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ABL New Zealand will offer the company’s full range of energy and marine consultancy services, with a particular focus on bringing ABL’s more than 150 years of legacy in marine surveying and consulting to support the country’s maritime industries.

“New Zealand, with its size and strategic location in the South Pacific, is a pivotal hub for maritime activities, including shipping, with 99.7% of New Zealand’s trade transported by sea. Given the country’s unique characteristics – its size, isolation, and reliance on international trade – offering a comprehensive range of consultancy services represents an exciting opportunity for ABL. I am very excited to take on this new role.”

Morwenna Vye, Country Lead, ABL New Zealand

Leveraging the global expertise and resources of ABL Group, the new office will specialise in services including technical due diligence, technical advisory and management consultancy, vessel and yacht surveys, safety and compliance audits, ports & harbours consultancy, marine warranty survey and marine casualty management.

Master Mariner Vye has been appointed as country lead. She brings almost 20 years of experience in shipyard management, super yachts builds and brokerage. She has worked as a maritime regulator and investigator and has accreditation in ISM and ISO auditing. She joins ABL from the government agency Maritime New Zealand (MNZ).

In addition to maritime services, ABL will support the local market in its renewables and decarbonisation initiatives with the company’s multi-disciplined energy transition engineering services, including expertise in emissions consulting and electrification.

“Establishing a market presence in New Zealand is the natural next step for ABL, following almost 40 years of growth in the region. This move better enables us to provide our global service offering via local expertise, supporting more clients, more rapidly and across more markets. The new office also provides a platform off which to launch our market-leading renewable energy consultancy to support New Zealand’s promising offshore wind potential.”

Simon Healy, ABL’s Regional Managing Director for Asia-Pacific

ABL has been operational in Australasia since 1988, born out of the presence of AqualisBraemar and LOC. The company’s regional headquarter is located in Perth, with further offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

Part of global consultancy ABL Group ASA, it is joined in the region by sister companies, the renewable energy consultants – OWC, wells and reservoir management experts – AGR, and the Group’s design house – Longitude Engineering.   

ABL New Zealand is located at 155 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, and can be reached at +64 (0) 220363711.

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Highly experienced marine engineer and principal surveyor, Alexander Shterev, is to take on the new role of Country Manager for ABL in Romania.

Shterev, a long-standing colleague in ABL’s expanding Black Sea operations, is an ex-Chief Engineer and Marine Superintendent, with nine years of seafaring experience and more than 20 years as a marine surveyor.

His track-record in maritime, covers a large variety of vessel types, with particular expertise in capesize bulk carriers, reefer vessels and yachts. 

Since coming ashore, Shterev has been an integral part of ABL’s marine consultancy team in Bulgaria, providing a range of technical services to de-risk and drive value in both maritime and offshore energy projects in the Black Sea. Shterev specialises in superyacht surveying, hull and machinery (H&M) claims support and marine warranty survey.

He takes on his new position having been a driving force in the inception of ABL’s operations in Romania, based in Constanta.

“Alex is a valued member of our team not only in the Black Sea, but in supporting clients across Europe with marine solutions. Having been central to setting up our Romania office and helping drive many of our projects in the Romanian offshore energy space, Alex is the ideal candidate to take our local operations further, so we can support more clients in this important chapter in the Black Sea’s history.”

Lyubomir Djambazov, Sub Regional Director for ABL in the Black Sea

ABL Romania provides energy, marine and engineering consultancy solutions to support projects and assets across renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. The team has been providing marine warranty survey (MWS) on two of Romania’s most significant offshore energy construction projects in recent years – the Midia Gas Development and Neptun Deep.

Some of the ABL Romania team: Loredana Carcea, Technical Assistant, Alexander Shterev, Country Manager, and Alexandra Coman, Engineering Manager.

In addition to this, utilising the wider ABL Group’s in-house expertise in renewable energy consulting, ABL Romania has supported the Black Sea’s first steps into offshore wind and floating solar with feasibility and market studies.

The local operations has rapidly grown and continues to do so, with a multi-disciplined engineering team, led by engineering manager Alexandra Coman, and assisted by technical assistant Loredana Carcea. ABL’s wider Black Sea operations include offices in Bulgaria and Turkey.

ABL is the energy and marine consultancy branch of Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group.

Discover more on our experience in Romania and the wider Black Sea or get in touch with the team in Constanta, Romania, to discuss how we can support your project or asset in energy and oceans:

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“I am excited to welcome Ayman and Julien to the team. Both bring significant seafaring experience with unique expert profiles in critical areas that pose challenges to our maritime and wider marine operations. This boost to our marine consultancy capabilities reflects our commitment to staying at the cutting-edge of market and client requirements across North America.”

John Walker, Regional Managing Director for Maritime in the Americas

About Ayman Alakkawi, Marine Engineer | ABL USA 

Alakkawi is a highly experienced ex-Chief Engineer, with over 20 years serving at sea in both maritime and offshore oil and gas sectors. Since coming ashore, his distinguished experience includes time as a college professor with New York’s SUNY Maritime college.

As a director and subject matter expert for the Liberian Ship Registry, Alakkawi provided technical support for marine design projects and representation on IMO working groups and committees.

His unique skill set also enhances ABL’s technical offering to support the application of alternative fuel and LNG for vessels, having played a leading role in establishing the LNG Center of Excellence for clean energy. The blend of operational and deep technical expertise in the subject, uniquely places ABL to provide a comprehensive marine and engineering analysis of the risks and risk mitigation strategies to support alternative fuel engineering and design.

“I’m excited to have joined ABL in this exciting time of growth. I’m looking forward to contributing to ABL’s marine expertise to provide turnkey solutions for our clients in the Americas and across the Globe.”

Ayman Alakkawi, Snr. Marine Engineer, ABL USA

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About Julien Vial, Marine Engineer | ABL Canada

Vial also brings more than 20 years of seafaring experience working up to Chief Engineer.  His expertise covers maritime and cargo markets, as well as offshore energy, with a background in containerships and cable lay vessels.

Vial is experienced in a wide range of marine surveys, inspections and audits, including supporting dynamic positioning (DP) systems. With expertise in managing dry-dock operations, Vial will bring value to the ABL’s North American Hull & Machinery consultancy services.

“I look forward to adding my experience to the wider maritime and marine team in Canada, supporting both maritime clients, and in mitigating risk in Canada’s busy offshore energy market. In particular, I think my background will support the local Hull and Machinery (H&M) team as well as Canada’s growing renewable energy and electrification market.”

Julien Vial, Snr. Marine Surveyor, ABL Canada

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Both Alakkawi and Vial have experience with a wide variety of vessel types.

About ABL Maritime in North America

ABL’s extensive marine surveyor and consultancy footprint runs coast-to-coast in Canada and the USA, supporting with the full range of marine assurance & risk services, ports and harbours consultancy, and maritime consultancy, both for risk mitigation and in casualty management scenarios.

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Transitioning ashore, Ayman served as an Assistant Professor delivering USCG approved marine engineering courses with SUNY Maritime College (NY), and led the establishment of the LNG center of excellence for clean energy, he also became a subject matter expert for the Liberian Ship Registry (the largest ship registry) where he provided technical support for marine design projects.

His expertise covers classification regulatory standards, HAZID/HAZOP studies, BWTS/Scrubbers installations, alternative arrangements for exemptions and equivalency related to offshore units, LNG fueled vessel, alternative fuels and decarbonization projects.

He is a chartered engineer, chartered marine engineer, a fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects RINA, a member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science, and Technology IMarEST, and a member of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors IIMS.

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When: 3 – 6 September

Where: Hamburg, Germany

ABL’s maritime legacy spans more than 150 years to the Salvage Association, bringing together the trusted reputations and expertise of AqualisBraemar and LOC.

We cover all aspects of maritime and shipping, including hull and machinery claims, P&I claims and Salvage and Wreck removal projects. Our 24/7 emergency casualty response service ensures that we are always available to assist, no matter the scale or complexity of the incident.

We offer a comprehensive service portfolio to support the maritime sector in its energy transition reflecting our commitment to safeguarding and driving sustainability in the industry, from pioneering projects in designing zero-emission vessels to our proprietary software solution for emissions AAA monitoring and abating in ports and harbours. We are the industry’s trusted partner in decarbonisation.

Catch up with our team to discuss our services:

• Ports and Harbours Consulting
• Marine Assurance & Risk
• Marine Warranty Survey
• Clean Shipping Solutions
• Emissions Consulting
• Marine Casualty Management
• Expert Witness & Litigation

Who will be there?

• Tilo Klappenbach, Country Manager, ABL Germany
• Christoph Grams, Marine Consultant – Master Mariner, ABL Germany
• Stefano Scarpa, Associate Director – Maritime decarbonisation, ABL London
• Thibault Vinet, Senior Naval Architect – Renewables, ABL France
• Dean Goves, Operations & Maritime Design Director, Longitude Engineering
• Duncan Grigg, Product Lead – Maritime Design, Longitude Engineering

ABL brings together the deepest pool of multi-disciplinary expertise to support all areas of shipping, from early advisory and technical due diligence, navigational planning, early engineering, vessel design and modifications, through to operations, with surveys, inspections and audits, as well as world-class marine warranty survey, to supporting in the minimising of losses with marine casualty management, salvage and wreck removal, and expert witness work.

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Where: St. John’s Convention Centre, St. John’s, NL

When: 14th-16th May, 2024

Our team in attendance:

• Nicolas Cazeres, Regional Managing Director, Americas, ABL 
• Afia McClenaghan, Asset & Integrity Management Managing Director, Canada, ABL
• Maria Pallard, Principal Consultant, ABL
• Rob Kelly, Engineering Manager, Longitude

Event theme: Navigating Sustainable Marine Transportation

With attendees from 3 of our ABL group companies – ABL, OWC and Longitude, we’ll have experts on stand to discuss how we can support you in navigating the marine environment, mitigating risk and delivering your project safely and sustainably:

ABL

• Marine advisory services
• Clean shipping
• Marine assurance and risk including vessel suitability surveys and DP trials and consulting
• Port infrastructure feasibility and consulting
• Marine spatial planning and navigational analysis
• Marine warranty survey
• Post-lost marine casualty management services
• Asset & Integrity Management: maintenance optimisation, asset data, inventory and materials, safety and risk management services all supporting maritime operations

OWC

• Talk to OWC about auction support, technical due diligence, technical studies including wind energy yield assessment, metocean and wind measurements, cables engineering, and geoscience

Longitude:

• Talk to Longitude about vessel design from newbuilds to conversions, marine operations engineering, pre-FEED and FEED services for your offshore wind project, floating solar PV, hydrogen and tidal energy projects

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The Batam office will be managed by ABL’s Indonesia’s head office, located in the capital of Jakarta. Day-to-day operations will be coordinated with the ABL Offshore Director in Singapore.

In total, ABL Indonesia has over 25 specialist consultants in maritime and offshore oil and gas disciplines. The new office is located at Graha Pena Batam, 8^th Floor Jln Raya Batam Center – Teluk Tering Kec. Batam City.

“We have been present in Indonesia since 1999 when we were originally established as PT Falconer Bryan, followed by Braemar and now ABL. This is the next exciting step in growing our operations in the country to the strategically important fabrication hub of Batam. This new office will allow us to support more clients across maritime and oil and gas industries with local experts in the area able to respond quickly and cost-effectively.”

Deddy Setiyatno, ABL Indonesia’s Country Manager

ABL’s local entity supports Indonesia’s energy and maritime markets, with a wide range of consultancy services, including rig moving consultancy, transportation and installation (T&I) marine warranty survey, naval architecture and marine engineering, hull & machinery and P&I consultancy and survey services.  

“Many of the energy infrastructure T&I projects on which we work as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) in Australia, Indonesia, and our other offices in Asia Pacific, have operations in Batam. This new office will help us to support these projects with a continuous local technical presence.”

Simon Healy, Regional Managing Director, ABL Asia Pacific

ABL is part of Oslo-listed ABL Group ASA, an independent energy and marine consultancy group to the global renewables, maritime and oil and gas sectors.

Get in contact with ABL Indonesia to find out how we can support you locally across maritime and offshore energy sectors:

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Turbochargers: What they do, why they breakdown and why repairs are so expensive

Join us for November’s ABL Market Briefing, discussing the topic of Turbochargers: what they do, why they breakdown and why repairs are so expensive.

This is a talk by our guests from a global turbocharger service company based in the UK – TSI Group. They will explain turbochargers from basics, why they breakdown and what can be done to prevent this and mitigate repair costs.

What you will learn:

1. You will be able to describe what a turbocharger does
2. You will be able to explain why it’s so important to an engine’s performance
3. You will be able to explain the factors behind their breakdown
4. You will be able to list the cost and time benefits of using non-OEM repairs
5. You will be able to cite a case study of a breakdown and repair

The technical presentation will be followed by a Q&A, and finalised with a summary of last month’s high-cost marine casualties.

When: Thursday 9th November, 9:30 AM UK time

Where:

• In-person: Lloyd’s Old Library, 1 Lime Street, EC3M 7HA, London, arrivals for coffee, tea and biscuits from 09:00
• Virtual: Via Zoom

Meet your panel:

• Paul Hill – ABL Group Global Technical Director Maritime, Technical Presenter and Introduction
• Jean-Paul Azzopardi – TSI Group Technical Director, Technical Presenter
• Jasper Gaskin – ABL Naval Architect, Case Reports

Discover ABL’s services in maritime:

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