Category: Marine

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Nurturing innovation at the Group Technology Centre in Southampton

Danny Shorten
Posted on by Danny Shorten
Leadership, vision and the bravery to be bold are attributes critical to future success in our industry. The aim is to challenge existing conventions which were initially brought about in a totally different time and place; none more than in the area of machinery maintenance, where we rely upon redundancy of plant and 24 hour ... Read more.

Leading the change in the advancing field of Condition Based Maintenance

Danny Shorten
Posted on by Danny Shorten
I had a very interesting discussion with a fleet manager recently about maintenance management and the reasons why they found it almost impossible to make any step changes in improvement. If I may somewhat précis the discussion, there were a number of key issues that seemed to prevail. • Crew competence – The engineering officers ... Read more.

Fuel futurology – Keeping things technical

Nick Brown
Posted on by Nick Brown
Last month we launched our ECA calculator  – a useful tool for operators trying to calculate their options. But it is interesting to monitor the perspectives of different players as we wrestle with the fuels/switchover/abatement options spectrum of possibilities. This appears to be further confirmation of our view that it’s going to be ‘horses for courses’. ... Read more.

How do you streamline the approval process for an installation vessel?

Rob Whillock
Posted on by Rob Whillock
I was asked this question at the Offshore Vessels & Access forum earlier this month and thought I’d share the answer with you. It is important for the designer / builder for these vessels to get the class society and flag authority at the earliest opportunity.  This means that: We can discuss and agree problems ... Read more.
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