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Port of Felixstowe receives full AEO statusThe Port of Felixstowe has become the first UK port to receive full Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.

The AEO initiative was introduced by the European Commission through the Union Customs Code to help simplify customs procedures and secure international supply chains.

Commenting on the accreditation, Clemence Cheng, Chief Executive Officer of Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, owners of the Port of Felixstowe, said:

“Being the first port in the UK to achieve full AEO status demonstrates our commitment to providing the best possible level of service to our customers. It recognises the robustness and consistency of the port’s procedures, giving customers and UK Customs comfort that the high standards required to achieve accreditation are maintained. It is becoming increasingly important to cargo owners that everyone involved in the international supply chain is able to demonstrate the highest standards of customs simplification, safety and security. Ports play a vital role in this regard and this designation gives them that assurance.”

The AEO certificate is an internationally recognised quality mark issued by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs giving surety that the holder’s role in the international supply chain is secure, and

that their customs controls and procedures are efficient and compliant.

The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe. It is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group, a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited which is the world’s leading port investor, developer and operator. The HPH network of port operations comprises 319 berths in 52 ports, spanning 26 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Australasia.

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New seafloor map reveals mysteries of the deep

Thousands of previously uncharted mountains rising from the seafloor and new clues about the formation of the continents have emerged through the new map, which is twice as accurate as the previous version produced nearly 20 years ago. Developed using a scientific model that captures gravity measurements of the ocean seafloor, the new map extracts data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite, which primarily captures polar ice data but also operates continuously over the oceans, and Jason-1, NASA’s satellite that was redirected to map the gravity field during the last year of its 12-year mission.

Excessive port charges threat to UK shipowners

A system must be found to mediate disputes between shipping companies and port operators over the cost of doing business, UK Chamber of Shipping CEO Guy Platten said in a speech to the British Ports Association annual conference in Belfast.

“Shipowners, just like commercial ports, are in business to make money – and expect to negotiate with their suppliers in order to secure a good service at a competitive price.” Platten explained.

DP World London chooses CUF operator

DP World London Gateway has chosen Import Services Ltd. to be operator and manager of the Common User Facility (CUF) now being built at London Gateway Logistics Park.

The steelwork for the first phase of the 386,000 sq ft multi-purpose cargo handling centre is nearly complete and the development is on target to open in Q2 2015.

Southampton-based Import Services will initially take on a portion of the new development and provide a menu of logistics services and activities on a ‘pay-as-you-go’ basis. Services will range from basic devanning to cross-docking, storage and value-added activities such as pick-and-pack, labelling, pre-retail and distribution.

However, even the larger operators have recognised the benefits of using the Common User Facility because it enables them to further optimise their supply chain by back-loading into their existing networks,” said Peter Ward, DP World London Gateway’s head of supply chain.

DP World London Gateway and Import Services have been working together to develop the fit-out of the CUF building and establish the day-to-day processes such as internal shunting of containers from the port’s quayside to the logistics park.

In a video interview announcing the development, Mike Thomas, client services director, Import Services, said: “Operating the Common User Facility will enable Import Services to launch a twin port strategy, replicating our port-centric logistics model in Southampton to facilitate growth for both our existing and new clients at DP World London Gateway.”

Craig Group’s two ERRVs hit the water

The vessels, named the Grampian Dynamic and the Grampian Dynasty, are being built as part of a £70 million investment plan for North Star Shipping which will see a total of six vessels delivered between 2014 and 2016, Craig Group recently announced.

Douglas Craig, Chairman and Managing Director of Craig Group, said: “This is a significant investment by Craig Group and is one we are making as a result of our commitment to our clients, our employees and the marine industry. These new vessels are now part of a fleet that is not only at the forefront of technology but also at the forefront of safety.”

At 50 metres in length, the vessels will be outfitted as a minimum with one daughter craft, one fast rescue craft and state of the art survival facilities. An additional two D-class vessels the Grampian Deliverance and the Grampian Devotion will be launched by North Star Shipping in 2015, followed by two F-class IMT 958 multi-role ERRVs in early 2016, completing the investment plan.

Slightly larger at 58 metres long with diesel electric propulsion via twin Azimuth Stern Drives, the F-Class vessels will also be equipped with daughter craft and fast rescue craft as well as being able to transfer and store limited deck cargo and provide offshore locations with fresh water and fuel if required.

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Lerwick Harbour smashing records

The arrival of the cruise ship Norwegian Star at Lerwick Harbour on Thursday, September 25, marked the end of the Shetland port’s best season yet, with two records achieved, the Lerwick Harbour Port Authority reports. Passenger numbers reached a new high at 43,056, topping the previous record of 37,572 set in 2012, with the vessel tonnage figure of 1,682,985 gross tonnes exceeding the record of 1,531,097 gross tonnes from two years ago.

Making her second visit to Lerwick after a maiden call last year, the 294-metre, 91,740 gross tonne Norwegian Star arrived from Bergen, Norway, with 2,282 passengers on board, leaving later that day for Reykjavik, Iceland. She was the 49th cruise ship of the year at Lerwick where the early start to the season in March was delayed by bad weather in the North Sea. Poor conditions in August forced three vessels to cancel their planned calls.

Victor Sandison, Lerwick Port Authority Deputy Chief Executive, said: ”The record figures for vessel tonnages and passengers are all the more pleasing as the weather-related cancellations prevented us achieving the record-equalling number of 52 cruise ship arrivals”

The season included nine maiden calls and a return by Costa Pacifica – her fifth visit – at 114,288 gross tonnes, the largest cruise ship yet at the port.

“The statistics for this year and next again confirm Lerwick’s popularity as a port-off-call and seaway to Shetland’s many attractions. There are positive signs for the coming season, with 46 vessels booked to visit to date.”

Dover gets green light for major investment Dover Harbour Board has agreed to move forward on the first substantial phase of works to transform the Port of Dover through its Dover Western Docks Revival project.

In what is a major part of the biggest single investment that will have ever been made by the Board in Dover and its port, tenders are being invited for construction companies to get involved in the project.

Tim Waggott, Chief Executive, Port of Dover, said: “The decision represents a further investment of up to £120 million in Dover and the employment prospects of current and future generations of local people over the next few years.same. The studies have been done and the conversations have been had with our customers, with our community and with our staff.”

Standby vessel hits wind farm pile, springs leak

Danish-registered standby safety vessel, OMS Pollux, collided with a pile supporting a turbine yesterday at Walney Wind Farm, off Barrow-in-Furness. The vessel has since been leaking marine gas oil (diesel), the UK Maritime Coast Guard Agency said yesterday.

The Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a call at 9:05 yesterday morning reporting that a ship collided with a turbine pile and has since joined coordinating the recovery of the damaged ship.

The Nordic Offshore Marine’s vessel, with a crew of around 18 on board, was last reported afloat and there were no reported injuries.

OMS Pollux has moved under its own power to its current location north of the Port of Liverpool limits, and away from environmentally sensitive areas.

The Barrow lifeboat attended the incident and the ship was escorted in relay by the Barrow, Lytham and Hoylake lifeboats.

The fixed-wing aircraft from Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s counter pollution team has made a flypast and reports that a surface sheen, 5-10 metres wide and around 0.7 nautical miles in length is trailing the vessel.

The OMS Pollux will remain offshore outside the Liverpool Port Authority limits until the leak has been stopped, the Coast Guard said.

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has been informed

UK Ministry of Defence awards £3.2 Billion contracts The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded £3.2 billion (USD 5.18bn) of contracts to support the management of the UK’s naval bases. The contracts will also cover the maintenance and repair of the Royal Navy’s warships and submarines. Babcock, which manages Her Majesty’s Naval Bases at Devonport and Clyde, has been awarded a £2.6 billion (USD 4.2bn) contract, while BAE Systems, which manages Portsmouth Naval Base, has been awarded a £600 million (USD 971m) contract.

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Clydeport fined over Flying Phantom deathsA port operator Clydeport Operations Ltd will have to pay fines totalling £650,000 (circa USD 1.05 million) for health and safety breaches that resulted in three deaths in 2007.

In December 2007 the Flying Phantom was one of three tugs assisting the 70,000-tonne cargo ship Red Jasmine as it made its way along the River Clyde.

As they approached the Erskine Bridge, the Flying Phantom was secured to the bow of the Red Jasmine, which was transporting animal feed.

Just before 6pm, in thick fog, the Flying Phantom called the ship to say they had grounded and the pilot instructed the tug to let go the line. That was the last communication. The line came taut and the tug was pulled over and capsized – a situation known as “girting”.

The tug’s master, Stephen Humphreys, 33, chief engineer, Robert Cameron, 65, and rating, Eric Blackley, 57, lost their lives. The mate, Brian Aitchison, 37, managed to climb clear before the tug sank and was rescued.

Earlier in September in the Edinburgh High Court, Clydeport Operations Limited, owned by Peel Ports Limited, admitted breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

The company accepted that between 29 December 2000 and 19 December 2007 there had been a systemic failure in risk assessments and safe systems of work. The company was fined £650,000. The tug operator Svitzer Marine Limited had previously admitted to proximate cause of the deaths.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) took over the maritime element of the investigation from Strathclyde Police, once it was determined that the deaths were not suspicious.Clydeport Operations Fined for Flying Phantom Deaths1

However, the investigation remained under the control of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

The MCA found that there were also shortcomings in the application of the Port Marine Safety code in that neither the company secretary, nor the operations/human resources director, received training to adequately fulfil their role as the designated person with responsibility to ensure health and safety.

The charges included a similar accident with a ship, the Abu Egila, at the same place in September 2000 when the Flying

Phantom was also the lead tug. On this occasion the tug was let go and there were no injuries.

Sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh on 29 September the judge, Lord Kinclaven, said: “The charges are severally and jointly very serious and extended for a long period of time, from 2000 to 2007.”

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Record-breaking ship arrives in Aberdeen Harbour as public consultation over Nigg Bay development plans continuesAberdeen Harbour has welcomed the largest vessel to have docked in the city, as its latest plans for the proposed expansion at Nigg Bay continue on public display.

The MV Pacific Adventure, a general cargo and container vessel, which is 160m in length and 27m wide, now holds the record at the port with a gross tonnage of 19,128 tonnes, beating previous record holder, the diving support vessel, Skandi Arctic, by 488 tonnes. The Hartmann Project Lines vessel, under the agency of Euroline Shipping, recently arrived with a cargo of oilfield materials from Mauritania.

Aberdeen Harbour chief executive Colin Parker said: “Our ability to accommodate vessels of this size is thanks to a programme of strategic engineering work, completed in 2012, which widened and deepened the navigation channel.

It illustrates a trend towards bigger, more efficient vessels requiring access to Aberdeen and further reinforces the need for the development of a second, deeper port facility at Nigg Bay, if the North East of Scotland is to remain economically competitive.”

Plans for the proposed £320million development at Nigg Bay have gone on display until October 31, at Aberdeen’s Maritime Museum, as part of an ongoing Development Framework consultation process, supported by Aberdeen City Council and Scottish Enterprise. The consultation is designed to investigate the potential benefits, opportunities or challenges that the Nigg Bay development might bring to the wider area of Altens, East Tullos and Torry.

The project, which the Harbour hopes will commence in 2017, is predicted to increase economic activity at the port to £2billion per annum in 20 years and potentially create approximately 7,000 jobs.

Aberdeen Harbour is one of the UK’s busiest ports and the centre of activity for the energy industry’s marine operations in North-west Europe. With trading links to more than 39 countries across the world, the port is a key regional resource and a vital part of Northern Scotland’s infrastructure.

With a wide range of industry sectors contributing to record annual traffic figures, Aberdeen Harbour handles over 28 million tonnes of shipping and cargo of approximately five million tonnes. Activity at the port generates over £1.5 billion to the region’s economy each year and helps sustain around 12,000 full-time equivalent jobs.

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Clyde and Co remark that ships with fatigued crew unseaworthyIf a ship’s crew doesn’t receive enough rest while trying to keep up with a ship’s schedule, there should be a regulatory framework under which the ship could be considered unmanned or unseaworthy, Law firm Clyde and Co claims.

However, there have been no reported judgments to form a precedent in order to back up an argument that a ship is unseaworthy as a result of seafarer fatigue, according to the law firm.

“It could be argued that a master, officer, or crew member that is fatigued could be considered to be incompetent (temporarily), in that their mental and physical capacity to perform their duties is impaired. Therefore, the carrier could be viewed to have failed to exercise due diligence before and at the commencement of the voyage to properly man the vessel in breach of the Hague/Hague Visby Rules,” the company said.

The majority of cargoes are carried pursuant to contracts of carriage that contain within them a Hague Rules type regime and hence, amongst other things, an obligation on the carrier to exercise due diligence before and at the commencement of the voyage, to properly man, equip and supply the vessel to make it seaworthy.

A quarter of seafarers say they have fallen asleep while on watch, according to a research carried out with the support of the Trade Union, Nautilus International.

This is a result of working 85-hour weeks or more, despite regulations being introduced to combat this issue.

On 20 August 2013 new regulations came into force with the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006.

The new batch of regulations has set minimum hours of rest benchmark which should not be lower than ten hours in any 24-hour period and 77 hours in any seven-day period.

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Winch for MH370 huntUK company Romica Engineering Ltd have signed a contract with Fugro Survey PTY Ltd Australia to provide a deep tow traction winch system, providing extra capability to Fugro so assisting in the search for MH370.

The traction winch system is designed to deploy and recover 10,000m of 18mm conducting tow umbilical. The setup includes level-wind assembly and a storage winch assembly with local and remote control stations containing line count and line speed display.

Bob Turner, managing director of Romica Engineering said: “We are delighted that Fugro have once again selected Romica as a winch system supplier to enhance their expanding capabilities to support the search for MH370 in this difficult time. This contract for the supply of a deep tow traction winch allows Fugro to deploy sensors probing the ocean depths from either of the two Searcher class ships they currently have on task. Vessels of this class are equipped with a full suite of Romica handling gear and this supply adds to their already impressive capabilities. All at Romica continue to wish them good luck in their search.”

REL was founded in 2003 to provide payload welfare to the oceanographic and offshore oil & gas sector. Romica supports companies undertaking subsea measurement, monitoring and IRM (Inspection Repair Maintenance) tasks through a range of services, tools and equipment solutions.

Paul Kennedy, project director for Fugro’s MH370 Search said: “The search for MH370 is being conducted in a harsh environment in an extremely remote part of the world. This requires the most reliable equipment which has low maintenance, a good spare part supply chain and is easy to operate. Romica provide such a winch.”

Romica Engineering Ltd provide specialist subsea lifting and winching equipment to the oceanographic and offshore oil & gas exploration and exploitation markets, based in Beverley, UK the company exports worldwide, manufacturing primarily in Romica’s factory in Satu Mare, Romania.

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Deck gear will pull its weightWhen the Port of London Authority decided it needed a new Mooring Maintenance Vessel (MMV) it was obviously going to lean heavily on its deck equipment.

There was no doubt about the need for the new workboat: the PLA’s two elderly salvage ships Crossness and Hookness had worked the tidal Thames for over 40 years. So, this brand new MMV will take over much of the river operations: it will perform the usual navigation channel markings and mooring placement as well as taking up old piles and anchors, diving operation support and deploying machinery for both salvage operations and even plough dredging to help keep costs down.

Firstly, there’s a big main winch: this had two speeds which gives it 120 tonne capacity at 4m per minute “for when there is some meaty work to be done” says Mr Milner, plus it has a double speed half pull alternative. The winch has a brake rating of 180 tonnes and takes 100m of 64mm diameter wire “so it’s pretty big stuff”, he adds. Further, there’s a low power cable storage reel – basically a giant cotton bobbin – to hold a backup length of the big diameter rope.

An anchor mooring winch has been built with room for chain on one side, rope on the other, and this is complimented by three 6 tonne hydraulic capstans for quick wrap and release using fibre rope. Two heavy duty deck cranes give the whole craft a huge versatility.

Underpinning all this is the full hydraulic system. Mr Milner explains that dedicated auxiliary engines provide power to 280hp load sensing piston pumps: these run the bow thruster and deck machinery hydraulics depending on demand: “The idea is that a load sensing system will respond to what the consumers need, running at reduced speed rather than reduced pull.”

And to top it all, all the machinery apart from the anchor winch and capstans can be operated remotely from the comfort of the wheelhouse.

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A fresh approach to cable laying The SeaSerpent, a patented product developed by UK buoyancy specialist Unique Seaflex, is being adopted by an increasing number of cable-laying contractors around the world. Unique Seaflex believes the product meets the challenges of cable laying head-on in a way which the alternatives cannot.

According to the manufacturers, three of the main operational challenges faced by those laying cables, and in particular landing them, are how to avoid point-loading those cables during the process, how to ensure that it is laid exactly where it needs to be, and how to complete the process as time-efficiently as possible so as to maximise project margins.

To reduce the risk of point-loading compared to traditional individual floats which are secured to the cable every few metres from a workboat as the cable hits the water, the SeaSerpent is a system of continuous support which pays out onto the cable and is fastened to it back up on the deck every 1-1.5m with simple straps or rope.

Supplied on reels offering section lengths of 50m, 100m or 200m which are linked via jumper hoses, the SeaSerpent pays out from its own launch system which is controlled by a Seaflex technician on the deck who will also oversee its initial inflation to the correct pressure and then maintenance of its pressure along its entire length.

Aside from greatly reducing the risk of point-loading when compared to installing individual floats, the ability to control the buoyancy along the entire length of the cable from the deck and to lay the cable in a controlled fashion gives the user a unique flexibility throughout the process. In the event of bad weather coming in quickly, the cable can be dropped to the seabed to see it out and then re-floated. The same applies if for whatever reason the trench is missed.

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At the end of the process, the SeaSerpent is detached from the cable and spooled back onto a reel by its dedicated recovery system.

Proven in service for well over a decade in projects right around the world, most recently in the Middle East and with upcoming work in South East Asia, the most high-profile recent use of the SeaSerpent around Northern European waters was in 2012 by VSMC on the London Array project where 3.2km of 90kg/m export power cable was safely and efficiently landed with the on-deck assistance of two Seaflex technicians.

According to Unique Seaflex, the SeaSerpent is extremely cost-effective to manufacture as a single long tube compared to smaller discrete units which, depending upon size, can be up to twice the price of the SeaSerpent to produce the same overall amount of uplift. Transportation and stowage deflated on palletised reels, they claim, makes for efficient mobilisation and deck logistics.

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An eye for a good linkTowing operations now have a shiny new alternative to the commonly used cow-hitch, but why?

Ian Hutchinson of Lankhorst explains the traditional method of simply “hitching” together the main line and the lighter, sacrificial pennant “often results in the thinner line eating into the thicker one”, which may lead to premature rope failure.

Further, linking and unlinking can be a time consuming business: “Once these lines have been together for a while the knot tends to set hard and it is then virtually impossible to part unless you cut them.”

An alternative developed by Kotug - and now being helped into the market by Lankhorst - is both simple and yet, according to Mr Hutchinson, really very effective: the Ko-Link towing ring is a highly polished circle which is inserted into the splice eye of the towline. Sized for virtually any rope diameter all the way up to 189mm these make linking and unlinking the pennant much quicker and easier. Any additional weight has been kept to a minimum as the ring is made of aluminium. “The main thing is it cuts down the time on these operations,” says Mr Hutchinson, but he admits there’s a slightly more controversial reason for using them. “You simply can’t tell how much life a rope has left in it, and sometimes there’s even doubt that the pennant is really the weaker of the two lines. But if you use the Ko-Link as a connector you can intentionally create a weak link: I understand not everyone will agree with using it like this but if a line is going to fail, then there’s advantages to having some control over exactly where this happens.”

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Britain’s largest independent ship repairer, Burgess Marine, has successfully acquired 100% of the share capital in Meercat Workboats Ltd. Meercat, based in Portchester, currently builds custom road transportable multi-role workboats up to 18m in length; with plans to expand into both Class approved vessels and aluminium wind farm support vessels the company has appointed Mr Jason Coltman as Managing Director.

Burgess Marine is already building two wind farm support vessels for Mainprize Offshore Ltd; the company will complete these builds and then launch the two new vessels as Meercats. Subject to berth availability the firms’ intent is to exhibit the first of these two new vessels at Seawork in 2015.

Mr Nicholas Warren, Burgess Marine’s Managing Director comments: “the acquisition of Meercat is very much line with our plans for longer-term strategic growth - Meercat builds boats, Burgess Marine repairs ships, and Trafalgar Yacht Management manages Yachts.

Burgess Marine acquires Meercat WorkboatsOur intent is to develop Meercat by gradually expanding the company’s product range and facilities - we’re looking at barges, canal tugs, larger Class approved workboats and the potential for further ‘Sure Build’ style aluminium builds”.

In respect to ‘Sure Build’ Nicholas goes on to say “the ‘Sure Build’ concept has been very well received by the offshore wind farm industry - the customers love it. Yes its low margin, but from our perspective it’s also very low risk and completely safe from the customers side. ‘Sure Build’ really suits the WFSV market as so many customers have had their fingers burned. In terms of core business Meercat will keep doing exactly what it’s always done - building great, practical and bespoke multi-role workboats on a fixed price basis. Why change what works?”

Jason Coltman, Meercat’s Managing Director comments: “since the acquisition we’ve contracted one 14m new build to Dawnfresh Farming Ltd and we’re in the final stages of agreeing a Canal Tug

contract too. Business remains brisk and we’re very much looking forward to the future. From a fiscal perspective being part of Burgess definitely helps; that said we’re very much our own entity and we’re intent on building both our own brand and our position within the market.”

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Why attend Seawork Asia 2014The inaugural Seawork Asia exhibition, which will be held in Shanghai in November, is generating significant interest from leading European manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of commercial marine and workboat products and services.

The brand new exhibition and forum has generated a mass of exhibitor interest from numerous countries including; China, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, UK and the US.

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Visitor registration now openEnglish language visitor registration has now gone live on the Seawork Asia website: www.seaworkasia.com

Taking place at Shanghai’s premier exhibition centre, SWEECC, from 4-6 November, attendance at Seawork Asia will give you the opportunity to:

• Meet with buyers and sellers to the Chinese commercial marine industry

• Engage with Chinese Government departments and understand their procurement plans

• Learn about new developments in both domestic and international markets

• Attend the focused Workboat Forum – Free of Charge

• Enjoy a networking evening with key people from Chinese and International businesses

Upon registration you will receive access to further details of opening times, visa application, hotels and travel information. Chinese registration is also available by visiting the Chinese language website www.seaworkasia.cn.

Register now for quick on-site badge collection and general information about the exhibition at:

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Specialist consultants and naval architects to the commercial maritime sector, Amgram, has announced that it will be exhibiting at Seawork Asia.

Amgram Ltd is an established marine design and consultancy company and is now carrying out increasing amounts of work providing technical support to customers during the workboat procurement phase.

Regarded as an expert in its field, Amgram specialises in workboat and commercial craft design and procurement of vessels ranging from 10 to 40 metres. Amgram works with craft constructed in GRP, steel and aluminium, however surprisingly the team also has experience in historic timber craft.

Founded by Managing Director Paul Graville in 1987, Amgram offers a host of technical support services and works in an advisory capacity with the likes of Government organizations as well as builders and yards worldwide, with vessel specification writing and procurement services a current topseller. With an enviable client list including, Holyhead Marine Services and Baltic Workboats in Estonia, as a taste of current projects Amgram has recently been providing consultancy to the Welsh Government, developed the structural design and design support package for a 20m wavepiercing pilot boat as well as a 21m wind farm support vessel design built by Almaritec for Dong Energy.

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Seawork Asia exhibitor and underwater monitoring specialist, Cygnus has recently introduced the new Cygnus DIVE Mk2 gauge.

The new gauge boasts a number of key new features, including a super-bright Amoled display, updated topside and reporting software and twin crystal probes to assist in taking measurements on highly attenuative materials such as cast iron, measuring link thickness of anchor chains and on heavily corroded steel.

The simple-to-operate Cygnus Dive is a wrist-mountable, robust, underwater ultrasonic thickness gauge which frees up an invaluable hand while performing remaining metal thickness measurements.

The Cygnus-pioneered multiple echo technique is at the heart of the electronics and, because it ensures protective coatings up to 20mm thick are completely ignored, there is no need to remove them.

Additionally, all measurements are automatically checked and verified by the multiple echo technique. The large bright colour Amoled display is easily viewable by both the diver and his camera, even in the poorest visibility. The operation of the gauge couldn’t be simpler with only two buttons for easy navigation of the intuitive menus.

The completely new feature is the added flexibility of single echo mode, where twin crystal probes can be used - useful on uncoated surfaces that have extreme front face and back wall. It is also useful for attenuative materials, such as cast iron, found in water and sewage outfall pipes and anchor chain links.

The ability of the diver to wear Cygnus Dive on his arm or wrist is a big advantage says Graham Haines, Sales Director for Cygnus who comments, “Having a free hand when diving offers obvious advantages and, together with the 2.8” quarter VGA colour display, it makes viewing so much easier by both the diver and support engineers on the surface via the diver’s camera.

The Amoled display not only gives much better viewing, especially in poor visibility, it also offers an A-Scan display which helps verify true back wall readings in

difficult measuring applications. In data logging mode, Cygnus Dive can store up to 5,000 measurements together with each measurement A-Scan for future analysis should the need arise.

Cygnus to exhibit at Seawork Asia

To find out how your business can benefit from attending Seawork Asia contact Sara Allerton, Events Sales Executive, Seawork Asia Tel: +44 (0) 1329 825335 or via email at sallerton@seaworkasia.com

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Atlantic Towage & Marine salvage tall ship AstridAtlantic Towage and Marine Ltd have completed their biggest salvage contract to date together with Blue Ocean Marine after successfully raising the tall ship Astrid. The complex salvage operation saw the Astrid being lifted from rocks where she sank in mid July and lifted onto a floating barge.

The 42m tall ship Astrid was taking part in a Gathering cruise, bound for Kinsale, when on 24th July she experienced engine failure and was blown onto rocks near the Sovereign Islands off Kinsale during strong southerly winds.

The main vessel involved the operation was Atlantic Towage and Marine’s tug Ocean Bank, used as a dive support vessel and was assisted by the 15m tug Trojan, their pilot boat Ocean Lad was used as an oil pollution response vessel, and also used in the operation was the high speed RIB Ocean Runner.

Atlantic Towage & Marine hired a sheerlegs from GPS Marine to carry out the lift.

Prior to the lift, divers cleared loose rigging and debris from the Astrid, fitted heavy-duty straps to the vessel’s hull, and sealed fuel lines and fuel tanks, to prevent 3.5 tonnes of diesel, which remained on the vessel from causing a pollution hazard. The Atlas, which has a 400 tonne lifting capacity brought the 300 tonne Astrid to the surface in an operation, which took several hours.

The Atlas, with the Astrid suspended from its boom made its way to Kinsale harbour where the tall ship was moved onto a flattop barge, secured and hander over to the owners and insurance.

Following the salvage operation, divers from Blue Ocean Marine (Atlantic Towage & Marine’s sister company) conducted an underwater video survey of the wreck site, which was passed onto the Coast Guard.

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Seacontractors milestone with three Damen workboatsSeacontractors has expanded its workboat fleet with three new orders at Damen Shipyards Group, including the maritime services provider’s ninth vessel from the Shoalbuster range, a Damen Shoalbuster 3209. In addition, Seacontractors’ order for two Stan Tugs makes it the launching customer for the new 70-tonne bollard pull STu 3011 design. Extensive customisations increase the multifunctional design’s capacity for anchor handling and firefighting.

“What drew us to the new STu 3011 is the wider design – compact with extra space on deck,” he commented. “And we also knew that we could rely on Damen for our pretty demanding list of customisations.”

Seacontractors plans to deploy the two new vessels in anchoring handling and terminal works. Following extensive customisation at Damen’s new Song Cam yard in Vietnam, the vessels, to be named Atlantis and Dian Kingdom, will be delivered in June 2015.

Damen’s customisation of the multipurpose STu 3011 into an anchor handling tug includes changing the layout of the aft deck and lengthening the aft part of the vessels by 1 metre to create an open stern with stern roller. In addition, Damen will install a waterfall winch from supplier DMT and a bow thruster. The STu 3011 has capacity for a 15-20 tonne anchor on deck.

“We’ve put a lot of thought into these vessels,” Mr Schanssema continued, “ensuring they meet the tough requirements set by our clients, particularly in the Middle East. Damen has done a great job for us in developing these customised designs and the end result is worth it.”

Mr Van Woerkum says Damen introduced the new STu 3011 design in anticipation of new MLC regulations and to incorporate an efficient 70 tonne bollard pull and wider design with increased stability.

“Seacontractors is the perfect launching customer for us,” he stated. “Working at a high calibre and well known in the industry, Seacontractors is an important customer for Damen.”

www.damen.com

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Ultrasonic antifouling systemThe ‘Sonihull’ ultrasonic antifouling system from NRG Marine Ltd was originally designed for pleasure boats, but has now been enhanced specifically to cater for commercial vessels and super yachts.

Sonihull is an environmentally friendly and cost effective anti-foul system designed not just for hulls, thrusters and jet drives, but also for sea chests, raw water piping and heat exchangers. It is also very effective for suppression of diesel bug and keeping stored water fresh. A real break through, especially when you add in the cost saving benefits of substantial fuel savings from a cleaner hull, less wear and tear on mechanical systems and longer periods between haul outs.

Sonihull used in conjunction with normal anti-foul paint not only kills algae and prevents barnacles from growing on the hull, but also enhances the performance and longevity of the paint by keeping the pores of the paint clean so that fresh anti-foul can be released, even whilst the vessel is stationary.

Although the concept of using ultrasonic technology for keeping a boat hull clean is a relatively new application, the actual concept of ultrasonic cleaning has been around for over 30 years in such applications as dentistry, jewellery cleaning and clearing drains.

NRG Marine’s ultrasonic marine protection system incorporates the latest digital electronics and ultrasonic transducer technology. The Sonihull works by producing multiple bursts of ultrasonic energy in multiple ranges of targeted frequencies. This produces a patter of alternating positive and negative pressure, which in turn, creates the cleaning effect by destroying the first part of the food chain – the algae, thus making the surface less attractive to barnacles and other crustaceans.

With all the current and future environmental legislation, its good to know there is a way forward with the Sonihull.

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Punchy newbuild in all-round Weser serviceOperators in Bremen/Bremerhaven are reportedly pleased with their new multi-purpose tug ‘Albatros’ - the latest workboat to enter service as part of a fleet modernisation programme on the Weser in Germany’s second biggest universal port complex.

Ruediger Staats, a spokesman for owners Bremenports told reporters succinctly after the new 16.76m long and 5.94m wide tug had undertaken its first operations: “I hear that our people are satisfied with the boat”.

That comment backed up earlier remarks about the Damen-built Type STAN 1606 tug by Bremenports Managing Director Robert Howe. “Teething problems are not something we expect with the boat”, he said, a reference to it being part of

an established series at the Dutch yard. Series production also meant it took only a few months to order and deliver and that cost had been kept “within bounds” at €1.5 million, he said.

Albatros is tackling a wide range of jobs. A main one is to guarantee water depths for busy container-handling facilities. Bremenports uses its own bucket dredgers, barges, seabed scourers and tugs and the new workboat was towing the bucket dredger Bremerhaven as well as re-deploying anchors and anchor cables.

It is also being used to recover lost fenders, transport port personnel and materials and assist at quays and in locks. In winter it will see service as an icebreaker.

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Albatros draws 2.54m and carries a crew of two or three when deploying anchor equipment. It has two 447kW Caterpillar C 18 TA/B engines driving twin Kaplan 11 fixed-pitch propellers over Reintjes WAF series gearboxes. It also has a Caterpillar C2.2NA 230/400 20.3kVA genset. Speed is 11.2 knots and bollard pull is 16 tons.

The new boat replaces two older Bremenports tugs built in the 1960s and 1950s - Stoer 1 and Hansa. Bremenports said neither boat was capable of the work now expected of modern multi-purpose tugs in the ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven, where 78.7 million tons were handled in 2013 and nearly 8,000 ships berthed.

The two old tugs were also no longer economically viable, Bremenports said. Due repairs to the hull of the Stoer 1 alone would have cost €350,000 while a general overhaul of its 800 hp engine would have added €60,000 to the bill. In addition the operation and maintenance of the two old boats would have cost the port about €160,000 a year.

The last boat to be added to the Bremenports work fleet before the Albatros was the 16.25m long and 4.5m wide workboat Moewe in July last year. Built at the Bolle Shipyard on the Elbe it is driven by a 173kW Volvo Penta Type D7A TA main engine. Her main job is the inspection, maintenance and repair of port facilities.The Albatros in Bremen

Red Bay up and awayRed Bay Boats in Northern Ireland has won two orders for its new Stormforce 1650 vessel. The orders have been placed by Sea Harris, a ferry operator on the Isle of Lewis for day trips to St Kilda island, off Scotland, and by Belfast Harbour Commissioners for use as a new pilot boat.

Tom McLaughlin, managing director of Red Bay Boats said: “The Stormforce 1650 has been developed as the central feature of our strategy to strengthen our position with the commercial sector. While we already have significant sales for our existing range of RIBs from commercial operators, the majority of our craft are used in the leisure sector.”

“Our research indicated substantial commercial sector opportunities for our expertise”, McLaughlin added: “We recognised, however, that to strengthen our position we would require a much larger RIB than those we currently manufacture. Stormforce 1650 can carry up to 52 passengers and is ideal as a fast and robust ferry and also as a pilot boat.”

Red Bay has already delivered to Sea Harris and is scheduled to deliver the pilot boat to Belfast in November.

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First boat built in Chatham Dockyard since closure 30 years agoBack in the 1980’s it really came as a shock to the maritime community in Kent and around the country in general when, after 400 years in operation, Chatham Dockyard closed. The Navy pulled out and thousands of workers lost their jobs.

But, from that dark day, the local community fought back – gradually, and today the future is much much brighter. There is the visitor centre which attracts thousands of people to the area, there is also the, now fully underway, £650m plan to transform the area back to a vibrant dock area with over 3,000 new jobs, a hotel, supermarket, conference centre and hundreds of homes.

Now to really crown the resurrection of the area Ebbsfleet Marine Ltd are building the first boat in the docks since the devastation in the 80’s.

Scheduled for completion this Autumn, Ebbsfleet Marine, part of the SH Group are building a new split hull multi-purpose work vessel to a very high specification. The vessel itself will be capable of performing a plethora of general workboat duties and will be 16.85 metres in length, with an overall beam of 7.07 metres. The breadth of each moulded hull is 3.47 metres with a depth of 1.5 metres.

The full load draught will be 1.oo metres with a nominal draught of 0.75 metres. Maximum displacement is 90 tonnes with a deadweight of 40 tonnes. Total installed power for the boat will be Twin 169kW with a bollard pull of 5 tonnes.

Ebbsfleet Marine are already talking to any prospective buyers so for more information contact Steve Hoadley on: 07957 566033 or 01634 892947 Or email: steve@shgroupltd.net

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Registered Marine Coatings Inspectors course and qualification announces 2015 datesRMCI has released dates for its courses for 2015.

After the first course in Amsterdam from 6-10 December, the following dates and locations have been organised.

RMCI course Portsmouth: 19-23 January 2015 RMCI course Genoa: 9-13 March 2015

RMCI course Hamburg: 27 April to 1 May 2015

Background:

The RMCI qualification has been instigated by the SuperYacht builders Association (SYBASS) in conjunction with the International council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) and working with the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) and the Institute of corrosion (Icorr).

The course, the qualification and the certification process have been produced in response to the request from these bodies to upskill inspectors and counter what is perceived as a growing problem in the industry. It is the industry’s desire that SYBASS member ship yards, the paint companies, repair and refit yards and coating facilities worldwide will only accept inspectors into their facilities who have this qualification in time.

On completion of the rMcI qualification, successful candidates will be able to put the letters rMcI after their name. their name will be added to the online Marine coating Inspector register and they will receive an Identity card valid for five years.

The course is presented and managed by Marine Surveying

Academy Ltd, the training division of one of the joint certifying bodies, the International Institute of Marine Surveying.

Partner Organisations:

Registered Marine Coatings Inspectors

The RMCI course content:

The RMCI course is four and a half days long with a half day written examination on the final day.

The course is made up of four units:

• An introduction to the RMCI Qualification • Introduction to coatings & Inspections

• Inspection equipment

• Report Writing

Candidates for the course will be either a practicing coatings inspector, or are expected to have a NACE, FROSIO or ICORR Level II qualifications, or a background with significant relevant industry experience. However, it is anticipated that this course will be of interest to non practicing inspectors and others too in associated areas. they will be welcomed on the course if this is their area of operation.

Cost of course:

£1,800 net (no VAT payable).

This includes the cost of four and a half days tuition, the half day examination and marking, certification, supporting course materials, luncheon, tea and coffee on all days.

For those choosing not to sit the examination, a certificate of attendance only will be issued. Upon payment for the course full joining instructions will be made available.

If you require further information, or wish to confirm places on any future RMCI course, please contact Mike Schwarz on: Telephone: +44 (0) 23 9238 5223, email: ceo@iims.org.uk

For more details please also see: www.rmciinspectors.com

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IMCA publishes revised marine inspection for small workboatsThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Common Marine Inspection Document (CMID) is well used throughout the industry and with smaller vessels in mind, a revised edition of ‘Marine inspection for small workboats (Common marine inspection document for small workboats)’ (IMCA M 189 Rev 2) has been published.

As IMCA’s Technical Director, Jane Bugler explains: “The revision is largely to do with providing a new layout to reflect the CMID layout and to facilitate its subsequent electronic completion and inclusion on the CMID database. The checklist provided in the new publication aims to help members ensure that the small workboats they use are being operated in a safe manner.

“While the offshore industry operates a variety of large specialist construction,

support and related vessels on a day-to-day basis, other small vessels may be used for various appropriate tasks such as inshore survey, repair of remote equipment, shallow water air dive support, construction support and personnel transfer. The purpose of this document is to provide a basic marine inspection standard for workboats which can be used worldwide and are under 500 gross tonnage and/or less than 50m in length therefore are not required to have either an International Safety Management, or an International Ship Security certificate, although the principles outlined within the two codes are nevertheless worth following.”

In this document ‘small workboat’ means a small vessel in commercial use, other than for sport, pleasure, pilot duties, surveying of harbours and their approaches or dredging.

The revised publication can be downloaded free of charge from the IMCA website at www.imca-int.com by members and non-members alike, with additional printed copies available to members at £10, and to non-members at £20 (plus 20% for delivery outside Europe). Copies can be ordered online or from publications@imca-int.com and from IMCA at 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU. Tel: +44 (0)20 7824 5520 Fax: +44 (0)20 7824 5521.

International Institute of Marine Surveying launches the Marine Surveying AcademyThe International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) unanimously accepted the proposal to launch the Marine Surveying Academy (MSA) at its March meeting.

Marine Surveying Academy Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of IIMS Ltd.

Paul Homer is the appointed director. Mike Schwarz is the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary.

The principle aims of the MSA are to repurpose and deliver existing course material in the UK and worldwide and to provide first class marine surveyor related training, as well as developing new training content. The MSA plans to work with other selected marine organisations to provide practical training solutions. This new initiative in no way detracts from the IIMS BTEC EdExcel approved HNC/HND programme, which is a distance learning education course undertaken over many months.

The MSA has been launched to meet the growing demand from a number of international marine organisations for specialised skills based training. MSA will deliver these training solutions at various locations, using tutors and examiners who are highly experienced in these specialist areas. Some of the training MSA plans to offer includes marine coatings, compass adjusting and marine insulation as well as other more general marine surveying short courses.

The MSA has engaged John Lawrence, retired former CEO of IIMS, on a short term contract basis. He has been engaged initially to help develop, organise and deliver the first rounds of course

material over the coming months. Commenting on John’s appointment, Mike Schwarz said, “John brings a wealth of experience in the marine surveying industry to this role, gained from ten years as CEO of IIMS. I am pleased to have him aboard and look forward to developing the business with him.”

MSA has established a web site: www.marinesurveyingacademy.com

IIMS is the leading professional body for marine surveyors with nearly 1,000 members in 98 countries.

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HYPACK® MAX: Hydrographic Survey SoftwareHYPACK® MAX is a Windows™ based software package used primarily for hydrographic surveying and data processing. It is optimized to run under: • Windows 2000™ • Windows XP™

HYPACK® MAX performs all of the tasks necessary to complete your survey from beginning to end. • Geodetic Parameters • Planned Line Design • Equipment Configuration • Data Collection supporting over 200 sensors • Data Processing • Tides and Sound Velocity • Sounding Reduction • Export to DXF/DGN • Plotting of Smooth Sheets • Volumes by Section • Volumes by Surface Model • Contouring to DXF • 3D Visualization • Side Scan Collection and Processing • ACDP Collection and Display

The optional HYSWEEP® module allows for the configuration, calibration, collection and processing of multibeam and multiple transducer sonar systems.

The DREDGEPACK® version allows you to maximize the efficiency of your dredge operations by tracking and maintaining a history of where the cutting tool has passed and how deep it was.

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HYPACK® MAX allows you to quickly configure your geodetic parameters for each project. • National grids are predefined and available from a list. • National datum transformation models are available for the USA, UK and France.

• Users can determine a 3 or 7-parameter transformation based on local test points. • All standard projections used in hydrographic surveying are available. • Users can also configure their parameters to utilize GPS on a local survey grid. • Entire projects can be converted from an old to a new geodetic basis.

Planned Lines You can quickly create planned lines for your survey. • Manually enter X-Y or Lat-Long waypoints for your planned lines. • Use the cursor to set waypoints. • Create offsets from one of several methods. • Import planned lines created in your CAD/GIS package (*.DXF). • Generate 3-D planned lines that contain your channel toe- point and top-of-bank info. • Clip planned lines to your exact area, using a HYPACK Border file. • Planned lines can have: o 2 or more segments o Straight or curved segments

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HYPACK® MAX screen with GeoTIFF background and multibeam sounding matrix. [Data courtesy USACE New England District]

The SURVEY program of HYPACK® MAX collecting data from the YSI Sonde 6600.

HYPACK® MAXHYPACK® MAX is a Windows™-based software package used primarily for hydrographic surveying and data processing.

It is optimized to run under: • Windows 2000™ • Windows XP™

HYPACK® MAX performs all of the tasks necessary to complete your survey from beginning to end.

• Geodetic Parameters • Planned Line Design • Equipment Configuration • Data Collection supporting

over 200 sensors • Data Processing • Tides and Sound Velocity • Sounding Reduction • Export to DXF/DGN • Plotting of Smooth Sheets • Volumes by Section• Volumes by Surface Model• Contouring to DXF• 3D Visualization• Side Scan Collection and

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HYPACK® MAX screen with GeoTIFF background and multibeam sounding matrix (Data courtesy USACE New England District)

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There is an important free resource available to the whole of the shipping industry that makes a major contribution to safety and that surveyors can help to improve. This is the Mariners Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS) operated by The Nautical Institute. MARS is a free resource and The Nautical Institute hopes that surveyors will help to make its existence known to the maritime world. The Nautical Institute wants as many mariners and, indeed, as many in shipping as possible, to benefit from lessons learned from accidents and near misses. Surveyors can spread the word to let mariners and companies know the resource is there.

The background to MARS is known to all; across the major transportation modes and in many other fields, human error looms as the leading cause of both accidents and incidents. In recent years, the definition of human error has been expanded to include concepts such as unsafe supervision and organisational influences (e.g. resource management and operational processes). In the maritime industry approximately 90 percent of accidents can be traced to human error despite the promotion of regulations, training and quality management systems.

As onboard systems become ‘smarter’ and more heavily used, the fear is that human operators will fall behind in their training and ability to safely operate the new technology. These and other technology changes, coupled with greatly increased numbers of operations, increase the risk that incidents and accidents will occur. The feedback from incident reporting systems is a vital early-warning tool for decision makers and planners tasked with improving safety margins. So MARS was devised. It is now a substantial database from over 25 years of reporting to The Nautical Institute.

How can surveyors help? We all know that reporting of incidents goes against our natural instincts; pride and prejudice are strong influences and it is human nature to want to hide such events rather than broadcast them, especially if there were no severe consequences. Since nothing bad happened, who will be the wiser? And why tell anyone, anyway? Surveyors with their multiple visits to vessels are well placed to help promote a reporting culture. We all know this is not easy and that it takes firm leadership and commitment to the principle of continued improvement. Masters need support in establishing such a culture.

Mariners Alerting and Reporting Scheme Without data, nothing can be analysed. Trends cannot be identified and the unsafe conditions lurking just below the surface cannot be corrected. Creating a ‘just’ or ‘no-blame’ culture is one of the single biggest factors in encouraging and enabling a widespread reporting culture.

Reporting in the marine industry is accomplished on many different levels and marine surveyors are in a unique position to help. Their employment takes them on board many different vessel types. This means they can observe generic problems across the industry – problems such as preparations (or lack of) for entering into enclosed spaces; hydrostatic release systems wrongly attached; markings/warning notices obscured and poor procedures.

Reporting these experiences can contribute to the database of common trends in the industry and alert others to take preventative action. As Captain Zarir Irani AFNI FIIMS, of Constellation Marine Services in Dubai says: “MARS is an extremely important initiative. It benefits the entire maritime industry by enabling us to learn from one another’s mistakes and avoid accidents. Recollecting the details of a published MARS report can

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mean that someone somewhere, at sea or ashore in the management office, could take avoiding action in a similar situation.” The Nautical Institute understand surveyors are employed for a specific purpose, but the industry would value reports of a generic nature which would not compromise the confidentiality that surveyors need to adhere to.

Clearly, it is just as important to report violations of procedure as it is to report close calls, or actual casualties. Not only do violations of procedure tend to increase risk, these ‘rogue’ acts are a symptom of a malaise that must be addressed. And that is not the only bad news. If violations become prevalent yet due to luck, no major accident ensues; the risky behaviour will be validated.

The only way to sustain a state of intelligent and respectful wariness is by creating a safety information system that collects, analyses and disseminates the knowledge gained from incidents, near misses and other ‘free lessons’. To achieve this, it is first necessary to engineer a reporting culture – not an easy thing, especially when it requires people to confess their own slips, lapses and mistakes.

So how can surveyors help? They can become correspondents and send MARS confidential reports on incidents, no matter how small. A confidential report provides the opportunity to alert colleagues in the industry to potentially dangerous situations without fear of incrimination. The reporting scheme creates awareness of trends and potentially dangerous minor occurrences leading up to major accidents.

MARS reports can be submitted online directly through The Nautical Institute’s website, or by email.

Those making reports are asked to pass information on confidentially but not anonymously, which ensures reports are not manipulated by those promoting a particular issue, or that a series of reports are filed by an individual purporting to be several reporters. Anonymous reports would make the scheme unreliable and generate grave doubts about its credibility. Confidentiality is maintained at all times. Reports are received by the editor, who works independently of NIHQ, and who may contact the reporter

if further details are required. Ship and personal names and any identifying characteristics are then removed from the report before publication as a supplement in The Nautical Institute’s monthly journal Seaways. The original report is then deleted. The only information kept by The Nautical Institute is the published report.

MARS is open to all and differs from accident reports to flag state authorities and international organisations in that it provides an information service; whereas an official report may be the result of investigations by authorities. These authorities are perceived to be enforcers and prosecutors by mariners and there is reluctance to submit reports where they may be incriminated. They need have no such fear about MARS.

Surveyors could also help to ensure that MARS reports are used widely throughout the industry so the lessons learned can be disseminated. This is, after all, their purpose. Reports are available for free through The Nautical Institute’s website and can be analysed and linked to other reporting systems to create reports of meaningful data for use in understanding causes and trends of marine accidents.

The MARS database is fully accessible to the general public and can be searched by key words or phrases, by subject, by year and by the report number. Official reports from accident investigation boards such as UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), Transport Safety Board of Canada (TSB), and USCG, are also included as well as reports from P&I Clubs and from sail training vessels. MARS reports are used by a number of organisations throughout the shipping industry – P&I

Clubs, shipping companies and shipping journals all regularly publish MARS reports as a matter of routine.

The system has now been going for long enough that it is recognised by most seafarers as a forum to raise awareness of hazards and to bring them to the attention of others without fear of reprisal. Reports are read by seafarers and used in discussions at safety meetings onboard ships. Companies study MARS reports to see if there is a requirement to alert ships in their fleet and a number of companies are now submitting safety management system reports to MARS with the added advantage of a ‘lessons learned’ section within them.

Confidential incident reporting systems are not a foolproof method of data acquisition. They are subject to the biases and fears of the humans who use them. Voluntary incident reports also cannot be considered a representative sample of the underlying population of events they describe. But as MARS has demonstrated for many years that, if the people at the ‘sharp end’ of day-to-day operations are encouraged to report safety problems they encounter to a programme they can trust, safety goals will be reached much sooner than if stories of those lessons learned go untold.

All sectors of the marine industry are invited to make the best use of this resource, to promote the contribution of reports to the scheme, and to use the published reports to improve safety. The Nautical Institute urges surveyors to take the message to the ships they visit and help everyone to make those vessels safer for all who sail on them.

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Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd is pleased to announce that the company has taken delivery of a new 150hp HD ROV complete with Launch and Recovery System (LARS) from Schilling Robotics in Davis, California.

The 3,000m rated 150hp work-class ROV is a high performance vehicle and will be deployed by Modus across the range of its subsea operations in IRM (Inspection, Repair and Maintenance), survey, drilling and general construction support.

Jake Tompkins, Managing Director, Modus Seabed Intervention said “We are delighted to be working with Schilling and to continue our fleet development and investment program into specialist subsea technology with this leading edge HD ROV.”

Peter MacInnes, VP Sales & Marketing, FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics stated “The HD ROV has proven to be a rugged and highly capable system that is ideal for the varied operational markets supported by Modus. We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract and look forward to supporting Modus with their strategic focus and continued growth in the subsea industry”.

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Shaping the future of oil spill response

We all remember reading about the early infamous spill incidents of the Torrey Canyon in 1967 or the Amoco Cadiz in 1978, with the former being set alight by the Royal Airforce using petroleum jelly! The oil spill response industry was born and grew rapidly in reaction to these incidents. For the first time, dedicated equipment was designed for the two key aspects of spill control: containment & recovery.

Oil booms were first seen following the Torrey Canyon spill. Typically, these were constructed using inflatable cylinders which kept the oil barrier floating. They had a short length of material hanging from the underside called a skirt which limited the oil from escaping underneath the barrier, normally held down by a ballast chain, with the main material being anything available to hand! The first skimmers developed were rotating disc skimmers where the oil “stuck” to the surface of the disc and was removed by scrapers, then pumped away to a ship’s tank or similar device for temporary storage using primitive pumps prone to blocking & cavitation.

Today, we use the same basic principles that were developed back then; we still do our best to contain and recover using booms and skimmers, but there are some things that have changed.

Materials used for manufacturing booms and skimmers have improved over the years. Markleen now manufacture booms from alloy material which is a special mix of a number of base materials, producing a hybrid that gives excellent properties required for oil containment booms (resistant to hydrocarbons and ultra violet rays etc) and our skimmers are now made from aluminium and composite materials making them robust, lightweight and easy to repair. You can see from library pictures that response historically involved many people onsite, people getting very oily, dirty and contaminated, sometimes causing secondary contamination and potential hazards to health. Deployment of equipment also required extensive man power. People were required to physically get in the water and oil to position the booms and skimmers. Markleen is working with advanced robotics to remove the human element wherever possible and bring exciting technological advances to the oil spill response sector - a far cry from the rudimentary equipment designed in the early days of the industry.

Markleen are focused on the future and have many new advancing technologies on the drawing board, with which we intend to rejuvenate the entire portfolio of oil spill response equipment we operate today. www.markleen.com

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Vikoma International Limited has unveiled the latest addition to its range of class-leading offshore oil pollution recovery systems.

The OPRS 300 (Oil Pollution Recovery System) is based upon oil-attracting discs which have been proven to collect up to 300 m3 per hour of oil and can work across oils with viscosities ranging from 1 to 1 million cSt.

Peter Tyler, Managing Director of Vikoma, said: “We are delighted to be launching this exciting new product at Spillcon 2013. Our design, engineering and manufacturing teams were presented with a challenging brief based on specific market feedback. Thanks to the introduction of a number of innovative solutions, the result is a system utilising a unique oil collection principle.”

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pump and thrusters for manoeuvrability. The unit is operated by a hand held remote control console.

Mr Tyler continued: “This truly collaborative effort has seen us rise to the challenge of bringing this from an initial concept stage to delivering the largest capacity recovery system Vikoma has ever produced. Our market research indicated a strong demand for this system and as such, we fully expect the OPRS 300 to become a leading product in our portfolio.”

Vikoma, which is part of Aberdeen head-quartered Energy Environmental Group, leads the market in the design, manufacture and installation of oil spill containment and recovery equipment.

The business has a global reputation for the development of innovative, high performance products to deal with the full range of oil spill scenarios.

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Lamor SeahunterLamor and Nordic Seahunter have entered a worldwide exclusive relationship for sales and customization of the modular work platforms for shoreline and harbor operations. The Lamor Seahunter is a unique and robust platform that has been fully tested in various weather and environmental conditions in Norway. The platform is powered by an outboard engine.

“We are very proud to have become a partner with Lamor, thus creating the Lamor Seahunter. We feel that the exclusive worldwide agreement is an exceptional opportunity for the Nordic Seahunter concept with a globally recognized oils spill recovery and response company like Lamor,” says Rune Rørstad, Department Manager, Nordic Seahunter, Bodø Industri AS.

This agreement and product line is a perfect niche fit for our product portfolio. The synergies between both companies are unique and the new Lamor Seahunter is a working platform with flexible configurations and easily transported, something I believe our customers will truly benefit from in the various oil spill clean-up operations. The Lamor Seahunter is a very carefully designed concept that will exceed customer expectations,” says

Lamor’s Product Group Manager Krister Rask.

“Each hull is rotomolded thermo plastic (PE) which ensures a durable and conform surface. The hulls are catamaran shaped which gives the most stable work platform for these kinds of operations. Moreover, two or more hulls may be connected, side by side, or in length to perform an even

longer and wider platform,” says Rørstad.

Each hull can carry 1500 kg (3300 lbs) which is more than three times its own weight. “The Lamor Seahunter hulls may be stored in stock, and are easily transported on trailers, trucks, containers, helicopters etc.,” concludes Rask.

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It’s more than just an eyesore – it poses a risk to vessels, threatens human safety, harms wildlife and can result in economic losses. It is a significant problem and increased public awareness of environmental issues is forcing Governments and Public Authorities to take action.

Worldwide levels of unsightly debris and trash are increasing due to increased commercial and recreational maritime usage, and the proliferation of non-biodegradable plastics and other products.

Marine Debris can consist of household garbage, food containers, wood and logs, trees, sewage, oil, aquatic vegetation and dead fish, but a significant portion of the pollution will be from commercial and industrial operations. Whilst fishing gear, ship’s cargo, oil and other marine waste are possible ocean sources, most marine debris comes from land-based sources, either through storm outlets, fly-tipping or discarded litter. Much of this trash is made of non-biodegradable plastics such as sheeting, food and household containers and poses a significant environmental threat.

Liverpool Water Witch are a specialist in solutions to these inherent problems, in Cardiff Bay, UK, a single Water Witch recovered a total of 850 tonnes of debris from the waters in a single year. An average of 10 skip-loads of waster was removed a week, ranging from logs, telegraph poles, cars, trolleys, car tyres, plastic bottles and general litter.

Not only unsightly, this debris is a potential hazard to boaters and waterway users - water intakes can be clogged up, propellers snagged and hulls damaged.

Increasing numbers of former docks, harbours and redundant industrial sites are being regenerated into prestigious waterfront housing and leisure developments. Floating rubbish, debris, flotsam and jetsam is unappealing, a potential health hazard and can influence the public’s decision to live in, or visit, an area; it can have a major economic impact on the future of waterside developments. Clean water and well-managed waterspace is an essential requirement for large-scale regeneration of these areas.

Synthetic materials such as plastic are now the most common types of marine debris. Plastic persists in the water and doesn’t readily degrade. Through weathering and mechanical action, plastic is broken into small particles that marine wildlife easily ingests. This process can take decades, so the amount of plastics

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are building up progressively in our marine environment.

An estimated 100 million tons of it already litters the oceans of the world. Another 60 billion tons of plastics will be produced globally this year alone. A particularly dense accumulation of debris can be found in a holding pattern 1,000 miles off the California coast, in an area known as the central North Pacific gyre, the calm core of a convergence of four major ocean currents rotating clockwise under a large high-pressure zone.

The buildup of plastics in the North Pacific is estimated to span 5 million square miles (equivalent of the area of the United States). Some of the debris is apparent and recognizable - water bottles, lighters, toothbrushes, balloons, buoys - but over time, these objects break down into smaller and smaller plastic pieces until they become particulate and small enough to be ingested by fish and filter feeders. The larger pieces are mistakenly eaten by seabirds birds and turtles, an estimated 100,000 marine mammals killed each year.

About 80% of the plastic debris in the oceans gets there from land. It isn’t dumped off ships. Rather, it washes from our beaches and streets and highways, through storm drains and sanitary discharge and into streams, rivers and waterways, and ultimately into the ocean.

In addition to a number of initiatives to control the impact of plastics in the marine environment, which include banning plastic bags and better solid waste facilities at beaches and harbours, Water Witch can provide an efficient solution for the recovery of marine debris through their range of specialist workboats.

“The scale of the marine litter crisis is huge and our workboats are working globally to provide an effective solution for cleanup but it is vital that collective actions are taken to combat the problem, including litter reduction initiatives and raising public awareness.” said Jackie Caddick, Director at Liverpool Water Witch.

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Windwave Workboats’ Samson B recently worked with the Pacific Osprey on the Rhyl Flats Wind Farm. The Pacific Osprey is such an awesome sight that, up-close, it is a marvel that it even exists. Everything about it is huge with 160.9m length overall and breadth of 49m, it really is a giant of the seas.

Subsequently Samson B went to Grimsby and then back home to Brocklebank Dock in Liverpool.

Working from there, the journey to Rhyl is an interesting one. Samson B will use the Langton or Gladstone Locks and take the Rock Channel or the Queen’s Channel depending on the tide to exit the Mersey, passing Burbo Bank, North Hoyle and Gwynt y Mor before finally arriving at Rhyl Flats again.

Samson B was built back in 2010 by Lyme Boats in Exeter. It has two 872hp Caterpillar diesel engines and can cruise

Windwave Workboats’ Samson B continues jack-up support work on Rhyl Flats

at 23 knots. The vessel has a 12 ton cargo and a fuel capacity of 8,000 litres. For crew comfort it has 4 berths, 14 sprung safety beds, Webasto heating, toilet and shower, Wifi, TV, DVD and CD player, plus oven, hob, grill, toaster, microwave and hot water urn.

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MTU, a Rolls-Royce Power Systems company, and the world’s-leading manufacturer of diesel engines and propulsion systems for ships and heavy land, rail and defense vehicles, was chosen to repower five Shaver Transportation tugboats with MTU Series 4000 marine propulsion engines. Beginning with the repower of the 1997-built Dechutes with a first generation Series 4000, the caliber of Shaver Transportation’s fleet has remained cutting-edge by working closely with MTU and its regional distributor, Pacific Power Products.

Shaver Transportation is one of the oldest, most established water freight operations in the Pacific Northwest, and has led river-borne transportation on the Colombia-Snake River System since 1880. Unlike most tugs, Shaver Transportation’s fleet excels in both hauling and ship assist for bulk commodity barging from the farming communities in eastern Washington and Idaho for international export.

As their once top-of-the-line vessels began to spend more time in maintenance and less time on the river, Shaver Transportation looked to Pacific Power Products and MTU for engine repower options.

“We needed engines that were not only capable of being efficient and high performing in a short haul scenario, but we also needed dependability, reliability and fuel efficiency for long haul work,” said Steve Shaver, president of Shaver Transportation.

MTU’s Series 4000 marine propulsion engines meet the duel demands of their tugs while improving reliability and efficiency.

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Today, the Shaver Transportation fleet is principally powered by MTU engines and boasts the largest, most modern and most powerful ship assist tugs on the scenic but treacherous Columbia River, and some of the cleanest, most reliable and fuel-efficient fleets in the industry. Each of its upriver line tugs can push up to four barges. At their maximum load of 15,000 tons of cargo, their hauls measure about 650 feet long and 84 feet wide, which is comparable to the length of two football fields.

MTU power improves performance of tugboats

A tug’s sail, or the height of its air draft, is nearly 30 feet high – the height of a three-story building. Enormous in scale, each of these mammoth hauls can face wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour created by atmospheric pressure differentials that cause a wind tunnel effect in the Columbia River Gorge. Thanks to the advanced engineering of MTU engines, the Shaver fleet faces these violent winds while carefully maneuvering the heavy flow and steep gradient that occurs in the Columbia River Basin.

In early September, Livett’s Group worked with Imagination and Jaguar to safely transport an entire stage for a spectacular event to launch the new Jaguar XE. The event involved singer/songwriter Emeli Sande performing on the large stage floating on the River Thames at Westminster as the new car was unveiled.

Jaguar hired a 30x18m flat top pontoon on which a 30 tonne stage was rigged, as well as an additional 30 tonnes of equipment such as toilets and generators which allowed the pontoon to be completely self-sufficient. This staging and extra equipment were all loaded at King George V Lock at the Royal Docks, East London.

On the night of Saturday 6th September, Livett’s tug the Steven B pushed the pontoon (now 7m in height) upriver to Westminster, where Bennett’s had hired moorings in advance. Safely navigating a passage for the stage was particularly careful work due to the size and shape of the load fitting under bridges of varying heights and arch widths, not to mention the tricky process of mooring it in the correct position once at Westminster!

The performance took place on Monday 8th September at 9:30pm. De-rig was completed at 2am Tuesday morning and the stage was pushed back to KGV lock by the Steven B the next morning where de-rig continued for a further two days.

This was an exciting project for Livett’s Group to be a part of. As well as being involved in such a high profile event with a household brand name like Jaguar, moving such an unusual load safely and efficiently was a great example of the capabilities of Livett’s outstanding crew and also of the Steven B – a tug typically used to transport loads such as aggregate and crane barges.

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Half a century of RIBsHumber RIBs is one of the major British builders of RIBs and has made a considerable reputation for itself in the commercial and military sector. This year the company hits a significant milestone: 50 years of RIB building.

Frank Roffee who started the company around 50 years ago is now retired and has been followed by his son Andrew making Humber still a family business but one which has grown is stature over the years to be come, Andrew claims, probably the major British RIB builder in terms of the number of boats built.

Andrew Roffee feels that there have been two main factors that have contributed to the success of Humber. “Our RIBs have always been very keenly priced so that we can compete on price with most of the builders around the world. The other factor is that we can offer quick delivery. We maintain a stock of hulls, tubes and other fittings and this enables us to put a boat together to the required specification in a very short space of time. We find that many of our customers in the commercial sector virtually want a new RIB off the shelf and with our production system we can assemble a RIB to the required specification to offer quick delivery.”

Frank Roffee started building inflatable boats in the 1960s mainly because he was a keen diver and wanted a practical boat that could get him out to dive sites. When other divers saw what Frank was using they wanted one and soon the production started, using his garage as a workshop. The conversion to RIB building started soon afterwards and as the demand increased the company expanded into larger premises. Much of the demand was still coming from the demanding dive market who wanted larger RIBs and as the company grew the size and number of ranges being offered increased.

The first serious production facility used by Humber was a derelict shipyard with a wharf along the River Humber which allowed direct launching into the water for testing. Today the company operates from two large sites still located in Hull and close together where the production is focussed. Humber does the whole building operation in-house using only the best materials such as Hypalon for the tubes and over 11,000 RIBs have been built by Humber since they started.

Today Humber offers a range of RIBs that cover virtually every requirement of the commercial, military and para-military

sectors. At the bottom of the range are the small Sea Pro Tender and Coastal ranges and these are often carried by land based vehicles such as fire and rescue tenders for use in floods and for river and canal rescue work. This range extends from 3.1 to 4.77 metres and they are based on a multi-chine shallow vee hull.

One of the earliest RIB designs developed by Humber was the Ocean pro Attaque range with RIBs in 5 and 5.33 metre lengths. This was the RIB that formed the core of the dive RIB market but today the refined design is used for a wide variety of commercial applications. It was one of these RIBs in which Enda O’Coineen made the first Atlantic crossing in a RIB back in 1985.

The Ocean Pro range has now been expanded to include RIB designs that range from 5 metres up to 11 metres and it is this range that forms the backbone of the current production. They have been drop tested from over 5 metres and fitted with self-righting systems to meet various demands for RIBs used for extreme applications. Based on a unique deep vee hull design these Ocean Pro RIBs can be fitted with a variety of consoles and shelters and they are mainly supplied as outboard powered craft.

The RIB business is now fully international and this is reflected in the list of clients who have purchased Humber RIBs. Shell and Addax Oil are clients and RIBs have recently been supplied to Oman and to the Red Cross in Indonesia as well as to port and police authorities in the UK. Two challenging applications have been for the British Antarctic Survey and for the Gortex Challenge that took RIBs up into the Arctic.

Humber continues to expand and it is very active in the service and support sector with the company offering full refits and tube replacement services. Humber RIBs also runs an active second hand sales service with both their own and other manufacturer’s models available for quick delivery. At any one time Humber may have up to 60 RIBs from their own and other manufacturer’s ranges in stock for quick delivery.

“We are operating in a competitive market today”, commented Roffee. “We stand out from competitors with our keen pricing and short delivery times which enables us to maintain a steady flow of orders”.

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Rotortug BV has an established history at the forefront of the innovative Rotor tug design that was first constructed by Mr Ton Kooren in Spain during 1999. The company was founded over 20 years ago as Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV and was pre-eminent in the construction of the first generation of Rotor tugs, which were originally built exclusively for use by the international maritime service provider Kotug. With the increase in demand for specialised towage services, the strategic decision was made to extend the sale of the design to third parties. “Our turnkey Rotor tugs were sold to Smit, Urag, Bugsier and Kotug,” says Evan Willemsen, managing director of Rotortug. “Throughout this time period we co-operated with the Canadian naval architect Robert Allan Ltd on a number of the custom design projects that featured extensive model tests, confirming the added value of the Rotortug for towage operations and established the demand for custom designed (Rotortug) solutions.”

Initially the KST BV service portfolio included a shipbuilding arm, however as the company developed its efforts increasingly focused on design and newbuilding consultancy, marketing and training solutions. During 2012 a contract was signed between KST BV and Robert Allan that established an exclusive design agreement that provides prospects the opportunity to contact either firm for a license to construct a Rotor tug. “Each potential client can buy a design and license to build a Rotor tug at their preferred yard with their preferred equipment, incorporating their own ideas and securing the main working principles into the design with Robert Allan Ltd,” Mr Willemsen explains. The first vessel to emerge from the agreement, the third generation ART 80-32 has successfully completed its trials recently.

As of January 2014, KST underwent a successful rebranding operation to further cement its move away from shipbuilding and further into marketing and consultancy. Discussing the decision with Shipping and Marine magazine during January 2014, Evan said: “Under its new name, Rotortug BV will continue its focus on the marketing and development of the Rotortug as an established brand as well as other towage related solutions. Now that the shipbuilding aspect of the business is gone, it’s the perfect opportunity for us to rebrand.”

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“We reviewed existing designs and explored what defines a good tugboat?” adds Marinus Jansen, technical innovations manager at Rotortug. “Within that scope we moved to a much more conceptual level reflecting on why do tugboats even exist? What is their purpose? How are they deployed and how does that relate to their service? We decided to use a system-based approach on tugboats as risk management tools. This was basically a much more academic exercise where we re-defined key performance criteria for tugboats. How do you define performance in a tugboat? And how does it relate to its operability and usability? Does it relate at all? And how does that affect the uptime of your terminal facility, whether that is a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal onshore or an offshore floating liquid natural gas (FLNG) facility? Our partnership with Robert Allan Ltd enabled us to free up resources. They handle the design work, while we looked at how tugboats are used and deployed and look to guide the design in an operational sense.”

Presently Rotortug markets the Rotor tug concept and provides second to none design as well as expert training to the towage sector. Since it was introduced the Rotor tug system has been accepted as a leading tug concept in the towage industry and boasts several advantages that provide added value over ASD and tractor tugs. For example, the triple Z-drive propulsion configuration offers increased redundancy at all times and unequalled safety in towing and escort operations. Expanding a pilot’s options during maritime operations makes the Rotortug a real game-changer.

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The latest Seahawk B46 has been launched, to be operated out of Looe, Cornwall.

Designed by Gary Mitchell, the Seahawk B46 has been built for Richard Chapman who will also skipper the boat.

The boat is a GRP shelter deck trawler with a large hull volume and deck area for a 14m vessel. She has a large carrying capacity of up to 20 tonnes divided into a fish hold capacity of 17 cubic metres and a three cubic metre ice hold capacity.

Latest Seahawk trawler launchedBuilt in Plymouth by Seahawk Workboats, the vessel has a 17ft beam which extends forward and aft with a clear and spacious working deck, a broad transom and a French style bulbous bow which aids fuel efficiency and also helps to minimise plunging in a head sea.

“The bulbous bow gives plenty of added forward space in the engine room,” said Dan Stevens, Seahawk Workboats Director. “It is a big boat for its size but that’s normal for today’s industry, skippers want as much boat as possible for a given length.

The design also has a generous freeboard making it a dry boat.

“I had a 44ft Cygnus before which was 30 years old,” said Mr Chapman who has been fishing for 23 years selling his catch to Plymouth fish market. “It was a choice of either spending a lot of money doing her up or having a new boat built.”

“There’s not a lot of choice of boats around. I knew the B46 and as she’s the only boat in that class, that’s the one I decided to go with.

We’re very lucky working out of Looe, in that our catch varies depending on the ground that we cover from squid to cuttlefish, Monkfish, lemon season. We don’t rely on any one species.

We tend to work from the Isles of Scilly to Portland. We could be working two miles offshore to 40 miles offshore. We go out all year round, weather dependent.” “Coming from a fishing family, fishing is in my blood, it’s a way of life for me.” The new vessel is powered by a Doosan MD196TI 11 litre, six cylinder diesel engine developing 320bhp (235kW) @ 2000rpm coupled to a D-I gearbox giving a top speed of 10 knots and a cruising speed of eight knots and also has a Whisper Power 13kva generator.

Running gear has been supplied by Kort Propulsion with a 100mm stainless steel shaft and 1450mm diameter 4-blade propeller with a Kort Nozzle providing 5.11t of bollard pull.

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Hydraulic deck machinery, driven from the main engine, has been supplied by Spencer Carter.

She is also equipped with crew cabins, galley and head.

Mr Chapman will be using her with his crew of two years, Ralph Butters.

Seahawk Workboats specialises in building GRP workboats and fishing boats from its Mount Batten yard in Plymouth.

The boatbuilder has a range of moulds available for new builds including its own design SH50 48.5ft 15m multi-purpose boat, created to be used for many applications.

Back in 2012 PD Ports commissioned the build of a new pilot vessel for Teesport on the North East coast. The construction of the new vessel constituted an investment of over £1M and was built by Holyhead Marine Services Ltd of Anglesey to a Camarc design.

The new vessel has now been named Saltholme after the Middlesbrough nature reserve and in line with its sister ships Coatham and Greatham, also both named after protected areas.

Saltholme is powered by twin Scania marine diesel engines and can cruise at 22.5 knots in general conditions.

New pilot boat for TeesportThe vessel benefits from the most up-to-date technology, advanced shock mititgation seating and has been carefully designed to cope with the extreme and sometimes unpredictable weather conditions experienced around the Tees Bay area.

PD Ports have also had recent further investment of around £175, 000 in the sister vessel, the Coatham, which is underwent a significant refurbishment. Built back in 1999, the Coatham had exceeded 25,000 running hours and therefore needed the work carried out by the PD Ports team at the Port’s own facilities.

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Damen ASD 2810’s leave for TrinidadBack in the Summer of 2013, ARC Towage signed four contracts with the Netherlands shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group. The new building contracts with ARC Towage were the result of a special joint venture established to provide the gas terminal berthing services for a significant energy industry player in Trinidad and Tobago. The first two Damen ASD Tug 2810’s of the four vessel contract, have recently left on the long journey to Trinidad. The first to leave was MV Kairi pictured above.

The last two tugs will arrive mid-December this year. The tugs are being built at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, and will be delivered by Damen Services in Trinidad and Tobago before 1 January 2015. The vessels will provide towage services for escorting, berthing and un-berthing LNG-vessels.

The ASD Tugs 2810 have a minimal bollard pull of 60 tons and a maximum speed of 12.9 knots. For operation in and around the LNG terminal, the vessels are equipped with rig savers on all engines which are remote shut off valves, remote-closing air

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As part of the company’s industry-leading new vessel build program, Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened the latest of its four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Sun, in Lake Charles, U.S. The ceremony served to formally welcome the fourth DP2 tugboat to the company’s expanded ocean towing fleet, which has been involved in most of the major offshore oil production installations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico over the past 18 months.

Todd Busch, senior vice president and general manager of Crowley’s solutions group, opened the ceremony to approximately 80 guests.

He was followed by a series of speakers including Tom Crowley, chairman and CEO; Craig Tornga, vice president, solutions, and Robert Socha, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Bollinger.

Following an introduction of the tug’s crew members by Cal Hayden, vice president, marine operations for Crowley, and a blessing of the vessel by Deacon Patrick Lapoint, director of the Stella Maris Seafarers’ Center at the Port of Lake Charles, Vessel Sponsor Coreen Busch, wife of Todd Busch, broke the ceremonial bottle of champagne across the hull of the boat.

ENI Petroleum, Heerema and Bechtel – all Crowley customers had representatives in attendance, as did the area’s port commission.

“Today we are pleased to formally welcome the latest of our four Jones Act ocean class tugboats to the fleet and culminate this multi-year build program,” said Crowley. “These boats, along with their exceptional crews, have consistently met and exceeded the expectations of our energy customers doing business in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. We look forward to many years of service from these powerful and reliable cornerstone vessels.”

The Ocean Sun, which features DP2 technology, is part of a feature rich, four vessel family of tugs ideally suited to work with Crowley’s new 455 series high-deck strength barges, which measure 400 feet long by 105 feet wide (121.92 meters by 32 meters). Crowley’s ocean class tugs are outfitted for long-range, high-capacity ocean towing, rig moves, platform and floating production, storage and offloading unit tows, emergency response and firefighting.

All four of the ocean class tugboats are designed to have a minimum bollard pull of 150 metric tons and a range of approximately 12,600 nautical miles at 15 knots free running. They are outfitted with twin-screw, controllable-pitch propellers in nozzles and high lift rudders for a combination of performance and fuel economy.

During the first-ever pairing of all four ocean class tugs, Ocean Wave, Ocean Wind, Ocean Sky and Ocean Sun – worked together to tow the largest offshore oil production and drilling platform of its kind ever to be built for use in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the 120,000 ton TLP Olympus for 425-miles from Ingleside, Texas, to her final location in more than 3,000 feet of water. Crowley’s solutions group is a Project Management Organization

Crowley christens new ocean class DP2 Tug

providing marine solutions as a prime contractor for the energy and resource extraction industries.

This specialized team, which has its main Project Management Office in Houston, Texas, provides turnkey marine solutions through the company’s diverse capabilities, assets and world-class project management skills. The solutions group allows Crowley to provide greater value to customers with multifaceted marine and offshore construction related projects.

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Training provider UKSA offers a huge range of courses giving people the skills and qualifications they need to work in the maritime industry, from superyachts to windfarm boats to watersports.

As the UK’s largest provider of MCA and RYA courses, UKSA is the place to go whether you are looking to start from scratch, up-skill, or change direction. Tell them what qualifications you already hold and they’ll advise you on the next steps to get you where you want to be.

For example, you might already hold a RYA Yachtmaster, but you want to transfer your skills and work in the offshore windfarm industry. At UKSA you can do the rest of the qualifications needed to gain your Master 200 Workboat.

The campus is based on the Isle of Wight and is fully-residential so everything is taken care of – you’ll sleep on site and eat there too. They have industry expert tutors, a fleet of yachts at their disposal and a fantastic new state-of-the art ARI Navigation Simulator – installed this summer.

The Simulator Suite consists of one big bridge simulator with wrap-around vision, and four other simulator stations, for use when studying navigation, radar and electronic charting. It is mainly being used by professionals topping up their

qualifications, such as those on Officer of the Watch modules, or on ECDIS courses – for which the suite has been fully approved.

The new system has been a big investment for UKSA but the touchscreen technology and latest software will keep UKSA as industry leaders in maritime training – offering professional courses and qualifications to everyone from top level maritime professionals to entry level students.

Bill Tate (pictured), Head of Maritime Training at UKSA, said: “The installation of such a professional system is of huge benefit to the organisation and has already been of great value. It’s one of the best systems around. It has been purpose-built for our professional training and I am very much enjoying teaching on it.”

Student Billy Whitefield is currently studying towards gaining his Officer of the Watch qualification. He explained: “It simulates different types of vessels that you would never normally get to pilot, so it challenges you in lots of different ways. It has been a massive help to me while I am here, as I am studying all the different MCA Officer modules.”

To speak to the course advisors phone: 01983 203038 or: email careers@uksa.org or: mca@uksa.org Take a look at their website: www.uksa.org

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High voltage training, management levelThe High Voltage Training, Management Level course, from The Faraday Training Group is a 5 day course, approved by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA), in line with requirements laid down by the STCW (Manila amendments 2010)_ for revalidation of Chief Engineer Officer CoC Reg and Second Engineer Officers.

This course also meets the requirements of the MNTB Shipboard High Voltage Training guidelines and is aimed at Maritime Engineering officers who may be expected to supervise and/or implement on-board HV switchingpoerations as an ‘authorised person’.

The High Voltage Training, Management Level course would benefit people with the following job functions: Chief Engineer Officers, Second Engineers, Engineer Surveyors, Marine Superintendents, serving Marine Electricians and ETOs.

Course objectives

● Understand the functional operation and safety requirements for marine high voltage systems.

● Assist suitably qualified personnel to carry out maintenance and repair of high voltage switchgear of various types.

● Take remedial action necessary during system faults.

● Produce a switching strategy for isolating HV system components.

● Select suitable apparatus for isolation and testing HV equipment.

● Carry out a switching and isolation procedure on a marine HV system complete with safety documentation.

● Perform 5kV insulation resistance and polarisation index tests on HV equipment.

● Theoretical and practical assessments

Entry criteria

● Prior electrical or electro-technical experience in a shipyard environment.

● Have completed 12 month seatime as EOOW.

● Part of an initial electro-technical training programme

Certification

Candidates who successfully complete the course and both theoretical and practical assessment will receive a certificate issued by The faraday centre, which is authorised by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.

www.faradaycentre.co.uk

Marine High Voltage Training

MCA (Maritime & Coastguard Agency) approved courses:

High Voltage Training, Management Level High Voltage Training, Operational Level

In addition to a wide range of HV/LV authorisation and safety training for onshore and offshore power systems, including:

High Voltage Authorisation Training The Safe Operation of HV/LV Power

Systems Electrical Protection

The Faraday Centre

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UK diesel engine mariniser, Mermaid Marine will officially launch its latest range of diesel engines, the Mermaid Kohler at this year’s METS.

The partnership between UK diesel engine mariniser Mermaid Marine and Kohler expands Mermaid Marine’s offering to smaller inboard engines with the company now able to supply engines from 31kW to 376kW.

It has come about through Mermaid Marine’s parent company, Power Torque’s work with JCB which has partnered with Kohler’s Global Power Group to use the Italian manufactured engines in several of its compact machine lines in what the company terms the next stage of its engine strategy.

“The decision to partner with Kohler to develop engines for JCB compact machines was driven by the synergy in the technologies used by JCB and Kohler to achieve stringent emissions legislation,” explained Alan Tolley, JCB’s director of engine programmes.

The Mermaid Kohler mechanical engine is the first new product line to emerge from Mermaid Marine’s new research and development facilities and meets the next stage of emissions targets without the need for a diesel particulate filter.

Mermaid Kohler range will launch at METS

The engines feature cylinder block with bed plate architecture, a 4-valve cylinder head, gear driven valve train and optimised direct injection (DI) fuel system.

“The new Kohler direct injection engine

provides an excellent platform for a commercial marine engine with its modern, rugged and compact design,” said Mermaid Marine sales executive Julian Osborne. ““The new engines have good power and torque characteristics with class leading fuel consumption figures – up to 15% better than a similar output engine equipped with lower injection pressures with a DPF. They can also feature a heavy duty Power Take Off for driving auxiliary hydraulics.”

The engines utilise direct injection technology and are naturally aspirated with mechanical governing.

“High-performance specifications for both torque and power density makes this engine the new reference for higher displacement engines,” added Mr Osborne.

The range currently comprises two engines, the KDI 1903M three cylinder, 42hp / 31kW and the KDI 2504M four cylinder 49hp / 36kW with further developments planned in terms of options and power ratings.

www.mermaid-marine.co.uk

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Hydrosphere chosen for prestigious Wave Hub projectCornwall’s renewable energy project, Wave Hub, is located ten miles off the North coast of the county in the eastern extremes of the Atlantic Ocean and attracts some of the worst of the UK’s weather.

Covering an area of three square miles of sea split into four berths, Wave Hub describes the conditions as an ‘excellent wave climate’.

As such when new long lasting and reliable buoys and moorings were needed, Aids to navigation company Hydrosphere UK Ltd was chosen to supply two Mobilis JET 9000QL buoys with an order to replace more of the buoys in the future.

“We’ve replaced two steel buoys and their lights which have only been in position for a couple of years and haven’t performed as hoped,” explained Hydrosphere MD, John Caskey.

“Wave Hub needed buoys and moorings which would meet 100-year weather conditions with up to 25m waves and water depths ranging from 50m to 70m and the Mobilis buoys were chosen as the most suitable.

“The site faces the prevailing westerly Atlantic swell and the typical range is between 15 to 25 kilowatts per metre of wave face which can increase to 35 to 40kw/m around the Isles of Scilly so the buoys and moorings need to be able to cope with these conditions.”

The buoys – a North Cardinal and a South Cardinal – will protect Wave Hub from the potential navigational hazards caused by shipping.

Constructed around a galvanised steel central structure, the buoys use medium density polyethylene hull floats, with marine grade aluminium tower and topmark assemblies.

They are built as an alternative to General Lighthouse Authority Class 1 or 2 steel buoys and as such have longer maintenance intervals and are lighter and easier to handle.

“These are some of the largest buoys we’ve ever sold,” explained Mr Caskey. “The North Cardinal is also fitted with AIS so ships can easily see it on their Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).

“There are another six special mark buoys around the site and we are in the process of replacing the GPS synchronised self-contained solar lights, topmarks and topmark supports.

The two new buoys together with two Vega VLB-36 lights, each with a range of six miles, were deployed by Trinity House.

The lights and AIS will be powered by a pair of 55w solar panels on the buoys.

The JET 9000 has a 3m diameter hull providing up to 9000Kg of buoyancy and is the second largest buoy in the JET series, suitable for use in offshore and deepwater locations where a highly visible navigation buoy is required.

It is available with intermediate tailtube (QI) and long tailtube (QL) options providing a high focal plane of up to six metres.

The buoys’ modular design allows for commonality of parts, reducing maintenance, inspection, replacement and spares holding costs.

For further information visit: www.hydrosphere.co.uk www.hydrosphererentals.co.uk

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New carrying case from Miko to protect its high powered magnetsMiko Marine has developed a new carrying case for the convenient transport and storage of its high power anchor magnets. Manufactured from special high density polypropylene the new case is water and dust proof and contains an inner storage compartment that shields and isolates the magnet from its surroundings. The case has been designed to accommodate the powerful Miko MAM-001 and MAM-003 magnets which are used extensively offshore for a wide variety of applications above and below the water line.

The new Magnet Case now provides users with a greater degree of convenience when they are using a Miko magnet. A sturdy handle makes it easy to carry and layers of shock absorbent lining protect the valuable magnets against the rough handling and inhospitable storage conditions that they can encounter offshore. The effectiveness of the magnetic isolation provided by the case now enables a Miko magnet to be carried by air freight without a dangerous goods declaration.

Miko has supplied nearly 17,000 of its magnets for use around the world where they have been used for a wide variety of applications. The MAM-001 has a holding force of 150 kg and is extensively used for fastening items such as diving equipment, anchor points and guide wires for divers to ship sides or other steel structures. It can also be used as a convenient and reliable method for securing instrumentation such as acoustic transponders to subsea structures. The MAM-003 has a holding force of 450 kg and can be used for fastening large objects such as oil booms or any type of heavy diving equipment. The neodymium magnetic component of both magnets is coated with epoxy to improve their corrosion resistance in sea water. They are also equipped with a mooring lug and breaking lever for easy release and safe operation. The bottom of each magnet also contains a rubber filling which creates increased friction and improved usability.

Miko Marine is a specialist in the use of magnets for marine and offshore applications and has unrivalled experience in their use. The company also manufactures a range of magnetic patches that may be used to provide an instant water-tight seal for

damaged ships or storage tanks. These have been responsible for preventing the sinking of ships on numerous occasions or for preventing the escape of marine pollutants.

Miko Marine AS is based in Oslo, Norway, from where it also provides a range of salvage and support innovations for the marine industry. It recently supplied the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) with 15 of its unique emergency marine repair patch kits. Each kit contains a variety of magnetic and flexible Kevlar-reinforced fabric patches that can be quickly applied to seal hull damage in an emergency. They are routinely carried aboard all NCA patrol boats so they can provide practical assistance for any vessel at risk of sinking.

For more information visit: www.mikomarine.com

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Navico acquires MARISNavico Holding AS, parent company to the Simrad brand of navigational marine electronics, has reached an agreement to acquire MARIS (Maritime Information Systems A/S) from The Grieg Group.

MARIS is a leading supplier of data solutions to the commercial maritime sector related to navigation, voyage optimisation, and voyage monitoring.

With well over 10,000 navigation systems delivered, MARIS is one of the leading suppliers of ECDIS systems globally. This strategic acquisition is a significant milestone in Navico’s continued investment in the commercial marine sector.

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Marine Designs Ltd of Falmouth, Cornwall, has just completed its eleventh offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for the E.ON Humber Gateway Windfarm Project. The design and build contract involved the construction of 5 x 52t x 6m wide x 1.1m freeboard concrete pontoon units, 16m steel gangway, electrical, sewage and water services, pontoon fuel system and two shore mounted jib cranes. Particular features of the pontoons included

Pontoons for E.ON Humber Gateway Project

the use of high quality pre cast concrete made from eco-crete (pre mined aggregates) and top entry service ducts which allow the services to be laid, inspected and adapted easily in the future if required.

Drystan Jones MD of Marine Designs said “Every detail of this installation was carefully considered with the client and the result is a really high quality pontoon system that will serve the site well throughout the operating life of the Humber Gateway Windfarm”

Last year the company installed a crew transfer pontoon for RWE at its Base Harbour Port in Birkenhead for the Gwynt y Mor offshore windfarm. That project involved building a pontoon 130m out into the River Mersey so that the crew transfer vessels could access the construction base at all states of the tide and take on fuel from the pontoons. The berthing pontoons for the project weighed in at 330t with three 40m walkways supported on 12m x 12m 170t concrete pontoons which were restrained with a heavy chain mooring system.

To date the company has been involved with the most significant offshore wind operations and maintenance port developments in the UK and continues to be a leader in the design and build of heavy duty concrete commercial pontoons.

Marine Designs is part of the A&P Group which owns and operates port facilities and dry docks in the SW and NE of the UK, providing excellent facilities and proven engineering expertise to the offshore industry.

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Reliable products and technologies are required as offshore wind farms become increasingly important. That was one of the main messages from this year’s offshore dialogue at SMM.

Parliamentary State Secretary Uwe Beckmeyer Coordinator for Maritime Affairs, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said “In the long term the aim is to cover roughly 80% of our [Germany] electricity consumption from renewables as opposed to the current amount of around 25%”.

Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, president, DNV GL Maritime called for the need for rules and standardisation in this sector, while Jan Rabe head of Strategy, Siemens Energy Sector, explained that although the price of wind power is currently greater that other fossil fuels, in the long run society cannot afford not to generate wind power as costs are likely to come down considerably.

Investors looking to sell share of Southampton port owner ABP

Tek Meridian System Solution Corporation is leading a way of synthesizing product distribution, instrument researching and development, and technical service.

Tek Meridian has built solid relationships with many China national enterprises and large state-owned companies including China State Ocean Administration, China Oil, SINOPEC, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China Ministry of Land & Resources, China Ministry of Water Resources, when providing them with imported equipment and excellent after-sale services.

China merchant boosts efficiency of new VLCCs with Jotun hull performance solutions

A sailor was rescued while trying to sail to America in a dinghy with only a map of Southampton to guide him.

The 30-year-old Bulgarian national was found off the coast of Dorset in a 14ft boat he purchased for £300.

He was spotted looking seasick in choppy seas by a passing yachtsman, who called the coastguard.

But when an RNLI lifeboat crew arrived the

man, who had a US visa on board, refused their help for 45 minutes and had to be dragged off the dinghy.

He was not wearing a lifejacket, his boat did not have any lights and the only navigational aid in his possession was a street map of Southampton.

Pete Dadds, 41, a lifeboat crewman who attended the incident, said the man would have died if he had not been rescued.

‘’When we reached the gentleman he didn’t want us there, he wanted to carry on his way,’’ the commercial fisherman said.

‘’We were not happy leaving him out there. He kept saying ‘I am going west’.

‘’His boat was not properly rigged so he was just getting battered, he was at the mercy of the elements.

‘’We said ‘if we leave you you will die’. He didn’t have a life-jacket, just a buoyancy aid and the vessel didn’t have any lights.

‘’All he had on was a bag of personal belongings which were a few odds and ends, a bag of biscuits, beans and hot dogs and a bag with his passport in.

Cruise shipping shows sharp growth

The cruise industry’s contribution to the British economy grew sharply in 2013, as did the number of UK jobs it supports, according to a report released today by the Cruise Lines International Association.

The cruise industry’s direct contribution to the UK economy, including items such as goods and services purchased by the cruise lines, and the salaries of their employees, grew by 6.5% to £2.54 billion (€3.125 billion) in 2013 from £2.38 billion (€2.935 billion) the year before.

The cruise industry’s direct contribution to the combined economies of Europe grew by 4.7% to £13.2 billion (€16.2 billion) in 2013 with the UK economy the second highest beneficiary after Italy. The overall contribution of the cruise industry, including indirect items such as spending by cruise line suppliers, to the economies of Europe jumped 22% to £32.1 billion (€39.4 billion).

The number of British jobs supported by the cruise industry also grew strongly to 70,241 – a growth of more than 4,000 jobs or 6.3%. More than a fifth of all the jobs the industry provides across Europe are now to be found in the UK, which is also home to more cruise line employees than any other European nation, being the country of residence of over a third (37.8%) of them.

The UK remains Europe’s biggest cruise market, with a 27.2% share of passenger numbers in 2013 – a year in which 1.72 million British passengers took an ocean cruise – an increase of 25,000 from 2012.

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Leading specialist, Kort Propulsion, confirms attendance at Seawork Asia UK headquartered Kort Propulsion has confirmed its attendance at Seawork Asia. Since 1935 Kort Propulsion has become synonymous with developing and supplying marine propulsion packages for towage, inland waterway, coastal shipping, dredging, fishing, ROV, offshore and workboat applications.

As any Naval Architect & vessel operator knows, propulsion systems which are matched to complement a vessels operating conditions and hull design will maximise this vessels performance and manoeuvrability.

We have seen an increase in the demand for fuel saving technologies and drive towards a reduction in vessels carbon footprint, owners of a Kort nozzle and propeller are enjoying decreases in both areas.

Maritime executives back the PM’s plans for Europe

The European Commission has become too powerful, and the principle of ever closer union should be scrapped, according to a survey of industry leaders released today.

The survey of 100 senior UK shipping and ports executives found that whilst 80% believed the UK should remain in the EU, 68% felt the European Commission had too much power and 64% believed that the EU’s founding principle of ‘ever closer union’ should be scrapped.

And in a show of support for the Prime

Minister, 67% of respondents claimed Mr Cameron was right to renegotiate the terms of the UK’s relationship with the European Union.

Jeffrey Evans, Chairman of Maritime UK who conducted the survey, said: “It seems clear that the industry wants to be in Europe, but change is required for the benefit of the UK and indeed all European nations. There is no doubt that the single market has been of significant importance to the UK’s maritime services and the industry supports it, but the sea of regulation coming from Brussels is often unnecessary and at times damaging.

“The shipping industry is globally regulated through the UN’s International Maritime Organization. This regime provides the international industry with a global level playing field, but when the EU gets involved it can put that level playing field at risk and damage competitiveness. Given the UK is a major maritime power, we are disproportionately affected.

The survey found that 69% of respondents said that the European shipping industry should principally be regulated through IMO, whilst just 16% said the EU should assume responsibility.

The National Maritime Operations Centre opens near Fareham

A new nationwide control room for Her Majesty’s Coastguard based in Hampshire has become operational today.

The National Maritime Operations Centre, which co-ordinates search and rescue services, runs alongside 10 others around the UK.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency facility near Fareham has today taken over 999 calls handled by the Solent station in Lee-on-the-Solent, which is closing.

Reflex Marine given green light to introduce Frog-6 into Mexico

Making money by investing into ships on speculation is limited, despite the fact that prices of ships are pretty low, Nils Smedegaard Andersen, Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Møller-Mærsk said yesterday in a keynote speech at Danish Maritime Days taking place in Copenhagen.

As explained by Andersen, “ownership is a minus game” because apart of the price there are several other factors to consider when investing in new ships.

“The chances are that if you buy a

ship today it will cost you the financial cost, coupled with depreciation risk of technological innovation, making it obsolete. What is more, it will cost you quite a lot to stick with that ship for a while. This risk is hugely underestimated,” Andersen said.

Maersk CEO said that their practice was to buy ships the company needs as late as possible, thus running less risk.We Need to Order Less Ships1

One of the discussion topics of the forum was: Why shipping is not an attractive industry per se?

Speaking of the future of the workforce, Maersk CEO referred to a good initiative in Denmark which saw establishment of a university study of marine transportation technology and management.

“Making sure you have a pipeline of well educated people is absolutely feasible,” he said, adding that Maersk has had various education programmes so far for both high-school and university level attendees.

“We have to be ready for the employees of tomorrow as they will ask more of us than just a salary.

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Pg 9 Aberdeen Harbour Tel +44 (0)1224 597000 Website. www.aberdeen-harbour.co.ukPg 16 Angram Ltd Tel +44 (0)1423 324555 Website. www.angramltd.comPg 18 Atlantic Towage & Marine Tel +353 (0)868 595701 Website. www.atlantictowage.comPg 15 Burgess Marine Tel +44 (0)8458 732222 Website. www.burgessmarine.co.ukPg 28 CDMS Tel +44 (0)1904 744424 Website. www.cdms-diving.co.ukPg 17 Cygnus Instruments Tel +44 (0)1305 265533 Website. www.cygnus-instruments.comPg 40 Damen Tel +31 (0)183 63 99 11 Website. www.damen.comPg 25 Del Norte Tel +44 (0)1803 844555 Website. www.del-norte.co.ukPg 4 Diamond Diesels Tel +44 (0)1977 683690 Website. www.diamonddiesels.co.ukPg 21 Ebbsfleet Marine Tel +44 (0)1634 892947 Website. www.shgroupltd.netPg 10 Echomax Tel +44 (0)1371 830216 Website. www.echomax.co.ukPg 5 Everard Insurance Brokers Tel +44 (0)1732 224680 Website. www.everardinsurance.co.ukPg 37 Humber RIBS Tel +44 (0)1482 226100 Website. www.humberinflatables.co.ukPg 45 Hydrosphere Tel +44 (0)1420 520374 Website. www.hydrosphere.co.ukPg 24 IMCA Tel +44 (0)2078 245520 Website. www.imca-int.comPg 24 IIMS Tel +44 (0)2392 385223 Website. www.marinesurveyingacademy.comPg 32 Lamor Tel +44 (0)1983 280185 Website. www.lamor.comPg 14 Lankhorst Ropes Tel +44 (0)1777 712690 Website. www.lankhorstropes.comPg 36 Livetts Launches Tel +44 (0)2073 781211 Website. www.livetts.co.ukPg 47 Marine Designs Tel +44 (0)1326 214754 Website. www.marinedesigns.co.ukPg 9 Marine South East Tel +44 (0)2380 111590 Website. www.marinesoutheast.co.ukPg 30 Markleen Ltd Tel +44 (0)1983 550565 Website. www.markleen.comPg 41 Macduff Diesels Tel +44 (0)1261 831122 Website. www.macduff-diesels-ltd.co.ukPg 3 Medway Diving Contractors Tel +44 (0)1634 829818 Website. www.medwaydiving.co.ukPg 15 Meercat Workboats Tel +44 (0)2392 385179 Website. www.meercatworkboats.comPg 44 Mermaid Marine Tel +44 (0)1202 677776 Website. www.mermaid-marine.co.ukPg 46 Miko Marine Tel +44 (0)1413 386768 Website. www.mikomarine.comPg 28 Modus Seabed Intervention Tel +44 (0)1325 387480 Website. www.modus-ltd.comPg 8 Northern Divers Tel +44 (0)1482 227276 Website. www.northerndivers.co.ukPg 19 NRG Marine Tel +44 (0)8459 002171 Website. www.nrgmarine.comPg 40 P D Ports Tel +44 (0)1642 877000 Website. www.pdports.co.ukPg 2 PME Group Tel +44 (0)1202 622346 Website. www.mandiesel.co.ukPg 12 Port of London Authority Tel +44 (0)1474 562200 Website. www.pla.co.ukPg 20 Red Bay Boats Tel +44 (0)2821 771331 Website. www.redbayboats.comPg 12 Romica Engineering Tel +44 (0)1482 853884 Website. www.romica.co.ukO/B/C Rotrex Winches Tel +44 (0)1773 603997 Website. www.rotrexwinches.co.ukPg 31 Seabed Scour Tel +44 (0)1493 443380 Website. www.sscsystems.comPg 18 Seacontractors Tel +31 (0) 118 410 520 Website. www.seacontractors.comPg 39 Seahawk Workboats Tel +44 (0)1752 492033 Website. www.seahawkworkboats.comPg 35 Strangford Moorings Tel +44 (0)2897 541880 Website. www.strangfordmoorings.co.ukPg 35 Thames Towage Tel +44 (0)7711 846060 Website. www.thames-towage.comPg 43 The Faraday Centre Tel +44 (0)1642 467236 Website. www.faradaycentre.co.ukPg 42 UKSA Tel +44 (0)1983 294941 Website. www.uksa.orgPg 14 Unique Seaflex Tel +44 (0)1983 290525 Website. www.seaflex.co.ukPg 31 Vikoma International Tel +44 (0)1983 200560 Website. www.vikoma.comPg 33 Water Witch Tel +44 (0)1512 074874 Website. www.waterwitch.comPg 34 Windwave Workboats Tel +44 (0)1736 364182 Website. www.windwaveworkboats.co.uk

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