Scottish-headquartered Dales Marine Services has launched an international mobile engineering service that sends its repair teams directly to vessels wherever clients need them.
The provider of specialist solutions, keeping vessels certified and operational, has built on the expert services delivered from five major Scottish ports by investing in specialist equipment, tooling and training to allow its engineering teams to mobilise anywhere in the world.
The development of the mobile engineering team builds on a service already offered by Dales Marine Services across Scotland and in the North-east of England, and the team has now successfully completed projects in Europe and Africa.
As part of the international offering, teams will cover dockings, afloat maintenance periods, emergency repairs, mobilisation projects and complex engineering scopes.
The launch is backed by investment in containerised workstations that double as power units. Each houses a diesel generator, welding rigs, a compressor, consumables, cabling and tooling. The units can be mobilised at short notice and set down on a vessel's back deck or a quayside. This is in addition to Dales utilising local supply chains when necessary to source equipment and materials, improving speed and efficiency.
Kevin Paterson, CEO of Dales Marine Services, said: “Dales Marine Services has delivered bespoke marine engineering services for more than 30 years at ports throughout Scotland and taking our expertise out to clients internationally is a natural next step.
“When a vessel needs a docking, an afloat maintenance period or an emergency repair, what matters is getting the right people there quickly and doing the job safely, which is something we’ve been doing for years. Expanding this offering with our mobile response teams lets us make fuller use of the skills already in our workforce as we support existing and new clients wherever they operate.”
Dales Marine Services has also recently strengthened its offshore wind capability after members of its team completed specialist training programmes, including Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Safety Training, the internationally recognised standard for working safely in the sector, and an NSL Rigging, Lifting and Banksman Slinger course.
Founded in 1987, Dales operates dry dock and fabrication facilities in Aberdeen, Leith, Greenock and Troon. Each year it supports more than 100 vessels in dry dock, carries out over 150 project mobilisations and demobilisations, and completes more than 500 afloat repairs across the UK and Europe.