Ship Repair, Ship Refit and Conversion, Naval Architecture and Engineering Design.
6Sigma Naval Architects operates in the field of naval architecture, offers ship design, engineering services in ship repairs and conversion, as well as inclination experiments and stability.
As above in tankers and chemical vessels
Leading International Marine Consultants and Marine Surveyors
Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) is a leading international marine surveying and technical consultancy, operating from a worldwide network of offices. The company incorporates the world-renowned casualty expertise of The Salvage Association.
Carrying out casualty work on behalf of Hull & Machinery, P & I, Liability and Cargo insurers including surveys of incidents affecting every type of vessel from yachts to the largest ULCC and the most complex LNG or chemical carrier.
Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) is also a leading marine consultancy providing warranty services for the Cargo, Offshore Energy, Construction, Liability and Hull & Machinery insurance markets. Additional services include risk management; risk assessments, including environmental and emissions risks, feasibility studies; risk audits of vessel and engine room operations, shipbuilding and repair facilities and their procedures; assessments of port operations, wreck removal and navigation.
With over 150 years experience of Loss Prevention, today Braemar utilises an unrivalled knowledge base in ship and offshore design and operation. This is complemented by the most advanced analysis techniques to support our technical consultancy services in areas including specialist plan approval, structural design and failure analysis, intact and damage stability and environmental and emissions management.
Marine Engineers and Surveyors, Consultants and Project Managers to the Shipping, Offshore Oil and Gas and Underwriting Industries, worldwide.
Nautical Inspectors for Bahamas, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu and Belize.
Non-Destructive Testing consumables, magnets and speciality chemicals to the Marine, Industrial and Aircraft industries.
Classification Society
DORMAC is a privately owned Ship Repair company with five Southern African branches in Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town, Saldanha Bay and Walvis Bay (Namibia).
It main activities are the repair, maintenance and conversion of all types of marine vessels at any one of these locations or, anywhere else in Africa, through the offering of either their Riding Squad or Shipyard-in-a-Box services.
Our branches:
1 Belfast Road, Bayhead, Durban (ship@dormac.net)
6A Marine Drive, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town shipct@dormac.net) /li>
4th Street East,Industrial Area, Walvis Bay (shipwbay@dormac.net)
6 Geleiergang, Alton, Richards Bay, (shiprbay@dormac.net)
Fibre-Wound Specializes in the design, manufacture and installation of a variety of glass fibre and other specialised plastic products aimed at the Chemical, Mining and other industrial markets where the material’s natural corrosion resistant properties are of value.
These products include Chemical Storage Tanks, Process Vessels, Piping, Ducting, Stacks, Protective Linings, PTFE / PFA lined steel piping systems and other custom made products.
Magnetic Particle Inspection, Dye Penetrant, Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement (UTM), Chain Calibration, Vacuum Test, X-Ray, Rope Access, Maintenance, Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (UT), QC
White Metal Bearings – Repair and Manufacture
Marine and Industrial Bearings
Thrust and Tilting Journal Bearings, including Glacier Type
Horizontal and Vertical Bearing Assemblies
Specialised Bearing Materials, including Deva and Glycodur
We are manufacturers of high quality steel gratings and grids and related products, mostly for but not limited to the construction, marine, water treatment and food processing industries.
Icarus Marine is a consultant design office that provides all design and engineering related services surrounding the design of high speed marine craft. These services include model testing and performance predictions, propulsion system design, structural design, stability assessments and calculations, styling and general arrangements, construction strategy consulting etc. The company also provides project management for the boat life cycle from design through building to operation. Most of the designs are intended for commercial and/or military use and typical applications would be work boats, patrol boats, interceptors and ferries.
Specialising in Security, Tanker Operations, Surveying
General Marine Surveying, Flag State Inspections, Insurance Assessing, Internal ISM / ISPS Auditing.
Design of boats, ships, under water and above water structures and associated equipment.
Full business law service
1. Admiralty, shipping, casualty response and marine insurance.
2. Environmental and water law
3. Construction and Engineering
Suppliers: Lifting, Lashing, Rigging and Marine Safety Equipment.
Testing: Various Lifting Equipment.
Inspections: Various Lifting Equipment and Lifting Tackle.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Consulting services including failure investigation & materials selection.
Metallurgical and Materials Testing accredited to the international standard ISO 17025 for Welding Procedure Qualification Record (WPQR) of steels, stainless steels & non-ferrous alloys.
We also offer a range of specialised material characterisation tests
Marine engineering surveying, insurance surveys, damage surveys, valuation surveys, condition surveys, consulting to the fishing industry.
Raubicon has a demonstrated track record in engineering and project management in the electrical and control systems disciplines for land-based and marine applications.
Raubicon delivers integrated designs addressing constructability, function and maintainability. Designs are taken from concept through Class Approvals, construction and acceptance testing.
History and Current Status
We have serviced the South African industry since 1996 as an AIA. We started with two major operating facilities initially from a satellite office in KZN servicing:
1. Engen Petrochemical Refinery
2. Vodacom KwaZulu Natal Region
A formal office was established in January 2002 at the current business address. The client base grew substantially to more than 260 regular clients within two years. This client base however included small, medium and large companies from the telecommunication, petrochemical and paper, pulp, mining, and construction, structural and welding industry. Currently the client Based is still growing and mainly originating from service excellence
and total dedication from the management team to the industry based on continuous improvement principals. 2012 saw the start of RBI Technical Solutions International (Pty) Ltd with a focused restructuring process and management buyout in order to comply with current and future
Broad Based Black Empowerment equity legislation requirements. 2014 an additional Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Town Planning
Management section was established to provide a full turnkey service.
Simmulation Training Courses offered for Engine Room, Reefer, Communications and Bridge, including ASD Tug and Voith Tractor Tug Modules.
Professional Maritime Short Courses offered for deck, engine and offshore.
Oil & Gas training offered for onshore and offshore shipping industry.
Training Solutions including management and development of Cadet and Rating Training Programs.
Customs Solutions - Port Development Studies and Consulting
Ship Building, Ship Repair and conversions. Naval maintenance. General Steel fabrication and construction.
Marine/ Cargo Surveying and Consultancy
3rd Party Welding Inspection Services: Provide Specific Welding Procedure Specification (WPS), Welding Procedure Qualification Record Testing (WPQR), Welder Qualification Testing – Coding of Welders (WPQ) and Non Destructive Testing Services (NDT).
Manufacturing of Tailor made grating for walkways, stair treads, Handrail systems, expanded metal (Mesh). Suppliers of GRP/ FRP (Plastic reinforced fibre) grating. Drawing office to assist with the layout of Grating platforms.
ISO accredited, and manufacture all our products to international standards by using a 350WA grade of steel throughout.