Dr RV Ahilan, Group Chief Executive, LOC Group
LOC Group’s CEO elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
LOC Group is pleased to announce that Dr R. V. Ahilan, Group Chief Executive, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Ahilan is one of 53 new Fellows elected today, in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession. Ahilan will join a Fellowship of approximately 1,600 eminent engineers from both industry and...
LOC Germany: a year in review
LOC Group, the premier international marine and engineering consulting firm, is pleased to announce that LOC Germany, one of the Company’s most recently incorporated offices, reported a successful first year after opening in Hamburg, in August 2019.
The office delivered revenue ahead of budget, despite the macro challenges posed during the year. The performance was based on the office continuing to channel the development of multiple business streams across both the...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/08/loc-germany-a-year-in-review/
LOC Group completes MWS scope for Qatargas North Field Bravo expansion project
LOC Group, the premier international marine and engineering consulting firm, was pleased to be awarded the Marine Warranty Surveyor (“MWS”) contract for the Qatargas North Field Expansion Project. The scope of work included the review of the engineering and procedures for the design, fabrication, load-out, sea transportation, installation and hook-up of the additional living quarter and its associated jacket and piles...
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LOC Canada strengthens its Hull & Machinery offering with appointment of Frans Schouffoer
LOC Group, the leading international engineering and marine consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Frans Schouffoer, as Senior Marine Surveyor.
Frans, who is based in LOC’s Halifax office in Nova Scotia, is a marine engineer surveyor, with extensive seafaring experience, including as a former-dual officer, First Engineer and Chief Officer. Frans joins LOC Canada from Hayes Stuart Inc and has...
In September 2009 the Dutch ship model testing basin, Marin, published a comprehensive report called Lashing@Sea, detailing the issues with container lashing as a precursor to regulatory improvements that would make the industry safer, most agree that little has changed since that time.
More than 10 years on from the Marin report the only regulatory change that has been achieved has been the introduction of verified gross mass (VGM) regulations which is clearly an important step, which we will...
https://container-news.com/lashing-rules-upgrade-imperative-for-container-industry/
LOC Group opens new office in Hamburg, Germany
Entry into Germany enables LOC to develop the Renewables and Shipping offering in Europe
LOC has opened a new office in Hamburg, Germany, to develop the Renewables and Shipping offering of the Group within the region. This will be the Group’s sixth office in Europe and its twenty sixth office globally.
Strategically located within Germany’s maritime and offshore hub, LOC’s new Hamburg office will enable the Group to have a local presence in Germany....
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/06/20/loc-group-opens-new-office-in-hamburg-germany/
l to r: Brian Leblanc, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Atlantic Region, CCG. John Doucet, Acting Superintendent, Vessels of Concern (VOC), CCG Ewan Browell, LOC Canada
Darren Fisher, M.P. Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia Andy Blackmer, Dillon Consulting
and Anne Miller, Regional Director, Incident Management, Atlantic Region, CCG
LOC Group is pleased to announce that the Canadian government has awarded the Group’s Canadian division a contract to develop a risk assessment methodology related to...