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Member news Bertling Logistics appoints new head for Houston office
Bertling Logistics has announced the appointment of Steve Walter as general manager for its Houston office. Steve took up his new role on 1 January 2021 and brings a wealth of commercial, operational and management experience from his 23 years in the freight industry to his new role at Bertling. In his career Steve has worked for both large multinationals as well as with industry specialist companies and most recently headed the business development team at CEVA Logistics. Bertling Logistics trusts Steve’s know-how and expertise and is convinced that he will help the company to enhance its business activities in North America and beyond. He will be a responsible leader for the Houston team and will be instrumental in growing the business and market coverage in North America. Steve will also play an important role in identifying new business areas in North America and help Bertling to realise new opportunities to broaden its service offering in this important market. Bertling was founded in Germany more than 155 years ago and has since then developed from a local chartering and ship-owning business into a globally recognised logistics and shipping company offering complex project freight forwarding, GFF and resupply transport solutions as well as worldwide leading ship-owning, chartering and brokerage services to its global clients.
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For more information: www.bertling.com
BBRG active in EU funded project with MooringSense Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) is active in a consortium for the European MooringSense project funded by the Horizon 2020 initiative, which aims to reduce the costs associated with floating offshore wind energy production by 10 to 15% and increase efficiency. MooringSense is defining a more efficient management strategy for mooring systems and has outlined the architecture of its digital twin, a significant aspect of the project’s development.
This digital twin is a replica of the mooring system, enabling real time virtual monitoring, predictive modelling and development simulations. As part of the consortium of research, BBRG helped define the digital twin that will optimise the operation and maintenance of the floating wind turbines’ anchoring and mooring systems, along with the specifications and validation procedures of the components that make up the solution proposed by MooringSense. While the digital twin is still evolving, the consortium is now concentrating its technical work on aspects such as the design and prototyping of a low-cost intelligent sensor using GNSS technology to monitor the movement of floating platforms, the development of the monitoring system to control their structural health and the definition of riskbased integrity management strategies. The project will also work on efficiently managing the vast volume of data offered by digital twinning.
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For more information: www.bridon-bekaert.com
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Glacier Energy secures significant PBS contract
Glacier Energy, a leading international provider of specialist products, services and engineering solutions for energy infrastructure, has been awarded a contract worth circa £1m by PBS for the provision of export gas coolers for Total Exploration and Production UK’s (TEPUK) North Alwyn platform in the North Sea. The scope of work includes the design, fabrication, assembly, inspection, testing and supply of four shell and tube heat exchangers which will be carried out by Glacier Energy’s heat transfer solutions division based in Aberdeen, UK.
This is a significant award for the team that reinforces the strength of our design and manufacturing expertise, as well as our market-leading status in the heat transfer solutions field across the oil and gas, chemical and alternative energy industries. Andy Scott, Director of Glacier Energy’s Heat Transfer division
PBS is a new organisation which consists of three separate companies – Ponticelli UK Ltd, Brand UK Ltd and Semco Maritime Ltd. As of 1 May 2020, PBS has been awarded a five-year contract to provide general operations and maintenance services to all TEPUK assets in the North Sea. At the core of the Glacier Energy brand is the company’s deep-rooted capability amassed through the acquisition of some of the most technical and reputable brands in the industry.
