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We never turn down a jobFAYARD A/S keeps a sharp focus

on maritime innovation

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CONTENTS EDITORIAL

A wide range of professional

groups and expertise places

SH Group as a valuable coopera-

tion partner, also for FAYARD A/S,

the Lindø-based shipyard.

p. 18

Close cooperation with the

Lindø shipyard FAYARD A/S on

3D scanning has widened Flindt

Kristensen's customer portfolio.

p. 13

The Lindø-based shipyard FAYARD A/S is

more than 100 years old. Still it is at the

forefront when it comes to development

and innovation.

p. 04

Knud E. Hansen is one of the world's

three largest passenger ship design-

ers, but also works with rebuilding and

energy optimisation of vessels for the

offshore industry, the wind turbine

industry, the tanker segment and

container vessels.

p. 11

Carriage of goods is not what it used to be. This is clearly felt in the maritime trade

which is undergoing sweeping changes during these years. Today, it's important to

keep focus on environmental requirements and energy optimisation, and at the same

time the clients' requirements for efficiency improvement and digitisation must be

met. In this issue, Discover LINDØ pinpoints the subject of Maritime Innovation.

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Dear ReaderFirst and foremost, welcome to a new

edition of the magazine on businesses and

activities at LINDØ port of ODENSE – and

welcome to an edition which both in looks

and in name has moved on from the well-

known LOOKOUT.

New times require new ideas – and we

found that time had come to make a big

leap forward with our magazine so that it is

now appearing even more obvious and more

distinct as a contribution to understand-

ing the blue industries. We will be bringing

themed articles, business stories, project

presentations and brief factual accounts

and much, much more. We are highly

expectant of the new magazine and I hope

that we will surprise our existing readers as

well as inspire new readers.

As already mentioned, new times re-

quire new ideas, and with this in mind I also

wish to welcome the theme of this edition

which is about new thinking, in other words,

innovation. We are familiar with the word

and frequently use it. Here is one definition:

The development of a new idea and its

implementation into practice. Interesting

and right in the core of the stories which we

bring you this time; stories of enterprises,

with the repair yard FAYARD A/S at the front,

which think up new ideas AND implement

them, and in this cross field ideas become

business. And good business, that is.

The fact is that when enterprises like the ones we

are telling you about here relocate traditional indus-

try methods from old ways of thinking to new ways

and when they intersect boundaries in their hunt

for new ideas, this is where we meet the new times

at the very point when the value is at it's highest; at

the forefront.

FAYARD A/S is a modern undertaking in a

traditional industry and it calls for very high

endeavours to be at the forefront, both when it

comes to methods and to cooperation partners.

We hope you will find inspiration and entertain-

ment in this new issue of Discover LINDØ – and that

you will discover something new.

Enjoy your reading!

Carsten Aa

Managing Director

PHOTO: SKOVDAL NORDIC, FREDERIK JOHS


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“Speed is all – quality is

everything.” This saying is

the motto for FAYARD A/S, the

biggest shipyard in the coun-

try, which is located at Lindø in

Odense Fjord.

These six words are no

coincidence. Speed is indeed

paramount to the shipping trade

in 2017, where time is money.

And FAYARD A/S can proudly

subscribe to those words as the

101-year-old yard is well known

in the industry for living up to

a reputation of efficient repair

work, maintenance and optimi-

sation of ships without compro-

mising safety or quality.

– Our biggest competition

on a global scale is Asia in terms

of ships line trading between

Europe and Asia. In the North

European market, Poland is a

country with which we cannot

compete on hourly rates. On the

other hand, we are more efficient

in relation to quality of work and

not least in relation to the time

we need for the ships in dry

dock, says Ivan S. Larsen, Sales

Manager with FAYARD A/S.

A mastermind

The shipyard, originally founded

at the port of Fredericia and

moved to Lindø in 2010, has

long since learnt that the road

to survival in an industry which

has lost several shipyards over

the years is development and

innovation.

– Ships, like motorcars,

need service checks. Service

checks are essential require-

ments by insurance companies

and non-observance of this can

eventually lead to a ship losing

her certificate. So we know that

ships need a service check at

least every five years, and this

gives us a good overview of the

market for the coming year, he

explains and elaborates:

– It is our philosophy that we

never turn down a job offhand.

We never turn down a job

“To many shipping companies we become

the natural choice because we are strategically well

located on the ships' routes going either out of or into the

Baltic Sea, says Ivan S. Larsen.”

IVAN S. LARSEN, SALES MANAGER WITH FAYARD A/S

Fayard A/S

Annually, FAYARD A/S

works on 120-130 ships

and disposes of four dry

docks that are generally

occupied at around 80

percent of the year.

FAYARD A/S was

originally Fredericia

Skibsværft (Fredericia

Shipyard) and until

2010 located in the port

of Fredericia, when it

moved to Lindø and in

2011 changed its name

to FAYARD A/S.

FAYARD A/S is 100

percent privately

owned and employs a

staff of approx. 150,

mainly shipbuilders and

administration.

Measurements of

the dry docs are

145 x 30 x 8 metres,



315/415 x 90 x 8,5 metres

On average, a ship is in

dry dock for 10-12 days.

The four dry docks of shipyard FAYARD A/S are in great demand. 80 percent

of the year the dry docks are fully occupied.

One of the oldest shipyards in Denmark, FAYARD A/S - based at Lindø

Port of Odense, has survived hard times in the industry by maintaining

focus on development and innovation.

BY: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD PHOTO: FAYARD A/S

MARITIME INNOVATION


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We ask the client to give us an hour to

find a solution, and generally we are suc-

cessful. And we do so, because we have

a CEO and owner who is the mastermind

of solving the puzzle.

The maritime industry is a niche.

Generally seen, the people moving within

the narrow circles of the industry are the

same – perhaps in other positions and

businesses than 20 years ago – but

basically it is an international industry that

is populated by known faces. This may

in fact be an advantage if, like FAYARD

A/S, you have cemented your name as a

decent and trustworthy co-player. And a

devastating disadvantage, if you don't live

up to expectations. 70 percent of clients

are non-Danish international shipowners.

– Approx. 80 percent of our clients

are old friends of the house and some

of them are returning clients from our

years in Fredericia.

NOx, SOx and ballast water

When discussing the shipping trade

in 2017, we cannot bypass two special

agendas: Energy efficiency, including

optimisation of hull and propellers, and

reduction of NOx and SOx (nitrogen and

sulphur emission, Ed.) and ballast water

systems. Two areas covered with innova-

tion by FAYARD A/S.

– We have four dry docks at our dis-

posal, and we have significant coopera-

tion with many of the other businesses at

Lindø. We can supply solutions that will

meet the requirements from the authori-

ties in areas such as ”emission to air” and

”emission to water”. For instance, we have

just serviced two ferries operating purely

on LNG (liquefied natural gas), one oper-

ating on methanol and two hybrid ferries

partly electrically powered. Just as great

efforts are made in the motor industry to

find alternative fuels, this is also done in

the maritime industry. And we are working

on ship rebuilding that will optimise the

vessel's performance in the water.

These rebuilding efforts also include

the transformation of a ship original-

ly designed for the strained seismic

industry into a comfortable hotel ship,

specially

targeted to the

construction work at

the offshore wind farms

presently being put up.

While the ships are in dry dock

it is also significant to think along

green lines and reduce the emission

hazardous to the environment.

Together with Danfoss, FAYARD

A/S has also developed a power supply

system that will ensure stable power to

ships during dock stays and which uses

shore based electrical supply rather than

traditional diesel-driven generators from

the ship. Green Innovation Clean Power

System, is the name of the system which

consists of two fitted out containers that

may either be taken on board the ship or

placed on the quay.

In addition to the reduced emission

of NOx and SOx, the Clean Power System

provides smoother power to the ships

during repair and less noise emission. An

added bonus is in the financial sphere

as the system has turned out to be far

more economical than a diesel-operated

power system.

In the area of working with ballast

water systems, FAYARD A/S specialises

in the retrofitting of BWTS (Ballast Water

Treatment Systems) and in the spring

of 2017 the company will complete an

ISO14001 certification of the entire yard.

Digital overview

The location at Lindø is appropriately

close to the Great Belt which is one of

the most heavily trafficked straits of

commercial shipping.

This is also an obligation on us, and

as a shipyard we must keep abreast of

the times and of the expectations of

efficiency held by the shipowners.

– We have developed programs

which enable the client to be present

physically in, say, Rotterdam and still be

able to create a digital overview of the

progress of the repairs and the optimi-

sation of his ship. This means that we

often experience during the progress

of projects that the client may wish

additional work to be done – particularly

if the work is progressing faster than

estimated. This calls for great flexibility

on our part. And that's what we deliver,

the sales manager explains.

Another method which both optimis-

es the repair period and at the same time

optimises the ship's design and perfor-

mance is 3D scanning, which FAYARD

A/S offers in cooperation with the Lindø

enterprise, Flindt Kristensen Engineering.

A ship can be photographed

throughout with special equipment and

on this basis a data model can be pre-

cisely made so that all changes can be

defined in the model – and approved by

the client and the classification society –

even before the ship calls into the yard.

– Ship designs are very individual

and there is no standard model to work

from like you do with a Lego model. With

3D scanning we attempt to work towards

this by obtaining advance approval of

the optimisations and have the internal

fitting systems ready when the ship

concerned calls into port, so that, in

principle, we only have to complete the

installation. This leaves the shipping

company with an optimised ship in a very

short time, says Ivan S. Larsen.

Threat from inside

All things considered, FAYARD A/S has

learnt to follow the development in an

industry which does not at all resemble

itself if we look back just 30 years.

– Our base is still repair work, but now

we do much more than that. We have

moved from being a traditional shipyard

to having a status of a hub or a project

place where new things are developed

with people who are picked up from

domestic or foreign places for the project

at hand, and once the project is com-

pleted, another one starts, says Ivan S.

Larsen.

The future looks bright to FAYARD

A/S who has succeeded in embracing

the winds of change in stead of fighting

against them. And even though the

biggest competition in Poland, the

Netherlands and Germany help keeping

FAYARD A/S abreast, these are not the

countries from which Ivan S. Larsen

anticipates the greatest threat against

the industry. That will indeed come from

within.

– To a great extent we depend

on sufficiently specialised labour to

implement our projects. And therefore

we depend on open borders and a global

vision. If politicians should suddenly

start introducing laws to remove our

open borders and global trade and pre-

vent cooperating with foreign maritime

specialist undertakings, that's when we

would be seriously challenged, he says.

At FAYARD we have ourselves done a

lot to secure the inflow of labour in the

long term. 10 percent of the staff are

apprentices, and it is our intention to

maintain this level. Furthermore, FAYARD

appreciate that our cooperation partners

also keep in view that apprentices can be

secured an affiliation with the maritime

trades. With its newly established coor-

dinator for apprentices, Funen Maritime

Cluster supports the effective education

and training of apprentices while this

takes place in direct connection with the

maritime environment.

Norwegian recognition

Right here and now, the shipyard is

pleased that major leading Norwe-

gian shipping companies who have a

reputation for making tough demands of

certification, are using FAYARD A/S to a

great extent. Circumstances which Ivan

S. Larsen does not hesitate to refer to as

a recognition of what the Lindø shipyard

is capable of doing.

At that, FAYARD has just entered into

contract with the Danish Navy to be able

to work on all assignments on the Navy's

ships.

“To shipping companies today, it is significant to be able to follow online the development onboard their ships.”IVAN S. LARSEN, SALES MANAGER WITH FAYARD A/S

FAYARD A/S has rebuilt a ship, originally designed for seismic operations, into a comfortable hotel ship targeted to the work on offshore wind parks.

FAYARD A/S is also cooperating with Knud E. Hansen on Scrubber

Exhaust Gas Cleaning that reduces the emission of sulphur dioxide, thus

ensuring that the vessels observe the strict requirements of IMO.


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MARITIME INNOVATION

Shipping keeps the world together

Even though ships have now changed from the basic idea that they are something

which we can make move through water, there is indeed a world of difference from

then until now. Most conspicuously, the ship sizes of our days, but at the same time

a major part of the development is not quite so perceptible.

BY: FINN BRUUN

with Scandlines, the list is long, but also

full of less tangible items such as the in-

ternational regulation by IMO, free trade

and not least environmental measures

and the most recently noted highlights

such as new rules for ballast water and

for sulphur emission.

In recent years, Danish shipping, by

way of innovation, has moved into the

top-ten list of the world's biggest seafar-

ing nations, led by Maersk, and in quality

shipping and environment the country is

hardly outmatched by any other country.

Environment is paramount

Marie Bruun Skipper, Director of Danish

Shipowners' Association, assesses that

the environmental effort is a natural part

of the highlights. Development gathered

momentum when safety at sea became

a global theme and environment and

climate were included as an inseparable

part of quality:

– Today, both environment – i.e.

emissions – and CO2, in terms of

climate, are efforts which together

with scrapping have been added and

have a strong presence, she says.

By nature, shipping is international.

It was indeed shipping which, before the

bridges, held Denmark together, and

setting out from our many ports tied

Denmark with the world – and has done

so for a thousand years since the days of

the Vikings.

– The clincher-built Viking ships

were among the most efficient ships in

Europe and extremely fast downwind,

just as some of them could carry consid-

erable loads. They were rowed with oars

and could be pulled over land to the riv-

ers. In those days, Danish shipping was

really on the beat and it has been there

on and off ever since, says Thorbjørn

Thaarup, Director of the M/S Maritime

Museum of Denmark.

The heavier merchant ships, the kog

ships, particularly from Germany, later be-

came popular. Subsequently, Dutch ships

created an almost soaring economy while

Danish shipping did not make itself par-

ticularly felt internationally until in 1912

when we joined the avant-garde: The East

Asiatic Company (EAC) and Burmeister &

Wain joined with Rudolf Diesel to develop

the world's first large diesel marine en-

gine for EAC's ”SELANDIA”. So Denmark on

her own has both developed technology

and taken over somebody else's.

Now-defunct EAC, by the way, was

also first to invest in the new idea of

containers, but did not go all the way. A.P.

Møller, founder of Maersk, did that shortly

afterwards. Massively and with great

success. So much so, that the Triple-E

series with the EMMA MAERSK, which was

then the world's biggest container ship

and built at Lindø, set new standards.

Ship technology, shipyards, subcon-

tractors have created milestones, but

shipping is also driven forward by innova-

tion within the areas of business, com-

merce, politics and visions to get out into

the whole world and open new markets.

A link in the chain

Henrik Sornn-Friese, Associate Professor

and Director of CBS Maritime, points at

the strong competences in the Danish

maritime industry over the past 100

years with quality, high technology and

marked project management as the high

points and as a launch pad for the green

development in Danish shipping.

– In terms of technology we are far

ahead, because we have had such power-

ful shipyards with close connection to the

shipowners, he says, but at the same time

stresses that we have to look at transport

as part of a bigger value chain.

Maritime transport and shipping

companies are connected with ports,

infrastructure ashore and in harmony

with rules and regulations across the

traditional fields of responsibility with

the authorities and with increased digiti-

sation.

Free Trade

– Free trade rather than protectionism

has moved forward during the past 30

years. However, right now the Chinese

are very aggressive in shipping, so com-

petition will to an increasing extent come

from state-owned corporations, and this

is a change, he says and mentions the

anxiety of new protectionism after the

election of Donald Trump as President of

the USA.

It is no coincidence that 90 percent of

world trade in 2017 is carried at sea.

Shipping has proved totally indispen-

sable in our modern global times, but

changes have affected not only the

performances of the ships and the pro-

gress of technology and innovation be-

hind. The very idea of shipping has also

changed: It is seen today as one link

in a long chain which brings producer

and consumer in close encounter – and

creates jobs and economy.

Digitisation is now a regular and

increasing component of transport.

This applies not only on board the

vessels, at the shipping offices, in the

ports, with the forwarding agents, at

bunkering, but in the entire field of

logistics.

If we consider the highlights of

the development in shipping from the

use of sails, navigation, steam, diesel

and most recently the increasing use

of propulsion by power, for instance

“In terms of technology we are far ahead, because we have had such powerful shipyards with close connection to the shipowners.”HENRIK SORNN-FRIESE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF CBS MARITIME

Approx. 800

The clincher-built Viking ship,

the most effective type of

ship in Europe at around the

year 1,000

1948

IMO – UN's International Maritime Organi-

sation, was established in 1948 and SOLAS

the convention on Safety of Life at Sea is

one of its most significant conventions.

The most recent one is the convention on

ballast water management which has been

ratified and enters into force in 2017

1956 and 1966

In 1956, the first container

ship left New Jersey for Texas

and the first international

voyage was in 1966

1970s

The biggest ships are tan-

kers: ULCCs – Ultra Large

Crude Carriers – the most

recent carrier built in 2004,

with double hull

2006

EMMA MAERSK, built in 2006 at Lindø, was

at the time the biggest container ship in the

world. Container ships continue to grow and

are now heading beyond 20,000 TEU

Around 1150

The kog ship. A somewhat

heavier merchant ship

particularly from Germany

took over

In the 1500s -1600s

Dutch merchant ships

accounted for an explosion

in economy

1912

EAC’s ”SELANDIA” with the

world's first big diesel marine

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Historic agreement concluded with 10 Danish shipyards

At the beginning of the year, the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logis-

tics Organization (DALO) of the Ministry of Defence, entered into six

partial agreements concerning the maintenance of 50 of the Ministry's

vessels with 10 Danish shipyards – including the Lindø-based FAYARD

A/S. History was made at the same time when these contracts were

made, according to the industry association, Danish Maritime.

– We have been looking forward to this day for a long time and

have great expectations of the cooperation ahead of us over the next

seven years, says Niels Bundsgaard, Lieutenant General and Director

of DALO in connection with the signing ceremony at DALO at the end of

January.

According to estimates, the turnover of the six partial agreements

will amount to 70-90 million kroner (9-12M Euro) each year for the 50

ships that form part of an entirely new framework agreement under

the defence directive concluded by DALO and which will apply for seven

years.

BENCHMARK ANALYSIS TO ABOLISH SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DANISH SHIPS

A so-called neighbour check shows that Denmark has 33 special

requirements for Danish ships, according to the Danish Maritime

Authority.

Denmark is characterised by quality shipping and Deloitte’s

benchmark analysis confirms that Denmark is a good place to

conduct maritime business. We have been working towards this for

a long time and we have already abolished four of the 33 special

requirements identified in the analysis. Now, with this analysis in

hand, we will take initiatives to make it even more attractive to fly the

Danish flag, says Andreas Nordseth, Director General from the Danish

Maritime Authority.

The benchmark analysis was carried out by Deloitte on the basis

of a decision by the Danish Government’s Implementation Commit-

tee who wishes the Danish rules to be at a level with the country's

neighbouring states. The analysis examined to what extent Denmark

gold-plates five international conventions or has other additional

special requirements compared to Malta, Norway, Singapore, the

United Kingdom and Germany. The analysis has identified 33 special

requirements. These include, inter alia, requirements related to

the construction of ships, inspections, certification and reporting

obligations.

Status at the turn of the year shows that four of the 33 special

requirements have been abolished, and more are anticipated during

the current year.

350More maritime intern-ships wanted, please!

350 additional internships in

The Blue Denmark annually.

This is the target for the educa-

tion package proposed by Danish

shipping companies according to

Danish Shipowners' Association.

More flexibility with the

time at sea of the internship

divided between ships of several

shipowners, and state education

grants/loans to trainees of navi-

gation are some of the wishes

mentioned in the package.

The proposal should be seen

as an input to the Government's

maritime growth team which

during the spring will be landing a

series of recommendations to a

proper growth plan.

With the proposal for a

stronger training and educa-

tion effort, Danish Shipowners'

Association hopes to keep

The Blue Denmark ahead and

to continue to deliver one fourth

of Danish exports.

In continuation of the

Shipowners' Association's

proposal, the Funen Maritime

Cluster has just appointed a

trainee coordinator who will

support the efforts to create

more internships in the mari-

time trades all over Funen, also

including the strengthening of

efforts in the blue cluster at

Lindø.

DANISH ACCEPTANCE OF ECO-FRIENDLY SCRAPPING OF SHIPS

Denmark must adopt the

Hong Kong convention of

2009 on better protection

of people and environ-

ment when ships are

scrapped. This statement

is made by the Ministry of

Environment and Food of

Denmark.

Esben Lunde Larsen

(V), Danish Minister for

Environment and Food has

submitted the new bill for

debate in Folketinget (the

Danish parliament).

– Alternate govern-

ments have worked for

this since the Hong Kong

convention was created in

2009. It is a complex legal

area and we have waited

for the EU for some of the

way, so I am glad that we

are now very close to the

point of accession. Worn-

out ships typically contain

hazardous waste and they

need to be scrapped under

defensible conditions,

and shipping is a global

industry where we need

common international

rules. With Denmark's

accession we are sending

a strong signal to other

countries that it is

significant to prioritise

defensible scrapping of

ships. The more countries

that accede, the faster

may the convention take

effect, says Minister Esben

Lunde Larsen.

NEWS IN BRIEF MARITIME INNOVATION

Knud E. Hansen provides services within naval architecture and

design, rebuilding and energy optimisation for businesses from

cruise ships, offshore, the wind turbine industry to the tanker

segment and container vessels.

BY: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD PHOTO: SKOVDAL NORDIC, FREDERIK JOHS

The Royal Danish Yacht Kongeskibet

DANNEBROG, DFDS passenger ships,

Stena Line, Carnival cruise ships and a

vast number of other passenger and cruise

ships operating on the seven seas have,

at least a majority of them, at some time

or other been in the capable hands of the

employees with Knud E. Hansen.

The enterprise is a mature business of 80

years of age which holds the position as one

of the three largest passenger ship designers

in the world.

In spite of Knud E. Hansen's age, the

company has been able to keep up to date

in designing passenger ships, and one of its

most recent initiatives is virtual reality.

– Virtual reality is a significant tool for the

design of passenger sections. By applying vir-

tual reality, both the client and we are able to

orientate ourselves on board a ship which has

not yet been completed, and assess whether

sections have the right location in relation

to one another, says Brian Bender Madsen,

Head of Machinery and Systems with Knud E.

Hansen.

Observing IMO requirements

However, Knud E. Hansen is not only designing

We have the 1:1 scale right in front of our windows

Knud E. Hansen

Knud E. Hansen was

established in 1937 and

is one of the world's

three largest passenger

ship designers.

The enterprise employs

a staff of 85 people and

their main offices are in

Elsinore. However, the

ship design enterprise

has a motto to be

present where its clients

are, and therefore it has

offices scattered around

the world in Fort Laud-

erdale in the USA, Perth

in Australia, London, The

Faroe Islands, Greece -

and at Lindø.

Brian Bender Madsen is Head of Machinery and Systems with Knud E. Hansen, one of the world's three largest passenger ship designers..

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ships. Core areas of the enterprise are

also redesign of existing ships for other

purposes, reconstruction of rigs for the

offshore industry and scrubber exhaust

gas cleaning.

Scrubber exhaust gas cleaning is in

fact an area in which Knud E. Hansen has

assisted FAYARD A/S.

– Our scrubber exhaust gas clean-

ing project reduces the emission of

sulphur dioxide and observes IMO's strict

requirements for the shipping industry,

Brian Bender Madsen explains.

The world's largest TIV vessels

Knud E. Hansen has also been a close

cooperation partner with FAYARD A/S

and their client in connection with a

major reconstruction of the MAERSK

GALLANT rig and the transformation of a

ship originally built for the seismic trade

but now converted into a hotel ship.

– We have also developed the world's

two largest wind turbine installation

vessels, the PACIFIC ORCA and the

PACIFIC OSPREY, which were berthed

with FAYARD A/S for a specific recon-

struction and upgrade. These are vessels

that can carry up to twelve 3.6MW

turbines and which can resist even harsh

weather and big waves. At the same

time, the vessels are designed to reach

a maximum speed of 14 knots. Hereby

they are a type of vessel that may con-

siderably reduce the installation time at

offshore wind farms, operate even in bad

weather and reduce the transportation

time, says Brian Bender Madsen.

Fine cooperation

When asked to state the largest benefit

of having offices at Lindø, he refers to the

1:1 scale right in front of their windows

with which no plan can compete.

– All things considered, it is far easier

to be with the client on board of the

ships in the dry dock out here and create

an overview of design than by looking at

a plan – no matter how good it may be.

We are fortunate to have good coopera-

tion connections with the majority of

shipping companies that dock their

ships at FAYARD A/S. The shipowners

allow us to use their ships in the yard as

inspiration to new designs and not least

for training young designers and marine

engineers, he says.

Knud E. Hansen's offices at Lindø

dispose of a number of experienced

senior designers, marine and electrical

engineers whose expert knowledge is

easily available for FAYARD A/S and other

enterprises at Lindø – almost on an

hourly basis, even. This is indeed a big

economic gain for the enterprises rather

than their individual need to build up

their own major design division.

Among Knud E. Hansen's

best known designs are

the ATLANTIC STAR,

the worlds largest

ConRo vessel, and

Swire Blue Ocean A/S’

PACIFIC ORCA and

PACIFIC OSPREY, which

are the world's biggest

TIVs (Turbine Installation

Vessels) for offshore

wind park installation.

PACIFIC ORCA is the world's largest TIV vessel

for offshore wind turbine installations in deep water.

MARITIME INNOVATION

Flindt Kristensen

Flindt Kristensen

Engineering was

established in 2011 by

Martin Kristensen and

Jesper Flindt, and has

in six years grown from

being the two founders

and an apprentice to

the present staff of 13

engineers within design,

calculation and techni-

cal drawing.

The company is part

of the Funen Maritime

Cluster and its primary

focus is wind, offshore

and the maritime

environment.

Close cooperation with FAYARD A/S on 3D scanning has widened

Flindt Kristensen's customer portfolio.


Lindø has opened doors for Flindt Kristensen Engineering

Three years ago, when Flindt Kristensen

Engineering decided to pull up its stakes in

Odense to move to Lindø, a whole new world of

potential cooperation partners opened up.

In particular, the engineering firm that

develops and optimises products has worked

closely with the wind turbine industry which

accounts for approx. 85 percent of its jobs.

However, by entering Lindø and the Funen

Maritime Cluster, doors also opened to the

maritime industry.

– We heard that FAYARD A/S was about to

start working on a big project for a client and

so we thought that we might offer the ser-

vices we are good at, says Martin Kristensen,

who in 2011 together with Jesper Flindt

founded Flindt Kristensen.

Time is money

The fact is that, with great success, the

company had developed 2D and 3D technical

drawings for the wind turbine industry and

others, and they believed that these compe-

tences could also be introduced in relation to

FAYARD's client.

– In general terms, a ship does not make

money when she is not at sea, and this has an

impact on the shipowner's wallet. So particu-

larly in this line of business it is significant to

streamline the time a ship spends at a yard, so

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that she may as quickly as possible get

back at sea and earn money, he states.

In reIation to FAYARD's project of re-

building a ship, Flindt Kristensen worked

together with Lifa land surveyors to 3D

scan the ship so that drawings could be

made of the new components which the

shipowner could then approve in advance.

– It is our force that we have the

competences to produce a concept

which corresponds with the client's

expectations. This means that we spend

a lot of time on our preparatory efforts

so that we are certain to end up with the

desired result, says Jesper Flindt.

Innovation Prize of the Year

The outcome was that the shipowner

approved the new components which

FAYARD A/S could manufacture well

ahead of the time when the ship entered

the dry dock. To the shipowner this

meant that the ship's yard stay was

considerably reduced so as to allow her

an earlier opportunity to make profit.

– This is our benefit of being out here

at Lindø. We get in touch with industries

and clients with whom we would not

have been in contact, had we stayed in

Odense, Martin Kristensen says.

In actual fact, our location here at

Lindø has meant that our six-year young

business has grown to employ 13 people

today at Lindø plus a smaller division in

Aarhus.

In mid-January, Flindt Kristensen

Engineering received the Innovation

Prize of the Year which is presented by

the Business Association of Kerteminde.

Flindt Kristensen Engineering has got into a new line of business after beginning their cooperation with FAYARD A/S.

MARITIME INNOVATION

Strict rules call for innovative solutionsDNV GL offers survey and standards to the maritime

trade and has itself jumped on the digital wave in

consideration for its clients.

BY: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD

Digitisation is the key word in

the shipping industry. This is well

known to DNV GL, partner to the

maritime trade within standardisa-

tion and survey.

– Carly Fiorina, former CEO of

Hewlett Packard, once said: ”If it

can be digitized, it will be”. And seen

from a 2017 perspective, we can

only establish that she was right,

says Flemming Mose Christensen,

Area Manager Denmark and North

Atlantic of DNV GL.

If we look at the industry ser-

viced with surveys and standards by

DNV GL, we will see that, today, it is

standard procedure for communi-

cation to be digital. This applies

from dialogues with cooperation

partners via inspection of ships

during maintenance to general

inspection of ships at sea.

A standard that DNV GL has

also taken up to facilitate work and

communication with clients. Today,

MyDNVGL is a comprehensive

customer portal where you can

search for guidance and surveys

and establish contact with DNV GL.

Listening to clients

Digitised everyday life provides

DNV GL with a survey of data about

the various ships, where do they

operate, at which port do they call -

and how may DNV GL offer surveys

in that port?

– We are in close cooperation

with our clients and are ready to

listen to what they wish in order to

chart how we can assist them. This

calls for high interaction en route

and we make it our basis to have

a close dialogue with our clients

and they have an idea and opinion

about what we do, says Flemming

Mose Christensen.

In an industry where time is

indeed money, and where strict

environmental and energy require-

ments are constantly defined both

by national and global authorities,

innovative thinking is required if

you want to survive.

– There are two things that are

really on the move in the industry

these years. One is to take control

of own ballast water, and another

is MRV (Measuring, Reporting and

Verification, Ed.), i.e. to record the ves-

sel's footprint and thereby verify that the

CO2 emission is under control, he says.

Batteries is the new black

One of the areas also in focus on the part

of authorities is energy optimisation –

how to make ships perform better and

faster at the same time as controlling the

emissions hazardous to the environment.

– There are some fairly strict re-

quirements for emission of NOx and SOx

(nitrogen and sulphur compounds, Ed.),

and this has really been a challenge to

the industry towards innovative thinking

in order to observe those requirements,

he emphasizes.

Development has moved in

the direction of designing better

hulls, propellers and engines to

make ships perform better and to

welcome inspiration from the motor

industry when it comes to fuel that

has less impact on the environment.

– Work is ongoing with LNG,

methanol, ethanol, biodiesel, elec-

tricity, battery solutions and hybrid

solutions. Batteries continue to be

better, not least by the aid of the

motor industry. Personally, I believe

that batteries will become ”the new

black”, which will take over LNG’s

position, says Flemming Mose

Christensen.

Cost-intensive requirements

Another major focus area is ballast

water systems.

– Big ships have a lot of water

that needs to be cleaned under very

special circumstances. This may

result in great challenges when the

ship is berthed at port. The chal-

lenge is that where the ship crosses

the oceans, her ballast water holds

local micro organisms which may, in

the worst case, be invasive species

that can threaten eg. our own

species here in Denmark, Flemming

Mose Christensen states and he

elaborates:

– Therefore the environmental

requirements are high as to how

you may safely let out your ballast

water. The fact is that the problem

is not solved by adding poisonous

substances that may destroy the

invasive species, for that poison also

needs to be eliminated. So again,

challenges become a catalyst for

innovation and development.

Flemming Mose Christensen

stresses that the many environ-

ment requirements lead to

enormous costs for shipowners

who cannot carry more cargo nor

carry it any faster. Seen from this

perspective, the requirements can

be a great challenge for the world's

most effective means of transpor-

tation, shipping.

Flemming Mose Christensen on the future for

shipping:

– I believe that we have

to be very careful not to

underestimate the signifi-

cance of sharing economy

to world trade. Sharing

economy may very well

become significant for the

transportation of finished

goods. This will undoubtedly

mean that the need will in

stead arise for transporting

more raw materials.

– Another issue that we

should not underesti-

mate is the development

of 3D printing. When, for

instance, will we be 3D

printing our own food? Our

own cars? Today, you can

actually bring along your

old Nike sneakers and have

new ones 3D printed which

exactly fit your foot.

– Both of these examples

are development potentials

that may have a signifi-

cant influence on both the

extent and the method of

how we transport goods.

DNV GL

DNV GL’s roots stretch back to 1864,

when Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was

founded in Oslo. Four years later the

German counterpart Germanischer

Lloyd (GL) was founded in Germany.

In 2013 the two merged to become

DNV GL.

DNV GL operates with various

industries to improve safety and

sustainability with the enterprises.

DNV GL operates in over 100 countries.

Standards in ship building

and maintenance

DNV GL and the IMO (International

Maritime Organization) both have

standards in relation to what is

allowed. DNV GL within design, build-

ing and maintenance of ships and

IMO within safety and pollution.

DNV GL verifies ships against all

standards.


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FAYARD A/S

For its surface treatment, FAYARD

applies the best practicable

technology in the form of a

high-pressure water

purifying plant.

The technology ensures that

the actual cleaning process

of the surface treatment is

made exclusively with water. It

also ensures that the working

environment for the crew doing

the surface cleaning is optimal.

All dry docks are carefully cleaned

prior to docking out, and all

process water is treated in a

cleaning system at FAYARD,

before the remainder is sent

to disposal.

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MARITIME INNOVATION

A wide range of professional groups and expertise position

SH Group as a valuable cooperation partner, also for FAYARD A/S.


Our force lies in our crew

In 2010, when FAYARD A/S moved from the

port of Fredericia to Lindø, a close cooperation

partner came along.

For around 25 years, SH Group has worked

closely with the shipyard FAYARD A/S, one of

the subjects being load tests of ships' lifting

appliances.

– Just like the ship, its cranes must go

through service inspections every five years,

and when FAYARD A/S has ships in its yard, we

step in and check all service parts of the cranes

– brakes, hoses and wires, says Kenneth E. Kej,

Service Manager with SH Group.

Building new cranes

The 43-year-old undertaking has specialised

particularly on load testing cranes of up to

400 tonnes. Basically, a load test involves

overloading the crane and thereby assessing

whether there are parts of the crane that are

worn and ready for replacement.

– Our force in the SH Group is undoubtedly

our 260 employees who possess widely differ-

ing qualifications. We have machine operators,

smiths, hydraulics fitters, welders, engineers,

electricians and an automation department.

This means that we are usually involved right

from the start when FAYARD A/S negotiates a

deal with a client, says Kenneth E. Kej.

SH Group has indeed wide experience in

building new cranes, lifeboat davits, winches

and A-frames, and this is for the benefit of

“Typically, delivery times for crane parts are long, but we have both expertise, crew and steel ready which we can apply and in a relatively short period of time change into a new spare part.”KENNETH E. KEJ, SERVICE MANAGER WITH SH GROUP

Kenneth E. Kej is Service Manager with SH Group which has worked with shipyard FAYARD A/S for more than 25 years.

SH Group

SH Group develops,

produces and

services hydraulic and

mechanical system

solutions for the

offshore industry and for

the maritime and other

industrial sectors.

SH Group's main offices

are in Svendborg and

the company today

employs around 260

people within several

different professions and

at different worldwide

locations.


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the client, where the ship's crane or other

equipment is worn down, and SH Group

will be ready to refurbish or replace the

parts.

3D scanning

With our in-house expert knowledge

and professional breadth, SH Group can

manage what equals the assignments of

five businesses – drawing, design, calcula-

tion, automation and implementation.

SH Group also uses 3D scanning to

reduce working hours on the ship while

she is at the yard. The relevant area

involved for the company's work on board

the ship is carefully photographed and

developed into a scanned model which is

the basis for their assignment. When the

result is finally approved by the client, SH

Group can initiate the work even before

the ship has been called into port.

– Our cooperation with FAYARD A/S

goes both ways. We also make offers of

our other expert fields and in this connec-

tion we can offer a solution of an overall

ship maintenance check with FAYARD A/S,

so our cooperation is close and valuable

for both FAYARD A/S and ourselves, he

says.

“Our cooperation is close and valuable for both FAYARD A/S and ourselves”KENNETH E. KEJ, SERVICE MANAGER WITH SH GROUP

SH Group is versatile in

its competences and can solve many

different tasks. Its cooperation with

FAYARD A/S has lasted for more than 25 years.

SH Group are specialists in load tests of cranes of up to 400 t.

SH Group

The following

product brands

are covered by SH

Group: Sepro, which

produces high tech-

nological handling

systems for ROV

and Subsea pro-

duction equipment.

NorCrane which de-

livers total solutions

in deck equipment

and Xervo with its

unique solutions

within life boat

handling approved

for NORSOK.

The business was

founded in 1974

and today disposes

of large production

and test facilities

and service de-

partments at Lindø

and in Sandnes in

Norway.

LPO UPDATE

New employees

Since the autumn of 2016, LPO has welcomed

11 new employees:

Thomas Seier, semi-skilled worker – 1 February 2017

Martin Mørk Andersen, semi-skilled worker – 3 January 2017

Allan Mikkelsen, semi-skilled worker – 2 January 2017

Gorm Hagensen, semi-skilled worker – 1 February 2017Alliance Plus

(cleaning)

leases storerooms and break room at LPO as

from 1 January 2017

Rambøll A/S

(engineering & consultancy)

leases offices at LPO as from 1 September 2016.

Niels Winther Shipping

(shipping agents)

leases offices at LPO as from 1 November 2016.

Technical design trainee

Azadeh Zare

– 3 October 2016

Technical design trainee

Kristina V. Hansen

– 16 January 2017

Property service technician trainee

Christian H. Madsen

– 1 March 2017

LPO continually has engineer trainees in the Buildings & Facilities division. At present, Simon M. Larsen, who is a student at Fredericia School of Marine Engineering, is in a traineeship.

New companies

Structural engineer

Andreas Nyland Andersen

– 1 October 2016

Supervisor

Claus Høgsberg

– 1 November 2016

Harbour engineer

Michael Nygaard

– 15 October 2016

Production technologist

Dennis Klejs Jørgensen

– 15 February 2017

Apprentices


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A smile on the road is niceFrank and Chris transport heavy loads for MHI Vestas

and are familiar faces at Lindø as the ”wavers”.


If you have your daily work at Lindø, you

have probably met them several times.

Some simply call them the ”wavers”.

And Frank Jørgensen and Chris Pihl

Christensen of BMS Krangården are

perfectly happy with that.

Towers and nacelles

They are on a manpower lease with MHI

Vestas and they are daily in charge of

moving components such as wind tur-

bine nacelles and towers from one end

of Lindø to the other.

This involves transport of tower

components measuring up to a height

of 28 metres and a weight of 276 t. Or

nacelles weighing 400 t. During those

transports, there is no waving or resting.

In stead either Frank or Chris walks in

the front and has the remote control

of the SPMT (self-propelled modular

transporter, Ed.) at tiptoe pace for the

required distance to the destination,

while his colleague walks behind and is

the eyes and ears of the transport.

– We are both trained smiths and

have been lorry drivers. To work here,

you must have a good understanding of

hydraulics as this vehicle can carry up

to 500 t and has 96 wheels, and it's all

about hydraulics. While we are operating

it is always a matter of levelling. When we

transport the towers, we have an allow-

ance of 26 centimetres. With the nacelles

we have 80 centimetres, Frank Jørgensen

explains.

Thanks for your respect

An ordinary working day can include

many trips across Lindø. The busiest

day required as much as 37,000 paces,

but generally the two gentlemen cover

around 20,000 paces daily.

And then there are days when they

don't go anywhere – when it's too windy.

When transporting the towers, the wind speed maximum for the

transports is 12 metres/sec. (24 knots). For the nacelles the wind limit

is 20 m/sec (40 knots), before the transport is called off.

In case of thunder and lightning, the SPMT is not operating with

loads. Once the heavy and very costly load has been unloaded, Frank

Jørgensen and Chris Pihl Christensen make themselves comfortable

in the designed chairs at the front of the SPMT, and the trip back is

made at a more leisurely pace. And that's the time for waving.

– We know we take up a lot of space on the roads out here when

we come with our big loads. So when we drive back again, we wave

and greet everybody to say thanks for the regard they have shown us.

And sending a smile along the way is always a good thing to do, says

Chris Pihl Christensen - with a smile.

Two sets of SPMTs are operating, joined together with a frame, so that even fully assembled offshore wind turbine foundations can be moved by BMS.

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Dry Dock LindøDock 3 is Lindø's biggest dry dock and one of the

largest in Northern Europe. It is mainly used for

docking ships, but the dock can also be leased on

a project basis for other types of assignment.


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Dry dock

Width: 90 m, length: 315 m,

depth: 11 m from quay level.

Water volume in filled dock:

241 million litres.

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Gantry crane

1000 t gantry crane, on

tracks, height: 117 m,

77.5 m clearance under

hook, span width: 148.5 m.

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Dry dock gate

Length: 90 m and width:

11 m, hollow, moveable

concrete structure, dead

load approx. 2,100 t. It is

pumped empty of water and

moved away for the dry dock

to open for approach, moved

in place and filled for closing

of the dry dock. Electric

winches ashore or tugs are

used during moving.

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Dry dock bed

Can carry a load of up to 111

t/square metre.

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Concrete dock blocks

Concrete dock blocks are

used in individual formations

on the bed of the dry dock to

arrange vessels/workpieces.

Carrying capacity per block:

up to 1000 t.

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Port cranes

Two 100 t port cranes, on

tracks, lifting capacity

at full reach: 43 t at 68.5 m

(maximum reach).

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Dry dock pumps

The three biggest pumps

each has a capacity of 9,000

cubic metres of water per

hour. The dry dock fills in

8 hours and evacuates in

12 hours.

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Provisions in the dry dock

Power available

3 x 400V/min. 4,000A

(approx. 3,765 hp),

water available:

100 cubic metres/hour

(approx. 28 litres/sec.)

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