News & Current Projects
Rio Tinto Supervision Keel Marine Ltd has been awarded the Supervision Contract for Rio Tinto's new order of 3 VLOCs & 2 Post Panamax to be built at the Namura Shipyard, Japan. As well as the Supervision of 2 Cabus at Oshima Shipyard, Japan. Plan Approval for the Post Panamax's and VLOC's is well under way and Plan Approval for the Cabu's began in April 2012. Initial members of the Keel Marine Ltd Supervision team deployed to Namura Shipyard on Monday 2nd April 2012, this coincided with the commencement of steel cutting on the 1st Post Panamax, Hull number S364. |
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RRS Discovery Replacement Keel Marine has partnered with Robin A Williams & Co. to provide technical assistance to the U.K. Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) in the replacement of their research ship RRS Discovery. C.N.P. Freire , S.A. has been contracted to build the ship. The building of Discovery for NERC continues and the vessel was launched on 6th April 2012. It is now alongside and outfitting continues. |
Land & Water - 8m River Tug On 19th October 2011Keel Marine Ltd supervised the launch of the in-house designed 8.0m River Tug for Land & Water, as well as carrying out an inclining experiment on the new vessel. Land & Water wil primarily use the tug for transporting barges, debris collection and weed removal on the Thames. The vessel has a 2 tonne bollard pull delviered by means of a retractable thruster on the transom that is powered via a central based powerpack. Keel Marine Ltd have been involved in the project from the initial concept design, carrying out demanding stability calculations and completing the detailed structural design all within stringent weight restrictions. |
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Maratha Deep Keel Marine Ltd has just completed Supervision of the installation of two new Deck Cranes on the transhipper vessel 'Maratha Deep' in Goa. Primary Services provided included Structural Analysis and Design, On-Site Supervision and Technical Support. Load tests were succesfully completed in September ready for the up-graded vessel to return to operations on schedule at the end of the Monsoon Season. |
Paramarine Keel Marine Ltd has recently purchased the Paramarine software from QinetiQ GRC. Paramarine is a comprehensive naval architecture package that will be used in the design and analysis of future projects. This addition enhances Keel Marine Ltd's suite of software and will be used alongside Solid Works and Keel Marine’s in house developed software. The Paramarine product suite enables rapid concept design and development, eliminating costly data transfer between numerous analysis products. It’s a fully automated 3D naval architecture program that will assist our Naval Architects with design, stability and resistance calculations. This excellent software will enhance Keel Marine's capabilities enabling us to deliver more efficient, cost effective solutions to our clients. |
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Keel Marine in conjunction with East Coast Charters Ltd have designed an 18m Windfarm Support Vessel for use in Offshore Windfarms. The Vessel has been designed to the UK MCA Workboat Code, Category 2 enabling operations up to 60 nautical miles from a safe haven and is to be constructed fully from marine grade Aluminium. Vessel Specifications: - LOA: 18.0m - Beam: 7.5m - Lightship: 30 tonnes - Max Speed: 27 knots - Passengers: 12 - Cargo: 10,000ltrs MDO - Material: Marine Grade Aluminium - Flag: UK, MCA Workboat Code Category 2 |
M.V. Tetien Trader Attendance of our Senior Surveyor at Drydocking to assist the Company Superintendent with supervision and cost control of all Structural repairs/upgrades and Hull coatings. Also to progress structural surveys required by the Classification Society (LRS) to commence the 2nd Special Survey. Full hull coating works and propeller removal / replacement were achieved within a 4 day period in the floating dock. |
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