Company Profile

Picture of our main office in Elsinore, Denmark
 
 
We have provided architectural, engineering and design services to the maritime industry worldwide since 1937.
 
We are an independent consultancy, regarded as a leading provider of innovative and customised solutions in key areas such as newbuilding, conversion, transport and logistical studies, marine and offshore structures
and land based interfaces.
 

Our main office is in Elsinore, 45 minutes North of Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition we have local subsidiaries in the UK, Australia and the USA and have representations in Germany, France, Greece and the Faroe Islands.

 

The Service

We combine an innovative approach with the experience gained from working with numerous clients and vessel types enabling us to tailor and optimise a product to your specific requirements.

We aim to provide state of the art, innovative and practical solutions to our customers with dialogue and personal service being key parts of the process.
 
We have a project oriented, flat organisational structure based on the matrix model which is highly adaptable to the requirements of individual clients and projects.

We use widely recognised software for the development of 2D and 3D engineering design solutions covering areas such as general design, hull design, stability analysis and advanced structural design.Our tools include:
 
 

General Design:                        AutoCAD/Inventor, Rhinoceros

Structural Design/FEM:            Patran/Nastran, NAPA steel

Stability Analysis:                      NAPA

Hull Design/CFD:                       STAR*CCM, Navcad

HVAC:                                          FORAN, MagiCAD, Samba

Dynamic Anallysis:                     Adams

 
The archivements
 
• More than 650 vessels have been built to our desings.
• More than 400 hull lines developed and model tested.

• More than 225 conversions have been carried out to our designs and specifications.

• More than 1000 surveys, feasibility and R&D studies and other services have been undertaken.
 
 
The facilities
 
Files and records of more than 70 years' ship design and engineering activities are maintained on our premises.
 
State of the art software tools and techniques are employed for development of 2D and 3D engineering design solutions, FEM and CFD models, as well as advanced structural design, intact and damage stability calculations.
 
Due to the nature of our core business, on many occasions in depth analysis and model testing is required. We maintain close relationships with the worlds leading research facilities and institutions. This enables us to effectively evaluate which facility should be engaged to provide the best analysis and results possible.
 
 
You can buy the book "Ship Design Through Seven Decades" by Bruce Peter here.