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elcome to the new re-launch of our January issue of Dockyard Magazine to take us into 2016.

You can expect the usual up to date industry news as well as in-depth articles within our features.

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In our Workboats & Tugs feature, Damen Shipyards deliver two ASD Tugs 3212 to Svitzer and launch a new trading website (page 20).

We wish you all a happy and prosperous new year and hope you enjoy the read of our newly designed magazine and as ever please keep your press releases coming in for inclusion.

Once again have a great start to 2016 from myself and the rest of the team.

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PoRt neWs UKMPG and Lucy Anderson MEP host seminar on the future of European Ports Policy UKMPG organised a Seminar in the European Parliament on 13 October 2015, titled “Encouraging Growth and Investment in European Ports”. The event was hosted by Lucy Anderson MEP and brought together key industry and institution stakeholders to discuss the future of European ports policy. The seminar also explored the ‘red lines’ of various stakeholders in the negotiations over the Port Services Regulation proposal, which is currently going through first reading in the European Parliament.

even with the compromises currently being discussed, will still jeopardise the conditions necessary for long-term investment and growth.” He went on to stress that this is not just an issue for the UK, but also for Europe as a whole.

James Cooper, Chief Executive of Associated British Ports and Deputy Chairman of UKMPG, concentrated on the central importance of private investment to the port sector, stating that “the European Union has an important role to play in enabling and supporting investment, both in the ports and in the hinterland. What the ports sector needs is a stable business environment in which investors can have long term confidence.

However, we feel that the Port Services Regulation proposal,

Rapporteur Knut Fleckenstein said that “(he had) listened to the all the views put forward by stakeholders, but that it was now up to the members of the European Parliament Transport Committee to see if they can reach a workable compromise on the Port Services Regulation proposal”. Mr Fleckenstein re-stated his assertion that “unless the European Commission finally committed to publishing a framework for state aid in the port sector”, he would consider voting against his own report.

The Commission’s ‘one-size-fits-all’ proposal for a new port services regulation failed to recognise the complexity and diversity of the EU’s port sector. Although UK Labour MEPs and the Socialists and Democrats Group are working hard to mitigate the Commission’s approach, this legislation remains a blunt instrument with very little added value. I will continue to work with all like-minded colleagues in the Parliament to get a better deal for industry, workers and the environment, but ultimately I am not convinced that this regulation will help us achieve a European ports sector that is fit for the future.

Lucy Anderson, MEP.

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Isabelle Ryckbost, Secretary General of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) set out three red lines for European ports policy that are important to ESPO members, namely “the autonomy of ports in determining their own charging structures, transparency of public funding and the full implementation of the internal market in the maritime sector”.

Other speakers contributing to the event included Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid, Secretary General of the Federation of European Private Port Operators (FEPORT); Dimitrios Theologitis, head of the Ports and Inland Waterways Unit at DG MOVE; Bryan Watts, a UNITE trade union representative from the Bristol Port Company; and Sotiris Raptis, Shipping Officer at Transport & Environment.

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superspead lifeboat Some lifeboats tend to be relatively slow with a top speed of around 25 to 30 knots.

Upgraded Yanmar diesel Yanmar’s 6LY diesel engine is one of the most popular engines in the Japaneseheadquartered company’s comprehensive range. It has become the engine of choice for larger RIBs and for a wide variety of patrol and workboats.

Now Yanmar has upgraded this engine to bring it up to modern standards and to meet modern emission requirements and the new version meets IMO Tier 2 requirements and EPA Tier 3 in the USA. With this upgrade comes an increase in the power output as well.

The upgraded engine now features a common rail injection system produced by Denso. The engine is now fully electronic and the power output has been increased to 440 hp in the higher rated version of the engine. This higher rating is designed for light intermittent use whilst for heavier duty requirements the engine power is limited to 400 hp which is equivalent to about 80 hp per litre from this 5.8 litre engine. The maximum rpm for both versions of the engine is 3300.

This 6LY is turbocharged and has a watercooled turbocharger housing. The engine is fresh water cooled with a seawater heat exchanger and it comes as standard with a 12 volt electrical system powered by a 125 amp alternator. To simplify installation there is a dipstick on both sides of the engine for easy access.

One of the attractions of this and other Yanmar diesels in their compact dimensions and low weight which makes them particularly suited for high speed applications.

A range of accessories can be incorporated with the engine. These include a secondary 24 volt alternator, a high-rise water mixing exhaust elbow instead of the standard L-elbow and a SOLAS kit that comes complete with a certificate. A variety of gearboxes are available including an integral V-drive unit and down angle boxes. The standard control panel is a multi-function colour display coupled to the Yanmar CAN-bus control system. p6 | www.dockyard-mag.com | January 2016

There are a some exceptions, notably in Scandinavia where some of the latest designs of lifeboats can achieve around 40 knots but a new design has recently been developed in Italy that takes the concept of fast lifeboats a quantum step forward with a top speed of over 60 knots.

This new concept has been designed and built by FB Design based on Lake Como.

Drawing on their extensive experience of building some of the best high performance patrol boats for the World’s military, the concept was developed initially as a solution for rescuing refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

Speed can be an essential factor in these rescues which tend to involve a considerable number of people. As Fabio Buzzi, the owner of FB Design says, “When we analysed rescues we found that around 90% of them occurred in fine and moderate conditions where high speed could be a great benefit.

With our huge high speed design experience we were able to combine this high speed requirement with extreme seaworthiness and durability and the result is the new SAR60.”

The SAR60 uses a lot of the technology developed for the FB Design range of high speed patrol boats which in turn were developed from 40 years of very successful offshore powerboat racing.

Like all modern fast lifeboats the hull is based on a deep vee design. On the SAR60 the deadrise of the hull at the transom is 24° and the hull has a single step moulded into the vee section. Buzzi comments, “The typical length of current lifeboat designs is 15 metres with a beam of 4 metres. We maintained the 4 metre beam on the new design even though the hull was 3 metres longer in order to allow a superior capability in rough seas.”

The overall length of the hull is 19 metres making the SAR60 probably the largest fast lifeboat in the World.

ACE Winches strengthens senior management team with appointment of new HR Director ACE Winches, a leading deck machinery specialist, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Lisa McPherson as HR Director.

In her role, Lisa will be responsible for the planning and implementation of strategic HR processes, working closely with the Board as the company continues to develop its product and services, whilst building its international presence.

Lisa has held a number of senior HR roles within the global oil and gas industry, most recently Eastern Hemisphere HR Director for Franks International Ltd and prior to this, held the role of global HR Manager at Ocean Rig. Lisa holds a post-graduate diploma in Human Resource Management from Robert Gordon University and brings more than 10 years HR experience to ACE Winches.

Lisa commented: “I was attracted to the role at ACE Winches, working with the Board to help implement change, whilst giving them my experience and assistance at such a vital time for the industry. I am excited to work with such a progressive company.”

Alfie Cheyne, ACE Winches CEO stated: “With her breadth of HR experience in the energy industry, we are delighted to welcome Lisa to ACE Winches. Lisa will be supporting employees including the Board and Senior Management team in their continuing professional development. She has a proven track record of implementing and guiding companies through change.”

Naming ceremony for Van Oord’s second Damen CSD 650, Mangystau On 16 November, a naming ceremony was held at Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk for the second of Van Oord’s Damen Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD) 650, the Mangystau. The ceremony was attended by members of the Van Oord and Damen families. The vessel will be delivered to the client in the first week of January.

Product range expanded by boge Germany’s BOGE Compressors, suppliers of industrial compressed air systems, has launched a new product range for the marine sector.

BOGE has said that its new range meets the market’s demand for the reliable delivery of compressed air and nitrogen, while enduring long and harsh operating conditions at sea. . “We have developed all of the solutions in this range to excel in the harsh operating conditions commonly found in marine applications.

They meet strict maritime shipping requirements and are fully certified as such.

These solutions are also plug-and-play, so installation and setup can be completed within normal berthing times, making them ready to use immediately.” Said Mark Whitmore, General Manager at BOGE Compressors The new BOGE SRH-/RH-starting air piston compressors provide a constant supply of compressed air up to 35 bar to start up diesel engines. Each compressor has a compact design and delivers excellent performance in high ambient temperatures ranging up to 45°C. The compressors run at low speeds and are assembled using high quality materials to ensure an exceptionally long life cycle, minimal maintenance and maximum reliability.

BOGE has also made available to the marine sector its S3 series of screw compressors, which have proven to be extremely reliable onshore.

The compressors feature BOGE’s innovative ‘effilence’ airends which ensure that machine idle periods are kept to a minimum.

As well as preventing methane-emitting freight from causing damage to cargo tanks, ships require nitrogen on-board to keep the dew point of its liquefied gas (LPG) fuel to minus 40°C. BOGE’s new nitrogen generators provide a consistent supply to achieve this and prevent the gas from reacting with water vapour.

Damen received the first order for a CSD650 from leading dredging and marine contractor Van Oord at the end of 2014; the Ural River.

With delivery scheduled six weeks from ordering, the on-stock availability of the vessel was a critical factor to support Van Oord’s dredging projects in the Caspian Sea. With project time extended, Van Oord required additional equipment to finalise operations.

In contrast to the time restrictions for the Ural River, this second order allowed for Van Oord to apply a procurement approach to the sourcing of the dredger. The quality and flexibility to incorporate all of Van Oord’s wishes, in addition to the strength of Damen’s first delivery, ultimately facilitated securing the tender for the Mangystau.

Jointly engineered modifications to the Ural River allowed change of her classification to Coastal Operation, additional tank capacities and specific safety and environmental features to comply with Van Oord’s requirements.

Initial feedback regarding the first vessel is encouraging, indicating a substantial increase in production exceeding expectations, in combination with a significant reduction in fuel consumption and a reduced crew requirement.

bigger ports for hamburg As Europe’s second biggest port - Hamburg, extensive work is currently being carried out to improve accessibility and manoeuverability to make way for bigger containment and ships.

The €98 million redesign and restructuring project at Tollerort in the German North Sea port is a three phase construction which begain in 2014 with scheduling to be completed in 2017.

The mamouth work involves the removal of the Tollerortspitze, a four hectare area of land which juts into the Norderelbe, the busy northern arm of the River Elbe.

The Tollerortspitze lies at the entrance to the busy and important Vorhafen harbour basin. Excavated soil is being used to backfill the Kohlenschiffhafen harbour basin which lies alongside and that area will become replacement land for the adjacent big Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT).

The restructuring project will lengthen the time and tidal windows available to inbound and outbound vessels and match the entry and exit conditions on the Elbe in the western area of the Port of Hamburg (closer to the North Sea).

EMS Majestic sinking in the English channel The EMS Majestic - cargo ship, got into distress in the English Channel when it started sinking following bad weather. A mayday call was sent by the crew who were unable to pump out the water from the engine room as the boat was en route to Saint Malo, France from Rotterdam, Netherlands in December.

The support vessel Thor Frigg (built by Besiktas Shipyard) took the cargo ship under tow to Portsmouth, where it will undergo repair and inspection by local authorities.

Several nearby vessels were dispatched to the scene including a coast guard helicopter. Two of the crew members of EMS Majestice were airlifted due to safety reasons while the remaining five crew stayed back to salvage the vessel.

There were luckily no injuries or water pollution throughout the incident.

The EMS Majestic is owned and managed by German company Fehn Shipmanagement and was built in 1999 by Harlingen, Netherlands.

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dubai expected to be among the top seven maritime centres in 2020 Dubai is expected to be among one of the top seven maritime centres of the world by 2020, according to a survey produced by Menon Business Economics Group.

Since Dubai announced its hosting right for Expo 2020, there have been a lot of large investments from governing bodies and developers with the aim of increasing the Emirate coastline. These will include projects such as RTA’s $544m (AED2bn) water canal project on Sheikh Zayed Road, and Nakheel’s Deira Islands development, which is expected to add 40km to Dubai’s coastline, including 21km of new beachfront.

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‘paris agreement’ welcomed by global shipping industry The ‘Paris Agreement’ (to keep the global average temperature to well below 2oC above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels)was greatly welcomed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference by the global shipping industry which was represented by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).

With a firm commitment in the reduction of CO2 emissions throughout the entire world merchant fleet, the shipping industry aims to reduce CO2 per tonne-km by at least 50% before 2050 compared to 2007.

Although their was absence in the explicit reference to shipping, ICC says the world’s governments are clear in their message.

“I am sure IMO Member States will now proceed with new momentum to help the industry deliver ever greater CO2 reductions, as the world moves towards total decarbonisation by the end of the Century” said ICS Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe.

CO2 is a global problem and shipping is a global industry.

IMO is the only forum which can take account of the UN principle of ‘differentiation’ while requiring all ships to apply the same CO2 reduction measures, regardless of their flag State.

Unilateral or regional regulation would be disastrous for shipping and disastrous for global CO2 reduction, whereas IMO is already helping shipping to deliver substantial CO2 reductions on a global basis.

Peter Hinchliffe, ICS Secretary General.

NORTH STAR SHIPPING AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT AWARD North Star Shipping has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council.

The company, which has the largest, wholly-owned British fleet engaged in the UK offshore industry, is a division of the family-owned global shipping and energy services firm, Craig Group.

North Star Shipping is one of 61 organisations worldwide, and one of only two in the NorthEast of Scotland that achieved a Sword of Honour which is awarded to organisations that have demonstrated excellence in the management of health and safety risks at work.

In order to compete for the Sword of Honour, an organisation first had to achieve the maximum five stars in the British Safety Council’s health and safety management audit scheme in the period between August, 2014 and July, 2015. They have also demonstrated to an independent panel of experts that they are excellent in their health and safety management throughout the business from the shop floor to the boardroom.

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masters, crew and HSEQ team who go above and beyond Craig Group’s Flying the Flag for Safety, Service and Quality. I would like to congratulate everyone involved across the business in working to achieve such a wellrespected award.

“The Sword of Honour represents the pinnacle achievement in the world of health and safety management and as such, it reinforces Craig Group’s ongoing commitment to maintaining a living safety culture across our entire business. Safety beyond compliance is at the heart of everything we do, ensuring that we work by best-in-class standards for colleagues and clients alike.”

Douglas Craig, Chairman & Managing Director of Craig Group.

Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, said: “Our warmest congratulations to 61 of our member organisations who have won the Sword of Honour and the eight organisations who have won the Globe of Honour.

These awards recognise and celebrate the excellence of the winning organisations and their employees in managing health, safety and environmental risks.

“All of the Sword and Globe winning organisations share a commitment and resolve to achieving the highest standards of health, safety and/or environmental management. We are delighted that they are partners in helping achieve our vision that no one should be injured or made ill at work.”

North Star Shipping operates and manages Craig Group’s fleet of 35 offshore support, ROV survey, tanker assist, and emergency response and rescue vessels which provide 24/7 support to over 50 installations in the North Sea. Aberdeen-headquartered Craig Group remains one of Scotland’s top 100 companies, is in the Sunday Times Top Track 250 list of UK private midmarket companies and the top 15 of offshore service companies in the North Sea.

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NorSea Group (UK) wins five-year contract with Wild Well Control NorSea Group (UK) Ltd has won a five-year contract with Wild Well Control for the storage of its emergency response WellCONTAINED System at NorSea Group’s facilities in South Base, Montrose.

“We extend a warm welcome to our new partners in this arrangement— NorSea Group (UK) and the Montrose Port Authority— and look forward to a healthy working relationship between all parties for the term of the agreement.”

Freddy Gebhardt, Wild Well President, who visited Montrose to view the facilities, said Wild Well was very pleased to make a commitment to the region for the exclusive use of warehousing facilities for the WellCONTAINED system.

Nik Scott-Gray, Chief Executive of Montrose Port Authority (MPA), said: “We are delighted that NorSea Group and Wild Well have forged this new relationship, which broadens the marine and offshore services portfolio we can offer at Montrose Port. The port is strategically placed as a service and logistics hub for the offshore oil and gas sectors, and this new agreement helps advance our ongoing development and expansion plans. We look forward to working closely with NorSea Group and Wild Well over the coming years. ”

“Having immediate access quayside in the case of mobilization and deployment offers an all-encompassing logistics solution for our consortium members,” he said.

“Providing 24/7/365 emergency response to ensure our clients get the timely service and support they need is a pre-requisite, and the set up at South Base guarantees that requirement will be met.

NorSea Group has a 15-year lease agreement with MPA on the South Base covering warehousing and 11,000m2 of external quayside laydown. Quayside support services include stevedores, forklifts, cranes, water and fuel. It also has additional internal and external storage at nearby Broomfield Industrial Estate in Montrose.

The WellCONTAINED system of services includes contingency planning and response from Source Control Emergency Response Planning (SCERP) through field deployment of the system capping a subsea uncontrolled well.

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Mike Munro, Operations Director at NorSea Group (UK).

Below: Freddy Gebhardt, Wild Well (left) and Mike Munro, NorSea Group (UK).

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Leading the Solent oyster revival When Land Rover BAR began to build their new home on the waterfront in Portsmouth, the team identified a threat to the natural ecosystem on their doorstep.

The Solent had once supported an oyster trade worth millions of pounds, but in the last few years has seen a rapid decline in the native oyster population, and the subsequent collapse of the oyster fishery in the area.

MDL have developed a pontoon structure that can be attached to any standard pontoon that will house the oysters in an environment that will hopefully lead to their successful reproduction.

Jo Meekley, Project Manager at MDL Marinas.

It might seem unusual for a sports team like Land Rover BAR to be involved in a project like this, but sustainability is an integral part of the team’s ethos. Working alongside their Exclusive Sustainability Partner 11th Hour Racing they are committed to becoming the most sustainable sports team in the UK. With an opportunity to make a real impact on the ecosystem on their doorstep, the team were excited to help do something about it.

The concept was simple, to nurture protected cages of adult oysters at the team base, replicated on pontoons to reproduce and ‘reseed’ the wider fishery.

The charity, Blue Marine Foundation were already working on a study funded by the marina company, MDL; it was looking into the feasibility of using marinas to regenerate a fishery. And when the team partnered with MDL as Official UK Marina Partner to build their pontoons in Portsmouth, the team had the perfect opportunity to host the first trial to increase the oyster population and try to re-build this fragile eco system.

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the Blue Marine Foundation idea; Land Rover BAR would host the trial, Portsmouth Institute of Marine Science monitor the science and do the research, while MDL developed the pontoons. Oysters were provided by the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), who worked with local fishermen to relocate oysters from an area which was due to be dredged as part of a programme to deepen the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour.

At the end of November the first set of oyster cages were installed on the Land Rover BAR pontoon on the Camber in Portsmouth.

Dr Joanne Preston of the Institute of Marine Sciences, Portsmouth University commented; “It’s fantastic to see stage one complete, the oysters are in so we can now start collecting the data to gain a better understanding into what is happening to the oysters and the ecosystem around them.”

Scientists don’t fully understand the reasons for the disaster, but poaching, pollutants, dredging, water quality and temperature are all likely to be amongst the culprits.

What we do know is that a big effort is required to restore the Solent oyster fishery, and while investigations continue, the regeneration project should be a big step in the right direction.

Above: Leading the Solent oyster revival.

Below: Home of Land Rover BAR (c) Shaun Roster.

Dr Susie Tomson, Land Rover BAR’s Sustainability Manager commented, “It has been great to pull all the parties together to realise the common goal to restore a local ecosystem and whilst we are a long way off the total recovery, it’s a positive start and a great collaborative effort.”

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WISTA UK looks at how the shipping industry can curtail its emissions WISTA UK, the Women in Shipping and Trade Association, isn’t shy in hosting events that challenge its members to address the major issues affecting the shipping industry, and this was very much the case during the its most recent Forum. With the Paris hosting this week, The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21 meeting, the Forum looked at the part the maritime sector plays in the climate change agenda.

The subject of the debate was the divisive emissions problem, with the panel exploring potential solutions to curtail shipping’s emissions. Three different, highly informative speakers set the scene and challenged the audience to look at the issues from a number of perspectives.

First to stimulate thoughts was David Donnelly, Partner at Mazars, who looked at his experience as an expert in energy efficiency in buildings and how techniques could be transferred across into the maritime sector.

Members learned that there has to be a financial justification in undertaking any investment in retrofitting environmentalefficiency technologies to vessels.

Where financial gains could be realised fairly quickly after initial CAPEX, it was explained, as in insulation and lighting systems, then retrofitting could be undertaken with relative ease.

Other technologies, however, may not be retrofitted so easily because of the longer return on investment or simply because their commercial benefits cannot be monitored – in the maritime sector this is illustrated by ballast water treatment systems. In such cases in other sectors, said Donnelly, the energy efficient investment is deferred until the normal lifecycle replacement of the particular equipment.

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elements to newbuild programmes. But for real change to happen then there needs to be financial incentives or a legal obligation to drive the change, said Donnelly.

Donnelly said that, similar to real estate, it may be difficult for the maritime sector to make a financial case for some energyefficiency technologies as the shipowner usually has to pay for the retrofit but it is the charterer that makes all the savings.

This means that the relationship between the owner and charterer will need to change, with a revision to charter rates and charter party agreements the likely way forward if the industry is to fully embrace clean shipping.

WISTA UK member, the Carbon War Room’s Phoebe Lewis emphasised the significant energy-efficient technologies available to the shipping industry, which could give real financial savings to both charterers and shipowners.

She also explained that adapting the ESCO (Energy Service Company) or MESA (Managed Energy Service Agreement) model could offer an innovative way to finance ship retrofits.

Carbon War Room’s Self-Financing Fuel-Saving Mechanism (SFFSM) adapts this model such that financiers take on the upfront cost of a group of technologies and are repaid through the fuel savings. One of the key aspects of this financing model is the potential to apply a suite of energy efficient technologies, usually at least three, that are all retrofitted together, meaning only one dry docking but which collectively afford significant benefits of 10-15% fuel savings per vessel. New York-based private equity financier EfficientShip

Finance has an attractive finance model for funding ship retrofits in which they cover the upfront cost and are repaid by the charterer through the energy savings.

The industry itself has undertaken some great initiatives with the RightShip Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Rating scheme, a systematic and transparent framework for comparing the relative efficiency of the world’s existing shipping fleet. Based on this rating, charterers representing 20% of global shipped tonnage have implemented policies in which they refuse to charter inefficient vessels, commonly F and G rated vessels.

Looking to the future, Atkinson asked will costs reduce? It is unlikely for retrofits as they need a bespoke solution, with every ship requiring its own answers.

However time out of service will be reduced as newbuild designs will incorporate “off the shelf” solutions.

Plus new entrants into the market will further competition, forcing prices down or we could see a consolidation of existing manufacturers bringing in cost savings.

To end the debate Atkinson asked us to think about future fuels. Methanol fuel, biofuels, hydrogen and batteries are all being talked about, so this is an interesting time for the maritime world, he said. Certainly there are great opportunities for low carbon, energy efficient technology solution providers.

Questions from the floor were varied: How can finance models be adapted to help shipowners take up these technologies? Should there be mandatory requirements or incentives and what role does the shipowner play in the greater debate.

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Christopher Rodrigues appointed PLA Chairman The Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP, has appointed Christopher Rodrigues CBE as Chairman of the Board of the Port of London Authority (PLA) with effect from 1 January 2016.

Christopher Rodrigues will succeed Dame Helen Alexander, who has been PLA chairman since January 2010, as her statutory term of appointment comes to an end.

Following an executive career in the financial and tourism sectors, Christopher Rodrigues is currently chairman of Visit Britain, Openwork LLP and The Almeida Theatre and is a Trustee of the National Trust. He is a past chairman of Leander Club and a steward of Henley Royal Regatta The PLA oversees navigational safety along 95 miles of the tidal Thames, a river home to the UK’s second biggest port, the busiest inland waterway for passengers and freight and a world famous centre for rowing. Running the river in trust for the benefit of future generations, the PLA shares its marine, environmental, planning

and other expertise, promoting use of the river and safeguarding its unique marine environment.

PLA Chairman, Dame Helen Alexander, said: “I am proud of the PLA’s achievements over the last six years, helping the Thames to be the busiest and safest it’s ever been. We’ve s een a transformation of river use.

Last year modern day records were set with nearly ten million passengers travelling and over five million tonnes of freight moved between wharves.

“Now the PLA is looking to the future of the river and estuary. The Thames Vision project has identified great potential.

The PLA executive team, supported

by Christopher, will have the exciting challenge of bringing it to fruition.”

Christopher Rodrigues is a graduate of Cambridge University and the Harvard Business School. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey in recognition of his work in the tourism industry. He was previously president and chief executive of Visa International and chief executive of Bradford & Bingley and Thomas Cook.

The River Thames is the beating heart of the greatest city in the world. It has been part of my life for over 50 years, first as a schoolboy oarsman on the Tideway, then as a member of two winning Cambridge Boat Race Crews and subsequently as chairman of Leander Club, a steward of Henley Royal Regatta and a craft owning freeman of the Waterman’s Company. I’m truly delighted to be joining the PLA as it finishes shaping its Vision for the river’s future. I look forward to getting out to meet the people who use the river for work, travel and play and to helping build support for the Vision from the river’s multiple stakeholders.

Christopher Rodrigues, Chairman, Port of London.

£7 MILLION RIVER MAINTENANCE VESSEL READY FOR a busier thames With Thames passenger and freight statistics at record levels, the Port of London Authority (PLA) officially introduced its £7 million multi-purpose river maintenance vessel, London Titan, in a ceremony at Tower Pier in December.

Officially named by Thurrock MP, Jackie Doyle-Price, London Titan will keep the river clear of obstructions and channels clearly marked for all to use. Titan has been specially built to be capable of working from Richmond in west London all the way out into the Thames estuary. Her work is vital on a river that is home to the UK’s second biggest port, busiest inland waterway for passengers and freight and a centre for sporting and recreational activity.

The PLA’s biggest single investment in over 20 years, London Titan was designed by naval architects MacDuff Ship Design, working with PLA marine engineers, masters and crews. She was built at Manor Marine’s shipyard in Portland, Dorset to Lloyd’s Register class.

London Titan has been specially designed to work along virtually all of the PLA’s 95 miles of the tidal Thames. She is squat and shallow enough to negotiate bridges as far upriver as Richmond, and robust enough to operate in the outer estuary. Titan’s duties include: mooring maintenance; laying and recovering navigation buoys; hauling wreckage from the riverbed; supporting diving and civil engineering operations; and plough dredging operations.

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New Chocking Compound Keeps Vibrations at Bay At a port operator in the UK, an extremely durable chocking system was required to ensure a new boiler would remain secure and protected, even when subjected to aggressive vibration activity.

Belzona’s Technical Service Engineer, Henry Smith, who assisted with the application said, “Located on a dredger, the boiler was situated just next to the engine room. Due to this proximity, the operator required the chocking system to exhibit exceptional impact resistance in order to withstand constant vibration attack caused by the engine machinery. A further requirement was for the application to be carried out as quickly as possible, ensuring minimal downtime was incurred and therefore minimal profit loss.”

Bad Vibrations The long-term success of any chocking installation is determined by how well the machinery system is joined to the foundation. The base plate of the machinery system must become a monolithic member of the foundation system in order to ensure minimal vibration activity is achieved. If this system is insufficient, excessive vibration can lead to machinery failure; bolts can become slack, and in more severe cases, equipment can become misaligned.

A conventional chocking solution commonly employed to combat vibrations is metal shimming. However this technique can often be difficult to install and can loosen over time. Another option involves cement grouting, but not only does cement have poor mechanical properties, this method can incur significant cure time and will therefore require longer downtime.

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for use as a chocking or grouting compound to endure the physical and thermal shock common to marine environments. DNV GL approved and certified by major classification bodies including Lloyd’s Register Marine and the American Bureau of Shipping, Belzona 7111 is the ideal solution to withstand the damaging vibrations on the dredger.

The simple pouring method enables the application to be carried out with minimal downtime, while the high impact properties of the material will ensure the boiler will remain secure for the long term. In fact, when the impact resistance was tested using Izod Pendulum impact testing in accordance with ASTM D256, Belzona 7111 achieved 0.75 J/cm (un-notched). This indicates that when the chocking material is subjected to impact forces, the material will successfully absorb the shock, thus minimising the impact damage.

Simple Application Method The boiler was set into place using jacking bolts, and dams were built around each of the individual bolts in order to ensure a restricted chocking area. Belzona 7111 was then poured into the prepared areas.

Due to the way in which the boiler sat inside the engine room, there was limited access underneath which made it difficult to pour the product directly from the mixed unit into the chock area. A small curved steel section was therefore used as a channel to funnel the product, with a thickness of just over 2 inches, into the correct area. Once the application was completed and the system had cured, the dams were removed.

Fast Application and Cure Ensures Minimal Downtime Dredgers are an important part of the world’s commerce system as much of the world’s goods travel by ship, and therefore need to access harbours or seas via channels. Thus the requirement of a fast-curing chocking material that incurs

Boiler set in place.

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Product curing around bolts.

Completed application with dams removed.

www.belzona.com minimal downtime is critical in insuring this transport method does not become impaired or hindered. In this situation, as Belzona 7111 took just two hours to apply and only 48 hours to cure, this enabled the dredger to successfully continue its operation with minimum downtime and disruption.

Furthermore, as Belzona had fully trained the operator and their application team on Belzona chocking applications, this enabled the application to be carried out on site without the need for an external representative; saving the operator unnecessary capital expenditure.

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svitzer takes delivery of two Damen ASD Tugs 3212 in the UK CPP and special render recovery winches ensure superb performance Svitzer, the leading global towage and salvage specialist, has taken delivery of two Damen ASD Tugs 3212 in the UK. The initial contract was signed at the Tugnology 2015 event, which took place in London in May. The vessels were built for stock at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam and arrived in Rotterdam in late October as part of a 22-vessel consignment on board BigLift Shipping’s heavy-lift vessel, Happy Star.

Named the Svitzer Deben and Svitzer Kent respectively, the 32-metre vessels deliver 80 tonnes of bollard pull and are equipped with 2.8 metre controllable pitch propellers (CPP) and special render recovery winches. Kent has also been equipped with FiFi1 fire-fighting

capabilities while the Deben has an aft winch. Both vessels will be used for general towage and escort duties in the ports of London (Gravesend) and Felixstowe respectively. Commissioning took place at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and the vessels were delivered on time in early November, less than six months after the order was placed.

These ASD Tugs 3212 are ideal for handling large vessels. Aside from their size and design, the combination of CPP and the render recovery winches ensures smooth, superior manoeuvrability and excellent control of the very large vessels that enter and leave these ports.

Svitzer were extremely pleased with the cooperation and technical support from Damen. They have managed to seamlessly deliver a stateof-the art product on time.

We look forward to continued partnership with Damen in future.

Deniz True, Chief Operating Officer, Svitzer Europe.

Svitzer now operates three ASD Tugs 3212 in the UK, and nineteen Damen ASD Tugs of various types across the UK as a whole.

Below: Damen ASD Tugs 3212 delivered to the UK.

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New Damen Trading website launched The new website for Damen Trading, the respected brokerage department of the Damen Shipyards Group, integrates Damen corporate house-style as well as an improved profile of services that includes registration, transport and even vessel modifications if required.

It also offers trade-in terms for owners looking to buy a new Damen vessel.

Damen Trading specialises in tugs and workboats with a global network consisting of ship owners, ship operators and cobrokers. Further services include the sale of coasters, crewboats, patrol boats and passenger ferries. The new company website includes vessel specifications, photographs and easier access for clients inquiring about the sale of their vessel. The website is accessible via damentrading.com as well as through a link on the Damen corporate website: damen.com.

“As the Damen corporate website has recently been refreshed and integrated, it was a logical step for us to follow suit,” states Damen Trading Sales Manager Michel Radjiman.

Damen Trading has seen a strong increase in the demand of used vessels with recent sales including four vessels under the direct ownership of Damen.

This includes two 1605 Fast Crew Suppliers and two Stan Tugs 2608.

Furthermore, the company also acted as a broker for two Damen Stan Tugs (a 1605 and a 1906), as well as a pusher and a crane vessel. Italian harbour towage company Fratelli Neri SpA, which in July 2015 ordered a new Damen ASD 3212, purchased the two second-hand Stan Tugs 2608, as they required extra capacity

at short notice. The transfer of ownership of the used Stan Tugs 2608 took place in Dubai, after which they sailed on their own power to Constanza Rumania for their main work in hose handling at the local terminal.

“If a client has an older vessel that they would like to sell, we can handle this.

We can also do trade-ins for newly purchased vessels from Damen Shipyards or we can source a cost-effective secondhand alternative,” states Mr Radjiman.

The full service range of Damen Trading was once again demonstrated with the recent sale of the crane barge Anjo to Sterk in Waterwerk BV on the retirement of her previous owner. The 106-year-

old crane vessel is in superb condition and will continue working in the civil engineering construction industry as she has for over a century.

Damen Trading also recently brokered the sale of Stan Tug 1906 SMS Leah by Sinbad Marine Services Ireland to Coastworks Operations Ltd in Scotland. This marks the second Damen vessel to be purchased by Coastworks and is now the most powerful in their fleet. “With our new website we aim to increase our accessibility to existing clients or to anyone looking to sell their vessel,” concludes Mr Radijman.

Right: Damen Trading team.

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ACO MARINE TO RETROFIT HNLMS MERCUUR WITH ADVANCED MARIPUR WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

HNLMS Mercuur (A900), the Royal Netherlands Navy submarine support and torpedo recovery vessel undergoing retrofit work at Damen Shiprepair Den Helder, is to be fitted out with a MEPC 227(64) compliant wastewater management system from ACO Marine.

The scope of supply is based around ACO Marine’s type-approved Maripur NF-50 advanced membrane bioreactor treatment plant and includes a Lipator NS2 grease separation system for the pre-treatment of galley water, a grey water transfer system, and aeration equipment for the ship’s wastewater and sludge tanks.

Martin Wattel, Damen Shipyards’ Project Manager responsible for the upgrade work, said: “With previous experience of the Maripur system aboard four Hollandclass ocean patrol vessels and the new joint support ship HNLMS Karel Doorman, the Royal Netherlands Navy was keen to upgrade the Mercuur with the same technology in order to comply with the new water treatment rules.”

Damen Shipyards den Helder was awarded a maintenance contract in May 2015 to extend HNLMS Mercuur’s operational life to 2025. The ship, originally built by KSG de Schelde in 1987, is undergoing an extensive refit programme that includes bow reinforcement, a new bridge layout, a new galley etc.

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Delivery and commissioning of the wastewater management plant took place in December, prior to the vessel being towed to Damen Shiprepair Harlingen for drydocking and painting.

ACO Marine is the global leader in advanced wastewater management solutions, supplying some of the leading navies of world, including France, UK, Russia, Egypt and Ireland. Fifty per cent of its business is in the marine retrofit, upgrade and conversion markets.

The requirement was to completely replace the existing black-water only system with a solution capable of treating both the black and grey water generated by a crew of 45.

The challenge was to fit the type-approved Maripur NF50 into a space previously occupied by a smaller noncompliant system. Access routes and space constraints were the main considerations but we have been able to design a system that not only fits into the available space, but also improves operational flexibility, reduces in-service operating costs and meets existing and future marine pollution rules.

Mark Beavis, Managing Director, ACO Marine.

Below: Damen Shipyards has ordered ACO Marine’s Maripur NF-50 wastewater management system for HNLMS Mercuur refit.

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suPPLieRs & seRViCes the alfa laval puresox platform now offers an inline scrubber design The Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning system is a flexible choice for SOx abatement. Its compact construction and multiple configurations, combined with custom engineering, make it easy to adapt for individual vessels.

With the launch of an inline I-design scrubber, the PureSOx platform is now even more versatile.

Alfa Laval PureSOx, which has more reference installations than any other single SOx scrubber technology, is already the leading choice for SOx compliance in Emission Control Areas (ECAs). Visitors to Marintec China 2015 will be able to explore the PureSOx platform, which now includes an inline scrubber design.

“Through open-loop, closed-loop and hybrid arrangements, PureSOx can be suited to any vessel’s sailing profile,” says René Diks, Manager Marketing & Sales, Exhaust Gas Cleaning at Alfa Laval.

“By adding an inline scrubber design to the already flexible PureSOx platform, we’ve made PureSOx even easier to adapt to individual vessel constructions.”

A reliable & flexible inline design The inline scrubber design, or I-design, builds directly on the proven PureSOx technology. It provides an additional alternative for vessels with more complex structural needs, such as certain cruise ships and RoPax vessels. “While inline configurations should not be seen as a default,” says Diks, “they can make it easier to accommodate the specific challenges of certain vessels.”

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absorber section is located atop the jet section in the I-design, no water trap is created between the two,” says Diks.

“A key focus was eliminating the potential for water backflow, which is done by means of an internal water trap combined with overboard arrangements.”

As with the U-design PureSOx scrubber, the I-design scrubber can be configured with multiple inlets. This reduces space needs and installation costs by allowing one scrubber to handle exhaust gas from multiple sources, including boilers as well as the main and auxiliary engines.

Reflux for spotless operation A further alternative for inline PureSOx configurations is reflux. This option is especially attractive for cruise ships, RoPax vessels and other vessels that carry passengers, as it reduces the risk of dirty water droplets discolouring the ship’s deck.

Reflux involves the creation of two separate loops: one for the jet and a second for the absorber. In the jet loop, clean water is evaporated by means of the waste heat in the exhaust gas. The vapour is then recondensed as clean water in the absorber loop.

As a result, the water in the absorber stage is significantly cleaner and the risk of deck discolouration is greatly reduced.

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jet stage, the water cleaning unit has a lighter burden as well.

Core expertise in water cleaning & more The water cleaning unit is a vital component of any closed-loop or hybrid PureSOx system. When the scrubber is in closed-loop mode, the unit removes soot from the circulation water, thus protecting the scrubber and enabling compliant discharge of bleed-off.

The PureSOx water cleaning unit uses centrifugal separation, an Alfa Laval core technology that is completely unaffected by pitch and roll. This sets it apart from other cleaning systems on the market.

Like the reflux principle, it is a patented solution unique to Alfa Laval.

“The water cleaning unit is one of many aspects that make PureSOx such a reliable choice for SOx compliance,” says Diks.

“The PureSOx platform is built on a solid foundation of Alfa Laval core technology and scrubber experience, and the new possibility of inline configurations will give even more ship owners reason to choose it.”

Insert Photo: Alfa Laval – René Diks, Manager Marketing & Sales, Exhaust Gas Cleaning at Alfa Laval Bottom Diagram: Alfa Laval PureSOx Hybrid Inline configuration.

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NEW ICE-LBG-SR Safety Turning & Rotating under Full Load without Chance of Bolt Opening Ultimate Safety in Lifting with RUD Chains: When undertaking heavy lifting projects it is important to use top quality lifting points, as well as it being a legal requirement. Quality lifting points enable a range of lifting processes to occur safely and smoothly from production, assembly, to the end customer.

Without the appropriate lifting equipment projects can experience costs in potential damages to the goods and accidents to the operator, all resulting in overall additional costs.

RUD is known for their innovative lifting points which are used across a wide range of industries from construction, manufacturing, materials handling to engineering and offshore to name a few.

Product development and innovation is key at RUD which can be seen in one of their latest innovations, the new ICE-LBG-SR load ring.

pulling direction of the load. Consequently, avoiding any unintentional opening of the load ring, which can occur with DIN 580 / standard eye bolts.

RUD VLBGs adjust themselves in the force direction without loosening to the bolt.

However, lifting points are often used for turning, rotating and tilting which adds a considerable risk to the lift. When lifts are turned under full load it results in high friction between the bolt head and the rotating connecting element, which subsequently can lead to the opening of the bolt mid lift.

The NEW “ICE-LBG SR” load ring offers an innovative double ball bearing technology which means that lifting, turning or rotating under full loads, vertically or In these images: ICE-LBG-SR_ICE-Bolt.

horizontally can now be done safely without any chance of the bolt opening mid lift. The “ICE-LBG SR” therefore offers an ultimate safety factor to the user and the equipment.

The demand for safety lifting and turning at high working load limits resulted in the creation of the completely new bolt quality, the RUD “ICE bolt”. RUD developed the revolutionary patented fine grain steel, which offers an unbelievable impact strength of 56 Joule at temperatures as low of -60°C. It also offers the same insensitiveness against hydrogen embrittlement as an 8.8 bolt.

The RUD ICE-LBG-SR load ring with its ground breaking double ball bearing technology and robust ICE bolt has solved a real problem in the industry.

It has provided an ultimate safety factor when lifting, turning, rotating and tilting under full loads. The bolt will securely stay firmly fastened under full loads, vertically or horizontally. Ensure safety to your goods and your operators with the RUD ICE-LBG-SR load ring.

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Unique Group’s Buoyancy & Ballast Division Appoints New Seaflex Partner in Poland Unique Group’s Buoyancy and Ballast division has signed a partnership agreement with Polish firm Alfa Logistics that strengthens its service offering to customers in a growth market.

and installation operations.

Alfa Logistics is now equipped to supply, service and support the deployment of Seaflex equipment - for hire and for sale in Poland and the wider Baltic region.

Szczecin-based Alfa Logistics is stocked with brand new LEEA-compliant Seaflex load-testing bags in denominations up to 20t, with plans to stock 35t bags and lifeboat testing kits in the near future. Its rental facility is staffed by Seaflex-trained and authorised technicians working to the same service standards as those applied at the UK factory.

The arrangement covers the two main elements of the Seaflex portfolio: waterfilled bags and related accessories for load-testing purposes, and air-filled bags in a variety of styles for diving, salvage

Chris Sparrow, Global Sales Manager of Seaflex, says: “We are delighted to be teaming up with Alfa Logistics, a young and dynamic company actively looking to expand its portfolio of lifting products and

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services. Its location in north-west Poland is equidistant from Hamburg and Gdansk, meaning that it can very efficiently and effectively service Seaflex customers along a long stretch of coastline from Germany through Poland and up to the Baltic states.”

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MIKO INTRODUCES NEW UNDERWATER DRILL & FIXING SYSTEM A new electric underwater drill and fastening system that can penetrate and join two metal plates up to 22mm thick in one action has been developed by Miko Marine AS of Norway.

The battery powered Miko Fix drill can be operated by divers at any depth down to 50 metres. It is mounted in a specially designed stand that is clamped to the work piece by high –power permanent magnets. When in use the drill is loaded with a unique Miko bolt, the end of which is shaped and hardened to function as the drill bit. This cuts through the metal to be joined and enables its upper end to function as a self-tapping bolt that continues to penetrate so that it is screwed through the pieces that become securely joined. Using the Miko Fix system two steel plates each 10 mm thick can be drilled and joined in approximately 1 minute.

When the bolt has been driven home the magnetic clamps are released enabling the process to be repeated at a new location.

The new drills and their stands weigh 6 kg in water and have been praised

by Norwegian dive company Kambo Marina who tested the system during its development. “We used it to fix an anode to a steel plate and were very impressed with its efficiency and ease of use,” said general manager Ketil Svelland. “It is bound to have an impact upon the professional diving industry as it will increase the options available to us when we are doing repair work underwater. We are very proud to have been the first divers to use a new tool that is likely to be seen everywhere in a few years.”

The new Miko Fix system can be used for a huge variety of repair and construction tasks underwater although it was developed specifically for use with the Miko FlexiShape patch. These are manufactured by Miko to provide a temporary water-tight seal that can be used to closeoff damage to a ship’s hull and make it seaworthy for sailing to a dry dock for permanent repair. The patch is positioned over the hole by divers and held tightly against the hull by aluminium strips.

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rivets through up to 25 mm steel plate to create a water tight seal. Unfortunately the small explosive charges used to drive-in the rivets are challenging to transport because of safety regulations.

This limits their use internationally so Miko designers invented the new drillbased system so it can do the same job but without the transport restrictions faced by the gun.

Miko Marine was established in Oslo, Norway, in 1997 and is now known as a design hot shop specialising in the invention, design and manufacture of products ultimately aimed at preventing ocean pollution. Staffed by a small team of highly qualified designers the company is known for its lateral thinking and its

ability to find original solutions to some of the marine industry’s most pressing problems. The company is already widely known for its magnetic patches that have been used to prevent ships sinking on numerous occasions around the world. Miko also produces high-power permanent magnets that can be used in conjunction with the patches while also having innumerable uses above and below water. A more recent innovation has been the Moskito oil recovery tool that was recently introduced to enable bunker fuels and other hydrocarbon cargoes to be quickly and easily extracted from the tanks of sunken vessels.

Below: Miko Fix Anode Fixing.

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FIRST SWATH REFERENCE FOR SERVOTRIM, SERVOWATCH’S NEW TRIM AND DRAUGHT OPTIMISER Servowatch, the marine systems integrator and automation specialist, has introduced a new trim and draught stability optimiser, ServoTrim, designed specifically to ‘balance the draught’ of SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) vessels.

The first ServoTrim system will be delivered to a Taiwanese shipyard for integration with a 22m wind farm supply vessel under construction for a UK-based operator.

The ServoTrim installation for the SWATH wind farm supply vessel has been designed specifically for a four ballast tank configuration, with each tank fitted with a single sensor to provide concurrent tank, pump and valve status monitoring.

Draught sensors are sited at each ‘corner’ of the vessel.

“Other types of vessels can benefit from ServoTrim,” said Servowatch Systems’ Sales Director Martyn Dickinson.

“It can be easily applied to inland waterway barges and heavy lift platforms. Certainly situations may exist where the platform needs a dedicated system which can provide a draught and trim correction function to counter uneven weight distribution.”

ServoTrim employs high-accuracy hydrostatic level transmitters to measure ballast tank levels and provide multiport draught indications. To protect the sensors from external moisture, they are encased in IP68 and IP69K standard stainless steel housing.

Above: Ship trim and draught conditions can be easily evaluated and optimised using Servowatch’s new ServoTrim system.

The need to calculate ship trim and draught is one of the most important measurements operators take to ensure vessel stability and safety.

ServoTrim is designed to control a balanced draught for a vessel, providing automatic flow control after manual trim has been set.While the system is not a fully automatic dynamic stabilisation system, the system can be reset to automatically recognise the optimum trim and draught for different operational conditions, such as loading or unloading fuel, supplies and personnel.

Wayne Ross, Chief Executive Officer, Servowatch.

TECHNICAL NOTES Once the Servowatch ServoTrim system has been commissioned, the crew manually sets the trim ‘datum point’ when the vessel is at rest and the loading of fuel, commodities and personnel is complete and stable.

This is achieved by manually operating the ballast tanks fill and empty control system until the ‘correct’ trim is obtained.

The data is then entered into the control system memory by selecting the automatic control function. The control system takes its reference signal from four draught sensors mounted within a vented pipe inside the vessel.

Each ballast tank is equipped with a level sensor to determine the depth of the water in each ballast tank. When the ‘automatic’ mode control is selected the ballast tank sensor data and the draught sensor data is fed into the control system to form a ‘datum point’ for each ballast tank.

The system automatically controls the water level in each ballast tank to maintain the vessel selected ‘datum point’ within the ‘dead bands’ of the control system.

It automatically checks the ‘datum point’ every 10 minutes by comparing the actual draught level sensor signals with the draught level sensor signals registered.

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Durowipers: URICA “part and parcel” of the British manufacturing system Durowipers is a British manufacturer of windscreen wipers for the marine industry.

Its innovative, patented design lengthens the life of wipers and reduces maintenance costs.

The popularity of its design and the size of orders are growing exponentially.

That growth requires high investment, which poses a challenge for an SME like Durowipers. It used to ask clients for pro forma payment but was missing business opportunities.

“When I told customers it was pro forma, that put people off, especially clients in another country. They would have to hand over a lot of money without getting anything for it immediately.

We’ve lost orders in the past like that,” says Noel Gould, owner of the company.

The banks are not necessarily geared up to understand our problems. They’re too slow and cumbersome and this is where URICA comes in. They do a credit check straight away on the client and from our point of view they fund the order, and that means we’ve got funds to facilitate it.

Noel Gould, Owner of Durowipers.

Durowipers did not want to push the problem down its supply chain so it needed to find a solution – a way to offer clients credit without risking its own cash flow or hurting its suppliers.

It chose the URICA early payment platform.

Durowipers can now take on more export orders because it can offer competitive credit terms with URICA. He sees the early payment platform as a way for UK manufacturers to bridge the gap between taking an order and payment – something he believes is holding the sector back.

“URICA have come out with a unique form of funding because it’s directly related to success. You win an order and that’s a success so all URICA is doing is joining in the celebration. Normally if you go looking for finance, companies think you’re in trouble.

The uniqueness of URICA is they can join in our success,” says Mr Gould.

“I see URICA as a guiding light to solving the problems of British manufacturers because we’ve all got the same problems.

I see this as a major advance in finance.”

With the support of a finance partner, Mr Gould is positive about Durowipers’ future: “Our latest order is the biggest order we’ve ever had. If this is the way it goes forward it will be very good.

Now we’re offering credit we’re straight away increasing the amount of orders we can catch.”

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Above: Durowipers.

Left: Durowipers on London Titan.

marine equipment suppliers & services

Imenco Bring Utility Stations to UK Market Imenco UK Ltd has begun marketing the Utility Stations developed by their Norwegian parent into the UK. Aimed at Dockyard, Platform, Rig, FPSO, and Vessel owners and operators, the Utility Station format offers a flexible, quality solution for saving weight and space, easier and safer operations, easier maintenance and increased operating lifetime. The Utility Stations can be made as standard items or to a bespoke customer requirement.

flexibility of the Utility Station solution is obvious. A version as a suction cabinet can also be provided with a membrane pump to allow oil to be emptied from a one tank to another safely.

Imenco Utility Stations come with complete aftermarket support.

Imenco can also supply variations on the theme with Hose Reel Stations, Work Boat Refuelling Stations and Diesel Stations.

Various tools such as Jetters and Cutters can be operated from the Utility Station where Air is an option. Typically Imenco Utility Stations have high pressure hot water, fresh water and plant air. Hoses can be colour coded to meet specific company requirements.

Imenco UK Ltd will be exhibiting at Oceanology International at Excel in London, 15-17 March 2016, along with their Middle East agent Indepth International Ltd. Below: Imenco Utility Station.

Available in a lightweight Offshore Aluminium housing, fittings can be in 6MO, Duplex or SS316L, and designed to suit any climate - heating can be plumbed in for severe cold climates for example – the Utility Station is zone 1 ATEX and IECEX rated. With welded pipe tubing, a design pressure of 20-300 Bar and a design temperature of -40 to +85°C the Utility Station will become a lower cost through lifetime addition to many owner operators as a method of moving gases or liquids offshore and onshore. The cabinet comes with a SS316L drip tray built in.

With areas of operation considered to include lifeboat refuelling, (both diesel and water from one cabinet), gasoline refuelling and diesel refuelling, the

A&P Group Exhaust Emissions Expertise Comes to the Fore for Condor A&P Group’s Falmouth Yard has secured a four-week multi-million pound contract to help Condor Ferries meet its IMO MARPOL sulphur emission regulations.

fitters, electricians, painters and support workers will be involved in the project, working around the clock to ensure it is delivered on time. A&P Group’s technical team will also work alongside scrubber manufacturer BELCO.

The leading ship repair, conversion and marine services provider has been appointed to carry out exhaust gas scrubber installations on two of Condor Ferries vessels, Commodore Clipper and Commodore Goodwill.

With a Global Sulphur Cap of 0.5% due to be introduced in 2020, A&P Group expects this contract to be the first of many, with scrubber installations providing a much more cost alternative to switching to low sulphur fuel.

Exhaust gas scrubbers reduce sulphur and particulate emissions from ship engines, generators and boilers, enabling ship owners to reduce their emissions without switching to low-sulphur fuel.

The work involves removal of the ships’ existing exhaust silencers from the uptakes and replacing them with the new BELCO scrubber canisters as well as the installation of electrical control and monitoring systems, sea water pumps, hydro cyclone units,pipework and an increased sea chest.

More than 100 fabricators, engineers, pipe

A&P’s long successful track record of project management and our well equipped yard allow us to coordinate, resource and facilitate the most complex of marine engineering projects.

This contract underpins our continued growth here in Falmouth and reinforces our offering to the market as the emissions deadline approaches.

Gerald Pitts, Director, A&P Falmouth.

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New features for JW Fishers Underwater Search Equipment in 2016 JW Fishers Mfg., a company specializing in the design and manufacture of underwater search equipment for almost 50 years, is introducing new features for some of their key products for 2016.

Fishers popular SeaOtter-2 and SeaLion-2 ROVs will now come standard with LED lights on the front and rear of the underwater vehicle. The two front lights have been upgraded from 100 watt quartz halogen bulbs to high intensity LEDs, each producing 2200 lumens, significantly more illumination than the old style bulbs. The intensity of the LED lights can be increased or decreased with the push of a button on the surface controller. The new lighting system employs a single-source COB (chip on board) LED which emits light from a single plane eliminating problems previously experienced with the multi-LED type light source. The color temperature of the new lights is 5000 degrees Kelvin; very close to the 5500K of natural daylight, and within the recommended range for shooting underwater video. Colors are illuminated more accurately with the LEDs than with the warm 3500K temperature of quartz halogen

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lights. The new lighting enhances picture quality and maintains a constant color temperature throughout the entire range of illumination intensity, something not possible with the halogen lights.

Another key advantage of the LED lights is their lifespan. Quartz halogen lights require regular replacement and can be damaged if the ROV is dropped or takes a hard shock.

The LED lights last virtually as long as the ROV, rarely if ever needing replacement.

Fishers is also offering an upgrade to new lighting for all existing SeaOtter-2 and SeaLion-2 ROVs for the low price of $995.

Not only will the LEDs be included on new ROVs, these lights will be a standard feature on the company’s other underwater video systems including the DV-1 drop video, TOV-1 towed video and DHC-1 diver-held video system.

The other new addition to JW Fishers line is an optional tablet computer for use with their sonar systems and boat-towed detectors. The Microsoft Surface 3 tablet is mounted in the lid of the equipment’s control console eliminating the need for a separate laptop computer to run the system software. Elimating the external laptop and it’s connecting cables is a key advantage, another is the tablet’s high resolution and ultrabright display which makes it much easier to see even on sunny days.

Having the tablet mounted in the console’s lid provides protection from the elements and makes for a cleaner, sleaker equipment package. The tablet is available with Fishers Proton 4 magnetometer, Pulse 12 and Pulse 10 boat-towed metal detectors and will run the company’s Tracker software which displays the detector’s readout, GPS position coordinates, and the track of the boat as it moves over the search area. The tablet can

also be used with Fishers side scan sonars and SCAN-650 scanning sonar. When used with the side scan, the tablet runs Fishers Sonar View software which displays a sonar image of the bottom on each side of the boat as well as the track of the boat as it moves over the search area and the size of the area being scanned. Recorded sonar files can be overlaid onto Google maps and some other mapping programs. The cost to upgrade from the standard laptop to the tablet is only an additional $295.

Also coming in 2016 is new, re-designed website with easier navigation, and lots of additional features including videos showing how to use and operate many of Fishers underwater search systems.

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DIVING & UNDERWATER SERVICES

CDMS SSE Ltd CDMS SSE Ltd has a long, robust history, which began initially with the formation of Commercial Diving and Marine Services in early 1971. Since then the company’s name has changed, but the retention of the founding spirit has remained resulting in innovation dedication and reliability.

Now after 44 years in the diving industry the company can call on it’s wealth of experience gained over literally thousands of projects that have been successfully completed with a 100% safety track record.

Over the years professional association with new clients and other organisations have further strengthened the company’s versatility, exposure and commitment to offer the best services available. This has resulted in CDMS SSE Ltd becoming an Industry leader in their specialist field of operations in Marine Construction, Utilities and Infrastructure and Maritime support worldwide.

Recent project diversity has found CDMS SSE Ltd expanding its services to locations as far as the South Atlantic to UK based Harbour and Sea Defence projects and marine construction operations in Northumberland, Dublin and Orkney.

A recent particularly interesting project found CDMS SSE Ltd requested to assist the Police in a deep-water search for a missing person believed lost, in a reservoir near Newcastle. The project required the use of their new ROV technology, which was put into operation for the 3 day search program in depths up to 38m.

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CDMS SSE Ltd have recently completed a full re-fit and total refurbishment of their 54foot workboat with deck crane.

The barge has been fitted with hydraulic spud legs to stabilize and assist support the deck cranes operation during heavy lifts. This craft has a very shallow draft of only 0.8m allowing it to operate in shallow water conditions often in inaccessible locations. The vessel is fully road transportable making it a very versatile piece of equipment indeed. The news of this has spread creating an extensive and diverse programme of comprehensive projects for CDMS SSE Ltd for 2016.

Further overseas projects are on the horizon as well as a healthy order book of projects for the start of the New Year.

Other particularly interesting and promising enquiries have been received from the US and Canada which has further stimulated the management team of CDMS SSE Ltd. for an exciting year ahead.

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Treatment chamber service for divers extended to Oban and Orkney The health services offered to divers suffering from “the bends” have been extended to include Orkney and Oban, in addition to the primary service in Aberdeen.

The chambers in the west coast and Northern Isles will now be part of the National Hyperbaric Service, which provides medical treatment and advice for diving related illness.

NHS National Services Scotland commissions the National Hyperbaric Service to ensure there is a safe and sustainable hyperbaric medicine service for people with decompression illness across Scotland.

In addition to the main Category One chamber provided by NHS Grampian in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the independent hyperbaric chambers in Oban and Orkney are now included in the service and therefore receive guaranteed NHS funding to provide treatment for divers suffering from suspected diving decompression illness.

Dr Mike Winter, National Services Scotland said: “It is important to have the appropriate number of hyperbaric chambers in the right places to balance access to care with maintenance of specialist skills, in order to provide a safe and sustainable hyperbaric medicine service for divers across Scotland.

The three chambers will operate as a national service ensuring that anyone who requires hyperbaric oxygen therapy for diving decompression illness will be able to access it.”

Right: Hyperbaric chamber.

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Health and Safety Policies and Procedures How good are yours?

Health and Safety policies and procedures are important for two keys reasons. Firstly and most importantly, accident prevention. Comprehensive, fully implemented, policies and procedures can prevent people from suffering debilitating injuries or even fatalities.

Secondly they are important in minimising the risk of successful prosecution following an incident.

In Port, an incident may be investigated and resulting prosecutions initiated by the MCA, the Health & Safety Executive (‘HSE’) or, in the case of a fatality, the Police.

The lead prosecuting authority depends on the personnel involved in the incident and its location. This article focuses on HSE investigations.

The Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (‘HSWA’), section 2 requires employers to ensure the health and safety and welfare of their employees (full and part-time) wherever they may be required to work. Section 3 requires an employer/self-employed person to conduct his ‘undertaking’ (business) in such a way as to ensure that non-employees (contractors, general public etc.) are not exposed to risks to their health and safety.

Section 33 makes it a criminal offence to

breach the obligations contained in the HSWA and supporting regulations.

To secure a conviction the HSE must prove ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ that the alleged offence has been committed. In the case of a prosecution under s2 or s3 HSWA this is a two stage process: 1. Has the defendant fallen below the duty imposed upon it?

2. Can the defendant prove on the balance of probabilities that it did all that was reasonably practicable to avoid the commission of the offence?

To minimise the likelihood of a successful prosecution it needs to be demonstrated either that: 1. The health & safety risks to which your employees (s2) or non-employees (s3) were exposed were not reasonably foreseeable; and/or 2. That the company had so far as is

reasonably practicable taken all steps to prevent any risks to health & safety.

closely scrutinises policies and procedures.

They need to be based on a full risk assessment of all business areas and fully implemented (with training given by suitably qualified personnel and follow-up checks made). Any accident that results from the lack of implementation of control measures identified in a risk assessment is highly likely to result in enforcement action.

Policies and procedures should be updated and reviewed at regular intervals and in response to specific concerns, incidents or near misses; changes fully implemented and decisions carefully noted in meeting minutes. Key areas often overlooked or poorly implemented include; working with contractors and new staff induction.

Time taken to ensure that policies and procedures are risk-based, comprehensive, fully implemented and regularly reviewed can prevent injuries and minimise the chances of successful prosecution following an incident.

A written health and safety policy is required for employers of five or more people. During an investigation the HSE

Lara Moore is an Associate Solicitor in the Marine and Transport Team at law firm Ashfords LLP.

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Safety, training & certification

Survitec Group Supplies Caledonian MacBrayne With Automatic Escape Slide - First in UK Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has become the first in the UK to fit the latest automatic escape slides from SurvitecZodiac, Survitec Group, which were purchased on their behalf by Caledonian MacBrayne Assets Ltd.

The Autolaunch slides offer greater passenger safety by needing no crew input for their preparation and deployment and can be activated simply by pressing a button on the bridge or beside the slide itself. The slide and a 151 passenger capacity liferaft are then launched, inflated and bowsed securely without any crew involvement. This has the additional safety benefit of leaving crew members free to deal with other aspects of the emergency if needed and it can greatly increase the passenger evacuation speed of a ship.

The Bute will be the first of two Caledonian MacBrayne ferries to be fitted with the system. This will be followed by an identical installation aboard the Argyle, which is a sister ship to the 2612 gt, 72-metre Bute.

A Third vessel Coruisk will be fitted with a similar arrangement later. Although the ships have a capacity for carrying up to 450 passengers their loads are more typically around half that number who are able to travel in comfort on the scheduled ferry service across the River Clyde between Rothesay and Wemyss Bay.

capacity will also be carried on each side and can be launched independently of the slide if required. The slides will also feature the latest design development from SurvitecZodiac by being housed in a flushfitting aluminum container that is integrated within the structure of the ship. In addition to its cosmetic benefits for the ship, the new housing provides the slide assembly with greater protection against extreme weather conditions and accidental damage.

Although Caledonian MacBrayne is the first company in the UK to take advantage of the benefits of the Survitec Autolaunch slide systems, they have been proving particularly popular for installation aboard fast ferries in Scandinavia.

3.8 m and this enables Survitec to meet the evacuation needs of a wide variety of vessels. This is facilitated by the company’s ability to offer a full range of slide systems from 1.5 to 3.8m (Mini-Slide) and 3.8m to 12.5 m (Superslide Medium Inflatable Slide, twin tracks) of freeboard.

When vessels have a freeboard in excess of 12.5m, Survitec offers a broad range of chute and raft evacuation systems up to a capacity of 860 including the award winning Marin Ark system.

The Autolaunch system has been tested and approved for slides to heights up to

Each ship will be fitted with a 2.2-metre slide and a venturi-assisted inflation system for a 151-person capacity open reversible liferaft installed on each side of the vessel. A second liferaft of the same

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Safety, training & certification

the first training provider to run courses specifically for tug deck hands in the uk The United Kingdom’s King Marine Ltd, endorsed by the National Workboat Association ran another successful course for Basic Tug Deck Hand Training. Since running the first course in February, it is pleasing, to date, to have three major companies making a long term commitment and agreeing to build the course into their ongoing training programmes for all new recruits, with many smaller operators and port authorities hoping to send their newer employees as well.

Williams Shipping Marine Services in Southampton provides the venue and vessels for King Marine Ltd’s training operation, as well as sending all their deck crews for training.

Solent Towage Ltd, a subsidiary of Norwegian company Ostenjo Rederi, based at the Fawley Oil Terminal on Southampton Water, had agreed to continue sending further trainees in 2016.

Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has been instrumental in helping King Marine Ltd launch this latest enterprise and has included the course within their company training manual.

One Holyhead Towing participant said “The instructor was very good and the information he passed over to us was clear and simple to understand. I wouldn’t hesitate to send other trainees on the course.”

The course has been built to be predominantly practical.

A quote from one trainee reads “The major strength of the course was the experience of the instructor, both in the classroom and with the practical.” Following intense classroom sessions in the mornings, the trainee tug deck hands prepare and handle a barge hipped up alongside, prepare, deploy and recover towing gear without the aid of a winch, manoeuvre to recover a man overboard and experiment with Jason’s Cradles and slings.

Using a single screw workboat with a pontoon towed on the hip, demonstrates the skills required for securing the tug at an appropriate angle in order to have equal directional control to both starboard and port. A rudder indicator proves witness to the balance of barge and tug securing arrangements whilst maintaining a straight course (or not, as the case may be!).

Witnessing the effect of a vessel with or without a Gog Rope to prevent girting has a sobering effect intended to convince crews to use them as a matter of course, as does watching wire and synthetic rope whiplash cutting through various materials.

The staff at King Marine Ltd and everyone within the industry that has helped to formulate the Basic Tug Deckhand Training course sincerely hope and believe that the benefits of attending will save lives and reduce accidents to personnel, equipment and third parties.

The instructor was very good and the information he passed over to us was clear and simple to understand. i wouldn’t hesitate to send other trainees on the course.

One Holyhead Towing participant.

The training provider for King Marine Ltd is Chris King.

His extensive experience includes skippering inshore fishing boats in the early 1970’s, moving onto tugs at the onset of oil rig construction for the North Sea oil fields in the mid 70’s, designing and executing methods for beaching rock barges for discharge, developing and teaching towing methods for transportation of 38,000 tonne drinking water balloons, skippering tugs and multi-cats on numerous marine construction and dredging projects and managing a number of marine projects in three developing nations as well as within Western Europe.

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MARSHALL ISLANDS FIRST TO ADOPT NEW STANDARDS FOR PMSCs The Republic of the Marshall Islands has informed those companies with vessels under its flag that “effective 1 January 2016, companies shall engage only those PMSCs that are certified to the new ISO 28007-1:2015 standard by a United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) authorised certification body”.

The Marshall Islands, the world’s third largest registry with a fleet of over 3640 ships, is the first flag to implement the new rules following revised interim recommendations published in June’s Maritime Safety Committee circular MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.

At its ninety-fifth session, the MSC stated that flag states should ensure that PMSCs onboard ships hold a valid ISO 28007-1:2015 certification. ESC Global Security, an Estonia-based maritime security provider, has been audited according to the new standard.

The main difference between the new standard and the existing ISO PAS 28007:2012 version is that it includes a clause to ensure PMSCs have measures and procedures in place that are compliant with international law on human rights.

This is a new area for PMSC certification and a core aspect of ISO 28007-1:2015. It shows that PMSCs conform with all the relevant legal and regulatory obligations pertaining to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

ESC Global Security believes more flag states are likely to follow the Marshall Islands’ lead and implement the recommendations.

Mass rescue operation training course There were 60 delegates from 15 countries that gathered at Shanghai Maritime University as part of a mass rescue operations (MRO) training course in December.

The course was organised by IMRF’s Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC) and hosted with sponsorship by the Shanghai Maritime University as well as IMRF members China Rescue and Salvage.

The aim of hosting such an event was to enhance MRO awareness, analyse the difficulties, consider the coordination and response issues as well as review IMO and IMRF guidance, and assist with MRO project research.

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Attendees from the China Mainland included delegates of China Rescue and Salvage, Maritime SAR Centres, Rescue Bureaux, Salvage Bureaux, the Rescue Flying Service, the Maritime Safety Administration, Dalian and Shanghai Maritime Universities, the China Waterborne Research Institute, Quest Marine Consultant Co, and Shanghai Sun Glory Marine Co. The Hong Kong Fire Services and Marine Departments were also represented at the event.

International representatives came from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Kenya and New Zealand.

Below: Shanghai Maritime University.

Marine Licences and the allocation of contractual risk In England and Wales, the main statutory consent for offshore renewables projects of 100 MW or more is a Development Consent Order under the Planning Act 2008. Smaller developments require a marine licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (‘MCCA’) and a section 36 consent under the Electricity Act 1989.

This short article focuses on the allocation of risk under contracts to supply services or goods to offshore renewables projects of 100 MW or less, where a marine licence is required either from the Marine Management Organisation (‘MMO’) or Natural Resources Wales (‘NRW’). For such projects, construction cannot commence until after a marine licence has been granted. Conditions imposed in the marine licence are used to control construction and future operation.

Contracts for the supply of services and goods are usually entered into with risk allocated on the basis of the marine licence as granted (if the marine licence is considered at all). However, under section 72(3) MCCA the MMO and NRW can vary, suspend or revoke a marine licence, at any time, “if it appears to the authority that the licence ought to be varied, suspended or revoked: a) because of a change in circumstances relating to the environment or human health; b) because of increased scientific knowledge relating to either of those matters; c) in the interests of safety of navigation; d) for any other reason that appears to the authority to be relevant.”

As such contracts need to deal with the risk of a marine licence being varied, suspended or revoked in such a way as to make the continued construction or operation of the development unviable or significantly altered. Marine Licences associated with new offshore technologies are probably most at risk due to the lack of detailed information regarding their environmental impacts, which may only become better understood once they are in operation.

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MARINE RENEWABLES & WINDFARMS

EGS Complete another Offshore Wind Farm Site Survey in the Irish Sea EGS (International) Ltd, a company of the EGS Group, has added another succesfull project to its substantial track record in the renewables sector by completing a geophysical and bathymetric survey of the planned Isle of Man Offshore Wind Farm for DONG Energy Power A/S, a global market leader in offshore wind farm developments.

DONG Energy, in partnership with the local government, is investigating the development of an up to 700 MW windfarm on a site located off the east coast of the Isle of Man within the 12-mile limit of the island’s territorial waters.

the survey. Additionally, a novel approach adopted for the UHRS survey allowed for the acquisition of distinct seismic datasets, each with different frequency contents, that were used to generate a broadband stack.

The separate processing of the various frequency components also allowed for improved targeted noise removal and a significant increase in the signal to noise ratio, greately improving the quality of the records, especially in unfavourable weather conditions.

Other survey systems utilised for the project included a high-resolution multibeam echosounder, a combined position and orientation system, acoustic positioning for the towed equipmement (side-scan sonar and magnetometer), a parametric subbottom profiler and DDV camera. In order to achieve a time-efficient overview of the site area, all the geophysical and bathymetric survey systems were operated simultaneosly on a 24h basis, acquiring over 560 line km of survey data on a 1km by 1km grid.

Due to the limited historical information available regarding the geology of the area, priority was given to the acquisition of Ultra High Resolution Seismic (UHRS) data in order to develop a comprehensive geological model for the assessment of the proposed site. To ensure the highest quality UHRS data was acquired, Quality Checking and preliminary processing were carried out on-board the vessel throughout

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Hybrid power for Norwegian Fjords Switzerland’s ABB will provide the crucial technology that will allow a spectacular ferry to run silently on batteries along a UNESCO listed fjord in Norway.

The vessel’s concept has been named Seasight by the shipbuilder Brødrene Aa. ABB will supply a compact and lightweight version of the award winning Onboard DC Grid system that will manage and control the energy flow between the diesel engine, propeller and charging station.

The Onboard DC Grid is a key enabler in efficiently integrating energy storage into modern marine power systems through its DC infrastructure and integrated power and energy management system. In the case of the Seasight, the Onboard DC Grid will transfer energy to the battery during

charging, which will happen at both ends of the voyage, and while the diesel engines are running.

ABB has already engineered the technology to allow larger passenger ferries, including those which carry cars, to run on hybrid or pure battery power.

The environmental saving in terms of carbon dioxide reduction for just one vessel can be the equivalent to electrifying thousands of cars.

The ferry will carry up to 400 tourists

between Flåm and Gudvangen along the Nærøyfjord in the west of Norway, a distance of around 32 km. Once it has arrived in the most scenic part of the fjord it will switch to battery power, allowing sightseers to enjoy nature in almost complete silence at around 10 knots (approx. 18 km/h). The fjord is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List because it remains largely unspoilt by human development and the ferry is designed with the surroundings in mind. Seasight will complete around 700 journeys a year for its owner, The Fjords, from May 2016.

Met Office trials AutoNaut The unmanned surface vessel AutoNaut has completed a successful trial off Plymouth, UK carrying Meteorological Office sensors.

In late November a suite of weather sensors provided by the UK’s Met Office put to sea aboard the 3.5m wave-propelled boat developed

by Chichester based UK company MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd. The aim was test the viability of collecting forecasting data in a new and more cost effective way.

AutoNaut has a unique wave propulsion system, which does not require fuel, and so is able to stay at sea for many months.

Controlled via satellite, from anywhere in the world with an internet connection, she can carry a wide range of sensors.

In this case she carried the same sensors as the UK Met Office use on ocean buoys to provide data for weather forecasting.

These include wind speed and direction,

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barometric pressure, humidity and temperature (both air and sea).

The trial took place over four days and nights on the Western Channel Observatory run by Plymouth Marine Laboratories where there are scientific buoys with the same sensors fitted.

This will make possible a direct comparison between calibrated data from the buoys, and data gathered aboard the AutoNaut.

From our perspective we are looking to assess whether an unmanned surface vehicle can be used to make reliable metocean measurements of the same quality as a moored weather buoy, and whether USVs could offer an alternative to operating moored buoys.

Jon Turton, Head of Marine Observations at the Met Office

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DNV GL and Hempel to cooperate for measurable fleet performance improvement To reap the benefits of any efficiency improvements reliable measurement and analytics are essential, both to set baselines and to calculate returns.

At the Marintec China trade fair in December, Hempel and DNV GL signed a cooperation agreement to work together to bring customers clear, comprehensible and verifiable analytics to track and assess hull and propeller performance, for reduced fuel costs and a smaller environmental impact.

The potential for improvements in hull and propeller performance on the energy efficiency of vessels is significant, with estimates of potential savings in the range of ten per cent in terms of fuel and greenhouse gas emissions savings.

ECO Insight can offer better performance baselines and demonstrate a more explicit relationship between hull and propeller performance and the actual fuel consumed.

This allows customers who have invested in Hempel’s high quality coatings the ability to better quantify the value of their investment.

“At Hempel we place great importance in

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being close to our customers and providing the best individual service. With the data analysed by DNV GL, we will be able to optimize our customers’ fuel performance, improving hull performance matching specifications precisely to individual needs and trade, dry dock intervals and technical service in dock,” said Christian Ottosen, Group Vice President, Marine Marketing, Hempel. “This will benefit our customers and support their businesses being more efficient in their operations. So far, we have been very pleased to cooperate with DNV GL, and we look forward to working even closer with their staff from now on.”

With one of the most sophisticated analysis methodologies for hull and propeller performance on the market, ECO Insight uses advanced normalization algorithms to increase the accuracy of its analysis and is able to benchmark a vessel’s performance relative to other similar vessels. Additionally, by tapping into additional ship specific data (beyond what is used to calculate performance) ECO Insight’s analytics can be used to further customize paint specifications up front and to proactively manage performance once the ship enters service.

We are very pleased to be able to work with Hempel to bring their customers ECO Insight’s state of the art hull degradation analytics.This data will not only give their customers transparent and verified data with only a few simple measurement inputs.

It will also give Hempel access to advanced analytics for the further optimization of their coatings. We’ve already seen the benefits our customers have gained from having real fleet performance analytics easily available, especially in the area of hull and propeller performance and we’d like to welcome Hempel customers to the ECO Insight family.

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