Welcome to the Summer 2012 edition of the James Fisher corporate newsletter - the Pelican.
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Two James Fisher companies have teamed up with Maritime International to produce two new exciting products that are designed to assist in the safe transfer of personnel to and from offshore wind farm installations.
Under contract to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) the MT Cumbrian Fisher, one of James Fisher Everard’s 18 strong fleet of double-hulled tankers, is en route to the Falkland Islands with a cargo of diesel and jet kerosene.
James Fisher Nuclear is helping Sellafield Ltd and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to investigate the first generation Magnox fuel storage pond with a view to its eventual decommissioning.
Shell is to build the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility (FLNG), holding the potential to unlock vital energy resources offshore, without the need to lay pipelines and build processing plants on land – and Fendercare has been awarded a contract to supply much needed mooring and monitoring equipment for this important new vessel.
As cadets in the JFE coastal fleet, it was perhaps unsurprising that Lewis Williams, Sophia Walker and Patryk Ciesielczyk had not previously crossed the equator by ship.
New contract will see Strainstall Middle East provide crucial monitoring of the structure of the Amiri Palace during works to construct the new National Museum of Qatar.
James Fisher Inspection and Measurement services (JFIMS) have successfully delivered radiological detection monitors to the Olympic Delivery Authority.
Congratulations are due to Captain Rod McDonald, Fleet Inspector (Marine), of James Fisher Shipping Services who in a ceremony at London’s Guildhall, was admitted to the Freedom of the City as a Freeman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners.
In May and June James Fisher Defence took part in Black Carillon, a Royal Australian Navy exercise to test its systems for the safe evacuation of a stranded submarine.
Scan Tech AS ‘Weak Link Bails’ – an innovation that has been proven in North Sea operations and has wide applicability to improve the safety of drilling operations throughout the international oil and gas sector – is now available throughout the James Fisher group.
The new “Prolec Machine Engine” (PME) is a modular electronic system designed to capture machine, position and load data for construction and demolition equipment, and can be configured to optimize machine safety while enabling the operator to work more efficiently and profitably.
State owned China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) – which currently ranks as the country’s largest company and number five in Fortune Magazine’s published list of the top global 500 companies for 2012 – has selected Strainstall Marine to supply a complete berth management system.
