Universal Marine Consultants (Maritimes) Ltd. - Marine Surveyors, Inspectors, and Naval Architects

Cygnus

Cygnus, a 40ft aluminum trawler yacht, was completed in December 2003 at Theriault Shipyard in Meteghan NS. Powered by a John Deere 1750 hp engine, with a shafting and transmission package from Norway, Universal Marine Consultants carried out the Project Management of the new build on behalf of the US based owner from start until completion, providing expertise in the fields of hull, machinery and electrical surveying.,

The owner’s first trip was to take a six-month sabbatical from his daily endeavours and sail her up to the Davis Strait in Labrador and subsequently to Greenland.

'Eldfisk' now renamed 'Appak' – port of registry St John’s, NL

Universal Marine Consultants (Maritimes) Limited, in partnership with TriNav Consultants Inc., were proud to be the Project Managers of the recent ‘Canadianizing’ of a 47.0m steel hulled long liner fishing boat from Brisbane, Australia, leased by Nattanavak Fisheries Inc. of Nain, Labrador.

The 751 gross tons vessel, built in Norway in 1988 and classed by Det Norske Veritas, arrived in St John’s, NL in July 2004 to commence the conversion process.

In excess of twenty local contractors providing expertise in such fields as steelwork and pipe work modifications, electrical upgrades and provision of new safety equipment to Canadian type approval standards, all under the approval umbrella of Transport Canada St. John’s Office, the vessel sailed north at the end of September, 2004 to begin it’s life fishing in Canadian waters.

Naval architectural services such as stability manual provision, structural plan submissions for approval to Transport Canada and document control services were provided by TriNav Consultants Inc. and their team of experienced naval architects, all contributing to the timely and successful completion of the project.

Universal Marine Consultants (Maritimes) Limited has extensive in-house world-wide expertise in the project co-ordination and management of foreign flagged vessels wishing to be re-registered in Canada, and are fully versed with compliance requirements with Transport Canada Rules and Regulations.

Universal Marine surveyors are also authorised to act on behalf of a number of flag states to carry out safety and security related audits and surveys on board their vessels, with a full list provided on this website.