Marine Consultants & Engineers Private Limited

MCE provides a specialist service to underwriters, P&I clubs and ship owners to investigate, report and act as expert witnesses on marine and energy casualties.

Using a combination of first-class marine engineers, experienced master mariners and specialist engineers, MCE can determine the cause, nature and extent of collisions, groundings, salvage and other marine incidents.

Our expertise extends to the investigation of following aspects of damages / losses:

Fixed and floating object damage

Consequences of fuel contamination

Hull and machinery damage

Navigation and seamanship

Pollution

Shipboard operations, shipbuilding and ship-repair disputes

Seaworthiness

In addition to establishing the technical causes of casualties, our surveyors can prepare a ‘damage & repair’ report.

With international presence, MCE has an established capability of providing assistance to clients on technical matters for litigation purposes. We can also provide a uniquely comprehensive range of expertise from our marine, engineering and meteorological consultants using industry-standard and specialist softwares.

Marine Operations are an integral part of our services. MCE offers a team of experts who are capable of meeting the increasing complexities of today’s transportation and survey business.

• Rig Location Approvals and Site Assessments
• Rig Move Attendance
• Provision of tow masters
• Emplacement of FPSOs and other floating structures on site
• Dynamic Positioning expertise
• Ship pilotage services onto export terminals and terminal management
• STS operations
• Provision of marine superintendents to support dry transportations
• Provision of marine personnel to oversee SPM mooring installations and chain replacements / underwater inspections
• Turnkey services to support marine operations associated with offshore projects and engineering
• Provision of client reps, owners’ reps and charterers’ reps
• Marine contracting
• Provision of specialist crew

MCE's professionalism excels with a staff of seasoned mariners who are capable of inspecting vessels for the client’s specific needs.

With extensive and in-depth working experiences related to the maritime industry, we offer an independent and extensive range of Marine Survey services which include:

• Towage Approval Survey
• Pre-Purchase Condition and Valuation Surveys
• Pre-Entry, Condition & Damage surveys for P&I / Hull & Machinery
• On Hire/Off Hire Survey
• OVID Inspection (OCIMF)
• CMID inspection (IMCA)
• Condition assessment surveys of marine and offshore assets
• New-building / conversions / refit condition assessment surveys
• Insurance surveys
• Hull and machinery surveys
• Marine warranty surveys
• OCIMF-SIRE Inspection for Oil Majors

Miscellaneous Surveys like:

• Lay-up / Mooring Survey
• Bollard Pull Test Witnessing
• Salvage Investigation
• Bunker Transfer Monitoring and Disputes
• Energy Equipment Appraisal
• New Building and Conversion Supervision
• Draft Surveys
• Sea Trials
• Pre-shipment Surveys
• Shipyard Audit

MCE specialist master mariners with detailed tanker knowledge, together with offshore experience, also perform surveys on oil & gas rigs, construction, support, cargo and passenger vessels. Accredited to the highest standards, our inspectors undergo stringent independent assessments and are recognised by the world’s leading oil companies as key partners in the assurance of the integrity and operating standards of their chartered vessels.

Surveys for the upstream oil & gas industry are performed for the purpose of marine suitability including FPSO conversion, on/off hire, pre-purchase inspection and MODU suitability.

MCE has strong focus on Dynamic Positioning services both in assurance and in FMEA and FMECA services. Using a core team of highly qualified individuals working to exacting standards, MCE provides independent technical review of state-of-the-art marine systems. Our clients include oil companies, ship owners, shipyards and specialist equipment vendors.

• DP Annual Proving Trials to the IMCA standard
• IMCA Common Marine Inspection Document (CMID)
• DP Incidents and Equipment Failure Investigations
• Charter Suitability Studies including Regulatory
• GAP Analysis
• Safety, ISM and SMS development including
• Compliance Audits and Training
• Risk Studies Including: Safety Case, HAZID,
• HAZOP &
• FMECA
• DP Manuals, Procedures and Training
• DP Capability & Thruster Sizing Studies

• DP equipment configuration analysis – The nature of DP vessels requires different levels of assurance approaches dependent on the activity being undertaken so that the safest operational mode is verified or identified for vessel specific applications
• DP vessel review and audit – Desktop analysis for review and quantification of client-based risk related to vessel-specific task-based operations
• Annual DP and DP FMEA trials and development – Demonstration that vessel design and operability meet initial design targets with benchmarks such as IMO MSC 645 being used as guiding criteria. This includes the development and implementation of trials programmes
• FMEA/FMECA Failure Modes and Effect Analysis/Criticality Analysis – Verification of worst case failure mode and supporting analysis, which can also be used not only for DP systems but for shuttle tanker bow loading systems, gangway systems, pipelay systems, bilge/ballast systems, crane and lifting systems, diving systems, and drilling systems
• DP vessel conversion and upgrade studies – Front-end studies to ensure design intent and vessel system configuration fit the client requirements
• DP electrical systems integration – Integration studies based on vendor-supplied equipment related to vessel systems and infrastructure, including analysis of load balance and other electrical system specific studies
• Vessel capability plots – Vessel theoretical operability assessments for both damaged and intact load cases based on required environmental load cases. These plots can be developed both to clients’ specific needs and to the IMCA 140 rev 1 criteria
• DP operations manuals, development and review – To meet the latest Class and IMCA requirements vessel-specific DP operations manuals are developed to meet client requirements
• DP incident investigation and support services
• DP operator competence assessment and verification – Compliance studies based on IMO and IMCA guidelines (IMO 738/IMCA 117 rev 1)

• Specification Review
• Contract Review
• Insurance Review
• Shipyard Identification
• CAPEX / OPEX Review
• Financial Model technical input to the model and advice on technical sensitivities
• Tender / Purchase Documentation
• Shipyard Auditing
• Shipyard Selection review of technical discussion
• Design Review
• Planning Review
• Construction Inspection
• Milestone confirmation
• Guarantee Support
• Asset Condition Surveys

• Independence
• International presence
• Sector specific expertise
• Current knowledge of the market
• Ability to provide solutions to assure integrity

Working across all asset classes in the maritime and offshore energy sectors, MCE’s personnel have developed a unique expertise to conduct meaningful Risk and Safety Studies. These studies provide the Client’s operations team with extensive hazard management processes and the asset team with inputs for design and operations optimisation.

The value proposition in MCE’s  Risk and Safety Services are:

• We find practical solutions to prevent or mitigate existing risks.
• We work with Clients to develop project specific procedures based on qualitative and quantitative hazard and risk assessments.
• We assist in developing safety cases and safety reports as part of lessons learnt for future operations.

The role of MCE as a Marine Warranty Surveyor is to reduce the probability of losses to an acceptably low level, by the application of appropriate standards, by checking designs and procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards, and by inspecting the readiness of equipment for an operation to begin, and monitoring the suitability of actual and forecast weather conditions.

In addition to offshore construction projects, the Marine Warranty Surveyor will also be involved in the towage, either by tug or on a heavy lift vessel of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU's) that are being transported from one location to another. The approval of the drilling site for both jack-up units and semi-submersible drilling units are normally subject to an investigation by the Marine Warranty Surveyor.

In the last few years a Marine Warranty Surveyor has also been requested to take a more active role in the approval of pipelines and the installation of sub-sea architecture.