Pelican Spring 2011

H aving loyally served across six

decades at James Fisher,

Michael Shields has said a

fond farewell and is enjoying

his retirement alongside his

wife Margaret.

Mike joined

the

company in

1964

straight from

school as a

junior clerk

and has

worked his

way up the

ranks.

Over the years he worked extensively

throughout James Fisher’s chartering ship

operations and port activities. He became

group accountant and treasurer in 1983

joining the board in 1986 and becoming

group finance director in1996. Mike’s hard

earned financial expertise and in the

marine world has enabled him to compete

with the City’s toughest competition and as

such he has been very much instrumental

in helping to make James Fisher the

success it is today.

Mike and his

wife Margaret

have lived in

Barrow-in-

Furness all their

lives - they

have two

grown-up

children.

Everyone at

James Fisher would

like to wish you both a

very happy retirement.

James Fisher says goodbye to a

loyal and successful gentleman

S eptember saw the opening of

JFN’s new Rig Hall in Egremont.

The impressive facility, covering

nearly 1,000 sqm, with 600 sqm

of supporting office space, was officially

opened in September by Dr Ian Hudson,

Sellafield Programme Director for the

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Dr Hudson, in his opening remarks,

commented “Major investment of this kind is

essential to maintain the skills and services

on offer in West Cumbria to the nuclear

sector.” He continued “It is particularly

encouraging to see a Cumbrian based

company continue to grow and invest in the

local economy”.

Tim Harris, Chairman of James Fisher and

Sons plc reinforced this message saying the

Group was committed to future development

in Cumbria and in the nuclear industry. The

invited guests were then able to tour the

facilities and view demonstrations of

equipment and the services offered to

customers by James Fisher Nuclear

Services and the wider James Fisher Group.

Trials, training and simulation services are

vital to the nuclear industry and contribute

significantly to reducing the risks inherent in

deploying new technology. James Fisher

Nuclear Services are investing heavily in

building their capability in these areas.

Phil Gerrard, General Manager of James

Fisher Nuclear explains “We provide

engineering and support services across a

broad range of mechanical and electrical

disciplines. We have extensive experience

of delivering products and services for the

nuclear sector often for deployment in

hazardous or remote locations. The core of

our business model is to provide

engineering solutions. To do this we offer

concept design, testing, trialling and then

demonstrating that the solution is fit for

purpose.”

“The contract is important for Scan Tech

as it shows that we have had the right

focus as we have

built up a multi-

discipline

organization, and

invested in new

facilities in

Stavanger” says

Managing Director

Chris Stevens.

“This is all part of

our long-term

strategy,

becoming a

significant player

on the Norwegian continental shelf” he

said.

JF Nuclear’s

Rig Hall Now Open

Then….Mike in 1977

Now...a much more recognisable Mike

Scan Tech AS win contract

with Statoil ASA

S tatoil ASA has awarded Scan

Tech AS a frame agreement

with a possible value of NOK

180 million. This contract is a

part of a larger frame agreement which

allows Scan Tech to deliver steaming-

services to all of Statoil’s platforms in

Norwegian waters. This is a three year

contract including options for two additional

three year periods, in total nine years.

The work will consist of preparations

onshore and offshore, operations with

personnel and equipment on the platforms,

as well as possible onshore tasks. Scan

Tech is very pleased to have been

awarded this contract, which will to a large

extent apply to critical maintenance

shutdowns offshore.

Scan Tech’s Bjørn Helleren and Harald Kolbenstvedt

SOLWAY FISHER

1st Winners of The Quality Cup

Page 2

O n a recent visit of his vessel to

Immingham, Captain Dennis

Smith, a regular on board Sol-

way Fisher, was presented

with The Quality Cup by our Fleet Director,

Arthur Todd, in recognition of his vessel

having delivered the best Quality and

Safety Performance in the tankships fleet

during the first half of 2010.

Recognising that the award was a team

effort, Capt Smith proudly said “I am

pleased and delighted to be the first recipi-

ent of this cup and it is a tribute to the hard

work and dedication of all the crew who

have served on board in the last 12 months

or so”. As a keen Sunderland Football

Club supporter, Capt. Smith also readily

acknowledged it was probably the only

silverware he would see this year!

A league table of Quality and Safety Per-

formance is published quarterly and The

Quality Cup is awarded half yearly to the

leading vessel, with points awarded

against a basket of measurement criteria.

In addition to proudly displaying the cup on

board, the half yearly winners are credited

with the sum of £250 to the welfare fund of

the vessel which the crew themselves de-

cide how to spend, and the year end win-

ners will receive £500.

Arthur Todd said “Our crew have shown

considerable interest in this award which is

intended to recognise the achievements of

those who assist in delivering and main-

taining high quality and safety performance

in operating our vessels. I look forward

with interest to seeing if Capt. Smith, and

all other crew members of Solway Fisher,

on the seabed, cut and recovered all

chains, two 60T gravity anchors and two

purpose built plough anchors. The CALM

buoy was towed into Toulon where it will

be recycled while all the remaining items

were offloaded at Great Yarmouth. On

completion of the recovery work a seabed

survey was undertaken and additional

debris cleared. In all, over 1200T of

equipment was recovered from the

mooring site.

Following an initial mobilisation in

Peterhead on 21st to 23rd December the

ship sailed for Toulon from where the

recovery operation was managed. All

recovery work was undertaken between

6th and 16th January and the ship returned

to Great Yarmouth to offload arriving on

25th January. Due to the size of the

anchors and chain, the safety of the ship

and its crew were of paramount importance

at all times and all work was controlled

through carefully developed and agreed

procedures.

Tim Harris, Chairman of James Fisher and

Sons plc, said “This contract demonstrates

the range of marine services that James

Fisher is able to offer and the breadth of

capability of its businesses. The

management teams at Fendercare and

James Fisher Defence have used their

complementary skills to make this a great

success.”

F endercare and James Fisher

Defence have, together,

completed the recovery of a 14

m diameter 175T mooring buoy,

four anchors and over 5km of chain and

wire from the seabed off Toulon, France

under contract to the Salvage & Marine

Operations Project Team (S&MO) of the

UK Ministry of Defence.

The buoy, a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring

(“CALM”) buoy, has been used as an

integral part of the equipment trials for the

Royal Navy’s new Type 45 destroyers on

exercises in the Mediterranean. Having

supplied some of the original equipment,

the James Fisher team won the £2 million

contract to decommission the buoy when it

was no longer required.

Using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)

and a dive team mobilised to the Offshore

Support Vessel, “Normand Pioneer”, the

James Fisher team surveyed all equipment

Completion of Offshore Buoy

Recovery Contract

…...also in the spotlight

T he Milford Fisher has just passed

4,000 days without a Lost Time

Injury (LTI), The last LTI hap-

pened the same year that Lance

Armstrong won the Tour de France,

Serena Williams won her first Tennis tour-

nament and a guitar played by Eric Clapton

was sold in auction for $497000, way back

on 3rd November 1999.

We also celebrate the Galway Fisher com-

pleting 3, 000 days of LTI free operation.

Her last reported LTI occurred on the 22nd

July 2002 when a cadet dropped a ham-

mer on his hand.

Both of these excellent safety milestones

are attributed to the safety awareness of

every crew member who has served

aboard over the years. This significant

achievement is acknowledged by the shore

management and our customers.

can maintain their vessel at the top of what

is a tight league table.”

Solway Fisher’s Captain Dennis Smith being presented with the Quality Cup by Arthur Todd

CALM Buoy being towed back to port by an Anchor Handler

Strainstall Marine supply load pins

to BMW Oracle super yacht

Page 3

S trainstall have recently supplied

two specially designed winch

load pins to the America's Cup

winning yacht, BMW Oracle.

The load pins were installed in the sail line

winches to measure the loads in the 223ft

sails to enable the most efficient sail

position to be calculated, resulting in

optimal speed.

The yacht is one of the fastest and most

technically advanced sailing machines the

world has ever seen, and crucially uses a

vertical wing instead of conventional sails.

These rigid sails reputedly enabled BMW

Oracle to travel up to three times the

underlying wind speed, and exceed 40

knots (about 45 miles per hour).

Larger than the wing of an Airbus A380

super-jumbo passenger jet, the rigid wing

sails proved a decisive advantage and

enabled BMW Oracle to win by a

considerable margin.

In a recent article in the Financial Times

about the America’s Cup, Larry Ellison,

founder of Oracle Corporation, commented

on the fact that the yacht is at least 10

years ahead of the industry in terms of

technology, and highlighted the in-built

monitoring systems as a key innovation.

The BMW Oracle Super Yacht in action

James Fisher Angola

up and running

J ames Fisher Angola, a joint

venture with our Angolan partner,

Marcus Manzengele, is up and

running. In 2010, Scan Tech Air

Supply won the contract to provide

compressors to Schlumberger for the BP

Block 31 field in Angola, which is currently

the largest well test contract in the world.

A team of 10 have already been built up to

service this contract and Angolan

engineers are being trained to undertake

the operation and maintenance of the

compressors. Tony Waters, Air Supply

Quality Assurance & Training Manager,

has been running the training sessions in

our office in Luanda.

Angola is a thriving market in offshore oil

services, and the joint venture is a

commitment to work with the Angolans to

share the expertise in our specialist

services. It is hoped that this formula and

commitment will see further contracts

coming the way of the team below.

Shaun Ryan, MD of Scan Tech Air Supply

said “Today we have 11 packages of

equipment in country consisting of 52 air

compressors, 14 steam generators with

ancillaries providing well test support for

Expro and Schlumberger, this represents a

significant investment for Angola. We are

committed to providing a fully trained and

skilled local workforce that is essential for a

successful service delivery. This local

workforce is delivering to our customers

the same quality service as they would

expect in Aberdeen, Stavanger or Perth”.

F or the last two years, Tony

D’Arcy-Masters, a member of the

Business Development Team of

JFMS and ex Chief Engineer

from the Tankships fleet has in his spare

time been actively involved with Southport

Offshore Rescue Trust, a charitable

organisation set-up to run the Southport

Lifeboat and Rescue service along the

Merseyside and West Lancashire

coastline.

The independent lifeboat organisation own

and operate two rescue craft, an Arctic 24

RIB, the “Heather White”, powered by twin

Mercury 135HP outboard motors capable

of working up to 25 miles offshore and also

a smaller Avon D Class lifeboat powered

by a single mercury 40HP outboard used

for inshore emergencies.

The service also carries out land searches

and mud rescues along the vast expanse

of beach, sand dunes and marshlands that

surround the area with the use of two

Honda 500cc ATV quad bikes and also two

search and rescue dogs.

Due to strict age restrictions, Tony can no

longer assume an operational position on

either of the boats but is often called upon

to launch them using the purpose built

launch vehicle, having to drive in reverse

for sometimes over a mile across

Southport’s large flat beach looking for the

sea! He also has attended training courses

that allow him to ride the quads, conduct

land searches and carry out basic trauma

and casualty care when responding to

emergency call-outs.

Since June of this year Tony has assumed

the roles of both Secretary and Lifeboat

Operations Manager which involves

maintaining a close relationship with HM

Coastguard based in Liverpool and the

other local emergency services leading to

many late night committee meetings.

JFMS to the Rescue

The Southport Lifeboat and Rescue Service Team

Scan Tech Air Supply’s Training Manager Tony Waters with the JF Angola team

The Scan Tech Air Supply and JF Angola teams

Page 4

O ver the weekend of the 18 and

19 September, nine intrepid

paddlers set off in 3 boats on

the first leg of a 50 mile round

trip along the Kennet & Avon canal from

Bradford On Avon to Wilcot near Pewsey.

This was the start of TRE's 2010

Challenge, with money collected in support

of Dorothy House and The British Heart

Foundation. The nine people made up of

employees, family members and friends,

took around 10 hours to travel each of the

two legs of the trip .

Hazards included avoiding 15 ton narrow

boats, irate swans and overcoming the

obstacles posed by 39 locks and 7 swing

bridges each way. Day one ended at a

camp site fortuitously set in a field behind

The Golden Swan pub in Wilcot, where the

support crew had pitched the tents and set

up a barbeque to feed the tired canoeists.

A trip to the pub resulted in donations to

the charity from regulars, the landlord and

fellow campers.

Day two started with the group down to 6

paddlers in the 3 boats, which meant no

breaks if they were to make it back to

Bradford in daylight. With only 2 people

per boat, porting around the locks became

more difficult, but all 3 boats were back at

the Bradford lock by 6:45 pm to be greeted

by family and supporters.

The paddlers; Rob Butler, Steve Hill,

James Finbow, Tracy Hyde, Pete Treble,

Sam Treble, Bryan Wells, Mike Worsley

and Richard Worsley would like to say

thank you to everyone who sponsored and

supported them. Some money is still

coming in, but the total raised for both

charities looks to be around £1600.

T he James Fisher Defence sub

rescue vehicle, the DSAR-6) has

been put to the test by the

Republic of Singapore Navy's

(RSN) for the first time in a military

exercise, codenamed Pacific Reach.

The Pacific Reach exercise involves the

navies of five countries and is designed to

promote regional cooperation on

submarine rescue. It consists of two

submarines, one from the Japan

Maritime Self-Defence Force and the

other from RSN. The two rescue systems

are from the RSN and the US Navy.

The MV Swift Rescue, the first fully

integrated vessel of its kind in South-east

Asia, works in concert with its submersible

rescue vehicle, the Deep Search and

Rescue Six (DSAR 6), which is

commercially owned and operated by

James Fisher Defence, in the rescue and

treatment of distressed submariners.

The DSAR 6 plunges into the depths,

attaches itself to a crippled submarine,

rescues its occupants and takes them back

up to the ship, where personnel trained in

hyperbaric medicine can treat them.

Together with a Landing Ship Tank, an

RSN submarine and naval assets and

personnel from Australia, Japan, South

Korea and the United States, the MV Swift

Rescue and the DSAR 6 are spending

most of this week and half of the next

engaged in the exercise, codenamed

Pacific Reach.

This is a multi-navy submarine escape and

rescue exercise comprising a shore phase

held at the Changi Command and Control

Centre, and a sea phase in the South

China Sea.

TRE complete

annual charity event

Please send all articles to Alison Rumbold, James Fisher and Sons plc, London Office.

Email: a.rumbold@james-fisher.co.uk tel: 020 7614 9500

Members of the successful TRE rowing team

J ames Fisher would like to welcome

Malcolm Paul to the Group as a

non-executive director. Malcolm

joined us on1 February 2011. He

is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered

Accountants in

England and

Wales and was

a founder and

the former

Finance

Director at WSP

Group plc.

….also joining James Fisher

Mike Hoggan also joined the group as

Head of Legal / Company Secretary. He

brings with him considerable knowledge of

international legal, business and

commercial law. Having held management

positions with Rolls Royce and Enron, Mike

will benefit the company.

….and moving on up!

Also, congratulations to Gary Boyd, who

has recently been appointed Finance

Director for the Aberdeen headquartered

Offshore Cluster. Gary will take

responsibility for RMSpumptools, Scan

Tech Air Supply, RigCool and James

Fisher Offshore and will provide support to

each of their Managing Directors.

We wish them all the best in their new

roles.

JFS welcomes new

Non-executive Director

JFD’s DSAR-6 going strong in Singapore

Malcolm Paul

The DSAR-6 being lowered into the sea from MV Swift Rescue in Singapore