In September 2020 following a competitive tendering process, Vectis Marine Design was awarded a 2 year contract to provide naval architecture support to the CalMac fleet of 33 ferries that serve the western islands of Scotland.
Vectis has a long standing relationship with Safehaven Marine, the Cork, Ireland-based designer and builder of pilot boats, workboats and military vessels. In recent months this has included Vectis supporting Safehaven's development of the innovative XSV20 hybrid craft of which two have now been delivered.
In June 2019, Vectis was awarded a 3 year contract by the Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland to provide technical support to government-owned ferries in the province. The ferries include vehicle and passenger ferries and the award follows support provided to the DfI by Vectis over several years via the previous contract holder.
Vectis has recently completed the structural design of two new high performance and weight critical advanced composite craft thereby consolidating our in-house structural design capability in both composites and metals. These craft follow the structural design of a novel 22m high speed craft and a next-generation 8m RIB both in advanced composite materials with infused and cored structural elements. This advanced composite design capability is available to other naval architects, boat designers and boat builders.Dr. Robin Loscombe joins VECTIS
VECTIS Marine Design is pleased to announce that Dr. Robin Loscombe has joined the VECTIS team. Robin is well known throughout the industry as he has taught numerous naval architects and yacht designers over many years at Southampton Solent University where he was Senior Lecturer. Robin has extensive knowledge and experience in the design and naval architecture of small craft, but he is most widely recognised for his small craft structural design and analysis work. His PhD was in the design of a SWATH in advanced composite materials and for the last 10 years or so he has been an instrumental member of the ISO Working Group that developed ISO 12215 for small craft structural design. Robin greatly strengthens the VECTIS team in these areas and enables us to provide a one-stop shop for small craft design and structural engineering as well as the design and analysis of metal and composite structures including the in-house use of the Strand 7 FEA (finite element analysis) tool.
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