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Volume 15 - Issue 2 - June / July 2017

The Official Journal of the International Association of Shiprepair Agents

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Volume 15 Issue 2 –

Front Cover: The Front Cover of this issue shows the PaxOcean yard in Zoushan, China, one of the largest yards in mainland China. Apart from China, PaxOcean also operates yards in Singapore and Batam (Indonesia).

4 Repairs

18 Shipyards

24 Services

30 Paints & Coatings

38 Underwater Repairs 41 Machinery

54 Emissions

58 Ballast Water Treatment

63 General Cargo/Reefers

66 The Far East

75 Agents / People

76 Dockgate

78 Agents Contact Directory

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Welcome Welcome to the June/July edition of SORJ (Ship and Offshore Repair Journal). As the maritime world turns to digitalisation, we look at the latest developments in this new, but very important, area of development. We also look closely at the repair industry in the Far East, especially mainland China, which continues to grow in the number of contracts requiring sophisticated repair techniques. Finally, as the deadline approaches, we also look closely at the latest developments in the BWT market. This issue also includes the Offshore Repair Supplement. Alan Thorpe

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Good half year for BesiktasTurkey’s Besiktas Shipyard has secured more than 80 repair projects from various ship-owners for different vessel types and sizes, the largest countries involved being Germany, Greece and Denmark with a total of 40 ship repair projects. The new 382 m long Besiktas floating dock has been used for 12 vessels larger than Panamax size. It is obvious that the new floating has brought a new impetus to the yard’s client portfolio. Due to number of ship-owners that are trading within Eastern Mediterranean, Greece is one of the most important markets for the yard’s potential customer base. Until the middle of June, Besiktas managed to win orders for a significant number of Greek-owned vessels, which has come as a significant breakthrough comparing with the previous year’s statistics. Apart from previously accommodated Greek clients, well-known companies such as Tsakos-Columbia, Marmaras Navigation, Eurotankers, Empire Navigation and Golden Union Shipping have become part of Besiktas’ repeated clients list. During January, Besiktas repaired a 37,000 dwt chemical tanker owned by Italy’s Motia Compagnia Di Navigazione, which underwent extensive repairs including a large amount of steel work in her ballast tanks and stools,

cargo tank surface treatment work and other machinery work. Besiktas gained extensive experience on ballast tank work in terms of steel renewal and coating upgrading due to continuous repair projects from various Danish and German owned vessels. Besiktas managed to secure contracts for five grounded damage projects within the first half of 2017. Around 800 tons of steel were replaced throughout these projects, owners coming from Denmark, Japan, Germany and Singapore. Drydocking periods were kept shorter than usual by using prefabricated blocks, which created an advantage for efficient inspections and results with good quality. Italy’s Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Besiktas established the first co-operation withdry docking and repair works on-board the 68,599 dwt containership MSC Ans. She arrived the shipyard around beginning of June. Due to the owner’s extensive activities in the region and also convenient conditions of Besiktas, it was an important step to have the first MSC vessel in the premises. The project comprised extensive blasting and painting works on cargo holds, decks and hatch covers. Besiktas layout provides flexibility and convenience for hatch covers which can be easily laid down on spacious places for the most efficient repairs. Another important ship-owner, Denmark’s Hafnia Tankers, recently awarded four vessels for repair to Besiktas Shipyard. This

co-operation again proved that the quality understanding and continuous improvement of the yard’s capabilities are playing a very crucial role in reaching reputable companies throughout the world. Under the technical management of Donnelly Tankers from Cyprus - Besiktas has secured four MR tankers, three of them have already been repaired and last one is expected within July. Besiktas and Wärtsilä’s co-operation for propeller repairs has started, along with in-house governor maintenance service. Recently, an exclusivity agreement has been signed for the installation of Wärtsilä BWTS equipment in Turkey and for support of 3D scanning/feasibility studies. At the same time, a joint-venture workshop of ABB and Besiktas has become operational as of the beginning of June. Turbochargers and electrical motors will be overhauled in this workshop under the authorisation of ABB and quality understanding of Besiktas Apart from on-going shiprepair activities, Besiktas Shipyard continues to improve the infrastructure and raise the bar of quality in order to fulfill a wide range of customers’ expectations. As part of growing interest in BWTS, Besiktas has signed an agreement for being an authorised location to install Wärtsilä BWTS equipment and to perform 3D-scanning and feasibility studies for all other BWTS equipment, which can be provided anywhere in the world with reasonable commercial

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LNG project for DSBrFrance’s Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr) has completed a renewal survey maintenance programme on the 290-m LNG tanker Gaselys. Co-owned by NYK Line of Japan and ENGIE (formerly GDF SUEZ), operated by Gazocean and chartered by ENGIE, the 10-year old vessel came into DSBr for a regular periodical drydocking that included a full schedule of works. When she was launched in 2007 the Gaselys was, along with her sister ship the Provalys, the largest LNG tanker ever built. Today they are still among the largest in operation anywhere in the world. DSBr is one of the most experienced European yards in the repair and maintenance of LNG tankers. It also has some of the largest drydocks in the region, measuring up to 420 m by 80 m. The Gaselys arrived in February and was placed in drydock No 2. The maintenance programme included, among other tasks, servicing the cargo

pumps, overboard valves, thrusters, mooring winches and the cargo cranes. Two of the main compensators were also replaced, the fans overhauled, and assistance given to the specialist subcontractors responsible for maintaining the LD HD compressors. New insulation was fitted to areas of piping. Additional works included removing mud from the ballast tanks, and blasting and repainting the hull and superstructure. Diego Groenendijk, Commercial Manager at DSBr, commented, “The drydocking was completed on time and on budget thanks to excellent cooperation between all the parties involved. Extensive preparations at the yard before the Gaselys arrived also ensured that works got underway immediately and continued without interruption.” DSBr has had the pleasure of working on other LNG tankers of the ENGIE fleet in recent years. These include the Provalys, mentioned above, the GDF SUEZ Global Energy and the Tellier. Nicolas Barnaud, president of NYK Armateur, stated, “The choice of a shiprepair yard for a scheduled technical stop is always the result of a tender, in which are taken into account the competitiveness and clarity of the

commercial offer, as well as the previous track record of the shipowner with the repair yard and its facility. DSBr was selected on these grounds. The high commitment of the Damen teams, combined with that of all the crew members, the Gazocean vessel manager and the procurement team, confirmed that this choice was the good option.” Meanwhile, during early April, DSBr drydocked the 152,208 dwt 2015-built North Sea shuttle tanker Raquel Knutsen, owned by Norway’s Knutsen OAS Shipping, based in

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The Gaselys entering Damen Shiprepair Brest


Haugesund. Also undergoing repair at this yard was the 52,642 dwt 2997-built chemical tanker Ugale, owned by Riga-based Latvian Shipping.

Finnlines contract for RemontowaPoland’s Remontowa Shiprepair, Gdansk has won the US$75m contract from Finnlines to lengthen its Breeze-class of freight ro/ros. A firm contract has been signed for the lengthening of four vessels; with an option on a further two ships. Work on the lead vessel will start in September 2017 with the project completed by May 2018. Remontowa has agreed with Finnlines that the lengthening work on each vessel will take less than two months/ship. The six ship Breeze-class vessels are all 28,002 gt 3,291 lane metre capacity vessels built by China’s Jingling Shipyard in 2011/12 – Finnbreeze, Finnsea, Finnsky, Finnsun, Finntide and Finnwave. Each ro/ro will be fitted with a new midbody section which will increase the freight capacity of each vessel by about 1,000 lane metres – an increase of around 30%. Meanwhile, currently undergoing a major upgrade project at this Gdansk yard is the Finnlines-owned ro/pax Finneagle. The 29,841 gt 1999-built Finneagle arrived at Remontowa on March 29th for a large package of work, which includes increasing passenger accommodation by 800 by the installation of new accommodation modules, the fitting of a

new inline hybrid exhaust gas scrubber system and the fitting of new fuel-efficient propeller blades.

First UN-RoRo lengthening completed at GemakTurkey’s Gemak, Tuzla, has completed the lengthening of the first of two freight ro/ros owned by domestic shipping company UN-RoRo. The 29,004 gt (before conversion) 2008-built UN Akdeniz has been lengthened by 30 m, with the 130 tonne midbody section being prefabricated and outfitted by Gemak prior to the arrival of the ro/ro at the shipyard. On arrival in Tuzla, UN Akdeniz was drydocked and cut in two, with the 4,000 ton forepart moved using the shipyard’s own heavy load equipment. This hydraulic heavy load mover was developed in-house by Gemak for the construction of sections of the 3rd Bosphorous Bridge project. Capable of moving large, heavy structures into position within mm of accuracy, the heavy load mover inserted the new midbody section before aligning the ship’s foresection. Some additional longitudinal structure was added to reinforce the lengthened hull and minor alterations were made to the vessel’s HFO tanks. By lengthening UN Akdeniz by 30 m UN RoRo has added a further 870 lane metres of freight space – giving the vessel a new ro/

ro capacity of 4,600 lane metres. Following re-delivery to her owners, UN Akdeniz entered service on the Pendik-Trieste run. A sistership will undergo lengthening at Gemak later in 2017.

Middle East dredger refit award for Bakker SliedrechtHuta, Saudi Arabia’s leading dredging operator, has awarded Holland’s Bakker Sliedrecht with a lifetime extension project for the electrical installation of the Huta 4. Aim of the project is to extend the lifetime of the 36-year-old cutter suction dredger with 15 years while increasing the efficiency of production.

Responsible for all main electrical installations Bakker Sliedrecht is responsible for all main electrical installations during this lifetime extension project. The installations will be designed and assembled at Bakker Sliedrecht’s modern and well equipped workshop in Sliedrecht. The installation and commissioning of these installations will be taken care of by Bakker Sliedrecht in Saudi Arabia. Key installations that are being replaced or upgraded during this project are: • Electrical drive systems - ladder winch, ladder pump, cutter and side winches • BIMAC (Bakker Integrated Modular Alarm Contol) alarm installation • Cutter automation • Engine control room desk • AC electric motors • AC generators

Higher efficiency and lower operational costs during this lifetime extension project - Bakker Sliedrecht is also improving the production efficiency of the Huta 4. The existing analogue controls are being replaced by new digital controls, increasing the accuracy of operators. Moreover, the new controls are maintenance

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The Finnbreeze – to be lengthened in Gdansk

The CSD Huta 4


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free, which will lower the operational maintenance costs for Huta 4. Dredging automation - as spare parts of the existing dredging controls were no longer available, Bakker Sliedrecht will also deliver a new dredging control desk with renewed dredging automation. The replaced dredging automation system allows the operators to control the movements of the cutter more accurately. It also offers the operators real-time productivity information to monitor the dredging process. The lifetime extension of the Huta 4 is scheduled for delivery second quarter of 2018.

Van Oord contract for DSRHolland’s Van Oord has contracted the Rotterdam yard of Damen Ship Repair in Schiedam to undertake modifications to its 16,700 gt 2014-built jack-up offshore installation vessel Aeolus. The work package will increase the vessel’s capabilities with respect to loading capacity, crane capacity and accommodation, enabling the vessel to install larger foundations and heavier wind turbines at offshore wind farms. The capacity increase will be achieved by installing sponsons, deck strengthening, enlarging spud cans and installing a new accommodation module, with a heli-deck. Aeolus’ existing 900 tonne capacity crane will be replaced by a 1,600 tonne leg encircling crane (LEC), supplied by Dutch crane specialist Huisman. Work on Aeolus starts in September 2017 and is scheduled for completion by spring 2018. Van Oord is also upgrading its 13,608 gt 1991-built heavy lift installation vessel Svanen to enable it to handle wind turbine monopoles weighing more than 2,000 tonnes. This work is currently being carried out at Damen Ship Repair Vlissingen.

Cruiseship and LNG contracts at B+VPrincess Cruises’ newest vessel, the 142,714 gt 2014-built Regal Princess has drydocked for the first time since being delivered from the Monfalcone yard of Italy’s Fincantieri three years ago at Hamburg’s Blohm + Voss for her

scheduled refit. The work will take place over the period April 17-30th in the yard’s 320,000 dwt capacity graving dock Elbe 17, prior to the vessel starting a summer season of cruises in the Baltic/Norwegian Fjords from Copenhagen. A major part of the vessel’s refit will be the installation of miles of new cabling and thousands of sensors to enable Princess Cruises’ new Ocean Medallion systems to be rolled-out on the vessel from November this year. Ocean Medallion, the size of a British 10p coin will be used for a wide variety of passenger activities on-board the vessel, including embarkation and disembarkation, opening and closing cabins doors (without the use of key cards) on-board purchases etc. In Europe, Princess Cruises vessels traditionally drydock at the Palermo yard of Italy’s Fincantieri for scheduled refits. Blohm + Voss was chosen for this work due to Hamburg being much closer to the vessel’s next homeport – Copenhagen, there resulting a much shorter deviation time. Empire Bulkers’ 170,012 dwt 2005-built bulk carrier Cape Maria also drydocked at B+V shipyard to carry out repairs to her propeller shaft and stern seal. Meanwhile, a very unusual visitor has just completed guarantee repairs at B+V - the world’s first ice-class LNG tanker, the 172,600 m3 capacity Christophe de Margerie, owned by Russia’s Sovcomflot and managed by SKF Management Services (Cyprus) Ltd, drydocked in B+V’s 320,000 dwt capacity Elbe 17 graving dock. Christophe de Margerie (named after the late CEO of TOTAL) was delivered by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in March 2017 after completing ice trials in the high Russian

Arctic. Work undertaken in Hamburg was in way of the vessel’s machinery spaces, hull and accommodation areas. The Christophe de Margerie has been designed and built specially for Russia’s Yamal LNG project in the Arctic and has the highest ice class for a merchant vessel – Russian Register ARC-7 (equivalent to Polar Class 3-4). The Yamal LNG project will see LNG transported in the Ob Bay and Kara Sea in north west Siberia. The vessel can operate along the Northern Sea Route west of the port of Sabetta year round and east for six months of the year (July-December). Powered by six Wärtsilä 50 DF diesels (4 x 12-cylinder units and two nine-cylinder units) driving three ABB Azipods, the LNG carrier can operate independently in ice up to 2.1 m thick.

GLCC contract for EllicottEllicott has announced the refurbishment of the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) 12” (300 mm) cutter dredge Commodore, a non-Ellicott dredge. After extensive flood damage, GLDD hired Ellicott to refurbish and modernise the Commodore, including hydraulics, electric controls, and the booster pump. One of the main improvements was a comprehensive upgrade to the Commodore’s hydraulic system. The cutter drive system was upgraded to 130 hp (97 kW) with the same RPM as the current system. This increases the dredge’s efficiency, allowing it to cut harder and more compact materials. The proportional

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valves were also replaced and integrated into the dredge’s new control system. Another improvement was the complete overhaul of the control systems. All old electric controls and circuits were removed and replaced with a more modern system. The new system is more efficient and allows for easier troubleshooting and superior integration. Another improvement was the complete overhaul of the control systems. All old electric controls and circuits were removed and replaced with a more modern system. The new system is more efficient and allows for easier troubleshooting and superior integration. In addition to hydraulic and control system upgrades, Ellicott integrated the booster pump into the cab dashboard. This allows the operator to control the booster and monitor the suction pressure and discharge pressure from the cab. While Ellicott is known primarily as an industry leader in dredge design and manufacturing, they also offer services for refurbishment and modernisation of any manufacturer’s dredge.

High demand at N-KOMQatar’s N-KOM, part of Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, is reporting more demand for repair and maintenance services. According to a spokesman for the shipyard, “There is a great potential in the current market conditions for N-KOM to provide repair, conversion and construction services for marine vessels, offshore and onshore structures. Greek ship-owners continue to see strong interest for N-KOM’s services, with a variety of tankers, gas tankers and bulk carriers calling for repairs at the facility. Euronav Ship Management (Hellas) was is in the yard with the 299,320 dwt VLCC tanker Alice, the vessel’s scope of work including drydocking and repairs such as hull high pressure washing, rudder repairs such as fabricating and welding lugs in way of rudder position and propeller normal polishing. Major drydocking and repairs were also being carried out for Chandris (Hellas) with the 304,732 dwt VLCC tanker Britanis. She underwent maintenance involving hull treatment and painting, overhauling of main engine fuel pumps and turbocharger, cargo and ballast valves repairs.

Dynacom Tankers, one of N-KOM’s major clients, was recently in the yard with the 149,999 dwt tanker Agistri. Repairs included hull treatment and painting, overhauling sea valves and chest, and installation of new pipe line. Zodiac Maritime was in the yard with the 85,408 dwt container vessel CMA CGM Corneille. The vessel’s scope of work includes hull treatment and painting, steel work repairs, mooring winches, propeller polishing, main engine turbocharger, auxiliary boiler and exhaust gas economiser. Marine Management Services M.C, was recently in the yard with the 73,584 dwt product tanker United Ambassador. Repairs included hull treatment and painting, overhauling of main engine turbochargers and sea valves, cleaning of engine room tanks, life boats testing and various piping works. K Line Ship Management had an LNG tanker in the yard - the 135,358 m3 Al Rayyan. She underwent maintenance involving hull treatment and painting, mooring wires, cargo tank repairs, LNG cargo and spray pumps, propeller cleaning and polishing, Nos 1 and 2 main boiler inspection, cargo tank examination, and overhauling of LNG cargo and spray pumps. NYK LNG Shipmanagement was recently in the yard with the 137,262 m3 LNG tanker Doha. The maintenance involving hull treatment and painting, cargo tank examination, overhauling of LNG cargo and spray pumps, propeller cleaning and polishing. Major dry docking and repairs were also carried out for NYK LNG Shipmanagement on-board the 216,200 m3 LNG Q-Flex vessel Al Thumama. The maintenance involving hull treatment and painting, cargo tank examination, overhauling of LNG cargo and spray pumps, propeller cleaning and polishing. Also in the yard for repairs was STASCO’s 210,100 m3 LNGC Q-Flex vessel Al Khattiya, Additional vessels in the yard for repairs includes, Stanford Marine’s offshore supply vessels Stanford Eagle, Stanford Mermaid and

Sharief Reliance Smit Lamnalco’s offshore supply vessels SL Mesite and SL Manakin as well as Halul Offshore’s Halul 40, Halul 28 and Shaddad, and Pacific Radiance’s offshore supply vessels Crest Alpha 1.

GAC and IE work on-board P&O Ferries’ vessels in PolandFour P&O ferries are now back afloat after completing major refits at Remontowa Shipyard in Gdansk, with GAC Poland as their agent. The 32,000 gt, 180 m long Pride of York and 2,000 passenger, 650 vehicle Pride of Canterbury were the first to arrive at the yard, in January and February respectively. They were followed by sisterships Pride of Bruges and Pride of Burgundy. Three months after the first ferry arrived, major renovations to all four had been completed and they were back plying their Hull-

Zeebrugge and Dover-Calais routes.Work began on preparing car decks and passenger areas as soon as the vessels set off on their two-day voyages to Gdansk. Once in the shipyard, GAC Poland ensured the smooth and efficient delivery of large volumes of the materials, spares and supplies required for the mammoth project which included upgrading the main engines and generators, blasting and painting the hulls, major changes to the ferries’ infrastructure, as well as modernisation of passenger areas, catering and retail outlets. Cabins were fitted with new lighting, bedding and en-suite bathrooms and improved temperature controls. Superior cabins underwent total refurbishment with new furniture, carpets and curtains.

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GAC personnel attend the Pride of Canterbury


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Ryszard Karger, GAC Poland’s Managing Director, says his company’s strong, long-standing relationship with the shipyard helped ensure that everything went smoothly. “Winning the ship agency business for the four P&O Ferries upgrades at Remontowa Yard was a major coup for us,” he adds. “We are no strangers to the yard and have worked closely on many occasions in the past, but this was the biggest project for some time. The project involved the delivery of large volumes of spares and supplies, and arrangements for the 714 personnel brought in for the refits, including transport and accommodation. Thanks to GAC’s hallmark attention to detail, reliability and local expertise, everything went without a hitch.” John Garner, Fleet Director at P&O Ferries, says, “We looked at a number of shipyards across Europe for this vitally important work – which will guarantee the future of all four ships into the next decade – and settled on Remontowa for its track record of delivering first class re-fits and the economies of scale generated by taking the ships to the one yard.” David Piaskowski, Commercial Area Director at Remontowa, notes, “The secret to success for any major project is good planning, and we were confident that by working with the GAC Poland team, everything would go according to plan.” Meanwhile, Intelligent Engineering (IE) completed four SPS projects for P&O between January and March, bringing the total number of SPS projects for P&O to 28 since 1999. A total of 916 m² of deck was reinstated on-board the Pride of Canterbury, Pride of

York, Pride of Burgundy and Pride of Bruges at Remontowa’s Gdansk yard in Poland. IE worked alongside the yard’s steelworkers overseeing the steel top plate installation and undertook all injections of the elastomer core assisted by SRC injection engineers. All four vessels had multiple areas in need of reinstatement. On the Pride of Canterbury over 100 cavities were prepared on the aft upper and main car deck. A 20 mm elastomer core was injected between the existing deck and 8 mm steel top plate using a self-propelled mobile injection machine. Due to the non-intrusive nature of SPS work, the deck’s structure and adjacent piped and electrical services were unaffected. Hans Pronk, Technical Operations Manager, P&O Ferries commented, “The use of SPS for these repairs was perfect, as on a couple of the vessels, the repair areas were between the bulkhead and deck with pipes and drains littering the area, making access difficult. SPS is the most efficient repair method for these vessels. The SPS team had to carefully plan injections and process control as the temperature was colder than we would have liked.” “P&O was the first SPS customer to recognise the huge savings to be made by the speed of the SPS repair process,” observed Ian Nash, SPS Business Manager. “Time out of service is minimised and risk, which can have a huge impact on schedules, virtually eliminated,” he added. Wojciech Zielinski, Senior Project Manager, Remontowa Ship Repair Yard stated, “The use of SPS enabled us to deliver the vessels back to P&O on schedule with a first class repair. The SPS team and our staff worked together well for

the successful completion and I hope that we will deliver many more such projects together in the future.” Over 196,000 m² of SPS has been used to reinstate and strengthen decks, bulkheads, ramps, tank tops and many offshore structures and vessels around the world. It is a permanent Class approved alternative to expensive, time consuming conventional steel replacement methods.

More cruiseships in CadizDuring the month of April a total of 13 vessels underwent repair and maintenance work carried out by Navantia Cadiz-San Fernando, including a total of four naval units. Tui Cruises GmbH 69,472 gt cruise liner Tui Discovery 2 (ex – Legend of the Seas) departed from Drydock No. 4 having undergone a very significant revitalisation and rebranding project, during which time the following main repair and maintenance work items were carried out - the standard drydock operations including hull treatment work, the overhaul of the bow thruster, the stabilisers, several electric motors, winches and windlasses. Steel renewal work was carried out in the area of the jacuzzis and showers, as well as piping renewal in the engine room. Repairs were carried out to restore the visual aspect of the vessel’s windows and window frames on decks 9, 10 and 11, as well as of the cabin balconies. Especially worth noting was the double drydocking of a floating dock and a pontoon in Drydock No. 1 at the Cadiz yard - Fomento De

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The TUI Discovery leaves the floating dock at Navantia Cadiz


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Construcciones’ floating dock Mar del Aneto and the Drace’s pontoon Dracaza Veinte shared the dock space in order to carry out minor steel and other repairs, in addition to surface treatment work. Also in Cadiz, Dravosa’s 2,548 m3 dredger Dravo Costa Verde carried out a flash docking in Drydock No. 1 in order to replace propeller blades. BP Shipping’s 113,553 dwt oil tanker British Eagle also made a short stop during the period of reference for minor repairs. Seabulk Offshore’s 2,063 gt offshore supply vessel Seabulk Luanda drydocked in San Fernando yard towards the end of the month for a short dock stay in order to repair a crack in a tank, but also used the dock time to clean and polish the main propellers, to clean the hull and to install new valves. The Dravo Costa Dorada drydocked into the No.2 dock at the San Fernando yard to carry out, in addition to the standard drydock operations, the cleaning and painting of the hull, the cleaning of several tanks and bilges and the renewal of several sections of piping for different ship systems, such as uptake and discharge piping in the bilge areas below the aft engine room and cooling pipes for the air conditioning system. Grupo Boluda’s 335 gt tug VB Braco, Naviera Armas’ 29,514 gt ro/pax Volcan De Tinamar were also in the yard. Navantia Shiprepairs’ Ferrol Estuary started the second quarter of 2017 with the drydocking and/or repairs in April of four commercial vessels, as well as of five other military units. Navantia completed the repair project on-board Nordbay Shipping’s 116,104 dwt tanker Nordbay, which had started the previous month, delivering it after carrying out successfully her final tests. The yard also received BP Shipping’s 155,000 m3 LNG tanker British Emerald, Montestena’s 159,179 dwt crude tanker Montestena and New Ocean Shipmanagement’s 46,866 dwt product tanker High Power, all due for delivery in May. The vessels LNG British Emerald and Montestena were drydocked in Ferrol’s Dock No. 3 whereas the vessel High Power underwent its drydocking in Fene’s Dock No. 5. During the month of April, 2017, several maintenance and repair works were performed on a total of twelve vessels at our facilities in Navantia Shiprepairs’ Cartagena, five of which belong to the Spanish Navy. The works to be carried out on most of the yachts in the yard were completed along the month of

April. Sailing yacht Kokomo arrived in order to undergo diverse hull and engine works as well as keel repairs. Sailing yacht Yacht A left Navantia by the end of the month once all finishing works and sail trials had been completed to owner’s satisfaction. Mega yacht Sunrays continues in Cartagena undergoing paint works and engine overhauling. By the middle of April the mega yacht Imperial Princess left Navantia when all engine, paint and teak works had been finalised. In addition, the 82 m motor yacht Kibo, which extended her stay, left our premises once all minor works pending were completed, as did the 50 m yacht Malibu once all hull treatment works had been finalised. The works on the merchant Os Yours to solve rudder problems continued as planned.

First containership LNG conversion for GDDThe conversion of the first containership into an LNG-fuelled vessel started at Bremerhaven’s German Dry Docks (GDD) on June 6th. The vessel in question is the 1,036 teu capacity feeder containership Wes Amelie, owned by German operator Wessels Reederei of Haren. The 13,200 dwt, 2011-built vessel arrived in Bremerhaven on May 20th and the conversion project is expected to take 40 days to complete. If successful, the owner will convert a further three sisterships – Wes Carina, Wes Gesa and Wes Janine. Work on this trio will not start, however, until funding is secured. The existing main engine of Wes Amelie, a single MAN 8L48/60B is not being replaced but converted into an MAN 8L51/60 DF engine, as well as a new gas system comprising gas handling room, gas valve unit and a 490 m3 capacity LNG tank. The 90 tonne LNG tank, measuring 11.2 m x 8.0 m, has already

arrived at the shipyard, having been designed and built by TGE Marine Gas Engineering in Shanghai, China.

Largest ship ever in ODCOman Drydock Company (ODC) drydocked the largest vessel in the company’s history – Oman Shipping Co’s (OSC) 400,315 dwt iron ore carrier Sohar Max – for a specialist 11 day drydocking project. The Sohar Max is the biggest vessel in size to enter the drydock since it opened in 2011, measuring 360 m in length, 65 m in width. ODC Acting CEO Dr Ahmed Al Abri said the drydock is also preparing for another high-profile project with a sistership to the Sohar Max, the Liwa Max in the coming months. “Maintenance work on the Sohar Max is now well underway and will be completed to a tight time schedule,” he said. “It involves complex repair and maintenance work. Key areas of delivery include painting, replacement of consumable parts, repairing defective parts and carrying out other works related to technological aspects. “In the last six years we have formed a strong alliance with OSC which is one of the largest shipping companies in the Gulf. The Sohar Max is the latest in a series of successful projects delivered for OSC dating back to 2011, when we received the LNG tanker Muscat. This was followed by a collection of other OSC vessels including Manah, Saham, Mirbat, Al A’mirat and Sumail. We are now also making preparations to accommodate bulk carrier Liwa Max.” ODC is the largest ship repair yard in the Middle East. It can accommodate any size of vessel with one of the longest yards in the Middle East at 2.8 kms. Dr Al Abri said these facilities combined with a solid commitment to delivering on cost, quality and time make the dry dock ideally suited to the world’s largest vessels. “In total we received more than 462 vessels since 2011,” he said. “We have developed a robust track record working on a broad range of projects from VLCCs to containerships, ro/ro vessels, barges, LNG tankers, LPG tankers, chemical tankers and vehicle carriers. While initially largely focused on repair we are now very much geared up and actively seeking newbuild and conversion work. This follows The Wes Amelie


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successful projects including the Greek-owned Olympic Luck which ODC converted from an oil/bulk/ore carrier to a VLCC. “We currently employ a total number of 2,000 workers from 10 different nations. This has risen consistently in line with growth to ensure the right levels of skill and resource. However, it is the speed and efficiency of our service combined with our world class facilities and location which enables us to win work and crucially attract repeat business. We are perfectly positioned for the Asia to Europe shipping route as well as the East African and Indian offshore industries. Vessels do not have to greatly deviate their course helping to slash costs and the time required for drydocking. “The drydock also benefits from a perfect climate for painting which few other yards can match as well as the largest sludge and slops terminal in the Middle East at 10,000 m3.”

Tirrenia contract for PalumboItaly’s Palumbo Group has recently signed a contract with Italy’s Tirrenia to refurbish a number of ro/pax vessels in the Tirrenia fleet. The 39,798 gt Sharden was the first vessel belonging to Tirrenia’s fleet to undergo an extensive restyling works as per the partnerships between Onorato Group and Warner Bros. The idea behind the new restyling is to refresh the image of the company’s brand with a more distinguishable and dynamic look so as to attract both families and business travellers travelling to Sardinia and Sicily for holidays and appointments. Following the Sharden, her sistership Nuraghes and the 9,182 gt Moby Niki

completed similar refurbishment work, and, during 2018 will see three more ro/pax ferries at the yard – the 35,736 gt Janas, the 36,475 gt Bithia and 35,736 gt Athara. Then during 2019, two more ferries arrive – the 31,041 gt Vincenzo Florio and her sistership Raffaele Rubattino”.

All vessels will carry on the new cosmetic works at Palumbo facilities in Messina or Palumbo Naples - work will involve also public spaces refit and renewal as per the new theme.

Repeat contracts for MetalshipsGermany’s Ahrenkiel Steamship has returned to Spain’s Metalships, Vigo following the drydocking last year of the AS Fabiana by awarding the yard contracts for the repair of two more projects. The first one was the 18,349 dwt containership AS Federica which completed her second special survey and has just left the yard in her way to Port Everglades. She was followed by her sistership AS Fiorella, also in for her second special survey. Due to the large scope of work expected, ship is expected to undock by the end of the month. “As with our previous positive experience drydocking in Metalships, we have decided to give the class renewal for another two ships to the same yard,” said the Technical Superintendent from the owner. “I would recommend this yard for any standard and complex repairs”. Two passenger ships from Cruise Management International - the 8,282 gt Ocean Diamond and the 4,200 gt Sea Spirit returned to the yard for their ninth intermediate surveys and major refurbishments. Samskip awarded the repair of the 4,000 dwt reefer Samskip Glacier for her fourth special survey. Meanwhile, M. H. Simonsen awarded the repair of its 7,519 dwt chemical tanker Silver Freya which included her first special survey. According to Pablo de Celis from Metalship’s commercial department, “We were very short of time due to next ship’s charter so we managed to work 24 hrs including a weekend and public holiday to deliver the ship on time. The result couldn’t have been better and M. H. Simonsen congratulated us for the effort made”.

The Sohar Max (Left) in Oman Drydock

The Sharden in Palumbo, Messina

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Viktor Lenac and Wärtsilä combine on BWMSCroatia’s Viktor Lenac Shipyard and Finland’s Wärtsilä have signed an agreement of co-operation in the ship repair segment, with the emphasis on installation of Wärtsilä’s Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) - Wärtsilä Aquarius. Viktor Lenac has already successfully completed three BWMS installation projects in 2016 and has positioned itself in a narrow circle of global shipyards as a reliable partner for such complex projects. “It is a great recognition to be chosen as a partner by a leading technology company like Wärtsilä. That speaks for itself about Viktor Lenac’s position in today’s ship repair industry on a global level,” said Aljoša Pavelin, President of the Management Board & CEO of Viktor Lenac. The BWMS market is in the beginning of a growth path and a real boost is expected in 2019-2021. Most shipping companies will have to install BWMS when the Ballast Water Convention enters into force in September 2017 The USCG regulations and the guidelines of G8 countries on the implementation, which run in parallel with existing IMO rules, will also increase the demand for BWMS retrofits. The co-operation between Wärtsilä and Viktor Lenac Shipyard provides a one-stop-shop to a specific market demand. “We are honoured and pleased to sign

this contract with our long-standing partner Viktor Lenac, a shipyard widely trusted and respected by shipowners. For Wärtsilä, this is an evolutionary step towards complementing our offering. The aim of the contract is to significantly simplify and accelerate the overall business processes for the benefit of our joint customers - from contracting and implementation to commissioning of a BWMS installation. Signing of this contract paves the way towards mutual success,” said Giampiero De Cubellis, General Manager for Sales Development & Projects, South Europe and Africa, Wärtsilä Services. The key part of the contract includes production of BWMS modules based on Wärtsilä EC and UV module technology, which will either be built-in onboard ships at Viktor Lenac Shipyard or shipped to another shipyard for installation, per shipowner’s choice. Wärtsilä will provide Viktor Lenac with their BWMS equipment

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90 years for Damen Damen is celebrating nine decades of operations in the shipbuilding industry. From small beginnings in the 1920s, the company has grown into a renowned maritime service provider that employs 9,000 people. With Dutch roots, Damen’s expansion has been global. This growth can be viewed in terms of its yards, service hubs and other subsidiary companies as well as a globally-operating client base. For 90 years, Damen’s vessel designs have successfully served customers operating all over the world. Damen was originally established by two brothers, Jan and Rien Damen, in 1927. From facilities located on the banks of the River Merwede in Hardinxveld, the Netherlands, they managed the growing firm into a well-respected business. When Kommer Damen took over in 1969, he introduced numerous changes to the ship fabrication process. Advances such as modular construction techniques and series production of standard designs resulted in considerable increases in efficiency. Damen’s clients could benefit from shortened delivery times and flexible vessel configurations. The subsequent growth since the late 1960s has been as swift as it was broad. The company’s worldwide coverage developed

with the acquisition of foreign yards and the establishment of dedicated service centres. The vessel portfolio has grown too – today the company’s vessels serve an ever-evolving range of maritime sectors. Looking back at Damen’s success over the years, Chairman Kommer Damen highlights the contribution made by the company’s personnel, “I am honoured to celebrate 90 years of Damen. What started as a small team has grown into a global company. And yet – we have achieved this while still retaining our family values. “Damen owes its success to the commitment and dedication that has been invested by our past and present employees. It has always been important that our personnel enjoy their work and it is their passion that has made the company into what it is today.” Damen is marking its 90th anniversary in numerous ways over the coming months. For example, the company has also launched a dedicated website (www.damen90.com) that will highlight its maritime heritage and involvement in the shipbuilding industry since 1927. An interactive platform, this website will allow visitors to upload and share their own photos and recollections about Damen. A special exhibition illustrating many of the key moments in Damen’s history will be on display at the company’s headquarters in Gorinchem, the Netherlands. This will also

be the location for the Damen Workboat Festival, which will also focus on the 90 year celebrations. Open to clients and industry partners, this event will take place on October 5th 2017. And, last but not least, the company’s annual magazine will feature several articles that will take a retrospective look at some of the most important and interesting milestones of the last 90 years. With a view to forthcoming decades, it is essential to note that Damen is still very much a family-orientated business. Kommer Damen’s four children all play significant roles in operations: Arnout Damen is Chief Commercial Officer, Rose Damen is Commercial Director at Amels, Annelies Damen manages the corporate properties portfolio, and Bear Damen recently directed the company’s corporate film. Never a company to rest on its laurels, Damen has always been defined by its constant forward-thinking strategies. It is this progressive mind-set that has kept the company focused on new opportunities and market developments. “This is an important year for Damen,” comments Arnout Damen. “It is an opportune moment to identify the key characteristics that will strengthen our future position in changing the global maritime market.” “Continued investment into building strong relationships with our clients will play a major role. It will be by understanding their markets,

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their activities and their needs that we can help make them a success.”

Nico International’s one-stop-shop Dubai-based NICO International’s commitment to the maritime industry is firm and unwavering. The legacy of being a one-stop-shop and decades of marine and industrial engineering experience and expertise makes NICO the preferred choice in serving the global shipping industry. With a skilled workforce exceeding 1,200 staff, NICO enjoyed great success in the past and this undoubtedly is due to exceptional support NICO had from key clients such as Maersk Line Ltd., Anglo Eastern Ship Management, Topaz Energy & Marine, Drydocks World, DUGAS, Alstom, Red Sea Marine, APL, MISC Bernard, Van Oord and many more from local and international. NICO International has successfully completed a number of marine projects already during 2017.

These include:

• Zakher Marine - Gas duct and ramp installation on-board the jack-up lift boat QMS Supporter• ADNATCO – NGSCO – Economiser retubing on-board four LNG tankers• Topaz Energy & Marine – Various afloat repairs and drydocking jobs on-board the Topaz Ryyan, Topaz Khubayb, Topaz Karzakkan, Topaz Mamiaka, Topaz Karama, and Topaz Baki.• Mutawa Marine - Conversion, modification of forecastle deck, wheel house, main deck etc. on-board the anchor-handler Mutawa 302

Meanwhile, NICO international has entered into a long term collaboration agreement with Denmark’s Global Boiler, the aim of this alliance being to further strengthen the power & energy capabilities of NICO in the field of marine & industrial boiler service market in the Middle East region. Through this partnership NICO International & Global Boiler wish to co-operate and broaden its portfolio to cover the

Industrial & Marine Power Projects and Boiler maintenance, repair & operation in the entire Middle East region. Drydocking projects are continuing without much reduction in yearly revenue. Currently there is a full order book up to mid-2017 and beyond. An increase in drydocking of smaller vessels has been a notable trend for 2017. Key clients including UAE Coast Guard, Muttawa Marine, Gulf Piping Company, Briese Schiffahrt GmbH, Khalid Faraj, Red Sea Marine, National Ferries etc. carried out regular drydocking operations in 2016. NICO carried out some 22 drydocking projects in 2016 and is on track to double that number in 2017. A few of the major projects carried out during 2016 involved the extension of accommodation and related outfitting work including blasting/painting of all exterior and interior. NICO has also seen a healthy jump in business for its underwater services and anticipates continued growth in that segment. NICO International’s diving team successfully carried out the recovery of various lost anchors at Fujairah Anchorage. Due to the water depth being in excess of 100 m the vessels suffered


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various damages such as winch and bitter end failures. The diving team would survey the last known location of the lost anchor using cutting edge side scan sonar technology. Once the anchor was pin pointed an anchor-handler was utilised to recover the lost anchors and chain. A grapnel is lowered to the seabed on one of the anchor-handlers’ winches and trawled until the anchor chain is hooked. Once the winch is heaved up to a diveable depth our divers connect a second winch wire to the anchor chain. The winch wires are heaved up one after the other as a pulley system to safely recover the anchor and full length of chain onto the anchor-handler’s deck. To date, NICO International has a 100% success rate for recovering lost anchors at Fujairah Anchorage. NICO International’s Diving Division has been audited by Teekay Shipping. The Teekay auditors visited the diving division’s base, located at Fujairah Port, and undertook a due diligence audit of NICO’s Safety Management System. NICO International was described as a ‘Transparent and proactive company operating to a high standard in safety’. NICO has increased the size of the diving team to accommodate the increasing number of enquiries in order to support the valued customers. All of NICO’s divers are sent for ‘First Aid & CPR and ‘Emergency Oxygen provider’

training, along with internal safety programmes upon joining and before going on-site. Apart from the agreement signed with Denmark’s Global Boilers, NICO has added strength, including:

• Signed exclusive sales & service agreement with Veth Propulsion for its extensive range of propellers in the GCC region.• NICO International has been officially approved as the Inshore Diving Contractor by Shell’s Diving Centre of Excellence. The Inshore Diving Contractor allows for all inshore diving works located within United Arab Emirates.• Teekay Shipping and BP Shipping for diving contracts

Due to NICO’s strategic positioning in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, it stands to benefit from this industry resurgence. NICO’s capabilities and expertise are always in demand and our strong brand and reputation as a quality provider are integral to NICO’s future growth and will continue building on the key client relationships to expand the business.

DDW signs agreement with Thordon Bearings US-based Thordon Bearings and UAE’s Drydocks World-Dubai (DDW-D) have signed a milestone agreement, under which the shipyard will work together with Thordon Bearings to promote the conversion of ships’ oil lubricated propeller shafts to Thordon’s COMPAC open seawater lubricated bearing system. The agreement will create an action plan in which a specialist team comprised DWD and Thordon Bearings’ personnel, offer support to ship managers and owners looking to ensure their vessels are fully compliant with environmental legislation prohibiting the discharge of oil from the oil-to-sea interface of ships’ propeller shafts. Shipowners could face substantial financial penalties if their vessels are found to be non-compliant. Mohammad Rizal, COO of DDW, said, “Thordon Bearings is a pioneer in water lubricated propeller shaft bearings, with over 35 years’ of experience in this technology. By entering into this partnership, we will not only have an opportunity to expand our service offering, but will also have the opportunity to provide our customers with a real, long-term

solution to the environmental problems they face with oil lubricated stern tube bearings and seals. With concerns increasingly being raised about the impact oil discharges have on the marine environment, converting an oil lubricated system to seawater is the only guaranteed solution for today and tomorrow.” Terry McGowan, President and CEO of Thordon Bearings said, “DDW is an internationally renowned shipyard with the capabilities and state-of-the-art facilities required to carry out some of the world’s most specialised ship and rig repair, maintenance and conversion projects. Having the advantage of offering comprehensive, engineered solutions in partnership with an experienced bearing manufacturer will help further strengthen DDW’s position as one of the world’s leading shiprepair yards.” Leaking shaft seals are known to be a significant contributor to on-going pollution at sea. The use of biodegradable lubricants, which are an improvement over mineral oils, are still a very expensive option for shipowners and some are having seal compatibility issues. Even biodegradable lubricants still need to be reported to authorities when discharges occur. Thordon provides a solution that uses seawater as the lubricant that meets all regulations, eliminating any risk of oil pollution. “Seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing systems are less complicated and time-consuming to install than oil lubricated systems, providing clear commercial advantages for the customers,” said McGowan. “There are fewer components, fewer pipe-runs and no air equipment is required with a seawater lubricated system. Plus, with recent class society rule changes, seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing systems no longer have a pre-determined shaft withdrawals as long as certain monitoring conditions are met.” He added, “This new partnership agreement provides a win-win situation for both parties. DDW will stand to benefit from having new customers and a new revenue stream with oil-to-water conversions, while Thordon Bearings will benefit from supplying the COMPAC seawater lubricated bearing equipment for upcoming conversion projects.” Under the terms of the agreement, Thordon Bearings will also provide equipment, training and guidance to DDW personnel and support the yard in carrying out propeller shaft conversion projects to the ‘highest standards and in the most efficient and cost effective manner’.

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Meanwhile, DDW has received the prestigious Dubai Quality Appreciation Award for the 2016 cycle held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. This award recognises sustainable continual improvement in an organisation and is one of the highest levels of national recognition in the UAE.

Mohammad Rizal commented, “DDW has succeeded in earning this award due to continued progress and development in maritime and offshore services with 9,000+ strong, dedicated and well trained in-house workforce, with over 1,500 management system procedures covering the entire needed processes. In addition, DDW has an excellent international reputation in engineering expertise

and proven track records for on time delivery of projects and high customer satisfaction. The yard has state-of-the-art facilities with a climate advantage of almost 360 days rain free in a year, as well as one of the biggest mechanical workshops and in-house training facilities in the region.”

Refurbished floating dock now entrenched in Dunkerque UD. Oltmann Reederei’s 67,033 dwt containership MSC Bremen, which is managed by Anglo-Eastern Shipmanagement, has drydocked in the large graving dock at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) for a schedule drydocking operation likely to last some 10 days. She follows DEME’s 5,400 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Pallieter into the yard, which was drydocked in the facility’s recently-

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refurbished floating dock. DSDu completed major refurbishment works to the yard’s floating dock earlier this year. The dock, capable of taking vessels up to 180 m in length and lifting 14,000 tonnes, is owned by the Port of Dunkerque (Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque – GPMD) and is operated by DSDu, on a year by year contract. The dock has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. It was built in 1986 in Germany and purchased by GPMD in 2001. After 30 years in service, in which the tank top had undergone only minor repairs, it was time to renew this major part of the overall structure. The contract was awarded to the yard itself after a public tendering process and required the replacement of some 700 tonnes of steelwork plus 16,000 m of new welding and the application of 12 tonnes of paint. The project also demanded a fast turnaround, with just three months available to remove the old steel, fabricate and fit the new tank top and then apply the special paint system. To prepare for that, a dedicated team of 10 engineers spend the previous four months undertaking studies and getting everything ready for work to begin as soon as the dock ceased operations. Then 170 people worked night and day to cut out and remove the old floor, prefabricate the new steel sections and then install the new structure before finally applying the anti-corrosion treatment to guarantee optimum protection of the new structure.In addition, a new access pontoon for the dock called Dynamo was added. Originally a Damen Stan Pontoon 5213, it was adapted by the yard for its new purpose. Work on the dock began at the start of September 2016 and was completed in mid-December, just in time to receive the first ferry – P&O’s European Seaway – marking the start of DSDu’s annual winter refit season. Achieving this deadline required close co-

operation between DSDu’s steel workers at every level and the various project partners including Quadrant Marine and NIDAB. On March 10th, 2017, a special event was held in the yard to celebrate the inauguration of the dock with local and regional dignitaries invited by the GPMD and DSDu. The work was jointly funded by GPMD, the Hauts-de-France Region and Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque under an agreement signed in 2012 when Damen first arrived at the yard. The strategic location of Dunkerque near to major shipping lanes and at the heart of the ferry traffic crossing the English Channel/Le Manche makes it a convenient location for ship repairs. Since P&O’s European Seaway, the newly refurbished floating dock has accommodated various vessels including ferries, a bunker-tanker and a floating training school for welders operated by Allseas. “The refurbished floating dock will give us at least 25 years more service and represents a valuable upgrade to our capabilities,” said Bob Derks, Managing Director DSDu, “and we are very pleased that GPMD entrusted us to undertake this major project. It demonstrates the successful partnership that continues between the Port of Dunkerque and DSDu, and the willingness of both parties to invest for the long term to ensure a bright future for the port, the yard and all those that work in them.”

New floating dock in Bollinger Algiers US’ Bollinger Shipyards has announced the arrival of the drydock ‘Mrs. Jody’ with a total lifting capacity of 4,000 tons at Bollinger Algiers. The announcement was made by Bollinger C.E.O. & President Ben Bordelon, “We are very pleased to announce the arrival of the Mrs. Jody at Bollinger Algiers. This drydock will position us well in the diverse customer markets that we serve, and will further enhance our position in the market with lifting capacity needed by our customers.” The Mrs. Jody drydock measures 198 ft (60 m) x 76 ft (23 m) between the wing walls and has lifting capacity of 4,000 tons. Bollinger has two commercial drydocks located in Algiers with a combined lifting capacity of 5,800 tons. Bollinger Algiers, a full service shipyard with an on-site machine shop, is located on the Mississippi River across from downtown New Orleans and provides service to both the inland

and offshore marine transportation sectors. Meanwhile, Bollinger Shipyards has been presented the 2016 ‘Award for Excellence in Safety’ for the 12th consecutive year by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) on May 18th, 2017 during SCA’s Annual General Membership Meeting in Washington, DC. This award is given to member companies with the lowest total recordable incident rates (TRIR) based on a quarterly injury and illness survey conducted by the Association. On winning the award, Ben Bordelon, Bollinger’s President and CEO said, “Bollinger Shipyards has earned the SCA Award for Excellence in Safety for the 12th consecutive year. This recognition of exceptional safety performance by the shipbuilding and repair industry is realised only through the continued efforts of Bollinger employees who have made safety a priority. Bollinger remains committed to attain the highest level of safety and supports future safety innovations in the maritime industry.” SCA members constitute the shipyard industrial base that builds, repairs, maintains and modernises US Navy ships and craft, USCG vessels of all sizes, as well as vessels for other U.S. government agencies. In addition, SCA members build, repair and service America’s fleet of commercial vessels. Bollinger Shipyards is a leading designer and builder of fast military patrol boats, ocean-going double hull barges, offshore oil field support vessels, tug boats, rigs, liftboats, inland waterways push boats, barges, and other steel and aluminum products from its new construction shipyards. Bollinger has 10 shipyards and all are strategically located throughout Louisiana with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River and the Intracoastal Waterway. Bollinger is the largest

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Ben Bordelon, Bollinger President and CEO, accepting the SCA award from Matthew Paxton (Left), SCA President and Richard McCreary (Right), SCA Chairman.


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Two awards for Albwardy/Damen Sharjah’s Albwardy Damen, part of Holland’s Damen Group, has received two shipyards awards in the space of just four weeks. On the April 19th, during the Mastech conference in Dubai, Albwardy Damen received the prestigious Best UAE Shipyard Award for 2017. Then on May 16th it received the accolade of Best New Building Yard at the presentation ceremony for the International Maritime Awards. This was held at the two-day Shiptek 2017 conference in Dubai. The trophies were accepted on each occasion by Albwardy Damen managing director Lars Seistrup. “To receive two awards within such a short space of time is the ultimate in customer satisfaction feedback as well as recognition for the hard work that all our staff is putting in every day,” said Mr Seistrup. “Delivering safety and

quality at the right price to our customers is very important to us in these very challenging market conditions. We are very pleased to receive these awards as they show that our suppliers and clients value the quality of the vessels that we build and the services that we provide. I would like to congratulate everyone in our company for their hard work and enthusiasm.” Albwardy Damen is a joint venture between the Damen Shipyards Group and UAE-based Albwardy Investment, bringing Damen quality and technology to the UAE. The group operates from four locations across the UAE and has the facilities to repair and construct all type of vessels. Recently deliveries have included tugs, workboats, support vessels, dredgers, landing craft, floating docks, barges and pontoons to operators in and around the Arabian Gulf. The main yard, located in the Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, was officially opened in January 2014 and continues to meet the highest standards of modern ship construction and repair. Among its many facilities it features a new covered build hall, a 5,200 tonne ship lift and eight dry berths, each 125 m in length.

This year, to further strengthen its position as a high-quality provider of shiprepair services, Albwardy Damen is constructing a new office and workshop facility in Dubai Maritime City. This expansion will enable Albwardy Damen to offer its full portfolio of ship repair activities to customers in Dubai Maritime City (DMC) and will seamlessly integrate with the existing business units in Al Jadaf, Sharjah and Fujairah. SORJ

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Eniram launches Skylight 2.0Wärtsilä subsidiary Eniram has introduced an upgraded version of its SkyLight ship performance monitoring system with extra features including nautical charts, weather maps, voyage planning and support for MRV compliance. Introducing the latest version, the company’s Vice President for Commercial Shipping, Jan Wilhelmsson, revealed that the extended functionality was a result of feedback from subscribers to SkyLight 1.0, launched last September. It is the latest stage of a continuous programme of extending system functionality, and the company’s coding developers are already working on version 3.0 likely to be launched before the year end and described by Wilhelmsson as “a fit-bit for a ship”. It is likely to have increased predictive performance capabilities. Eniram’s business model is a key differentiator in this new and increasingly crowded ship monitoring space. Unlike many other systems, the small flat white transponder which attaches to the ship’s rail is all that is required on board ship. It remains the property of the Finnish company and is supplied free of charge. Wilhelmsson explains that a key objective in the system’s development was recognition that ship operators are under severe financial pressure in today’s overtonnaged markets. Spending many thousands of dollars on a complex shipboard sensoring system is simply not a runner for many ship operators, he says. Instead, Eniram offers a lease-based system with no up-front costs and a rental per ship of less than €500 a month. The transponder can be provided for any period from one voyage or longer – it could be requested by a charterer,

for example, for just one trip. It is available for owners, managers and charterers, or a combination of these by special arrangement and at a discounted price for more than one user. Subscribers to the first version have been automatically upgraded to Version 2.0 at no cost, and will be similarly connected to Version 3.0 when it becomes available. The latest version provides fully automated reporting on charterparty speed and consumption; fleet-wide benchmarking and identification of areas where possible savings could be made, accurate fuel consumption based on a normalised speed-fuel curve; precise speed tracking by measuring speed over ground combined with meteorological data, found to be far more accurate than traditional speed logs; MRV compliance support; and scope for efficiency optimisation. The battery-drive and autonomous transponder also continuously tracks the position of the vessel, an added benefit in case of black-out. The unit also functions effectively when the a ship’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) has either been turned off of in areas such as South East Asia where AIS operation can be sporadic. Eniram’s development, since its 2004 set-up, has largely focused on the cruise sector which, says Wilhelmsson, is between five and eight years ahead of most of the commercial shipping market in a performance monitoring context. But SkyLight has been developed at a cost of around €20m over five years when the company spotted ‘a gap in the market’ for a low-cost monitoring system targeting the dry and wet bulk sectors and, to some extent, the container ship market. Digitalisation and connectivity are transforming the traditional way in which many ships are operated although the inefficient ‘noon report’ is still widely used. SkyLight does not replace noon reports, says Wilhelsson, but it certainly makes them far more accurate. Noon reports are automatically collected from standard template emails but the really accurate performance tracking comes from data points sent every five minutes. logging speed through the water and fuel consumption. Now combined with meteorological data, this is processed at the Eniram Data Centre and sent by email as weekly reports or on a fleet-wide basis. The information is also held on a private cloud for six months. The system has been carefully designed not to alienate ships’ crews. Wilhelmsson explains, therefore, that a key aim has been “to create

value for the crew”. The introduction of weather maps, for example, predicts likely conditions prevailing during a voyage, and route planning takes into account external factors such as waves, wind and currents. Meanwhile, the new MRV compliance assistance assumes responsibility for monitoring various factors which otherwise would have been down to the crew. MRV regulations, due to enter force on August 31st, apply to all vessels over 5,000 gt arriving, leaving or trading between EU ports, and require the monitoring and reporting of carbon dioxide emissions and cargo carried on-board every ship.

Wärtsilä introduces dedicated organisation to drive digital transformation Finland’s Wärtsilä is currently implementing a digital transformation to become a data led, insights driven, and agile technology company dedicated to taking a leadership role in the smart marine and smart energy ecosystems throughout their entire lifecycle. The aim is to increase efficiency while enabling a zero emissions society. Following the appointment of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and Executive Vice-President Marco Ryan in September 2016, Wärtsilä has taken several actions to speed up the developments achieved during the last decade. The focus is on future technology, notably the use of artificial intelligence, data analytics, open platforms, block chain and cyber security, as well as on creating new business models. Wärtsilä’s leadership position in these ecosystems will be built on its unique market position, which is based on deep customer understanding, predictive analytics and asset optimisation skills, a global service network, an extensive product range, and engineering and technology expertise. “Digital disruption is already affecting the energy and marine sectors and will do so increasingly in the future. We are building on decades of expertise in digital development and accelerating the pace at which we build new digital solutions, services and opportunities for our customers. Wärtsilä’s recent acquisitions of Eniram and Greensmith demonstrate Wärtsilä’s ambitions and active role in helping

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its customers to benefit from smart technology initiatives,” says Marco Ryan. To accelerate this digital transformation, Wärtsilä has recruited a highly qualified digital leadership team, and has established a new digital organisation with more than 400 existing Wärtsilä employees. Selina Heiska has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Transformation and is responsible for leading the culture change programme and transformation communications teams. Selina joins Wärtsilä from Capgemini, where her title was Director, Digital. Mikko Tepponen has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Portfolio Management. He is responsible for Wärtsilä’s digital service portfolio and its development. Previously Tepponen led the Wärtsilä Services’ digitalisation team. Toby White has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Engineering as of June, and in this role he leads software engineering, emerging technologies and asset management. Toby joins Wärtsilä from GlobalData where he has acted as Group Chief Technology Officer, CTO.

As part of the Digital transformation, particular emphasis is being given to cyber security. Accordingly, the cyber security team is being considerably strengthened across Cyber Assurance, Cyber Operations, Cyber Policy, Information security and Cyber-as-a Service. The key appointments so far made include Mr Andrew Ross as Director, Cyber Assurance and Kim Eklund as Director, Cyber-as-a-Service. In addition, newly appointed Heads of Digital will be responsible for furthering digital initiatives and strategies in each of the business divisions. Andrea Morgante has been appointed Head of Digital in Marine Solutions, and Saku Mäihäniemi as Head of Digital in Services as of June. Heiska, Tepponen, White, Morgante and Mäihäniemi will be part of Wärtsilä’s digital management team, led by the CDO, Marco Ryan. In addition to building a dedicated organisation, Wärtsilä is also encouraging all of the company’s employees to personally drive the digital transformation. In May 2017, 500 Wärtsilä colleagues from 33 countries, along with the Board of Management, attended an internal event in Munich, Germany to kick-off

the next chapter in Wärtsilä’s digital journey. To develop digital services and products in a more agile way, Wärtsilä will launch digital acceleration centres globally. In the centres, Wärtsilä takes promising ideas and transforms them into service concepts and products, co-creating the solutions with customers and partners.

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Enhancing Shipmanagement with Big DataNorway’s Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) aims to deliver unparalleled customer experience by continuously developing digital solutions. Even before Digital Shipping became a buzz word, WSM has been deploying various digital reporting systems on-board as part of its ship management operations. With the existing data framework, digitisation is no stranger to Wilhelmsen. All vessels managed by WSM are analysed with a business intelligence tool. This tool extracts information from the data warehouse, consolidates reports and creates analysis for decision making. Carl Schou, President of Wilhelmsen Ship Management, said, “We have moved from traditional management through alerts and reports to digital dashboards. Today, with big data we can perform statistical analysis and develop more dimensions of visualised reporting. It is our aim to fully utilise this tool to assist owners in reducing operating cost, improving vessel performance and achieving their green initiatives.” A dedicated team based in the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been relentlessly building and implementing effective analytics strategies. Going forward, WSM plans to increase their big data utilisation in forecasting and scenario planning. Internet of Things (IoT) is also high on the agenda and WSM sees it as a very near possibility as we already have the right foundation to seamlessly capture and analyse IoT information into meaningful insights.

ABB offer easy connectionsShip owners and operators can now contact ABB’s experts during daytime working hours, no matter when assistance is sought, after the opening of a new ABB Ability Collaborative Operations Centre in Florida. The Centre will remotely monitor hundreds of ships around the globe and will work in conjunction with similar facilities in Asia and Europe. The Centres (formerly known as Integrated Operations

Centres) monitor data sent by vessels, allowing ABB to work with customers in the event of equipment failure or routine maintenance. ABB is also opening an additional Collaborative Operations Centre in Genoa, Italy, which will have an emphasis on automation systems as well as its regular duties to customers. The expansion of the Collaborative Operations Centres consolidates ABB’s position as one of the leading proponents of digital solutions in the maritime industry. The Collaborative Operations Centres collate data that can then be shared on a common platform with customers to troubleshoot problems. When a critical alarm is triggered on-board a vessel, the lights in the Collaborative Operations Centre turn red and engineers immediately start to resolve the issue. The opening of the Centre in Florida means that no matter when an ABB engineer is dealing with a case they will be working during their daytime. “Leveraging the data produced by ships is not aspirational for ABB, this is something we are doing already” said Juha Koskela, Managing Director of ABB’s marine and ports business. “The opening of these two additional Collaborative Operations Centres is an indication that ABB is leading the digitalisation race in shipping and we are bringing the benefits of big data analysis to our customers.” ABB is already remotely monitoring more than 700 ships and aims to raise that number to 3,000 by 2020. The two new centres are now part of a roster of Collaborative Operation Centres that includes Singapore, Billingstad (Norway), Helsinki (Finland) and Dalfsen (Netherlands) – all of which are dedicated to shipping. In addition to serving the maintenance needs of ships, ABB’s marine software also provides real time support for ship masters operating their vessels. For example, ABB’s marine software can combine weather forecasts with vessel and load data to create a polar chart to assist the captain when plotting a course. “Our digital drive is powering forward and we currently offer the most comprehensive marine software available,” said Mikko Lepisto, Head of Digital Solutions at ABB’s marine and ports business. “We are collaborating both internally and with our customers to turn the huge swathes of data collected into smart data which can increase efficiency and safety on-board.”

DNV GL goes digitalDigitalisation is taking the ship maintenance and repair sector by storm. And old-school ship repair managers who think that this – or digitisation as some call it – is just another piece of jargon had better think again. Through-life ship maintenance is undergoing a transformation and repair yard executives need to keep abreast of huge step changes which will have a fundamental impact on their existing business models. Some of the likely developments will include the digital modelling of ships and offshore assets permanently held ashore and updated in almost real time to track every aspect of through-life operation and maintenance. This, in turn, will enable the adoption of new predictive maintenance technologies to optimise the times at which components need repair or replacement and the frequency of ship surveys and dockings. Camera-equipped drones will become increasingly important both for the inspection of large cargo holds, tanks and void spaces, as well as to qualify the condition of underwater hull coatings and the condition of propellers. Data will be transmitted to a visiting surveyor on site and to update data banks ashore. Ultimately, remote real-time surveys may be carried out by a surveyor sitting in a nearby office or even at a desk thousands of miles away. Importantly for repair yards, likely work scopes will be far more accurately prepared thanks to large volumes of digital condition data held electronically. This will have a dramatic impact on the quality and extent of surveys, most of which now rely on a limited volume of historical data gathered at the time of the last docking or survey, perhaps 30 or 60

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months ago. The volume of emergent works – often an aspect of a docking where repair yards can generate above-average returns – will reduce and become less common because the condition of the ship or asset will be known in far greater depth. At NorShipping last month, held on the Oslo waterfront on-board the carbon-fibre hybrid ferry Vision of the Fjords, which is part-powered by batteries, classification society DNV GL provided those attending with a virtual reality tour around the 7,506 teu container ship Shanghai Express. The purpose was to demonstrate how the combination of advanced sensor technology, high-throughput broadband satcoms, and digital data sent ashore from ships at sea is transforming maintenance management. “We are using intelligent software agents to help customers find the best time and place to book a survey,” declared Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV GL Maritime Chief Executive. Later this year, he said, DNV GL will launch “smart survey booking”, a new tool to fit necessary inspections into a customer’s schedule at the most convenient time.

A series of steps have been designed to minimise disruption – from advance notification, scope of survey, likely duration, a list of approved service suppliers in each port, whether an in-water survey is possible, and how much the work is likely to cost. The tool will enable cost comparisons between different options and, from September, the class society will provide electronic certificates accessible from anywhere in the world. By eliminating paper, DNV GL explains, administration is simplified and a validation process ensures that the electronic certificates will be just as safe as paper. From the society’s point of view, they will provide personnel with instant access to a ship’s certificates when necessary, either during a survey or at a customer meeting. The certificates are to be introduced over time as ships’ next annual surveys fall due. The class society’s maritime boss also revealed that a “digital assistant” had been employed and “she’s been with us for three months.” In fact, the digital assistant is a machine-learning tool, part of the society’s Direct Access to Technical Experts (DATE)

service. DATE was used more than 20,000 times in 2016, with over 97% of requests completed with the customer’s deadline. “Matching every request with the right expert as quickly as possible is essential,” DNV GL explains. After a piloting phase, the digital assistant went live at the beginning of May and had already processed about 200,000 requests by the time that NorShipping opened its doors. At present, the assistant sends requests to an appropriate expert but the tool learns continually and in future, may well be able to answer questions on its own.

Real-time maritime tracking system launchedA tie-up between Harris Corporation, a technology company, and Canada’s exactEarth Ltd, a satellite AIS data services provider, is to provide a satellite-based system of more than

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60 sensors to track ships in real time through their Automatic Identification System (AIS) beacons. ExactView RT (where RT stands for real time) will be the world’s first global persistent real-time satellite AIS service, the companies claim. The first four of the sensors were commissioned early this year and are now hosted payloads on Iridium’s “Next” satellite constellation. The complete system will be in place by the end of next year at which time the two companies will be able to advise customers of a ship’s location within about one minute. According to Harris executives, this means that satellites will detect an AIS signal, pass it through the Iridium constellation and ground stations, and have it with a customer in less

than 60 seconds. This compares with existing systems which have a time lag of about 45 mins. AIS signals cannot always be detected but the two companies have covered the risk of gaps in coverage by ensuring that more than 80% of the world can be viewed by two AIS sensors at any one time, and almost 50% by three. With more than 60 satellites in orbit, the system is expected to be extremely robust. The new service is likely to open up a range of new opportunities to improve maritime safety, optimise supply chain links, and support efficient navigation, environmental management and security, the companies claim. Examples include scope to provide automatic alerts when vessels veer of course.

Real-time route optimisation will save time and reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Logistics and port operations, meanwhile, will become more efficient with ships’ locations known precisely in advance, and highly accurate arrival times. Fishing vessels will be more easily tracked and regulations more effectively enforced. Ultimately the system could prove to be a key component in the development of autonomous vessels. “We live in a real-time world and we’re deploying a major global real-time maritime data infrastructure,” commented exactEarth’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Mabson. “ExactEarth RT provides global, continuous coverage which literally opens up a world of new application possibilities that are limited only by our imagination.”

DNV GL to act as “custodian” of Veracity data platformA conceptual quantum leap for most shipping folk, DNV GL’s Veracity data platform is intended as a basis for the next generation of classification society services. The society’s Group President and CEO Remi Eriksen told journalists that the Veracity platform would provide companies and industrial sectors with a new means of managing the quality of their data, and a controlled environment for the further use of that data for value creation. However, it would not, he said, change the core purpose of class – namely safeguarding life, property and the environment.

“Veracity will help us to deliver modern class services,” explained Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV GL Maritime Chief Executive, “first focusing on the operational phase of a ship. The key aspects of the platform are data quality assessment as well as access and security control, and it may give us the possibility of playing an extended third party role in the quality assurance of digital value chains.” Ørbeck-Nilssen said that this was necessary because the class society had seen “too many datasets with low quality”. The new service, which had to be based on trust, is founded on recommended practice incorporating no less than 17 different data quality dimensions which are numerically checked and displayed in a dashboard and heatmap. “This lets us not only understand the quality of the data, but improve it,” he added.

The more data sets that are combined, the more value for DNV GL customers, asset owners and operators, Ørbeck-Nilssen continued. “I foresee a multi-platform business, with platform owners each having their own dedicated domain knowledge.” For the future, the classification society’s Group Technology and Research Director Pierre C. Sames underlined the importance of the Veracity data platform. Digital models will now be used to describe ships and their systems, he said, whilst a second “condition-based” trend will use continuous data from ships and their systems to tailor survey intervals for ships in class. “For DNV GL, this means we need to build and operate a model and simulation infrastructure to address the first trend, and a data management infrastructure to address the second,” Sames declared. SORJ

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Concern about the re-introduction of organotinThe re-emergence of organotin in marine hull coatings is of increasing concern, with academics and environmentalists calling on IMO to investigate the use of tin in silicone-based foul release systems and other ships hull coatings. While use of the organotin tributyltin (TBT) was outlawed as an active biocide almost 10 years ago, IMO is claimed to “have left the door open” for tin as a catalyst, but according to some academics the amount of organotin used suggests it could be acting as the active agent. Dr Rik Bruer, a former researcher at Netherlands research institute TNO and now managing director of Finsulate, a manufacturer of a non-toxic anti-fouling wrap, said, “I have seen for myself that something strange happened with the formulation of these foul release coatings. Until 2002 I worked at TNO and at that time the chemistry of the silicone foul release coatings seemed to be in order. There was some organotin in there, but this is known to be a catalyst for curing these coatings. “About a year ago, I studied the Materials Safety Data Sheets of recent versions of these

foul release coatings and it turns out that the amount of ‘catalyst’ added is more than 10 times higher compared to 2005. For me there is no debate that there is a purpose beside the catalyst activity and that the risk of spreading tin compounds again to kill marine life is eminent.” While shipowners may have thought the use of organotins in marine hull coatings was completely outlawed in 2008 with the ban on tributyltin (TBT), they can still be used as a catalyst if organotin content does not exceed the allowable limit of 250 mg/1 kg of paint. Dibutyltin and dioctyltin are the organotins under most scrutiny. The question is why are organotins still being used when there are much safer chemicals available that are just as effective as catalysts for curing hull coatings? Even small amounts of organotin leaching into the sea can impact marine fauna in the same way as TBT. Professor Daniel Rittschof, a specialist in barnacles and other arthropods at the Duke University in North Carolina, said, “Part of the problem is that at very low concentrations, less than 1/1,000th of the amount in coatings, organotins cause molluscs to change sex and/or become behaviourally castrated, with male following male pheromones and female following female pheromones.” While some manufacturers’ Safety Data Sheets have detailed the use of organotins in their paint systems, Rittschof said, “The effects of dibutyltin and probably dioctyltin are similar

to TBT. Organotins, at very low levels, alter enzymes that process steroids, which is why molluscs change sex.” Bound Van Rompuy, chairman of Subsea Industries, the manufacturer of the Ecospeed hull coating system, said, “Only a proper and independent investigation will determine whether some paints exceed the permitted levels. But like most people in the industry, we had thought the days of toxic tin in hull coatings was long gone. It is very worrying to hear this may not be so.” Acknowledging that, as a manufacturer of non-toxic hull coatings, he does not purport to be unbiased, Van Rompay questioned whether silicone-based hull coatings are relying on the presence of organotins as an active ingredient to prevent fouling, rather than a catalyst to deliver ‘non-stick’ properties to the coating. He said, “Independent research on the tin content of some foul release coatings appears to have identified levels allegedly exceeding the limits set by IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC). This tends to support earlier research indicating that this type of paint appeared to be having a toxic effect on aquatic fauna in a way that led to the ban on tributyltin (TBT) in 2008. “However, it is important that independent laboratories assess the biofouling on these hulls, underwater or in drydock, to measure the levels of toxicity. We need to have clear evidence on how these silicone-based coatings are affecting marine organisms, which are vital to the marine eco system.” Citing a 2013 study that noted dibutyltin ‘showed toxicity toward fish and shrimp’ even when used as a catalyst, Van Rompay’ said, “There are studies available in the public domain that should have already raised alarm bells.”

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Intersleek 1100SR application reach 1,000AkzoNobel’s on-going efforts to make shipping more sustainable reached another landmark recently with the 1,000th application of Intersleek 1100SR, the biocide-free fouling control coating, part of the International range. The milestone was achieved with the 216,200 m3 LNG tanker Al Gattara operated by Nakilat Shipping. Delivering outstanding macro and micro fouling control with improved static resistance, even in warm waters, the product enables vessels to reduce drag and achieve fuel efficiency and emissions savings of 9% on average. Shipowners and operators that upgrade from a biocidal coating to a biocide-free solution from the Intersleek range are eligible to enrol in AkzoNobel’s award-winning carbon credits initiative, which financially rewards them for investing in sustainable technologies. “The rapid adoption of Intersleek 1100SR shows that ship owners and operators are realising the benefits of investing in sustainable hull coatings,” said Oscar Wezenbeek, Managing Director of AkzoNobel’s Marine Coatings business. “The fuel savings delivered by Intersleek 1100SR – and the fact that it allows vessels to get up to speed even after long stationary periods – mean it is not only a sustainable solution in terms of decarbonisation, but also a solid financial

investment. We’re delighted to see so much support for a technology which is playing a leading role in our on-going commitment to making shipping more sustainable.” With around five vessels coated/week since its launch, Intersleek 1100SR’s uptake by LNG owners means the company’s Intersleek coatings are now used on 35% of the global LNG fleet. Supplied by the AkzoNobel’s Marine Coatings business as part of its International range of products, Intersleek 1100SR was launched in February 2013 as the shipping industry’s first patented slime release biocide-free fouling control coating. The 1,000th application of Intersleek 1100SR comes as the Intersleek range celebrates its 21st anniversary this year, having saved US$3bn of fuel and 32m tonnes of CO2 to date. Meanwhile, a drone developed to improve maritime safety has earned an innovation award for a partnership comprising AkzoNobel’s Marine Coatings Business, the supplier of International coatings. The Plimsoll Award for Innovation, awarded by Professional Mariner magazine, recognises the efforts of the group including Barrier Group, DroneOps, Safinah and a major oil tanker operator, to develop an unmanned aircraft to carry out remote inspections. The project, called RECOMMS (Remote Evaluation of Coatings and Corrosion on Offshore Marine Structures and Ships), uses virtual reality technology and semi-autonomous operation of a drone to remotely inspect ballast tanks and other difficult to access areas on-board vessels and offshore structures such as wind farms. AkzoNobel has completed the €2.6m

($3.5m) expansion of its US research and development facilities in Houston, Texas. Carried out in phases over a period of three years, the investment in the site – which employs around 40 scientists – will support the company’s Protective Coatings, Marine Coatings and Specialty Coatings businesses. Part of AkzoNobel’s on-going investments in its global RD&I activities, the Houston upgrade follows an investment of €12.6m in a research and innovation hub in Felling, UK, announced earlier this year. “Our new state-of-the-art research and development facilities in Houston enhance our unique capability to develop and deliver products and innovations with specific performance requirements for North America.

Our development capabilities are now second to none,” said Steve Feldman, Vice President for Protective Coatings North America Chuck Hampton, Business Director of AkzoNobel’s North America Marine Coatings business, added, “I am delighted that the investment and upgrade at our Houston site is now complete. The work underlines our commitment

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Silversea chooses HempelLuxury cruise line owner and operator Silversea has appointed Hempel to deliver innovative coating solutions for its newbuild 40,700 gt cruise ship Silver Muse. Alongside top quality performance, it was vital for Silversea’s that its coatings delivered fuel savings and minimised maintenance costs. Silver Muse was built at the Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa Sestri Ponente and delivered during early April. Silversea was impressed with Hempel’s understanding of the highly competitive cruise industry and the increasing pressure to improve operational efficiency whilst complying with strict environmental regulations. This led the company to select Hempel’s advanced fouling defence coating Hempaguard X7 to protect the hull of its new vessel. Hempaguard X7 uses an advanced combination of hydrogel-silicone and an efficient fouling preventing biocide in a single coat. This technology releases 95% less biocide than traditional anti-foulings delivering enhanced environmental performance. A significant 6% fuel saving compared with best-in-class anti-foulings over the entire docking interval maximises operational efficiency. The effectiveness of Hempaguard X7 over an extended docking interval of up to 90 months helps minimise maintenance costs. Kim Scheibel, Group Director, Marine/Container, New Building, Hempel A/S commented, “Silver Muse will be trading mainly in the warm waters of the Mediterranean which tend to encourage fouling. Cruise ships

operate unique trading patterns which involve a combination of slow and fast steaming as well as regular periods alongside. An effective hull coating must be trusted to deliver flexible protection. Hempaguard provides proven outstanding resistance to fouling during idle periods of up to 120 days and retains its effectiveness at all passage speeds.” Roberto Martinoli, CEO of Silversea said, “At Silversea we are fully committed to operating in the most efficient way and with minimal impact on the marine environment. Hempaguard not only promises to deliver impressive fuel savings which will help us contain our costs, but it will also incredibly help us to reduce CO

2 emissions. We are honoured that Silver Muse was awarded the RINA GREEN PLUS voluntary notation, which is based on an environmental performance index that covers all aspects of the vessel’s impact on the environment, including carbon emissions.” Application of the entire coating system on the hull took just four days. Other products applied to the Silver Muse include Hempathane TC 55210 (a two-component glossy acrylic polyurethane coating) for the topsides and external areas, Hempadur Quattro 17634 (a two-component universal epoxy IMO PSPC compliant coating) for the ballast tanks, Hempadur 35560 (solvent-free two-component high-build polyamine adduct cured epoxy coating) for the potable water tanks and Hempadur 85671 (a two-component amine adduct cured phenolic epoxy (novolac) coating) for the grey water tanks. Hempel continuously invests in R&D to deliver more robust, flexible and trusted products to its customers. Hempaguard X7 at a glance:

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ingredient Selektope. The agreement confirms yet more full vessel applications for Selektope, whose pharmacological mode of action combats barnacle settlement on ships’ hulls by temporarily stimulating the barnacle larvae’s swimming behaviour. To-date, marine coating products containing Selektope have been applied to over 150 vessels including - tankers, containerships and LNG tankers, in a series of newbuilding and over-coating projects. The organic, non-metal compound is the only one of its kind in marine antifouling application. It is characterised by high efficacy at extremely low concentrations (0.1% w/w), ultra-low leaching and flexibility to boost copper-based paint formulations or replace copper completely. Tests have shown that anti-fouling paints containing Selektope offer superior hard fouling protection, resulting in lower water resistance and decreased fuel consumption, in addition to lower maintenance costs. Selektope repels barnacles even when ships are idle, allowing fuel saving claims made by coatings suppliers to cover the ship’s entire operational cycle. “We are honoured that a pioneer of sustainability in commercial shipping such as Stena RoRo has chosen a Selektope-containing hull coating product for its newbuild programme. Their investment in a premium antifouling product that contains Selektope will deliver strong antifouling performance with the additional benefit that their high-activity vessels will have the best protection from barnacle invasion.” says Philip Chaabane, CEO I-Tech AB. The delivery of the newbuild Stena ro/pax ferries is scheduled for 2019/2020. They will be built at the AVIC yard in Weihai, China.

Ecoshield, the lasting rudder protection The running gear of a large number of vessels was coated with Ecoshield over the last couple of months. The applications were carried out in China, Ivory Coast, Turkey and Sweden on different types of ships. Among the vessels treated were several container vessels, car carriers, ferries and a tug. The vessels treated belonged to twelve different owners. Some of them were new customers, some returning ones. They had experienced first-hand the devastating effect of cavitation on rudders and other running gear

coated with a traditional coating system. For this reason they decided to use Ecoshield to ensure lasting protection against corrosion and erosion damage for the rudders, nozzle rings and tunnel thrusters of their vessels. Protection of the running gear of your ships is best begun at the newbuild phase. When a ship comes into drydock, maintenance of its stern area, especially cavitation and corrosion damage repair, can take a long time. There are strict procedures concerning blasting, painting, welding and propeller and stern tube seal work. Painting is then assigned to the end of the schedule. As a consequence it may be rushed or not done at all or else prolong the stay in drydock. The newbuild phase is the perfect time to apply Ecoshield. However, the coating can also be used to protect vessels that have been in service for some time and are already facing cavitation and corrosion damage. Such was the case with some of the rudders coated over the last months. Ecoshield’s flexibility makes it easy to adapt the application schedule to the rest of the activities at the shipyard or drydock in a way which does not interfere with them. Overcoating time can be as short as three hours, which means that for smaller surfaces

such as rudders or bow thrusters the two coats required can usually be applied in one single day. Besides offering rudder protection Ecoshield is also suitable for thrusters, azimuth thrusters, azipods, thruster nozzles, thruster tunnels and other underwater ship gear which needs special protection from corrosion. The extra strength coating protects these areas for the service life of the ship. There is no need for recoating or major repair. For this reason the thruster tunnels of several vehicle carriers were also coated together with their rudders, as was the nozzle ring of a ferry and a tug. Five years after Ecoshield was applied on their rudders, three containerships from the same owner, drydocked in Naples, Italy. The coating was still in perfect condition and only small touch-ups were needed. Ecoshield will keep on protecting these rudders against cavitation and corrosion damage. Over the last two months a number of other rudders were also coated with Ecoshield to safeguard them for the rest of their lifetime. Belonging to seven different owners, vehicle carriers, container vessels, bulk carriers and tankers were among the vessel types that were treated. No recoating will be needed on these rudders during future drydockings. SORJ

A rudder application of Ecoshield


HullWiper wins awardThe tangible financial, operational and ecological benefits offered by GAC EnvironHull’s HullWiper have earned it the Product of the Year title in The Environmental Leader Product and Project Awards 2017. GAC’s Andrew Boaz accepted the accolade last night at the Environmental Leader Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA.The Environmental Leader Product and Project Awards recognise excellence in products, services and projects that provide companies with environmental, sustainability and EM incentives and advantages. Launched in Dubai in December 2013, the diver- and brush-free HullWiper Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) delivers a foul-free hull with little or no down-time, whilst preserving both the delicate marine eco-system and human life. It uses water jets to remove fouling rather than brushes or other abrasives which can damage expensive coatings and collects debris from the operation for environmentally approved disposal on land, thus reducing the risk of cross-pollination of waters with alien species. HullWiper’s award is based on scores from a panel of distinguished judges with in-the-trenches experience in environmental management. They described it as a “unique product with tangible benefits” and “a good example of taking a process, asking how to improve and to develop new equipment that incorporates safety, reliability, improved efficiency/cost, and environment all in one product”. It was praised it for its “definite impact on the bottom line in both the effects of

its use and the cost of its use, making it more likely for ship operators to perform the task”. Ultimately, the incentive of saving money also helps save the environment from unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions. HullWiper’s recognition in the Environmental Leader Product and Project Awards is the eighth major industry accolade for GAC EnvironHull. Managing Director Simon Doran welcomed the honour, “This Award adds to our growing collection of accolades and it is once again thanks to our colleagues who have maintained faith and support as we lead the way in ROV Hull Cleaning, as well as our industry peers who have recognised the benefits of HullWiper. This honour gives us an even greater incentive to continue our hard work and Research & Development to make hull cleaning safer and more environmentally friendly, whilst also extending the life of a vessel’s coating system.”

Antwerp support for HydrexAntwerp Port Authority has supported Hydrex Underwater Technologies’ plan to expand its

existing 5,000 m² site on Asiadok on the River Scheldt with new workshops and offices. As part of its expansion, the result of organic growth over the past two years, Hydrex has also refurbished its dive support workboats and increased its manpower by 25% to strengthen its diver-technician capability. Hydrex Chairman Boud Van Rompay said, “We are delighted with the addition of new workshops to our existing offices and warehouses. The new facility together with our recent recruitment drive is consequent of market demand for swift and cost-effective underwater hull and running gear care. “Our range of services require an experienced work force not only qualified to carry out often complex underwater repairs, but also to manage the projects from start to finish, design and develop new tools and facilitate class approvals. The new facilities will ultimately provide an enhanced, optimised service for our customers.” The refurbished facility incorporates a diver training centre with three diving tanks and a workshop for constructing equipment, tools or replacement items for underwater repairs. A new storage warehouse has also been added. “Asiadok is the ideal location for the rapid deployment of our dive teams and workboats,” said Hydrex Production Executive Dave Bleyenberg. “With direct access to the Scheldt and beyond, we can swiftly carry out emergency ship repairs in Belgium, the Netherlands and France from fully equipped dive support vessels that can be mobilised at a moments notice.” The Antwerp Port Authority also extended the space available to Hydrex and closed off the approach road to the dock to traffic. This is the result of very good cooperation between Hydrex, the Port of Antwerp and the City official. It has improved logistics considerably.” Meanwhile, one of Hydrex’s diver/technician teams removed the bow thruster of a large offshore supply vessel and reinstalled the unit after it was overhauled. By carrying out both parts of the operation underwater while the vessel was at anchorage in Dampier, Australia,

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the ship did not have to go to drydock and could stay on the project. Despite the remote location of the vessel, Hydrex’s technical department was able to make all logistic arrangements and arrange a mobilisation of the equipment swiftly. Recently Hydrex has carried out several operations in Australia, all of which were done with a limited window of opportunity available. After the divers removed the bow thruster unit it was brought to a local workshop where it was overhauled by a technician team of the OEM. The Hydrex team remained on stand-by so that they could immediately start the dry reinstallation when the bow thruster arrived back on location. During the entire operation there was a close co-operation with the OEM so that the different parts of the repair were perfectly coordinated. This allowed us to offer the best possible solution to our customer within the shortest possible time-frame. Another example of Hydrex’s underwater operations was after delays of almost two weeks following an unsuccessful repair to the hull of a 180 m bulk carrier that ran aground offshore Las Palmas, Spain, Hydrex Underwater Technologies was approached to get the vessel sailing again. Dave Bleyenberg explained, “The classification society said to the owner the repair would be more likely to get the green light if we were involved because they knew we had the needed certificates and experience.” Once Hydrex’s involvement was approved, a small inspection team was flown to Las Palmas to perform a detailed underwater survey. The survey team was able to provide a full appraisal of damage as well as all required measurements needed for the repair. By the time our main diver/technician team arrived at the site, the initial inspection team and local support base had already secured the necessary equipment and repair materials to expedite the project. The dive team then set about removing the cofferdam that had been installed during the previous attempt to repair the damage. Two doubler plates were then installed over the damaged areas of the flat bottom. These were independently tested to verify the weld integrity and subsequently approved by the classification society. When Class told the owner of a 144 m tanker that cracks in the welding seams of both rudder cover plates required immediate repair to prevent the pintle nut from corroding, an unscheduled visit to drydock seemed the only option. Hydrex, however, had other ideas.

“As the tanker was on her way to Rotterdam we were contacted to find an on-site solution that would prevent an unscheduled and unwelcome trip to drydock,” explained Dave Bleyenberg. “The classification society had given the owner a very strict deadline, so we had to come up with a repair plan that could be carried out very quickly, indeed.” During a detailed inspection of the damage, which included a dye check of the cracks, it was revealed that damage had impacted the cover plate welding seams to such an extent that replacing both plates in their entirety was the best option. Because the tanker’s cargo tanks were empty, the rudder could be trimmed enough to allow a repair above water, which expedited the repair considerably. This allowed the diver technicians to remove and bevel the edges of the rudder plate to fit new inserts fabricated to perfectly fit the curve of the rudder. “When the plates arrived, we were able to quickly install and secure them with a full penetration weld. Ultrasonic and magnetic particles tests were successfully carried out by an independent inspector, finalising the repair. Seven bolt-on anodes were also installed on each side of the rudder,” said Bleyenberg. “To

make sure the vessel remained on-hire, our teams worked in shifts to complete the job in the shortest possible time.” An expedient repair was also a key issue for the owner of a 190m containership that had lost its propeller cap. After a full assessment of the damage during the vessel’s stay in Algeciras, Spain, Hydrex proposed an underwater repair plan that would allow the ship to keep its schedule. It transpired that propeller cap bolts were severed or severely damaged, which meant that a new propeller cap had to be installed. To allow the vessel to keep its schedule it was

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decided to perform the rest of the operation in Rotterdam during the ship’s next stop. “At this point our technical department got the request to inspect the propellers of the ship’s two sisterships and if needed to replace their propeller caps as well,” said Bleyenberg. “While the ship was on its way to Rotterdam we proposed some adaptations to the propeller cap securing technique to prevent the problem from reoccurring.” When the ship arrived in port, the Hydrex diver/technicians installed the new propeller cap without any delay to the ship’s schedule. The repair was followed by inspections to sister ships, which revealed a similar problem. Following the same procedure, the remaining broken bolts were carefully removed and a new propeller cap was installed. The propeller cap bolts on the third ship in series only needed retorquing. “Throughout all stages of these operations our technical department stayed in close communication with all parties involved. Our diver/technicians also worked in shifts to perform the operations in the shortest possible time. As a result of the underwater solution we offered, the owner had the propeller caps replaced while at the same time keeping his vessel on schedule,” Bleyenberg said.

Exciting month for SGSThe month of April was an exciting month of integration for the companies and personnel at Subsea Global Solutions (SGS). A spokesman for SGS said, “With the addition of the personnel and assets of All-Sea Underwater Solutions Globally, we have strengthened our bench of professional diver/technicians, expanded our global footprint throughout Canada and Asia and widened our underwater services portfolio. “All of our locations globally have been extremely busy with underwater maintenance and repair services. We have executed several propeller repairs, thruster exchanges and repairs as well as underwater shaft seal replacements. We continue to expand our portfolio of underwater wet welding and continue to qualify additional procedures with class societies globally. “We are your one source for Global Underwater Solutions and we look forward to continue to expand our services globally to

exceed all expectations.This acquisition allows us to provide enhanced service support to our clientele by: • Expanding our portfolio of services • Growing our unified global footprint of wholly owned subsidiaries • Adding stability to our business for organic and acquisition growth • Strengthens our pool of qualified Diver / Technicians • Expands our technical resources so that we can continue to innovate and create innovative underwater solutions”

SGS was put to the test days into the announcement of this acquisition. A vessel operating on a time critical cruise itinerary developed a leak in its shaft seal. This emergency required SGS to engage its global network to deploy personnel and equipment to a port location in the Far East. With the correct equipment assets strategically located in SGS’s Korea and Vancouver facilities, equipment was immediately dispatched to the required repair location. Since the repair was time critical, trained and certified diver/technicians were deployed from SGS’s Korea, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Vancouver locations. Careful planning and timely execution was necessary for this time sensitive repair. The rope guard was surgically removed using a carbon arc gouging system. By utilising this specialised technique the weld can be effectively removed without damaging the base metal, thus saving critical time in material preparation once the repair is completed. With

full access to the seal, the extent of the damage could be evaluated. As seal lip ring renewal was required, the diver/technicians installed the Transhab, a flexible Hyperbaric cofferdam. With precision and care the damaged seal lip rings were removed and replaced using a factory approved bonding process and bonding agent. Once completed, Quality assurance pressure and measurement tests were performed to assure an OEM guaranteed repair was completed. The rope guard was then welded back to the stern tube by coded welder/divers utilising the class approved Class ‘A’ wet welding procedures of SGS. With integrated equipment and all repair team members working to the same technical repair process, the repair was successfully completed utilising the combined resources of SGS and its newly acquired subsidiary. SGS has pioneered the methodology to performing permanent repairs and replacements to shaft seals underwater in a wet or dry environment. By working closely with the OEM partners, SGS sets the standard for shaft seal renewal while a vessel remains afloat and in service. During the past month, SGS has been busy integrating its global operations into one unified corporation. With the addition of personnel and resources located in offices throughout Canada (Halifax, Saint John, Vancouver), the United States (Port Angeles, Washington state) and Korea (Busan), it is important to bring all personnel together to harmonise operating processes and safety procedures. SORJ

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MAN completes Odfjell contractDuring 2012, Norway’s Odefjell started the process of trying to reduce fuel consumption on-board a series of 19 x 37,500 dwt stainless steel tanker chemical tankers, which are part of the owner’s core fleet. Odefjell looked to MAN Primeserv to come up with an answer, which was to reduce fuel consumption by above 20%. The tankers were originally built between 1994 and 2003 on the west coast of Norway at (then) Kvaerner’s shipyards in Flora and Kleven. Model tests on the following alterations were carried out at Marintek in Norway. The steps taken included:• Reduce the service speed of the tankers from 16.5 knots to 13.5 knots• Optimise the engines to operate at this reduced power output and new rev/min

• Install gears for a PTO shaft generator• Alter the configeration of the rudder• Change the c.p. propeller configeration to four blades of Kappel design (MAN)

Prior drydocking for these changes to be carried out, all the sdhips underwent a complete in-water hull cleaning operation. Drydocks utilised for these conversions included ASRY (Bahrain) for the first one, Remontowa (Poland), ChengXi Shipyard (China) and Damen (Holland). The first conversion, on-board the Bow Clipper, was carried out in ASRY during August 2105, and the last of the 19 projects was completed this year (2017). Each vessel has an MAN B&W 7S50ME-C two-stroke engine powering a four-bladed, controllable-pitch propeller and a PTO-driven shaft alternator. The vessels’ new service speed at reduced main-engine output – combined with the implementation of MAN’s highly-

efficient Kappel propeller blades, a fairing cone and a pre-fabricated rudder bulb kit – will all contribute to power savings and reduced exhaust-gas emissions. Originally, each vessel had a MAN Alpha VBS1560 propeller, the blades of which have been replced by Kappel-design blades.

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world-wide basis. SCHOTTEL operates successfully in the newbuilding and retrofit markets through its network of production sites in in Germany(2) and China(1), with the headquarters in Spay and one of its other German offices in Wismar. Although SCHOTTEL operates service stations throughout the world, especially in the major ports, the main service stations are in Spay (Germany), Skedsmokorset (Norway), Suzhou (China), Dubai (UAE), Singapore (which is currently undergoing re-location), Zoetermeer (Netherlands) and Houma (US). There are also many other service stations, some owned by SCHOTTEL and some under agreement with local companies such as Stone Marine (UK) and Killick Agencies & Marketing (India). Smaller service stations also exist, which are sometimes operated by the larger service stations – an example of this being a facility in Fremantle (Australia), which is operated by the larger Singapore-based service station. Some shipowners, which have a great deal of SCHOTTEL equipment, have regular service agreements with SCHOTTEL, including the regular supply of spare partsThese agreements are tailor-made for these particular shipowners. These types of agreements usually include service duties and spare parts. All service stations and shipowners using SCHOTTEL equipment are supported by the headquarters in Spay and the worldwide storages, with the emphasis is on a short lead time between the initial enquiry and final delivery. Regular service operations are carried out on all SCHOTTEL equipment during each ship’s special survey. The headquarters in Spay has recently invested in the service part of the company’s organisation that is being carried out in-house to enable the service engineer or spare part to be despatched as quick as possible. SCHOTTEL has a basic work ethic so that any spare part order arriving by 1100hrs will be on a plane the same day. Several 24hr hotlines are worldwide available for all SCHOTTEL

customers. A recent example of this fast turnaround was seen when a river cruise vessel, in the South of France, required a service engineer, the call to SCHOTTEL (Spay) going in a 2,000 hrs on a Friday. A service engineer was despatched and the work was carried out on the Saturday and Sunday, and the ship sailed on schedule on the Monday morning. The latest news from the newbuilding side of SCHOTTEL’s activities was SCHOTTEL being selected to fit eight newly-built ferries with the new SCHOTTEL Rudder EcoPeller (SRE, EcoPeller) for two of Norway’s leading ferry lines. In close co-operation with the customers and the Norwegian ship designer Multi Maritime, the EcoPeller was chosen for three Fjord1 ferries with two SRE 340 CP each and five Torghatten ferries with five 2 SRE 560 CP each. “Our new ferry designs are the result of continuous efficiency optimisation. Every potential efficiency increase and every optimisation of the energy consumption in terms of design, components and equipment has been exploited. The EcoPeller was chosen because we expect that it fully supports our targets,” says Gjermund Johannessen, CEO at Multi Maritime. “The EcoPeller is a drive with outstanding hydrodynamic, mechanical and electrical efficiency ratings. With these properties, it helps to meet the requirements of the Norwegian zero/low emissions policy,” adds SCHOTTEL chief executive, Dr Christian Strahberger. Extensive investment in research & development and optimised process sequences were crucial factors in the fully new development of the EcoPeller on its path to success. A major key to this success has been the patented HTG high-torque gearbox, enabling a new podgeometry. The EcoPeller has the most efficient pull propeller in its class and an enlarged lateral area offering very good course stability. Variable stem lengths and installation components allow optimal integration into the vessel design. The ferry company Fjord1 will operate the Brekstad-Valset route starting in 2019. The EcoPeller’s most advanced technology enabled SCHOTTEL with Havyard Ship Technology, Norway, to be selected by Fjord1 again. The new ferries, of the MM62FD EL design, have a length of 66.4 m, a width of 14.2 m and a transport capacity of 199 persons and 50 vehicles. The main propulsion is provided by batteries

that are recharged via a special docking device - additional diesel engines ensure mobility. The input power of the SRE 340 CP is 900 kW. All three vessels are due to be delivered in 2018. Two of them will operate the Brekstad-Valset route, the third will operate the Husavik-Sandvikvå route. Multi Maritime designed the MM125FD LNG ferries for Torghatten Nord. In addition to energy efficiency and low-emission technologies, the course stability and manoeuvrability characteristics were custom-tailored to the busy Halhjem-Sandvikvåg route and thus a deciding factor. With a length of 134 m and width of 20.7 m, the ferries accommodate up to 549 people and 180 cars. In total, five new vessels are being built simultaneously by two shipyards for delivery by 2018. Norway’s Vard Brevik will be building two ferries at Braila (Romania) and Brevik (Norway). Meanwhile, SCHOTTEL is supplying six EcoPellers to Yalova (Turkey), building at Tersan Shipyard. The ferries have an LNG/electric hybrid propulsion system, with the additional batteries to be charged as a “plug-in” from the mainland. The input power of the SCHOTTEL SRE 560 CP is 2,700 kW. The transport volume on the 130 Norwegian ferry routes totals 20m vehicles. These routes are currently serviced by approximately 200 ferries, which are to be replaced gradually by environmentally-friendly, emissions-neutral or low-emission ferries, or converted where technologically possible. Priority is expressly given to battery-powered propulsion systems. With the high-performance EcoPeller, SCHOTTEL perfectly fills this market niche. Norway’s Ministry of Transport envisages the construction of more than 50 new vessels by 2021.

Steam to Diesel to Electric powerFrom steam to diesel and now electricity - the oldest operating ferry in Finland will tomorrow become the nation’s first all-electric passenger vessel after being fitted with Visedo power. The City of Turku officially re-launched the historic Föri ferry, complete with a new zero-emission electric drivetrain that will deliver greater efficiency, less noise and reduced operating costs. The Föri initially entered service in 1904, after the City of Turku commissioned local

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shipyards Aktiebolaget Vulcan to build a city commuter ferry to take passengers across the Aura River to Åbo. Since then the distinctive little orange boat – named after the Swedish word for ferry (färja) – has traversed its route nonstop back and forth across the river for more than a century to become a beloved transport icon for the city. Turku commissioned local boatyards Mobimar to complete the upgrade, where the vessel was drydocked in March this year. Mobimar oversaw the removal of the boat’s diesel-powered hydraulic motor and the old control system.The new installed system was eight tons lighter; consisting of two Visedo permanent magnet motor drives and two Visedo DC/DC converters which control the ferry’s DC grid. The new vessel draws power from batteries that are charged overnight, with the new power system simultaneously improving redundancy and making it possible to run on one or two motors – particularly important during icy conditions. This also allows future motor maintenance in shifts, with no interruption to operation. The DC/DC converters serve to increase the battery voltage to a level that is more suitable for the motor drives. This minimises losses while maximising performance and reliability. Visedo Project Engineer HeikkiSallinen said, “The Föri is a national treasure but with its old diesel engine, fuel consumption and emissions were high and overall efficiency poor. Visedo power brings the 100-year-old vessel into the 21st century without changing its character and delivers zero-emission transport for Turku. “The revolution to electrify the world’s diesel transport is already underway. After powering

Asia’s first hybrid electric ferry in Taiwan and continuing to work on the project to power the world’s biggest E-ferry in Denmark, at home Visedo is proud to help transform Finland’s oldest ferry into its first all-electric vessel.” Mobimar Project Manager Antti Immonen said, “For such a sensitive project like this we needed a project partner who could deliver a new permanent magnet motor and charging technology built for purpose. There was no off-the-shelf solution - we needed a partner who could be flexible and responsive to our needs – in that regard Visedo is like us in our approach to pioneering innovation for demanding applications. “We were already impressed by Visedo during a previous collaboration with Mobimar to modernise a Korean Mark V65 submarine. There are now 240,000 passengers who have dived to depths below the Yellow Sea in a submarine with a Visedo-powered system. And we used some of the same components in the Föri!”

Cruiseship and LNG tanker contracts for Wärtsilä Finland’s Wärtsilä and US-based cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) have signed a renewal of their existing performance-based service agreement. Joint continuous improvement efforts ensure that the engines on board of 10 NCLH cruise ships run at optimum performance levels. Wärtsilä supplies NCLH with maintenance service, carried out together by the two companies to secure the safety, engine reliability and performance of the vessels. The renewed service agreement, signed in May 2017, and relevant to the maintenance of 45 Wärtsilä engines installed on NCLH vessels is tailored to the needs and expectations of NCLH’s global operations. The contract extends from scheduled maintenance and spare parts to training programmes and from annual audits to monthly key performance indicator reviews, which measure the performance of Wärtsilä against the jointly set targets. Guaranteed operational reliability of NCLH’s fleet. The contract provides Wärtsilä’s Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP), so that engine

maintenance can be carried out according to actual needs, enabling optimal availability and minimal risk of disruptions. Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) optimises the availability, reliability and performance of Wärtsilä engines on NCLH vessels through the diagnostics of key parameters and on-time decision support. The contract is part of Wärtsilä’s digital portfolio and covers a broad scope of services, including maintenance planning, periodic technical surveys, dedicated technical support and expertise for major overhauls, spare parts supply and workshop services. In addition, Wärtsilä offers NCLH performance guarantees, such as Response Time Guarantee and Quality Guarantee, which ensure that the contractual performance targets are met. The agreement spans over two years, with a renewal option for three additional years. Wärtsilä continues to provide training to the NCLH crew. The training ensures that the vessels’ engines are maintained to the highest standards, and the crew is able to work in full

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coordination with Wärtsilä’s technical team. Overall, the partnership is focused on safe operation of the vessels. Meanwhile, Wärtsilä and Greece’s Maran Gas Maritime (MGM) have extended their current co-operation with a five-year maintenance agreement. The agreement covers the maintenance of MGM’s 21 TFDE (tri-fuel diesel electric) LNG tankers that are equipped with Wärtsilä 50DF engines. MGM is the LNG shipping unit of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group and one of the major players in the worldwide LNG transportation. The group company operates a fleet of approximately 130 merchant vessels globally with 33 of these being LNG vessels - 21 of which are TFDE. The new agreement includes Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP), Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) services and remote operational support. These are part of the digital Wärtsilä Genius services portfolio. Remote product support in technical and operational issues and remote monitoring of equipment performance will allow MGM to further enhance the reliability of the Wärtsilä 50DF tri-fuel engines installed on their vessels. The new agreement also includes supply of spare parts for maintenance along with technical expertise and workshop services to execute overhauls. The Wärtsilä 50DF tri-fuel engines installed on the MGM vessels can be operated with heavy fuel oil (HFO), marine diesel oil (MDO) or natural gas. With Wärtsilä support in maintaining these technically advanced

engines, maintenance planning will be better controlled and streamlined to meet the demanding schedule of the vessels. Dynamic maintenance based on the actual condition of the engines will enhance this effort. “We acknowledge the technologically advanced maintenance requirements of this type of installations and the equipment involved. After examining all available options, it was concluded that the most efficient and effective way to fulfil these requirements and maintain the fleet reliability at the highest possible level, was to engage with Wärtsilä on this extended maintenance agreement. Through this five years agreement, positive and valuable experience will be gained,” says Andreas Spertos, Technical Director, Maran Gas Maritime Inc.

Wärtsilä expands turbocharger workshop facilities Finland’s Wärtsilä has invested in expanding its offering and global service workshop footprint in turbocharger services. Over 20 Wärtsilä service workshops globally are equipped with full capability to service turbochargers. With this investment, Wärtsilä is able to offer customers global turbocharger services coupled with engine knowhow in flexible cooperation with other Wärtsilä service centres. Customers can reduce their

operational risk and save time by being able to overhaul the turbocharger at the same time as the engine. Wärtsilä has to date made a significant investment in over 20 turbocharger service workshops globally with full capability to service turbochargers. The specialised workshops are equipped with modern tools and equipment for turbocharger maintenance and are capable of performing a wide range of turbocharger service work. Specialised and certified service engineers are trained for turbocharger overhauls both at workshops and on-site. Wärtsilä’s specialised turbocharger workshops operate in close co-operation with global service centres, providing assistance in troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades and replacements. For customers, this means increased flexibility, reduced operational risks and savings in time and costs, since they have the possibility to overhaul the turbocharger at the same time with the engine. In March, Wärtsilä opened the most recent renewed service workshop in Schiedam, Netherlands. Other turbocharger workshops include for example Fort Lauderdale, USA; Quito, Ecuador; Gaziantep and Istanbul, Turkey; Dubai, UAE; Mumbai, India and Jakarta, Indonesia. These workshops operate flexibly with each other and other Wärtsilä service centres, allowing customers to have expert service at short notice. Similarly, turbocharger service workshops will be linked to other Wärtsilä service centres in other areas as well. “With this investment, Wärtsilä strives to offer comprehensive services that enable the best performance of customers’ assets. By offering complete turbocharger services closely coupled with the engine maintenance expertise, we can apply a holistic approach that optimises maintenance operations across the equipment. We have received good initial feedback from our customers. Our customers value our flexible one-stop-shop service model, which allows them to gain significant cost savings,” says Tomas Hakala, Vice President, 4-Stroke Engine Services, Wärtsilä. Keeping turbochargers in prime condition and up to date is essential for the overall performance of an engine. A well-maintained turbocharger ensures optimised fuel economy and extends the lifetime of the equipment. Regular maintenance prevents costly damage and downtime, increasing customers’ profitability. In addition to the locations listed above, Wärtsilä has turbocharger workshops also in Murmansk, Russia; Rubbestadneset, A Wärtsilä engineer works on a turbocharger


Norway; Gdansk, Poland; Genova, Italy; Bermeo, Spain; Maia, Portugal; New Orleans, USA; Houston, USA; Ciudad de Carmen, Mexico; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Baku, Azerbaijan and Perth, Australia.

Clipper Group contract for MFT Maersk Fluid Technology (MFT) has signed contracts with both Evergas and the Clipper Group for the supply of the SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board (BOB) system. This recent order takes the total number of SEA-Mate BOB systems invested in by ship owners to over two

hundred units, representing millions of logged cylinder operation hours. Evergas will install the SEA-Mate B1000 unit on its vessels, a system which is suitable for medium range engines with a bore size of 50 – 72 cm. The Clipper Group has taken delivery of the smaller B500 unit, which is the system specifically designed for engines with a bore size of 26 – 48 cm, to be fitted on a vessel equipped with a MAN Diesel S42MC engine. Initially a tool for reduction of lubrication issues on very large 2-stroke engines, the concept is today available in three different sizes and suitable for all modern 2-stroke engines. MFT’s BOB technology facilitates blending of the in-use system oil, as a base oil, with a high-BN cylinder oil product to produce

a fit-for-purpose cylinder lubricant matching the actual fuel composition. With BOB units on board, ship operators can blend cylinder lubricant compositions that match actual engine operating conditions and fuel sulphur levels. The use of this technology can reduce cylinder oil consumption and alleviate issues such as cold corrosion, excessive cylinder wear. The system also mitigates issues associated with worn system oil, causing problems for the hydraulic control system in modern electronic 2-stroke engines. Once oil is refreshed, significant energy savings in connection with purification and frictional losses can be realised. Designed in co-operation with the large engine designers and Maersk Line, the SEA-Mate BOB concept is designed with a shipowners needs in mind and is actively developed together with the major engine designers and has received “no objection” letters for MAN Diesel & Turbo and Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) engines. The system is suitable for use on all types of vessel, both retrofit and newbuild, and does not require installation of additional cylinder oil tanks nor does installation result in off-hire – it is fitted and commissioned during regular port stays.

Damen enters agreement for 3D printing of propellers Marking a major step forward in the application of 3D printing techniques in the maritime sector, Damen Shipyards Group

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has entered a co-operative consortium with RAMLAB, Promarin, Autodesk and Bureau Veritas (BV). The goal of this group of forward-looking companies is to develop the world’s first class approved 3D printed ship’s propeller, to be called the WAAMpeller. Damen’s involvement in the project began just over a year ago as a result of one of its in-house student research programmes. “Three students from Delft Technical University were investigating the potential of 3D printing for us. They brought us into contact with the other members of the consortium,” explains Kees Custers, Project Engineer in Damen’s Research & Development department. “What is quite unique about this group of five companies is that, while we have joint interests, we also have individual aims. This leads to a very productive and cooperative atmosphere in what is a very exciting project.” The propeller will be based on a Promarin design that is typically found on a Damen Stan Tug 1606. This 1,300 mm diameter propeller weighs approximately 180 kg. Using Autodesk software in the construction process, Port of Rotterdam’s RAMLAB will fabricate the WAAMpeller from a bronze alloy using the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) process. BV will be involved in the certification of the completed product; in what will be the first time that a metal 3D printed maritime component will be approved by Class. Once the propeller has been printed, Damen’s role will continue with full-scale trials. “We will be performing a comprehensive programme that will include bollard pull and crash test scenarios. Our ambition is

to demonstrate that the research phase for 3D printing in the maritime sector is over, and that it can now be effectively applied in operations.” The first propeller is expected to be printed by summer 2017, with subsequent testing occurring in the autumn. Damen invests considerable resources into its various Research & Development programmes. “Our aim is to build more effective, more cost-efficient and more environmentally friendly vessels,” comments Damen’s Principle Research Engineer Don Hoogendoorn.

ABB’s MRV Module certified ABB’s MRV module has been certified by the independent certifier Verifavia, as a tool to monitor all parameters to comply with the EU’s MRV regulation requirements. The system follows requirements set out in Regulation (EU) N° 2015/757, the associated Delegated and Implementing Acts and the ISO IEC 25051 standard on software. As a standardised MRV compliant software platform, the ABB module collects and visualises data from on-board sensors on a ship’s fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions on a per-voyage basis. This information is then used to create an annual emission report as required by the MRV regulation for ships above 5,000 gt calling at European ports, irrespective of where the ship

or the company is registered.The MRV module is one of many components of ABB’s digital marine application, the maritime industry’s most comprehensive decision support software suite, which allows ship owners to monitor performance, such as fuel usage of individual vessels or whole fleets and create benchmarks. The digital marine application is part of the ABB AbilityTM platform, enabling customers to turn data insights into direct actions to enhance performance. “In recent years, we have placed a great emphasis on connectivity and the role of big data in the shipping industry,” said Juha Koskela, Managing Director of ABB’s marine and ports business. “Going beyond our MRV initiative, we see our digital solutions as an important driver in the industry’s journey towards remote operations, predictive maintenance planning and more automated ships.”

De Nora announce a new sewage treatment system De Nora has announced the debut of the all new OMNIPURE Series 64 sewage treatment systems. The OMNIPURE Series 64 system is the newest and most advanced offshore marine sanitation devices. The easy to operate system offers minimal maintenance, simplified operations, compact design, and a completely hands off solids management process that is compliant with IMO standards. The OMNIPURE Series 64 system has received Type Certification to IMO MEPC 64 (227) by Bureau Veritas (BV).“Far different from other systems on the market, compact and hands-off OMINPURE Series 64 systems do not rely upon sewage inlet screens and filters,” says Luca Buonerba, De Nora Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer. “Utilising an improved version of De Nora’s proven catalytic coating technology already found in the OMNIPURE Series 55 design, OMNIPURE Series 64 systems are IMO compliant while ensuring a smaller footprint and minimised maintenance.” The advanced electrolytic processes featured in the OMNIPURE Series 64 system imposes physical and chemical changes to

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the wastewater stream as it passes through the treatment system resulting in the wastewater effluent quality well below the required specifications. “The all new OMNIPURE Series 64’s system small footprint and sanitary solids handling make it a long-term solution for wastewater treatment, ensuring the required results while occupying a smaller space when compared to alternative solutions,” says Buonerba. The new system design strategically places OMNIPURE technology in a solid position given the growing competitive landscape. De Nora has a long and successful history of providing electrolytic sewage treatment systems to the market and we are confident that this new generation will continue our product’s heritage in the marine wastewater segment,” confirmed Dana Casbeer, Product Manager for the OMNIPURE line. OMNIPURE Series 64 systems range in treatment capacities up to 13,200 gallons a day in a single system - units can be combined for increased capacity. De Nora is a globally-recognised supplier of electrolytic seawater disinfection systems with over 2,000 offshore

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Rolls-Royce launches EM System Rolls-Royce has launched the next generation of its Energy Management (EM) System. The system will allow customers to reduce energy usage, fuel consumption and operating costs whilst supporting environmental compliance and providing performance information that enables the ship to comply with SEEMP rules and IMO regulations. The EM System offers customers a more data-driven performance management and decision making approach. This will give an enhanced ability to monitor the performance of an individual vessel or a fleet. It can also increase crew awareness of individual ship performance and encourage healthy vessel-to-vessel benchmarking and competition, improving the performance of a specific vessel through the propagation of best operating practices.

The system can be easily retrofitted and is also customisable to meet specific customer needs. It is suitable for a wide range of vessels, particularly those using large quantities of fuel. For example ferries, cruise and ro/pax ships, offshore vessels, fishing vessels and cargo ships. The EM System collects and processes data from a multitude of sensors on the vessel. Data sources include the engines, propulsion system, automation, deck machinery and other equipment. The data collected from frequent sampling is available on board and is securely encrypted before being transmitted via link on to a secure Rolls-Royce-hosted web portal, where much more detailed analysis and comparisons can be carried out. A cloud-based portal enables fleet operators to compare real-time and historical performance indicators and baseline analysis. Selected information is displayed graphically to make it as accessible and easy to use as possible. For example fuel consumption and fuel consumption per nautical mile can be

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Nor Lines and Rolls-Royce have signed a groundbreaking ‘Power-by-the-Hour’ service agreement for the two vessels Kvitbjørn and Kvitnos. The new service offering harnesses the power of ‘Big Data’ to monitor, plan and

perform maintenance and repairs on all the equipment it has installed on the cargo vessels.Power-by-the-Hour is a completely new service from Rolls-Royce Marine, and the agreement with Nor Lines is the first of its kind. The service builds Rolls-Royce’s many years of experience with equipment monitoring, proactive servicing and available solutions in the aerospace market. The agreement means that Nor Lines is handing responsibility for service planning and performance back to the equipment’s supplier, Rolls-Royce. Nor Lines pays a fixed charge per hour of operation, per ship. Rolls-Royce will monitor the equipment aboard each vessel from on shore through the use of onboard sensors. It will be able to connect to the ship and carry out service activities remotely or, if necessary, send out a service engineer to do the job.The agreement also covers planned maintenance, while day-to-day maintenance aboard ship will be carried out by the shipping company itself. Sigvald Breivik, Nor Lines, CEO said, “The service contract insures us against downtime due to equipment failure. At the same time, it ensures that the Rolls-Royce equipment we have on-board functions as optimally as possible.” Nor Lines has also ordered Rolls-Royce’s latest EM System, which logs energy consumption and emission levels. The data then can be used to make the correct operational decisions for the ships. Nor Lines took delivery of Kvitbjørn from the Tsuji shipyard in China in 2015. It was the first of two vessels ordered by the shipping line, and was the first Norwegian gas-powered coastal cargo vessel. The Kvitbjørn’s sistership, Kvitnos, was delivered later the same year. Now, the vessels sail back and forth between ports in central Europe and along the Norwegian coast up to Hammerfest. The Kvitbjørn and the Kvitnos were also the first commercial vessels to be ordered with Rolls-Royce’s award-winning NVC 405 Environship design. Rolf Herheim, Nor Lines, Technical Director said, “Both the Kvitbjørn and the Kvitnos are high-tech ships, and we are in a situation where parties have what it takes to enter into a modern service agreement. That’s why this contract was an obvious choice for us. The crew on board is also looking forward to getting the solution up and running.” The agreement with Nor Lines, covers an array of Rolls-Royce equipment onboard the

Kvitbjørn and Kvitnos, including a Bergen B35:40 engine powered by LNG, the Promas combined rudder and propeller, a hybrid shaft generator to optimise use of electrical power and an innovative wave-piercing hull design. The combined technologies that make the Environship concept reduce CO2 emissions by up to 40% compared to similar diesel powered vessels, dependent on operational profile. “The Kvitbjørn and the Kvitnos are obviously special ships for Rolls-Royce, not least because they have our clean-running LNG engine on-board. We are looking forward to monitoring the progress of these innovative cargo vessels,” said Knut Hovland.

New unit from ABB Turbocharger ABB Turbocharging will launch a new frame size for its two-stage turbocharging solution, Power2 800-M. With this addition to the portfolio, to be launched mid-2017, the benefits of high pressure ratios, increased turbocharging efficiency and fuel savings will be extended to a wider scope of advanced medium-speed engine configurations. The new frame size marks a milestone in the continued development of the Power2 platform, following unveiling of the second generation at Nor-Shipping 2015 and selection for the world’s most efficient four-stroke diesel engine. The new frame size, Power2 845-M, applicable to an increased range of ship propulsion solutions, will open up the market-leading efficiency and operational benefits to a greater spectrum of vessel types. These may include OSVs, drill and semi-submersible vessels, ro/zpax, ferries, as well as medium-sized tankers, container ships and bulk carriers, for main engines, DE and auxiliary engines. Marco Burgwal, Product Line Manager, Medium-Speed, ABB Turbocharging comments, “Two-stage turbocharging

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responds to the most important technology value drivers in the development of modern four-stroke medium-speed engines, reaching beyond the parameters of single-stage turbocharging. In extending our Power2 portfolio, we are achieving our product development goal of bringing these values of high efficiency for fuel savings, system compactness and flexible operation to a greater number of engine builders’ customers.” Power2 800-M was designed to set new standards in turbocharging performance. The innovative design achieves an overall

turbocharging efficiency of more than 75%, some 10% higher than conventional single-stage models. For vessel owners, this can translate into yearly six-figure savings in fuel as well as significant cuts in emissions – up to 60% lower NOx emissions. With engine room space at a premium on modern tonnage, careful attention was given to optimising the layout with dedicated components for two-stage turbocharging application, resulting in a 20% smaller footprint than a solution based on conventional single-stage components. “Ensuring straightforward service and

maintenance while minimising downtime was another design criteria. Power2 800-M comes with an extractable cartridge for ease of service, reducing overhaul time by 30%. Based on our experience, lower service costs and maximising availability are crucial for operators in optimising total cost of ownership,” explains Marco Burgwal. Power2 800-M will first be commercially applied on a state-of-the-art icebreaker to serve the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic. Fuel efficiency and reliability were the two major deciding factors in the design specification. Other key considerations were operational flexibility as well as performance in extreme environmental conditions as the vessel will operate in temperatures down to -50°C. Other forthcoming marine applications of Power2 800-M include a Danish-built purse seiner/trawler to operate in the North Atlantic, North Sea, and Norwegian waters, and a car and passenger ferry to be built in Finland for a Danish operator. Further Power2 800-M units are also on order for marine and stationary power applications. SORJ

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ICS urges IMO to adopt CO2 reduction objectivesAt its AGM in Istanbul, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) agreed to urge IMO to adopt some dramatic CO2 reduction objectives – on behalf of the international shipping sector as a whole – in order to match the ambition of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In a submission to IMO Member States, being made in conjunction with other shipping organisations, ICS will propose that IMO should adopt three Aspirational Objectives:

• To maintain international shipping’s annual total CO2 emissions below 2008 levels• To reduce CO2 emissions per tonne-km, as an average across international shipping, by at least 50% by 2050, compared to 2008 • To reduce international shipping’s total annual CO2 emissions by an agreed percentage by 2050, compared to 2008, as a point on a continuing trajectory of CO2 emissions reduction

Speaking in Istanbul, ICS Chairman, Esben Poulsson, commented, “It is very important that IMO sends a clear and unambiguous signal to the global community that shipping’s regulators have agreed some ambitious objectives, with numbers and dates, for reducing the sector’s CO2 emissions, in the same way that land-based activity is now covered by government commitments under the Paris Agreement.” ICS wants IMO to remain in control of additional measures to address CO2 reduction by ships and to develop a global solution, rather than risk the danger of market-distorting measures at national or regional level. “Shipping has a very good story to tell about reducing CO2 but this is difficult to convey so long as there is no clear signal from IMO as to what our collective CO2 reduction objectives should be,” said Mr Poulsson. ICS will suggest that IMO should adopt these objectives as part of the initial IMO CO2 reduction strategy to be agreed in 2018, following the adoption of an IMO Roadmap at the request of the industry in 2016. Importantly, acknowledging concerns of developing nations about the possible impacts of CO2 reduction for trade and sustainable development, ICS emphasises that any objectives adopted by IMO must not imply any

commitment to place a binding cap on the sector’s total CO2 emissions or on the CO2 emissions of individual ships. “Dramatic CO2 reductions alongside increasing trade can only be achieved with the development of alternative fossil-free fuels – something which needs to be identified by the IMO strategy,” Mr Poulsson emphasised. He added, “The long term future of the industry, like the rest of the world economy, must eventually be fossil fuel free. The trajectory for getting there, not least the development of alternative fuels, could well take us several decades. But this will only be achieved if the industry itself pushes for the adoption by IMO of some suitability ambitious objectives so that all concerned are under no illusion about the scale of the task ahead.”

Finnlines order for Alfa LavalFinland’s Finnlines, part of the Grimaldi Group, has placed a service order with Alfa Laval to optimise the performance of its existing Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubber systems. The Performance Agreement was tailored for Finnlines using the Alfa Laval 360° Service Portfolio, a structured selection of well-defined service offerings. The Alfa Laval Performance Agreement with Finnlines covers PureSOx systems installed on board seven ro/ro vessels, part of the Finnlines fleet operating in the Baltic Sea, where strict SOx emissions limits are in place due to the region’s designation as an Emission Control Area (ECA). Finnlines began equipping vessels with PureSOx in 2014, in preparation for the implementation of ECA limits in 2015. Finnlines signed the six-year Performance Agreement with Alfa Laval in order to maintain the consistent performance of its PureSOx systems. The service plan includes yearly condition audits, which help ensure correct operation and provide insights into the state of the equipment. These insights will allow any issues to be addressed before they can lead to unplanned shutdowns. Additionally, Finnlines selected options that will simplify parts management, such as an exchange programme for PAH and turbidity sensors. Vital for proving compliance, these sensors will be exchanged every two years and replaced in the event of a failure. Furthermore, Alfa Laval technicians will track the parts consumption of the Finnlines vessels and

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Second accreditation for VerifaviaVerifavia has announced that it has received a second accreditation by France’s national accreditation body Cofrac as a global EU monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) verifier. This makes Verifavia the first globally accredited verifier to receive dual accreditation under ISO 14065 standard and regulation 757/2015. This new accreditation by Cofrac follows Verifavia’s recent announcement that it received full EU MRV accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), enabling the company to assess or verify any ship anywhere in the world, regardless of country of ownership, flag state, or class. To comply with the EU MRV Regulation, which came into force during July 2015, shipowners and operators of vessels

exceeding 5,000 gt and operating in the EU must prepare and submit their ship-specific monitoring plans (MP), detailing the procedures, systems, and responsibilities in place to monitor fuel consumption, carbon emissions, and associated transport work. With the first regulatory deadline at the end of August 2017, shipowners and operators must act now to ensure timely compliance with the regulation. Verifavia earned its second accreditation from Cofrac following the successful completion of a thorough two-day audit at its Paris offices, as well as a witnessed assessment carried out at Compagnie Maritime Nantaise (CMN). The Cofrac audit team was extremely satisfied with the company’s EU MRV procedures, processes, and competencies. To coincide with its most recent accreditation, Verifavia Shipping has launched its free-to-access EU MRV Extranet. The Extranet seeks to optimise and streamline the EU MRV compliance process by providing Verifavia’s customers with a sophisticated platform for the secure, efficient, and real-time online assessment of EU MRV MPs.

New Director of Shipping Operations at CWRCarbon War Room (CWR)—part of Rocky Mountain Institute, the global NGO that promotes profitable solutions for decarbonisation, has announced the appointment of Maurice Meehan as the director of its Shipping Operation. On May 1st 2017 Meehan, formerly of Maersk, will assume the leadership of the Shipping Operation, which has been working to

accelerate and promote a profitable low-carbon shipping industry since 2009. Meehan’s leadership will be informed by 12 years of experience within the shipping and transport sectors. He joins CWR from Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), where he led work in the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Transport and Logistics sector. In this role, he focused on developing innovative approaches for the corporate sector to address the biggest issues affecting the transport and logistics sector today, notably including climate change, responsible supply chains, and ethics and compliance. Before joining BSR, Meehan held various positions within A.P. Moller—Maersk Group, including Maersk Drilling, Maersk Tankers and Maersk Line, during which time he led the development and implementation of sustainability strategies in both offshore and maritime. Remarking on his appointment, Meehan commented, “Supporting the shipping industry

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to reach a sustainable and profitable future has been a significant part of my career so far. The role with CWR is a natural step given a clear alignment in my own beliefs and CWR’s mission to find profitable solutions for our industry in collaboration with impact-focused shipowners, charterers, and financiers. I look forward to bringing a fresh perspective to CWR’s Shipping Operation and leading the operation towards further success in its continued work within and for the international maritime industry.” Jules Kortenhorst, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute-Carbon War Room commented, “Maurice Meehan brings many years of experience from some of shipping’s leading companies. We welcome his expertise and industry insight to drive the next phase of our Shipping Operation and to meet the decarbonisation challenge.”

Wärtsilä wins EPA awardFinland’s Wärtsilä has been awarded model year 2017 certification of emissions compliance from the EPA for its Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engine family. The EPA Tier III certification and the corresponding EIAPP certificate were both issued in March 2017. The Tier III certification of conformity covers the Wärtsilä 34DF engines manufactured from the date of issue until the end of 2017. These are the first Category 3 Tier III certificates issued by the EPA to any manufacturer. Category 3 relates to engines with a displacement/cylinder of greater than 30 litres. The certification verifies that the Wärtsilä 34DF engine is fully compliant with the EPA Tier III emission standards in gas mode operation. As required by the EPA Tier III standard, the engine is equipped with a

continuous nitrogen oxide (NOx) measuring and monitoring system for verifying emissions compliancy inside NOx Emission Control Areas (NECA). When sailing outside NECAs, the fuel-flexible 34DF engine can be operated with conventional marine diesel fuels if required. Meanwhile, Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its exhaust gas cleaning system for a new Korean ferry. The vessel is being built for Weidong Ferry at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). This is the first Wärtsilä scrubber system to be installed where the shipyard, the owners, and the vessel’s operational area are all in Korea. The contract with Wärtsilä was booked in January 2017. Wärtsilä will supply a system consisting of two 13 MW Open Loop V-SOx Scrubbers specifically optimised for the new vessel. Delivery of the Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for July of this year.

Oldendorff appoints VerifaviaGermany’s Oldendorff Carriers has appointed Verifavia to verify its fleet of vessels in line with the European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (EU MRV) regulation. Verifavia Shipping will provide EU MRV services to Oldendorff, including the assessment of monitoring plans and verification of carbon emission reports according to the ISO 14065 standard and regulation 757/2015. Christopher Fee, Projects Manager, Oldendorff Carriers, commented, “With our modern fleet of eco-ships coupled with the ongoing efforts of those working on our dedicated Green Ship Programme, Oldendorff remains committed to ensuring that the impact of our operations on the environment is minimised as much as is practically possible. Working with Verifavia ensures that we are on track to meet and exceed our EU MRV responsibilities and to achieve timely compliance with the requirements mandated by this environmental regulation.” One of the first verifiers to be accredited, Verifavia Shipping has achieved accreditation from both the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), and France’s national accreditation body, Cofrac, making it the first globally accredited verifier to receive dual accreditation under the ISO 14065 standard and regulation 757/2015. This allows

Verifavia Shipping to assess or verify any ship anywhere in the world, regardless of country of ownership, flag state, or class. It also ensures a future-proofed EU MRV verification service that will not be impacted by any political repercussions caused by Britain’s exit from the EU.

SKF extends BlueMonSKF has extended its BlueMon environmental monitoring and mapping system to meet the maritime emission requirements of MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI. As the number of Emission Control Areas (ECAs) grows, and limits become stricter, ship operators are finding it increasingly difficult and time-consuming to stay compliant.

The existing SKF BlueMon product already focuses on Annex I. As well as collecting and analysing data from a variety of sensors, its mapping application visually relates measurements to the vessel’s geographical position in reference to relevant ECAs at any given time. It alerts the crew when entering an area with changing emission limits, provides evidence of compliance, and can even control emissions automatically by adjusting valves. Under the revised MARPOL Annex VI, two of the regulations will be strengthened until 2020, Nos 13 and 14. While the first regulation refers to setting limits on emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx), which

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will necessitate new engine operating guidelines or development of new clean technologies, regulation number 14 requires use of low-sulphur fuel, or scrubbing of exhaust gas to remove sulphur oxides (SOx). In anticipation of these changes, SKF’s BlueMon Information System, a smart environmental data hub, has been updated to accept analogue and digital emission sensor input for Annex VI, also via networked MODBUS connection. The system is compatible with sensors from various suppliers and can be installed by the customer or by SKF specialists. Data is stored on-board for at least 24 months, but can be transferred to cloud storage for better accessibility and archiving purposes from onshore. Secure access – including remote – can be defined for specific roles like ship owner, fleet manager and engineer, and for third parties such as diagnostic service providers and the coastguard. Through its integrated, user-friendly and intelligent functionality SKF BlueMon reduces the crew’s workload, avoids considerable heavy fines and proves the user’s commitment to tackling climate change.

DGS introduces new modular approach for retrofitting scrubbersHolland’s Damen Green Solutions (DGS), in partnership with Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) and AEC, the scrubber supplier, is trialling a new technique for retrofitting scrubbers. Designated the Modular Approach, this new process is designed to cut the time that a vessel typically needs to spend in dock from two or more weeks to just a few days. This dramatic reduction in downtime, in combination with a more cost-efficient, certified scrubber, will be welcomed by ship owners and

operators. The first installation of this type is already underway for the ro/ro cargo vessel Stena Scotia. The key to achieving this sharp fall in downtime for the vessel is maximising the amount of preparatory and manufacturing work that can be completed before the vessel arrives in the dock. This happens in two parallel processes. In one of these, the scrubbers and their supporting systems are fitted into two prefabricated modules while still in the workshop. The first module contains the scrubber plus all the necessary piping and electronics. The second houses all the auxiliary equipment including the pumps, heat exchanger and separators. These can then be tested and optimised in advance of the actual installation. At the same time, preparatory works are undertaken on-board the vessel at times agreed with the ship, which do not interfere with its scheduled operations. In the case of the Stena Scotia, the preparations on-board, including steelwork and pipe-fitting, will take place over a number of weekends during routine overnight stopovers. The result of the prefabrication process plus preparation works means that when the ship does finally arrive at a Damen yard, the technical team can focus on the final stage of the retrofit process; attaching and linking up the two, fully operational modules to a ship that is ready and prepared to receive them. This last stage represents the third module of the operation. SORJ

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Wärtsilä sign agreement with KeppelFinland’s Wärtsilä is in the process of signing agreements with a number of major shipyards, the latest being Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard. The agreements are intended to establish cooperation and communication between the parties in relation to IMO’s Convention for Ballast Water Management (BWM). The shared goal of the parties is to provide ship owners and operators with all necessary information and assistance concerning BWM system. Wärtsilä has extensive experience and expertise in BWM system technology, and can provide the required design engineering, product supply, installation supervision, commissioning and after sales services. Together, the parties can provide full engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) capabilities, as relevant to each customer’s requirements. The shipyards, in addition, provide the dry docking facilities and the necessary installation resources. Because of the relatively short period of time before the regulations enter into force, the retrofitting market is expected to be extremely active. “Wärtsilä has taken a proactive approach to preparing for the BWM convention regulations taking effect, and consequently we are very

well placed to aid customers as they prepare to meet these upcoming requirements. We are pleased to co-operate with the major shipyards, such as Keppel Shipyard, since by working together we can provide a valuable service to ship owners in complying with the new regulations,” says Markus Ljungkvist, General Manager, Project Sales, Wärtsilä Services.

Intercargo looks at the plight of bulker ownersIntercargo has welcomed and supports the BWM international initiatives and legislation, however it should be recognised that their implementation needs to be made in the most effective and practical manner possible. Ahead of IMO’s BWM Convention entry into force during September 2017, Intercargo welcomes the purpose and the focus of the Convention. However, it believes that Regulation should take into account the challenges faced by the existing bulk carriers, the largest segment of world shipping by deadweight tonnage. A newbuilding vessel case is totally different to retrofitting an existing vessel, while a bulker carrier has unique requirements to those of other ship types. Intercargo expresses its concerns about

the practical problems faced by its members for retrofitting the existing dry bulk ships with BWT Systems in two papers submitted for consideration at the next meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) in July 2017: Paper MEPC 71/4/19 (submitted by Intercargo and InterManager) - Challenges faced by bulk carrier owners and operators - The challenges concern retrofitting BWT Systems on those vessels that use gravity discharged Top Side Tanks and the paper makes a practical proposal to accommodate the use of these specific tanks, which is complementary to and notwithstanding the Committee’s discussion on the timeline for implementation of the BWM Convention. Paper MEPC 71/INF.20 (submitted by Intercargo) - Information on the technical and operational challenges of retrofitting BWT systems on existing bulk carriers - This paper describes some of the other challenges (such as additional electrical powering requirements and availability of space) faced by the bulk carrier industry. The list of challenges varies from the aforementioned incompatibility of the highly energy efficient gravity discharge, power and space requirements, and ballasting capacity to the availability of systems approved by the USCG. The industry would, therefore, welcome a more flexible and pragmatic transition from the first USCG approved BWT Systems being disclosed in December 2016, until more proficient technologies and approved systems are made available. This will be assisted by the revised IMO G8 guidelines being brought closer to the USCG’s testing regime and the USCG granting extended compliance dates. The Intercargo Secretariat has produced an open article on BWM, providing its insights on the current relevant developments on the implementation of IMO BWM Convention and US legislation that are of major concern to the shipping community and especially to Intercargo members.

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Introduced today during Nor-Shipping 2017, the next generation SeaCURE System is a skid-mounted, plug-in-and-play ballast water treatment system that is 76% smaller and 85% lighter than earlier generations of the system. Speaking at the introduction, Matt Granitto, business manager for Evoqua’s BWT business, said, “Without reducing the high flow rate capacity of the existing SeaCURE system, we have dramatically reduced the number of components to create a modular system mounted on a 2 m x 1.5 m, easy to install

skid. It is one the of smallest ballast water management solutions available capable of treating flow rates of up to 6,000 m3/hr. I don’t think anyone can treat the flowrates we can in the space we can.” With installation and operational simplicity a key factor behind the updated design, the next generation SeaCURE system can fit through standard hatchways and can be installed by riding crews, reducing substantially pre-installation work and time required during drydock. Ian Stentiford, Evoqua Water Technologies’ global vice-president, Electro-catalytic business, said, “The development of our core electro-chlorination technology, which can now generate up to six times more output from the electrolyser is the main driver behind the remodelled SeaCURE system. The advancement has enabled our manufacturing and design partners to standardise the system, developing multiple dose lines capable of treating three ballast lines from a single skid, as well as providing marine growth prevention for up to four sea chests. What they have created is a universal enclosure that can be assembled rather than fabricated. Not only is the re-modelled system simple to install, we have been able to streamline and reduce the maintenance

requirement.” Using the same technology in its established Chloropac marine growth prevention system, the electro-chlorination cells used in the SeaCURE system can be increased or reduced depending on ballast water flow rate and treatment capacity. The cells are self-cleaning, resulting in reduced maintenance time and costs. No chemicals are required. What’s more, the SeaCURE system obviates the need for an additional heat exchanger, even when operating in extreme arctic environments. Another key feature, and one that is likely to prove a commercial lure to shipowners, is the dual functionality of the system. Based on the company’s 50-year experience developing electro-chlorination technologies, a SeaCURE BWM system can be configured to also work as a vessel’s marine growth prevention system, protecting against the build-up of bio-fouling in seawater in critical machinery and cooling systems. “This means that if the shipowner needs to replace or update an MGPS, then we can layout the SeaCURE system to provide combined marine growth prevention and ballast water treatment capability. This dual functionality can provide a return on investment on the system as shipowners no longer need to

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invest in two separate systems. I don’t know of any other system that combines ballast water treatment with marine growth prevention,” says Stentiford. The IMO-approved system is currently in the final stages of USCG testing at Netherlands-based Marine Eco Analytics (MEA-nl). The SeaCURE BWM system is expected to submit for USCG this summer.

Retrofit contracts for OptimarinNorway’s Optimarin has signed contracts with Wisby Tankers and Hoëgh Autoliners to install its market proven Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) on five existing vessels. The agreement, which comes six months after the Norwegian BWT specialist became the first company to win USCG approval, will see Optimarin fitting units on three bitumen tankers for Wisby and two Hoëgh Autoliners’ ro/ro ships. With a fleet of 19 advanced vessels, Wisby Tankers is a niche leader, utilising smaller tankers for European trades and its larger vessels, including the bitumen carriers, for worldwide routes. Hoëgh Autoliners, boasting over 50 advanced vessels, is an established global leader in the ro/ro segment. Bearing in mind the trading patterns of the two, Optimarin CEO Tore Andersen says complete global compliance was of paramount importance, “Any shipowner looking for optimal flexibility for their fleets must install BWT systems that are compliant with the very strictest regulations, which, in this case, are those of the USCG,” he states. “Our technology leads the way in compliance, as well as effective and environmentally friendly operation, and that is a key selling point for forward thinking shipowners. “In addition, the modular nature of OBS

makes it easy to retrofit on any vessels – even those where space is of an absolute premium, such as it is on these specialist ships. That was crucial for both Wisby and Hoëgh Autoliners, as it will be for all companies looking to ensure their ships comply with IMO’s ratified BWM convention. “The retrofitting of systems is a business area that is going to explode very soon. Industry sources expect over US$45bn to be spent in the sector in the coming five years. And we, in conjunction with our global engineering partners, know it like no other.” The tasks, when completed later this year, will take the total number of Optimarin retrofits beyond the 110 mark. The three Wisby Tankers will see 500 m3 systems installed, while the Hoëgh Autoliners vessels will install capacities of 344 m3 and 500 m3. All systems utilise powerful 35 kW UV lamps to ensure the elimination of all potentially invasive waterborne organisms. Optimarin works in partnership with Goltens, Zeppelin Power Systems and shipyards world-wide to install OBS on both existing vessels and newbuilds. The firm has so far received orders for over 500 systems, with more than 400 already delivered. “The market is now fully aware that installing BWT systems is not an option, it’s a must,” Andersen adds. “To ensure that fleets sail safely, shipowners must identify technology that is compliant, trusted, easy to install, operate and maintain, and fits their individual needs. This is the time to move on this key decision, thus avoiding any potential installation bottlenecks. I’d urge companies to plan the best, safest and most compliant way forward for their vessels right now.” Meanwhile, Optimarin has signed an agreement with Goltens Green Technologies effectively giving a global network of spare parts warehousing and service engineers. The framework agreement will enable Optimarin to use facilities in Asia, North America and the Middle East to provide its worldwide customer base with local lead times for the commissioning and maintenance of its market proven Optimarin Ballast System (OBS). “We know Goltens very well,” comments Optimarin CEO Tore Andersen. “We’ve worked with them for about six years, partnering with their skilled engineers to install OBS on more than 100 vessels. That’s more successful retrofits than any other suppliers within this highly specialist market. They know our technology and we trust their expertise, so we

make an excellent team. “Despite this, we’ve never had a formalised agreement, so I’m delighted to take our relationship one step further. This provides us with a truly global footprint, while it gives our customers local parts, engineers and the shortest possible lead times for their commissioning and maintenance needs,” he explains, adding, “With the ratification of the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention, and USCG’s stringent requirements, shipowners must comply to sail. We, along with Goltens, are now ready and waiting worldwide to ensure that’s exactly what happens.” The firm first worked with Goltens on the retrofitting of its modular and highly flexible OBS technology on vessels for Saga Shipholding in 2011/12. They have since successfully partnered on projects for clients including The Royal Netherlands Navy, Technip, GulfMark and MOL, amongst others. “We have had a long and successful relationship with Optimarin working together to retrofit vessels all around the world,” says Goltens Group COO Roy Strand. “We are very pleased that Optimarin has chosen us to support them and their customers in the global after sales market. With this agreement, Optimarin customers can have confidence in getting professional system support anywhere Goltens operates.” Goltens provides comprehensive worldwide service from over 25 locations in 15 countries across the globe, serving over 3,000 clients each year.

Seaspan contract completed by VDCFollowing five extensive weeks of repair and installation activities, Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock (VDC) has given details of its refit


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activities on-board Louis Dreyfus’ 13,978 gt special purpose/cable layer Ile de Batz, which were completed on-schedule. Arriving on April 21st and departing VDC on May 25th, the Paris, France-based vessel underwent a wide scope of work that included the assembly of a new plow (special in-situ welding/machining), overall support for mobilising the ship, as well as the primary focus of the refit programme, the installation of a BWT system (the first of its kind at VDC). “This innovative repair and maintenance project truly was an all-hands-on-deck job, and marks the start of a proud new chapter in VDC’s world-class service offerings,” said Paul Hobson– Vice President and General Manager. “Over the course of the project we employed almost 60 workers, delivering quality services around the clock. I couldn’t be happier with the final product, work that clearly exemplifies our commitment to our core value of care for both our Customer and the Environment. Given Seaspan Shipyard’s strategic location on the West Coast of North America, near the Canada-USA border, and with dry-dock berth

space in both Vancouver and Victoria, we will continue to be well positioned for this type of activity for years to come.” While the work itself was a new type of refit project for VDC, the technology used in the installation process was an even more exciting and innovative first for the yard. The BWT system was installed with the assistance of state-of-the-art robotic pipe welding machines developed by Novar Technologies, a North

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This means 60,000 vessels worldwide will have to be retrofitted with BWT systems before 2022. BWT systems aid ships by reducing the uptake or discharge of aquatic organisms that may be harmful in foreign ecosystems. BWM regulations were created as an Environmental Safety initiative, after strong scientific evidence confirmed that vessels sailing internationally have severe impacts in foreign marine ecosystems. New BWM regulations will likely result in an increased demand for BWT system installation among organisations offering ship repair and dry docking services. With its new BWT system installed, Ile de Batz sailed from Vancouver on June 1st.

Two agreements for Sembcorp MarineSingapore’s Sembcorp Marine is positioning itself for the upcoming BWT installation expectancy by coming to agreements with two major equipment manufacturers - Coldharbour Marine and De Nora. Coldharbour Marine, developer of a unique in-tank, in-voyage and inert gas-based ballast water treatment system for large tankers, bulkers and LNG tankers, has signed an agreement that will see the latter offer the Coldharbour GLD BWT as part of the Sembcorp Marine Green Technology Retrofit (GTR) solutions for ship owners. The GTR solutions provide carefully evaluated ballast water treatment systems from a select group of equipment manufacturers with whom Sembcorp Marine is working closely. Coupled with expert technical assistance from Sembcorp Marine, the GTR solutions ensure that ship owners are able to select and install the most appropriate technology for their vessels. Coldharbour CEO Andrew Marshall said, “We are delighted to sign this agreement with Sembcorp Marine. We have always maintained that no single technology is suitable for all vessel types and for all operating requirements. Our BWT systems target the largest vessels with the highest pumping rates, largest ballast volumes and longest ballast legs. For many ballast water treatment technologies, these three elements combined would have translated into a perfect storm of terminal delays and unrecoverable costs for owners, which by comparison, would make the initial cost of installing a ballast water treatment system pale into insignificance.”

Mr Marshall said the Coldharbour GLD system carries full IMO type-approval issued by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Lloyd’s Register type-approval, and USCG AMS acceptance. It is currently undergoing full USCG type-approval. As the global marine industry prepares for the implementation of the Ballast Water Convention in September this year, there is still a considerable level of confusion and uncertainty surrounding the questions of suitable equipment choice for different types of vessel and securing a successful retrofit installation strategy. Addressing these concerns, Sembcorp Marine Executive Vice President and Head of Repairs and Upgrades - Lee-Lin Wong said the company had examined various ballast water technologies and established collaborations with the best manufacturers around the world over the past 24 months. She said, “Our one-stop GTR solutions have everything needed to achieve successful ballast water treatment outcomes – from the analysis of requirements, system selection, scanning and engineering, to full installation and commissioning of equipment. We are confident that ship owners working with us and our chosen equipment partners such as Coldharbour, will no longer be confused by ballast water treatment requirements.” Ms Wong added that Sembcorp Marine’s GTR solutions will also include ultra-violet and electro-chlorination-based systems so as to offer the most suitable technologies for all vessel types and operating requirements. Meanwhile, De Nora has also announced the signing of an MOU with Sembcorp Marine on the supply and installation of De Nora BALPUREBWT systems at its yards. The relationship between De Nora and Sembcorp also enables BALPURE system to be made available through a turnkey offering from the yard which includes project management, vessel survey, integration design engineering, BWM system equipment selection, and retrofit installation services. Sembcorp Marine will supply and be a trained installation partner for the patented De Nora BALPURE slip stream electro-chlorination system, which is ideally suited to large vessels with high ballast flow rates and utilises unique self-cleaning electrodes. De Nora will support Sembcorp with training on the installation and operation of the BWT system to ensure the customer receives the best possible retrofitting experience. This collaboration will also allow Sembcorp

Marine to offer both leading types of BWT, UV and electro-chlorination, as full end-to-end turnkey supply and installation solutions, enabling Sembcorp to effectively meet the needs of the majority of ship owners. Combined with Sembcorp’s more than 50 years’ experience in marine and offshore engineering and global facilities network, the partnership is set to deliver the installation of electro-chlorination systems by global specialists in water treatment delivered by expert shipyard teams. Don Stephen, Managing Director, BALPURE systems at De Nora Water Technologies commented, “Offering our De Nora BALPURE system as a turnkey solution to meet the needs of ship owners has long been an aspiration of ours. Working with Sembcorp to realise this objective allows us to better support ship owners in cooperation with a leading yard that has the understanding and expertise to provide excellent customer service. In turn, we look forward to developing a close relationship providing our electro-chlorination expertise, relevant training, and reliable services to Sembcorp. “It has long been recognised that no ballast water treatment system provides a ‘one size fits all’ solution. Different vessel types, sizes and routes have differing demands and requirements from a BWT system. Being able to offer a full solution to customers with high ballast flow rates in conjunction with Sembcorp Marine, gives peace of mind to customers on their choice of BWT retrofit in a challenging time for the industry.” De Nora BALPURE equipment is IMO Type approved with USCG AMS Acceptance and is currently progressing through both land-based and shipboard testing for compliance with US Coast Guard (USCG) ballast water management legislation and renewal of its IMO certification. SORJ

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Considering that there are more general cargo vessels in the world fleet than either crude oil tankers or bulk carriers, the low-profile tramp trading sector gets very little publicity. Of course, the deadweight capacity of general cargo and multipurpose vessels is a mere fraction of the wet and dry bulk fleets but in sheer numbers, tramp-trading ships are a vital revenue stream for ship repairers. Depending on the outcome of the MEPC’s 71st meeting early in July at which attendees will discuss a possible two-year postponement of the Ballast Water Convention from this September, large numbers of these vessels will require the installation of ballast water treatment systems over the next five years. However, since many ships of this type are old, IMO regulations are likely to generate a significant volume of scrap sales. The age profile is particularly high in the small sizes, with a substantial number of ships under 3,000 dwt more than 30 years old and still in operation. If these are replaced – and many may not be – the new vessels are likely to be larger, dramatically more efficient and with far more operating and trading flexibility. Clarkson Research statistics reveal that the general cargo fleet comprised more than 15,000 vessels in March this year, with a capacity of 37.4m dwt. Meanwhile, in numbers, the multipurpose fleet is much smaller, consisting of 3,233 ships, but still with a capacity of 29.6m dwt. By way of comparison, the crude tanker fleet had a capacity of 587m dwt in March, and the total deadweight in the dry bulk sector was 803m dwt. The two tramp sectors get much less publicity because they are made up of thousands of owners, many of them with only a handful of ships or even less, and these workhorses ship a huge range of cargoes on numerous routes under a wide range of contractual arrangements. It has been estimated, for example, that the European Union’s fleet of general cargo and multipurpose vessels comprises almost 2,700 vessels owned by some 2,000 separate entities. No single owner accounts for more than 10% of capacity although there have been moves to forge closer relationships recently as rock-bottom day rates have put many firms under severe financial pressure. Both the general cargo and multipurpose markets are vulnerable because when there is a surplus of

tonnage in either or both of the handysize bulk carrier and container ship markets, the general cargo market becomes a useful target for marginal business. According to a study on the sector by shipping consultant Drewry early this year, more scrapping and low contracting levels between now and 2020 are likely to lead to a strengthening market, possibly from later this year. Slow growth in supply and strengthening demand would help multipurpose charter rates in 2017 and beyond, the analysts said, and surplus tonnage would be absorbed. Meanwhile the latest generation of multipurpose vessels is incorporating a range of innovative design features pioneered in other sectors of the world fleet. Germany’s Briese Schiffahrt, for example, together with partner shipowners Krey Shipping and Auerbach, have developed the 12,500 dwt Eco Trader MPV 500, six of which were ordered at Chinese shipyards Jiangsu Hongqiang Marine Heavy Industry and Jiangxi Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding. The first two vessels, the two-hold, two-hatch tweendeckers – the BBC Birte H, owned by Krey Shipping, and Briese Schiffahrt’s Jan are already in operation. Design optimisation is a significant challenge for such vessels which ship a broad range of cargoes and rarely operate fully laden. Project cargoes are often high in volume, but relatively low in weight. Therefore, to optimise the hull for likely cargoes and operating conditions is complex. Briese’s newbuilding team analysed the historical speed, draught and

trimming records of more than 20 ships in the company’s fleet as a starting point for the Eco Trader’s hull configuration. Working closely with classification society DNV GL, the ships incorporate a range of clever design features and have an energy efficiency design index (EEDI) far in excess of what will be required in 2025. The ships have low-speed, ultra-long stroke MAN B&W 5G45ME-C9.5 main engines allowing the size of the propeller to be increased from 4.9 m to 5.7 m compared with earlier designs. Other innovative features include a performance monitoring system available both on-board and ashore, flexible cargo handling and stowage above and below deck, and two 250-tonne Liebherr cranes capable of providing a 500-tonne lift in tandem with an outreach of 11 m from the ship’s side. The ships’ dimensions are such that there is no need for stabilisation pontoons.

Traditional reefer operators turn to new business modelsThe conventional reefer shipping sector is undergoing a transformation, as the small number of specialised ship operators adapt their business models to take on the growing challenge from container lines anxious to book as much cargo as possible, whatever the

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price. Despite the fact that refrigerated cargo volumes continue to outpace the rate of growth of dry cargo in general, conventional reefer operators, even with significant corporate consolidation, have struggled to hold market share. Netherlands-based shipping consultancy Dynamar estimates that fresh produce accounts for more than 4% of the world’s dry cargoes. Rising living standards and a growing world population ensure steady demand growth for refrigerated shipping services. However, it is the container lines which are mainly benefiting from these increasing volumes because they can afford to book perishable cargo at close to marginal cost - any paying cargo is better than none. They continue, therefore, to encroach on the conventional reefer sector as container ships get larger and incorporate more reefer slots. One large container ship typically has significantly more reefer capacity than the entire cubic capacity on-board one conventional reefer. However, new business models developed by leading reefer operators are seeing them compete head to head with mainhaul container lines. Reefer operators have a number of distinct advantages to offer their shippers. Consolidated has left a relatively small number of specialised groups which, rather like the chemical tanker sector, are increasingly oriented towards logistics as the global supply chain of perishable foodstuffs becomes digitalised and more sophisticated.

However, the conventional reefer fleet has continued a steady decline for the last two decades. Statistics are hard to pin down because they often include fish freezer vessels. In fact, the total fleet has declined by almost 40% so far this century – from 368m ft3 in 2000, to 222m ft3 today – but of this, the conventional reefer is estimated at about 600 vessels with a capacity slightly more than 200m ft3. Owing to the nature of their cargoes, reefers of whatever age must be carefully maintained. But the outlook for these specialised vessels is certainly challenging as the age profile of the fleet continues to rise. Yet, despite this, experts believe that these specialised vessels will be around for many years to come. They point out that the growing size of mainhaul container vessels requires their operators to focus on a small number of so-called hub ports, Although they can offer reefer slots at rates which merely cover marginal cost – any paying cargo is better than none – they do not provide the level of service or transit times which shippers of perishable cargoes often require. This constraint, together with quality of service, is one on which specialised reefer firms including Seatrade, Baltic/Cool, Star Reefers and Frigoship are focusing. Following a spell in which no new reefer vessels were ordered, a range of contracts have been placed recently and the orderbook currently stands at 14 vessels, according to Clarkson Research. But the new vessels are hybrids, capable of

shipping perishable produce on pallets in the hold, and in refrigerated containers on deck. They are small and flexible enough to access a range of ports which focus on exports to the world’s hungry consumer markets. The world’s largest reefer operator and owner, Antwerp-based Seatrade which operates a fleet of 56 ships, will soon take delivery of four handy-sized 300,000 ft3 newbuildings from Guangxin Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry in China. The eco-design vessels are installed with under-deck refrigeration plant as well as reefer slots on deck. They are part of a wider fleet replacement programme comprising six, option six, reefer container vessels which will operate in Seatrade’s reefer pool in trades that are part of the company’s Fast, Direct & Dedicated concept developed over the last few years. Seatrade also has options for another four handy-sized reefer vessels likely to be deployed in the GreenSea Reefer Pool. One industry initiative that has met with considerable success is the 360 Quality association whose members must abide by the highest standards across their supply chains. Terms of membership include ship surveying and vessel repair and maintenance, operating procedures and the selection of reputable business partners. Both Seatrade and Baltic Reefer Shipping were founding members and see the organisation as an important component of their continuing competition with container lines. SORJ

Reefer operators have a number of distinct advantages to offer their shippers


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Busy first half by PaxOceanPaxOcean Zhoushan has been particularly busy with over 60 repair projects completed to date - this year; the yard has had strong support from the Korea and Taiwan market. This has included six repair projects from SM Line Corporation, with six vessels undergoing repairs, six from KLC SM and four from Ciddo, Taiwan. Evergreen Group is also a regular customer of PaxOcean having brought in five vessels for routine drydocking and repairs. Other repair projects this year include two heavy lift vessels – the 85,925 dwt Zhen Hua 11 and the 260,870 dwt Zhen Hua 30, which is the world’s largest self-propelled single boom crane vessel (7,700 tonne lift) owned by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries for drydocking. PaxOcean Zhoushan has received three VLOCs repair projects from regular customer, Anglo Eastern Ship Management - the 400,000 dwt Shandong Da Zhi, the 400,000 dwt Shandong Da Cheng, and the 402,285 dwt Shandong Da Ren. This year the yard also undertook the repair of one VLOC, 404,389 dwt Sea Qingdao from Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement. Pacific Carriers Limited, another regular customer of PaxOcean, has sent four vessels to PaxOcean Zhoushan yard for general repairs since the beginning of the year. PaxOcean has demonstrated continuous effort to improve and achieve operational excellence since the last six years of operation. The Zhoushan yard, which covers some 800,000 m2, has one large graving dock - 400 m x 106 m x 13.7 m, and a 340 m x 70 m slipway. PaxOcean has demonstrated continuous efforts to improve and achieve operational excellence during the past six years of operation. In PaxOcean Singapore, the yard has repaired two tankers for first time client, Raffles Technical Services, a subsidiary of Wilmar Ship Holdings. Two chemical tankers - the 47,122 dwt Concord and the 31,374 dwt Accord, underwent drydocking and repairs including hull blasting and painting, overhauling of motors and engine room pipes renewal. Currently

due from the same owner for drydocking is the 12,999 dwt chemical tanker Theresa Orion in PaxOcean’s Batam yard. With three consecutive satisfaction drydockings at PaxOcean shipyards, the group hope there will be much more collaboration with Wilmar’s fleet of vessels. Meanwhile, PaxOcean has successfully completed a retrofit project for a Norwegian owner, with the installation of an Optimarin USCG type-approved OBS Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system on-board the 18,110 dwt LPG tanker Clipper Hebe from Solvang ASA. Arriving during May 2017, the 154.95 m LPG tanker underwent drydocking and survey, hull blasting and coating, electrical motors repairs, thrusters and CPP overhaul, as well as renewal of pipes and insulation concurrently with the BWT system retrofit work. “Although it is a challenging project due to the space constraints and

The Zhen Hua 30 in PaxOcean Zhoushan

Paxocean engineers install the OBS on the LPG tanker Clipper Hebe


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Specialist in repair and conversion

Keppel Shipyard Limited (A member of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited)

51 Pioneer Sector 1 Singapore 628437 Tel: (65) 68614141 Fax: (65) 68617767 Email: [email protected] www.keppelshipyard.com

A trusted name for ship repair and conversion, Keppel Shipyard is also the market leader in FPSO, FSO and FSRU conversions as well as turret, mooring systems and topside modules fabrication.

extensive scope of work, we are very happy that PaxOcean Shipyard delivered on time with good quality and service,” said Øystein Brekke, Technical Superintendent of Solvang ASA. PaxOcean Shipyard continues to provide solutions to meet owners’ requirements with capabilities for 3D scanning, engineering, fabrication and installation of BWTS.

Bulbous bow replacement to the fore at Zhoushan Xinya The Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard, located near Shanghai, has been steadily increasing its business with high value vessels over the past few years with some success, especially with regard to oil/chemical tankers and LPG tankers. During 2016 the yard increased the value of repair work/vessel by 4%. With increased competition from other domestic yards and continuing depressed shipping and offshore markets, the shipyard Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard has also developed something of a niche market in the design and fitting of new bulbous bows to large containerships to increase fuel efficiency. During 2016 the yard repaired a total of 335 vessels. During the first quarter of 2017 it repaired 94 vessels, an increase of 17.5% on the same period in 2016. A notable repair project carried out on a high value ship was completed at the end of December 2016 on the 49,412 dwt 1992-built LPG tanker Ming Long. To ensure that repairs to this sophisticated vessel ran smoothly, a team from the Chinese shipyard visited the vessel’s owners in Singapore before she arrived in China to get

the project underway as soon as possible and reduce the LPG tanker’s time in the shipyard to a minimum. Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard is also making a name for itself in the design and fitting of new fuel efficient bulbous bows to large containerships. During 2016 the yard carried out 10 such retrofits. The work was carried out either in drydock or afloat and the shipyard has perfected such work that it is now capable of fitting a new bow section to a vessel in just 96 hours. The most recent vessels to be fitted with new bows by the yard are:• Ever Living and Ever Lively – 104,134 dwt, 2014-built, 8,200 teu capacity containerships, owned by Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine• COSCO Hope – 140,241 dwt, 2012-built, 13,100 teu capacity containership, owned by Canada’s Seaspan Container Line and managed by COSCON, Shanghai• COSCO Faith – 140,241 dwt, 2012-built, 13,100 teu capacity containership, owned by China’s COSCON, Shanghai Meanwhile, notable repair jobs carried out by the yard so far in 2017 include work on the following vessels:• Ocean Explorer – 108,929 dwt 2009-built tanker, owned by Singapore’s Ocean Tankers• Glovis Challenge – 58,288 gt 2012 built PCTC, owned by South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis, Seoul • NYK Oceanus – 99,563 dwt 2007 built containership, owned by Japan’s NYK Line• Ming Ming – 50,357 dwt 1991 built LPG tanker, owned by Thailand’s Siam Lucky Marine Co and managed by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, Singapore• Alexandria – 82,852 dwt 2012 built bulk carrier, owned by Dusung Shipping Co, Seoul, South Korea• Cape Rainbow – 207,886 dwt 2012 built bulk carrier, owned by Japan’s Toyo Shipping Line, Kure• Seaspan Amazon – 115,260 dwt 2014 built containership, managed by Canada’s Seaspan Group • Ocean Globe – 50,344 dwt 2007 built tanker, owned by Singapore’s Ocean Tankers

The second quarter of 2017 will see Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard embark on a yard renovation project. At present the shipyard, which started operations in 2002, has two graving docks - one of 200,000 dwt and the other of 80,000 dwt capacity, and three large repair quays - one 400 m x 20 m, one 200 m x 20 m and one 180 m x 20 m. The yard also operates a subsidiary – Zhoushan Asia Pacific Dockyard – located on Zhoushan Island. This US$250m, 500,000 m2 facility opened for business in 2012 and features two large graving docks – 360 m x 70 m and 300 m x 41 m – and a 392 m repair quay.

Canadian self-unloader shortened by IMC-YY One of the more progressive shiprepair and conversion yards in China is Zhoushan IMC-Yongyue Shipyard & Engineering (IMC-YY), situated close to Shanghai. In the past year or so this yard has become something of the ‘Chinese shipyard of choice’ for PCTC owners, while at the same time investing in hi tech equipment for bulbous bow conversions projects, as

Evergreen containership in Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard’s drydock following fitting of new bulbous bow


Specialist in repair and conversion

Keppel Shipyard Limited (A member of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited)

51 Pioneer Sector 1 Singapore 628437 Tel: (65) 68614141 Fax: (65) 68617767 Email: [email protected] www.keppelshipyard.com

A trusted name for ship repair and conversion, Keppel Shipyard is also the market leader in FPSO, FSO and FSRU conversions as well as turret, mooring systems and topside modules fabrication.


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well as green systems for blasting and coatings work. In a rather unusual project, the middle of April this year saw IMC-YY complete the shortening of the self-unloading bulk carrier CSL Reliance, owned by Canada’s CSL Group of Montreal and operated by CSL Australia. The 49,463 dwt vessel was shortened by 4.25 m from its original length o.a. of 189.99 m. The work was carried out in drydock with the shipyard using various hi-tech equipment, including a total station instrument and laser leveller. This resulted in a deviation of less than 5 mm between the two cutting lines of the hull sections. A comprehensive semi-automatic cutter was used to mould the undercut of the outlines, so the gap of the joint line was less than 5 mm, within the design requirements for the conversion project. IMC-YY has become of late the shipyard of choice in China for operators of PCTCS for repair and maintenance work. In the two months August and September 2016 the yard repaired a total of 16 PCTCs, including five vessels simultaneously. These vessels came from the fleets of Wallenius-Wilhelmsen, NYK, MOL and EUKOR. IMC-YY is also pioneering the use of green technology in the specialised blasting and coating area of repair and maintenance. During March 2016 it undertook the first blasting and coatings application in a Chinese shiprepair yard using UHP water blasting. The work was carried out on the hull of the Wallenius-Wilhelmsen vessel owned Tønsberg, at 75,251 gt one of the largest car/vehicle carriers in the world. Following on, during September IMC-YY demonstrated the shiprepair industry’s most advanced hydroblasting and painting equipment during the drydocking of the 60,213 gt 2008-built PCTC Auriga Leader, owned by Japan’s NYK and managed by NYK Shipmanagement Singapore. Equipment from Germany’s Hammelmann GmbH and Austria’s Palfinger Technologies was involved. During the blasting and coating of Auriga Leader IMC-YY used four Palfinger fully automatic HTC sets for washing, blasting and coating application. The HTC system is an eco-friendly system for maintaining the hull surfaces of ships. It can simultaneously blast and coat the hull, maximising time and reducing costs. The system can either use HP or UHP water blasting and is claimed to reduce by 30% paint volume during application. No dust or salt is left after washing/blasting due to the systems vacuuming tool, while paint application comes from an airless coating tool. Rates are 800 m2/hr for washing, 120 m2/hr for blasting and 1,400 m2/hr for coating application.

At the same time the shipyard used the Aquablast hydroblasting vacuum system from Hammelmann on cherrypickers for hull blasting as well. Hull bottom hydroblasting was carried out using a remote control robotic cart. Other innovative equipment used during work on the NYK PCTC included the ITP-8 hydraulic access platform system. One ITP-8 can replace four cherrypickers in a drydock in terms of efficiency. This system can also be used in cargo holds as well as cargo tanks. This is the first time that such hi-tech systems have been used by a Chinese repair yard. Following on from this application, IMC-YY and Palfinger have established a joint venture company in Zhoushan to develop, manufacture and promote hi tech equipment for shiprepair work in China. The end of September 2016 also saw IMC-YY complete the fitting of a new, fuel efficient, bulbous bow to a large, unnamed PCTC, again using new hi-tech equipment and systems. The shipyard used a laser leveller to mark the vessel’s bow outside of the drydock so as to control the accuracy of the cutting of the old bow and fitting of the new bow to +/- 1 mm. It then used a semi-automatic cutter and semi-automatic welder to complete the job. This was the first time that such a system had been used in a Chinese shiprepair yard, with the bulbous bow conversion taking just four and half days to complete. Meanwhile, in April 2017 IMC-YY signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Norway’s Oceansaver AS for the retrofitting of the company’s Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system on ships undergoing work at its yard. During the first two months of 2017, in an unusually cold winter in this part of China, the yard repaired a total of 32 ships and vessels undergoing repair during the first week of June 2017 included three large Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTCs) and two large tankers and two large bulk/ore carriers. The vessels were as follows: • London Courage – 206,336 dwt 2007-built bulk carrier, managed by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (India), Mumbai• Wisteria Ace – 59,952 gt 2007-built PCTC, owned by New Asian Shipping, Hong Kong and managed by MOL Ocean Expert, Tokyo, Japan• Brightoil Galaxy – 319,743 dwt 2012-built tanker, owned by Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Ltd, Hong Kong• Paradise N – 322,398 dwt 1997-built ore carrier, owned by Germany’s Laeisz Reederei, Rostock • Sunlight Ace – 58,911 gt 2009-built PCTC, owned by Tokyo’s MOL Shipmanagement and managed by Singapore’s MOL Shipmanagement• Cetus Leader – 62,510 gt 2005-built PCTC, owned by Japan’s NYK Line, Tokyo• Taga – 303,430 dwt 2004-built tanker, owned by NYK Shipmanagement, Singapore A view of Zhoushan IMC with a Wallenius-Wilhelmsen car

carrier in drydock

The CSL Reliance


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HRDD targets the cruise and the LNG repair markets One of China’s most forward-looking shiprepair and conversion specialist is Huarun Dadong Dockyard (HRDD), located on Chongming Island, close to Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Following a recent tie-up with leading cruise ship designer and builder Fincantieri, last year the yard made a bold statement that it was aiming to become China’s leading yard for the repair and conversion of cruise ships. This dream has yet to be realised and one leading cruise line group believes that Chinese yards still have much to do before cruise lines start booking major refits in this country. HRDD’s co-operation agreement with Fincantieri includes the development of technical skills, as well as project management and logistics procedures; all vital for the smooth running of any cruise ship refit or conversion project. The agreement came about after HRDD completed China’s first major cruise ship refit in the first quarter of 2016. This involved the transformation of the Greek owned 2001-built 24,318 gt Olympic Explorer into the first ship in the fleet of newly established Chinese cruise operator, Diamond Cruises, a subsidiary of Tai Hu Cruise Management Co. The vessel, renamed Glory of the Seas, entered service in April 2016 and Diamond Cruises has said that it plans to buy between three and five more ships and will convert these for operation in the fast expanding Chinese cruise market. Glory of the Seas arrived at HRDD during November 2015 with the main scope of the refit being to transform the vessel into a ship suitable for Chinese passengers as well as increasing capacity by 380 from 920 passengers to 1,300 passengers. Work also saw a weather break added to the vessel’s stern, modifications to the layout of the public spaces on Decks 5 and 6, adding new lounges on Deck 7, as well as installing a new sewage tank, stern sponsons, increasing the fixed weight in the double bottoms of the engine room, fitting new watertight doors, a new marine evacuation system and extensive pipe renewal. HRDD now says it has plans to become a major player in the Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) systems and exhaust gas scrubber retrofit markets, as well as move into LNG tanker repairs. With regard to LNG carrier repair work, earlier this year the yard undertook a training programme provided by Spain’s GABADI and France’s GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz). GABADI is a leader in the

design and fabrication of LNG cargo tanks, while GTT leads the way in the design of membrane systems LNG tankers. HRDD now has a new cryogenic and cleaning workshop in operation. HRDD has also recently signed a Technical Service Agreement with GTT, which came into effect on January 1st 2017, and is now certified by GTT to undertake repair and maintenance work on membrane type LNG tankers and conversions. The yard also has just signed a co-operation agreement with GABADI and Europa technologies for its membrane cargo containment systems. As a spin off from its push for work in the LNG tanker repair, maintenance and conversion sector, HRDD is also looking at the conversion market for LNG-powered vessels, particularly converting large containerships from diesel power to LNG power. In another part of HRDD’s diversification policy it is also looking at the large offshore conversion sector. Meanwhile, on December 12th, 2016 HRDD delivered a newbuilding 48,000 tonne lift capacity floating dock to Thailand’s Unithai Shipyard & Engineering, with the floating dock arriving at the port of Laem Chabang in early January 2017. Named Unithai 3 the new 299.92 m x 51.82 m floating dock means that Thailand’s leading shiprepairer is now able to repair vessels up to 150,000 dwt. Unithai 3 has been designed for a service life of 40 years or more with its docks walls and 24 ballast tanks coated as per PSPC standards, a total area of 230,000 m2. The floating dock took just 16 months to build. HRDD is a modern shipyard covering an area of 230,000 m2 and with a water frontage of 2,300 m. Shiprepair facilities include four floating docks - Dadong – 320 m x 52 m, 175,000 dwt capacity; Huadong – 280 m x 45 m, 150,000 dwt capacity; Xingdong – 240 m x 38 m, 80,000 dwt capacity and Rundong – 195 m x 36.5 m, 50,000 dwt capacity; as well as a 300,000 dwt capacity graving dock. The drydocks are backed-up by six repair quays with a total length of 1,350 m. The yard has taken the lead in the shiprepair industry in China to establish HSE systems; having been approved to OHSAS 18001:1999 and ISO 14001:2004 by ABSQE.

MSC Daniela undergoes major fire damage repairs at CIC Changxing China’s CIC Changxing Shipyard has won the contract to carry out the major fire damage repairs to the Mediterranean Shipping Co-owned A general view of HRDD

The Olympic Explorer


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containership MSC Daniela. The 162,867 dwt 2008-built 13,800 teu capacity vessel arrived at the yard on May 22nd 2017 and repairs are expected to take a number of months to complete. MSC Daniela caught fire off Sri Lanka while on a voyage from Singapore to Suez. Meanwhile, September 2016 saw the yard undertake work on one of the largest vessels yet handled. The 312,638 dwt 2001-built tanker Grace Star called at the shipyard for conversion of her cargo heating system, with the work being undertaken with the vessel alongside. The tanker is managed out of Singapore and currently operates as a floating oil storage vessel offshore Malaysia. With a beam of 70 m Grace Star is one of the widest vessels to enter the port of Shanghai and required specialist pilotage and berthing masters. Vessels undergoing repair at CIC Changxing Shipyard from the end of May through to mid- June included the following:

• CMA CGM Eiffel – 58,334 dwt, 2002-built 4,307 teu capacity containership, owned by Marseille-based CMA CGM• CSB Talent – 315,042 dwt 2013-built ore carrier, owned by China Shipping Development Tramp, Guangzhou• Haydee – 34,931 dwt 2013-built bulk carrier, owned by Greece’s Norstrand Maritime & Trading, Athens• Columba – 56,530 dwt 2011-built bulk carrier, owned by Eagle Management Consultants, New York, USA and managed by Eagle Management Consultancy, Singapore• Wen De – 81,200 dwt 2013-built bulk carrier, owned by China Shipping Bulk Carrier, Shanghai• G.O. America – 5,538 dwt 1999-built general cargoship, owned by US operator GO Shipping Line, • CMA CGM Carl Antoine – 110,000 dwt 2017-built 10,926 teu capacity containership, owned by Marseille-based CMA CGM. This is a newbuild vessel delivered on June 12th by China Shipping Industry Jiangsu Co. • Theresa Jilin – 82,000 dwt 2012-built bulk carrier, owned by Raffles Shipping Group, Singapore

CIC Changxing Shipyard operates three large floating docks: CS Mei Shan – 400,000 dwt capacity; CS Hua Shan – 200,000 dwt capacity and CS Tuo Shan – 80,000 dwt capacity.

Cruiseship contract for Cosco (Zhoushan) Royal Caribbean International’s 168,666 gt 2016-built cruise vessel Ovation of the Seas has completed an eight day drydocking at China’s Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard for work on the vessel’s propulsion system. The ‘non-essential’ repairs, according to RCI, were completed on May 3rd. The drydocking, believed to be the largest cruise ship to ever drydock at a Chinese shipyard, resulted in the cancellation of two two-night cruises. Meanwhile, the yard was also repairing an impressive 20 other vessels from owners based in China, Bahamas, France, Greece, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, the UK and the UAE. The vessels were as follows:• Kaito – 86,062 dwt 2006-built bulk carrier, owned by Japan’s Usui Kaiun• Panagia Lady - 44,999 dwt 2004-built chemical tanker, owned by Singapore’s Western Shipping Co• Cosco Hongkong - 69,207 dwt 2002-built containership, owned by Cosco Maritime UK, London• Unayzah – 145,520 dwt 2012-built 13,296 teu capacity containership, owned by the United Arab Shipping Co (UASC), Dubai• Ioli – 81,730 dwt 2012-built bulk carrier, owned by Greece’s Larus Shipping• Kang Hong – 55,589 dwt 2005-built bulk carrier, owned by Cosco Hong Kong Shipping• CMA CGM Tarpon – 65,903 dwt 2007-built 5,042 teu capacity containership, owned by Marseille-based CMA CGM• Yue Dian 103 – 115,067 dwt 2012-built bulk carrier, owned by China’s Taizhou Shipping• Asian Champion – 56,562 dwt 2012-built bulk carrier, owned by Singapore’s U Ming Marine Transport• AEC Diligence – 31,642 dwt 2002-built general cargo vessel, owned by Agriculture & Energy Carriers, Nassau, Bahamas• Safmarine Mafadi – 50,415 dwt 2001-built 4,824 teu capacity containership, owned by Cape Town’s Safmarine Ship Management• Luxe – 299,150 dwt 1999-built tanker, owned by Singapore’s Goodwood Ship Management• Stellar Iris – 288,272 dwt 1995-built ore carrier, owned by South Korea’s Polaris Shipping.• Banda Sea – 105,576 dwt 2007-built tanker, owned by Japan’s Mizuho Sangyo, Imabari and managed by Singapore’s Tanker Pacific Management• Daranee Nakee – 57,000 dwt 2012-built bulk carrier, owned by Thailand’s Great Circle Shipping, Bangkok• Poltava – 7,840 dwt 2004-built reefer, owned by Russia’s Vostokflot, Vladivostok• Shantar – 9,000 dwt 1999-built general cargoship, owned by Russia’s Sakhalin Shipping Co• Glory Hongkong – 40,000 dwt 2012-built bulk carrier, owned by China’s Sea Star Shipmanagement, Quingdao• Svyatoy Petr – 10,906 dwt 1992-built chemical tanker, owned by Russia’s Marine Standard, Petropavlosk• Sasco Aniva – 8,446 dwt 2002-built 700 teu capacity containership, owned by Russia’s Sakhalin Shipping Co

At 70m beam the VLCC Grace Star was one of the widest vessels to enter the port of Shanghai when she underwent conversion of her cargo heating system at Chengxing Shipyard


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LNG tanker repairs at Yiu Lian Five years of planning and investment in specialist cryogenic and stainless steel equipment, systems and personnel to undertake the repair of LNG tankers at Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) have finally paid off with the securing of three important contracts. The first was the drydocking of its first LNG tanker for repair and reactivation at the company’s large repair yard on Mazhou Island during early March. The vessel in question is the small 18,928 m3 capacity Lucia Ambition, owned by Hong Kong’s Best Measure and managed by Hong Kong’s Fleet Management. The 1993-built Lucian Ambition is the former MISC-owned Aman Bintulu, which had been laid up offshore Labuan, Malaysia. The work scope on the vessel included:• Inspection and testing of cargo tanks• Overhaul of cargo system• Survey of main HP and LP turbines and turbo generator• Survey of main boiler• Modifications to CTS system

Meanwhile, the yard drydocked its second LNG tanker in April for repairs – the 147,210 m3 capacity 2009-built Min Lu, owned by China LNG Shipping Holdings and then convert the former MISC-owned 130,000 m3 capacity, 1981-built LNG tanker Tenaga Dua into the LNG FSU Lucky FSU. Yiu Lian now has a licence from GTT to undertake repairs on vessels fitted with its LNG containment system.

Cruiseship contract for Babcock Devonport Seattle-based Windstar Cruises 5,736 gt 1988-built sail cruise vessel Wind Spirit recently completed a 12 day, US$3m drydocking and refit at New Zealand’s leading shiprepairer – Babcock Devonport Dockyard in Auckland. The refit, undertaken in the yard’s 181.4 m x 22 m Calliope Drydock, involved 48,960 man-hours and 120 sub-contractors and saw 462 m2 of new teak decking fitted and a further 215 ft2 of useable deck space added. The latter was achieved by removing the skylight from the aft pool bar on Deck 3. Other work carried out included blasting and recoating of the hull and the withdrawal and inspection of the tail-shafts and propellers. Babcock (NZ) Ltd operates this facility, the largest shipyard in New

Zealand, and concentrates both on naval and commercial repairs, especially Super/Mega Yachts. The shipyard has been trying to acquire a 100 m x 30 m covered floating dock with a covered roof since the early 2000s to refit Super/Mega Yachts. However, objections from local residents appears to have thwarted this plan.

New aframax floating dock for Unithai Drydocking capacity at Thailand’s leading shiprepairer, Unithai Shipyard & Engineering, has been significantly upgraded by the entering into service of the yard’s new Aframax-capacity floating dock which has been built in China by Huarun Dadong Dockyard. The 48,000 tonne lift capacity floating dock Unithai 3, the largest of its type in the country, is now available to shipowners and managers in Thailand’s main deep-sea port Laem Chabang. The new floating dock joins Unithai’s existing 50,000 dwt capacity floating dock Unithai 2. Capable of accommodating vessels up to 150,000 dwt, Unithai 3 arrived from China in January this year and was officially named on May 9th. Japanese owners have been the first to utilise the new drydock, with the NYK-owned 41,886 dwt 2012-built PCTC Spica Leader in dock for the naming ceremony, followed later by the 64,538 dwt 2010-built woodchip carrier Universal Pioneer, owned by Hokoku Marine. Unithai recently completed repairs to a large jack-up drilling rig owned by Dubai’s Shelf Drilling. The unnamed jack-up is now operating in the Gulf of Thailand and is the second such rig to be repaired by the yard for the same owner. Of late Unithai has shifted its emphasis from shipyard related repair and maintenance work to providing a wide range of services to both the marine and offshore industries far beyond the yard, said Apichet Boonpuan, Project Manager of Unithai’s Marine & Offshore Services Division.

Six LNG contracts for MMHE During April, Malaysia Marine & Heavy Industries (MMHE) secured contracts for the repair of a total seven LNG tankers, all owned by MISC Berhad Malaysia. The ships involved are the 18,800 m3 Aman Hakata, arriving in early May, and the 18,928 m3 Aman Sendai, in mid-May, the 137,100 m3 Puteri Intan Satu (August), the 145,000 m3 Seri Ayu (September), the 152,300 m3 Seri Begawan (September), the 137,100 m3 Puteri Delima Satu (October), and the 130,405 m3 Puteri Intan (October). MMHE has also had success in winning contracts from the dredging industry, including three from C & M Dredger Repair Sdn Bhd – the Xiang Hong 27, the Xiang Hong 21 and the aggregates carrier JBB 88, and Fujian Yarui Marine Engineering’s grab hopper dredger Chuan Hong 68. Other contracts won in April include Donjin Intec’s 56,469 dwt bulk carrier Pacific Crown, which is currently in the yard, as is Chios Navigation (Hellas)’s bulk carrier Doric Spirit, MMS Co Ltd’s 110,802 dwt tanker Esteem Brilliance and Zodiac Maritime’s 19,800 dwt chemical tanker Lincoln Park, which follows Zodiac Maritime’s Battersea Park into the yard, and Express Line Sdn Bhd Malaysia’s 4,725 dwt general cargo vessel Daya Maju Q. SORJ

The large Mazhou Island facility of Yiu Lian Dockyards


Encompass increases its teamUK’s Encompass Marine Limited has announced that it has strengthened its team with the appointments of Jon Thompson and Martin Burns. Jon joins Encompass Marine as Director, bringing with him extensive experience in the marine industry having previously held the position of Fleet Manager with Maersk Line Ship Management in Newcastle and, most recently, with CMA Ships UK in London. Prior to coming ashore in 2006, Jon sailed as an Engineering Officer with both Maersk and James Fisher. Martin has been appointed as Marketing and Sales Executive focusing on Encompass Marine’s “Marine and Diving Services”. He brings a solid background of customer service and account management from his previous roles at Hendrik Veder, Tyson’s Riggers and Survitec. In addition to the above appointments, Encompass Marine has announced that the UK representations for KET Marine and Damen Schelde Marine Services have been transferred to Encompass Marine with effect from May 2017. KET Marine is LR ISO 9001 approved with over 30 years’ experience specialising in the supply of spare parts for Westfalia and Alfa Laval separators, as well as SWEP, GEA EcoFlex, Tranter and APV heat exchanger modules. With over 20,000 different OEM, genuine or OEM equivalent spare parts together with a large

pool of genuine, reconditioned exchange bowls for both Westfalia and Alfa Laval separators, balanced, tested and delivered from stock with short lead times. Damen Schelde Marine Services is a former Sulzer Licensee with over 90 years’ experience supplying diesel engine spare parts, pneumatic and hydraulic spares for Rexroth (Aventics) equipment. They hold an extensive stock at their Head Office in Vlissingen of new consumables for Sulzer/ Wartsila and MAN B&W main engines and Sulzer/ Wartsila, MAN B&W, Daihatsu and Yanmar auxiliary engines sourced from the licensee builders and makers’ manufacturers. A comprehensive reconditioning service is also provided from Vlissingen and Shanghai.

Calvey wins GDD representationUK’s Calvey Marine has recently signed an agency agreement for the UK market with Germany’s German Dry Docks (GDD), Bremerhaven. Earlier this year German Dry Docks AG (GDD), BREDO Dockgesellschaft mbH (BREDO) and Mützelfeldtwerft GmbH & Co. KG will form a shipyard alliance under the umbrella of the German Dry Docks Group. The shipyards will preserve their independence and continue to trade in the market with their names. In the future the three locations will be managed by Guido Försterling (GDD) and Dirk Harms

(BREDO). The aim is to harmonise the business segments with a cross-site dock planning. Customers of all three companies will benefit from the common higher flexibility and dock capacity. The shipyard alliance is an important component in order to offer repairs in Germany at the same prices but with even more service.“Cross-site dock planning is a key element of our strategy,” says Harms. “Each shipyard has had to reject orders in the past when its own docks were occupied. Together, we are now able to offer a higher dock capacity and react directly to fluctuating workloads at the sites. The harmonisation of the processes allows us to react to customer requests in a highly flexible and cost-efficient manner. We are hereby establishing a link between the rivers Weser and Elbe.” According to Guido Försterling, both the customers as well as the shipyards with their employees benefit from the combination of the forces, “All three shipyards are specialized in ship repair with a 24/07 service and complement each other in their know-how. Thanks to the alliance the region is closing ranks. This is also a strong signal in international competition.” In addition to the shipyard alliance, the German Dry Docks Group also includes MWB Power with the motor services division as well as German Ship Repair and Rotterdam Ship Repair with its business segments harbour and voyage repairs. GDD recently won the contract to re-power the containership Wes Amelie to LNG power (see Page 14 of this issue). SORJ

Agents / People

The Encompass Marine team

Guido Försterling


Most readers of this fine journal will probably subscribe to the old adage that naval architects design ships, engineers build and operate them, and sailors wreck them. Hopefully they will say such things without malice, recalling that at least some of their most creative work as ship

repairers can be seen in putting back together those ships damaged by grounding or collision, mostly caused by the errors of sailors. Just as long as the salvors can get them back to port and the insurers deem it worthwhile work, it will be all grist to the repairer’s mill. It might seem something of a mystery that while serious marine accidents are barely sufficient to keep the salvors interested (although those that there are tend to be hugely expensive), those attributed to navigational failures are described as “flatlining”. Claims experts shake their heads sorrowfully at this fact, deploring the statistics, while pointing out that most ships are better equipped than ever before with every conceivable navigational device. Where is it all going wrong? As a former sailor (I better point that out immediately to avoid any accusations that I am fomenting inter-departmental strife), it seems a bit of a mystery to me too, when you consider the positional precision available to the modern mariner. They don’t have to struggle with dead reckoning in the absence of available celestial bodies, or try and estimate how many miles the blooming tide has set you off your course line as you make a landfall after days of doubt. They have all-singing, all dancing equipment available at the touch of a button, in wheelhouses that resemble the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Instead of wearing out their eyes and HB pencils, laying down courses and checking all the light lists and sailing directions, the electronic chart and the helpful computer will whizz it all out in a trice. Navigation ought to be a breeze, while collision avoidance is facilitated with their amazing ARPA, AIS and other electronic assistance. With all this help, you would think it would be quite difficult to run aground or bump into another ship. One doesn’t want to be too simplistic about what we like to term ‘causation’, but it might be because of all this exciting equipment , rather than despite of it, if people have their heads in the instrumentation and never bother to look out of the window. It has been termed ‘distraction’ or ‘complacency’ and accident investigators tend to go to town on both causes. The first is no different to the furore landsmen in some parts of the world are experiencing as drivers crash their vehicles when using mobile devices, and maybe should not surprise us. There are a limited number of things even the cleverest human being can do at once. Indeed, there was a classic example of this a few years ago with an anchor handler leaving a Scottish port in poor visibility, the master, alone on the bridge, and driving the ship, simultaneously talking into two mobile phones where the charterer and owner were both yelling their important messages at him. Lost in this hubbub were the authoritative tones on the VHF of the harbour

control, telling him he was just about to run into a granite quay wall and this message, alas, turned out to be more important than any other, and if he had only heard it, an enormous repair bill would have been avoided. There was some rather alarming research revealed at the Warsash Maritime Academy, which has been closely studying the behaviour of watchkeeping officers, using clever eye-tracking equipment to discover how often they were visually scanning the far (or near) horizons. It turned out to be only 11% of the time, most of the remaining watch time being spent in looking at their instruments, or chatting. The consequences are borne out by Trinity House and other Light House authorities, who are very exercised at the number of precision navigators bumping into their floating aids to navigation. Mind you, it would seem to take a lot of determination to run into a static vessel with a flashing light you can see 15 miles away. ‘Complacency’ is of another order, mostly with people putting an almost religious trust in one single source of navigational information, expecting the computer and satnav to do all the work and never bothering to check. A list of casualties thus attributed includes people using aids to navigation as waypoints, using courses programmed for an earlier voyage (and even a different ship), taking the vessel right across sandbanks, shallows or having deleted bathymetric information – of even whole islands – from the electronic chart, to avoid cluttering the screen! ‘Navigational Accidents and their Causes’ was the theme in the Nautical Institute’s most recent annual Command Seminar, where it was emphasised once again that these are at ‘alarming’ level. We were told there was a need for more pride in navigation, not enough checking and proper preparation for a passage, while in our bad old

Bump in the night

Dockgate by Michael Grey MBE

Michael Grey

A need for more pride in navigation


industry we are still to ready to scapegoat, and write “human error” as the obvious conclusion of an accident, when causes tended to be rather more complex. And of course, there is more to any accident than squashed steelwork and business for the repair yard – those involved will experience a terrible and possibly career-ending trauma. So we really need to learn from accidents. Bridge resource management is recommended as a valuable tool for navigational safety, although it is worth noting that if there is only a single exhausted person on the bridge of a hard-pressed ship, staying awake and alert is an important priority. Other tools suggested were external navigational assessments, the use of mentoring, and the need to keep procedures both manageable and practical. Good questions were asked about how you ‘prepare’ to command a ship – what practice do you ever get in handling a vessel? And as has often been emphasised in casualty ‘post mortems’, it is one thing to call out your orders in a loud, clear voice, but if the chap on the wheel speaks any known language, or if he tells you he understands at your ‘toolbox talk’, when he hasn’t the foggiest of what you are on about, it is but one step to bent metal, or worse. It’s a funny old industry, when we are more connected than ever, but comprehend less.

On the record You would think it was possible to design a ship aboard which it was almost impossible to pollute the sea in which she floated. And even when you consider the cost of pollution in criminal sanctions and custodial sentences, why are ships going to sea with systems that lend themselves to deliberate, or even accidental, pollution? And then you wonder at the staggering $40m fine levied on the Carnival group for their deliberate violations of MARPOL, after staff on five of their huge cruise ships were

found to have discharged oil-contaminated waste into the sea, rather than pay to have it landed ashore. It was only revealed when a brave junior engineer blew the whistle on their malpractices. The more ‘transparency, credibility and traceability’ when keeping track of oil aboard ship the better, as it is a complicated business and has been the source of endless grief on all sides. So let us raise a cheer for the Liberian Register, which has developed an electronic Oil Record Book which can replace all the uncertainties and problems with the old paper version. Launched last year, the software application has struck a lot of bells in the industry and more than 120 owners and operators are now using it on their vessels. You would like to think that they are rather less likely to be undertaking peculiar business with the contents of their tanks.

Super servant If you are in the top echelon of super yacht owners, you might not want the decks of your gigantic craft cluttered up with all the helicopters, launches, dinghies, jetskis and what the in-crowd describe as “toys”. So what you need is a superyacht support vessel in attendance, to provide all this gubbins and accommodation for all the extra staff you might require on your cruise. For a very reasonable €40m, Dutch shipbuilders Damen has just the support you are looking for and its ‘demonstrator’ model was in the Pool of London in the spring to show off its attractions to potential buyers. At 70 m in length, the support vessel Game Changer appeared about half the size of the cruiser HMS Belfast, so you would be getting a lot of ship for your money. With 12,000 hp, the craft, which features the striking Sea Axe bow and a helicopter platform with a lift down into the hangar has a top speed of 20 knots so it can rush into port to summon up fresh supplies of exotic stores for your mothership. You feel she ought to have a starring role in a Bond movie. SORJ

Dockgate

The Game Changer in the Thames

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FRANCE, MONACO, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, BELGIUM, SPAIN & PORTUGAL AND BALKAN STATESMMI EUROPE LTDLe Forum, BP 74, 33 Boulevard du General Leclerc’06240 Beausoleil, Provence, FranceTel: +33 (493) 285 334Mobile: +33 661 755 596, +44 7824 415 547Email: [email protected] Web: www.mmi-europe.com Contact: Capt. Latcho StoyanovShipyardsA&P Shipyards – Falmouth, Tyne and Tees, UKAbu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) – Abu Dhabi,UAE (IT, MON, CHE, BEL, Balkan only)Bulyard – Varna, Bulgaria Baltyard – Gdynia, PolandCarell SA - Piraeus, GreeceCARENA - Ivory CoastCARIDOC - TrinidadCassar Ship Repair – Malta (FR, IT, MON, CHE only)CIC Shipyards Group – Changxing, Lixin and Boluomiao, ChinaChengXi Shipyard - ChinaDetyens shipyards – USA (FR, IT, MON, CHE only)EBH Shipyards – Durban and Cape Town, South AfricaEBH Namibia – Walvis Bay, NamibiaGZ Dockyards – Guangzhou, ChinaKeppel Shipyard Group - Singapore, Philippines and Qatar (FR, SP, PT, Balkan only)Larsen & Toubro Shipbuilding - Chennai, IndiaMEC Panama - PanamaNavantia – Spain (FR, IT, MON, Balkan only)N-KOM Shipyard - Ras Laffan, Qatar (FR, SP, PT, Balkan only)Shanghai Shipyard Shiprepair Division – ChinaTandanor – Buenos Aires, Argentina (FR, SP, PT, Balkan only)Yiu Lian Dockyards – Shekhou, Shenzen, China Marine ServicesTruMarine Group• PMax One Services – Singapore • TruMarine Dubai• TruMarine Singapore• TruMarine China - Shanghai, Zhoushan, Guangzhou & Tianjin • TruMarine Rotterdam• TruMarine HoustonDongsung Engineering - South KoreaElectro Marine - South AfricaKwang-Youn-Gi Engineering - TaiwanMarine Services and Shipping Ltd - UKMHI Ship Repair & Services - USAPB Asher - UKPort Marine Contractors - South Africa Singatac Engineering - SingaporeVersitec Marine - CanadaOceanSaver (BWTS) – Oslo, Norway(IT, FR, MON, CHE, Balkan only)BIO SEA by BIO UV (BWTS) – Lunel, France(MON, CHE, Balkan only)

HEMPSTEAD MARINE SERVICES31 Mitchell Street,Putney, Sydney, NSW 2112, AustraliaTel: + 61 2980 85851Fax: +61 2980 85851Mobile: +61 419880099Email: [email protected]

Australia

G15 Challenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6DP, United Kingdom Contact: Mike McMahon Tel: +44 1908 378822 Fax: +44 1908 378828 Email: [email protected] Web: www.shiprepairagents.org

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LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, POLAND, RUSSIA, UKRAINE ORCA MARINE UAB

Nemuno str. 153, LT-93262, Klaipeda, LithuaniaTel: +370 46 246430 Mobile: +370 650 40900Email: [email protected]: www.orca-marine.euContact: Viktoras CernuseviciusShipyards:ASABA Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea);ASMAR Shipyard (Chile);BRODOTROGIR D.D. Shipyard Trogir (Croatia);CARENA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast);CHANTIER NAVAL de MARSEILLE (France);COLOMBO Dockyards (Sri, Lanka);COSCO Shipyards Group:• COSCO Dalian (China);• COSCO Nantong (China);• COSCO Shanghai (China);• COSCO Zhoushan (China);• COSCO Guangdong (China);• COSCO Lyanungang (China);DAVIE (Quebec, Canada);DETYENS Shipyard (N. Charleston, USA);DONG SUNG Engineering & Shiprepair (S.Korea);ELGIN BROWN and HAMER Group:• Durban (South Africa);• Cape Town (South Africa);• East London (South Africa);• Walvis Bay (Namibia);DAMEN Shiprepair Group:• DAMEN Shiprepair Dunkerque (France);• DAMEN Shiprepair Oranjewerf Amsterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Brest (France);• DAMEN Shiprepair Den Helder (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Vlissingen (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Amsterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Harlingen (Netherlands);• DAMEN Oskarshamnsvarvet (Sweden);• DAMEN Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Curacao (Curacao, Dutch Antilles).ENAVI Reparos Navais (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil);FAMA Group (Cyprus);GIBDOCK (Gibraltar);HARLAND & WOLFF (Belfast, UK);SEMBCORP (Singapore);MEC Shipyards (Panama);NARP Shiprepair:• Hidrodinamik (Tuzla,Turkey);

ESMA Marine Agencies B.V.Kuiperbergweg 35, 1101 AE Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTel: +31 20 3121350Email: [email protected]: www.esma.nlContact: Marcus WeggemanDirect: +31 20 3121353Mobile: +31 6 51408082

Contact: Atie WitteDirect: +31 20 3121366Companies Exclusively RepresentedEUROPELisnave – Setubal – PortugalGemak Group – Istanbul -TurkeyRiga Shipyard – Riga – LatviaWest Sea Viana Shipyard – Viana do Castelo – PortugalMIDDLE EASTDrydocks World – Dubai – UAEDrydocks World Global Offshore ServicesDMC Dubai Maritime City, ShipliftFAR EASTPaxOcean Asia• PaxOcean Singapore• PaxOcean Pertama – Batam – Indonesia• PaxOcean Graha – Batam – Indonesia• PaxOcean Nanindah – Batam – IndonesiaCHINACosco Shipyard Group• Cosco Dalian Shipyard• Cosco Nantong Shipyard• Cosco Qidong Shipyard• Cosco Shanghai Shipyard• Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard• Cosco Guangdong ShipyardPaxOcean Asia• PaxOcean ZhoushanWEST AFRICADakarnave – Dakar- SenegalCNIC – Douala – CameroonSOUTH AMERICAS.P.I. – Mar del Plata – Argentina

PC MARITIME SERVICES BV

PO Box 139, 1740 AC Schagen, NetherlandsTel: +31 224 295 070Mobile: +31 620 011 607Fax: +31 224 297 591Email: [email protected]: Hans StoopShipyardsElgin Brown & Hamer Group• Durban (South Africa)• Cape Town (South Africa)• Walvis Bay (Namibia)East London Shipyard (South Africa)Yiu Lian Dockyards/China Merchants Heavy Industry• Shekou (China)• Hong KongDaeyang Shipyard, Dalian (China)Marco Polo Shipyard, Batam (Indonesia)Western India Shipyard, Goa (India)BLRT Grupp• Western Shiprepair (Lithuania)• Tallinn Shipyards (Estonia)• Turku repair Yard (Finland)A&P Group (UK)Alnmaritec, Blyth (UK)Gibdock (Gibraltar)Tole Tivat Shipyard (Montenegro)Hidrodinamik, Tuzla (Turkey)Besiktas, Yalova (Turkey)Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport (Bahamas)Riding repair teamsHenar (Poland)Port repairsHSECO Port Repairs, Pusan (Korea)

Agents Contact Directory

AYS SHIPREPAIRyour local partner for all your worldwide repair matters - we are 24/7 at your service.Slenerweg 108, 7848AK Schoonoord, The NetherlandsContact: Hilka Willms Tel: +31 647 952 452Email: [email protected]: www.aysshiprepair.nlCompanies RepresentedOresund Dry Docks, SwedenKRZ-Terem Flotski Arsenal, BulgariaDetyens, US EastcoastCotecmar, ColombiaIMC-Yongyue, Zhoushan (China)HRDD, Shanghai (China)Qingdao Beihai , Qingdao (China)DSIC , Dalian (China)Orient - Busan, Korea Thales , NS Wales (Australia) Afloat repair - ServicesBMT – Algerciras – Barcelona - ValenciaBludworth Marine - HoustonMapamar – BrazilHSECO - KoreaDivers:Trident – World Wide

• Kuzey Star Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey);• Kiran/Erkal Tuzla (Tuzla, Turkey);OMAN DRYDOCK (Oman);SIMA (Peru);SAN GIORGIO del PORTO (Genova, Italy);TANDANOR (Buenos Aires, Argentina);TSAKOS Industrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay);ZAMAKONA Yards:• Zamakona Pasaia (Spain);• Zamakona Las Palmas (Canary Isl., Spain);Marine Service Companies:ARGO NAVIS (Greece) - Marine consulting & engineering(BWTS, SOxNOx);CHINAPORT CLEANSEAS - de-slopping, cleaning (China);DGS Industrial & Naval (Brazil) - afloat repairs;ELSSI - Drug & Alcohol Testing;ONE NET - satelite communications, bridge equipment service;ONE TECH - technical service;RANDOX - Drug & Alcohol Testing;SYM - afloat repairs & marine services.

Web: www.hempsteadmarine.comContact: Iain HempsteadCompanies RepresentedSembcorp Marine, SingaporeSES Marine, SingaporeSembawang Kakinada Ltd, Kakinada, IndiaES Offshore and Marine Engineering, Thailand



HOLLAND MARITIME SOLUTIONSOffice addressJohan van Twickelstraat 1 7431 GG Diepenveen, The NetherlandsPostal addressPO Box 5143, 3295 ZG ‘s-Gravendeel, The NetherlandsTel: +31 6 52415991Web: http://www.homaso.nlEmail: [email protected]: [email protected]: Paul van DijkCompanies RepresentedArab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY ) – (Bahrain, Hidd)Atlantis Marine Service Ltd – (Turkey, Istanbul)Astilleros de Santander SA (Astander) – (Spain, Cantabria)Astilleros Canarios SA (Astican) – (Spain [Canary Islands],Las Palmas)Caribbean Dockyard & Engineering Services Limited (CDESL) –(Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain)Ciramar Shipyards International Trading Co., Ltd. (CITCL) –Carell S.A (Greece)ENA Entreprise Nouvelle Antillaise (Martininque)(Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo)Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. – (USA, Norfolk)Dongsung Engineering & Shiprepair Co. Ltd. – (South Korea, Ulsan)Dormac Marine & Engineering – (South Africa, Durban, CapeTown, Saldanha Bay, Walvis Bay)Fama Group Shipyards - (Cyprus, Limassol Division)Fama Group Shipyards - (Egypt, Alexandria Division)Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering – (Malaysia, PasirGudang and Johor)MTG - Dolphin - (Varna, Bulgaria)MEC Repairs - (S.A. Balboa, Veracruz)Naval Shipyard (Poland, S.A. Gdynia) Shanghai Willing – (China, Shanghai)- Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd. – (China, Jiangyin)- Daeyang Shipyard Co. Ltd. – (China, Dalian)- Guangzhou Dockyards Co. Ltd. – (China, Guangzhou)- Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. – (China, Qingdao)- Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. – (China, Qinhuangdao)- Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services Co. Ltd. (DSIC)– (China, Dalian)Shin Kasado Dockyard Co., Ltd. – (Japan, Kudamatsu City)Tsakos Industrias Navales S.A. – (Uruguay, Montevideo)Vancouver Shipyards – (Canada, Vancouver)Victoria Shipyards – (Canada, Victoria)

AIMSSBavelselaan 26, 4835 GM Breda, The NetherlandsTel: +31 76 889 20 42Email: [email protected]: www.aimsseurope.comContact: Sami GolestanianEmail: [email protected]: +31 6 28 96 38 48Contact: Onno KramerEmail: [email protected]: +31 6 27 28 90 98Shipyards• AGH- Bandar Abbas, Iran• Bugwang Shipyard- Busan/ Mokpo/ Yeosu, Korea• IMC-YY- Zhoushan, China• Nico International- Fujairah, UAE• PaxOcean- Zhoushan, China• TNG- Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico• World Marine- Mobile, AlabamaRepair Services & Supplies• BAS Marine- Panama

COMBITRADE GMBH

Burchardstraße 8, 20095 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +49 40 80 80 110 600Fax: +49 40 80 80 110 699Email: [email protected]: Andreas Schou (+49 172 453 5135)Contact: Timo Schultze (+49 172 453 9610)Contact: Marco Löffelholz (+49 172 443 3578) Contact: Stella Philipsen (+49 172 434 2812)Shipyards RepresentedEUROPEA&P Tyne (UK)A&P Tees (UK)A&P Falmouth (UK)Desan Shipyard (Turkey)Gibdock (Gibraltar)Nauta Shipyard (Poland)Mykolaiv Shipyard ‘OKEAN’ (Ukraine)MIDDLE EASTArab Heavy Industries (U.A.E)AFRICAElgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. – Walvis Bay (Namibia)Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. (Elgin Brown & Hamer Group) –(Durban – Capetown – East London) (South Africa)SINGAPORESingapore Technologie Marine (Singapore)INDIAN OCEANColombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka)FAR EASTCIC Changxing Shipyard (Shanghai)

A. P. & A. LTD (CHINA)No. 9 Block1, Feng Quan Yuan, Guang Yuan East RoadXing Tang, Zheng Cheng, Guangdong 511340, P.R. ChinaTel: +86 20 8280 7680Email: [email protected]: Haojun LiaoCompanies Represented (in China and Hong Kong)Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland)

WSR SERVICES LTD

234 Ayias Fylaxeos, CY 3082 Limassol, CyprusTel: +357 25344418Email: [email protected]: www.umarwsr.comCompanies Represented – ShipyardsASRY - BahrainChengxi Shipyard - Shanghai & GuangzhouCiramar - Dominican RepublicColombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri LankaDakarnave - Dakar, SenegalDetyens Shipyards - Charleston, USADormac Marine & Engineering - South AfricaEDR Antwerp - BelgiumFAYARD A/S - Munkebo, DenmarkGerman Dry Docks - Bremerhaven, GermanyGemak Shipyard - TurkeyHRDD Dockyard - Shanghai/ChinaLisnave Estaleiros Navais - Setubal, PortugalLoyd Werft - Bremerhaven, GermanyMarina Barcelona 92 - SpainMTG Dolphin - Varna, BulgariaPapua New Guinea Dockyard LimitedRiga Ship Yard - LatviaZhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd - ChinaSembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades - SingaporeShanhaiguan Shipyard - North ChinaSociber - Valparaiso, ChileViktor Lenac - Rijeka, CroatiaZhoushan IMC YY - ChinaWeihai Huadong Shipyard - North ChinaHarland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. IrelandCaribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & TobagoTNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , MexicoUnderwater and Afloat

JML SHIPYARDS & MARINE ABNorra Hamngatan 38, 45740 FjällbackaSwedenTel: +46 (0) 525 31083Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing DirectorMobile: +46 (0) 702203741Email: [email protected]: Markus Larsson, PartnerMobile: +46 (0) 702203743Email: [email protected]: www.jmlshipyards.comShipyards RepresentedNORTH AMERICA/CARIBBEANCiramar Shipyard, Dominican RepublicTNG Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruuz MexicoSignal Shiprepair, Alabama USAChantier Davie Quebec CanadaFAR EASTDSIC Dalian Shipyard ChinaChengxi Shipyard Group ChinaPaxOcean Zhoushan ChinaPaxOcean Shipyard SingaporePaxOcean Shipyard Batam, IndonesiaMIDDLE EASTDrydocks World, Dubai UAEMEDITERRANEANDesan Shipyard TurkeyChantier de Marseille, FranceSan Giorgio del Porto, Genoa ItalyEUROPE/ATLANTICLloydwerft Bremerhaven GermanyAfloat RepairGlobal Offshore Service, Dubai UAEOffshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

Germany

ChinaDenmark

Cyprus

Finland

JML SHIPYARDS & MARINE ABNorra Hamngatan 38, 45740 Fjällbacka, SwedenTel: +46 (0) 525 31083Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing DirectorMobile: +46 (0) 702203741Email: [email protected]: Markus Larsson, PartnerMobile: +46 (0) 702203743Email: [email protected]: www.jmlshipyards.comShipyards RepresentedNORTH AMERICA/CARIBBEANCiramar Shipyard, Dominican RepublicTNG Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruuz MexicoSignal Shiprepair, Alabama USAChantier Davie Quebec CanadaFAR EASTDSIC Dalian Shipyard ChinaChengxi Shipyard Group ChinaPaxOcean Zhoushan ChinaPaxOcean Shipyard SingaporePaxOcean Shipyard Batam, IndonesiaMIDDLE EASTDrydocks World, Dubai UAEMEDITERRANEANDesan Shipyard TurkeyChantier de Marseille, FranceSan Giorgio del Porto, Genoa ItalyEUROPE/ATLANTICLloydwerft Bremerhaven GermanyAfloat RepairGlobal Offshore Service, Dubai UAEOffshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

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CIC Lixin Shipyard (Shanghai)CIC Boluomiao Shipyard (Guangzhou)CSBC Kaohsiung (Taiwan)CSBC Keelung (Taiwan)Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding - CSSC (Guangzhou)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdao)CENTRAL AMERICACaribbean Drydock (Cuba)SOUTH AMERICATsakos Industrias Navales (Uruguay)Special ServicesEdilcom Ou – worldwide (Thickness Measurement, Flying Squad),Entirely Shipping & Trading - Romania (afloat voyage repair/main engine overhaul),Marine Technical Services (MTS) - worldwide (Port Repair,Voyage Repair),Marcontrel – worldwide (Port Repair, Voyage Repair and ElectricCargo Crane Automation),Marship (afloat repair with own berth/voyage repair in European ports/yards),STEP Consolidated – workshops in Brazil, Portugal and SouthAfrica(Port Repair, Voyage Repair incl Flying Squads)M.M. Shipping - Whole Indian Coast(port/voyage repair/spares supply)Seagull Marine – SE Asia (Port Repair, Voyage Repair,specialised in PBCT propeller)Dai Hwa Engineering – Korea (Port Repair, Voyage Repair),Shanghai Ocean Credence – Chinese coast (Port Repair, Voyage Repair),Guangzhou Xinwanghai Shipping Services – Chinese coast (PortRepair, Voyage Repair incl In-Water Surveys/Cleanings),Kwang-Youn-Gi Engineering Co. Ltd – Taiwan (Repair workshopwith flying squad),Alnmaritec (Aluminium-Workboats),Port Marine Contractors (PTY) LTD – South Africa (Port Repair, Voyage Repair)Pasras - Balboa(port repair, specialised in ship’s automation/main engine remote & safety)Yards Represented by Ernst Russ Reederei GmbH & Co KG (Mother Company)Tel: +49 40 80 80 110 600Email: [email protected] Shipyard (North of Spain)MTG Dolphin (Bulgaria)PERSIAN GULFHEISCO (Kuwait)FAR EASTHyundai Vinashin (Vietnam)CENTRAL AMERICACuracao Drydock Company (Curacao)Curacao Drydock (Netherlands Antilles)

GERMANIA SHIPYARD AGENCY GMBH

Schauenburgerstr. 35, 20095 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +494030087799Fax: +494030382 607Email: [email protected]: www.shipyard-agency.comContacts: Christof Gross, Heinz Gross, Thomas Meyer-StockShipyardsNorth America/Central America/CaribbeanChantier Davie Canada Inc. Quebec ,CanadaDetyens Shipyard Charleston,USACiramar Shipyards International Trading Co., Ltd, Dom.RepMare Island Dry Dock, LLC, USA, California MEC Repairs, S.A., Panama Seaspan Vancouver Drydock, CanadaSeaspan Victoria Shipyards Company Ltd, CanadaTNG Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruz MexicoFar East

DDW-PaxOcean Shipyard Pte. Ltd, SingaporeDDW-PaxOcean Asia – Pertama, Indonesia DSIC Dalian ShipyardHuarun Dadong Dockyard Co.,Ltd, ChinaPaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co Ltd, ChinaQingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, ChinaYiu Lian Dockyards Limited, HongkongYiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited, China Zhoushan IMC YY ShipyardPersian GulfDrydocks World – Dubai LLC, UAEMed/Black SeaCarell S.A., Greece Chantier Naval der Marseille, FranceSan Giorgio del Porto Genoa, ItalySefine Shipyard, TurkeyEurope Atlantic/BalticAstander, Santander,SpainAstican , Gran Canarias,Spain Baltyard, Gdynia Bredo Bremerhavener Dock GmbH, GermanyBlohm&Voss Repair GmbH,Hamburg GermanyHarland&Wolff HI. Belfast, UKHSOG LTD. UK Oresund Drydocks, SwedenPregol Shipyard KaliningradAfloat CompaniesBludworth Marine, USABMT Repairs, SpainDrydocks World Global Offshore Services, UAEHON Marine, MalaysiaLongkong Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, ChinaOceantrans Marine Services Co. Ltd, ChinaOffshore Inland Marine & Oilfield, LLC, USAMarineService Hirthals A.S., DenmarkROG Rotterdam Offshore Group, Netherlands Subsea Global Solutions Miami, USASubsea Global Solutions Los Angeles, USASubsea Global Solutions Seattle, USASubsea Global Solutions Tampa, USASubsea Global Solutions Houston, USASubsea Global Solutions PanamaSubsea Global Solutions Curacao Netherlands AntillesSubsea Global Solutions Trinidad , Trinidad and TobagoTrident BV. NetherlandsTrident ItaliaTrident MaltaUMA Marine Group,IndiaSpares and EquipmentBrightsun Marine Pte. Ltd, SingaporeSunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company, ChinaSenda Shipping Engineering & Service Ltd, China Terragon Environmental Technologies Inc, Canada

A. P. & A. LTD (GREECE)Bona Vista Plaza, 3 Xanthou Street, 166 74 Glyfada, Athens, GreeceTel: +30 210 8983 463Fax: +30 210 8983 434Email: [email protected]: Ingrid Papadakis, Nikolaos AlmyroudisShipyards RepresentedASL Batam Shipyard (Indonesia)Astilleros Cernaval Shipyard (Spain)Bredo Shipyard (Germany)Chengxi Shipyard (China)Chengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) (China)China Shipping Industry (China)Ciramar Shipyard (Dominican Rep)COSCO Shipyard Group (China)• Dalian• Guangdong

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• Lianyungang• Nantong• Shanghai• ZhoushanCuracao Drydock Company (Netherland Antilles)Gisan Shipyard (Turkey)Jurong Shipyard (Singapore)Paxocean Zhoushan Shipyard (China)Santierul Naval Constantza ShipyardShanhaiguan Shipyard (China)Talleres Navales Del Golfo Shipyard (Mexico)Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey)Tsakos Industrias Navales (Uruguay)Yiu Lian Dockyards (China)

T J GIAVRIDIS MARINE SERVICES CO LTD

1 Kanari Str. & 79 Akti Miaouli 18537, Piraeus, GreeceTel: (0030) 210-4516 195, (0030) 210-4180 593Fax: (0030) 210-4182 432Email: [email protected]: www.giavridisgroup.grContact: Mr John GiavridisMobile: +00306936201988Contact: Mr Nikolaos GiavridisMobile: +00306936766165List of Shipyards and Ship Repairers RepresentedAFRICAElgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. – Walvis Bay (Namibia)East London Ship Yards (Pty) Ltd. – (Elgin Brown & HamerGroup) (South Africa)Electro Marine (Pty) Ltd. (Elgin Brown & Hamer Group) (South Africa)Elgin Brown & Hamer Pty. Ltd. (Elgin Brown & Hamer Group) – (Durban – Capetown – East London) (South Africa)Port Marine Contractors Pty. Ltd. (Elgin Brown & Hamer)

(South Africa) AMERICASCiramar Shipyards (Dominican Republic)Detyens Shipyard Inc. (DSi) (USA) G.C. Maritime Services (USA)L.A. Maritime Services (USA)Mapamar (Brazil)Marine Hydraulics International (Mhi) (USA) Proios S.A. (Argentina)Talleres Industriales S.A. (Panama)Tandanor – Talleres Navales Darsena (Tandanor Shipyard)

(Argentina)Tru - Marine HoustonWashington Marine Group Shipyards (Canada)Vancouver Drydock Co. (Washington Marine Group) (Canada)Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. (Washington Marine Group)

(Canada) Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd. (Washington Marine Group) (Canada) ASIAArab Eagle Marine Engineering Llc.

(Keppel Offshore & Marine Group) (UAE) Arab Heavy Industries –

(Keppel Offshore & Marine Group) (UAE)Cic Shanghai Changxing ShipyardCosco Total Automation Co. Ltd. (China)Cosco Shipyard Group (China)Cosco Dalian Shipyard (China)Cosco Guandong Shipyard (China) Cosco Nantong Shipyard (China) Cosco Zhou Shan Shipyard (China)Cosco Shanghai Shipyard (China) Cosco Lianyungang Shipyard (China) Cosco Xiamen Shipyard (China)Cosco Shipyard Qingdao Co. Ltd (China)Dalian Cosco Rikky Ocean Engineering Co. Ltd. (China)Dong Sung Engineering (S. Korea)Keppel Philippines Marine Inc.

(Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. of Singapore) (Philippines)Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Keppel Group) (Philippines)Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd Group (Singapore)Keppel Shipyard Ltd. Benoi Yard (Singapore)Keppel Shipyard Ltd. Gul Yard (Singapore)Keppel Shipyard Ltd. Tuas Yard (Singapore)Kwang Youn Gi Engineering (Taiwan)Nakilat Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel Group) (Qatar) Long Kong Marine Engineering (China)Shanghaiguan Shipyard (China)Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (Japan)Subic Shipyard And Engineering Inc. (Keppel Group)

(Philippines) Tru - Marine Pte. Ltd Tru - Marine SharjahYiu Lian Dockyards (She Kou) Ltd (China)EUROPEAdriatic Shipyard Bijela (Montenegro)Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican Shipyard) (Spain)Astilleros De Santander (Astander Shipyard) (Spain) Biga Group Ltd (Croatia) Odessos Shiprepair Yard S.A. (Bulgaria)Brodotrogir Shipyard (Trogir) (Croatia)Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.P.A. (Italy) Fincantieri Muggiano Shipyard (Italy) Fincantieri Palermo Shipyard (Italy) Fincantieri Trieste Shipyard (Italy) Gryfia Shipyard (Poland)Keppel Verolme B.V. (Keppel Offshore & Marine Group)

(Netherlands) Marineshaft Hirtshals A.S. (Denmark)Naval Shipyard Gdynia S.A. (Poland)Navikon Ship Repair Yard Ltd (Poland)Riga Shipyard (Latvia)Tru - Marine RotterdamTyzla Shipyard (Turkey)OCEANIABabcock Fitzroy Ltd (New Zealand)

RESOLUTE MARITIME SERVICES INC. 233, Syngrou Avenue, 171 21 N. Smyrni, Athens - GreeceTel: +30 211 182 9000 or +30 211 182 8991Fax: +30 211 182 9002Email: [email protected]: www.resolute.grContact: Alex Scaramangas & Nikos PappasPrincipalsAsry (Bahrain)Dakarnave (Senegal) Lisnave (Portugal)Gemak/TGE Shipyards (Turkey)CAPPS International UKCo-operation with Ciramar (Dominican Republic)CL Marine - Caribbean Dockyard (Trinidad and Tobago) Dalian Daeyang Shipyard (China) Daishan Haizhou Shipyard (China)Fujian Huadong Shipyard (China)Signal Ship Repair (Mobile, Alabama, US Gulf)

WSR SERVICES LTD

Klisovis 1, 18538 Piraeus, GreeceTel: +3021 0428 2552Email: [email protected]: www.umarwsr.comCompanies Represented – ShipyardsChengxi Shipyard - Shanghai & GuangzhouCiramar - Dominican Republic




CAMBIASO RISSO SERVICES SAMGildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, MonacoSwitchboard: + 377 98801360Fax: + 377 97987848Email: [email protected]: www.cambiasorissoservice.comContact: Massimiliano (Max) IgueraDirect Line: +377 98 801361Mobile: +33 640 623327Private email: [email protected]: Andrea MignoneDirect Line: + 377 98801363Mobile: +33 640616595 /+39 338 6627504Contact: Giovanni PalumboDirect Line: + 377 98801362Mobile: +33 640616602 /+39 335 5961324Contact: Marco BorzianiDirect Line: + 377 98801364Mobile: +33 640623184Companies RepresentedASMAR, ChileChina Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan)• Kahosiung Shipyard• Keelung ShipyardCosco Shipping Heavy Industry• Cosco Dalian Shipyard• Cosco Guangdong Shipyard• Cosco Nantong Shipyard• Cosco Shanghai Shipyard• Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard• Cosco Qidong Offshore• Cic Changxing Shipyard• Cic Boluomiao Shipyard• Nacks • Dacks• Cic JiangsuDakarnave (Senegal)Detyens Shipyard (USA)Drydocks World Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Drydocks World SingaporeElefsis Shipyards and Neorion Shipyard (Greece)Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa)Elgin Brown & Hamer Walvis Bay (Namibia)Enavi (Brasil)Fincantieri Group (Italy)Gdansk Shiprepair Yard (Poland)GMD SHipyard (New York)Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas)Halifax ShipyardHong Kong United Dockyard (HK)IMC – Yy Zhoushan (Zhoushan, China),Keppel Philippines• Batangas Yard• Subic ShipyardKeppel Verolme (The Netherlands)Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA (Portugal)MEC PanamaOdessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria)Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China)Santierul Naval Costanta (Romania)Scamp Network Ltd (Gibraltar)Smit International (Rotterdam)Todd Pacific Shipyard (Seattle)Tsakos Indusrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay)Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey)Unithai Shipyard & Engineering (Thailand)Western India Shipyard (India)

MARLAND TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD.

702 Fortress Tower; 250 King’s Road, Hong KongTel: (852) 2571 9322Fax: (852) 2806 3153Email: [email protected]: www.marland.com.hkContact: Tony Ip, Director and Marketing ManagerContact: CK Yim, Managing DirectorShipyards RepresentedArab Shipbuilding & Repair Yards – ASRY (Bahrain)ASL Shipyard Pte. Ltd. (Indonesia Batam)Dong Sang Engineering & Shipreapir Co. (Korea South)Hong Kong Yiu Lian Dockyard (Hong Kong SAR)Shan Hai Guan Shipyard (China North)Shekou Yiu Lian Dockyard (China South)Zhoushan Longshan Shipyard (China East)

BANCHERO COSTA & C.Agenzia Marittima S.p.A., 2 Via Pammatone, 16121 Genoa, ItalyTel: +39 010 5631 626/629/634Fax: +39 010 5631 602Email: [email protected]: www.bancosta.itContact: Fabio BertoliniMobile: +39 335 8078217Contact: Daniele PerottiMobile: +39 335 7366801Contact: Giovanna XimoneMobile: +39 335 7366802Companies RepresentedArdent Salvage (The Netherlands)Astilleros Cernaval, Algeciras (Spain)Astilleros Mario Lopez, Malaga (Spain)Chengxi Shipyard (China)CMR Tunisie (Tunisia)Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka)Cromwell & C. (Argentina)Damen Shiprepair & Conversion•Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (The Netherlands)•Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)•Damen Shiprepair Brest (France)•Damen Shipyards Den Helder (The Netherlands)•Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (France)•Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (The Netherlands)•Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet (Sweden)•Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam (The Netherlands)•Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (The Netherlands)•Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (The Netherlands)•Damen Shipyards Sharjah-Albwardy Marine Engineering (UAE)• Damen Curacao shipyardDIANCA Astilleros (Venezuela)EST Engineering Ship Technology (Singapore)Gemak Shipyard (Turkey)General Naval Control (Italy)Guangzhou Dengtai Shipyard (China)Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (South Korea)Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (Vietnam)Komas-Korean Maritime Repairs Service (South Korea)Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Malaysia)MSR Gryfia Shiprepair Yard (Poland)Pregol Shiprepair Yard - Kaliningrad (Russian Federation)Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China)Riga Shipyard (Latvia)Sasebo Heavy Industries (Japan)Shanghai Shipyard (China)Sociber (Chile)SYM (Barcelona, Spain - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)ST MarineUnderwater Shipcare, Singapore,Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (China)

CAMBIASO RISSO SERVICES SAMGildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, MonacoSwitchboard: + 377 98801360

INTERLINKS MARINE ENTERPRISESPVT. LTD.607, Raheja Chambers, Nariman Point,Mumbai 400 021 , IndiaTel: +91 22 62216798Fax: +91 22 62216799Email: [email protected]: www.interlinksmarine.comContact: Vijay Jain, Chairman & MDMobile: +91 9867695525Shipyards RepresentedASRY (Bahrain)Brodotrogir Shipyard (Trogir – Croatia)Odesso Shiprepair Yard (Varna – Bulgaria)Serdijn Ship Repair (Rotterdam – Netherlands)

Hong Kong

Italy

India

DGS Industrial & Naval Ltd, BrazilMetalships & Docks (Vigo - Spain)Marine Services CompaniesInterlinks Marine Services Ltd. London(For Air Compressors Spares of European origin)Interlinks Marine Europe Inc(For Spares of Far Eastern origin)

Fax: + 377 97987848Email: [email protected]: www.cambiasorissoservice.comContact: Massimiliano (Max) IgueraDirect Line: +377 98 801361Mobile: +33 640 623327Private email: [email protected]: Andrea MignoneDirect Line: + 377 98801363Mobile: +33 640616595 /+39 338 6627504Contact: Giovanni PalumboDirect Line: + 377 98801362Mobile: +33 640616602 /+39 335 5961324Contact: Marco BorzianiDirect Line: + 377 98801364Mobile: +33 640623184 Companies RepresentedASMAR, ChileChina Shipbuilding Corporation (Taiwan)• Kahosiung Shipyard• Keelung ShipyardCosco Shipping Heavy Industry• Cosco Dalian Shipyard• Cosco Guangdong Shipyard• Cosco Nantong Shipyard• Cosco Shanghai Shipyard• Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard• Cosco Qidong Offshore• Cic Changxing Shipyard• Cic Boluomiao Shipyard• Nacks • Dacks• Cic JiangsuDakarnave (Senegal)Detyens Shipyard (USA)Drydocks World Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Drydocks World SingaporeElefsis Shipyards and Neorion Shipyard (Greece)Elgin Brown & Hamer (South Africa)Elgin Brown & Hamer Walvis Bay (Namibia)Enavi (Brasil)Fincantieri Group (Italy)Gdansk Shiprepair Yard (Poland)GMD SHipyard (New York)Grand Bahama Shipyard (Bahamas)Halifax ShipyardHong Kong United Dockyard (HK)IMC – Yy Zhoushan (Zhoushan, China),Keppel Philippines• Batangas Yard• Subic ShipyardKeppel Verolme (The Netherlands)Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA (Portugal)MEC PanamaOdessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria)Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (China)Santierul Naval Costanta (Romania)Scamp Network Ltd (Gibraltar)Smit International (Rotterdam)Todd Pacific Shipyard (Seattle)Tsakos Indusrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay)Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey)Unithai Shipyard & Engineering (Thailand)Western India Shipyard (India)

STUDIO TECNICO LONOCEVia G. D’Annunzio, 2/48, 16121, Genova, ItalyContact: Mr. Alfredo LonoceTel: +39 010 541794Mobile: +39 3356061912Email: [email protected] RepresentedKeppel ShipyardN-KomPaxocean Engineering Zhoushan

MonacoEDR Antwerp - BelgiumBLRT GRUPP - Estonia, Lithuania, FinlandMilaha Maritime & Logistics - QatarFAYARD A/S - Munkebo, DenmarkGerman Dry Docks - Bremerhaven, GermanyHRDD Dockyard - Shanghai/ChinaLoyd Werft - Bremerhaven, GermanyMTG Dolphin - Varna, BulgariaPapua New Guinea Dockyard LimitedZhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd - ChinaShanhaiguan Shipyard - North ChinaViktor Lenac - Rijeka, CroatiaWeihai Huadong Shipyard - North ChinaZhoushan IMC YY - ChinaHarland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. IrelandCIC Boluomiao Shipyard - S. ChinaCaribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & TobagoTNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , MexicoUnderwater and AfloatCromwell CIA - Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAvalontec Engineering - SingaporeJobson Italia - Italy, MoroccoNico International - UAEZener Maritime - India, SingaporeDolphin Diving Services - IndiaHydro Service Srl - ArgentinaN&A UW Inspection & Maintenance - EcuadorSebute S.A. Underwater services - Cartagena, ColombiaSubsea Global Solutions - Brazil, Curacao, Los Angeles, Malta,Miami, Panama, TrinidadLongKong Marine Eng. Co., Ltd - ChinaTechnodive Ltd - GreeceGarant Diving - LithuaniaROG Ship Repair - RotterdamTrident BV - The Netherlands, Las Palmas , Italy




VICTORIA MARITIME SERVICES

7 Avenue des Papalins, MC 98000, MonacoTel: +377 99995160Fax: +377 99995161Email: [email protected]: www.victoriamaritime.comContact: Luca Spinelli-Donati,

Maurizio Taviani, Julia SandmannShipyards RepresentedASRY (Bahrain);ASTANDER (Spain);ASTICAN (Spain);Besiktas Shipyard (Turkey);BLRT Group:• Tallinn Shipyard (Estonia)• Turku Repair Yard (Finland)• Western Shipyard (Lithuania)Chantier Naval de Marseille (France)Donsung Engineering & Shiprepair (Korea)Dormac (South Africa and Namibia)German Dry Docks (Germany)Huarun Dadong Dockyard (China)International Ship Repair & Marine Services (USA)Oresund Drydocks (Sweden)San Giorgio del Porto (Italy)SEMBCORP MARINE REPAIRS & UPGRADES (Singapore): • Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard ;• Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard;• Sembcorp Marine Benoi Yard;• Sembcorp Marine Tuas Road Yard;• Sembmarine Kakinada (India);• Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (Brazil).Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China)TANDANOR (Argentina)Talleres Navales del Golfo (Mexico)Viktor Lenac Shipyard (Croatia)Yu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong)Marine Service Companies RepresentedHarris Pye Group (UK)SES Marine Services (Singapore)Timmerman Industrial Repairs (The Netherlands)Turbo-Technick Repair Yard (Germany)

ESMA MARINE AGENCIES B.V.Kuiperbergweg 35, 1101 AE Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTel: +31 20 3121350Email: [email protected]: www.esma.nlContact: Marcus WeggemanDirect: +31 20 3121353Mobile: +31 6 51408082Contact: Atie WitteDirect: +31 20 3121366Companies Exclusively RepresentedEUROPELisnave – Setubal – PortugalGemak Group – Istanbul -TurkeyRiga Shipyard – Riga – LatviaWest Sea Viana Shipyard – Viana do Castelo – Portugal

The Netherlands

MIDDLE EASTDrydocks World – Dubai – UAEDrydocks World Global Offshore ServicesDMC Dubai Maritime City, ShipliftFAR EASTPaxOcean Asia• PaxOcean Singapore• PaxOcean Pertama – Batam – Indonesia• PaxOcean Graha – Batam – Indonesia• PaxOcean Nanindah – Batam – IndonesiaCHINACosco Shipyard Group• Cosco Dalian Shipyard• Cosco Nantong Shipyard• Cosco Qidong Shipyard• Cosco Shanghai Shipyard• Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard• Cosco Guangdong ShipyardPaxOcean Asia• PaxOcean ZhoushanWEST AFRICADakarnave – Dakar- Senegal CNIC – Douala – CameroonSOUTH AMERICAS.P.I. – Mar del Plata – Argentina

PC MARITIME SERVICES BV

PO Box 139, 1740 AC Schagen, NetherlandsTel: +31 224 295 070Mobile: +31 620 011 607Email: [email protected]: Hans StoopShipyardsElgin Brown & Hamer Group• Durban (South Africa)• Cape Town (South Africa)• Walvis Bay (Namibia)East London Shipyard (South Africa)Yiu Lian Dockyards/China Merchants Heavy Industry• Shekou (China)• Nantong (China)• Hong KongMarco Polo Shipyard, Batam (Indonesia)Oman Drydock Company, OmanBLRT Grupp• Western Shiprepair (Lithuania)• Tallinn Shipyards (Estonia)• Turku repair Yard (Finland)Harland and Wolff (Ireland)Gibdock (Gibraltar)Tole Tivat Shipyard (Bulgaria)Besiktas Shipyard, Yalova (Turkey)Hidrodinamik, Tuzla (Turkey)Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport (Bahamas)Davie Shipyard, Quebec (Canada)

HOLLAND MARITIME SOLUTIONS

Office addressJohan van Twickelstraat 1 7431 GG Diepenveen, The NetherlandsPostal addressPO Box 5143, 3295 ZG ‘s-Gravendeel, The NetherlandsTel: +31 6 52415991Web: http://www.homaso.nlEmail: [email protected]: [email protected]: Paul van DijkCompanies RepresentedArab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY ) – (Bahrain, Hidd)Atlantis Marine Service Ltd – (Turkey, Istanbul)Astilleros de Santander SA (Astander) – (Spain, Cantabria)Astilleros Canarios SA (Astican) – (Spain [Canary Islands],Las Palmas)Caribbean Dockyard & Engineering Services Limited (CDESL) –(Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain)Ciramar Shipyards International Trading Co., Ltd. (CITCL) –Carell S.A (Greece)ENA Entreprise Nouvelle Antillaise (Martininque)(Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo)Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. – (USA, Norfolk)Dongsung Engineering & Shiprepair Co. Ltd. – (South Korea, Ulsan)Dormac Marine & Engineering – (South Africa, Durban, CapeTown, Saldanha Bay, Walvis Bay)Fama Group Shipyards - (Cyprus, Limassol Division)Fama Group Shipyards - (Egypt, Alexandria Division)Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering – (Malaysia, PasirGudang and Johor)MTG - Dolphin - (Varna, Bulgaria)MEC Repairs - (S.A. Balboa, Veracruz)Naval Shipyard (Poland, S.A. Gdynia) Shanghai Willing – (China, Shanghai)- Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd. – (China, Jiangyin)- Daeyang Shipyard Co. Ltd. – (China, Dalian)- Guangzhou Dockyards Co. Ltd. – (China, Guangzhou)- Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. – (China, Qingdao)- Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. – (China, Qinhuangdao)- Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Services Co. Ltd. (DSIC)– (China, Dalian)Shin Kasado Dockyard Co., Ltd. – (Japan, Kudamatsu City)Tsakos Industrias Navales S.A. – (Uruguay, Montevideo)Vancouver Shipyards – (Canada, Vancouver)Victoria Shipyards – (Canada, Victoria)

JML SHIPYARDS & MARINE ABNorra Hamngatan 38, 45740 Fjällbacka SwedenTel: +46 (0) 525 31083Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing DirectorMobile: +46 (0) 702203741Email: [email protected]: Markus Larsson, PartnerMobile: +46 (0) 702203743Email: [email protected]: www.jmlshipyards.comShipyards RepresentedNORTH AMERICA/CARIBBEANCiramar Shipyard, Dominican RepublicTNG Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruuz MexicoSignal Shiprepair, Alabama USAChantier Davie Quebec CanadaFAR EASTDSIC Dalian Shipyard ChinaChengxi Shipyard Group ChinaPaxOcean Zhoushan ChinaPaxOcean Shipyard SingaporePaxOcean Shipyard Batam, IndonesiaMIDDLE EASTDrydocks World, Dubai UAEMEDITERRANEANDesan Shipyard TurkeyChantier de Marseille, FranceSan Giorgio del Porto, Genoa ItalyEUROPE/ATLANTICLloydwerft Bremerhaven GermanyAfloat RepairGlobal Offshore Service, Dubai UAEOffshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

LINDSTRØM MARINE AGENCIES AS

Thorøyaveien 32, 3209 Sandefjord, NorwayTel: +47 3344 6567Fax: + 47 3345 4371Mobile: +47 9188 5803Email: [email protected]: Tom E. LindstrømShipyards RepresentedSembcorp Marine Ltd Repairs & Upgrade, Singapore Admiralty Yard

Tuas Boulevard Yard Benoi Yard Tuas Road Yard

Sembcorp Marine Kakinada, IndiaFincantieri, ItalyOceanus Marine, Malta

Norway

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A. P & A. POLAND LTDul Jaskowa Dolina 112, 80-286 Gdansk, PolandTel: +48 58 341 7988Fax: +48 58 345 4801Email: [email protected]: Kostas MilionisCompanies RepresentedCOSCO Shipyard Group (China)• Dalian• Guandong• Lianyungang• Nantong• Shanghai• ZhoushanChengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) (China)Pallion Shipyard (UK)Shanhaiguan Shipyard (China)

Poland

ULRIK QVALE & PARTNERS AS

Hoffsveien 11b, 0275 Oslo, NorwayTel: +47 22 51 16 16Fax: +47 22 51 16 08Email: [email protected]: www.uqp.noContact: Oivind QvaleShipyards RepresentedA&P Falmouth (UK)A&P Tees (UK)A&P Tyne (UK)Asmar (Chile)Bredo (Germany)Cabnave Synchrolift (Cap Verde)Colombo Dockyards Ltd (Sri Lanka)Cosco Dalian Shipyard (China)Cosco Guangzhou Shipyard (China)Cosco Nantong Shipyard (China)Cosco Shanghai Shipyard (China)Cosco Xidong (China)Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard (China)Dakarnave (Senegal)Dormac Marine & Engineering (South Africa)Enavi (Brazil)Forgacs Dockyard (Australia)Gemak Shipyard (Turkey)Grand Bahamas Shipyard (Bahamas)Japan Marine United Corp (Japan)Lisnave Mitrena (Portugal)Nauta Shipyard (Polen)Seaspan Vancouver Shipyard (Canada)HSD Marine (Singapore)

LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, POLAND, RUSSIA, UKRAINE ORCA MARINE UAB

Nemuno str. 153, LT-93262, Klaipeda, LithuaniaTel: +370 46 246430 Mobile: +370 650 40900Email: [email protected]: www.orca-marine.euContact: Viktoras CernuseviciusShipyards:ASABA Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea);ASMAR Shipyard (Chile);BRODOTROGIR D.D. Shipyard Trogir (Croatia);CARENA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast);CHANTIER NAVAL de MARSEILLE (France);COLOMBO Dockyards (Sri, Lanka);COSCO Shipyards Group:• COSCO Dalian (China);• COSCO Nantong (China);• COSCO Shanghai (China);• COSCO Zhoushan (China);• COSCO Guangdong (China);• COSCO Lyanungang (China);DAVIE (Quebec, Canada);DETYENS Shipyard (N. Charleston, USA);DONG SUNG Engineering & Shiprepair (S.Korea);ELGIN BROWN and HAMER Group:• Durban (South Africa);• Cape Town (South Africa);• East London (South Africa);• Walvis Bay (Namibia);DAMEN Shiprepair Group:• DAMEN Shiprepair Dunkerque (France);• DAMEN Shiprepair Oranjewerf Amsterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Brest (France);• DAMEN Shiprepair Den Helder (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Vlissingen (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Amsterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Harlingen (Netherlands);• DAMEN Oskarshamnsvarvet (Sweden);• DAMEN Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam (Netherlands);• DAMEN Shiprepair Curacao (Curacao, Dutch Antilles).ENAVI Reparos Navais (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil);FAMA Group (Cyprus);GIBDOCK (Gibraltar);HARLAND & WOLFF (Belfast, UK);SEMBCORP (Singapore);MEC Shipyards (Panama);NARP Shiprepair:• Hidrodinamik (Tuzla,Turkey);• Kuzey Star Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey);• Kiran/Erkal Tuzla (Tuzla, Turkey);OMAN DRYDOCK (Oman);SIMA (Peru);SAN GIORGIO del PORTO (Genova, Italy);TANDANOR (Buenos Aires, Argentina);TSAKOS Industrias Navales (Montevideo, Uruguay);ZAMAKONA Yards:• Zamakona Pasaia (Spain);• Zamakona Las Palmas (Canary Isl., Spain);Marine Service Companies:ARGO NAVIS (Greece) - Marine consulting & engineering(BWTS, SOxNOx);CHINAPORT CLEANSEAS - de-slopping, cleaning (China);DGS Industrial & Naval (Brazil) - afloat repairs;ELSSI - Drug & Alcohol Testing;ONE NET - satelite communications, bridge equipment service;

WSR SERVICES LTD

Chernomorskiy Center 249, 42 Sovetov Street, NovorossiyskTel: +749 9918 4307Email: [email protected]: www.umarwsr.comCompanies Represented - ShipyardsASRY - BahrainCiramar - Dominican RepublicColombo Dockyard Ltd - Sri LankaDetyens Shipyards - Charleston, USADormac Marine & Engineering - South AfricaEDR Antwerp - BelgiumFAYARD A/S - Munkebo, DenmarkChengxi Shipyard - Shanghai & GuangzhouSembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades - SingaporeRiga Ship Yard - Latvia Gemak Shipyard - TurkeyGerman Dry Docks - Bremerhaven, GermanyHRDD Dockyard - Shanghai/ChinaLoyd Werft - Bremerhaven, GermanyMTG Dolphin - Varna, BulgariaPapua New Guinea Dockyard LimitedZhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd - ChinaShanhaiguan Shipyard - North ChinaSociber - Valparaiso, ChileZhoushan IMC YY - ChinaWeihai Huadong Shipyard - North ChinaHarland and Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast , N. IrelandCaribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & TobagoTNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , MexicoUnderwater and AfloatCromwell CIA - Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAvalontec Engineering - SingaporeJobson Italia - Italy, MoroccoNico International - UAEZener Maritime - India, SingaporeDolphin Diving Services - IndiaHydro Service Srl - ArgentinaN&A UW Inspection & Maintenance - EcuadorSebute S.A. Underwater services - Cartagena, ColombiaSubsea Global Solutions - Brazil, Curacao, Los Angeles, Malta, Miami, Panama, TrinidadLongKong Marine Eng. Co., Ltd - ChinaTechnodive Ltd - GreeceGarant Diving - LithuaniaROG Ship Repair - RotterdamTrident BV - The Netherlands, Las Palmas , Italy

Russia

WSR SERVICES LTD

18 Boon Lay Way #10-118, Tradehub 21, Singapore 609966

Tel: +65 315 81050Email: [email protected]: www.umarwsr.comCompanies Represented - ShipyardsBLRT GRUPP - Estonia, Lithuania, FinlandEDR Antwerp - BelgiumMTG Dolphin - Varna, BulgariaHRDD Dockyard - Shanghai/ChinaZhoushan IMC YY - ChinaWeihai Huadong Shipyard - North China

Singapore

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Shanhaiguan Shipyard - North ChinaChengxi Shipyard - Shanghai & GuangzhouZhoushan Nanyang Star Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd - ChinaCaribbean Dockyard - Trinidad & TobagoTNG (Talleres Navales del Golfo S.A.) - Vera Cruz , MexicoUnderwater and AfloatCromwell CIA - Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDolphin Diving Services - IndiaHydro Service Srl - ArgentinaN&A UW Inspection & Maintenance - EcuadorSebute S.A. Underwater services - Cartagena, ColombiaLongKong Marine Eng. Co., Ltd - ChinaTechnodive Ltd - GreeceGarant Diving - LithuaniaTrident BV - The Netherlands, Las Palmas , Italy

JML SHIPYARDS & MARINE ABNorra Hamngatan 3845740 FjällbackaSwedenTel: +46 (0) 525 31083Contact: Jens Larsson, Managing DirectorMobile: +46 (0) 702203741Email: [email protected]: Markus Larsson, PartnerMobile: +46 (0) 702203743Email: [email protected]: www.jmlshipyards.comShipyards RepresentedNORTH AMERICA/CARIBBEANCiramar Shipyard, Dominican RepublicTNG Talleres Navales del Golfo, Veracruuz MexicoSignal Shiprepair, Alabama USAChantier Davie Quebec CanadaFAR EASTDSIC Dalian Shipyard ChinaChengxi Shipyard Group ChinaPaxOcean Zhoushan ChinaPaxOcean Shipyard SingaporePaxOcean Shipyard Batam, IndonesiaMIDDLE EASTDrydocks World, Dubai UAEMEDITERRANEANDesan Shipyard TurkeyChantier de Marseille, FranceSan Giorgio del Porto, Genoa ItalyEUROPE/ATLANTICLloydwerft Bremerhaven GermanyBALTICGryfia Shipyard, PolandAfloat RepairGlobal Offshore Service, Dubai UAERotterdam Offshore Group, HollandOffshore Inland, US Gulf/Mexico

Sweden

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED

26 Flour Square, GrimsbyNE Lincs, DN31 3LPUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0) 1472 245500Fax: +44 (0) 1472 245511Email: [email protected]: www.encompassmarine.com

Switzerland




CALVEY MARINE LIMITED

Broomers Barn, Merrywood Lane, Storrington, West Sussex RH20 3HD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1903 748860 Fax: +44 (0) 1903 743390 Email: [email protected] Web: www.calveymarine.co.uk Contact: Steven Black Mobile: +44 (0) 7885 217869 Contact: David Eagle Mobile: +44 (0) 7802 231938 Companies Represented AMI Exchangers (Hartlepool) Adriatic Shipyard (Bijela Montenegro) Beihai Shipyard (Qingdao) Beihai Lifeboats (Qingdao) Cape Midia Shipyards (Constanta) Cassar Ship Repair (Malta) Chengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) Chengxi Shipyard (Jiangyin) Changxing Shipyard (Shanghai) CIC Shipyards Ciramar Shipyard (Dominican Republic) Davie Shipyard (Quebec) Diesel Marine International (Worldwide) Drydocks World Dubai (UAE) Drydocks World Dubai Global Offshore Services (UAE)

German Dry Docks AG (GERMANY) Greens Power

Henar Polish Riding Squads (Poland) MC Zhoushan - Yongyue Shipyard (China) Houston Ship Repair (USA) Lisnave Shipyard (Portugal) Nauta Shiprepair (Gdynia, Poland) Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services (Alabama, USA)

Pan Asia Company Ltd, South Korea PaxOcean Graha (Indonesia) PaxOcean Nanindah (Indonesia)

PaxOcean Offshore Zhuhai PaxOcean Pertama (Indonesia)

PaxOcean Shipyard Zhoushan PaxOcean Singapore Shanhaiguan Shipyard (North China) Seatec Repair Services – (Worldwide) Reimerswaal Shipyard (Hansweert) Tersan Shipyard – (Tuzla, Yalova) Worldwide Underwater & Marine Services Vancouver Shipyard - (Vancouver) Victoria Shipyard – (Victoria) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Hong Kong) Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Young & Cunningham Valves (North Shieldd Zhoushan Asia Pacific Dockyard (China)

SEADOCK MARINE AGENCIES LTD123 Minories, London EC3N 1NT, United KingdomTel: +44 (0) 20 7680 4000Fax: +44 (0) 20 7553 0001Mobile: +44 (0) 77 10 327 004Email: [email protected]: www.seadockmarine.comContact: George D. SkinitisCompanies Represented Blohm & Voss Repair GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)TURBO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG (Wilhelmshaven, Germany)Dynamic Co. (Athens, Greece)Metalships & Docks S.A. (Vigo, Spain)

A. P. & A. Ltd32 The Mall, London W5 3TJ, United KingdomTel: +44 20 8840 8845Fax: +44 20 8840 8843Email: [email protected]: www.apanda.comContact: Andreas PapadakisCompanies Represented (Exclusive)BREDO (Germany)Coimbra Shiprepair (Brazil)COSCO Shipyard Group (China)• Dalian• Guangdong• Lianyungang• Nantong• Shanghai• ZhoushanGdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa (Poland)Hellenic Shipyards Skaramanga (Greece)International Repair Services (Panama)Odessos Shiprepair Yard (Bulgaria) Pallion Engineering (UK)Signal Ship Repair (Mobile, Alabama, USA)Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey)Companies Represented (Other)Adriatic Shipyard Bijela (Montenegro) ASL Batam (Indonesia)Tsakos (Uruguay)

TURMAR Marine Survey Consultancy and Shipping Inc.Inonu Cad. Turaboglu sok. Hamdiye Yazgan Is Merkezi No.4 Kat.3 Kozyatagı 34742 Istanbul, TurkeyPhone : +90 216 411 45 75Fax : +90 216 302 50 87Email: [email protected]: www.turmarmarine.comContact: Burc Canga +90 533 266 31 00 Igor Sumchenko +90 532 212 74 81

Companies RepresentedGoltensDMIOptimarinNorwaterAMI Heat ExchangersDalian Cosco Rikky Ocean Engineering Co. Ltd.

Shipyards Represented (Exclusive)Astander Shipyard – SpainAstican Shipyard – Canary IslandsBesiktas Shipyard – TurkeyChantier Naval De Marseille – FranceCosco Shipyard Repair Group – ChinaHeisco Shipyard - KuwaitHyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. – South KoreaHyundai Vinashin Shipyard – VietnamSan Giorgio Del Porto – Italy

United Kingdom

Turkey

Contacts: Peter Smith, Kevin Jarvis, Paul GeorgesonDiving & Marine: Kath Ridley, Simon ClarkeShipyards RepresentedAsaba Shipyard (Malabo, Equitorial Guinea) Cammell Laird Shiprepairers (Merseyside, UK)Chengxi Shipyard (Jaingyin & Xinrong, China)Damen Schelde Marine Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport, Bahamas) Guangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey)Keppel Philippines Marine (Philippines)• Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Batangas) • Subic Shipyard (Subic) Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) (Ras Laffan, Qatar)Navantia (Spain)• Cadiz Shipyard (Cadiz)• Cartagena Shipyard (Cartagena) • Ferrol-Fene Shipyard (Ferrol)• San Fernando Shipyard (San Fernando) Orient Shipyards (Busan/ Gwanyang, Korea)Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdoo, China)Zamakona Group (Canary Isles & Pasajes, Spain)Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard (Zhoushan, China)Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China)Diving & Marine Service Companies RepresentedAtlantis Marine Services (Fujairah, UAE)Komas (Korea)KET Marine (The Netherlands)Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore)NARP Ship Repair (Turkey) Rentong Marine (China)South Bank Marine Charts (Grimsby, UK)Underwater Shipcare (Singapore)Underwater Contractors Spain (Spain)VICUSdt - (Vigo, Spain)Over 200 diving stations worldwideZener Maritime (Rotterdam, Mumbai, Singapore)

ENCOMPASS MARINE LIMITED

26 Flour Square, Grimsby, NE Lincs, DN31 3LP, United KingdomTel: +44 (0) 1472 245500Fax: +44 (0) 1472 245511Email: [email protected]: www.encompassmarine.comContacts: Peter Smith, Kevin Jarvis, Paul GeorgesonDiving & Marine: Kath Ridley, Simon ClarkeShipyards RepresentedArab Heavy Industries (UAE)Asaba Shipyard (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea) Besiktas Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey)BLRT Group• Tallinn Shipyard (Tallinn, Estonia)• Turku Repair Yard (Turku, Finland• Western Shipyard (Klaipeda, Lithuania)Cammell Laird Shiprepairers (Merseyside, UK)Chantier Naval de Marseille (Marseille, France)Chengxi Shipyard (Jaingyin & Xinrong, China)Damen Schelde MarineGuangzhou Wenchong Dockyard (Guangzhou, China) Hidrodinamik Shipyard (Tuzla, Turkey)ISR Repair & Marine Service (Tampa, USA)Keppel Shipyard (Singapore)Keppel Philippines Marine (Philippines) • Keppel Batangas Shipyard (Batangas)• Subic Shipyard (Subic)Keppel Verolme (Rotterdam, Netherlands)Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) (Ras Laffan, Qatar)Orient Shipyards (Busan/ Gwanyang, Korea)San Giorgio del Porto (Genoa, Italy)Shanhaiguan Shipyard (Qinhuangdao, China)West Sea Viana Shipyard (Viana de Castelo, Portugal)Zhoushan IMC-YongYue Shipyard (Zhoushan, China)Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard (Zhoushan, China)Diving & Marine Service Companies RepresentedAtlantis Marine Services (Fujairah, UAE)Komas (Korea) KET Marine (The Netherlands)Keyser Technologies (Singapore)Link Instrumentation (UAE & Singapore)Malin International Ship Repair (Texas, USA)Metalock Brasil (Brasil)Metalock Engineering DE (Germany)NARP Ship Repair (Tuzla, Turkey)Rentong Marine (China)South Bank Marine Charts (Grimsby, UK)Underwater Contractors Spain (Algeciras, Spain)Underwater Shipcare (Singapore)VICUSdt - (Vigo, Spain)Over 200 diving stations worldwideZamakona Group (Las Palmas, Canary Isles)Zener Maritime (Rotterdam, Mumbai, Singapore)

EMCS INTERNATIONAL LTD(MLC 2006 Approved) Marion House9 Station RoadPort Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6AEUnited KingdomTel: +44 1624 833955Fax: +44 1624 837173Group email: [email protected]: www.emcs.co.im

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Tersan Shipyard – TurkeyYardgem Shipyard- Turkey

Shipyards Represented (China)Xixiakou shipyardGuangzhou Wenchong shipyardCIC Changxing shipyardHRDD shipyardZESCO shipyardZhoushan Changhong International




Contact: Steve George/Richard GeorgeMobile: +44 7624 492 716Contact: Amanda Green (North East UK Representative)Tel: 0191 5160010Mobile: +44 77363 18126Services ProvidedLabour supply for afloat/shipyard/offshore repairsand maintenanceDiving Services Worldwide - (For all diving enquiries contactLouise Cowell on central phone/email)Consultancy Services/Vessel InspectionsCompanies RepresentedAllmode (vessel security services)Electro Partners NV - Electrical/Electro Mechanical Repairs (Antwerp/NW Europe)Engine Partners Group - STX/MAN Spares (Europe)Navicom Marine Limited – Radio/Navigation Equipment Repairs and Spares (Malta)EPSCO Cyprus Ltd – Marine Safety Systems and Servicing (Worldwide)Marine Marketing Int (agent for IOM only)Course ManagedShip Superintendents’ Training Course. (For all enquiries andreservations contact Cheryl Reeday on central phone/email)Sister CompanyRamsey Shipping Services (Isle of Man based workshop repairsand vessel agency services)

GEORGESON ASSOCIATESMarine Consultant50 Highthorpe CrescentCleethorpes , North East LincolnshireDN35 9PY, United KingdomTel: +44 (0)1472 236 536 (All hours)Email: [email protected]: www.marineconsultant.co.ukContact: Paul J GeorgesonMobile: +44 (0) 7710 297535

L&R MIDLAND (UK) LTD.3 Bolt Court (2nd Floor)London EC4A 3DQ Tel: +44 (0) 20 3856 6520D: +44 (0) 20 3856 6521Mobile: +44 (0) 77 1214 8881Fax: +44 (0) 20 7936 2237Email: [email protected]: www.lrmidland.comContact: Jon HollowayShipyards RepresentedAstander (Spain)Sembcorp Marine (Singapore)Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard Sembcorp Marine Benoi Yard Sembcorp Marine Pandan Yard Sembcorp Marine Tanjong Kling Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Crescent Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Road YardOresund Drydocks - Sweden Cantieri del Mediterraneo - Italy

LLOYD WERFT UK Karnak, Kearsney Court, Alkham Road, Temple Ewell, Kent KT16 3EBContact: Steve BuhlmanTel: +44 (0) 1304 275865Mobile: +44 (0) 7803 179640Email: [email protected] RepresentedLloyd Werft (Bremerhaven)Rickmers Werft (Bremerhaven)

MARINE MARKETING INTERNATIONAL LTD

Unit G15 Challenge HouseSherwood Drive Bletchley,Milton Keynes MK3 6DPUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0) 1908 378822Mobile: +44 (0) 7720 074113Email: [email protected]: www.marine.marketingContact: Mike McMahon, Janet Cook, Katie McMahon Companies RepresentedShipyardsAbu Dhabi Ship Building (UAE)Baltyard (Gdynia)BREDO Shipyards (Bremerhaven)Carell SA Piraeus, GreeceCARENA (Ivory Coast)CARIDOC (Trinidad) Chengxi Shipyard (Shanghai)CSBC Corporation (Taiwan)CIC Shipyards Group Changxing, Lixin & BoluomiaoCMR Tunisia Shiprepairs (Tunisia)Cotecmar, ColumbiaDetyens Shipyard Inc (US)DCD Marine Services CapeTown (South Africa) EBH Shipyards South Africa (CapeTown & Durban)EBH Shipyards Namibia (Walvis Bay)Larsen & Toubro Shipbuilding, Chennai, (India)Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (Malaysia)MTG Dolphin, Varna BulgariaNavalrocha SA (Lisbon)Offshore Inland Marine (Pensacola, USA)Oman Drydocks Company, Duqm, (Oman)Qingdao Beihai Shipyard (N. China)Shanhaiguan Shipyard, Qinhuangdao Wenchong Dockyard, GuangzhouMarine ServicesBIOSEA Ballast Water Treatment (France)Dongsung Engineering (South Korea)Estonian Rope Access Solutions (ERAS) - (Estonia)Electro Marine (South Africa)Kwang-Youn-Gi Engineering (Taiwan)Laser Cladding Technologies (UK)Marine Services & Shipping Ltd Oceansaver BWMS (Norway) ON SITE ALIGNMENT – (Rotterdam and Louisiana) PB Asher (Southampton, UK)Port Marine Contractors (South Africa)Singatac Engineering (Singapore)Sinco Automation (Singapore & Malaysia)Tru-Marine Group• Tru- Marine Houston• Pmax One Services (Singapore) • Tru- Marine Middle East • Tru- Marine Singapore• TruMarine China (Shanghai, Guangzhou, Zhoushan & Tianjin)• TruMarine RotterdamWilling (Shanghai) Trading ChinaZhoushan Haitong Tank Cleaning (China)ROG Ship Repair (Rotterdam)Versitec Shaft Seals (Canada)

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SHIP REPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LTDFirst Floor, 3 The Clockhouse, Burford Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3AA, United KingdomTel: +44 (0) 1367 860 050Mobile: +44 (0) 7767 690 704Email: [email protected]: www.shiprepairers.co.ukContact: Roderick WordieTel: +44 (0) 7767 690704 Contact: Marie McClureTel: +44 (0) 7765 228984Companies RepresentedAsmar (Punta Arenas, Chile)Asmar (Talcahuano,Chile)Asmar (Valparaiso, Chile)ASRY (Bahrain)BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards (Mobile, Alabama)BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards (Jacksonville, Florida)BAE Systems (Norfolk)BAE Systems (San Francisco)Barkmeijer Shipyards (Netherlands) Dakarnave (Senegal)Dormac Cape Town (South Africa)Dormac Durban (South Africa)Dormac Walvis Bay (Namibia)NICO (Fujairah, Dubai & Abu Dhabi)Gemak (Turkey)Gibdock (Gibraltar)Hong Kong United Dockyard (HK)Huarun Dadong (Shanghai)MEC (Panama)ST Marine (Singapore)Tsakos (Uruguay)AgenciesCleanship SolutionsDamen Schelde Marine ServicesEMCS & SESmarineLagersmitIntelligent EngineeringKET Marine

L&R MIDLAND INC.788 W Sam Houston Pkwy NorthSuite 200Houston, TX 77024USATel: + 001 713 680 0909 Fax: +001 713 680 9704Email: [email protected]: www.lrmidland.comContact: Tom McQuilling

Ryan Smith Stephen Willrich

Shipyards RepresentedSembcorp Marine (Singapore) Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard

Sembcorp Marine Benoi Yard Sembcorp Marine Pandan Yard Sembcorp Marine Tanjong Kling Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Crescent Yard Sembcorp Marine Tuas Road Yard

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Amsterdam Rotterdam Vlissingen Dunkerque (France) Brest

Fincantieri (Italy)Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport)Odessos Ship Repair Yard (Bulgaria)

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VOGLER MARINE AGENCIES LLC

20 Bartles Corner Road, Flemington New Jersey 08822, USATel: +1-908-237-9500Fax: + 1-908-237-9503Email: [email protected]: Donald W VoglerShipyards Exclusively RepresentedASRY Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (Bahrain)DORMAC Pty. Ltd. (Durban, Cape Town, Richards Bay,Saldanha Bay, Walvis Bay South Africa)SOCIBER (Chile)ASMAR Shipyards CHILE (Talcahuano, Punta Arenas and Valparaiso)Shiprepair Companies Exclusively RepresentedMetalo ck do Brasil Ltda. (Brazil)

SIMPLEX AMERICAS LLC

20 Bartles Corner Road, Flemington, New Jersey 08822, USATel: +1-908-237-9099Fax: +1-908-237-9503Mobile: 24/7/365 +1-908-581-0900Email: [email protected]: www.simplexamericas.comContact: Donald W Vogler – PresidentFactory Service, Spares and SalesJastram GmbH: Rudder Propellers and ThrustersNakashima Propeller Co. Ltd. CPP, Thrusters and CPP ThrustersNiigata Power Systems Co. Ltd. Z-Pellers and Marine Diesel EnginesRiverTrace Engineering Ltd. Oil Content Monitors, Bilge Alarm MonitorsSimplex Compact Stern Tube Seals Service performed in drydock, afloat, as well as underwaterSKF Coupling Systems AB: OKC and OKCS Shaft Couplings, OKF Flange Couplings, Supergrip BoltsTurbulo Oily Water SeparatorsService, Spares and SalesControllable and Fixed Pitch Pitch Propellers, Thrusters,Couplings, Gearbox, Z DrivesFull Propulsion PackagesTotal Shafting SolutionsSales and Service of Diesel Engines,CPP, Thrusters, Gearboxes,& CouplingsShaft Alignment, In-Situ Machining, Chocking andMounting ServiceUnderwater Repairs and Service

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