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2011:
• May 11 - MBM in Heavy lift magazine.
Training and saving 7 million US Dollars over 7 years.
(Article coming soon)
• Mar 11 - MBM new employee.
Ruben Bartolome, Naval Architect joins the Heavy lift team to expand the cargo analysis division.
• Jan 11 - MBM in the Heavy Lift Magazine P65
MBM is the recognised safety expert with 5 years of no accidents on all cargo.
(Read the full article)
2010:
• Nov 10 - MBM begins new training programme for Graduate Naval architects in
“Heavy cargo loading and Sea transportation”.
• New Naval Architecture software & improved services.
The Director of MBM Consultancy, Mark Bambury proudly stated that the company has implemented a new Naval Architecture Design Suite into the company.
Mark Bambury states :-
“ Implementing this new Naval Architecture Design Suite in-house will allow MBM to offer advancement on our existing services along with an exciting new selection of services. This will allow MBM to provide its existing clients an improved flexibility, along with the opportunity of diversification into other maritime sectors and services. We are very motivated and looking forward to using this software on our future projects. ”
The aim of MBM is to utilise the software fulltime on mainstream projects as its core activities to provide the clients with an improved level to their existing services. This will bring the added benefit of an exciting new range of services i.e. grounding, stability booklets and updates, free surface analysis, and improve the core services of vessel stability, loading analysis and structures.
• Strength of hatchcovers.
Whilst loading cargo’s there has always been debates regarding the strength of Hatch covers between Captains, surveyors, classification societies and Naval architects. MBM are now providing the opportunity to have a 2D wireframe analysis of any hatch-cover or tween-deck to assess the Hatch or Tweendeck capability to load a specific cargo with its small footprint. The results of the 2D wireframe analysis can be presented to Class/Owner/Surveyors prior to loading or onboard during the loading to assist in gaining permission to continue the load of a cargo.
(see project update)
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2009
• Dec 09 - MBM works in Houston.
MBM was requested to be present at ‘Foster Wheeler’ to assist in a large. Long term project bid presentation. This was to gain a significant project within the Oil and Gas Industry for the “BP Whiting Shipment”.
(awaiting project update)
• Oct 09 – Contract - 460t Tug cargo.
An exciting project and contract was agreed between MBM and ‘Ian Taylor & Company’ to undertake the design for the transportation cradles to load a 460ton tug to be transported from China to Chile. The project is set to complete early February 2010.
(see project update)
• Sept 09 - Galley market.
The Galley Market is held annually in Leer, Germany. After a hard financial year in the shipping industry, there was a good gathering of people and diversity from within the shipping industry, and from round the world. An enjoyable evening was had by all.
A special thank you to our hosts – Rolf Briese & Svend Andersen.
• Aug 09 – Next generation of windmill tower transportation sails.
With only minor loading sequence and position issues, this exciting industry ground breaking project was loaded. When she sailed on her first voyage there was smiles from all parties concerned. These included:-
• Insurance (P&I name)
• Ship owner (Komrowski)
• Cargo owner (UK – Greater Gabbard Project)
• Cargo supplier (Siemens)
• Project co-ordinator (Fluor)
• Chartering party (BBC Chartering & Logistics)
• Surveyors (London offshore consultancy)
(see project update)
• Mar 09 – Contract awarded for a New build Vessel as a 3D model.
This project was awarded to MBM to create a 3D virtual reality model of a new build Multi Purpose RoRo Heavy Lift vessel. The 3D model is to be generated using only 3 known drawings. These were a pdf GA, a linesplan, and capacity plan. This project was completed within 7 weeks.
(see project update)
The model includes:-
• hatch cover collision,
• crane rotations,
• maintaining of crane hook vertical position,
• Independent rotation of crane hook
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