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Drone investigationsTurbine repair Chilly manoeuvres Salvage successModified drones make light work of complex site surveys for JFN: Page 7

Rotos 360 completes super-efficient offshore wind farm repairs: Page 3

Strainstall helps shift the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica: Page 4

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Staying inside the lines

James Fisher Prolec has launched an innovative new self-limiting system which uses GPS-tracking or sophisticated photo-imaging to create a 3-dimensional ‘safe working envelope’ for any confined space construction operation. The new system, which looks set to transform industry standards, recently impressed representatives from major construction companies at a product demonstration day (see right).

The team at JF Prolec was originally approached by Transport for London (TFL) three years ago to ask about developing its PME 500 system (which is widely used to limit the movement of diggers within safe parameters). The current system ensures safety, but it requires a separate time-

consuming manual setting of the working envelope every time a digger moves from one part of the site to another.

To answer this demand JF Prolec has developed PCX Pro which can be configured to meet the most exacting construction scenarios by creating a safe working envelope directly from plotted GPS co-ordinates, from a hand-held GPS ‘rover’, or, if GPS is unavailable, from photographic surveys.

The information gathered is then fed into JF Prolec’s movement restriction hardware, allowing the vehicles to ‘see’ where they are in relation to potential hazards and restrict movement to avoid them. In practice, this will allow operators to manoeuvre their vehicles and work

Refuelling doesn’t get any bigger than thisJames Fisher has received recognition for the refuelling of HMS Queen Elizabeth – the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of aircraft carriers and the largest warship ever built for the UK Royal Navy. It would take over 120 road tankers to fill the huge fuel tanks!

JF Prolec launches world-leading self-limiting system which looks set to revolutionise the construction industry

Powering ahead at Hinkley PointJFMS is celebrating a prestigious £5m contract win for a subsea survey campaign to clear the seabed ahead of cooling water system construction at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. The work, which began this summer, started with a hydrographic survey to identify potential seabed debris and continues with diver investigations from the vessel, DUC Solution.

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effectively without needing to worry about overhead power lines, passing trains and other infrastructure that could be damaged or pose a danger.

Although there are many self-limiting systems on the market, the process of setting parameters is complex, time-consuming and open to human error. A set of co-ordinates has to be punched in every

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Excavator located by GPS receivers

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The challengeThe precise co-ordinates of any safe working space are currently manually collected and transferred to the digger each time it moves. It is a time-consuming and costly process which could be open to human errorThe solution

Construction companies can rent the PCX Pro system from JF Prolec which instantly upgrades any digger for the duration of the project

Solution optionsPCX Pro sets moveable safe working parameters from GPS co-ordinates received via wi� signal using a ‘navigator’ placed on known GPS co-ordinates

In areas where GPS is not available, PCX Pro can use a number of alternative methods and schemes, such as basic maps and surveys through to robotic total stations to understand location and hazards

For complex projects, PCX Pro receives co-ordinates from a ‘point cloud’ created by R2S Mosaic’s immersive 3D photography software which creates a visual image of safe working space that, in the future will be projected onto operator screens

The benefitsMassive time savings – the PCX Pro con�gures the new safe working envelope in seconds, effectively imposing movement restrictions as soon as the digger arrives at its new location

Labour saving – removes the need for safe envelope to be re-established each time the digger moves

No driver involvement necessary

Accurate measurements in all dimensions (height and depth as well as width)

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The new JF Prolec system is the world’s first to harness the power of GPS to provide a highly accurate and endlessly changeable set of co-ordinates within which the excavator can work. It is a way of automating the process so that it becomes faster, more reliable, more accurate, and, consequently, safer and more efficient.

The new system will save construction companies considerable time and money. This is particularly true for TFL which has to rely on short pockets of available construction time and incurs steep penalties if these windows are exceeded (£60,000 per minute, per train).

At its most basic level (option 1 in the graphic above), the system will pick up

reference points through GPS receivers which will automatically re-set the excavator’s safe limits within two seconds of moving its location.

On many occasions, for instance when operating underground, in culverts or behind large buildings, GPS is not available. But the new JF Prolec system can work from GPS points generated at the start of the project by a hand-held GPS ‘rover’, maps or surveys to create a safe working envelope within which the excavator can move freely (option 2 above).

However, the current top of the range JF Prolec system (option 3) makes use of sister company, Return To Scene’s sophisticated R2S Mosaic software (previously featured in Pelican) to create a 360 degree immersive photographic image of the construction site.

This uses photography to create a ‘point cloud’ which clearly identifies hazards. Once the photographic co-ordinates are fed into the system and hazards marked, any number of excavators can work within this safe envelope, confident that they will not breach any hazards.

Nigel Shaw, product and engineering director for JF Prolec says: ‘This use of 3D survey data in combination with movement restriction hardware is a world first in virtual plant restriction technology. We expect the system to transform the industry and set a new benchmark in this area, opening the doors to new applications across projects, such as motorway works and construction in built up, city environments.’

TFL is already renting a set of equipment on a trial basis.


Rotos 360 has achieved record efficiency with a successful £3.5million turnkey wind turbine blade repair contract

Efficient turnkey blade repair solution

Following the acquisition of the specialist wind turbine inspection and repair company, Rotos 360, James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has successfully completed a significant blade repair contract with one of world’s largest offshore wind turbine manufacturers.

As part of the three-month contract 27 complex repairs were carried out in under 90 days within a 70% weather window – on time and within budget with no lost time incidents and 100% HSEQ reports.

JFMS was able to provide the client with a turnkey solution which combined full inspection, repair and post-project analysis.

As the first round of turbines are now coming out of their warranty period, it is anticipated that this contract will be extended to further wind farms and perhaps strategic partnerships on large turnkey offshore blade repair projects.

Huge efficiencies were gained by using an innovative and efficient ultra violet blade curing technique called RENUVO UV in combination with the Rotos 360 suspended access platforms.

‘Our turnkey solution saw us co-ordinating the vessel, five platforms (four of which were in use at any one time

while the fifth was being moved to the next turbine), day and night teams as well as full follow-up and analysis,’ says ROTOS 360 operations director, John Galliford, ‘This is the first time a complete repair job has been subcontracted in its entirety to one company.’

ScanTech Offshore engineers have developed an innovative fully-automated system to monitor well test steam systems, which help to separate oil and water, for a major oil company working on a campaign in Egypt.

VacuumSentry is a safety device which monitors the steam boiler feed and condensate for negative pressure. Conventional systems require manual intervention in order to relieve a vacuum - a process which creates potential

hazards to personnel (through cracking open live steam connections) and equipment through released steam. However, VacuumSentry has been designed to be fully automated and thereby eliminate these risks. It also provides a visual indication of the pressure status of the equipment which shows when it is safe to disconnect.

‘We take great pride in innovating new products and services to suit the needs of our clients,’ says ScanTech Offshore engineering director Steve Pierce.

All’s well on the Egyptian campaign

North Seaspecialists

A valued long-term relationship with a major subsea contractor has resulted in James Fisher Offshore (JFO) being awarded a contract to be sole supplier of inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaigns in the North Sea.

As a respected specialist equipment and personnel provider for subsea and topside projects, JFO will now be providing full back-deck and subsea tooling equipment including cutting, tooling and diving spreads, marine cranes as well as diver dredge and subsea cleaning spreads for the duration of a significant 170-day summer campaign.

This contract seals JFO’s strong position as the only company in this sector that can provide such a wide spread of services, setting it apart from its competitors. These smart, integrated packages deliver reduced project costs and improved operational efficiency and make JFO a strong contender for future contracts along these lines in Asia and the Gulf of Mexico.

JFO has long been a trusted provider to the subsea industry, but managing director, Jack Davidson and business development manager, Chris Reid have been working extensively with Ian Hughes at sister company, James Fisher Marine Services to pull together the concept of an integrated full-service offering for some time.

As a consequence, the client benefits from equipment efficiencies and the reassuring knowledge that its team can pick up the phone at any time and have any needs catered for by JFO’s dedicated project team.

Chris Reid says: ‘We have built an excellent relationship with this client over a number of years, with JFO developing bespoke equipment spreads and services to ensure projects are efficient and safe. Our unique way of operating enables us to be very responsive to our clients’ needs. The on-going IRM campaigns in the North Sea are perfect examples of this. We look forward to extending our work together in the future.’

Major single-source subsea maintenance support contract for James Fisher Offshore


Far-reaching OEM dealStrainstall’s Container Weight System expands on first year anniversary

As the legislation requiring all containers to have recorded and verified weights reaches its first year anniversary, Strainstall is expanding the reach of its innovative Container Weight System (CWS) through a partnership with Kalmar – a world-leading cargo handling equipment manufacturer.

This collaboration will see Strainstall’s system installed as an option on the production line for Kalmar’s reachstacker vehicles, and, as such, provides a flexible container handling solution for ports and terminals. By installing CWS during production, Kalmar can offer a seamless method of verifying container weights as part of any terminal’s normal handling process, and so support customers in their quest to comply with the SOLAS legislation.

In the last twelve months Strainstall’s CWS has been successfully retro-fitted into equipment at many of the largest international ports, but this contract sets a benchmark for installation into new container handling equipment at factory level.

Mikael Andersson, product manager at Kalmar Mobile Equipment says: ‘The

partnership allows us to offer customers an easy to install, fully certified solution which demonstrates high levels of accuracy. It provides useable Verified Gross Mass (VGM) information, identifying overloaded containers, so ensuring the safety of reachstacker operators.’

Although Kalmar, which is part of the prestigious Cargotec group, has selected CWS for its reachstackers, the system can equally be incorporated into the production line for straddle carriers, rubber-tyred gantries, rail-mounted gantries and top picks.

This first significant OEM (original equipment manufacturer) contract comes on the back of Strainstall successfully landing full automatic weighing instruments EU-type approval for CWS from the National Measurement and Regulation Office earlier this year and cements Strainstall’s central position in the market.

When integrated into container handling equipment CWS delivers accurate weight verification data in real-time, as part of the regular lifting cycle, with no driver intervention required.

Last year the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) approached Strainstall for advice about safely moving the Halley VI Research Station when a deep crack appeared in the ice shelf beneath it.

Although the building has huge retractable hydraulic skis, it is very large (it provides fully-serviced accommodation for 32 people), and towing it 23km across ice in extreme freezing temperatures presented unprecedented technical challenges.

BAS was keen to get an accurate picture of the likely impact this load might have on this internationally important scientific platform which is used for atmospheric and space weather observation, as well as on the ice and the towing vehicles.

Because the move could only occur in a very small weather window, reliability was crucial, so the teams at Strainstall were closely involved in the meticulous research and planning the move required.

Strainstall’s engineers set up special tests of its Scotload shackles with SmartLoad wireless technology (designed to deliver real-time load monitoring information) to ensure the system would function optimally under pressure at extreme temperatures.

’We used an environmental chamber to check the load shackles, load display and auxiliary battery case would function between -40°C and +70°C,’ explains Strainstall electronics engineer, Tin Aye. ‘The biggest challenge was finding a suitable battery pack

as we discovered commercial batteries just aren’t happy to operate in extreme cold.’

After making appropriate low-temperature modifications a bespoke system was manufactured. The mission was a huge success.

Simon Everett, Strainstall’s managing director says: ‘This project showcases the expertise of Strainstall’s engineering team to tackle any problem and deliver effective solutions.’

‘The load shackles worked perfectly for all of the towing operations, providing operation critical data to the team and enabling a smooth relocation of the station within the timeframe,’ adds Ben Norrish, head of vehicles engineering at BAS.

The world’s most extreme house moveStrainstall’s specialised load monitoring equipment played a crucial role in helping safely relocate the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica

• Strainstall’s CWS is the world’s first system of its kind to achieve EU-type approval, which enables complete compliance to the International Marine Organisation (IMO) amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) which came into force on 1 July 2016 making it a legal requirement for every export container to have a verified container weight as a condition for loading aboard a vessel.

• When permanently installed on to reachstacker equipment, CWS has no consumable parts, which makes for minimal wear to help reduce operating costs.

• In addition to providing the VGM for any container, CWS performs container snag detection and measures centre of gravity to help ensure the safety of container stowage and transportation.

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can cause erosion as they move through the air at speeds of up to 200mph. This dramatically reduces their efficiency. Routine repair is a time-consuming process which has always been highly weather dependent. But when RENUVO is used to repair surface chips and cracks it can be cured (or hardened) with a hand-held portable UV lamp in minutes rather than the hours demanded by the old heat-based system.

The UV system is effective in temperatures as low as 5°C and as high as 30°C in conditions of up to 90% humidity. This increases weather windows for repairs and allows teams to work around the clock.

Using it in conjunction with suspended access platforms which allow 360 degree access to large complex and damaged

areas, enables us to now offer the exciting turnkey repair solution we used on a major recent project.

What do you enjoy most about your job?I love the fact that my work in renewable energy draws on experience I gained through designing and constructing speed sailing craft, and I am delighted that ROTOS 360 is able to help develop environmentally friendly energy sources and work to reduce their cost.

I’m very proud that Rotos 360 is now part of the James Fisher group and excited that the team will be joining a family of companies with such wide-ranging experience.

We meet Simon Sanderson from ROTOS 360 the wind turbine specialist company which recently joined the James Fisher group.

Tell us a bit about yourselfI’ve always been fascinated by design and aerodynamics, creating my own model racing boats as a child and then going on to study astrophysics at university. In my twenties, I got involved in speed sailing, working on the design and construction of hydrofoils and catamarans before discovering windsurfing as a competitor and board designer.

More recently I’ve turned my expertise to aerodynamics rather than hydrodynamics to design fast recumbent bikes and my main focus in recent years has been in translating those dynamic design and construction challenges to the development of efficiencies within wind and tidal power.

What’s your current role?I’m technical director of ROTOS 360, a company I helped form in 2012 after applying for a TSB research grant into the inspection and repair of offshore wind turbines using a suspended work platform concept.

The linking feature that binds my sailing and cycling passions with my interest in renewable energy, is the fluid dynamics which need to be incorporated into the design and the composite engineering that goes into the creation of something at the cutting edge of aero or hydro dynamics.

What projects are you working on?When I was speed sailing, I was sponsored by British engineering company, SP Systems, which later became Gurit. I’ve worked closely with the Gurit design teams over the years to help push forward the development of an ultra violet ‘cured’ resin for the repair of wind turbines.

Together we have been testing and developing the RENUVO UV curing method which cures blades 25 times faster than the conventionally used Epoxy curing system, cutting the curing time for a large repair from six hours to about five minutes in a much wider range of climatic conditions than conventional repair processes.

This is an industry-changing product which will keep wind turbines operational for longer and make huge cost savings.

What’s so good about the new curing system?Turbine blades can be up to 90m in diameter, and they have to be perfectly aerodynamic to function effectively, but damage from weather, insects or birds

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Technical Director with ROTOS 360

Simon Sanderson


JFD in £10m MoD salvage contract

Art under pressureJFD makes creative use of the National Hyperbaric Centre for an innovative project

JFD’s sophisticated new diver breathing system completes its first commercial project

After conducting rigorous trials on a new diver breathing system called COBRA (the Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus), JFD has now completed its first deep-water commercial dive project using the system. COBRA marks a significant enhancement in subsea safety by increasing the standard supply of emergency breathing gas available to the diver, and as such, meets what has become an urgent industry requirement.

The system was designed and developed by JFD in response to a crucial need for more advanced ‘bailout’ technology to provide a diver with an emergency supply of breathing gas in the event of a primary gas failure. It is designed to work at the greater depths and protracted dive periods typical of new generation diving operations.

It is able to provide 20 minutes of air at 270 metres (or 45 minutes of emergency life support at a depth of 120 metres). Alternative systems can only provide three minutes of air at 270m and seven minutes at 120m.

The extended operation time means divers can work further from the bell confident that they have sufficient breathing

JFD’s National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) might be a world-leading site for cutting-edge pressure testing, but it was recently called upon for an unusual task: to subject two giant sculptures to maximum depth pressure as part of a major art exhibition.

Prominent international artist, Steven Claydon approached JFD to ask if several of his sculptures could be tested to 100bar for an exhibition in Glasgow which had been set up to address ideas of jeopardy and pressure.

The JFD team agreed to take on the challenge, and the two large wooden totem-like sculptures duly arrived at the NHC in April. They were secured within its large work chamber, which was then flooded with water and pressurised. The procedure was recorded with underwater photography to be used as part of the exhibition.

Martin Robb, JFD’s head of delivery, commercial services says: ‘Over the years, the NHC has seen a lot of unusual objects come through its doors for testing. Our chambers are adaptable and can simulate impressive depths, as well as altitudes of up to 55,000ft. Our team is always excited to receive unconventional enquiries which explore our diversity and capability.’

The artist chose to work with JFD to conceptualise work which, he says, draws a parallel between physical pressures – such as those experienced at great depth, altitude, or in a vacuum – and the subtler kinds of pressures that are imposed on objects in terms of how they are used, viewed, presented or aestheticised within any given social or institutional context.

JFD has won a four year framework agreement worth up to £10m to supply subsea equipment and support for UK Ministry of Defence Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO).

As part of the contract, JFD will provide tooling, parts and technical assistance for the mobilisation, integration and repair of new equipment for S&MO, which owns and operates subsea equipment for salvage, towing, heavy lifting, operational moorings, port clearance and underwater engineering for the MoD.

In addition, JFD will also provide offshore surveyor support and logistical assistance in the form of 24-hour access to its engineering support cell technical support service.

In order to fulfil the MoD brief, JFD has teamed up with ADUS DeepOcean, which specialises in wreck surveys in

gas to make it back, which significantly improves the likelihood of a successful rescue in the event of an emergency.

COBRA’s first operational dives occurred recently in Australia at a depth of 270 metres. Pre-dive checks included two divers breathing five times on COBRA mode, before switching back to umbilical mode, and then starting their work.

support of large scale wreck removal and management, to provide personnel and equipment for subsea surveys as required.

JFD will also be working with risk management consultancy, BMT Asset Performance which will be providing specialist technical advice over the course of the contract.

COBRA breathing system now fully operational


Mimic achievesmonitoring success

Fendercare Marine in MalaysiaFendercare Marine has established a partnership with MEP Pellegrini Marine Equipment for the manufacture and supply of vessel deck equipment, anchors and chains in a move which looks set to boost market share in Malaysia.

The partnership, which was established earlier this year, has already led to a huge contract for the supply of equipment to six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for the Malaysian Navy.

Brett Ward, defence project sales manager at Fendercare Marine says: ’Our partnership with Pellegrini has really given us an edge in the Malaysian market and added value to the service we can provide both Pellegrini and the Navy in the region. It can be difficult for a UK company to win contracts of this nature in this region, so securing a large scale contract highlights just how valuable the partnership is for us and MEP Pellegrini.’

Three LCS will be supplied by the end of 2017 and the first consignment has already been dispatched to Malaysia. The remaining three are to be equipped over the next two years.

The team of drone operators at James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) has been increasingly active in recent months conducting industrial surveys in potentially hazardous areas.

A recent inspection of a gas tank at the North Morecombe terminal in Barrow provided real-time images for the inspection team outside the tank. This allowed the team to safely gauge the tank’s condition without the need or costs associated with providing scaffolding or rope access for inspecting the potentially hazardous confined space.

Ever-improving technology means these drones can now undertake survey work in more challenging environments and confined spaces, offering increased safety assurances, faster survey turnaround, and therefore a dramatically reduced downtime for structures under investigation.

As part of this quest for continual improvement, the JFN drone pilots are receiving specialist training from UAV inspection industry leaders, Sky-Futures, which is providing support in the form of realistic inspection simulations and

software solutions. This comes as new drone regulations

are being proposed for the UK by the Department of Transport in a bid to separate the hobby drone market from the professionals. As part of the negotiation

James Fisher Nuclear is expanding its use of drones for industrial surveys

Drone surveys taking off

• The Elios UAVs the JFN teams use are compact in size allowing them to access areas that might be otherwise tricky to reach.

• The UAV is protected by a collision resistant cage which prevents damage to the structure being surveyed.

• A ‘multi-axis gimbal system’ allows the UAV to ‘roll’ up, down and across surfaces in all dimensions to provide clear real time video images.

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process, aviation minister, Lord Callanan heard from Sky-Futures co-founder, James Harrison about how the company provides an end-to-end solution for industry as a consultant to large engineering companies such as James Fisher.

Stolt, which operates the world’s largest fleet of chemical and parcel tankers, has announced that 75 vessels and its onshore head office will be supplied with James Fisher Mimic’s condition monitoring software.

The standard Mimic suite which is used on major cruise liners (including Britannia and Harmony of the Seas) has been specially enhanced to meet Stolt’s demands for raw operating data to be collected onboard and sent automatically to head office, pushing alerts to users.

As a result, Stolt teams will have full oversight of vessel operations combined with data and communication flowing in both directions between the Mimic ship and the Mimic shore systems. This means the status of vessel and equipment condition can be communicated in real-time allowing for proactive and preventative

maintenance to occur if necessary, reducing operational costs.

‘Management and control of a 21st century maritime business demands unique solutions designed to supplement existing ship operating procedures,’ says Martin Briddon, business development manager of JF Mimic. ‘This Mimic software suite offers all the necessary tools for robust data manipulation and in-depth analysis of every maintenance task,’ he adds. ‘Connecting vessels to a central hub is now achievable, leading to full control of a fleet from one system.’

Andres Casanova, Stolt’s maintenance and reliability manager adds: ‘This system will empower us to take the lead with proactive intervention and enhance our operational safety, so improving the technical reliability of our key assets.’

JF Mimic has adapted its condition monitoring software for the full fleet of Stolt tankers

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When concerns were raised over high levels of water contamination in rural parts of Ghana, Fendercare Marine Ghana set up a project to create boreholes to provide drinking water.

The team installed two manual boreholes for the Obrayebona and Dominase communities based in the Mpohor district in the western region of Ghana.

These will ensure a long-term supply of potable water for the local farming communities and accessible drinking water for thousands of villagers, reducing the amount of time the children spend searching for suitable drinking water.

This initiative comes as part of the company’s ongoing corporate social responsibility support in the region, which includes donating 50 brand new footballs to over 20 local schools.

In the last issue of Pelican we announced that Subtech in South Africa had set up the Subtech Imbokodo Trust to provide educational bursaries for prospective new mariners, in a bid to help promising female students complete the necessary studies for a career in the maritime industry.

Since that announcement, the trust has acquired 6% ownership in a start-up company, Subtech Core Innovation, which, once operational, will help the trust fund additional bursary recipients.

Group training and development manager, Mandy McGuire explains: ‘We wanted to offer meaningful and sustainable support to a part of the population that is often overlooked or marginalised.’

‘Our tagline for the trust is “transforming the maritime sector, one bursary at a time” and we hope to do this by allowing young female South Africans the opportunity to contribute to the development and transformation of the maritime sector.’

The first beneficiary is 18 year old Siyamthanda Vuyelwa who is studying marine sciences at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She and two classmates were lucky enough to be supported by the Subtech Group through school where she became passionate about pursuing a career as a marine scientist.

Siyamthanda says: ‘Had it not been for Mandy and the trust I would be at home looking for work now, rather than studying something I am really passionate about.’

Fiona Everard (above) has been appointed as the new managing director of James Fisher Everard in a role which encompasses James Fisher Shipping Services and James Fisher Crewing Services.

Continuing a proud tradition, Fiona follows in the footsteps of her great aunt Ethel Everard who was a dominant force (and managing director) in the 1960s.

Fiona was working as a trainee in the family firm in 2007 when it was bought by the James Fisher group. Since then she has progressed through the commercial side of the company, from analyst, through chartering director, to the management director’s office.

‘I’m delighted to take the post,’ she says, ‘particularly at a time when the company is doing so well and the entire fleet has such a strong reputation for safety – with two vessels having traded for over 15 years without a single lost time incident.

‘We’re also the first shipping company under a UK flag to receive certification for the recently revised quality management standard, ISO 9001: 2015.’

Young maritime scientist in the making

A strong family history in shipping

Celebrating our heritage, continuing our success

Fresh water for western Ghana

Subtech is expanding its bursary provision to support young women studying for maritime careers

James Fisher Everard has a new managing director at the helm

2017 marks the 170th anniversary for the James Fisher group. This remarkable feat makes us one of the oldest shipping companies in the world. From a ship-owner in Barrow-in-Furness to the global marine and specialist engineering group of companies we are today, continued success is ensured thanks to a committed team of highly talented employees, commitment to innovation and diversity of operations.

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