Canada - ABL The Energy and Marine Consultants Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:02:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://abl-group.com/abl/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ABL-Compass.svg Canada - ABL 32 32 Darrin Hickey https://abl-group.com/abl/people/darrin-hickey-2/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 03:48:49 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=122666 Darrin is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng) and Senior Naval Architect with ABL Canada, based in St. John’s, NL.  His experience includes marine casualty investigations, wreck assessments, marine assurance, and MWS approvals of marine operations. Darrin has acted as a superintendent for tow preparations, project manager on complex and large-scale projects, and routinely reviews, attends […]

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Darrin is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng) and Senior Naval Architect with ABL Canada, based in St. John’s, NL. 

His experience includes marine casualty investigations, wreck assessments, marine assurance, and MWS approvals of marine operations. Darrin has acted as a superintendent for tow preparations, project manager on complex and large-scale projects, and routinely reviews, attends and approves marine operations from an MWS perspective.

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Maria Pallard https://abl-group.com/abl/people/maria-pallard/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 03:43:03 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=122664 Maria is a Naval Architect with diverse experience in design and engineering, surveying, owner representation and regulatory compliance, and is responsible for Marine Warranty Surveying and business development for the emerging offshore wind and renewables industry in Atlantic Canada.  Maria has worked on a multitude of projects that involved ship and marine structure condition surveying, […]

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Maria is a Naval Architect with diverse experience in design and engineering, surveying, owner representation and regulatory compliance, and is responsible for Marine Warranty Surveying and business development for the emerging offshore wind and renewables industry in Atlantic Canada. 

Maria has worked on a multitude of projects that involved ship and marine structure condition surveying, take-offs, construction supervision, work acceptance surveys, evaluation of repairs, production of survey reports and repair specifications, and many more.

Maria is passionate about green technology and sustainability and has worked on various projects involving the marine renewable industry and reduced and zero-emission vessels.

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Julien Vial https://abl-group.com/abl/people/julien-vial/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:52:52 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=121426 Julien has sailed on an assortment of vessel types, including cable laying ships, ROV and plough support, supply vessels, ROV support, RORO ships, specialised AIRBUS0 container ships, passenger ships, and arctic cargo vessels with an assortment of propulsion types:

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Julien has sailed on an assortment of vessel types, including cable laying ships, ROV and plough support, supply vessels, ROV support, RORO ships, specialised AIRBUS0 container ships, passenger ships, and arctic cargo vessels with an assortment of propulsion types:

  • Electric propulsion synchrodrives + Kongsberg,
  • Two strokes massive Diesel engines (MAN 12K98) + shaft alternator + fixed pitch
  • Four strokes slow speed diesel & medium speed diesel, with both fixed and CPP pitch

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Afia McClenaghan https://abl-group.com/abl/people/afia-mcclenaghan/ Mon, 13 May 2024 05:39:48 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=62126 Afia McClenaghan, LL.B (Hons), LL.M (Oil and Gas), from St. Albert, Alberta, has over 10 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. Having worked in various subsea and energy organizations in contract and commercial roles, including review and negotiation of terms and conditions, partaking in technical and commercial assessments of suppliers and subcontractors, […]

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Afia McClenaghan, LL.B (Hons), LL.M (Oil and Gas), from St. Albert, Alberta, has over 10 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. Having worked in various subsea and energy organizations in contract and commercial roles, including review and negotiation of terms and conditions, partaking in technical and commercial assessments of suppliers and subcontractors, reviewing and delivering ITT, RFQ and RFI responses to various clients and developing a strong business development acumen, which has led to securing multimillion dollar contracts with key clients in the midstream and downstream sectors.

In late 2019, Afia was given the opportunity to open legacy Add Energy’s first Canadian office in Calgary, Alberta, where Canada’s first major multi-year and multimillion-dollar project was secured in early 2020. The team in Calgary continues to grow and diversify into new sectors and work collaboratively with other business segments within ABL Group.

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Carlos Pichel Montoya https://abl-group.com/abl/people/carlos-pichel-montoya/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:46:23 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=41703 Carlos is a senior naval architect with ABL Canada, based in Vancouver. His experience includes structural analysis, design consultancy services, vessel and barge surveys, and reviews for MWS approval.

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Carlos is a senior naval architect with ABL Canada, based in Vancouver. His experience includes structural analysis, design consultancy services, vessel and barge surveys, and reviews for MWS approval.

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Daniel Dore https://abl-group.com/abl/people/daniel-dore/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 05:24:49 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=40563 Daniel is a registered Professional Engineer (P. Eng) and a Senior Engineer at ABL Canada based in Calgary. He is a member of the International Institution of Marine Survey (IIMS) and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). He joined ABL Group in 2014 and has worked in the Lagos and Calgary offices. […]

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Daniel is a registered Professional Engineer (P. Eng) and a Senior Engineer at ABL Canada based in Calgary. He is a member of the International Institution of Marine Survey (IIMS) and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). He joined ABL Group in 2014 and has worked in the Lagos and Calgary offices.

Daniel has acted as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) on complex engineering and marine warranty survey projects, including the world’s largest FPSO ‘Egina’ project.

His experience includes marine casualty investigation, vessel/asset/project cargo surveys and third-party engineering document reviews and field attendance for MWS approval work. He has also acted on behalf of Hull & Machinery (H&M) and Protection & Indemnity (P&I) interests. He has expertise in the areas of onshore/offshore heavy lifting, subsea installation, cargo securing and marine transportation.

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Darrin Hickey https://abl-group.com/abl/people/darrin-hickey/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:08:55 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=26125 Darrin is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng) and naval architect with ABL Canada, based in St. John’s.  His experience includes marine casualty investigation, wreck assessments, marine assurance surveys, and review and attendance to support MWS approvals of marine operations.  Darrin has acted as project manager, superintendent, and MWS on a variety of marine warranty projects.

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Darrin is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng) and naval architect with ABL Canada, based in St. John’s. 

His experience includes marine casualty investigation, wreck assessments, marine assurance surveys, and review and attendance to support MWS approvals of marine operations.  Darrin has acted as project manager, superintendent, and MWS on a variety of marine warranty projects.

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Frans Schouffoer https://abl-group.com/abl/people/frans-schouffoer/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:28:12 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=25944 Frans was a Dual officer Chief engineer and Master mariner capability and sailed on RoRo and Product tankers and  20+ years with the major Container lines in the capacity of Chief  Officer and First Engineer on small 2000 Teu and Large 7000 Teu Container vessels. After his sea-going carrier, worked 8 years with a Domestic […]

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Frans was a Dual officer Chief engineer and Master mariner capability and sailed on RoRo and Product tankers and  20+ years with the major Container lines in the capacity of Chief  Officer and First Engineer on small 2000 Teu and Large 7000 Teu Container vessels. After his sea-going carrier, worked 8 years with a Domestic Canadian Survey company part of the Lloyds Agency network conducting cargo surveys, Flag-state inspections H&M and P&I club entry inspections and is a member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying. Frans gained an MSc. in Marine Surveying at Middlesex University. Frans gained his Ship Recycling HAzmat  Expert certificate (RINA) in 2020.

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Kevin Sirski https://abl-group.com/abl/people/kevin-sirski/ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:46:38 +0000 https://abl-group.com/abl/?post_type=people&p=18231 Kevin is a Chartered Naval Architect and Principal Naval Architect for ABL Group Canada based in Calgary. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors. Kevin joined ABL Group as part of the graduate training scheme and has worked in its London and Stavanger […]

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Kevin is a Chartered Naval Architect and Principal Naval Architect for ABL Group Canada based in Calgary. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors.

Kevin joined ABL Group as part of the graduate training scheme and has worked in its London and Stavanger offices as well as for its sister company, Longitude Engineering in Singapore.

Kevin specialises in hydrodynamics and has acted as project manager on many complex engineering and marine warranty survey projects, including the first topside installation using the unique vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit’.

His experience includes marine casualty investigation, design consultancy and analysis services, third party verification, vessel/barge surveys and, review and attendance for MWS approval work.

Kevin has expertise in the areas of vessel stability, transport analysis, motions analysis, mooring analyses, structural checks, offshore heavy lifting, subsea installation, cargo securing and offshore construction and decommissioning.

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