| PROFESSIONAL
PILOT BOATS
CERTIFICATION
|
|||||
|
CLARIFICATION
ON LEVELS OF CLASSIFICATION / SURVEY INTERNATIONAL
WORK BOAT STANDARDS. In this instance the vessels hull, deck and
superstructure are built to Lloyds or BV approved plans, in relation to
this extent of the vessels construction only. The vessel will be built
under survey by Lloyds or BV, but only in relationship to the hull deck
and superstructure. On completion, Lloyds or BV issue a certificate
relating to this area of the vessels construction. All
other aspects of the vessel construction- engineering, machinery,
electrical and safety equipment will be equipped and constructed to
international standards and regulations regarding to pilot vessels. But
not individually specifically approved by a classification society such
as Lloyds. The technical specification plans and technical drawings in
relation to: electrical, engineering, bilge, stability etc are submitted
to the local marine authority in the country of destination, and are
approved by them in advance. Then final approval and issuance of the
local marine certificate is provided, in Our
vessels
can also be built to full class, ie Lloyds 100A1 & MSC at an
additional cost if required. LLOYDS
100 A1 & MSC. In this instance the vessel is constructed under
Lloyds 100A1 & MSC. (machinery) This means every single aspect of
the vessels construction, hull, deck, superstructure, engines, machinery
& equipment, will be approved by Lloyds as will all other
installations- electrical, hydraulic, bilge, fire etc as will all
technical drawings. This is the type of classification that one might
undertake if building a small 250ft+ passenger ferry. To have a vessel
built to this 'full class' will add very significantly to the vessels
cost and is quoted for on an individual basis. Generally full class is
confined to larger vessels and ships due to the proportionally high
costs when undertaking this level of classification on a small vessel. Fundamentally
the difference between building to international standards and full
class is not greatly significant (in fact negligible),
in respect of the standards of construction. The greatest cost
implication is the requirement for class approval on all equipment. As
example regarding the engines, in both levels the engine would be
identical, however the engine manufacturer will charge an extra 10-20%
on the price of the engines to have them individually certified by
Lloyds or BV, and this same situation may apply with other equipment, or
we may be forced to change to another supplier just because they will
have their equipment already certified, which doesn't mean the equipment
is superior, only that they have gone through the certification process
and will accordingly charge extra for this process. Obviously the
biggest cost is the charge from the certifying authority to access all
technical drawings relating to the vessel, and our own costs in man
hours for undertaking this. Then there is the certifying authorities
charges for the numerous visits during construction. On a large
vessel of say over 30m, the costs for full class would not be any
greater than for a small 10m vessel, as there are pretty much the same
amount of systems, ie same bilge system, just longer pipe runs, same two
engines and stern gear etc, the difference is that a 30m vessel might
cost upwards of 3-4 million, and as a percentage of the overall costs
full class adds only a relatively small percentage, whereas on a small
vessel cost of class will be much higher as a percentage of the overall
cost of the vessel.
Safehaven Marine, Ashgrove, Cobh, Co Cork, Ireland Phone 00353 86 8054582 Email- info@safehavenmarine.com safehavenmarine@eircom.net
|
All our vessels are build to the highest standards of strength & engineering and are renowned world wide for their exceptional sea keeping abilities.
For the best, most extreme, rough weather demonstration videos of our boats, see our amazing selection on you tube.
BEST ROUGH WEATHER ACTION PHOTOS We don't just claim our boats have the best sea keeping abilities, here's the proof
|
||||
|
QUALITY- CONSTRUCTION STRENGTH |
|||||
| CERTIFICATION | |||||
|
See all our previous professional PILOT vessels |
|||||
|
See our spectacular rough weather video's |
|||||
|
See our recent newsletter |
|||||
|
WORK FORCE |
|||||
