters in support safe maritime trade and the development of a sustainable blue economy.

The surveys, which will run from November until late January, are part of the UK government's Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme, which assists territories to fulfil their international obligations under the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. To date, more than 19,500km2 of survey have been completed in Commonwealth states across the Caribbean and Pacific through these programmes.

The data collected by the UKHO and its contractor, EGS, will initially be used to update nautical charts. However, with an anticipated increase in expedition cruises within Falkland waters, the data will also be essential to ensure safe passage to sites of interest and to help reduce the risk and impact of environmental consequences. Additional data sets, such as seabed type, will help to preserve the marine environment.

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DELIVERY AND ORDER ROUND-UP Starting with deliveries, Sanmar's Bogacay class of tug is its “best seller� but delivery of Galluzzo to Rimorchiatori Napolitani in Naples is notable being first of a newly configured version with interesting modifications meeting the customer's specific requirements.

It is more powerful than the standard Bogacay class achieving 75tbp through upgraded Caterpillar 3516C main engines each developing 2,350kW and driving Rolls-Royce (now Kongsberg) US 255-FP Z-drives with slipping clutches.

Other modifications include salvage notation with a rescue boat and Heila crane along with full fifi1 specification including a dedicated engine driving the fire pump allowing maximum vessel manoeuvrability when firefighting. A foldable mast allows unhindered operation close to a ship's flared bow and an upgraded larger crew accommodation is also provided.

In another significant bulk delivery for Damen, its Albwardy Damen facility in Sharjah UAE was chosen to mark delivery of 13 tugs to serve the partnership between Jawar Al Khaleej Shipping and General Company for Ports of Iraq.

The order was signed in March 2019 with all the vessels delivered within a seven-month period, reflecting Damen's standardised shipbuilding approach, the 13 tugs earmarked for operation at various offshore terminals in Iraq.

The vessels were built at different Damen shipyards including: Vietnam, Galati, Cape Town, Sharjah and Kozle, the batch comprising: four ASD Tugs 2813 (Jawar Diyala, Karbala, Dhiqar and Maysan), two ASD Tugs 3212 (Jawar Anbar and Muthanna), three RSD Tugs 2513 (Jawar Baghdad, Kirkuk and Ninawa), three Stan Tugs 2208 (Jawar Najaf, Salah Aldin and Wasit) and a Shoalbuster 2609 (Jawar Babil). The ASD tugs have fifi1 and escort notation and the contract includes spare parts packages, training and computerised planned maintenance system with remote monitoring on board the vessels.

Seven of the 13 were present for the handover ceremony in Sharjah with three already in service and the remaining three on delivery voyage to the client at the time of writing.

Damen is also the first item in our look at recent orders with the signing of a contract with Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works for a materials package for the third ASD Tug 2009 under the Damen Technical Cooperation agreement. The first two examples are to be operated by the Pakistan Navy.

Natural gas as a fuel is one option for tug operators and port authorities seeking to reduce environmentally hazardous gas emissions, an option also offering reduced costs compared to other fuel alternatives.

Availability is of course crucial to the development of LNG as a fuel and while a lack of such sources has hindered growth in

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Developments with tugs of the future feature prominently in this month's Tugs & Towing, an LNG-fuelled pushboat included here in our delivery and order round-up, says Peter Barker

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some parts of the world, Robert Allan Ltd's (RAL) clients are actively involved in developing the required infrastructure.

Recognising the opportunities, RAL and MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH have now developed the first LNG-fuelled shallowdraught pushboat design designated the RApide 2800-G. The preliminary design utilises the proven shallow-draught RApide 2800-Z2 model currently operating on the Amazon River system. The vessel will have two 746kW MTU 8V4000M55R-N Tier III gas safe main engines, MTU also acting as system integrator providing the LNG package including tank system, integrated ship monitoring and LNG control and safety systems.

Provision of LNG tanks is an obstacle that can present challenges and while retaining the existing hull shape, the design was reconfigured for this aspect. Lower crew cabins and galley have been moved up a deck and the deckhouse enlarged, all having to comply with rules for gas system hazardous zones for a compact 28m tug. Redundancy is provided by two independent tank connection spaces attached to LNG tanks, one for each engine.

Staying with RAL and Sanmar, the Canadian naval architect has completed the design for two new TRAktor 3000-Z escort tugs for Norwegian tug owner Bukser og Berging, to be built at Sanmar.

They will be the 6th and 7th tugs from Sanmar for Bukser og Berging, the 30m long vessels powered by two IMO Tier III compliant 2,200kW main engines driving CP propellers providing a bollard pull of around 75t and steering force of 80t.

Accommodation will be provided for up to seven persons with the first example due for delivery late in 2020.

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8 Part of the 13 vessel fleet on show at Albwardy Damen

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8 Finnish tug operator Alfons Håkans has bareboat chartered two ASD harbour tugs to strengthen its towing capacity in Estonia.

Alfons Håkans started operations in Finland in 1945, expanding into Estonia in 2004 and later in Latvia via PKL Flote, part of the Håkans group but it is from the fleet of Freeport of Riga Authority subsidiary RB Flote that Håkans has chartered the tugs Santa and Stella. Built consecutively in 2008 by Riga Shipyard the ice-classed 34m long pair each provide 60tbp from Caterpillar main engines and Rolls-Royce thrusters.

8 Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has completed the sale of its equity stake in Saam Smit Towage to SAAM SA for USD200m.

The intended sale was announced earlier in 2019 and the cash for its equity stake results in a pre-tax book gain of slightly more than EURO40m for Boskalis. The joint venture between Boskalis and SAAM was formed in 2014 which at the time covered towage activities in Brazil, Panama, Mexico and Canada, expanding its overall presence.

Subsequent discussions however concluded that outright sale of Boskalis' shares to SAAM was the best solution to a more competitive market environment.

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OptiPort is described as a revolutionary way of dispatching tugs, combining large amounts of AIS data with relevant port information systems resulting in optimal vessel dispatching schedules responding in real time to the slightest change in data. The system suggests which tugs to use and the speed they should travel to ensure the most efficient option.

Westug operates services on behalf of Kotug for Fortescue Metals Group at Port Hedland, the world's largest dry bulk export port.

8 Kotug International BV and Horizon Maritime Services have formed the joint venture company KOTUG Canada offering terminal and harbour towage services across the country.

The move is another step in Kotug's international expansion plans and brings together its experience in marine towing operations with Horizon Maritime's local knowledge and expertise with the aim of providing Canadian customers with a “topnotch level of towage services”. Horizon Maritime is a global marine services provider offering services, vessels, crews, tugs, barges, workboats, vessel management and logistics services. As well as having locations across Canada, Horizon also has an office in Norway.

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Ireland-based Jospa Ltd has developed the intriguing concept of a wave motion-propelled tug being simple in principle but quite unlike anything before, in fact is it a vessel at all?

Jospa Ltd has worked in wave energy research and development for some years but is putting its wave energy project to one side and adopting the principle to develop a tug providing in its words, “significant bollard pull” using wave motion only.

The principle of operation involves a triple spine with vertical and horizontal hydrofoils or 'fins' made from recyclable thermoplastic elastomer reinforced with steel providing tensile strength coupled with flexibility to conform to waves, selected strands of steel reinforcements from the spines carry the fins.

The assembly harnesses the orbital velocity of waves moving with or against wave direction as desired using the analogy of a line of stationary cars hit from behind at traffic lights to describe how waves pass on their momentum, doing so in circular motions clockwise in their direction of travel.

A pilot tug will apply a minimum pull to the Jospa Tug to straighten the spine and align the fins. This tension must always be maintained to avoid losing synchronisation with the waves and while initially this may be a standard diesel tug,

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8 The tug was subsequently raised following its sinking

The single bottom in the long midship compartment between the transverse watertight bulkheads made the vessel vulnerable to the type of damage that can occur as a result of grounding and the maximum theoretical pumping capacity was insufficient to keep the vessel afloat.

Following the vessel's salvage, no visible damage or nonconformities were found in the mechanical control system from the wheelhouse through the superstructure down to the (cycloidal) propeller units, nor were there any visible damage or nonconformities in the

mechanical part of the autopilot system.

The investigation identified one area in which AIBN deemed it necessary to submit a safety recommendation for improving safety at sea. It found that the shipping company had no written procedures for bridge manning and sailing in narrow channels after dark and that a lookout in accordance with applicable regulations would have increased awareness of the vessel's exact position and thus increase the probability of avoiding the accident.

A WAVE ENERGY TUG – SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT Credit: Govt Europa - Jospa

The Accidents Investigation Branch Norway (AIBN) has published its report into the grounding and sinking of a tug off Farsund in 2017.

The 30m FFS Achilles with three crew on board was returning to Farsund after completing an assistance operation in the Fedafjord when it ran aground at Nordre Lamholmflua. Damage to the vessel's bottom beneath the engine room led to its sinking soon after.

Following the initial grounding the vessel's owners were notified and the tug FFS Atlas immediately responded and when it arrived on scene rescued the crew who were in the liferaft, two of the three suffering minor injuries.

FFS Achilles subsequently sank with just the mast remaining visible and the vessel was later salvaged in one piece allowing the AIBN to conduct a technical examination.

The investigation included circumstances around why the stranding happened and the subsequent flooding of the vessel including an examination of its internal compartment layout and bilge pumping system.

The report found that according to the navigator, the autopilot suddenly failed to respond when the vessel was around 130m from the reef, corresponding to 31 seconds, most of which was spent making the decision to switch from autopilot to manual control. AIBN found that the navigator's statement did not tally with the relationship between heading and COG according to the AIS signals.

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8 The Jospa Tug will need minimal power from a conventional tug to maintain its heading

the developer sees a quick transition to an allelectric pilot tug powered by PV panels on the spine of the (unmanned) Jospa Tug and could eventually be autonomous (remote-controlled).

The eventual prime target of the Jospa Tug is seen as the transportation of bulk goods where speed is less important, other niche applications include transport of water, diversion of icebergs, slow trawling, seaweed harvesting and holding drill platforms on station.

Of all the new technical innovations that present themselves to the towage industry this

one certainly stands out. Will it happen? The developer certainly has experience in the field of wave energy and there may be niche areas that could adopt the concept, as strange as it may seem. Once again recalling a recent towage industry conference where the 'state-of-the-art' of autonomous vessels was questioned it was pointed out that there are currently around 1,000 autonomous marine craft in operation worldwide, mostly small military applications, perhaps at one time considered a niche area with limited opportunities.

The principle of operation involves a triple spine with vertical and horizontal hydrofoils or ‘fins’ made from recyclable thermoplastic elastomer reinforced with steel providing tensile strength coupled with flexibility to conform to waves

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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER – KNOWLEDGE SHARED IS POWER MULTIPLIED* Start your planning now as we preview some of the opportunities to listen, learn and contribute New for Seawork and M&CCE Expo in 2020 is the introduction of daily Business Briefings. A Keynote speaker will deliver a short informative address from the floor on one of the latest business imperatives. The daily Keynote talks will take place in a dedicated theatre-style presentation area at the heart of the co-located Seawork and M&CCE exhibitions.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER ON DECOMMISSIONING The first of the daily Keynote speakers is Christopher Robert Lloyd, addressing the hot issue of Decommissioning Windfarms and Offshore Structures and the ensuing commercial opportunities.

Christopher’s experience is impressive. An associate consultant and project manager at PetroMall, currently consulting in the offshore energy space in which decommissioning is playing an increasingly large part, Christopher is an experienced chartered engineer and operations manager having worked for the last 15 years in the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf. At Saipem UK Limited he worked on one of the North Sea’s first major decommissioning projects. His tenure at Statoil ASA saw him as project manager for a number of offshore developments.

MILITARY SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR TO SPEAK The first of the speakers for Speed@Seawork has also been announced. Military Systems Integrator, Will Smith runs Ambex Limited; a key player in the naval domain. Will began his career working in the military maritime domain in 1993 as a systems’ engineer, principally involved in the installation and support of navigation, communications and surveillance equipment aboard a fleet of law enforcement vessels, as well as for the Royal Navy.

Highly experienced in the procurement, refitting and repurposing of a number of vessels from North Sea applications into law enforcement and maritime interdiction roles, Will provides expert consultancy on a variety of military systems and also expert witness testimony in maritime law enforcement cases.

UPSTREAM TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST TO CHAIR Peter Collinson, BP’s Senior Subsea and Environmental specialist in Upstream Technology is to chair the 2020 Seawork Commercial Marine Conference on USVs. Peter leads BP Upstream’s approach in the use of Marine Autonomous Systems (MAS), for subsea inspection and across numerous Upstream user groups.

With a background in marine ecology, corporate crisis response, enterprise risk management and maritime and satellite technology. Peter holds a PhD in Marine Ecology and is a Fellow of ImarEST and a chartered Marine Scientist. Regarding ‘MAS’ he is still seeking the robotic ‘swiss army knife of the sea’!

The Seawork Commercial Marine Conferences will deliver updates and insights in the fast moving USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel) and Hybrid propulsion markets. The USV Conference will run Wednesday 10 June 2020.

NEW PARTNER SUPPORTS M&CCE EXPO The representative body for companies who work day-to-day to deliver, upgrade, and maintain the country’s infrastructure, CECA (the Civil Engineering Contractors Association), is to partner with M&CCE Expo. Active in the key sectors of transport,

energy, communications, waste and water. CECA has more than 300 members spread across eight regions; representing firms who together carry out an estimated 70-80 per cent of all civil engineering activity in the UK. Peter Crosland, Civil Engineering Director–National for CECA, said, “CECA is delighted to partner with the M&CCE Expo. Taking the national body out of London and straight into the heart of one of the most challenging sectors, that of marine and coastal civil engineering, gives many of our smaller organisation members the opportunity to mix with Tier I and Tier II companies and vice versa.”

CECA will be exhibiting at M&CCE Expo and will support its members and regional organisations with a number of national meetings to be held on site during the Expo – details to be announced shortly.

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EXCEPTIONAL OFFER FOR CECA MEMBER COMPANIES CECA member companies that sign up to exhibit at M&CCE Expo before Friday 31 January 2020 will benefit from both a preferential rate and a free E-Cast; a solus opportunity to reach a highly targeted audience with an exclusive message and artwork sent direct to Marine and Coastal Civil Engineering industry decision makers and specifiers across Europe.

NEW MARITIME SKILLS DAY – SAVE THE DATE Thursday 11 June will see a new initiative at Seawork and M&CCE Expo as the inaugural Maritime Skills Day gets underway. A shortage of specialist skills is already accepted as an issue in the Commercial Marine sector, with a recent survey also identifying ‘a concerningly low level of under 24s in the industry’. This new ‘gateway to a career in the marine industry’ is designed to help right the balance, bringing opportunities to the forefront.

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MARINE RENEWABLES

HYWIND TAMPEN INVESTMENT DECISION Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have made a final investment decision for the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm development.

Two updated plans for development and operation have now been submitted to Norwegian authorities.

The oil and gas platforms will be the first ever powered by a floating offshore wind farm. The wind farm will be located some 140 kilometres from shore in 260-300 metres of water between the Snorre and Gullfaks platforms.

“We have been systematically maturing technologies for floating offshore wind for almost 20 years. The decision by the Snorre and Gullfaks partners helps bring this technology an important step forward. About 80% of the global resource potential for offshore wind is in deep waters, and floating offshore wind may play an important part in the energy transition towards more sustainable global energy supply. This brings substantial opportunities for Norwegian industry,” said Eldar Sætre, chief executive officer of Equinor.

The Hywind Tampen investments will total almost NOK 5 billion. Norwegian authorities through Enova have made a funding commitment of up to NOK 2.3 billion for the Hywind Tampen project. In addition, the Business Sector's NOx Fund has decided to support the project by up to NOK 566 million.

The wind farm will consist of 11 wind turbines based on the Hywind technology developed by Equinor. The 8MW turbines will have a total capacity of 88MW, capable of meeting about 35 percent of the annual power demand of the five Snorre A and B, Gullfaks A, B and C platforms.

“The pioneering Hywind Tampen project will help cut emissions from Gullfaks and Snorre. We are driving a transition aimed to sustain and add value on the Norwegian continental shelf, while reducing the carbon footprint from our operations,” says Arne Sigve Nylund, Equinor's executive vice president for Development & Production Norway.

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A Norwegian floating offshore wind project to meet the power demands of offshore oil fields will be an industry first

By reducing the use of gas turbines on the fields the project helps cut CO2 emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes per year, equivalent to the annual emissions from 100,000 passenger cars.

“The authorities' consent to extending the productive life of the Gullfaks field to 2036 and the Snorre field to 2040, up to 20 years longer than when the fields were initially planned, has been essential to realizing the Hywind Tampen project,” says Nylund.

According to a study performed by Multiconsult the Hywind Tampen project will generate 1550 to 3000 man-years through the field's productive life in spin-offs for Norwegian industry.

Most of the spin-offs will be generated in the project's development phase.

Hywind Tampen is scheduled to come on stream in late 2022. Gulen Industrihamn in western Norway has been chosen for the assembly of the floating wind turbines.

8 Illustration of the Hywind Tampen project

An innovative wave energy technology to supply people worldwide with clean and reliable energy has won this year's Cleantech Open (CTO) Global Ideas Challenge Award.

SINN Power shared the potential of its wave energy converter (WEC) in front of an expert audience at the Los Angeles, California-based CTO Global Forum, a three-day event aimed at paving the way towards a sustainable future, where startups get a unique opportunity to meet potential partners and investors of the cleantech industry.

The company said it is grateful for new insights into the US cleantech startup scene.

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Wave energy development wins Cleantech award

8 The award was accepted by Philipp Sinn, CEO at SINN Power; and Johannes Stuck, head of business development at SINN Power

stated: “It is very impressive to experience first-hand how this network offers startups and their innovations great support from the

industry to pave the way towards a sustainable future.”

SINN Power's WEC consists of a series of individual modules combined and connected in one rigid structure, allowing it to float on the ocean's surface like an anchored ship.

Through the waves' up-and-down movements, the attached floating modules turn a lifting rod attached to a generator that produces electricity. The CTO Global Forum consists of a unique pitch workshop, several investor rounds with America's best-known cleantech investors and two competitions, the CTO National Challenge and the CTO Global Ideas Challenge to distinguish innovations, both nationally and globally.

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DARSS COMPLETES FAST CUSTOMS TRIO The fast 27 knot Darss is now in service in the German Baltic, rounding off a trio of modern patrol boats completed this year for German Customs authorities, writes Tom Todd Darss is now operating out of the eastern German port of Rostock. It has joined sisters Bremen and Gelting which went into service, respectively, out of Bremerhaven on the North Sea and Flensburg on the western Baltic in March and April of this year. Earlier reports said each of the newbuildings had cost around €4 million.

The 23.99 x 6.49m boats are designed for inshore surveillance, draw 1.5m, displace 55t and carry crews of up to six. All have been built at Estonia's Baltic Workboats for service with Germany's Wasserzolldienst - the marine arm of the Federal German Customs Service.

Baltic Workboats said the development of the new Type Patrol 24 WP wave-piercing boats had been “a long and interesting journey” since the contract was signed in Hamburg in 2016, and had been marked by “close cooperation all along”.

Baltic Workboats said the development of the new Type Patrol 24 WP wave-piercing boats had been “a long and interesting journey” since the contract was signed in Hamburg in 2016, and had been marked by “close cooperation all along” It also said the boats had shown “outstanding performance capabilities in all weathers” - and claimed that “despite the powerful machinery our advanced design and interior assembly provide probably the best low vibration and low noise solution on the market”.

The machinery reference was to the boats' propulsion which comprises, per boat, two diesel-electric MTU 8V2000M72 main engines and ZF gearboxes which the yard said provided up to

27 knots. A Customs spokesman was asked if consideration had been given to LNG propulsion - proving increasingly popular on relatively small ships such as ferries in Germany. The spokesman told MJ LNG was was not an option in this case because of the size of the newbuilds.

Like its two predecessors, Darss carries a 4.5m by 2.1m tender with 60hp 4-stroke propulsion. It also has an IMO Tier 111 diesel particle filter fitted which the Customs said had resulted in “significantly improved waste gas emissions”. The new boats have already also been praised because of what is described as “significantly better” sea-holding characteristics than previous boats of their type.

A Customs spokesman told MJ that it had 28 vessels patrolling the more than 3,000km long German North Sea and Baltic coastlines where 400,000 ship movements are recorded every year.

8 Fast Darss: now serving out of Rostock

A UK shipbuilder is continuing its success in the fast ferry sector having secured an order for four vessels from a Malta-based cruise company.

Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Fortina Investments Ltd, has ordered four newbuild vessels from Wight Shipyard Co. The order consists of two 20m and two 33m catamarans, all to be designed by One2Three Naval Architects.

Peter Morton, CEO of Wight Shipyard, said: "We have been working with One2Three to develop lighter, more fuel-efficient ferries with the subsequent reduction of fuel costs.

The operators see the long-term benefits in using less fuel and thereby reducing carbon emissions. We are also working to integrate

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UK shipbuilder secures Maltese ferry order

8 Captain Morgan Holdings has ordered two 20m and two 33m catamarans from Wight Shipyard Co.

the boarding design for the ancient wharves and docks of the towns of Malta.”

The two newbuild 20m harbour waterbus vessels will replace several older vessels, which already service the harbour routes.

They will be designed to service the low

wharves at each harbour providing easy embarkation and debarkation for passengers while cruising around the harbour.

These vessels will be of a similar design to Wight Shipyard's Loch Ness Jacobite Maverick 20m day cruise passenger catamaran, also designed by One2Three Naval Architects. The new 20m design is a slower harbour waterbus designed for going point to point around the main ports of the capital.

Fortina Investments CEO Edward Zammit Tabona said the vessels are due to launch in May 2020.

The two 33m medium speed vessels are a new design for Wight Shipyard, based on a commuter boat currently used on Sydney harbour.

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A new catamaran passenger ferry features varied boarding options to cater for a wide range of coastal infrastructure around its Spanish network.

Incat Crowther is pleased to announce the launch of Mar de Cies, an Incat Crowther 32 built

by Astilleros Armon for Spanish operator Mar De Ons. Designed specifically for the operation, the vessel demonstrates many benefits of a customised design solution.

Mar De Ons operates to a variety of destinations around the Bays of Vigo and Pontevedra, with varied dockside infrastructure throughout the network. This offers a range of challenges such as dock heights, draft restrictions and interface methods. Mar de Cies has multiple boarding locations, at a range of heights, including aft platforms, main deck gates (aft mid and forward) as well as bow loading over the foredeck. The extremities of the vessel are tailored to facilitate ease of regular berthing manoeuvres, while custom fendering is installed.

The vessel is designed for a low propeller draft to allow access to shallow docks.

The main deck seats 218 passengers at tables, with a large kiosk at the forward end. The open upper deck seats 182 passengers, for a total of 400 passengers. Mar de Cies is built to Astilleros Armon's typical high standards, with high-quality

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interior fitout and passenger amenities.

Passenger flow is aided by multiple wide staircases and access options to both decks of the vessel. For safety, all bulwarks are full height, all but eliminating climbable rails.

The vessel's aluminium hull, while being highly efficient, is also very robust offering low maintenance. The hull form features ultra-low fuel burn as the vessel operates at modest

8 The vessel is designed for a low propeller draft to allow access to shallow docks

engine load. The vessel exceeded 29 knots maximum speed on sea trials. The vessel will operate at 25 knots loaded service speed.

Safety compliance is provided in accordance with the latest EU regulations, a following collaboration with Spanish flag authorities.

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A refit and repower currently being undertaken on a high speed military interceptor will broaden its capabilities for a variety of technology demonstration and research purposes.

Ambex Ltd of Sussex, UK, a well-known military systems integrator, purchased the unusual 50ft composite construction vessel from an undisclosed military source and intend to reconfigure and re-power her for charter with MCA coding.

According to Ambex, potential uses for the refitted platform, that it is estimated will be capable of 50 knots, could range from yacht racing chase boat and military exercise support to a platform for unmanned and autonomous technology R&D. The boat has a large, flat rear deck area suitable for a variety of payloads, making it highly unusual among such high speed vessels, and its wave piercing hull form provides

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relatively low vertical accelerations; a combination that could also make the vessel very appealing as a stable drone launch and recovery platform.

The vessel was one of around 20 VSV (Very Slender Vessel) boats designed by Paragon Mann, some built by Halmatic in the UK, others

by Lurssen in Germany, many of which have seen service in Southeast Asia.

Ambex are replacing the original Seatek diesels with a pair of Caterpillar C7.1s, each pushing 507hp through ZF gearboxes to France Helices surface drives.

8 The wave piercing hullform allows high speeds in adverse conditions

The formerly spartan, military spec interior will be fitted out with berths for a crew of three, with heads and a small galley area. Seven SHOX shock mitigation seats will ensure that personnel will be able to endure the loads of such high speed travel, and Ambex has also invested in a full suite of Simrad navigation and communication equipment to bring the high speed navigation capabilities right up to modern standards.

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NEW DANISH FACILITY FOR RIB BUILDER A well-respected producer of commercial RIBs is moving in order to increase its production capacity and introduce more sustainable production principles.

Tornado Boats International has moved into new, bigger and more sustainable headquarters in Lystrup, Denmark. Offices and warehouses are now under one roof and geographically located with the aim to minimize travel and logistics for both personnel and goods. The new building is thus placed only 500 metres from the Djursland highway, minimizing Co2 emissions as much as possible.

“As the company keeps growing, new facilities and more space have been needed for some time now, and we are introducing a more sustainable production with the move to the new headquarters,” explained Lars Hjorth, owner and CEO of the company.

The company has grown steadily since it moved from England to Denmark in 2008 and Tornado RIBs has been introduced onto new markets, both within and outside the EU. The company got their first dealer in the US last year, and this year, new dealers in countries like Greece, Ireland, Canada and Australia have joined the Tornado family, which has made it even more necessary to expand.

“It is a natural next step for this company. Our new headquarters have large space for stock boats as well as two new big workshops which will give us the production capacity that

we need. And it is possible to add extra square meters in the future, if that is needed,” Lars Hjorth said.

The new building is 1400m2 and has a large space for stock boats, an open office, a conference room, a canteen, a large workshop for fitting of engines, a dedicated workshop area for the dirty work (laminating, gluing, etc.), as well as multiple parking spaces for truck loading.

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BEING PREPARED Delivering against wind farm owners' KPIs of safety and vessel availability is contingent on robust in-house systems and back-office support. US operators should seek to not only meet, but exceed, required safety standards via adoption of ISM-approved Safety Management Systems.

The company said though US market conditions require vessel innovation, operators

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OESV OPERATOR OFFERS US MARKET TIPS A UK-based Offshore Energy Support Vessel (OESV) operator has stressed that proven vessel designs, safety management systems and robust back office support are essential ingredients for growth of the US OESV market.

Seacat Services said it has identified essential ingredients for successful operation and management of crew transfer and logistical support. Its advice covers fleet and crew management, vessels and the supply chain.

Ian Baylis, managing director of Seacat Services, said: “The vessels themselves are just one part of the equation when it comes to effective crew transfer and logistical support - and investing heavily in personnel, systems and relationships from day one is the only way to ensure that a technically capable fleet successfully meets the demands placed on it.”

8 Seacat Services has a fleet of fourteen specialist vessels including the Seacat Intrepid

should capitalise on proven designs and technologies from the global sector.

In turn, independent validation of the technical capability and performance of vessels ensures that they will continue to meet the highest standards throughout their lifetime.

Looking at the supply chain, Seacat Services said strong relationships are essential to de-risking the supply chain for vessel operators. OESV owners and operators should seek to engage and integrate with the local supply chain and build relationships with regional shipyards.

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A UK wildlife charity has recently taken delivery of a clever workboat with configurable deck space for moving livestock, equipment and people with equal efficiency.

Pembroke Dock-based marine engineers and workboat designers and builders Mainstay Marine Solutions has delivered what it calls a 15m 'livestock Cot boat' for the purposes of habitat maintenance for RSPB Northern Ireland.

Designed and built by Mainstay, the 14te vessel will transport livestock, machinery, equipment and people in and around the islands of Lough Erne in Northern Ireland.

Its deck space can be easily reconfigured dependent on the cargo it is carrying and can be dismantled into smaller sections for ease of road transportation, when required.

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STENA LINE TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW FERRY Stena Line has officially taken ownership of its newest ferry Stena Estrid following a handover ceremony at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in north-western China.

Stena Estrid is the first of five next generation Stena Line RoPax vessels that are currently being constructed. The vessel will now embark on a six-week journey to its new home on the Irish Sea, where it will begin service on the Dublin to Holyhead route in January 2020.

Today has been six years in the planning and we are delighted to finally take ownership of the first of our five new ships A further two of the new ferries are also destined for the Irish Sea with Stena Edda expected to commence operations from Belfast to Liverpool next spring, and a third vessel Stena

Embla to be introduced on the same route in early 2021.

Following a signing ceremony, Stena Line's Technical Operations Director Bjarne Koitrand and Stena Estrid's Senior Master Matthew Lynch and crew officially took ownership of the vessel.

“Today has been six years in the planning,” said Bjarne Koitrand, “and we are delighted to finally take ownership of the first of our five new ships. With the new crew now in place, they can

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start the long journey to the Irish Sea, where Stena Estrid will make her new home serving customers between Dublin and Holyhead.”

At 215 metres in length, Stena Estrid will provide freight capacity of 3,100 lane metres, meaning a 50 per cent increase in freight tonnage, and the space to carry 120 cars and 1,000 passengers and crew.

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The approach that sees Sentinel Marine's new-build vessels perform a wide range of tasks from collision avoidance to oil spill recovery, is making waves in other parts of the world according to a company spokesman.

Sentinel Marine chief executive officer Rory Deans said that other geographic regions - as well as other marine sectors - could see the benefits of using emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) that offered flexibility and efficiency. “There is a growing number of multi-role ERRVs being used across the world, everywhere from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic,� he said. “Operators can understand the efficiencies both in monetary and operational terms - of using a vessel than can perform more than one task. There are many opportunities for our fleet outwith the ERRV sector: while there is demand for this type of multi-role vessel in the North Sea, the scope for Sentinel Marine vessels is very wide indeed.�

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One such example is Lundy Sentinel, which is currently chartered by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) for use as a patrol vessel in international and EU waters.

Fisheries inspectors use the ship as a platform for the monitoring, boarding and inspection of fishing boats, as well as associated transport and support vessels.

However, due to her multi-role capabilities, she can also be used in the framework of

European coastguard cooperation for search and rescue, border control, disruption of trafficking routes, detection of criminal activities and enforcement of EU and national legislations.

In the North Sea, ERRV crews would normally expect to be on standby duty near drilling platforms, providing fast response during emergencies. But the type of vessel being pioneered by Sentinel Marine means that, on an average day, personnel might be involved in everything from cargo handling to in-field crew transfers.

The firm currently has eight new-build ships operational, with a further four due for completion and delivery within the next 18 months. The ships - representing an investment of around ÂŁ150m - have been built to a proven design, with those still under construction at the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China offering enhanced capabilities.

The enhancements include increased DP capabilities, with a DP2 class notation, firefighting class 1, oil recovery, liquid mud and dry bulk capacities. All of the vessels have also been designed to provide greater levels of crew comfort, both in terms of facilities and through the use of anti-rolling tanks.

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HIGH-TECH POLICE TRIO READIES FOR ACTION Three just-completed 86.2m ocean-going patrol boats for the German police are proving to be “very solid ships with high operational capability”, reports Tom Todd.

The comment came from Thomas Boelke, a spokesman for the Bundespolizei See - the marine arm of the German Federal Police. It follows the delivery of Bad Düben, the last of three 13.4m wide identical patrol boats completed by Fassmer and costing €180 million. Two hulls were built and partly outfitted at Western Baltija Shipbuilding in Lithuania.

The crews for Bad Düben have entered landbased introductory systems training in Cuxhaven prior to full operation in the new year, along Germany's North Sea and Baltic coasts as well as in international waters if needed. The newbuild will join identical sisters Potsdam and Bamberg. Boelke told Maritime Journal crews on the first two ships were only now completing familiarisation training.

Experience with the ships had been very good, he said, and shortcomings had been removed as they cropped up on each newbuilding. “Particularly impressive has been the positive seakeeping compared with previous ships”, he told Maritime Journal.

One training sector is flight familiarisation, Boelke noted. All three new patrol ships have NATO standard helicopter landing pads and are capable of handling the biggest helicopter currently serving with the Bundespolizei - the Super Puma. “A lot of training hours are required for both ship crews and the helicopter pilots to guarantee safe co-operation”, he said.

Training is also needed to handle the crane lifting and stowage below deck of the five 20ft containers each ship carries. The biggest challenges however, according to Boelke, were faced by the on-board technicians. “Ships of this size with so many capabilities, carry a great deal of very specialist technology and it all has to be

8 Bad Düben wraps up powerful €180 million German Police trio

learned”, he said. It would be “a few months yet before all three ships are ready to take over their set tasks with all their capabilities available”, he told Maritime Journal.

Each of the new boats has two Wärtsilä 12V 26F/4080kW/1000rpm main diesels and two Caterpillar 3508 SCAC gensets as well as two Piening CPP propellers with 2.75m diameter blades. They also carry scrubbers and two transverse thrusters.

Fassmer described the engines, providing 21 knots, as “particularly eco-friendly”.

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Now being assembled in southern Germany after section construction in Hamburg is a new ferry billed as Europe's first inland passenger ship with single LNG fuel engines, writes Tom Todd.

What will eventually be an 82.37m long and 13.4m wide passenger/car ferry has been built in 17 sections at the Pella Sietas Werft in Hamburg for road transport to Fussach on the Lake of Constance, some 800kms south. The first sections, each about 14m long, up to 5m wide and about 4m high, left Hamburg on special low loaders in November. The final load was expected to reach the Lake of Constance early in the new year.

The sections are being welded together in Fussach and finally assembled in the lake ferry port of Staad. The €18 million newbuild, as yet unnamed, is due to enter service in autumn 2020 with Stadtwerke Konstanz - a public utility company operating six ferries on the lake, which borders Germany, Switzerland and Austria.The fleet carries more than four million passengers and about 1.5 million vehicles a year.

The newest ferry will transport some 60 cars and 700 passengers and operate across the lake between Konstanz and Meersburg.

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8 LNG ferry section assembly on the Lake of Constance

lake ferry Lodi, which is driven by 8-cylinder MTU Series 4000 diesels. All the existing Stadtwerke ships are driven by engines from MTU. The German engine builder has its headquarters in Friedrichshafen on the Lake of Constance and is part of Rolls Royce Power Systems.

The new ferry will, however, be fitted with two MTU 8-cylinder Series 4000 single fuel LNG gas

engines, which produce 756kW apiece and drive two Voith Schneider propellers.

MTU said the new ship will be the first inland waterway passenger vessel in Europe to be propelled by these high-speed engines. They are based on MTU's proven 4000 Series diesels for workboats and MTU said that when compared with diesels without exhaust aftertreatment, they emit no soot particles, no sulphur oxides, 90% less NOx and 10% less greenhouse gases.

The Stadtwerke Konstanz will be the first customer to be supplied with the new engines under a co-operation agreement with Rolls Royce which will cover two years of ship trials under continuous monitoring.

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A UK specialist builder of aluminium and steel workboats has recently been awarded the build contract for four patrol boats for Nigeria.

PDL Marine based at Trafalgar wharf in Portchester has been awarded the multiple build contract. The vessels are designed by Bruce Roberts Europe BV, based in the Netherlands who have been working closely with PDL Marine on a variety of projects.

Edgar Van Smaalen of the design team said: “it is great news for the project to have been awarded to PDL and we look forward to continue working closely with the team and ensure another great project is delivered to the client”.

It is a busy time for all the team at PDL Marine, with a 15m high speed Aluminium catamaran workboat also underway.

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RISE IN SHIPBUILDING ‘PATENT PROTECTION’

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A major maritime study has revealed a rapid rise in shipbuilding patent applications as superpowers look to protect and commercially exploit new innovations in technology.

Analysis demonstrated increased 'industrial protection' activity particularly across the Far East, with China and Korea accumulating more than 80% of the production patents alone over the last decade. Meanwhile, the USA, Japan and Europe lag behind as they rely more heavily on traditional technology.

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) located in Portugal is the lead partner in the €1m 'KETmaritime' project, funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Program, via the European Regional Development Fund. The project is being delivered by a consortium of

8 INL site and staff, Braga, Portugal

seven partners across Europe in an effort to identify 'Key Enabling Technologies' to support the future needs and demands of the Atlantic maritime industry.

Speaking about one of five reports in the project, which explores 'Advanced Manufacturing for Shipbuilding Applications', project coordinator, Ana Vila, said partners reviewed global shipbuilding patents published in the last decade and “noted a temporal evolution in the number of patents published”. She added: “The production of patents in the field of shipbuilding has consistently doubled throughout the last decade. This indicates that far from stagnating, innovations in manufacturing are increasing at pace.

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This, in turn, will enable existing workboat, the Sally Ann, to dedicate itself to the company's mainland farms, ensuring faster response times across the estate.

Built by Dutch-based Nauplius Workboats, the 21.2m x 9.3m Fair Isle has a service speed of eight knots, combined with the sturdiness and stability to fulfil duties even in the more extreme weather conditions of Shetland and Orkney.

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Scottish Sea Farms is set to take delivery of a new purpose-built workboat to increase response times to gill health issues.

This is part of a concerted drive by the salmon grower to boost fish welfare and survival, and follows on from its ÂŁ750,000 investment in two gill-health related research projects.

8 Due into service in early 2020 following an 18-month build, the Fair Isle is the latest in a series of investments in gill health by Scottish Sea Farms

anchor-handling, towing and installation operations 5 120m2 working deck capable of carrying up to 60 tonnes of equipment, mooring systems and veterinary medicines 5 Large-sized HS Marine deck crane with three times the lifting capacity of Scottish Sea Farms' existing vessels in Shetland and Orkney, providing an even safer working environment

5 Comfortable onboard accommodation with three individual cabins for crew when working away from home.

Due into service in early 2020 following an 18month build, the Fair Isle is the latest in a series of investments in gill health by Scottish Sea Farms.

The Fair Isle is the second vessel to be built

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MONITORING, CONTROL & AUTONOMY

ADVANCED CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND ALARM SYSTEM A marine and energy automation specialist has successfully completed the delivery of an alarm monitoring and engine control system onboard Dover Harbour Board's tug Doughty Due to obsolescence, the engine control system of the two Wärtsilä marine engines, which propel the 304-gross tonnage tug, needed to be retrofitted. CMR Group was specified to provide a cost-effective control solution using its EPulse system, which could quickly and easily supersede the existing installation.

E-Pulse features an engine control system based around a touch-screen local operating panel (LOP) and main control and safety unit (MCU/RSU) combined with a new AMS. One of the key benefits of the new installation is a dedicated interface utilising the latest technology and open-source program giving full autonomy, independence and flexibility to the customer.

Gerard Baldellou, marine division manager at CMR Group, said that because the E-Pulse system topology is the same as that on the engines, it did not necessitate changing the existing instrumentation, allowing it to be retrofitted easily and simply Moreover, the technology is designed and developed to improve engine safety and enhanced data processing capabilities as it contains all the functionalities for the protection, the monitoring conditions and the control of the engine.

For the DHB Doughty crew, CMR developed an intuitive and more responsive human machine interface (HMI), which displays the critical parameters on the touch screen. Alarm reports have also been installed in accommodation to reduce emergency reaction times.

Gerard Baldellou, marine division manager at CMR Group, said that because the E-Pulse system topology is the same as that on the engines, it did not necessitate changing the existing instrumentation, allowing it to be retrofitted easily and simply.

He said: “We have utilised our certified engineering expertise to deliver advanced control technology, which is not only in compliance with requirements but also delivers long-life capabilities.

“This success shows our strong experience and capability in marine control systems. Regardless of vessel location or type, it shows that we can deliver an effective, fast solution together with a real added value for our customers.”

8 Dover Harbour Board's tug 'Doughty' Inset: E-Pulse features an engine control system based around a touch-screen local operating panel

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on vessel structure or equipment to measure shock and vibration in different locations. With shock mitigation technology enabling boats to be driven harder and faster, determining the effect of impacts on the machinery or electronics is important to their long-term operation.

The internal GPS antenna and selfcalibrating sensors begin recording to the solid-state memory when the unit is powered.

Engine data from the vessels NMEA canbus network can be included, providing Naval Architects with a complete analysis package to produce a detailed summary following vessel trials.

8 Dyena Offshore Premium records detailed information on a vessel's motion, position and performance

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Heavily promoted at the recent Europort Expo, a unique virtualization and visualization platform for dredgers could soon see use in many other vessels.

Alewijnse's first AlViVi system has already been successfully installed on several trailing suction hopper dredgers.

The platform acts as a central hub, centralising and integrating all the dredging process systems, and distributing the visualization of the data to all networked screens on board. Alewijnse claims to have has achieved this first and says it is the only company currently able to offer a fully digitalised platform to the maritime market.

By bringing together multiple systems in one environment, the maintenance and management becomes much easier and efficient.

Updates are better and faster to test or roll back. In addition, the life-time of the software is extended by the independence of the platform and the system is also extremely secure from intruders AlViVi is a unique, fast and flexible platform, consisting of several virtualized dredging process-related systems. It replaces the computers and Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM) equipment and reduces cabling on board the vessel. The platform can visualize multiple ship's systems on individual screens.

Alternatively, a single system can also be

CENTRALISING AND INTEGRATING MULTIPLE SYSTEMS

selected for display on multiple screens around the vessel. This makes it a highly flexible solution for operators on board.

Alewijnse Product Manager Johan van Rikxoort outlines the many benefits: “The platform is fast, user-friendly and extremely reliable, resulting in maximum uptime and optimal operational safety. By bringing together multiple systems in one environment, the maintenance and management becomes much easier and efficient. Updates are better and faster to test or roll back. In addition, the lifetime of the software is extended by the independence of the platform and the system is also extremely secure from intruders.”

8 The platform acts as a central hub, centralising and integrating all the dredging process systems

“An additional benefit considered highly important by Alewijnse for this project is the significant reduction on space and costs of hardware and software maintenance. The solution saves enormously on physical components; the platform takes up 75% less space through much reduced requirements for cabling, computer hardware and cabinets.”

Speaking to an Alewijnse spokesperson at Europort, this integration of systems is a definite stepping stone towards more autonomous workboat operations.

DIGITAL AGREEMENT FOR INMARSAT AND ABB Inmarsat and ABB Marine & Ports, two driving forces behind maritime digitalisation, have signed a milestone Master Supply Agreement.

The agreement between the organisations recognises ABB as a certified application provider (CAP) to work with the Fleet Data IoT platform, developed by Inmarsat and Danelec Marine, which collects information from onboard sensors, pre-processes it, and uploads it to a secure cloud-based database.

“As respective leaders in the field of mobile satellite communications and marine power, control and automation technologies, Inmarsat and ABB combine connectivity and enabling applications at a scale that can be truly transformative,” said Stefano Poli, vice president of business development at Inmarsat Maritime.

The CAP agreement means analytics, monitoring and decision-support software, developed by ABB Marine & Ports to benchmark fleet performance as well as enhance ship efficiency and safety, can seamlessly integrate

with a database via the Fleet Data Application Programming Interface (API).

The implementation of the agreement tackles an obstacle identified by ship owners themselves which has stopped them using IoT (Internet of Things) technology.

A recent 2018 Inmarsat survey of 125 owners found 51% identifying an inability to get data off ships in real-time as their obstacle to IoT adoption.

As respective leaders in the field of mobile satellite communications and marine power, control and automation technologies, Inmarsat and ABB combine connectivity and enabling applications at a scale that can be truly transformative 8 Stefano Poli

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NAVAIDS

METOCEAN AND NAVIGATION BUOYS FOR TRITON KNOLL A specialist company has been hired to install both navigation and monitoring buoys at the huge Triton Knoll offshore wind farm where construction is due to start shortly, writes Dag Pike The UK-based company Partrac, which offers a wide range of coastal and marine related services will supply and install 12 navigation buoys to warn mariners of the location of the construction site as well as two metocean buoys that will supply environmental information to the construction and service crews.

The Triton Knoll wind farm is located approximately 18 miles off the Lincolnshire coast, just to the east of the main shipping channel that leads into the Wash. When completed it will be one of the major North Sea wind farms with its 90 9.5MW turbines generating a total of 857MW. These will generate enough electricity to power more than 800,000 typical UK homes.

Completing the construction of Triton Knoll safely depends on having an excellent management of the offshore site area which totals well over 50 square kilometres Under the terms of the contract, Partrac will supply and install 12 buoys to separate the offshore construction site and act as navigation aids to mariners. These buoys will comprise five cardinal buoys that will marks the extremities of the construction site plus seven special buoys that will mark specific areas. The company will also supply, install and maintain two metocean buoys that are designed to collect information about offshore conditions and will supply information such as wave height, direction and frequency plus water temperature and current velocity and direction.

Additionally, Partrac will provide the data link to facilitate the sharing of this metocean data which will aid in operational decision-making during the construction period. The metocean data will be used daily to help plan, inform and increase the safety of hundreds of heavy lifts and personnel transfers, plus

boulder clearance, subsea and cable lay operations during the construction phase.

The Triton Knoll offshore wind project is owned by Innogy (59%), J-Power (25%) and Kansai Electric Power (16%).

Innogy Triton Knoll project director Julian Garnsey commented, “Completing the construction of Triton Knoll safely depends on having an excellent management of the offshore site area which totals well over 50 square kilometres”. The construction of the offshore wind project is expected to begin in January 2020.

8 Metocean buoy for Triton Knoll

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed marine consultancy ABPmer to provide independent designated person (DP) services, as described in the Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC).

The PLA is a Trust Port and has responsibility for maintaining the safety of navigation for 83 nautical miles of the tidal Thames from Teddington Lock to the Outer Thames Estuary. The PMSC is the national standard for every aspect of port marine safety and stipulates that risk management is used to inform the operation of the marine safety management system (MSMS). The code requires the appointment of a DP to

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PLA appoints ABPmer for DP services

8 The PLA has appointed ABPmer to provide designated person services

provide assurance that the MSMS is compliant and effective.

“Safety of navigation for vessels using the

Thames' wide range of port and marine berths is our key objective,” explained Bob Baker, chief harbour master at the PLA. “With a diverse mix of vessel traffic and an increase in the world's largest container vessels calling into the Thames Estuary, we continue to assess and adapt our procedures to ensure we maintain the very highest levels of navigational safety.”

Monty Smedley, head of maritime at ABPmer, said that the company was delighted to be appointed. “The maritime team at ABPmer look forward to supporting the PLA with port assurance and marine safety management,” he said.

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INSURANCE AND FINANCE DRIVING VESSEL OPERATING COST RISE An international accountant and shipping adviser has predicted that total operating costs in the shipping industry are expected to rise by 2.5% in 2019 and by 2.7% in 2020 Responses to the BDO (formerly Moore Stephens LLP) Shipping & Transport team's latest annual Future Operating Costs Survey revealed that insurance is the cost category likely to increase most significantly in both 2019 and 2020. In the case of protection and indemnity insurance, the predicted increase is 2.0% for each of the years under review, while hull and machinery insurance costs are expected to rise by 1.9% in both 2019 and 2020.

The cost of both dry docking and of repairs and maintenance is expected to increase by 1.8% in 2019 and by 1.9% in 2020, while expenditure on crew wages is predicted to rise by 1.9% in 2019 and by 1.8% in 2020. Other crew costs are expected to increase by 1.8% and 1.7% respectively.

The cost of regulatory compliance was high on the list of concerns cited by respondents to the survey. One respondent said 2020 is “all about environmental regulations and the demand for - and cost of - fuel.” Elsewhere it was noted, the shipping market “will be dominated by the cost of new regulations, not least that relating to compliance with the IMO Sulphur 2020 regulation”.

Crew costs were the other factor uppermost in the minds of respondents. “Manning will continue to be a painful area for ship operators,” said one commentator. Another respondent observed that rising wage costs now represent a real threat to business models, while another anticipates a stronger dollar in 2019/2020, which will affect the main cost of paying seafarer wages.

One year ago, overall expectations of operating cost increases for 2019 averaged 3.1%. The fall now to an estimated 2.5% must be regarded at first blush as good news. But this must be tempered by the knowledge that some significant items of big-ticket expenditure – notably those relating to the cost of complying with new regulations - are waiting in the wings The cost and availability of finance was another issue raised by a number of respondents, one of whom said, “finance - or a lack thereof - is driving consolidation as part of a trend towards creating mega-companies”. They added: “The market is being eroded by capital providers and hedge fund managers who shun efficiency in favour of scale.”

Overall, 25% of respondents (up from the figure of 23% recorded in last year's survey) identified the cost of new regulation as the most influential factor likely to affect operating costs over the next 12 months. Finance costs featured in second place at 15%.

Richard Greiner, Partner, Shipping & Transport at BDO, says: “The predicted 2.5% and 2.7% increases in operating costs for 2019 and 2020 respectively compare to an average fall in actual operating costs in 2018 of 1.8% across all main ship types recorded in the recent BDO OpCost study.

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8 Richard Greiner, Partner, Shipping & Transport at BDO

“One year ago, overall expectations of operating cost increases for 2019 averaged 3.1%. The fall now to an estimated 2.5% must be regarded at first blush as good news. But this must be tempered by the knowledge that some significant items of big-ticket expenditure - notably those relating to the cost of complying with new regulations - are waiting in the wings.”

“Shipping and its regulators have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to improving the industry's carbon footprint, but it is clear that this will come at a price, as will the continuing drive towards greater innovation and technical excellence.

“Experienced owners and managers are well-used to optimising operating cost efficiencies, with one respondent in the survey noting how for some years now the combination of a soft insurance market, cheaper finance and a decline in crew costs had helped to keep operating cost increases below 2% over the past eight years. Current indications are that the influence of such factors is declining and on their own they are unlikely to be enough to stay ahead of the game in the coming years.

“Finance is available for viable projects, but will not come cheap. Crew costs are likely to go up rather than down in the short term. And, perhaps most significantly of all, insurance outgoings are predicted to rise over the next two years at a rate not seen for some time. There have certainly been a number of recent indications that the prolonged soft insurance market conditions in both the commercial and mutual sector may soon start to change. The reasons for this are not entirely clear, but may involve the recent deterioration in technical performance by both the protection and indemnity clubs and hull and machinery underwriters, which could in turn lead to a firming of the rates which owners are required to pay. Then again, we have seen before how difficult it can be to make premium increases stick, particularly in the commercial market.”

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SIMRAD LAUNCHES TWO SMALL BOAT RADARS Electronics specialist Simrad has launched two additions to its range of Halo radars that are specifically designed for smaller craft writes Dag Pike The HALO20+ and HALO20 radars are a pair of compact, pulse-compression units designed for smaller boats with particular application to small workboats such as harbour craft and RIBs. Both radars provide excellent detection with short-range performance, while the HALO20+ has the fastest rotation amongst all small boat radars which gives a rapid picture update making it suitable for high speed boats. The HALO20+ also has a longer detection range and can detect targets farther away than the HALO20.

With its 20-inch radome, the HALO20+ is Simrad's smallest pulse compression radar scanner yet, delivering a full 360degree sweep every second. Simrad says it has an industry-first 60RPM rotation at ranges up to 1.5nm and that these fast updates give operators an almost real-time view of close range activity, helping to avoid collisions and keep track of fastmoving targets.

The HALO20+ and HALO20 radars are a pair of compact, pulsecompression units designed for smaller boats with particular application to small workboats such as harbour craft and RIBs The new radars are made for a wide range of coastal boats with the HALO20+ offering high-quality detection at both short ranges and longer ranges up to 36 miles. It is also possible to monitor two ranges at the same time in the Dual Range mode which means that it is possible to monitor distant coastlines and shipping to help navigation whilst also tracking fast boats that are operating nearby. The radars can detect targets just 6 metres away and a useful feature is beam sharpening which effectively narrows the beam width to aid the separation of targets.

For collision avoidance the HALO20+ delivers instant

feedback on whether targets are moving towards or away from the vessel by means of colour coding. This coding also gives improved situational awareness and reduces the risk of a collision. For this feature the radar automatically checks the Doppler returns for every target in range, so that selection is automatic and does not require user input.

The cheaper HALO20 radar has a detection range of up to 24 miles and it has a smaller footprint and a low profile which makes it suitable for smaller boats. It can track up to 10 targets at any time.

8 For collision avoidance the HALO20+ delivers instant feedback on whether targets are moving towards or away from the vessel

Digital navigation solutions companies merge Two leaders in global digital navigation solutions have merged to create a new company which will offer the largest range of navigation and compliance solutions into the maritime sector.

The merger of ChartCo and Marine Press has seen the creation of a new company called OneOcean.

Nicholas Bourque, president of Marine Press, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;OneOcean will have, by far, the largest R&D capability in the sector and will offer the most innovative solutions for maritime compliance and digital navigation.

The technology roadmap that the combined group is working on is really exciting, building

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8 Nicholas Bourque and Martin Taylor of ChartCo

on 'best in class' solutions from both organisations, and will take ship management into a new digital era.â&#x20AC;?

OneOcean's investment in innovation aims to drive the maritime sector forward, with the overall aim of reinforcing safer, cleaner and more efficient working practices throughout the shipping industry.

During the coming months, the two companies will transition to a single OneOcean business operation. Until then, existing sales and service operations of both ChartCo and Marine Press will continue, and customer operations will remain unchanged.

OneOcean will be the largest single digital solutions company in the maritime industry, serving almost 20,000 vessels and a variety of shore-based stakeholders.

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WORKS IN PROGRESS

A newly launched DSC VHF is under 4 inches deep making it perfect for dash mounting on small commercial RIBs. Measuring just over 6 inches wide and a fraction under 4 inches deep, Standard Horizon's new GX1400GPS/E is designed to fit into the most challenging of locations. The full waterproofing to the IPX8 standard (5ft submersion for 30 minutes) makes it ideal for any open boat where space is limited and the spray may fly.

The DSC (Digital Selective Calling) elements of the Class D GX1400GPS/E contain all the easy-to-operate (E2O) functionality for which Standard Horizon is renowned. The basic functions of Programmable Scan, Priority Scan and Multi Watch are supplemented with other features including programmable soft keys, DSC test calling and a pre-set key to recall up to 10 of the most-used channels.

The GPS element provides a built-in 66 channel GPS receiver. GPS output can be used to add position data to DSC calling with just a few simple steps. The set can also be connected to a compatible chart plotter via NMEA 0183.

To allow the settings to be clearly seen whatever the weather, the GX1400GPS/E carries an oversized full-dot matrix display with

ULTRA-COMPACT WATERPROOF DSC VHF 8 Standard Horizon's new GX1400GPS/E is designed to fit into the most challenging of locations

wide digits and bold text.

The sound output has been optimised too.

With the use of Clear Voice Noise Reduction Technology, the microphone eliminates unwanted background sounds from the engines, wind or waves so transmissions are crystal clear. The microphone also features buttons that allow direct access to Channel 16, the main calling and distress channel and also up/down access to sub channels.

The operator can also toggle easily between 1 Watt and 25 Watts.

The GX1400GPS/E carries the ATIS

(Automatic Transmitter Identification System) mode, which is mandatory for most vessels transiting the commercial waterways of Europe. The set displays a 'Busy' LED indicator, glowing green when a signal is received so the operator can tell at a glance that the set is being interrogated.

As with all Standard Horizon transceivers, it comes with a full 3-year no quibble waterproofing guarantee.

Recommended Retail Price (UK) is £169.95 including VAT.

The GPS element provides a built-in 66 channel GPS receiver. GPS output can be used to add position data to DSC calling with just a few simple steps. The set can also be connected to a compatible chart plotter via NMEA 0183

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OIL SPILL TECHNIQUES TO CLEAN UP OCEAN PLASTIC A consortium of Norwegian researchers and environmental response companies plans to use oil spill response technology to clean up ocean plastic and other marine waste. The group, which calls itself "Clean Oceans," has been designated an "Arena cluster project" by the Norwegian government's R&D agency, Innovation Norway.

The consortium will apply Norwegian oil spill prevention and response technology to help solve the challenges of plastic and other marine waste in oceans and waterways. It has its roots in the Norwegian Oil Spill Control Association (NOSCA), the professional forum for Norwegian oil spill prevention and response companies. Well-known members include Sintef, Framo, Kongsberg Satellite, the Norwegian Coastal Administration and Equinor, among many others.

“The members of NOSCA have for years been developing successful systems for oil spill prevention and response," says Christian Testman, Managing Director of Ocean Visuals and Chairman of the Board of NOSCA. "This process has, however, involved a lot of trial and error and new lessons learned. The results of their efforts can now be translated into commercial systems for collecting marine waste. In Norway, we are already the world leaders for oil spill prevention and response. The position as the world leader for systems to collect marine waste and plastic in the oceans has not yet been taken. We're going to take it."

The Clean Oceans cluster is now part of the Norwegian Innovation Clusters programme, led by Innovation Norway, Siva and the Research Council of Norway. The competitive program consists of 20 "clusters" of companies seeking to innovate cooperatively over the long term.

Photo: NOFO

The skills learnt from developing the means to clean up oil spills are now being used by a Norwegian consortium to target the growing amount of plastic waste littering the World's oceans writes Dag Pike

“We chose the name Clean Oceans because our challenge is now much more than just oil pollution. The problem of plastic in particular is hyper-relevant, but we've also recently seen the extremely harmful effect of toxic algae. We have the knowledge and experience to produce groundbreaking results.

Our new status as a cluster will help us obtain financing so that we can start hiring our own employees,” said Geir Christian Helgesen, a board member of NOSCA and marketing director for Framo.

8 Oil recovery systems can be adapted for cleanup of floating plastics

Bubble barrier aims to collect floating waste A Bubble barrier that is designed to collect floating waste but allow free passage to boats and ships is being established on the Westerdok Canal in Amsterdam under a three-year pilot scheme writes Dag Pike.

The Bubble Barrier is claimed to be the World's first rubbish barrier made entirely from bubbles and the installation on the Westerdok Canal is being established following a series of smaller scale installations. The aim is to collect the floating waste close to source rather than allow it to drift out into the North Sea. A Dutch start-up, the Great Bubble Barrier founded by Thomas van Thiel has worked with the Amsterdam municipality and the regional water board to launch this project which is a simple device that channels rubbish, especially small pieces of plastic, to the side of the Westerdok canal where it can be retrieved. Tests have shown

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8 The bubble barrier is a long, perforated tube with a length of 60 metres that runs diagonally across the bottom of the canal

it can divert more than 80% of floating debris.

“More than two-thirds of plastics in the ocean comes out of rivers and canals so if you have to intercept it, why not do it in the rivers?” says Philip Ehrhorn, co-inventor of the technology. “You can't put a physical barrier in a canal: it has to be open for wildlife and

boats.” Ehrhorn, a German naval architect and ocean engineer, got the inspiration from a water treatment plant he saw while studying in Australia in 2015. “At one stage they aerate the water, and on a big surface put air bubbles like a big jacuzzi,” he said. “The small plastic pieces that people throw in the toilet all collected in one corner and that was the kind of spark for me. If you can guide plastic to the side, can't you do it in a more directed way and on purpose in a river?”

The bubble barrier is a long, perforated tube with a length of 60 metres that runs diagonally across the bottom of the canal. Compressed air is pumped through the tube and rises upwards from the perforations. Any floating debris encountering the wall of bubbles with then be channelled to the side of the canal by the natural water current. Here it is trapped in a small rubbish enclosure on the side of the canal where it can be collected and disposed of.

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OCEAN CLEANUP INTERCEPTOR CATCHES FLOATING WASTE The Dutch inventor behind the Ocean Cleanup system has come up with a way to stop plastic pollution at the source with a floating device to autonomously scoop it out of rivers This Interceptor system uses floating barriers that catch waste floating down a river and guides it towards an opening on the Interceptor and onto a conveyor belt. Here the debris is separated from the water, with the conveyor delivering it into dumpsters on a barge from where it can be taken ashore.

According to Ocean Cleanup these Interceptors can extract 50,000kgs of trash from a river each day. The Interceptor is based on a catamaran hull with the barge carrying the dumpsters floating between the hulls.

The Interceptor is fully solar-powered from panels on its roof and uses onboard lithium-ion batteries that enable it to operate day and night without any noise or exhaust fumes. Its floating barriers cover only half of the river so it will not interfere with other vessels or impede the movement of wildlife.

The recovered debris is automatically distributed across the six dumpsters with sensor data ensuring that the containers are filled equally until they reach full capacity.

An onboard computer system then alerts local operators to bring a boat and to tow the barge of plastic waste away for recycling The recovered debris is automatically distributed across the six dumpsters with sensor data ensuring that the containers are filled equally until they reach full capacity. An onboard computer system then alerts local operators to bring a boat and to tow the barge of plastic waste away for recycling.

The solar panels on the Interceptor can produce 5.6kW

which is then stored in lithium ion batteries with a 20kW capacity. The conveyor belt can extract 24kgs per second and it is reckoned that it will take one hour to fill one barge load of dumpsters to produce a total daily recovery rate of 50,000kgs but of course the recovery rate will depend on the density of the debris floating down the river. It is reckoned that one Interceptor costs â&#x201A;Ź700,000 but as production of these units increases this cost will come down.

Ocean Cleanup has already installed two Interceptor systems in Malaysia, and Indonesia and a third Interceptor will soon be deployed in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Further Interceptors are planned for installation in the Dominican Republic and in Thailand.

8 This Interceptor system uses floating barriers that catch waste floating down a river and guides it towards an opening

Discounted oil spill equipment for Green Award ports Green Award scheme has a new incentive provider: a company that offers an efficient and innovative product to clean up oil spills.

Foru-Solution provides an emergency response equipment to limit the damage from an oil spill. It is available in 2 sizes: FORU 340 (a larger version with higher capacity) and FORU 70 (a smaller version that can be handled by 2 people). These FORU systems can be located at strategic locations such as port areas or alongside inland rivers/waterways, so that the oil recovery can take place very quickly in case of an oil spill, minimising its negative effects. The company is currently investigating possibilities to fit these FORU systems on board seagoing ships in the near future, where skilled crew

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8 Jan Fransen, executive director of the Green Award Foundation; Koos Tamminga, technical director of Foru-Solution; Bert Smit, Sibinga general director of Foru-Solution; Keita Shinohara, certification manager of the Green Award Foundation

members could also react promptly to respond to accidental oil spills.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE AIR CONDITIONING & DEHUMIDIFIERS

BOW & STERN THRUSTERS

CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS

Lemans Nederland BV See under: Winches

Webasto Webasto House, White Rose Way, Doncaster Carr, South Yorkshire, DN4 5JH Tel: +44 1302 322 232 Fax: +44 1302 322 231 info-uk@webasto.com www.webasto.co.uk Webasto offers robust heating and air conditioning solutions for retrofitting or as original equipment. they do this for any type of commercial boat, patrol craft, cargo vessel, passenger boat or naval vessel. We are also now the sole distributor of WhisperPower in the UK.

WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

8 Herbosch-Kiere Marine Contractors Ltd Power Road Studios, Studio 3.4, 114 Power Road, Chiswick, London, W4 5PY Tel: +44 2089 879995 Fax: +44 2089 879994 info.HKMC@eiffage.com www.herbosch-kiere.com Specialist marine contractor for main contracts, sub-contracts and charter works. Large selection of marine plant available incl. barges, rock-dumper, jack ups and heavy lift/salvage cranes. See our website for details.

8 Marine Equipment Services BV Hulsenboschstraat 23, Werkendam, 4251 LR Tel: +31 183 50 20 52 jvm@mestrading.com www.mestrading.com Deck Equipment. Deck Mooring Equipment, Swivelhead Fairleads, Universal Roller Fairleads, Capstans, MES Dolphin Anchors, Pneumatic Rubber Fenders, Winches, EU Rollers, Workboat Tomboy 26. A-frame.

Accommodation Units. Anchors.

Engines. Snatch Blocks. Marine Cranes.

Powerpacks. Smit Brackets. Panama Chocks. Snatch Blocks.

ALUMINIUM STOCKHOLDERS Aalco Metals Limited Test Lane, Nursling, Southampton, SO16 9TA Tel: +44 2380 875200 Fax: +44 2380 875275 southampton@aalco.co.uk www.aalco.co.uk Aalco, a dedicated metals supplier to the Marine Industry, is the UK’s largest independent multi-metals stockholder, with an extensive inventory of aluminium, stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze and nickel alloys in all semi-finished forms.

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

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

Trillo Anclas y Cadenas SLU Parque Empresarial de Coiros, Parcela 10, 15316 Coiros (La Coruna) Tel: +34 981 173478 Fax: +34 981 298705 info@rtrillo.com www.rtrillo.com Chain Cables, Shackles, Swivels, Mooring Gear and Mooring Ropes.

BARGES Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat builders Sub Marine Services Ltd See under: Diving & Marine Contractors 8 Williams Shipping Manor House Avenue, Milbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 0LF Tel: +44 2380 529555 marine@williams-shipping.co.uk www.williams-shipping.co.uk Providing marine and logistics services for over 120 years. Pontoons, Tugs, Workboats, Fast Launches, Multipurpose Barges with cranes. Roadtransportable Multicats, full operational base facilities, craneage and open storage.

BUOYS & BEACONS JFC Marine See under: Navaids

BUSINESS BROKERS & AGENTS ABYA (Association of Brokers & Yacht Agents) The Glass Works, Penns Road, Petersfield, GU32 2EW Tel: +44 1730 266 430 Fax: +44 1730 710 423 jane@abya.co.uk www.abya.co.uk ABYA (Association of Brokers & Yacht Agents) exists to promote the highest standards of professionalism and expert knowledge when selling recreational craft and small commercial vessels. ABYA Members set the standard in Broking and Marine Legal Conveyancing and every member is Qualified, Experienced Professional.

So, when you're buying or selling a vessel, look for ABYA logo to ensure you get professional advice from an ABYA Member.

CHAINS 8 Carlier Chaines SA 37 Rue Roger Salengro, 59733 Saint-Amand cedex Tel: +33 3 27 48 12 00 Fax: +33 3 27 48 95 27 info@carlier-chain.com www.carlier-chain.com/ Carlier Chaines SAS Is producing chain for 90 years. We have many years of experience in manufacturing all kinds of chains, anchors & lifting accessories for any use.

Our production facilities are based in North of France on 10 000 m², where we produce sizes from 10mm to 120 mm diameter. Our quality system is ISO 9001 since nearly 20 years.

Our Forging dept can forge standard & on drawing items (shackles, swivels, fittings, hooks.)

Our mecano welded dept can make any metal structure of maxi 12T (anchor, buoy, port & quay equipment.) This make Carlier Chaines SAS the most reliable partner for chains, fittings, recognize for the quality of the products, service.

MacSalvors Limited Agar Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3RS Tel: +44 1209 212125 Fax: +44 1209 211084 macsalvors@btconnect.com www.macsalvors.com Suppliers of new and used anchors, chains, buoys, kenters, wire rope and shackles etc.

We also purchase anchors and chain. Full chandlery. PPE suppliers including helmets and protective clothing.

CHARTS & PUBLICATIONS I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd See under: Man Overboard Retrieval Systems

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JD Marine & Sons Ltd See under: marine construction

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

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

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

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

Fairleads, deck sheaves, anchors, diesel or electric driven hydraulic power units.

Air tugger winches, wire ropes, slings and shackles. New or reconditioned equipment available.

Fluidmecanica C/Coruña 37, P.O. Box 5220, 36.208 Vigo Tel: +34 986 21 33 29 Fax: +34 986 29 85 18 fluidmecanic@fluidmecanica.com www.fluidmecanica.com From 1977 we design, manufacture and install deck equipment. Towing winches (standard or escort), anchor windlasses, cranes, davits, thrusters, towing hooks, power packs and steering gears.

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

8 Southerly Designs 2 Carrol St, Port Denison, 6525 Tel: +61 8 9927 2750 info@southerly.com.au southerly.com.au Southerly Designs is a leading designer of high speed aluminium working vessels. Specialists in high and medium speed monohull vessels. Patrol and Military vessels. Pilot Launches. Fast fishing vessels. Utility vessels and work boats. Landing craft. Offshore support and crew boats. Over 600 vessels in service. southerly.com.au

DIESEL ENGINES & SPARES 8 Diesel Engines Online BV Augustapolder 11, 2992 SR Barendrecht Tel: +31 180 699273 Fax: +31 180 699274 www.dieselenginesonline.com Diesel Engines Online B.V. is an independent supplier for Genuine Cummins spare parts and Cummins diesel engines.

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

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

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INDUSTRY DATABASE

8 Premier Separator Services Limited Unit 1B, Lake Industrial Way, Newport Road, Isle of Wight, PO36 9PL Tel: +44 2381 800 107 info@premiersepservices.com www.premiersepservices.com/ We offer our clients a one stop shop for Alfa Laval and Westfalia separators, plate heat exchanger spare parts and service. Aqua Zorb water free cell – Removing water from your diesel, petrol, AVGAS, Hydraulic and petroleum tank by just inserting Aqua Zorb .

8 RK Marine Ltd Hamble River Boatyard, Bridge Road, Swanwick, Hampshire, SO31 7EB Tel: +44 1489 583572 Fax: +44 1489 583172 sales@rkmarine.co.uk www.rkmarine.co.uk RK Marine is the South Coast’s main Volvo Penta Centre.

Specialists in supporting the commercial marine industry. Services include engine sales, repairs, overhauls, parts sales and boat yard services.

8 Volspec Ltd Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 8SE Tel: +44 1621 869756 Fax: +44 1621 868859 enquiries@volspec.co.uk www.volspec.co.uk Volspec Ltd the UK’s premier Volvo Penta Centre with the UK’s largest stock of genuine spare parts, engines and accessories for the marine, commercial and industrial markets.

Competent factory trained workshop based or mobile engineers ready to assist whenever required to both UK and international customers. Our online web shop available for UK and many European markets at www.volvopenta.com/volspec/en-GB WKM Cornelisse Trading BV Leerbroekseweg 43, PO Box 146, Gorinchem, 4200 AC Tel: +31 345 517 122 Fax: +31 345 684 230 info@wkmcornelisse.com www.wkmcornelisse.com Replacement parts for Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, John Deere, Deutz, FP Diesel. Buying and selling engines, pumps, separators, fenders, winches, cranes, governors, tools, gensets second hand. Separators.

Distributors for J.A.McDermott Corp WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

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

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DISTRESS SIGNALS & PYROTECHNICS 8 Dacon AS Gamle Ringeriksvei 6, Stabekk, Oslo, 1369 Tel: +47 21 06 35 10 rescue@dacon.no www.dacon.no/ Norway's leading supplier of lamps and portable lighting for professional use, transport boxes, portable fans, inspection equipment for visual condition control, man-overboard boarding systems etc.

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

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

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

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

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

8 Quest Underwater Services Ltd Ferryman’s Way, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9YU Tel: +44 1929 405029 Fax: +44 1929 405472 info@questmarine.co.uk www.questmarine.co.uk Diving and marine contractors. Full civils underwater package withal boats, plant and equipment in -house. Specialist in mooring work, salvage and use of explosive, welding and burning. 24-hour availability, over 30 years of experience.

8 Sub Marine Services Ltd The Docks, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4NR Tel: +44 1326 211517 Fax: +44 1326 211757 sms@submarinesevices.com www.submarineservices.com Underwater engineers and marine contractors. Full classification society approvals for in-water ship hull survey and maintenance. Range of floating plant for dredging, piling and marine civils. 30 years’ experience.

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

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

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

See Baars Confloat BV at Pontoons and or Modular Pontoon Systems

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

8 Jenkins Marine New Harbour Road West, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4AJ Tel: +44 1202 668558 Fax: +44 1202 669209 office@jenkinsmarine.co.uk www.jenkinsmarine.co.uk Dredging contractors, owners and operators of self-propelled dredge pontoons, split hopper barges, Workboats, tugs and flat deck barges (available with spud legs) 8 Rohde Nielsen A/S Forge Meadow, London Street, Whissonsett, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5ST Tel: +44 1328 701300 Fax: +44 1328 701590 mail@rohde-nielsen.dk www.rohde-nielsen.com.

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

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

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

Neptune Shipyards BV See under: Workboat Builders 8 Seadrec Ltd Blackhall House, Blackhall Lane, P O Box 45, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 1HH www.lobnitz.com/sdabout.html We specialise in dredge and associated ship construction based on over 150 years of experience in designing and supplying all types of dredges, dredging systems and components to the Civil Dredging Industry, e.g. Port Authorities, Dredging Contractors & Marine Aggregate Producers.

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

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

Van Oord UK Ltd Bankside house, Henfield Road, Small Dole, West Sussex, BN5 9XQ Tel: +44 1273 494843 infogb@vanoord.com www.vanoord.com Van Oord is one of the UK’s leading dredging and marine contractors. We offer pioneering solutions to marine challenges specialising in dredging, land reclamation and port developments.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Wyre Marine Services PO Box 555, Fleetwood, Lancs, FY7 6GE Tel: +44 7712 200200 info@wyremarine.co.uk www.wyremarine.co.uk Grab hopper dredgers. Water injection dredger. Ideal for marinas. Ploughing/bed levelling etc. Road transportable workboats and safety boats for marine construction and dredge support

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

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INDUSTRY DATABASE ELECTRONICS

FINANCE

Neyland Marine Services Limited See under: Electrical installations & repairs

Close Brothers Limited T/A Close Brothers Aviation and Marine Wimbledon Bridge House, 1 Hartfield Road, London, SW19 3RU Tel: +44 2036 425907 info@closeaviationandmarine.co.uk www.closemarine.co.uk Our team of marine specialists provide specialist finance for leisure motorboats and yachts, superyachts and a range of commercial vessels. They use their extensive knowledge and expertise to support customers in fully understanding the processes and costs involved with ownership, along with creating bespoke finance packages to meet their individual requirements.

EXHAUST SYSTEMS Halyard 86 Cobham Road, Ferndown Ind Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7PQ Tel: +44 1722 710922 technical@halyard.eu.com www.halyard.eu.com UK based exhaust system, noise and vibration control and filtration specialist. halyard designs manufactures and distributes high quality, technically advanced exhaust system and other engine room noise and vibration control equipment. Halyard offers solutions including a standard range of composite silencers, seperators, GRP tubes & shapes, rubber and silicone hose, bellows & shapes and clamps through to sophisticated, bespoke exhaust systems including DPF and SCR after treatment solutions

FENDERS / FENDERING Battley Marine Ltd East End House, Billingford, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RD Tel: +44 1362 668641 Fax: +44 1362 668930 battleymarine@gmail.com www.battleymarine.com Fenders - New and second-hand: all types. Pneumatic (to ISO 17357), Foam, Rubber & Plastic. First Yokohama approved fender repair company worldwide in 1976.

Inspection, refurbishment, renetting services also available (no fix, no fee).

Batmar Super Sliding Fender (HDPE): the recycled plastic alternative to timber.

Pneumatic and Foam fenders available for Hire at competitive rates – all sizes.

ISO 9001:2008 certified.

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

8 Fender Innovations Westrak 240, 1771 SV Wieringerwerf Tel: +31 22 37 64 170 info@fenderinnovations.nl www.fenderinnovations.nl Tailor designed and produced Fender Systems specifically adapted to the field of operation. Shared properties of the systems are a minimal weight and long lasting durability. Various mounting options. For almost every application such as: tenders, fast rescue, research and survey, wind farm support Vessels, heavy duty ribs, superyacht tenders, unmanned marine systems 8 Manuplas Unit 18 Estover Rd, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7PY Tel: +44 1752 771740 sales@manuplas.co.uk www.manuplas.co.uk Manuplas design and manufacture vessel fendering, quayside fenders, navigation buoys, mooring buoys and subsea buoys. Manuplas supply to ports, harbours, navies, boat builders and operators and the offshore energy market.

8 Shawbrook Bank Prospero, 73 London Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1LQ Tel: +44 7789 685357 / +44 7799 134682 paul.ratcliffe@shawbrook.co.uk www.shawbrook.co.uk/marine Specialist marine finance provider for UK based SME companies. Marine mortgages available for workboats, WFSV’s, tugs, barges, dredgers, ferries, Thames river craft, hire fleets, coastal ships and other commercial vessels.

8 Marinex Fire Protection Benllech, Anglesey, Wales, LL74 8NS Tel: +44 1248 851000 Fax: +44 1248 852809 marinexinfo@marinexfire.co.uk www.marinexfire.co.uk Classification Society standards for fire alarm systems, fire extinguishing systems and marine equipment servicing. Supply, install and service of fire detection systems. Fire suppression / extinguishing via Stat-X, CO2, Fog and Novec. Manufacturers of MCA approved fire warning and detection systems.

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

GENERATORS, GEN SETS & AUXILIARIES

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

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

FIRE PROTECTION 8 Global Insulation (European) Ltd Unit 84, Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0EL Tel: +44 2392 462113 globalinsulate@btconnect.com www.globalinsulation.co.uk Suppliers and Installers of Thermal and Fire Insulation on Aluminium & Steel Structures. 20 years, involvement in marine projects for thermal, acoustic and passive fire protection to many prestigeous vessels.

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8 Sulzer Electro Mechanical Services (UK) Ltd Southampton Service Center, Centurion Industrial Park, Bitterne Road West, Southampton, SO18 1ZA Tel: +44 2380 631611 service.uk@sulzer.com www.sulzer.com Sulzer is one of the leading independent electromechanical maintenance providers and repairers of all types of motor, generator and their auxiliary equipment. When pumps, turbines, compressors, generators, and motors are essential to operations, we offer technically advanced and innovative solutions. We support you by delivering specialized services for vessels in dock or at sea. A full range of services are available from our UK based hub in Southampton, or from any one of our global electromechanical facilities.

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

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

HEAT EXCHANGERS & MARINE TUBING EJ Bowman (Birmingham) Ltd Chester Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4AP Tel: +44 1213 595401 Fax: +44 1213 597495 info@ejbowman.co.uk www.ejbowman.co.uk E J Bowman is a leading manufacturer of heat exchangers for a wide range of marine cooling applications. The product range includes heat exchangers, oil coolers and charge air coolers for marine engines, gearboxes, thrusters, stabilisers, power steering, generators, hydraulic power packs, winches and other deck equipment.

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Krueger Ltd Krueger House, Queensway, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5NN Tel: +44 1425 619869 Fax: +44 1425 638640 info@krueger.co.uk www.krueger.co.uk Est 1979, Krueger design, supply and install heating systems, air conditioning and seating to all types of commercial vessels complying with DNV, Lloyds, Rena and MCA for in build or retrofit.

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

HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS 8 Advanced Component Technology Ltd Unit 4, Ryefield Way, Silsden, Yorkshire, BD20 0EF Tel: +44 1535 650010 Fax: +44 1535 657674 sales@adcomtec.co.uk www.adcomtec.co.uk ACT are the UK hub distribution centre for Kawasaki hydraulic products, a full range of Staffa motors, Kawasaki pumps, Staffa brakes, Staffa gearboxes are stocked in our new purpose built warehouse.

8 Brimmond Group Tofthill Avenue, Midmill Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, AB51 0QP Tel: +44 1467 633805 www.brimmond-group.com/ At Brimmond Group we specialise in mechanical, hydraulic or electrical solutions. Our highly qualified engineers can design, manufacture, service and repair a vast range of equipment to meet any client’s needs.

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INDUSTRY DATABASE INSURANCE SERVICES

LIFTING GEAR

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

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

JACK-UP BARGES Fastnet Shipping Ltd See under: Workboats

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT Adec Marine Limited 4 Masons Av, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 9XS Tel: +44 2086 869717 Fax: +44 2086 809912 sales@adecmarine.co.uk www.adecmarine.co.uk Servicing and hire of liferafts, boats and lifejackets. Sales of a complete range of marine safety and firefighting equipment to Solas and Med. 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 Manufacturer of high quality Lloyds and ABS approved cabinets for the storage of on board safety equipment. They are designed to provide long term effective protection in all marine environments.

MAN OVERBOARD RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS Energy Marine (International) Ltd 12 Clipstone Brook Ind Estate, Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TX Tel: +44 1525 851234 Fax: +44 1525 852345 info@engmar.com www.engmar.com The UK importers and distributors of the Markusnet MOB retrieval systems manufactured by Markus Lifenet in Iceland and applicable for all types of boats, ships and offshore installations.

8 I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd 15 Moor Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 8AZ Tel: +44 1202 657814 info@icbrindle.com www.icbrindle.com I.C.Brindle & Co Ltd , specialise in man overboard , lifesaving equipment and waterside safety for the commercial shipping industry as well as being one of the leading publishers of Maritime training publications

MARINE CIVILS

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

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

LIFERAFTS

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

8 Marine Fire Safety Limited Hays Bridge Business Centre, Brickhouse Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8JW Tel: +44 1342 844379 Fax: +44 1342 843172 info@marinefiresafety.co.uk www.marinefiresafety.co.uk Marine Fire Safety are UK distributors for CSM liferafts. Offering Hire, Supply and Maintenance throughout the UK. ISO and Solas Shipswheel marked life rafts available to suit all small commercial vessels.

8 JD Marine & Sons Ltd Lock Head, Kings Dock, Swansea, SA1 1QR Tel: +44 1792 457174 enquires@jdmarineandsons.com www.jdmarineandsons.com/ JD Marine operate a fleet of vessels from a strategic position covering the UK. With many years’ experience in the marine sector and a highly skilled workforce enable JDM to provide a diverse range of services from inland waterway work, jetty/pier construction & repairs, marine civils & vessel hire.

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

8 Land & Water Group Ltd Weston Yard, Albury, Surrey, GU5 9AF Tel: +44 8442 251958 Fax: +44 8448 751261 enquiries@land-water.co.uk www.land-water.co.uk With forty years’ experience, we bring reassurance, innovation, inspiration and future-proof results to projects in the sensitive habitats where land and water meet.

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Medtow Marine Ltd Kent, DA37LS Tel: +44 7831 168996 Fax: +44 1474 833336 medtowmarine@yahoo.co.uk Piling, jetty maintenance/demolition, floating crane hire, tugs, workboats, lighter hire, pontoon hire, welding, river transportation of materials and equipment, licensed Boat masters watermen and lightermen.

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

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

8 Van De Grijp Buizen (Pipes & Parts) BV Rietgorsweg 11, PO Box 72, Papendrecht, 3350 AB Tel: +31 786 446 464 Fax: +31 786 446 465 sales@vandegrijp.com www.vandegrijp.com VandeGrijp is an independent company specialized in production of steel tubes, piles and tubular constructions made to customer’s specifications.

VandeGrijp excels in production of heavy steel constructions.

MARINE RENEWABLES 8 Outreach Ltd Abbots Road, Middlefield Industrial Estate, Falkirk, FK2 9AR Tel: +44 1324 889000 Fax: +44 1324 888901 mailbox@outreach.plc.uk www.outreach.plc.uk We provide versatile hydraulic lifting equipment solutions for offshore platforms, wind energy installations, shipbuilding and marine sectors.

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

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

Approved examiners for the Scms Certifying Authority for small commercial vessels under 24m length. Surveyors at Southampton, Liverpool and Rotterdam.

Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association The Glass Works, Penns Road, Petersfield, GU32 2EW Tel: +44 1730 710 425 Fax: +44 1730 710 423 jane@ybdsa.co.uk www.ydsa.co.uk YDSA (Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association) Members provide design and surveying services to all recreational boats and small commercial vessels.

YDSA has been setting the standard in Yacht Surveying and Design since 1912 and every member is a Qualified, Experienced Professional. So, for Prepurchase, Insurance, Damage, Refit, Registration, MCA Coding, or Valuation Surveys look for the YDSA logo to ensure you get professional advice from a YDSA member.

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

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

8 Radamec Control Systems Ltd Unit A1, Argents Mere, Cyril Vokins Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5XB Tel: +44 1635 40528 Fax: +44 1635 47453 sales@radamec-controls.co.uk www.radamec-controls.co.uk Radamec Control Systems Limited (RCS) has been in operation over 50 years, (previously NDC until 1985) and has an established reputation for quality approved marine control systems.

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

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

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

8 Sealite United Kingdom 11 Pinbush Rd, Lowestoft, Suffolk Tel: +44 1502 588026 Fax: +44 1502 588047 uk@sealite.com www.sealite.com Sealite develops and manufactures high-tech marine Aids to Navigation, servicing customers worldwide to enhance the safety and efficiency of international waterways. Sealite’s innovative products include solarpowered LED marine lanterns, bridge, barge and area lighting, marine buoys and monitoring and control systems.

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

NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS

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

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

OCEANOGRAPHIC / HYDROGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 8 Valeport Ltd St Peter's Quay, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5EW Tel: +44 1803 869292 Fax: +44 1803 869293 sales@valeport.co.uk www.valeport.co.uk Wave recorder, tide gauge, sound velocity, CTD, echo sounder, current meter, logger, bathymetry, water level, hydrographic, oceanographic, depth sensors, wave measurement.

OFFSHORE SUPPORT HVS Dredging Support BV Vijver 12, Harlingen, 8861 BS Tel: +31 653 663 292 info@hvsds.nl www.hvsds.nl HVS Dredging Support BV is a company specialized in supporting offshore dredging and Renewable energy projects worldwide. Throughout the years we have established a modern fleet in which we have built our over more than 40 years of experience

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

Tidal Transit Limited Unit 2, Docking Rural Workshops, Station Road, Docking, Norfolk, PE31 8LT Tel: +44 1485 518760 +44 7767 701434 Fax: +44 1485 518733 Leo@tidal-transit.com www.tidal-transit.com TTL offers fast, efficient, crew transfer using custom-built, stable, MCA category 1, high specification, wind farm support vessels, operated by qualified, local, knowledgeable professionals.

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL

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

8 Adler & Allan Ltd 80 Station Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1HQ Tel: +44 800 592827 sales@adlerandallan.co.uk www.adlerandallan.co.uk Emergency environmental spill response and planning services, accredited by the International Spill Accreditation Scheme - third-party Tier 2 Oil Spill Response Organisation for sheltered/enclosed waters, coastal & large estuary and shoreline clean-up

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8 Lamor Corporation UK Ltd 3 Medina Court, Arctic Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7XD Tel: +44 1983 280185 Fax: +44 1983 280056 uk.info@lamor.com www.lamor.com Lamor is the world leader in the manufacture of products and services for the Oil Spill Response Industry. We design and produce Booms, Skimmers, Pumps, Dispersant systems, Vessels and we also design recovery systems to be built into new and older vessels.

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

PILOT BOATS

PR, MEDIA & ADVERTISING AGENCIES

8 Marine Designs DockMaster pontoons South West Shipyard, Ponsharden, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 2SE Tel: +44 1326 214750 Fax: +44 1326 678246 info@marinedesigns.co.uk www.marinedesigns.co.uk Marine access solutions for commercial berthing. We design, manufacture and install large pontoons & floating piers for a variety of operators, ranging from ferries to rescue services, port operators and the offshore wind industry. In 2007 we introduced the award winning DockMaster concrete pontoon range, a heavy duty system capable of providing berthing solutions for vessels up to 20,000 tonnage. DockMaster offers a long life product with excellent stability and wave attenuation performance.

Marine Designs Ltd is part of the A&P Group.

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

PAINTS & COATINGS MATERIALS 8 Beegrip c/o WeWork, No 1 Spinningfields, Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3JE info@beegrip.com www.beegrip.com/ Engaged in UK design and manufacturing with global sales and marketing. Beegrip supplies Bimagrip® – the only high performance, anti-skid coating system with a 25-year marine industry track record.

Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd Stather Road, Flixborough Industrial estate, Scunthorpe, DN15 8RR Tel: +44 1724 400000 enquiries@jotun.co.uk www.jotun.co.uk Jotun Paints offer a full range of antifoulings, anticorrosive protective coatings and decorative paints for steel, aluminium, wood and GRP surfaces.

8 SML Marine Paints The Downs, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, GL7 6DD Tel: +44 1285 862132 Fax: +44 1285 861590 info@smlpaints.co.uk www.smlmarinepaints.co.uk One of Jotun’s largest marine distributors. Supplying large and small orders for same day dispatch and next day UK delivery.

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

PONTOONS

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

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

PILOT & PATROL CRAFT

Datum Electronics See under: Electrical Systems

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

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

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8 Marspec Engine Consultants 26 Carr Hill Lane, Sleights, Whitby, North Yorkshire Tel: +44 1947 810842 office@mar-spec.com www.mar-spec.com Marine propulsion and power generation large engine specialists covering all types of diesel and gas engines and exclusive official worldwide distributors of Hydro-Diesel fuel.

8 Sleipner Motor Ltd 3 Kingswood Court, South Brent, Devon, TQ10 9YS Tel: +44 1364 649400 Fax: +44 1364 649399 www.side-power.com Sleipner are the market leaders in SE electric and SH hydraulic bow and stern, SEP DC proportional S-link Variable Speed Controlled, SX externally mounted, SR retractable and SEip ignition protected/waterproof tunnel thrusters.

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

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

PROPULSION SYSTEMS 8 Marine Jet Power AB Hansellisgatan 6, Uppsala, SE-754 50 Tel: +46 10 164 10 00 sales@marinejetpower.com www.marinejetpower.com For more than 30 years, Marine Jet Power (MJP) has been redefining the waterjet market with innovation and unsurpassed quality.

Engineered and built in Sweden, MJP’s proven stainless steel, mixed-flow waterjets are used in many diverse applications, from fast military craft and passenger vessels to workboats worldwide.

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8 WaterMota Ltd Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ Tel: +44 1626 830910 Fax: +44 1626 830911 dm@watermota.co.uk www.watermota.co.uk WaterMota has been supplying the marine industry with engine room packages since 1911.

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

PUMPS

RECRUITMENT

SAFETY HOOKS

8 Seamariner Ltd Seamariner Ltd, The Square, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1TA Tel: +44 2380 840374 admin@seamariner.com www.seamariner.com Seamariner Limited are Marine Recruitment Specialists and have been established since 1992. We hold ISO 9001:2015 accreditation by Lloyds Register and are MLC, 2006 compliant.

We supply temporary and permanent seafarers to shipping companies worldwide and our expertise is the basis of our continued success.

Having dedicated Recruitment Consultants for each discipline, ship owners will often be guided by our indepth knowledge. Our logistical support team ensures the recruitment process is smooth and efficient.

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

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

8 Gianneschi Pumps and Blowers srl Via Luigi Gianneschi, Capezzano Pianore, 55040 Tel: +39 0584 365101 Fax: +39 0584 969411 info@gianneschi.net www.gianneschi.net Gianneschi Pumps and Blowers designs and produces a wide range of products like pumps, water heaters, fans and fresh/sea water systems.

Products are tested before delivered to the customers.

RORO SOLUTIONS

RIBS (Rigid Inflatable Boat)

Cotesi UK Ltd 10 Ripponden Business Park, Oldham Road, Ripponden, UK, HX6 4DJ Tel: +44 1422 822000 Fax: +44 1422 821007 enquiries@cotesi.co.uk www.cotesi.co.uk Cotesi UK is a manufacturer / supplier of Mooring ropes in different materials from Polypropylene to HMPE Dyneema, Nylon, Polyester, Polysteel, Tow lines, winch lines. Polyform Buoys, Fenders, floats

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

ROVS Marine investments Ltd Lower Key House, Dorchester Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9RD Tel: +44 1935 471892 info@johnhowardandassociates.com www.underwater-drone.co.uk CCROV Back to the Sea, the first underwater Robot with real 4K camera, the smallest size on the market.

Underwater observation and recording, Inspection, research & rescue operations, record and view, exploration, diving & Sea fishing.

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

Port and harbour monitoring. Telemetry SystemsWater Quality sensors.

Retro Bridge BV Bruistensingel 152, 5232 AC, Hertogenbosch Tel: +31 73 640 87 70 Fax: +31 73 644 23 69 sales@retrobridge.com www.retrobridge.com Come to us to Rent, Lease or Buy a RoRo facility. We look forward to helping you.

ROPES

Seago See under: Liferafts 8 Van Beelen Group PO Box 6, 1970 AA IJmuiden Tel: +31 255 560 560 Fax: +31 255 512 964 info@vanbeelengroup.nl www.vanbeelengroup.nl Manufacturer of rope and netting.

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

SAFETY

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

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 8 Network Innovation Solutions Limited Farncombe Estate Broadway, Harveys place, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ Tel: +44 2082 866768 info.UK@networkinv.com www.networkinv.com/ Network Innovations provides satellite communication solutions that empower you with reliable voice and data connectivity across the globe.

8 The AST Group Head Office: Satellite House, Bessemer Way, Harfreys Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LX Tel: +44 1493 440011 Fax: +44 1493 249721 info@theastgroup.com www.theastgroup.com The AST Group consists of ten individual companies each possessing individual specialist abilities, serving the United Kingdom, Africa, America, Asia and Australia. AST has a proven track record in delivering high profile satellite and radio based communications projects and m2m solutions.

AMI Marine Ltd See under: Navigation Equipment

SEATING & CHAIRS

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

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

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8 SHOXS Seats 102-2932 Ed Nixon Terrace, Victoria, BC, V9B 0B2 Tel: +1 206 962 1986 bryanwood@shoxs.com www.shoxs.com Recently Selected by the Royal Navy following the most exhaustive evaluations in history, SHOXS ultra-light and versatile technology unequivocally beat out every other competitor on the planet. SAFETY. TRUST.

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

Vessel re-activation and delivery service.

8 St Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry Stolt-Nielsen House, 1-5 Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 0BQ Tel: +44 1708 380400 Fax: +44 1708 380401 mail@stkittsnevisregistry.net www.stkittsnevisregistry.net/ As St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg) enters its 15th year since established by the Government, it continues to grow in number of ships and gross tonnage registered. As one of the constituent parts of the Governments’ plan to revitalise the country’s economy to a “serviceorientated economy

SOLICITORS 8 Scott Bailey Solicitors 63 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9ZT Tel: +44 1590 676933 Fax: +44 1590 679663 alice@scottbailey.co.uk www.scottbailey.co.uk Our broad range of skills mean that we can offer bespoke, cost-effective legal services for both commercial and private clients in the marine industry.

Our experience is derived from many years of practical involvement covering a wide range of issues in the marine environment. We believe in delivering timely, innovative and practical legal solutions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feel how Seakeeper will change your experience.

STEERING GEAR WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

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

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

TRANSMISSIONS WaterMota Ltd See under: Propulsion Systems

TUGS Herman Sr bv Aventurijn 202, Dordrecht, 3316LB Tel: +31 78 619 25 07 info@hermansr.com www.hermansr.com Herman Senior is a family owned tug and workboats company and is established in Dordrecht the Netherlands. It is active in the Dredging, offshore renewables, oil & gas industry. With our versatile fleet of Shoalbusters and Multicats and over 30 years of experience we are specialists in: Towing, Anchor handling, Survey, Seabed ploughing, Dredging support, Offshore renewables support.

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

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

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE 8 DSB Offshore Ltd Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW6 3JD Tel: +44 2073 842882 brokers@dsboffshore.com www.dsboffshore.com Specialist shipbrokers handling the sale & purchase and chartering of Tugs, Jack-ups, barges, Split hoppers, Dredgers and various Workboats etc.

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

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

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

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR 8 Dixon Group Europe Ltd 350 Leach Place, Walton Summit Centre, Lancashire, PR5 8AS Tel: +44 1772 323529 sales@dixoneurope.co.uk www.dixoneurope.co.uk Dixon is a premier manufacturer and supplier of marine fluid transfer products including a range of water strainers, inlet scoops, thru hull fittings, valves, couplings, pipe fittings and hose assemblies.

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8 Inventory Locator Service (ILS) 8001 Centerview Parkway, Memphis, TN 38018 Tel: +1 901 794 5000 marketing@ILSmart.com www.ILSmart.com ILS specializes in solving critical shortages in the maritime supply chain, making it easier for purchasers to find the parts they need, 8 Medtec Design Services Ltd RNLI Offices, Clarence Road, East Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO32 6HB Tel: +44 1983 294974 dcarley@medtec.co.uk www.medtec.co.uk/ MedTec offer a CAD and engineering design service supporting clients through every stage of the design process, with the capability and knowledge to offer complete turnkey solutions 8 Nero Pipeline Connections Ltd Unit 2, Union Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3EX Tel: +44 1216 653 900 Fax: +44 1216 653 909 info@nero.co.uk www.nero.co.uk Nero Pipeline Connections is a market leading distributor of stainless pipeline products and has been specialising in the supply of high quality pipe fittings and valves for over 25 years.

WATERPROOF COMMUNICATIONS 8 Iridium Waterproof Communication Systems Porthusvej, Kvistgaard Tel: +45 43 43 26 26 info@iwcs.eu https:www.iwcs.eu IWCS is a leading supplier of waterproof wireless intercom system for marine and mission critical use. At IWCS we are dedicated to developing advanced and user-friendly marine intercom systems providing our professional customers trouble-free communication even under the most demanding conditions.

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

Bezemer Dordrecht BV PO Box 154, Bunsenstraat 49, Dordrecht, 3316 GC Tel: +31 786 181 000 Fax: +31 786 187 019 info@bezemer.com www.bezemer.com Sales, Rentals, Services, Engineering Pipe Pulling Equipment, Mooring Systems, Winches, Storage Reels, Deck Sheaves, Anchor Fairleaders, Roller Fairleaders, Measuring Shackles, Line Tension Meters.

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

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

Ibercisa Deck Machinery Molinos 25, (Pontevedra), 36213-Vigo Tel: +34 986 213 900 Fax: +34 986 202 779 sales@ibercisa.es www.ibercisa.es Total Integration with automatic control systems and remote monitoring.

Specialist in AC electric winches with energy regeneration for ECO-tugs, AHTS Vessels, Trawlers. Winches for AHTS Vessels with PM Electric motors.

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

Lemans Nederland BV PO Box 527, Bergen op Zoom, NL 4600 AM Tel: +31 164 680 097 Fax: +31 164 681 971 info@lemans-nederland.eu www.lemans-nederland.nl Lemans Nederland bv is a company situated in the south-west of The Netherlands. We are specialised in hoist, lift, push and towing equipment. As well as deck, dock and quay equipment.

Our delivery program consists of for example: Winches, windlasses and capstans (standard and custom built; manual, electric or hydraulic; planetary gear unit, worm-gear, spur-gear, etc; to handle wire, umbilical, rope, chain-cable, etc; Either for anchor handling; mooring; fishing; dredging; towing; tug etc), some even from stock. Otherwise with quite short lead times.

WINDOW WIPERS 8 Durowipers Unit 20, Oldends Lane Industrial Estate, Stonehouse, Glos, GL10 3RQ Tel: +44 1453 820972 Fax: +44 1453 820979 sales@durowipers.co.uk www.durowipers.co.uk Design and manufacture of high performance window wipers.

Three year Warranty. DuroWiper Pantographs and Pendulums have a Patented twin drive rotary transfer box giving a remarkable smooth, powerful and reliable performance.

WORKBOAT BUILDERS 8 Aister C/Baixada do Cocho, nº 228, A Guia – M, Meira – 3, MOAÑA, 6955 Tel: +34 986 240 294 Fax: +34 986 240 157 i.defrancisco@aister.es www.aister.com/en Safe, reliable and designed for work aluminium boats: bespoke patrols, SAR boats and passenger catamarans.

Alicat Workboats Ltd Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0JJ Tel: +44 1493 655171 Fax: +44 1493 656299 sales@alicatworkboats.com www.alicatworkboats.com Aluminium and Steel boat building Specialising in commercial workboat Catamarans and Monohull vessels Up to 30 metres. Building to MCA, Lloyds and Bureau Veritas codes. From Bespoke one off builds to multiple production runs. A complete service from design to delivery.

A full repair and refit division is also available. Lloyds appraised to ISO 9001:2008.

8 Ares Shipyard Antalya Free Zone, Antalya, Turkey, 07070 Tel: +90 242 261 61 61 ares@ares.com.tr www.ares.com.tr Ares design and build Workboat, CTV and Military vessels delivered to a variety of Operators, Navies, Coast Guard and Maritime Enforcement Agencies across the globe 8 Brunswick Commercial & Government Products 420 Megan Z Ave, Edgewater, FL 32132 Tel: +1 386 423 2900 bcgpinfo@whaler.com We've been in the business of building boats for commercial and military applications for more than fifty years.

Offering, Boston Whaler Fiberglass boats, Impact Rigid-Hull Inflatable boats and Sentry Aluminum boats.

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

8 Cheetah Marine OceanBlue Quay, The Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, PO38 1JR Tel: +44 1983 852398 mail@cheetahmarine.co.uk www.cheetahmarine.co.uk Now in our 25th year of production, Cheetah Marine continues to lead Europe in the specialist design and construction of power commercial catamarans. (hydrographic workboat/catamaran) 8 Damen PO Box 1, 4200 AA Gorinchem, Gorinchem Tel: +31 183 639911 Fax: +31 183 632189 info@damen.com

www.damen.com Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is active in the design and construction of various types of vessels (tugs, workboats, high speed craft, etc) for different clients.

De Jong & Lavino BV Deilseweg 13, Geldermalsen, 4191 NX Tel: +31 345 573241 info@jola.nl www.jola.nl Thanks to our enormous stock we can supply any steel plate or profile at the right time. We are the proud market leader in steel plates, Bulb Flats and other shipbuilding profiles.

8 Diverse Marine Medina Ship Yard, Pelham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 1983 300656 info@diversemarine.co.uk www.diversemarine.co.uk DM acquired the assets of equipment of South Boats IOW and trade from Cowes, IOW specialising in the design, construction, refit, repair and maintenance of workboats, military and patrol craft, lifeboats, pilot boats, fishing boats, commercial and pleasure craft 8 Macduff Shipyard Limited The Harbour, Macduff, Aberdeenshire, AB44 1QT Tel: +44 1261 832234 Fax: +44 1261 833541 info@macduffshipyards.com www.macduffshipyards.co.uk Complete service from design to completion, including kit profiling, fabrication, engineering and outfitting.

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

8 SMS Group Ltd Unit 1 Ocean Quay, Belvidere Road, Southampton, Hants, SO14 5QY Tel: +44 2380 141010 info@sms-marine.co.uk www.sms-marine.co.uk Southampton Marine Services specialise in ship building, ship repairs and steel fabrication across all aspects of the marine industry.

South Boats IOW Ltd Medina Shipyard, Pelham Road, Isle Of Wight, PO31 7PG, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1983 280030 bencolman@southboatsiow.com www.southboatsiow.com South Boats has a strong reputation for designing and building fast, offshore aluminium catamarans to DNV class and various flag states. It has the largest market share globally of offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels but builds for all commercial sectors. Has undertaken largest vessel hull shape research and development programme ever undertaken for commercial catamarans and utilises the findings in the development of new products. New designs for 2015 include 22m and 28m vessels.

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8 Wolfard & Wessels Postbus 200, Hoogezand, 9600 AE Tel: +31 598 36 17 77 Fax: +31 598 39 68 87 info@wolfard.nl www.wolfard.nl Wolfard & Wessels Werktuigbouw bv is an international operating company, specialized in providing turn-key piping projects. Using the organisations wide knowledge, due to the in-house engineering department, multiple fields of operation are served.

WORKBOATS 8 Baltic Workboats AS Nasva Harbour, Nasva, Kaarma v, 93872 Saare mk www.bwb.ee Baltic Workboats AS has a strong track record for the design, build and delivery of steel and aluminium workboats for professionals around the world.

Commercial Rib Charter Unit 6 Dell Buildings, Milford Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0ED Tel: +44 1590 607103 info@commercialribcharter.co.uk www.commercialribcharter.co.uk Large fleet. Sizes from 6m to 15m.SOLAS open Ribs to MCA Cat 1 wheelhouse CTV and survey Ribs. Crew transfer, Dive Support, Survey, Cable Lay Support, Police and Military. Bareboat available.

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

Jenkins Marine See under: Dredging

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ASD TUG DESIGNED BY NED-PROJECT PRINCIPAL STATS: Length over all Breadth Depth to Main Deck Height Draught Gross Tonnage Maximum speed at 85% MCR Bollard Pull Endurance

This ASD tug has been designed by NED-Project as the result of a tender based on an agreement, which the Armament Inspectorate of the Polish Ministry of Defence signed in June 2017. Bolkois is intended for combat security and logistic support at sea and in ports, carrying out activities related to technical evacuation, support for rescue operations, transport of people and supplies, neutralization of pollution and torpedo recovery.

The vessel is able to operate in The Baltic and North Sea regions in harsh ice conditions throughout the whole year. Thanks to the unconventional special arrangement of the hull, superstructure and accompanying equipment, the vessel has five watertight compartments and is characterised by exceptional operational and ergonomic qualities, first of which -is a crucial consideration for design at this type of vessels, the latter being a unique aspect of this particular ship. The crew of ten persons is accommodated in four single and three double cabins, all of which have individual washrooms and are well ventilated.

The shape of the wheelhouse and it’s ergonomic arrangement ensures not only safe control of the vessel but most importantly allows

for comfortable 360◦visibility which is a crucial consideration for navy exercise purposes and operations where a helicopter is hovering over the stern.

Angling of the exhaust pipes towards the aft in conjunction with a relatively short funnels has proven to significantly improve the visibility in this sector, all the while moving the exhaust and noise source away from the wheelhouse.

In spite of the small size of the tug, designers were able to accommodate a two deck arrangement in the bow part of the hull, which in turn allowed for comfortable crew living quarters.

A bow winch guard solution protects the towing winch from harsh storm and winter conditions as well as preventing ice build-up on the windlass, allowing for instantaneous use in all situations.

The vessel was designed in accordance with the Polish Registry

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Lc 29,20 m B 10,47 m H 4,95 m TK 3,65 m Tmax 4,20 m GT 344 tonnes V 12 knots 35 tonnes 7 days

Chief Designer: Prof. Andrzej Lerch of Shipping (PRS) rules and satisfies the requirements for class.

DECK GEAR Navy Tug Bolkois is equipped with two hydraulic towing winches, both rated at 21 tonnes, one located under the bow winch guard and one located on the aft deck. The aft deck is also the location for a fairlead towing bollard and a quick-release towing hook with a maximum force of 60 tonnes.

For the purposes of off/on loading, the ship is able to transport groupage cargo with a total weight of up to 4.0 tons on the open deck with the use of a deck crane installed on the port side. The crane is electro-hydraulic with a foldable and extendable arm and a maximum lift capacity of 18 tonnes.

In terms of lifesaving capabilities, the vessel is equipped with an additional workboat with a davit and

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supplementary lifesaving appliances. The main propulsion machinery consists of two high speed, non-reversible diesel engines, each providing 1380kW and two 2100mm azimuth thrusters with constant pitch propellers.

An auxiliary generator on the port side is used to run a fire pump for vessel to vessel firefighting.

An additional emergency firefighting pump intended for performing water curtain and damping down operations is also run by a separate engine.

Lastly, Bolkois is equipped with a contamination detection system, a contamination shelter and a washing and disinfection station on board.

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