We are now a member of the James Fisher Group
1 December 2010  

We are pleased to announce that we are now part of the UK based James Fisher Group. Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd will continue to trade under its existing brand name. Mr Kent Stewart remains as Executive Director.

Established in 1847, James Fisher and Sons are a worldwide marine engineering service company listed on London Stock Exchange with interests in the defence industry, offshore oil & gas, shipping services, marine oil transfers and specialist technical services.

Originally a shipping company, James Fisher and Sons saw the transition from sail to steam and has grown steadily over 160 years to become one of the largest marine engineering services companies in the world.

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd brings a marine engineering, ship survey and naval architecture consultancy to the James Fisher Group.

We are excited by the oppotunity this acquisition presents and the chance to grow and develop services to the maritime industry on a larger scale. We see this as the first step to Maritime Engineers establishing new offices in other strategic locations both within Australia and overseas.

We invite you to visit www.james-fisher.co.uk for further information about James Fisher and Sons.





MARITIME ENGINEERS WARRANTY SUBMERSIBLE HEAVY LIFT
September 2009

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd surveyors conducted marine warranty for the loading of the 7300 tonne pipe laying barge "TOG MOR" on the submersible heavy lift ship "FALCON" at Dampier recently.

The "TOG MOR" has just completed the 80km inshore section of pipeline for the Pluto gas project and is on its way to Trinidad for its next project.

The passage around the Cape of Good Hope is expected to encounter large seas however the massive sea fastenings should be more than adequate to the task.

The 35 day voyage is three times as fast as towing the barge on its own bottom and allows the Client to meet tight time constraints for new projects.

LONGEST OCEAN TOW - WARRANTY

Maritime Engineers' surveyors warranted one of the longest ocean tows this year with the delivery of a new crane barge from Japan to Australia for Waterway Constructions.

The tow was particularly complex due to the low freeboard and large amount of deck cargo for the delivery voyage.

The 4600 mile tow from Shikaku to New South Wales made use of Maritime Engineers' standard Towing Manual and the deck cargo was covered by our Stowage and Seafastening Manual. The use of these manuals systematically resolved all potential problems en-route prior to sailaway.

The tow was successfully completed in 45 days by ocean towing contractor, PB Seatow and the barge arrived without incident in Newcastle with the owners making huge savings on transport delivery costs.

The use of professional, well planned tug and barge ocean tows are delivering huge savings for the transportation of large complex cargoes when compared with high cost heavy lift ships.

 

Crane Barge "KOCHI"

Departure Japan

Arrival Newcastle

MARITIME ENGINEERS INTRODUCES IOVA
THE NEW VESSEL AUDIT FOR THE OFFSHORE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

Maritime Engineers Operations Manager Andrew Marsh has developed a completely new Vessel Audit Report for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry drawing on the experience of many years of vessel audits using the IMCA Common Marine Inspection Document and other generic audit formats.

The Independent Offshore Vessel Audit (IOVA) is user friendly and covers vessel audits in a systematic and thorough manner providing clients with an easy to read document which covers all major audit items efficiently within the limited time usually allocated to this task.

 

The IOVA format is specially designed to cover issues and requirements specifically for the Australian Offshore Industry and makes use of Maritime Engineers "Survey Pathway". The survey pathway has been developed to give marine surveyors an efficient coverage of all ships items in a systematic order and avoiding backtracking or continually searching through the field document for the correct space to record information.

Click here to view sample

MARITIME ENGINEERS PTY LTD TOWING MANUAL USED FOR DISABLED SHIP TOW

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd recently worked with Fairmont Marine on the tow of the disabled containership MSC LUGANO from Fremantle to Singapore.
Once again Maritime Engineers comprehensive Towing Manual was used and company surveyors conducted the Marine Warranty surveys and certification.

MARITIME ENGINEERS PTY LTD CONDUCT MAJOR SAFETY AUDIT ON SEISMIC VESSEL

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd staff have successfully completed a detailed safety audit and recommendations to Owners of the seismic survey ship CGG SYMPHONY. Our engineers travelled on board the vessel during seismic operations to observe and audit all shipboard operations. A comprehensive report and recommendation has produced valuable outcomes for Owners.

FORTESCUE METALS SHIPLOADER TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd surveyors attended and supervised a number of heavy lift loadouts of components for the new Fortescue Metals shiploader at Port Hedland. This major iron ore mining and export project had been the focus of the current resources boom in Western Australia.
Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd worked closely with marine transport contractor Sea Tow providing marine warranty for seafastenings as well as compliance with the Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd Towing Manual.

MARITIME ENGINEERS PTY LTD WINS AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CONTRACT FOR DESTRUCTION OF ILLEGAL FISHING VESSELS

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd has recently won a two year contract with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority for the Quarantine controlled disposal of arrested illegal fishing vessels in the Northern Territory.
Work has been carried out with our exclusive diving contractor Ledges Diving Services. Since the program commenced over seventy of these large commercial fishing boats have been destroyed keeping Australia free of imported marine and terrestrial infestation.
The disposal method as a deterrent appears effective with a sharp drop off of vessel sightings in recent times.

  MARITIME ENGINEERS PTY LTD JOINT VENTURE IN FIRST COMMERCIAL SHIPBREAKING IN AUSTRALIA

Maritime Engineers Pty Ltd and McMahon Services J.V. recently conducted the first true commercial shipbreaking exercise at Tenix Defence shiplifter in Henderson Western Australia.
The 53 meter VOLGA a pirate toothfish poacher was arrested in Australian waters near Heard island by the R.A.N. and Fisheries officers.
The strict environmentally managed operation has proven that commercial shipbreaking can be conducted without endangering the lives of workers or damaging the environment.

MARITIME ENGINEERS PTY LTD IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE JAMES FISHER GROUP.