Svitzer Building New Training Center in Australia
Marine towage provider Svitzer Australia is building a new facility to deliver enhanced maritime training capabilities to the East Coast of New South Wales (NSW).The company reports construction is underway at its Port of Newcastle tug base, where Svitzer’s innovative, new TRAnsverse tug vessels are forecast to enter service in 2025 (the second and third to be deployed in the world). The facility will feature state-of-the-art Kongsberg Digital maritime simulators in support of crew training and other marine applications.Svitzer Australia chief operating officer, David Phillips, said, ”We
Total Taps Warn as Investor Relations SVP
Macquarie Capital and Jefferies International in London. Previously, Warn was an Associate Director at Evans & Peck and a mining engineer at BHP in Australia.Warn qualified as a Mining Engineering at the University of South Australia and holds a Master of Commerce from The University of New South Wales, and an MBA from University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. He is an Australian citizen
Hopkins Named Managing Director at Harris Pye UK
Nigel Hopkins has been appointed Managing Director of Harris Pye UK Ltd based at the company’s headquarters in Llandow in Wales. He joined Harris Pye on May 1 this year working alongside Dave Hayden, the company’s retiring Managing Director at the Harris Pye UK headquarters in Llandow, South Wales before officially taking over from Dave Hayden on October 1, 2017. Nigel Hopkins started his engineering career in the merchant navy spending 13 years sailing on a variety of vessels including oil tankers, gas tankers and cruise ships working for companies including BP, Mobil, and
Steward to Lead BMT Nigel Gee Business Development
business development manager of BMT Nigel Gee, a role in which he will support the expansion of business in both new and existing markets, delivering design and engineering services within the commercial, offshore energy, defense and yacht sectors, BMT said. Steward, a University of New South Wales graduate in naval architecture, has more than 20 years’ experience in the marine market, with previous roles including regional manager for Austal Ships, consultant to defense at professional technical services firm Jacobs Australia and most recently business development manager at BMT Design
LOC Appoints Harrison, Solomons
in the Far East. Solomons has been a Director of LOC Australia in Perth since 2011 and is key player in the continued development and expansion of LOC’s portfolio of work in both Australia and the Asian region, the company said. Adam studied Naval Architecture at the University of New South Wales after which he worked on offshore oil and gas projects in Australia, the North Sea and the Caspian. He joined LOC Australia in 2006 since then he has been engaged in managing increasingly complex and large marine warranty survey contracts from the Perth office.
Demand for EPRS Means Expansion for IRM Systems
and is a member of ASME. He is currently working on a pipeline integrity assessment project in South East Asia. Derek Enhao Lee is IRM’s new Engineering Consultant. Originally from Singapore, he holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, and has worked in the oil and gas industry for the past seven years. He was previously an Assistant Project Manager for Audex Netherlands BV, based in Den Haag, where he worked for four years. At IRM Systems, he is responsible for evaluating the EPRS needs of each client, in order
Australian Boatbuilder Offers Apprenticeship
Van Munster Boats says that due to recent growth in its business there is an opportunity for a junior apprentice to join the team located in Morisset, New South Wales, Australia. The company details the opportunity as follows: "Van Munster boat builders are world recognised within the marine industry as an advanced composite boat yard specialising in the manufacture of custom sailboats of high tech composite construction. The successful applicant will gain formal qualifications as a shipwright/boat builder at TAFE, studying marine craft construction certificate 3. Being part of a highly-skilled
