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G&W Marine are pleased to announce that we are now proud partners of National Maritime.

National Maritime is the UK’s maritime network for small and medium sizes enterprises (SMEs).

They are a community of UK Maritime SMEs inspired by a team with a passion for supporting UK maritime SMEs and who are unapologetically on the side of small and medium size businesses, as they help drive trade and growth for all.

National Maritime is a not-for-profit public, business and research partnership

The UK’s largest maritime network for SMEs

Supports UK maritime SMEs through funding, expertise and talent

Provides channels and specialised business support services to stimulate innovation activities

Puts the role of enterprise at the heart of everything it does

Works in partnership with key stakeholders and key agencies to pursue and attract major investment to deliver significant economic growth

Leverage the vast scope of the maritime sector to create opportunities and wealth in the communities where maritime industries are strong and across the UK

From a multi-disciplinary perspective, we champion green initiatives to grow and clean the sector sustainably

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Exciting times ahead as we formalise our ongoing collaboration with The Maritime and Aviation Group (International) Limited.

This partnership strengthens the wider offering into the maritime and aviation sectors, and with the added flex of a range of specialist consultants located across the globe, allows us all to engage upon significantly larger projects.

We also send our very best wishes to Captain John M Cox upon his well earned retirement.
Press Release

The Maritime Group (TMG) International-9 hours ago

ALL CHANGE: Well known, respected and regarded with great affection within the maritime world, Captain John M Cox has finally decided to hang up his sea-boots and retire after nearly 35 years at the helm, as President and Chairman of The Maritime Group (International) (TMG).

The Bremerton, WA, USA office is closing, and the HQ of the Group will shift to London, UK.

We all wish Captain (Jack) Cox a well-deserved retirement.

Captain Malcolm W Parrott will assume the mantle of President and Chairman in the interim until a new President & Chairman is appointed.

The Maritime Group (International) Limited (TMGE), the UK arm of The Maritime Group (International), is metamorphosing into The Maritime & Aviation Group (international) Limited (TMAG) with immediate effect.

Captain Malcolm W Parrott, the current Managing Director, will remain in post but will be joined by new directors: Mr Lee R Foster as Deputy MD, Captain Michael Monro as Aviation Operations Director and Mr Francis M O’Neill as Marine and Technical Operations Director.

All have been working with TMG as independent consultants for at least the last five years and, in some cases, longer.

The company will continue to centre on ferries and ports, ship management and maritime evaluation studies but will now also add small airfields, privately owned aircraft and small aviation companies to its portfolio.

Although Captain Parrott’s background is primarily in maritime, he also has an aviation background, holding in the past a commercial pilot’s licence and being a fully qualified air traffic controller in New Zealand.

Captain Monro’s background is military as a pilot in the UK’s Army Air Corp, then progressing to British Airways as Captain of large passenger jets and finally into aviation management.

For the last four years Captain Monro has been immersed in maritime with TMG, setting up a maritime freight service.

Mr Lee Foster has been allied with TMG for some time as MD of G & W Marine Limited Limited, Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of Birkenhead, UK.

Mr Foster is a UK-registered Chartered Engineer and Chartered Marine Engineer, specialising in new build and shipyard operations.

Mr Francis (Frank) O’Neill has worked as an independent consultant and prior to this was the Operations and Technical Manager of The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, having served in their vessels for many years as Chief Engineer Officer before moving ashore.

Captain Parrott said this is a major and exciting shift in our company.

“It is further anticipated that the rest of TMG’s international independent companies will follow suit over the next 6 months, taking on board aviation responsibilities.”

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We continue to support our client Merseytravel as Principal Designers and Critical Friends for the scheme of replacements at Woodside. This involves removal and decommissioning of the existing structures and the replacement of both landing stage and passenger bridge. The addition of a piled solution for the landing stage as opposed to conventional moorings completes the works.

Working as part of a larger team we have recently undertaken a number of comprehensive evaluations of major ferry operations in both Alaska, USA, and Croatia.

We attended multiple vessels across a range of operating routes, evaluated maintenance approaches, ship management, financial management, passenger experiences, value for money and a range of client specific requirements.

As a result of the evaluation a range of key improvements were provided covering the entire operations

Why not let us help you with your operation

Please contact us at info@gandwmarine.com

Following an upsurge in projects undertaken by the team we are pleased to announce that we are now offering an increased range of services to our existing and new client base

1. Dry dock supervision. This includes the preparation of specification, preliminary costing and budget development, cost control and regular reporting or whatever other element the client wishes to specify.
2. New Build supervision. Again we can support from yard selection, contract support, cost analysis, technical support, on site support
3. Tender evaluation and analysis
4. Vessel condition inspection
5. Vessel Pre-purchase inspection
6. Towage Surveys
7. Berth fits
8. Troubleshooting problems (e.g. excessive fuel consumption, vessel speed issues, repeated mechanical failures).
9. On-hire & off-hire surveys.
10. Vessel superintendency – short term & longer term options are available

Our team is growing and we would welcome the opportunity to support you in any of the above areas

Please drop us a line at info@gandwmarine.com and we will happily respond

We are very pleased to advise that G&W Marine will be attending Seawork during the month of June 2022. Seawork is the largest European commercial marine exhibition of its kind and will be held at the Mayflower Park venue in Southampton. We will be supporting our good friends, The Maritime Group (International) Limited and Sacre Davey Engineering Inc. We look forward to meeting you then.

G&W Marine have recently completed another major project this time managing the complete scheme of works on behalf of Merseytravel and the local combined authority. The project involved the decommissioning of two victorian era link spans and associated retaining booms. once removed the landing stage was temporarily moored awaiting installation of the new link spans and refurbished retaining booms. The landing stage was overhauled throughout all of its internal ballast tanks, new hydraulic gangways have been installed and upgrades to both electrical and mechanical services have been completed. The scheme took nearly two years to complete and has proven to be significantly complex.

Due to ongoing work commitments, we are currently looking for applications for a mid level naval architect.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills and work upon a variety of vessels, projects, concepts and modelling.

This is a full time role, based upon the Wirral, Merseyside. UK. We will also consider part time if required.

The ideal candidate will ideally have between 3-5 years of experience of a range of multiple vessel types and sizes.

You will have specific experience within either a shipbuilding, ship repair or conversion background, ideally within a design environment, teamed with a technical background in survey, consultancy and engineering.

Recently graduated naval architects with slightly less experience than that specified above, are also encouraged to apply.

Please send cv and covering email to:

info@gandwmarine.com

We have recently completed a major assessment on behalf of TMG International for the redevelopment of a new shipyard in Cameroon. The project saw us as part of the wider team review workshop capabilities, building areas, tooling and equipment and a new Panamax capacity floating dry dock.

G&W Marine are pleased to announce that we have now achieved accreditation to the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) Stage 2.

This award enables us to strengthen our current offerings into key companies within the Defence and Aerospace sectors.

JOSCAR is a cross-sector collaborative solution which will reduce the time, cost, resources and duplication currently needed to provide information to major customers. Over 2,500 suppliers have so far been invited to apply for JOSCAR accreditation by BAE Maritime Services, Babcock International, Selex ES and QinetiQ.