Services

A large, red fishing vessel called Eastern Raeya sails by a snow-covered landscape in the background.

New Vessel Design

Our design work optimizes strength, seaworthiness and stability for:

  • Fishing Vessels

  • Passenger Vessels

  • Work Boats

  • Cargo Vessels

  • Barges

  • Aquaculture Vessels

Design drawings include the following:

  • 3D Hull Model

  • Lines Plan

  • 3D Production Lofting

  • Structure Drawings

  • General Arrangement

  • Systems Single Line Drawings

  • Rudder and Shafting

  • Tanks

  • Fire and Safety Plan

  • Stability

  • Tonnage

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Stability Analysis and Booklets

  • Stability is an essential part of vessel safety. Completed for new vessels and modified vessels, our experienced team of Naval Architects are involved from start to finish.

Stability analysis includes the following:

  • Completed as per Transport Canada Marine Safety Branch (TCMSB) and Class Society regulations

  • Comprehensive analysis of the vessel’s stability for a wide range of operating conditions

  • May involve a vessel incline and detailed stability booklet, or an assessment based on a lightship survey

  • TCMSB Simplified and ISO stability methods are also completed depending on the vessel size and requirements

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Design Modifications & Conversions

  • Detailed vessel survey

  • Determination of project scope

  • Structural calculations and analysis to determine the requirements for the proposed modifications

  • Assurance of compliance with TCMSB and Class Society

  • Technical and engineering reports and design drawings are completed and submitted to regulatory bodies for approval

Vessel modifications include such projects as:

  • RSW Tanks

  • Bulbous Bow

  • Stern Extension

  • Mid-body Extension

  • Vessel Widening

  • A-Frames

  • Shelter Deck

  • New Deckhouses

  • Live Well Tanks

  • Bilge Keels

  • Stabilizing Fins

  • Deck Cranes/Winches

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Detailed Drafting

  • Creation of accurate/detailed drawings (reducing time and costs to the owner and builder)

  • Production of detailed drawings for new designs, design modifications, vessel upgrades and conversions

Our detailed designs are created using latest technology, such as:

  • Computer aided design (CAD) software

  • AutoCAD

  • Rhino

  • ShipConstructor

  • Inventor FEA software

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Vessel Surveys

  • Fishing

  • Pleasure

  • Tug

  • Barge

  • Cargo

  • Hatch Opening

  • Aquaculture

  • Container

  • Offshore Supply

  • Ferry/Passenger

Surveys are completed for vessel owners, legal and accounting firms and financial institutions. We complete an in-depth survey and issue a detailed report with photos.

Survey types include:

  • Damage Survey

  • Total Loss Investigations

  • Cargo Loading/Lashing

  • Deadweight Draft Survey

  • Condition and Valuation

  • On-Hire/Off-Hire

  • Load and Stow

  • Appraisals

  • Fish Hold Volume

  • Tonnage

  • Lightship Survey

  • Ullage

  • Insurance Surveys

  • Gap Analysis

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Project Management

With a thorough knowledge of regulatory and classification society’s rules and regulations we will ensure your project is completed properly, on time and within budget. We have the technical knowledge and communication skills required to help achieve your project goals. We have extensive and diverse experience in all types of vessel project management and on-site supervision including:

  • New vessel construction

  • Vessel modifications

  • Vessel conversions

  • Equipment and machinery installs

  • Major vessel rebuilds